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WANETTA GIBSON: CHARGED AND ORDERED TO PAY 2.6 MILLION DOLLARS

June 18, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

Wanetta Gibson image picture The woman whose false rape accusation sent a high school football star to prison has been ordered to pay a $2.6 million judgement in connection to the case, NBC 4 Los Angeles reports.

Wanetta Gibson (pictured) was ordered by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Friday to pay a $1.5 million, plus an additional $1.1 million in fees. Gibson was an acquaintance of Brian Banks at Long Beach Polytechnic High School when she accused him of raping her in a school stairwell. Gibson then sued the Long Beach Unified School District, claiming the school was not safe; she won a $750,000 settlement.

Gibson’s false accusation sent Banks to prison for five years, stripping him of his football scholarship to the University of Southern California. After Banks was released from prison, Gibson sent him a Facebook message saying “Let’s let bygones be bygones.” Thinking the message was odd, Banks worked with a private investigator to set up a meeting with Gibson. It was during their meeting where she admitted, on hidden camera, that she lied about the rape.

With the help of California’s Innocence Project, a judge overturned Banks’ conviction on May 24, 2012.

Since then, Banks had been on a mission to play in the NFL. He tried out for a number of teams, but did not make the cut. However, NFL coaches told him to keep trying. He eventually spent some time with the Las Vegas Locos of the United Football League, until the Atlanta Falcons signed him this spring.

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NGO OKAFOR IN NEW ELLE MAGAZINE ARTICLE: A BOD FOR SIN

June 13, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

Black male model, Ngo Okafor has just been featured in Elle Magazine for living out one of his life’s many passions…FITNESS!! READ MORE

For five days straight, ELLE editor Justine Harman puts herself at the mercy of professional fitness concierge service, SIN Workouts, to experience the lifestyle of the rich and flawless.

Day 3: TKO with Ngo

After yesterday’s double workout I wake up not exactly in pain but feeling an allover tightness, like I could already be one size smaller. (Is that even possible?)

One of the things I mentioned in my initial consultation with my fitness concierge, S.I.N.’s Vanessa Martin—the woman who is cheerfully leading me into new circles of hell this week—is that I like to box. Growing up watching fights on TV with my dad, a former welterweight fighter, I learned to love the rhythmic sounds of pad work and the squeak of high tops on canvas.

And, as I’ve found out through dozens of group classes at Gotham Gym in the West Village, there’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of connecting a solid jab. As it turns out, one of the benefits to having a Vanessa of my very own is that she has unrivaled access to the best facilities in the city—including some, like Peak Performance, that are usually only open to clients who buy pricey personal training packages. “There’s no other training facility that even scratches the surface of what Peak offers,” she says. “The staff is completely comprised of career trainers—no actors looking for part time gigs to make money.” Plus, Vanessa is friends with the manager. “I know she will personally take care of my clients when I’m not there.” I’m beginning to get the hang of this V.I.P thing: Basically, all I have to do is show up and sweat.

Peak, a 10,000 square foot loft space in Chelsea, looks exactly the way I imagine the Miami Heat’s training room would: spacious, full of high-tech machinery including vibrating Power Plate platforms and speed-enhancing Woodway Force treadmills. It’s also equipped with private bathrooms the size of my apartment. This time around, Vanessa will not be working out by my side, though she does meet me upon arrival to quickly introduce me to my trainer, Ngo, then vanishes behind mammoth steel elevator doors.

The hulking and handsome Ngo escorts me into a private studio, wraps my hands, and asks me what kind of music I like. For the next hour, to the sounds of Drake, Kanye, and Hova, we alternate between gym class calisthenics (squats, lunges, push-ups, and burpies) and increasingly difficult boxing combinations. At one point, when I think I’ve completely maxed out, Ngo makes me punch him backwards, across the room and into a corner. The blood is ferociously pumping in my ears and my shoulders are so tired I think they might collapse; but every time I connect with his pads, a hint of a smile betrays Ngo’s steely stare. As we stretch afterwards on parallel mats, I ask him about the Peak clientele. He explains that it’s a mix of professional athletes, stay-at-home hotties, and actors. As if on cue, Kyle MacLachlan strolls by in a baby-blue bandana.

After a hot shower and another round of Malin + Goetz goodies (those guys have the specialty fitness market on lock), I treat myself to lunch (a protein shake at Peak’s well-stocked juice bar) and check my email. Like clockwork, a note from Vanessa pops up: “How was Peak? Feeling good? See you tomorrow at Uplift Studios for the 9:30 a.m. class.” Here we go again.

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WORKOUT GET HAPPY: EXERCISE CAN FIGHT OFF DEPRESSION

June 3, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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Break a sweat, beat the blues. Physical activity fights off depression, finds new research from Belgium.

In a study at Ghent University, the longer participants sat around doing nothing, the more their moods tended to become negative and self-judgmental. Why? Because during periods of rest, people spend more time thinking (and analyzing) themselves, which is a recipe for depression flare-ups, says study coauthor Igor Marchetti.

But exercise may fend off depression by balancing the transfer of hormones between the endocrine and nervous systems, Marchetti says. “Additionally, studies have found regular physical activity seems to improve self-esteem, self-confidence, and mood—all conditions that are protective factors for depression.”

And it doesn’t take much time to see the effects. In a study at the University of Texas, 28 percent of depressed people who worked out on a treadmill or stationary bike for 30 to 45 minutes, 3 to 4 times a week eliminated their symptoms. When another group exercised 2 to 3 times a week for just 20 to 30 minutes, 16 percent saw symptoms disappear.

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GLUTEN FREE DOES NOT MEAN CALORIE FREE: WEIGHT GAIN ON A GLUTEN FREE DIET

May 28, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

Gluten Free is Not Calorie Free

I see several people, proudly posting pictures of massive portions of food and dessert on Instagram. There’s a general misconception that it’s fine to consume larger portions of food because it’s Gluten free. When it comes down to it, in order to lose weight on any diet, one must technically consume less calories than expended in order to have a deficit.

If a person is following a gluten-free diet, make sure that portion sizes are still accountable and a balance is found in all the food groups such as gluten-free grains/starches (potatoes, yams, rice, quinoa, etc.), vegetables, proteins, fats, fruits, milk/dairy. Also, make sure to read the labels on gluten-free packages because a brownie is still a brownie. Even if the brownie is gluten-free, it still has calories, fat, and sugar. One should still be aware of portion sizes and frequency with packaged goods.

Going gluten-free does not guarantee that your diet will be either healthy or lower in calories. It just means you’re avoiding foods with gluten, a protein found in wheat. There is nothing magical about gluten-free for weight loss. Your body still does the age-old calorie math of “Calories In (food) vs. Calories Out (exercise and metabolism)”. Too many Calories In means weight gain. When Calories In equals Calories Out, you just stay the same weight. Even when the calories are from gluten-free foods.

If you’re gaining weight, you’re eating more calories than you need. A gluten-free diet that’s full of gluten-free cookies, gluten-free cakes, gluten-free snack foods and bars is easily going to be high calorie. Soda pop, candy and ice cream are technically gluten-free, but they’re still high calorie.

The best way to lose weight is to stick to simple, unprocessed foods: vegetables, fruits and non-wheat whole grains like rice or quinoa, lean meats and dairy products. This is always good advice, whether or not you’re eating gluten-free. A diet of gluten-free junk food is not going to help you lose weight.

It’s a surprising statistic, but a study found that 81% of people suffering from celiac disease (gluten intolerance) who followed a gluten-free diet gained weight. That’s because there is a common misconception that anything labeled “gluten-free” must be good for you.

Many processed gluten-free foods and gluten-free junk foods not only contain almost twice the calories as their traditional counterparts, but they can also be double the price. In addition, processed gluten-free foods are lower in fiber, so you won’t stay full as long, and many people who follow a gluten-free diet are missing out on the benefits of good carbohydrates like brown rice, fruits or beans, which all help to regulate blood sugar.

Armed with this information, go forth with an awareness that GLUTEN FREE IS NOT CALORIE FREE!!!!

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WATCH NEW VIDEO OF BLACK MALE MODEL, NGO OKAFOR ON ARISE TV 360

May 23, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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New York, New York- May 23rd 2013 –The most downloaded black male model, Ngo Okafor, paid a visit to the set of Arise Entertainment 360 where he hung out with anchors, Lola Ogunnaike and Shannon .

In this exciting segment, Ngo talks about his life in boxing, winning back-to-back Golden Gloves and his upcoming film, “True Story”, with Jonah Hill and James Franco, produced by Brad Pitt. Ngo goes on to show Lola and Shannon how kick ass and stay in shape through boxing.

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NGO OKAFOR STARS OPPOSITE JONAH HILL AND JAMES FRANCO

May 13, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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NGO OKAFOR STARS OPPOSITE JONAH HILL AND JAMES FRANCO IN “TRUE STORY”, PRODUCED BY BRAD PITT

New York, New York, May 13th, 2013—The star meter for the most downloaded black male model, Ngo Okafor, continues to skyrocket. Okafor’s body of work as an actor is stacking up at a furious pace. Ngo has just wrapped shooting his part in the feature film, “True Story”, opposite Hollywood heavy hitters Jonah Hill and James Franco. “True Story” is produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment. Ngo Okafor plays the part of Ibrahim, an Ibo (Nigerian language) translator, in the film.

“True Story,” an adaptation of New York Times journalist Michael Finkel’s 2006 memoir of the same name, chronicles Finkel’s discovery that his identity had been stolen by Christian Longo, a fugitive who was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list after murdering his family and fleeing to Mexico. Hill is portraying Finkel on screen, with James Franco playing the role of Longo.

Mr. Finkel was banished as a contributing writer for The New York Times in early 2002 for faking much of a magazine cover storyabout the travails of a young African plantation worker, who turned out to be a composite. Seeking redemption, he quickly struck up what proved to be a mutually exploitive relationship — mixing friendship, journalism and some bizarre exploration of shared reality — with one Christian Longo.

Mr. Longo had just murdered his wife and three children in Oregon. And then, improbably, Mr. Longo assumed Mr. Finkel’s identity as he went on the lam outside the United States.

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LOSE WEIGHT WITH HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING

May 9, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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Push your muscles harder: Using heavier weights, in reducing the amount rest between sets, may help you blast more fat, according to new research in the Journal of Translational Medicine.

In the study, scientists had two groups of trained lifters do different workouts. One group performed four sets of 8 to 12 reps of these 8 exercises: 1. Bench press 2. Machine row 3. Military press 4. Biceps curl 5. Triceps extension 6. Leg press 7. Leg curl 8. Situp

They did the exercises in straight sets—a traditional method—completing all four sets of the first exercise before moving on to the next. They rested for 2 minutes after each set of the compound exercises, but just 1 minute after the biceps curl, triceps extension, leg curl, and situp. They lifted to failure in each set.

The second group of men used used a “rest-pause” technique and did just three exercises: 1. Leg press 2. Bench press 3. Machine row

For each exercise, they chose the heaviest weight they could lift six times. (Their six-rep max.) Then they performed six reps. As soon as they were done, they rested 20 seconds, and using the same weight, immediately did as many reps as they could—usually two to three more. Then they rested another 20 seconds, and did as many reps as they could again. After the third series, they rested for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. That counted as one total set. They did three of these sets of the leg press, and then did two sets of the bench press followed by two sets of the machine row.

This created a workout that used heavy weights to “induce mechanical effects on the muscles,” while the short 20-second recovery periods gave it an effect “comparable to high intensity endurance training,” say the study authors. (Note: The rest-pause technique has been around for years, but hasn’t been studied for its benefits as a potential fat-loss protocol.)

Twenty-two hours later, the rest-pause group had a resting metabolism that was 452 calories higher than it was before their workout; the other group saw an increase of just 98 calories. This is despite the fact that the rest-pause lifters exercised for just half the time as the conventional lifters.

The reason: When your muscles work harder, they have to do more post-workout rebuilding. That burns calories and lifts levels of metabolism-boosting hormones, says study author Antonio Paoli, M.D., of the Università degli Studi di Padova in Italy.

One caveat: The researchers didn’t measure energy expenditure during the workouts. And given that the traditional-lifting group did a significantly higher volume of work, it’s likely they burned a greater number of calories in their actual training session than did the rest-pause group.

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HOTEL GYM AND HOME WORKOUT: THE JET SETTER GUIDE TO FITNESS

May 7, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

If you’re a businessman or woman, on the go or a frequent vacationer, there’s a good chance that at some point you’re going to end up away from your gym and on the hunt for a place to work out. While many assume that every hotel comes equipped with a gym, this is often not the case. Even some pricey boutique hotels do not include an exercise room, so it’s important to have a workout backup plan.

This is where hotel workouts come into play: you can use items found in your hotel room as props to help you work out and maintain your physique while out of town. The key to an effective hotel workout is finding creative ways to challenge the muscles, all while using your own body weight or props. For the cardioportion of your hotel workout, options include stepping up and down on a chair or bench, running stairs located in the hotel, skipping (outside if you’re not on the bottom floor), or simply going for a run. For strength training, you’re going to need to put a spin on traditional exercises to create your hotel workout. Here are some useful ways to get an effective hotel workout.

Props

To complete your hotel workout, you can use the following props:

2 2-liter bottles of water obtained at a nearby grocery or convenience store
2 chairs found in your room

The objective of your hotel workout is to move through the following exercises as quickly as possible.

Body weight squats with wall squats

Start your hotel workout by holding one of the water bottles directly out in front of you with your feet shoulder-width apart. Begin to squat down, keeping your toes pointed forward and going as low as possible. Complete a total of 30-50 reps, depending on your fitness level. Then, stand with your back against a wall and move down into the squat position so that your knees are at a 90-degree angle. Hold this position for 20-30 seconds.

Push-up sequence

To add more difficulty to regular push-ups, place your feet on top of the bed while keeping your hands on the floor. Your body should be on a flat decline. From there, perform push-ups as usual. Once you’re finished doing 15-20 reps, turn your body while lifting one hand off the floor so that you are sideways with one arm fully supporting your body. Maintain this position for 20 seconds. After you’re finished, repeat the push-ups, only this time place your hands in a triangular position. Repeat once more on the other side, holding the sideways position to complete this sequence.

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HOW TO NOT HEAL BROKEN BONES: QUIT SMOKING TODAY

April 2, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

In the wake of Louisville guard, Kevin Ware’s gruesome low right leg injury, which doctors say can be fixed, this blog post is a reason for you to quit smoking. With Louisville leading 21-17, Ware ran out to contest a three-point attempt by Tyler Thornton. Moments after Thornton made the shot, however, there was pandemonium on the court when Ware planted his leg, turned and suffered what looked like a broken bone.

“His bone was sticking out of his shin,” said Richard Pitino, Florida International’s head coach and former U of L assistant who recruited Ware for the Cards and was sitting about 25 feet from where injury happened. “I’m only 30, but I’ve never seen something like that.

Another reason to nix your nicotine fix: Fractured bones take roughly 6 weeks longer to heal in smokers than in nonsmokers, says research presented at the 2013 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons’ Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Something in a cigarette’s makeup—whether it’s nicotine or tobacco smoke—is directly toxic to cells all over your body, says study author Jaimo Ahn, M.D., an assistant professor at Penn Medicine. So when you smoke, the cells that heal your bones and repair your immune system are altered, Dr. Ahn says.

“We also know that tobacco and smoking negatively affect your blood vessels,” says Dr. Ahn. And since fractures and broken bones require a good blood supply to heal properly, it’s possible that this connection could be responsible for the extended recovery period, he says.

Need help quitting? Lace up your sneakers and hit the pavement. A 2012 study in Addiction found that people who exercise when they crave cigarettes are more likely to overcome the urge to smoke. The researchers say breaking a sweat may lift your mood and boost your feelings of self-control, thereby reducing your impulsiveness.

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1 OUT OF 3 THREE KIDS IN AMERICA IS OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE…STUNNING!!!

March 29, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

Fried chicken fingers, hamburgers, French fries and sugary sodas dominate children’s menus in most chain restaurants, and most kids meals fall short of meeting basic nutritional standards, a nonprofit health advocacy group said Thursday.

Some 97% of nearly 3,500 kids meals analyzed don’t meet basic nutritional standards, the Center for Science in the Public Interest said in its report “Kids’ Meals: Obesity on the Menu.”

What’s more, 91% don’t meet the National Restaurant Association’s own nutritional guidelines for its Kids LiveWell program, a voluntary program for restaurant owners, according to the report.

“Given that 1 out of 3 American children are overweight or obese, it’s pretty stunning that the top chain restaurants are still serving up the same old fried chicken nuggets, burgers, macaroni and cheese, fries and soda,” said Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the CSPI and lead author of the report.

The worst offender: Applebee’s grilled cheese sandwich on sourdough bread with fries and 2% chocolate milk. The meal came in at a whopping 1,200 calories and 21 grams of saturated fat.

That’s followed by Chili’s pepperoni pizza meal with homestyle fries and chocolate milk, which packs 1,120 calories, and Dairy Queen’s fried chicken strip meal with fries, a slushy drink and an ice cream bar, with 1,030 calories.

The CSPI nutritional standard was no more than 430 calories per meal, while the Kids LiveWell standard is 600 calories. Standards for both groups included no more than 770 milligrams of sodium per meal.

Nineteen restaurant chains offering kids meals, or 56%, fail to offer any meals meeting CSPI’s standards, the report says, and nine do not have one meal meeting the Kids LiveWell standards.

“It’s as if the restaurant industry hasn’t heard there is an obesity epidemic,” Wootan said.

In response to the report, Applebee’s and Chili’s pointed out that while one meal may have been singled out, they do offer healthy options for children.

“Although this report focuses on one sandwich from our children’s menu, the full Applebee’s children’s menu provides many options that are significantly lower in calories, fat and sodium” and meet the Kids LiveWell standards, said spokesman Kevin Mortesen. The chain’s grilled chicken sandwich meal for kids, with steamed broccoli and apple or grape juice, totals only 355 calories, he said.

“We know Applebee’s best serves our guests by providing a wide selection of dishes, and we’ll continue to do so by expanding the number of options for kids by the end of this year.”

Chili’s says it offers a number of lower-calorie, lower-sodium and low-fat options on both its adult and Pepper Pals child menus, and that guests may customize and modify their orders — substituting side items, for instance.

“We do our part on our Pepper Pals menu to meet these requirements (for a well-balanced meal) by offering choices, including grilled chicken, salad with low-fat ranch dressing, fresh pineapples, steamed broccoli and celery sticks,” the company said in a statement.

Chili’s was an “inaugural partner” of the National Restaurant Association’s Kids LiveWell program, according to the statement, and “continues to support this organization which empowers parents to make informed decisions about their children’s meals as part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.”

The National Restaurant Association, meanwhile, touted the program. Joy Dubost, the association’s director of nutrition and healthy living, called Kids LiveWell “a first-of-its-kind, voluntary initiative that helps parents and children select healthful menu options when dining out at nearly 40,000 locations nationwide.

“The program, now with more than 120 restaurant brands, has achieved significant momentum in just 18 short months … participating restaurants offer and promote healthful meals for children,” Dubost said.

Dairy Queen did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment on the report.

The Center for Consumer Freedom issued a statement criticizing the report, saying childhood obesity “is a result of a myriad of factors, not just restaurant offerings. Regulating kids menus to only offer quinoa salads isn’t going to make any any measurable weight difference in America’s youth.”

“Instead of finger-wagging at restaurants for media attention, CSPI should be promoting walking to school and physical education courses,” said J. Justin Wilson, senior research analyst at the Center for Consumer Freedom. “… It is disingenuous to suggest some sort of French fry prohibition on kids’ menus will be the cure-all to children’s weight problems.”

The CSPI describes itself as a Washington-based nonprofit health advocacy group focusing on nutrition and food safety. Of the kids meals it analyzed, 86% contained more than 430 calories, and 50% have more than 600 calories, the report says. About two-thirds — 66% — exceeded the sodium standard.

The federal government’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans states that children ages 4 to 10 consume between 400 and 670 calories at each meal, depending on their age, gender and physical activity levels.

While some chains offer non-soda and fruit options, “soft drinks and fried potatoes are still more common options on children’s menus,”‘ according to the report. The CSPI recommendations include offering more fruit and vegetable options and making those the default side dishes with every children’s meal.

However, the news isn’t all bad, according to the report. All eight of Subway’s Fresh Fit for Kids meal combinations met CSPI’s nutrition criteria.

The chain also was lauded for not offering sugary drinks as an option with kids meals, instead including low-fat milk or bottled water and apple slices with its child-size subs. However the group recommended that Subway increase the whole-grain content of its breads and continue to lower sodium.

The best Subway option: a kids roast beef sub, apple slices and 1% milk, which comes in at 395 calories.

Other healthy choices: Burger King’s oatmeal, IHOP’s whole wheat blueberry pancakes, Outback Steakhouse’s kids sirloin with apples and grapes, and Olive Garden’s cheese ravioli with broccoli and orange juice.

“Four years ago we found that only 1% of kids meals at the top chain restaurants were healthy, and now 3% are healthy,” Wootan said. “So there is a tiny bit of improvement, but it’s very, very small.”

Sodium rates also have shown improvement, she said. In 2008, only 15% of restaurant meals met the sodium standard; now 35% do.

The bottom line, she said: There’s a lot of work to do.

“In order for parents to feed their children healthfully, restaurants need to help,” Wootan said. The group encourages participation in the Kids LiveWell program, and says restaurants should offer more whole grains and get rid of soda and other sugary drinks.

“We know they can do it, because some are already doing it,” she said.

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CHRIS BROWN: ANGER MANAGEMENT MAY NOT BE WORKING!

March 8, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

Shocking, we know. Anger management class graduate Chris Brown apparently forgot to take his chill pills before heading out into the world on Wednesday. The hot-tempered singer was allegedly involved in two separate arguments in the course of one day. First, an incident in Bermuda stalled Breezy’s departure before his private

plane finally took off without his security guard, Big Pat, on board, according to the Bermuda Sun. A worker at the airport tells the paper that Big Pat got off the plane and announced he wasn’t getting back on because of some sort of argument with his boss, who reportedly flew back home short one entourage member.

Later that day, TMZ cameras caught Chris bickering with a bowling alley valet in Studio City, Calif., over the cost of having his car parked. While someone in his crew attempts to tamp down the tension, Breezy, who is reportedly worth $22 million, can be heard yelling, “F— ten dollars … We gonna turn this whole thing on out.” The kicker? He was at the bowling alley for a charity event.

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HIV CURE: BABY BORN WITH HIV CURED

March 5, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

Doctors in the US have made medical history by effectively curing a child born with HIV, the first time such a case has been documented.

The infant, who is now two and a half, needs no medication for HIV, has a normal life expectancy and is highly unlikely to be infectious to others, doctors believe.

Though medical staff and scientists are unclear why the treatment was effective, the surprise success has raised hopes that the therapy might ultimately help doctors eradicate the virus among newborns.

Doctors did not release the name or sex of the child to protect the patient’s identity, but said the infant was born, and lived, in Mississippi state. Details of the case were unveiled on Sunday at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta.

Dr Hannah Gay, who cared for the child at the University of Mississippi medical centre, told the Guardian the case amounted to the first “functional cure” of an HIV-infected child. A patient is functionally cured of HIV when standard tests are negative for the virus, but it is likely that a tiny amount remains in their body.

“Now, after at least one year of taking no medicine, this child’s blood remains free of virus even on the most sensitive tests available,” Gay said.

“We expect that this baby has great chances for a long, healthy life. We are certainly hoping that this approach could lead to the same outcome in many other high-risk babies,” she added.

The number of babies born with HIV in developed countries has fallen dramatically with the advent of better drugs and prevention strategies. Typically, women with HIV are given antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy to minimise the amount of virus in their blood. Their newborns go on courses of drugs too, to reduce their risk of infection further. The strategy can stop around 98% of HIV transmission from mother to child.

In the UK and Ireland, around 1,200 children are living with HIV they picked up in the womb, during birth, or while being breastfed. If an infected mother’s placenta is healthy, the virus tends not to cross into the child earlier in pregnancy, but can in labour and delivery.

The problem is far more serious in developing countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, around 387,500 children aged 14 and under were receiving antiretroviral therapy in 2010. Many were born with the infection. Nearly 2 million more children of the same age in the region are in need of the drugs.

In the latest case, the mother was unaware she had HIV until after a standard test came back positive while she was in labour. “She was too near delivery to give even the dose of medicine that we routinely use in labour. So the baby’s risk of infection was significantly higher than we usually see,” said Gay.

Doctors began treating the baby 30 hours after birth. Unusually, they put the child on a course of three antiretroviral drugs, given as liquids through a syringe. The traditional treatment to try to prevent transmission after birth is a course of a single antiretroviral drug. The doctor opted for the more aggressive treatment because the mother had not received any during her pregnancy.

Several days later, blood drawn from the baby before treatment started showed the child was infected, probably shortly before birth. The doctors continued with the drugs and expected the child to take them for life.

However, within a month of starting therapy, the level of HIV in the baby’s blood had fallen so low that routine lab tests failed to detect it.

The mother and baby continued regular clinic visits to the clinic for the next year, but then began to miss appointments, and eventually stopped attending all together. The child had no medication from the age of 18 months, and did not see doctors again until it was nearly two years old.

“We did not see this child at all for a period of about five months,” Gay told the Guardian. “When they did return to care aged 23 months, I fully expected that the baby would have a high viral load.”

When the mother and child arrived back at the clinic, Gay ordered several HIV tests, and expected the virus to have returned to high levels. But she was stunned by the results. “All of the tests came back negative, very much to my surprise,” she said.

The case was so extraordinary, Dr Gay called a colleague, Katherine Luzuriaga, an immunologist at Massachusetts Medical School, who with another scientist, Deborah Persaud at Johns Hopkins Children’s Centre in Baltimore, had far more sensitive blood tests to hand. They checked the baby’s blood and found traces of HIV, but no viruses that were capable of multiplying.

The team believe the child was cured because the treatment was so potent and given swiftly after birth. The drugs stopped the virus from replicating in short-lived, active immune cells, but another effect was crucial. The drugs also blocked the infection of other, long-lived white blood cells, called CD4, which can harbour HIV for years. These CD4 cells behave like hideouts, and can replace HIV that is lost when active immune cells die.

The treatment would not work in older children or adults because the virus will have already infected their CD4 cells.

“Prompt antiviral therapy in newborns that begins within days of exposure may help infants clear the virus and achieve long-term remission without lifelong treatment by preventing such viral hideouts from forming in the first place,” said Dr Persaud. “Our next step is to find out if this is a highly unusual response to very early antiretroviral therapy or something we can actually replicate in other high-risk newborns.”

Children infected with HIV are given antiretroviral drugs with the intent to treat them for life, and Gay warned that anyone who takes the drugs must remain on them.

“It is far too early for anyone to try stopping effective therapy just to see if the virus comes back,” she said.

Until scientists better understand how they cured the child, Gay emphasised that prevention is the most reliable way to stop babies contracting the virus from infected mothers. “Prevention really is the best cure, and we already have proven strategies that can prevent 98% of newborn infections by identifying and treating HIV-positive women,” she said.

Genevieve Edwards, a spokesperson for the Terrence Higgins Trust HIV/Aids charity, said: “This is an interesting case, but I don’t think it has implications for the antenatal screening programme in the UK, because it already takes steps to ensure that 98% to 99% of babies born to HIV-positive mothers are born without HIV.”

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4 EXAMPLES OF HOW LIST PRICES ARE MEANINGLESS: LIST PRICE=FAKE PRICE

March 5, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

After reading this, I wondered why these practices were not ilegal. When almost no one pays full price, what does “full price” even mean? From cars to college to health care, consumers today are surrounded by huge markdowns—which, when you think about it, wouldn’t exist if goods and services weren’t marked up so high in the first place.

Why is the consumer landscape filled with prices that no one is really expected to pay? You know, the “original” or “compare to” prices, also known as “MSRPs,” which are typically listed right next to the actual purchase price. If almost no one pays a list price, isn’t it meaningless?

Not entirely, says Kit Yarrow, a consumer psychologist and occasional contributor to Time.com. “People really aren’t very good at calculating the worth of a product or service,” she says. “It might seem like they should be jaded, but consumers still absolutely, positively rely on list prices to determine value.”

Marketers love to use the concept of an “original” or “suggested” price as a way to convince shoppers they’re getting a can’t-pass-up bargain. As a result, we’re surrounded by initial prices that buyer and seller alike know are unrealistic and inflated, and yet that somehow serve a purpose—as a point of comparison, or as a starting point for negotiations. Life would probably be a lot less frustrating and confusing if fake “full” prices didn’t exist in many areas, including these:

Health Care Anyone who has ever looked closely at a bill from a hospital knows that the health care pricing systems in the U.S. are completely absurd. In Steven Brill’s recent TIME cover story about overinflated medical bills and why health care in general has become so expensive, many hospital representatives admitted that the initial prices listed on bills—decreed by someone or something called the “chargemaster”—are basically meaningless. “Those are not our real rates,” one hospital spokesperson told Brill, flatly, when asked about prices listed on a bill. “I’m not sure why you care.”

The justification for such as system seems to be that it allows hospitals to use a crazily inflated price as a starting point for negotiations with insurers—and also for patients who have no insurance. The argument is also made that hospitals want to be able to charge wealthy foreigners top dollar for services, with the idea that these easy profits will be used to help provide subsidized services for the poor.

The sad truth, detailed in the story by Brill, is this:

I quickly found that although every hospital has a chargemaster, officials treat it as if it were an eccentric uncle living in the attic. Whenever I asked, they deflected all conversation away from it. They even argued that it is irrelevant. I soon found that they have good reason to hope that outsiders pay no attention to the chargemaster or the process that produces it. For there seems to be no process, no rationale, behind the core document that is the basis for hundreds of billions of dollars in health care bills.

Cars The new-car purchase is probably the most obvious, well-established example of how the “sticker price” isn’t a real price. Due to auto dealership incentives and rebates, leasing and financing deals, and old-fashioned haggling, virtually no one pays the price listed on a new vehicle.

Despite the fact that consumers hate that’s it’s a hassle just to get to a final price for a new car, the system persists because, well, it just always has. Most dealerships apparently think that it’s still in their best interests to operate this way, though some admit that the process is designed for idiots.

College For decades, we’ve watched in horror as tuition and fees have soared at public and private colleges alike. Costs at state schools have increased by 40% or more overnight, while dozens of private universities have crossed over the $50K-per-year barrier.

At the same time that students and their families are instructed to freak out due to skyrocketing costs, they’re also told that it’s wise to ignore the numbers when navigating the college search. Why? Because relatively few students pay full price.

Studies have shown that thanks mostly to scholarships and financial aid private college students get a 33% discount, on average, off the full price of tuition. Many of the public and private institutions recently named as “Best Value” colleges made it to the list not because of low starting prices—but because the widespread availability of discounts brings costs down. Many students get 40% or 50% off the college list price, once grants, scholarships, and aid are factored in.

Retail Think about how many easy ways shoppers can “save” on everyday purchases—store reward programs, online coupon codes, and old-fashioned weekly sales to name three. It seems as if every price tag must point out a “Compare to” or “Original” price to demonstrate the discount being offered, and every receipt must proudly tell the customer “How Much You Saved.”

First off, this has been pointed out by loads of personal finance wonks, but it bears repeating once more: When you’re spending money, you’re not saving money. That goes even when something is “on sale.”

Secondly, the ubiquity of markdowns and discounts via sales, loyalty programs, and such has brought to light something of an existential bargain-shopper conundrum: When everything is always “on sale,” what exactly is a sale? Do the terms “full price,” “original price,” “compare-to price,” and “manufacturer’s suggested retail price” mean much of anything? Do they have any relationship to genuinely good prices?

About a year ago, JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson came clean about how the store’s original prices were fake prices cooked up mainly to make the inevitable markdowns seem more impressive and tempting to shoppers. The strategy is known as “price anchoring,” and it’s standard practice at most stores. Johnson said that perhaps 1% of all JCPenney merchandise was sold at full price—the rest was bought “on sale.” The plan was to replace fake prices with a new, “fair and square” system that got rid of pricing games involving coupons and sales.

While the new system sounded great to many consumer advocates, it proved to be a failure with shoppers, and JCP scrapped the idea. The result is shoppers should expect “sales”—and artificially inflated “original” or “suggested retail” prices—to keep appearing at JCPenney and the majority of stores out there.

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BRAND NEW IMAGES OF BLACK MALE MODEL, NGO OKAFOR

March 4, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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Good Morning All!!! It’s Monday, a brand new day, a brand new week, a brand new opportunity to do something great. Recently, I shot with a new photographer and have posted quite a few of the pics in the photo gallery of my website. Click on the link http://www.getingo.com/ngo-gallery/, then scroll down to to check them out.

Let me know what you think.

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WORK HARDER THAN YOU THINK YOU POSSIBLY CAN: BEN AFFLEC OSCAR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

March 2, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

Ben Afflec’s Oscar acceptance has stuck with me for quite a while now. I ususally fast-forward acceptance speeches of all kinds, because they are usually self serving and boring, but this time, I listened. I’m glad I did. Not because I like Ben Afflec, but because he has been able to show that hard work pays off. He has been able to transform himself from a so-so actor, who gets no respect, to a multiple award-winning director. I think that he has become a much better actor in the process. If you have seen “The Town”, then you’ll get what I’m saying.

This is a excerpt from his acceptance speech at The Academy Awards …because of so many of you who are here tonight, because of this Academy, because of so many wonderful people who extended themselves to me when they had nothing to benefit from it in Hollywood. You know what I mean, I couldn’t get them a job.

I want to thank them and I want to thank what they taught me, which is that you have to work harder than you think you possibly can. You can’t hold grudges. It’s hard but you can’t hold grudges. And it doesn’t matter how you get knocked down in life because that’s going to happen. All that matters is you gotta get up.

This rings true for everything in life. Allow yourself to dream, work hard and it will come true.

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VIDEO: MAN SQUATS 905 POUNDS EASILY!!!

March 2, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

Good morning, happy Saturday to you all. It’s been a while since I posted. I found this cool video of this big, black dude, squatting 905 pounds. He almost makes it look easy. Check it out.

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AFRICAN MOTHERS: BE PATIENT WITH YOUR UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS

February 18, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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Happy Monday!!! It’s the first day of the week and I hope that we are all ready to grab the bull by the horns today. Speaking of grabbing the bull by the horns, I found an extremely well written article and wanted to share it with all of you. This article speaks to understanding and taking control of our lives. Read more…

By China Okasi, Special to CNN

Editor’s note: China Okasi, an entrepreneur and frequent commentator on various TV networks, is the founder of the Daily Mocha and executive director of Women of Media.

Moms everywhere like to ask their unmarried daughters dreaded questions like: Why are you still single? Are you married yet? Anyone catch your eye? Especially around Valentine’s Day.

Sure, we’ve seen Carrie Bradshaw agonize over the issue, watched Bridget Jones’ awkwardness around it, heard Amelie’s lamentations au Francais, and we’ve even heard from the lovable Mindy Kaling vis-a-vis her Indian-American perspective. But, we haven’t heard the modern African woman’s story.

Being an unmarried African woman in her childbearing years is like being a manicurist with a hand tremor: very odd and rather tricky. She is expected to marry early and marry well.

African mothers, then, are in a deep crisis. They immigrated to the United States with the hopes that their daughters would get a good education and fulfill the American Dream. But they never considered that, along with having all that modernity, their daughters would, like the rest of America’s young, empowered women, be so “late” in marriage.

Granted, African moms are not alone in their hopes. But still, some of them seem particularly affected. What shall they do?

Well, first, they might accept that their daughters have not just a “double consciousness,” as W. E. B. Dubois termed it, but rather infinite consciousnesses, complicating their very blackness. If an upper middle-class girl has one or more African parents, for example, she has likely schooled in the United States or Europe — maybe even a generation after her own parents have.

And she has likely spent a fair amount of time in London via Lagos, a common lifestyle practice for those of formerly colonized African countries. If she has lived down South, say in Texas, for some time, she has likely acquired a George Bush twang for survival sake. If she has taken up a neuroscience residency in Boston (which, of course, she must, if she is African), she might now sound like Matt Damon’s sister. And the minute she wins an accolade in some not-so-diverse department (which, of course, she must, being African), she’ll be labeled the “first African-American” to have done so.

In short, she is global. If she is living in a melting pot like New York, she is global on steroids. Naturally, global girls outgrow such local traditions as arranged marriages, dowry and bride price, which have not been exclusive to African tradition (see the English period drama, “Downton Abbey”) but have certainly lingered longer in homes of African descent.

African moms need to accept that globalism has allowed their daughters to know the world better, and as a result, seek partnerships more wisely. This process of self-determination takes a tad longer to form than setting up an arranged marriage.

Thankfully, my mom, educated in America, a New Yorker and rather global, has not been as insistent on marriage with me. But it seems like only yesterday her older sister, my aunt, warned about the dangers of waiting too long, or being too educated, to be married.

Really, if you’ve watched Maggie Smith’s blunt character, Lady Violet Crawley, in “Downton Abbey,” you have watched my aunt. Despite being an accomplished woman who acquired a Ph.D. later in life, she praised my graceful exit from my doctoral program. I’d just turned 21 when I’d chosen a rather eccentric doctoral study. In her words: “What man would marry a 20-something-year-old Ph.D.-holder?” It would be too intimidating to men.

“I’d do better to tone it down a bit,” she suggested. Which brings me to my second plea to African moms. If you want your daughter to be as happy or happier than you have been in marriage, it makes no sense that she should dumb down the colorfulness of her character, the boldness of her spirit and the fire that made her the “first African-American” this or that in order to appease those who are potentially intimidated by her.

If you’d never match a conservative Christian with a flagrant porn star, it’s not clear why today’s educated woman should edit herself in hopes of attracting a feeble idiot. Yes, she’d be married, but then she’d live only to repress herself for someone else’s ego — and what kind of message would that be for the children?

You see, dear African moms, global girls need global boys. Not intimidated ones.

We can sit and try to make sense of why one kind of match would work or not work for a global girl, but we must concede that love is messy and unpredictable. Love is not like your daughter’s medical career with a blueprint to follow, or like a GPS map that can calculate the distance between Addis and Accra.

Yesterday’s woman wanted marriage. Today’s woman wants love — and marriage, if it turns out that way. Olivia Pope’s character in the TV series “Scandal” spoke quite unapologetically for today’s woman when she said: “I could probably give all this up, and live in a country house and have babies and be normal. I could. But I don’t want to. I’m not built for it. I don’t want normal and easy…and simple. I want…painful, difficult…devastating…life-changing…extraordinary love.”

Extraordinary love? Sometimes, dear African moms, that process is just a little more complicated than marrying your cousin like in the 18th century. So, you’ll just have to be patient.

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A MIDNIGHT WINTER’S RUN: HOW TO GET LEAN FOR A PHOTO SHOOT OR EVENT

February 17, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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I have a video and photo shoot today for a new exercise product, which will hit the market soon. We are negotiating terms for me to become the face of the product on TV and other media. I’ve been preparing for the shoot for a few days. I’ve stepped up my ab and cardio regimens for the past few days in order to guarantee that I’m at my leanest at the time of the shoot. I have also cut back on my carbohydrate intake. I feel ready. I will post pictures from the shoot once I get to the set. Stay tuned.

Many male and female models do severe water restriction in order to achieve maximum leanness. Many even take ‘water pills’ or diuretics. I don’t like severe water restriction , because being extremely dehydrated causes me to cramp up. I have never used ‘water pills’ or diuretics either. I choose to train harder. This is why I went out for a 4 mile run last night, a little after midnight.

Weight loss is a highly controversial use of water pills. Water is heavy and can contribute to a puffy or overweight appearance, so removing excess water is one way to shed pounds and look a little trimmer. Celebrities often use techniques to shed water weight before photo shoots and other events for this reason.

Using diuretics in this way is problematic for multiple reasons. They can create electrolyte imbalances because of how they affect sodium and potassium levels, which can cause problems such as muscle cramps and irregular heartbeat. Problems such as dizziness and fainting can happen if dehydration and a drop in blood pressure are too extreme. Lastly, the body naturally will try to replenish its supply of water once diuretic use ends, so weight loss under this method is not sustainable.

Psychologists and psychiatrists are especially concerned about the use of both water pills and laxatives in cases of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Even though these medications are not meant to be taken for an extremely long time even in cases of medical necessity, individuals suffering from these conditions use them over extended periods to keep weight as low as possible. Stopping the use often means working through intense mental and behavioral issues such as distorted body image.

Stay safe and continue to work hard!!

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THE DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK: MOST UNUSUAL EXCUSES FOR BEING LATE TO WORK

February 13, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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Early on in my career as a model and actor, I had a reputation for being late. Part of it was cultural (in African culture, extreme lateness is accepted), but most of it was just poor time management. I’m never late now though!!!! Getting ready for work may take a few minutes for some or a few hours for others. No matter how long it takes you to head out the door, there may be some days when it seems as though the clock’s against you. According to a new CareerBuilder study, 26 percent of workers admit to being tardy at least once a month, and 16 percent are late once a week or more.

“Employers understand that every now and again circumstances will arise that are out of a worker’s control and, unfortunately, cause a late arrival to work,” says Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources at CareerBuilder. “It escalates to a problem when the behavior becomes repetitive, causing employers to take disciplinary action. More than one-third of hiring managers reported they had to fire someone for being late.”

Excuses, excuses
Hiring managers shared some of the most memorable excuses they’ve heard from employees who were late getting to the office. While 31 percent of workers pointed to traffic as the most common cause for tardiness, some answers were more memorable than a bad commute:

Employee dropped her purse into a coin-operated newspaper box and couldn’t retrieve it without change — which was in the purse.

Employee accidentally left the apartment with his roommate’s girlfriend’s shoes on and had to go back to change.

Employee’s angry wife had frozen his truck keys in a glass of water in the freezer.

Employee got a late start because she was putting a raincoat on her concrete duck in her front yard, because rain was expected later that day.

Employee’s car wouldn’t start because the device measuring blood-alcohol level showed he was intoxicated.

Employee attempted to cut his own hair before work and the clippers stopped working, so he had to wait until the barber shop opened to fix his hair.

Employee’s car was attacked by a bear. (Employee had photographic evidence.)

Employee drove to her previous employer by mistake.

Employee claimed to have delivered a stranger’s baby on the side of the highway.

Avoiding a late arrival

The key to being punctual and avoiding your employer’s frustration is to understand your schedule and be prepared. If you have free time in the evening, take advantage of the extra minutes and prepare your meals, clothes and bag or briefcase then. Likewise, if you need daylight to get moving, set the alarm for an earlier wake-up time to avoid rushing and running late. Also check how the weather may affect your commute, and leave ample time to get to the office. These small steps can get you to work on time and save you from trying to come up with a believable story.

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NIGERIA’S SUPER EAGLES TEAM WINS AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS

February 11, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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The curtain came down on the Orange Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) at the National Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday evening when Nigeria and Burkina Faso dueled to decide the champion team of Africa. After 94 minutes of action, the Super Eagles had secured their third Afcon title by a 1-0 margin.

Vuvuzelas blared and South African President Jacob Zuma was on hand to wish the two teams well as a packed crowd of 85 000 took in the title-decider. For Nigeria, it was a first final since 2000. For Burkina Faso, it was uncharted territory.

Not only were there supporters of the finalists in the stadium, but also plenty of football fans in the colours of the host nation’s national football team, Bafana Bafana.

The big team news before the contest was the absence of star striker Emmanuel Emenike for the Super Eagles because of an injury and the inclusion of Jonathan Pitroipa for the Stallions after a red card he received in the semi-finals was rescinded.

Early touch

Daouda Diakité had an early touch of the ball for Burkina Faso when a cross come shot from Efe Ambrose flew neatly into his midriff. He easily caught the ball to end the first attack of the game.

Nigeria were making the early running and forced the first corner and free kick of the game, although Brown Ideye went down with little input from a Burkina Faso player.

Victor Moses got behind the defence on the right and it needed some good cover defence to snuff out the danger. Diakité spilt the resulting corner, but the snapshot from Ideye passed over the crossbar.

Nigeria were clearly dictating terms in the early going, forcing the Burkinabe back into their half. Whenever the Stallions managed to break out of defence, the Super Eagles were quick to get players back behind the ball and regain possession.

First decent attack

Burkina Faso’s first decent attack came after 15 minutes and it included a nice interchange of passes between Pitroipa and the big striker Aristide Bancé. The Super Eagles conceded a corner, but it came to nought for the Burkinabe. Ten minutes later, Bancé blasted a shot high over the Nigerian goal from outside the box after neatly chesting down a long pass.

The big, blonde-haired striker was then narrowly wide of Victor Enyeama’s right-hand post from a free kick.

Nigeria were almost rewarded for a patient build-up after half-an-hour when Uche played Ideye in, but the striker’s first touch let him down and Diakité, in the Burkina Faso goal, was able to gather the ball and stop the threat.

The Super Eagles were crowding the middle of the park, making it difficult for the Burkinabe to release any passes down the flanks from there, which had the effect of forcing the Stallions to try a good number of long balls out of defence.

In the 38th minute, the first yellow card of the game was shown to Ogenyi Onazi for a studs-up challenge and Burkina Faso’s free kick that followed came close to catching out the Nigerian defenders. The ball was delivered from the left to the far post where Bakary Koné met it, but his aim was off and Enyeama was not called on to make a save.

Goal

Five minutes from the break, Paul Koulibaly struggled to deal with a long, low pass from the back of the Nigerian defence. In trying to control the ball, he was robbed of possession and Ike Uche picked it up on the right, just outside the Burkina Faso box. He passed inside for Moses, whose shot was blocked. The ball, however, found Sunday Mba, who controlled it with his body before knocking it over a defender with his right foot. Before it hit the ground. he struck it with his left foot into the far corner to give Nigeria the lead with a goal befitting of the occasion of a final.

The Nigerian bench and fans leapt to their feat. Mba, surrounded by his team-mates, fell to his knees in celebration. It was his second goal of the tournament. His first, in a quarterfinal win over Côte d’Ivoire, was equally good.

Burkina Faso tried to find a quick reply. Préjuce Nakoulma came close to delivering an equaliser, but was ruled offside as he put Enyeama under pressure. Bancé, as he had done a little earlier, again shot high over the goal from range.

There was a heart-in-mouth moment for the Stallions just before the break when Mba intercepted a pass and snapped off a shot, but he was leaning back as he hit it and it flew high over the Burkina Faso goal.

The teams turned with Nigeria one goal to nil ahead.

Good chance

In the third minute of the second half, Nigeria had a good chance to double their lead when Victor Moses found Brown Ideye deep in the Burkinabe box, but Ideye’s aim wasn’t true and his shot passed across the face of Diakité’s goal.

Coach Stephen Keshi made his first change after eight minutes of the second haf, bringing on Ahmed Musa for Uche, who had been a little off song and had failed to make an impact.

Moses had a good opportunity to increase Nigeria’s lead when the Super Eagles out-manned the Stallions as they broke away from defending a corner. He was a litte undecided whether or not to pass or shoot and in the end his shot was partially blocked and rolled gently into the hands of Diakité.

Kenneth Omeruo was shown the game’s second yellow card when he fouled Pitroipa with a knee to knee tackle. John Obi Mikel, well known for having a short fuse, had words with the referee and was also shown a yellow. Pitroipa left the field on a stretcher but returned a short while later from the sideline.

Bancé managed a flick-on from the free kick, but Enyeama was well positioned and caught the ball comfortably against his chest.

Midfield control

Burkina Faso were no doubt committing more to attack than they had in the first half, but Nigeria still controlled the midfield and the Burkinabe were finding it a tough job to break down the Nigerians in that area.

In the 65th minute Nigeria lost Elderson Echiejile to an injury. As he went off, Wildred Sanou came on for Florent Rouamba, as coach Paul Put made the first change for Burkina Faso. Juwon Oshaniwa came on for Echiejile. His first contribution was to stop Charles Kabore illegally and earn himself a yellow card.

Sanou got onto the end of a corner unchallenged, but his header back into the middle was knocked behind by the Nigerian defenders for another corner.

Nigeria countered with a swift break out of defence and Victor Moses set up Musa for a shot from inside the Burkina Faso box, but the substitute slipped on a sandy part of the field and went down, which allowed the Stallions time to turn over possession and clear the danger.

Not far wide

By now the game head really opened up and Burkina Faso swung back onto the attack. Sanou found Nakoulma down the right and then received the ball back. His first time shot was not far wide of Enyeama’s right-hand post. The crowd oohed and aahed.

With less than 15 minutes remaining, the Nigerian fans could be heard singing “All we are saying is give us a goal” to the tune of the famous John Lennon song, “All we are saying is give peace a chance”.

With time running down, Moumouni Dagano came on for Paul Koulibaly as coach Put replaced a defender with a striker.

Peculiar defending

Burkina Faso were taking the game to Nigeria, but were almost caught on the break. Some peculiar defending saw the Stallions’ central defenders exchanging a short pass across goal right on the edge of the six-yard box and Ideye picked up the ball, but couldn’t get a shot away.

Musa then put in a super cross, low across goal from the left. Diakité missed the ball, but so too did Ideye and the Stallions breathed a sigh of relief.

Abdou Traore came on for Djakaridja Kone as Put rolled the dice for a final time. Less than a minute remained in regulation time.

When time expired, four minutes of additional time was added on.

Last chance

In the time added on, Ideye was shown a yellow card when he stopped a Burkina Faso attack with his right hand, but the shot was a disappointing one and didn’t force Enyeama into a save. Burkina Faso’s last chance had gone.

The final whistle sounded. Enyeama, curiously, tried to lift the referee in celebration. Nigeria and their fans celebrated and coach Stephen Keshi became only the second man after Egyptian Mahmoud Al Gohari to win the Africa Cup of Nations as a player and a coach.

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HOW TO GET SEXY MALE MODEL ABS

February 10, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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If you treat your abs like an after thought, they will look like an after thought.

Good morning all!! It’s Sunday morning, which means that another week has come to an end and another week is set begin in a few hours. Sunday is a great day to reflect on the week past and plan/get ready for the new week. My Sundays are usually spent researching ideas and articles on varying subject matters and then write about them. Today I’m going to write about how to get sexy male model abs. I don’t have to research this topic because I live it….everyday.

Abs are the key to being successful as a model. It is especially important for someone who has a desire to become a fitness model. Abs are the ultimate measure of fitness. Ripped abs shows that you have put in the work in the gym and you have discipline to eat healthy in order to get lean. In order words, it means that you are in beast mode!!

When you walk to into a modeling agency, seeking to become a fitness model, the first thing the agent will ask is for you to take off your shirt. This request is not personal. They are not trying to put you down. The truth is that if you do not have ripped, sexy abs, you cannot work as fitness model. PERIOD!!!

In this blog post today, I will share how I got my abs to become more muscular and ripped. Contrary to what many people may say, you have to treat your abs just as you would treat any other muscle in your body. You have treat your ab muscles just as you would your chest, biceps or triceps. You have to work them hard. Many people do not train their abs until the end of their workouts and then they wonder why their abs do not grow and get ripped. If you treat your abs like an after thought, they will look like an after thought.

I will share one example of my workouts in this blog today. This way, you will get a chance to try this routine without getting overwhelmed by information. When you have tried it, please write back and let me know how you fared with it. I will share more workouts shortly, so stay tuned.

No matter what movement or body part(s) that I’m working on for each day, I begin every workout by doing 20-30 minutes of cardiovascular activity on a treadmill, bike or jumping rope. I then move on to abs, before lifting any weights. To start, I do side planks for 45 seconds on each side and then I do 60 seconds in a regular plank position. After this, I move over and do the weighted rope crunches-leg raises combination. This means that I will do a set of weighted rope crunches and then go over and do a set of leg raises, without resting. The rope crunches work the muscles in the mid to upper region of the abs and leg raises work the lower region of the abs. See the pictures of the exercises below. My goal for working my abs in this routine is to get my ab muscles stronger and make them more dense by using heavy weight on the rope crunches. I would not suggest using heavy weights on leg raises because the lower ab region is weak on most people and may cause abdominal or lower back injury.

The workout is as follows:

Weighted Cable Crunches:

1 Warm up set followed by 4 Sets of 8-10 reps

Leg raises on an incline bench:

1 warm set followed by 4 sets of 10-15 reps

Stretch out your abs and then move on to your movement/body part lift for the day. ENJOY!!!

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NANCY GONZALEZ: PRISON GUARD, PREGNANT WITH COP-KILLER INMATE’S BABY

February 7, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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How low can you go? Just when you think that you have heard it all, you read about something as crazy as this. Read more—

A pregnant prison guard was accused Tuesday of having sex with an incarcerated cop killer, according to a source close to the investigation.

Federal Bureau of Prisons officer Nancy Gonzalez, 29, was arrested on suspicion of unlawful sexual abuse on a ward, according to a federal complaint.

Gonzalez had relationships in 2012 with two inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, authorities said.

The federal complaint did not mention the names of the inmates, but the source told CNN that one of them is Ronell Wilson, the presumed father. He was convicted of killing two police officers in March 2003.

In a recorded call, according to the complaint, Gonzalez told the second inmate about her pregnancy, allegedly by the other inmate: “I took a chance because I was so vulnerable and wanted to be loved and now I am carrying his child.”

The guard said she “kind of got sucked into his world” and “felt like, well, why not give him a child as far as giving him some kind of hope,” according to the complaint.

“People find love in the strangest places, and people get together in the most difficult circumstances,” Gonzalez’s attorney, Anthony Ricco, told CNN affiliate NY1.

“We live in a society where these events happen. They are unusual, but they are not uncommon.”

Gonzalez allegedly told colleagues she became pregnant in June 2012, while she was having a relationship with Wilson. She is now eight months pregnant.

The Long Island resident was released Tuesday afternoon on $150,000 bond after an initial appearance.

An affidavit states that there are videotapes showing Gonzalez and the inmate spending several minutes alone together at various times. Other witnesses say they were seen “hugging and kissing.”

Gonzalez could face a maximum sentence of 15 years if convicted of the charge.

“She’s really distraught. I mean, she’s in the worst place that a woman can be eight months pregnant,” Ricco told NY1.

In March 2007, Wilson was sentenced to death for killing the two undercover officers, James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews, on Staten Island during a gun sale. He was the first person in the city to receive the death sentence from a federal jury since 1954.

His sentence was overturned in 2010 on procedural grounds. A new jury must now determine whether Wilson receives a death sentence or life in prison.

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CHRISTOPHER DORNER: EX-LAPD OFFICER WANTED IN TRIPLE REVENGE MURDER

February 7, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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A massive manhunt was under way Thursday for an ex-LAPD cop suspected of murdering at least two people and seeking to kill many others including police officers and their families on a vengeful rampage.Christopher Dorner — who posted what appeared to be his plan in a chilling online manifesto — was playing a deadly game of cat-and-mouse that had California cities from Los Angeles to San Diego on high alert, while officers guarded the homes of at least 40 people who could be on his hit list.

At an emotional press conference, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck cataloged the bloody trail that began Sunday with a double murder and continued Thursday — leaving one cop dead, two more wounded and two civilians shot by officers in a case of mistaken identity.

“Of course he knows what he’s doing,” Beck said of the suspect. “We trained him.”

Dorner — a 270-pound former Navy reservist who was tossed off the police force in 2008 — has an arsenal of weapons, including assault rifles, police said. Citizens were told to call 911 if they see his dark gray 2005 Nissan Titan truck, but warned not to approach him.

Dorner, 33, graduated from Southern Utah University in 2001 with a major in political and a minor in psychology. He also played football for at least two of those years, the university confirmed.

He was a lieutenant in the Navy Reserves from 2002 until this week, and earned a ribbon for rifle marksmanship and a medal for pistol expertise. He was honorably discharged.

He joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 2005 and was fired for making false statements in 2008.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck provides a briefing on the case of Christopher Dorner, the fired LAPD officer wanted in revenge slayings in Irvine, California.

In his 11,300-word blueprint for vengeance — a cached version of which was obtained by NBCLosAngeles.com — Dorner made it clear he is out for the blood of his perceived enemies and their loved ones.

“I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, I’m terminating yours,” Dorner wrote in his rambling manifesto, addressing LAPD officials he blamed for ruining his career.

“Look your wives/husbands and surviving children directly in the face and tell them the truth as to why your children are dead.”

Police say Dorner began killing on Sunday.

Monica Quan, 28, and her fiancé, Keith Lawrence, 27, were fatally shot while parking their car at their apartment complex after a Super Bowl party. Quan is the daughter of retired LAPD Capt. Randy Quan, who represented Dorner at the internal review that led to his ouster.

On Wednesday, they say Dorner tried and failed to steal a boat in San Diego, Beck said. No one was hurt in that incident.

Hours later, he began targeting cops, they said.

At 1:25 a.m., in Chino, LAPD cops assigned to protect someone named in the manifesto came under fire. One cop suffered a graze wound to his head, “literally inches from killing him,” Beck said.

Twenty minutes later, in Riverside, he ambushed two cops stopped at a red light. One officer was killed and the other is in stable condition.

The attacks left cops on protection and search details across the region on edge — with tragic results.

At 5:15 a.m. in Torrance, police assigned to watch the home of a potential target got a report of a vehicle like Dorner’s in the area, and then spotted it driving with the lights off. Shots were fired and the two people in the vehicle were struck; both are expected to survive.

“Tragically we believe this was a case of mistaken identity by the officers,” Beck said.

Later in the day, dozens of cops surrounded a motel in San Diego where a man matching Dorner’s description was reported to be holed up. KNSD said police eventually confirmed the man inside was not the suspect.

“It’s extremely intense,” Sgt. Rudy Lopez said of the dragnet to capture the suspect before anyone else is killed.

“We’re trying to identify where he’s been, where he’s going. In this case, we are the targets. He’s brazen. He’s on a hunt to do whatever havoc he can.”

Dorner’s manifesto, titled “Last Resort,” is a road map of his rage over being tossed off the force. He claims that he was punished for accusing his field training officer of brutalizing a mentally disabled man.

“The attacks will stop when the department states the truth about my innocence, PUBLICLY!!!” he wrote.

Half of it chronicles the wrongs Dorner says he suffered, stretching all the way back to a racial slur used against him in the first grade. He portrays the LAPD as rife with racism, corruption and abuse.

There is a long passage in which he expresses support for an assault-weapons ban, and a plea that his brain be preserved for scientific research on the effects of depression.

The document also contains page after page of praise for friends, political figures, journalists and celebrities and opinions on issues of the day — from women in combat to the boycott of Chick-fil-A.

Mostly, though, he talks about his bloodthirsty plans. He claims his arsenal includes “Bushmaster firearms, Remington precision rifles” and silencers and boasts that his knowledge of police tactics will allow him to elude capture.

“I know I will be villified (sic) by the LAPD and the media,” he wrote. “Unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name.”

Police chiefs giving press conferences in Riverside and in Los Angeles, when asked what message they have for the suspect, said they would urge him to stand down.

“I would tell him to turn himself in, said Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck. “This has gone far enough. No one else needs to die.”

Offering a similar message Riverside Police Chief Sergio Diaz said of the fugitive: “His grievances will not be further aired by further violence.”

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CALVIN KLEIN SUPERBOWL 2013 COMMERCIAL: WATCH IT NOW

February 3, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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What a genius move on the part of Calvin Klein for realizing that women love football too!! Enjoy the commercial

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BLACK MALE MODEL, NGO OKAFOR: BRAND NEW VIDEO FOR MEN’S HEALTH MAGAZINE

February 1, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

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Check out my brand new video for Men’s Health Magazine’s website and Ipad app. In this video, I show you how to throw punches like a pro. Click now, to check it out.

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PEGGIELENE BARTELS: FIRST FEMALE KING OF OTUAM, GHANA

February 1, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

When Peggielene Bartels went to bed on a summer night in 2008, she was an ordinary administrative assistant living in a modest one-bedroom condo just outside Washington D.C.

But a few hours later, when a persistent ringing phone woke her up in the dead of the August night, the 55-year-old found out she was much more than simply a secretary.

At the other end of the line was Bartels’s cousin, from Otuam, a small fishing village on the coast of Ghana. Excited and humble, he congratulated her on being the new king of Otuam.

“I said, ‘listen, it’s 4 o’clock in the morning in the U.S., I am very tired, let me sleep,’” remembers Bartels. “I thought he was trying to really play games with me.”

But this was no time for games.

The previous king of Otuam, who was Bartels’s uncle, had just died. The village elders, who remembered Bartels from the times she’d visited with her mother, had decided to anoint her as their new ruler.

After the initial shock, Bartels decided to accept the kingship. Over the course of a few days, she went from being plain old Peggielene Bartels, who had worked for nearly three decades at the Ghanaian Embassy in the United States, to becoming King Peggy — the first female king of Otuam, reigning over approximately 7,000 people.

“It never ever occurred to me [that I'd be Otuam's king],” says Bartels, who’s been living in the United States since her early 20s. “I realized that on this earth, we all have a calling. We have to be ready to accept it because helping my people has really helped me a lot to know that I can really touch their lives,” she adds. “I would have really regretted it if I hadn’t really accept this calling.”

Although she still works at the Ghanaian Embassy, Bartels uses all her holiday every year to spend a month in Otuam.

King is the traditional title of Otuam’s ruler, and Bartels says she’s happy to be called a king, rather than queen, because it means she can achieve more.

“Most of the time, a king is the one who has all the executive power to do things, while the queen is mostly in charge of the children’s affairs and reporting to the king,” she says. “So I really love this.”

King Peggy was born in Takoradi, southern Ghana, in 1953. She studied in England before moving to the United States, where she became an American citizen in 1997.

But after inheriting the throne, Bartels has been living two very different lives in two different continents.

In Washington, her secretarial duties include typing letters, answering phone calls and booking appointments. In her little apartment her life is far removed from the luxuries of her royal roots.

“When I am in the United States I do everything by myself,” she explains. “I do my own laundry, I do my own cooking, I do my own driving and I do my own bed when I wake up in the morning.”

But back in Ghana, she stands out as a gold crown-wearing, scepter-holding king who lives in a refurbished palace. Otuam residents usually address her as “Nana” — an honorary title given to royalty but also to women with grandchildren — and bow when they see her.

“When I am back home they see me as their king and they want to pamper me,” she says.

“They have to cook for me, they have to carry me around and they have to protect me from people. They want to do everything for me which I usually refuse … Sometimes I say to them ‘please, don’t bow.’ I just want them to be free and comfortable so that way we can really address issues.”

But beyond the bows, the royal attire and certain luxuries that come with her title, being a king in an impoverished place like Otuam is all about dealing with the pressing needs of the community and improving the lives of the people, says Bartels.

“To be a king in an African village or some places like this, it’s not like European queens where everything is on a silver platter for them,” she says. “I have to really work hard to help my people. I have to give myself to people to better their lives.”

In the last few years, she’s helped poor families pay school fees for their children and brought computers to classrooms. With the help of other Americans she’s also provided Otuam with its first ambulance, as well as access to clean, running water. Her next priority, she says, is to bring state-of-the-art toilets to Otuam.

And even when she’s not in Ghana, her royal duties do not stop; she wakes up at 1am every morning to call Otuam and be informed about what’s happening in the community.

“I talk to my regent, I talk to my elders,” Bartels says. “If there is something that I want to know, they tell me. If there is something that I want them to do, I tell them.”

Last year, King Peggy’s real-life fairy tale was documented in a book written by her and author Eleanor Herman. And now she says her amazing life journey from secretary to king will be told in a film, after Hollywood star Will Smith bought the rights to the book.

“Next year, God willing, we are going to have a movie out there,” says King Peggy. “Queen Latifah is going to play me and I’m so happy to at least let the whole world know that a secretary can become a king and lead wisely and help the people.”

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HADIYA PENDELTON:TEEN PERFORMER AT OBAMA INAUGURAL EVENTS SHOT DEAD

January 31, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

Hadiya Pendelton, a teen who performed at events around President Barack Obama’s inauguration was shot to death in Chicago this week, and now her story has become part of the debate in Washington over gun violence nationwide.

The shooting death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton came up in a U.S. Senate hearing and a White House press briefing Wednesday.

“She was an honor student and a majorette,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois. Performing at inaugural events last week “was the highlight of her young, 15-year-old life,” he said.

Speaking at Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence, Durbin mentioned Pendleton’s death as he argued that more must be done to stop gun crimes.

Giffords: ‘Too many children dying’

“Yesterday, in a rainstorm after school, she raced to a shelter. A gunman came in and shot her dead,” he said. “Just a matter of days after the happiest day of her life, she’s gone.”

The park shelter where she was shot is just a mile from Obama’s home in Chicago.

White House spokesman Jay Carney described her death as a “terrible tragedy.”

“The president has more than once, when he talks about gun violence in America, referred not just to the horror of Newtown or Aurora or Virginia Tech or Oak Creek but to shootings on the corner in Chicago or other parts of the country,” Carney told reporters. “And this is just another example of the problem we need to deal with.”

2013 has gotten off to a deadly start in Chicago — Pendleton was the year’s 42nd murder victim. No arrests have been made in the case, police said Wednesday.

In 2012, 506 people were slain in the city.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel described Pendleton Wednesday as “what’s best in our city, a child going to school who takes a final exam, who had just been to the inaugural.”

“We have a responsibility to see a stop to this,” he said. “And all of us are responsible.”

Pendleton was shot just blocks away from her high school on the south side of Chicago, CNN affiliate WGN reported.

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Police told CNN affiliates that the teenager had no gang affiliation and likely was not the intended target.

“There has to be an end to it. It’s just too much. The children cannot go to school. They’re in fear,” Bonita O’Bannion, who lives in the area where the shooting occurred, told CNN affiliate WBBM.

Carney said the president and first lady’s thoughts and prayers are with Pendleton’s family.

“And as the president said, we will never be able to eradicate every act of evil in this country,” Carney said, “but if we can save even one child’s life, we have an obligation to try when it comes to the scourge of gun violence.”

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CHRIS BROWN AND FRANK OCEAN FIGHT: POLICE INVOLVED

January 29, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

A day after a parking lot altercation  that has both sides pointing fingers and Frank Ocean asking for charges to be filed against Chris Brown, Breezy’s attorney is reportedly eager to have his client talk to investigators.

Odd Future crooner Ocean has already spoken to cops and is “desirous of prosecution in this incident,”  according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s spokesman, who said Brown has been named as a suspect in a battery report.

On Monday, TMZ, which early on quoted an unnamed source saying Brown was not involved in the brawl, reported that law enforcement sources told them that Brown’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, has been in touch. Famed Los Angeles attorney Geragos, who has handled cases for everyone from Michael Jackson and Winona Ryder to accused murderer Scott Peterson, reportedly told police that Brown is “ready, willing and able” to give them an account of the fight, because Geragos said his client was not involved.

Unnamed sources told the site that Geragos’ team have a surveillance tape of the end of the scuffle that shows that Brown did not throw any punches. TMZ reported that the tape also clears Ocean, who does not appear to throw punches either. The fighting appears to be between the singer’s respective crews. The video, however, only captures the end of the fight and is not conclusive, because it started in the parking lot of a Los Angeles recording studio where there were no cameras.

The altercation ended up in the lobby of the studio, where it was caught on camera. TMZ said Brown’s account is “radically different” from that of an unnamed witness who claimed that the singer threw the first punch. That witness told TMZ that Brown started the fight after Ocean dissed him in front of his crew and refused to shake Breezy’s hand. The source added that Frank laughed at the dis, while Brown was so angered he “coldcocked Ocean and started an all-out war.”

Once the fight moved to the lobby, sources said it demolished the studio, as the brawlers “managed to break almost everything in the room and scare all of the staff members” before the receptionist called 911. The Sheriff’s spokesman said officials do not believe the incident rises to the level of an assault and could just be a “minor scuffle over a parking spot.”

If Brown is implicated or charged, it could have serious implications on his five-year probation from his 2009 assault on on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna. 

Brown has one more year of probation left to serve from the highly publicized 2009 incident, but this new brawl with Ocean could land him in hot water again. Neither Brown nor Ocean has issued a formal statement on the matter, though both have taken to social media to update their followers, with Ocean tweeting that he “got jumped” by Chris and a couple guys.”

On Monday, Brown Instagrammed that he was trying to focus on his work, “not negativity,” before posting a drawing of Jesus on the cross with the caption: “Painting the way I feel today. Focus on what matters!”

Both Brown and Ocean are Grammy nominees, and though the show had to shuffle its lineup in 2009 after Brown’s assault on Rihanna, sources at CBS and the Recording Academy told Entertainment Weekly that as of right now the fight should not affect the February 10 show’s scheduled performances. Neither Brown nor Ocean have been officially announced as Grammy performers, but Ocean did tweet that an injury to his finger as a result of the fight means “I can’t play w/two hands at the Grammys.”

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DIETERS BEWARE: ALL FRUIT DIET LANDS ASHTON KUTCHER IN THE HOSPITAL

January 29, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

An all-fruit diet, also called fruitarian diet, comprises acid fruits, such as oranges and grapefruits;, sub-acid fruits, such as apples, cherries and berries; sweet fruits, such as grapes and melons;, oily fruits, such as coconut; and dried fruits, such as dates. An all-fruit diet contains sugar and antioxidants, but is deficient in protein, fat, vitamin B12 and other essential vitamins and minerals and may incur serious risks for diabetics.

Reduced Metabolism and Weight Gain

The body requires sufficient amounts of calories and nutrients to function properly. When you eat too few calories, your body may go into starvation mode, according to the National Eating Disorders Association, or NEDA, which involves reduced metoblism–the rate at which your body converts food into energy. A slowed metabolism means that your body will use calories from food more slowly, which can lead to weight gain. Fruits are low in calories and high in water and fiber. Thus, caloric needs may not be met. Diets such as the Fruit Flush 3 Day Detox, by Jay Robb, provide roughly 1,000 calories per day–an amount far below most people’s recommended intake. Partaking in fruit-only and other fruit-based restrictive diets repeatedly or for extended time periods increases your risk for reduced metabolism and weight gain.

Increased Risk for Disease

In many cases, people go off and on the fruit diet and/or fruit-based cleansing diets, resulting in wide fluctuations in body weight. This practice, commonly called yo-yo dieting, can increase your risk for heart disease and other long-term conditions, according to NEDA. If you partake in the fruit diet repeatedly or long-term, you may also develop nutrient deficiencies that may lead to osteoporosis (weak bones), iron-deficiency anemia and malnutrition. Restrictive diets can also disturb moods and trigger or exacerbate mental illnesses like depression.

Physical Dangers

Since the fruit diet provides substandard amounts of calories and nutrients, your energy and physical coordination may suffer. You may find physical activities more challenging and experience delayed reaction times and concentration during physically demanding tasks. According to NEDA, dieting often causes diminished muscle strength, poor oxygen utilization, thinning hair and dehydration. Severe dehydration may lead to electrolyte imbalances, which can damage heart and nerve health. In severe cases, electrolyte imbalances lead to death.

While preparing to play Steve Jobs in Joshua Michael Stern’s biopic, “Jobs,” the actor said he adopted the late Apple co-founder’s fruit-only diet.

“First of all, the fruitarian diet can lead to like severe issues,” Kutcher said after the “Jobs” screening at the Sundance Film Festival, via USA Today. “I went to the hospital like two days before we started shooting the movie. I was like doubled over in pain. My pancreas levels were completely out of whack.”

In 2004, Jobs announced that he was being treated for pancreatic cancer.

In addition to eating like the tech titan, Kutcher said he watched 100 hours of footage to capture his walk and talk, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Josh Gad stars opposite Kutcher in the biopic, which is due out on April 19, as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

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RICK ROSS: POSSIBLE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON RAPPER’S LIFE

January 28, 2013 By NGO OKAFOR BLACK MALE MODEL Leave a Comment

Rapper Rick Ross might be the target of an investigation involving a shooting incident and car crash in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Police are looking into what caused a Rolls Royce, believed to be driven by Ross, to go crashing into a building early Monday morning.

According to NBC Miami, the Rolls Royce sped away as another vehicle opened fire at it, sending the luxury car off the road.

The Rolls Royce was traveling eastbound on Las Olas Boulevard in Ft. Lauderdale when another vehicle opened fire on it, police said.

Neither of the two people inside the car was injured, and police are still looking for the gun man.
Though Ross and his reported female companion were not named, several witnesses identified the rapper as the driver of the Rolls.

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