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This is really cool. I like the idea of more female superheroes in <i>Infinity War.</i> I can't wait to watch the movie when it is released. I particularly liked <i>Winter Soldier</i> and <i>Civil War</i> for the fight scenes; the hand to hand combat was marvelous (no pun intended), and I am happy the Russo brothers are the ones that directed <i>Infinity War</i>. I know they did a great job.<br />
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<i><i style="background-color: transparent;">"Volkswagen is planning for the future. Today the automaker laid out its plans for Sedric -- short for "self-driving car" -- a sort of hybrid between car ownership and ride-sharing. The boxy, Level 5 autonomous vehicle (no need for a human driver) is summoned by a remote dubbed "The Button" and from there "a single touch of the button guarantees mobility for everyone, at any time and at any location," according to <a href="http://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/individual-mobility-redefined-autonomous-driving-touch-button/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: currentcolor; border-image: initial; border-left-color: inherit; border-right-color: inherit; border-style: inherit; border-top-color: inherit; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">a press </a></i></i></div>
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about 5 years ago, my close friend Susan was under a lot of pressure by her
parents to get married. She was a very shy girl, and rarely left the house, or
socialized at work, so this was hard for her. But the pressure was too much, so
she made a goal to get married before cloaking 30; she was 28 years old at the
time. That same year, Susan met a guy at her work place, and within 3 months,
they were planning marriage. I wanted to tell her to chill a little, but it
would seem like I was trying to hold her back for my own selfish reasons. So,
the wedding held, and before the end of the first year, the couple already
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You see, even
though her parents wanted her to marry at all cost, her mother didn’t like the
guy she brought to them, but her father had the final say, and blessed the
union. With time, Susan’s mother started finding fault in a lot of things her
daughter’s husband did. Susan being a mommy’s girl would also bring up ideas
the mother suggested for the forward movement of the house, and this would
infuriate the husband, and fights would break out. The mother’s love for her
daughter clouded her judgment, and she thought she was doing the right thing by
being by her daughter’s side all the time and not letting her be self
dependent. And within three years, the marriage crashed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The story I
have told above is a true life story, and I am sure a lot of people reading
this can relate to this, because it happens a lot in our society. A huffingpost
article described parental pressure as the fine line between caring and caring
too much. It is good for parents to care and want the best for their children,
but when the children reach a certain age, they have to be left alone to make
their own decisions, live with the consequences, and learn. Yes, they would be
a lot of mistakes made, but with time, the child would be a better person than
if the parents were always the ones pushing him or her in all directions he/she
decided to go. I rare local chickens, and I have noticed that after 2 months,
the same Mother Hen that would fight an eagle to protect her chicks, would
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society today, there are a lot of broken homes; spineless men who never want to
live home and in the process become a menace to the society; depressed people
who were forced into whatever line of career they are in by their parents,
which leads to a life of unhappiness and even suicide. These are some of the
negative effects of parental pressure, and things would continue to get bad if
new and future parents don’t learn from articles like this. It is only natural
for parents to want the best for their children, but some go too hard with the
caring, and make the children into robot prototypes of what they wish they
would have been. It is like some parents want to live their lives again through
their children. And since most times this goes against who the child really is,
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Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-3499690082280545862017-01-09T14:15:00.000+01:002017-01-09T14:15:24.443+01:007 Ways to Recognize Runs GirlsA few years ago, I started noticing the line between normal girls and runs girls were blurring out in Lagos, and it was really scary. Just last week, I was sitting outside my house when a friend of mine came over and we started discussing general things, then our discussion went towards this. He told me in the last one week, he had met 5 girls at different locations in Lagos who he felt were normal girls, but 3 of them ended up being runs girls. He was really tired of this and wished he had known they were runs girls before wasting time on them.<br />
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<br />So how do you know runs girls? Before I speak on that, for those that don't know, runs girls are girls that would sleep with you for money, with no strings attached. They are not really prostitutes, but more like call girls. So, now that you know, let's get straight to it. One more thing...I am not a saint, so I ain't judging anybody. I am just helping people that don't want to go through the ordeal of getting to meet a girl and thinking she is a regular girl, and then getting home only to be asked this question; 'How much are you giving me?'<br />
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She works as a tailor, or as a factory worker, but she uses expensive phones and expensive bags and shoes. She is probably a runs girl. The job is most likely just a cover for what she really does at night or on weekends.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>2. They Have Dozens of Pictures Taken in Fancy Restrooms</b></span><br />
They most time meet their clients at hotels, clubs, and motels, and since they always have to reapply their makeup every now and then to look flashy for their customers, they spend a lot of time in the toilet...and they usually make out time to take pics, especially if the restroom is very clean.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>3. They Have Bleached Skins and Tattoos All Over</b></span><br />
Not all girls that bleach their skin and have tattoos are runs girls, but if the girl has over-bleached her skin cheaply, and she has tattoos on her face, hands, and legs, she is most likely a runs girl. <br />
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Some of them have shops where they sell items or render a service (I don't want to be too specific), and might have zero clientele, but she would still keep looking flashy, and never close down that shop. She might be using that business as a shield for how she really makes money. Or, she might even be meeting her real customers through that business. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>5. Heavy Social Media Usage </b></span><br />
She has <i>Badoo</i>, <i>Instagram</i>, <i>Eskimi</i>, <i>Tinder</i>, <i>Twitter</i>, <i>Facebook</i> Apps all on her phone, and she is always posting semi-nude pics on her page. She does this to entice her prospective customers, who will slide into her DM and talk business.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>6. They Take Dozens of Pictures in the Passengers Side of Different Cars </b></span><br />
You would never see them behind the wheel, but at the passengers side of different cars, with the seat-belt on, smiling into the camera. They take dozens of these kinds of pictures to brag to their other runs girlfriends.<br />
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If she is from a rich home, that is another case. But if she doesn't have a source of income, and is spending more than what her parents can afford, then she is probably a runs girl. An exception might be a girl that is dating a rich guy. But if you don't know the girl with one guy, and she spends lavishly without a source of income, she is most likely a runs girl. Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-48997482677000881772017-01-09T12:27:00.002+01:002017-01-09T12:27:45.806+01:007 Awesome Hollywood Movie Tricks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When you watch a Hollywood movie, you really don't know all that has gone into making the movie what it is. You might see a war scene with thousands of people fighting, but it might all just be CGI (Computer Generated Imagery), and the real scene in the studio might not have more than 6 men fighting. Or, you might see a couple having dinner on the rooftop of a skyscraper overlooking the Manhattan skyline, but they might really just be in the studio, with a green screen behind them.<br />
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1. The Dark Knight (The scene where Harvey Dent was on a hospital bed after a fire incident.)<br />
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2. Titanic- 1997 (The scene where Jack was showing Rose how to enjoy being at sea)<br />
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3. The Life of Pi- 2012 (The scene were the guy was petting the Tiger)<br />
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5. The Avengers- 2012 (The fight scene in the city at the end of the movie)<br />
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6. The Life of Pi- 2012 (I had to show tricks from this movie twice cos the contrasts in the before and after is so great.)<br />
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I don't mean to say every lazy person you meet is intelligent, but I believe that being lazy can be a sign that the lazy person is high in intellect. He/she would rather look for an easier way to do something (which might seem to society as being lazy), and in the process, he/she might innovate something new, or create a new technology.<br />
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Lazy people would always question the status quo. Lazy people obviously hate "unnecessary" hard-work, and would always find a way of working less. Now, if that lazy person is also very <i>passionate </i>about finding an easier way of doing things, he might spend less time doing physical work/activities, but would be spending more time doing a lot of brain-work. This might seem lazy to the onlooker, but if what the aggregates of thoughts from that lazy man's brain comes up with is a life changing invention for mankind, then his laziness is more useful than the hard-work of a 100 men.<br />
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Let me give me an example. In the past it took a few men to row a small boat from point A to point B. These men were <i>hardworking</i> men that did a lot of HARD-WORK. But one day, I am sure one lazy man somewhere sat staring at the sky, thinking of an easier way to propel boats and canoes. And he came up with the very simple invention of the sail. The sail was attached to the boat, and the boat could be propelled easily from one place to another with the help of the wind pushing the sail naturally, which in turn moves the boat, while the man lays back, sipping his rum.<br />
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Every new invention that has made life more easier for mankind has mostly come from the minds of people that wanted an easier way of doing things, and not from people that love the grind. People with high intelligence get bored easily with physical activities, so they spend a lot more time thinking, but when non-thinkers get bored, they fill their time with physical activity. This theory doesn't make claims that everyone that thinks a lot is intelligent or makes intelligent choices, but there are higher chances of a thinker being more intelligent than a non-thinker. Also, because one is intelligent doesn't mean he would make the best decisions in all areas of his life. There are many very broke intelligent people out there. Intelligent people don't always make the best decisions. They also typically fall into depression easier than other people (basically cos they have no filters in their brains and they let all ideas in), and depression leads to inactivity.<br />
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So, this article is not in anyway trying to glorify lazy people or make intelligent people feel good about themselves. This article is just stating things as they are- that, being lazy can be a sign of high intellect. Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-80322254392772970182017-01-07T11:16:00.004+01:002017-01-07T11:21:31.050+01:00Top 10 Highest Grossing Hollywood Movies of 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is the beginning of a new year and I decided to put up this list of the top grossing/top selling movies of last year, 2016. The number one the list is well deserved, and is my very best movie of the year. It is also interesting to know that there are three animated movies on the list.<br />
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<i>10.Suicide Squad (745 million worldwide)</i><br />
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<i>9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (778 million worldwide)</i><br />
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<i>8. Deadpool (783 million worldwide)</i><br />
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<i>7. Rogue One (838 million worldwide)</i><br />
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<i>5. The Secret Life of Pets (875 million worldwide)</i><br />
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<i>4. The Jungle Book (966 million worldwide)</i><br />
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Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-51291411284169068162016-12-27T17:49:00.002+01:002016-12-27T17:49:37.713+01:005 Ways Social Media Might Be Affecting You Negatively<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The internet has made doing business and connecting with people a lot easier, but everything that has a positive, most times also has a negative side to it. These days, a lot of people have gotten so addicted to social media websites like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc and heavy use of these social media sites have negative effects on people. Below are 5 negative ways social media might be affecting you negatively.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>1. It Might Make You Live a Fake Life</b></span><br />
So many live fake lives on social media. Even the ones that at one time swore never to do that find themselves doing so at one point. Girls posing inside a strangers car to take a picture just so they can post on Facebook and look big. Guys posting pictures of expensive drinks and raw cash that ain't theirs. So many people are so quick to post a 'picture perfect' photo, or talk about the expensive restaurant they ate at; most of them don't even allow themselves to have fun naturally anymore, they just act like they are having fun for the camera. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>2. Exposure to Cyber Bullying </b></span><br />
The more you use social media and post pictures of yourself and speak about your life, the more you leave room for cyber bullying. They are people that might have shitty lives and derive pleasure from bullying people on social media with their words just so they can feel better. A girl might post a picture of herself on her Instagram page, and a random follower of hers might make fun of her flat chest, or dress sense. A single celebrity might post a picture of her/his new car and some people will abuse her/him of still being single at her/his age.<br />
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Heavy social medias users document their whole lives online. This leaves little room for privacy, as they post pictures of their homes, where they eat, their family members, their cars, and so on. I have been guilty of doing this in the past, and i know how it affected me at some point. It is always good to leave some details of oneself off the Internet. <br />
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The more you use social media, the worse you would be at socializing with real people in the real world, and this is even worse if you were never really good at socializing with people in real life to begin with. I went to a bar with three of my friends yesterday, and at some point, I noticed all of us had our faces down reading something on our phone screens, or typing away. I had to switch off my phone data and spark up a conversation I know would get their attentions off the social media sites on their phones.<br />
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As I said before, I am also guilty of some of these things, but I try to check myself when I am going too deep into the social media world. Sometimes I dump my smartphone for several weeks and go online only on my laptop. Sometimes, I set a target to stay off the internet for a full week. And I notice how much I interact with real people more during these times. <br />
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The first thing most people check when they wake up in the morning is their Facebook...then maybe they on the various Whatsapp groups they belong to. This kind of overuse and over-dependency on social media automatically leads to decreased productivity at the workplace. You have workers surfing Facebook and Instagram on their phones at work when they are meant to be working. Social media consumes more time than people realize, and this time could have been put to some good use. <br />
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Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-5355918020739717422016-12-21T23:11:00.000+01:002016-12-21T23:17:24.686+01:008 American Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Really Short (2016)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Camera makes people look taller and bigger sometimes, but it might
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tall as you thought they were. I remember standing next to <i>Beyonce</i> one time and
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Below are 8 celebrities I am sure you never knew were really short.<br />
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Yea, for a man, he is quiet short, but he sure got a tall voice. Below is a picture of <i>Bruno Mars</i> standing next to <i>Taylor Swift</i>. Taylor Swift is 5ft10. This gives you an idea of how short <i>Bruno Mars</i> really is.<br />
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Yea, former Murder Inc first lady, <i>Ashanti</i> is quiet short. I guess we didn't notice that all those years she was always singing with<i> Ja Rule</i>, cos <i>Ja Rule</i> is also short.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>6. Kim Kardashian (5'2)</b></span><br />
Yea, she is super sexy, but she is super short as well. Below is a picture of her with her ex husband, <i>Kris Humphries</i>. You can see how <i>Kim</i> looks like a little girl beside him.<br />
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<i>Nicki</i>, with all the junk in the trunk is just 5ft2.<br />
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Yea, one of my favorite actresses, <i>Vanessa Hudgens</i> is also quite short.<br />
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Hollywood actress, <i>Anna Kendrick</i> is quite short too. You might have seen her in movies like <i>Pitch Perfect</i>, and<i> Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates</i>.<br />
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The rap queen of the 90s and 2000s, Lil Kim...the original Queen Bee is also a short lady. Below is a picture of her with Busta Rhymes.<br />
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And the shortest of them all is reality TV star, <i>Snooki</i> from Jersey Shore.<br />
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Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-80628601825432231792016-12-21T17:42:00.002+01:002016-12-21T17:42:58.009+01:00Pictures of Eko Atlantic City (Lagos, Nigeria)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Eko Atlantic is a new city being built by the Lagos state Government (in partnership with some private investors) along the coast of Lagos. Actually, it is being built on reclaimed land from the Lagos lagoon; a stretch of coastline adjacent Lagos. When completed, it is going to be the number one Nigerian international commerce city. It is going to have state of the art high tech infrastructure in line with modern and environmental standards.<br />
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With a 10 square kilometers land mass, Eko Atlantic City will satisfy needs for tourist, commercial, financial, and residential accommodations. It is speculated that the city would house about a quarter of a million residence. I love futuristic developments, so I decided to showcase some pictures of the ongoing construction of this city of the future in Lagos.<br />
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Below are some very recent pictures of some parts of Eko Atlantic City. The first picture shows the <i>Eko Pearl Towers</i> (state of the art residential towers; the type you would find in developed cities like New York City, Kuala Lumpur, and Tokyo). Why travel to Dubai when you can drive to Eko Atlantic. Well, it is still under construction, but I am sure a slogan similar to that would be used in the future for promoting the city.<br />
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Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-74912362515155048422016-12-20T14:15:00.004+01:002016-12-20T14:31:48.356+01:008 Hollywood Actors Who Turned Down Big Movie Roles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This article is all about actors who turned down movie roles. Please note that these actors didn't know the movies were going to be big at the time they were offered the roles. Some of them had an idea the movies were going to be huge, and didn't want to be typecast for the role they would have played in the movies for the rest of their lives, but most didn't know the movies were going to be big. I guess there is a reason for everything, cos most of the movie roles this actors turned down were taken by people who did justice to the roles.<br />
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Below are 6 actors who turned down big movie roles. People now use actor as a general term to refer to male and female individuals who act...so, don't get confused when you see a female name below. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>1. Angela Basset (Leticia in Monsters Ball- 2001)</b></span><br />
She turned down the role to play the character of <i>Leticia</i> in <i>Monsters Ball</i>. She said it was too black stereotype and she couldn't imagine herself playing a role that was close to being a prostitute on screen. <i>Hallie Berry</i> didn't mind playing the ex-rated sex scene, and she took up the role. That got <i>Hallie</i> her one and only Oscar award.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>2. Will Smith (Neo in Matrix- 1999)</b></span><br />
Well, I have to say thank God <i>Will Smith</i> turned down this role. I am a fan of his, but <i>Keanu Reeves</i> was born to play <i>Neo</i> in <i>Matrix</i>...I can't even imagine how the movie would have been with <i>Will Smith</i> playing that part. Can you?<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>3. John Travolta (Lead Role in Splash- 1984)</b></span><br />
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<i>De Niro</i> and<i> Pacino </i>were always offered similar roles in movies earlier on in their individual careers, as they were two of the top Italians in Hollywood at the time, and gangster/mafia movies were trending back then. <i>De Niro</i> even tried to get the role of <i>Michael Corleone</i> in The Godfather, before he ended up getting a role in the part two of the movie as the young <i>Vito Corleone</i>. Which he played pretty well, and got an Oscar for. But with Scarface...nah!!! I am a <i>De Niro</i> fan, but I believe <i>Sacrface</i> was made for <i>Pacino</i>. De Niro is your laid back but mean gangster, while <i>Pacino</i> is the all in your face loud gangster. <i>Pacino</i> did a super great job in Scarface.<br />
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I laughed when I saw this. I mean, who was handling the casting for Pretty Woman back then? <i>Pacino</i> acting a romance movie in 1990? <i>Richard Gere</i> was perfect for that movie, and I don't think it would have been as big as it was/is if it was <i>Pacino</i> and <i>Julia Roberts</i>.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>8. Michelle Pfeiffer (Lead Role in Pretty Woman- 1990)</b></span><br />
Yea, <i>Pfeiffer</i> is a good actress, and she was big at the time, and I am sure she would have done a great job. But its good she turned down that role and let a relatively unknown <i>Julia Roberts</i> (22 at the time) take the part. Which is still one of the biggest movies of <i>Roberts</i> career. Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-30414636513510010442016-12-18T14:32:00.002+01:002016-12-18T14:32:51.725+01:00Top 10 Gangster Movies of All Time (IMDB Ranking)I wanted to write this article based off of my personal opinion, but I thought that might be biased, given that I am a big <i>Robert De Niro</i> fan...I might just cramp the top 5 with mostly <i>De Niro</i> movies. So this is what I did...I went on <i>IMDB.COM</i>, and searched through the dozens of gangster movies that are rated on the website, and picked the top 10 gangster movies with the highest ratings. Please note that these ratings are based off of individual ratings done by thousands of IMDB users all over the world. Being one of the top 10 movie websites in the world, I thought this would be the closest representation of what the people consider the top 10 gangster movies of all time. <br />
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This is one of my all time favorites, and I am sure many people's favorite as well. I still watch this over and over every chance I get, and I never get tired of it. Even though <i>The Godfather</i> was the movie that brought <i>Al Pacino</i> to limelight, this is the movie majority of casual movie watchers remember him for.<br />
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Set in the 80s, Tony Montana (<i>Al Pacino</i>) and his friend, Manny (<i>Steven Bauer</i>) travel to America from Cuba for a better life. After working tirelessly at a roadside diner, they decide they had to be more to the American dream than the life they were living. And they went searching for ways to make fast money, till they got into the drug business. A very ambitious <i>Tony</i> always wanted more, and with that attitude, he worked his way to the top. <br />
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I still haven't been able to lay my hands on this movie, so I have very little to say about it. I guess I will stop searching for it, and it would probably come to me at a time I would appreciate it the most. It is a gangster movie set in 1960s America that chronicles the life of an Italian mob boss (played by <i>Robert De Niro</i>) in New York. It was released in 1984.<br />
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Another great gangster movie I am yet to watch in full. I always end up leaving for a meeting, or having to attend to something urgent every time I try to watch this movie from beginning to end. It is <i>Quentin Tarantino's</i> feature-length debut movie, and was released in 1992. It depicts the events, before and after a diamond heist that went wrong. The major actors in the movie include; <i>Michael Madsen</i>, <i>Harvey Keitel</i>, <i>Tim Roth</i>, <i>Chris Penn</i>, <i>Steve Buscemi</i> and a host of others.<br />
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When I first saw the poster for this movie, I was excited at the number of big names that were going to be in it, and I was also scared that egos would clash during filming, and the movie wouldn't come out right; I was wrong. The movie has a great twist to it that I love; there is a mole planted in the law enforcement side by the mob boss (Frank Costello- played by <i>Jack Nicholson</i>), and there is also a mole fixed into the mob by the law enforcement agency...now, the big question is, who would turn.<br />
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Directed by the legendary <i>Martin Scorsese</i>, with A list actors like <i>Matt Damon</i>, <i>Leonardo DiCaprio</i>, <i>Martin Sheen</i>, <i>Mark Wahlberg</i>, and <i>Alec Baldwin</i>. It was released in 2006. I would never forget that year cos it was the year I got out of the University, and had a lot of time for movie watching.<br />
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I watched this movie for the first time earlier this year, and I am wondering how I missed such a great movie when it was released in 1994. The plot goes thus- a professional assassin named Leon (played by <i>Jean Reno</i>) takes a 12 year old girl (<i>Natalie Portman</i>) into custody after her whole family is killed by a dirty cop. They are on the run in most part of the movie, and they develop a very weird but innocent adult and minor relationship along the line. 13 year old <i>Natalie Portman</i> gave a great performance in this movie.<br />
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I think this is kinda like my least favorite <i>Robert De Niro</i> and <i>Joe Pesci </i>movie; I prefer <i>Casino</i> (1995) to this, but this movie is more about <i>Ray Liotta's </i>character (Henry Hill) anyway. The movie was released in 1990, and directed by <i>De Niro's</i> long time friend, <i>Martin Scorsese</i>. The movie focuses on the lives of Henry (<i>Ray Liotta</i>), James (<i>Robert De Niro</i>), Tommy (<i>Joe Pesci</i>), the robbery that ties them together, and betrayal that comes afterwards.<br />
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After the critical acclaim of 1992's<i> Reservoir Dogs</i>, Quentin Tarantino came back even stronger with this movie in 1994. Its stars <i>John Travolta</i>, <i>Samuel L. Jackson</i>, <i>Uma Thurman</i>, <i>Tim Roth</i>, <i>Bruce Willis</i> and a host of other actors. The movie is about how the lives of a couple of diner bandits, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and two mob hit-men intertwine.<br />
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The ultimate...it is only right that this movie is top 2. The Godfather 2 is the continuation of The Godfather 1, and has a lot of flashbacks from how it all started with Don Corleone in Sicily, before he came over to America to build his mafia empire.<br />
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<i>Robert De Niro </i>actually won his first Oscar for the portrayal of the young Don Vito Corleone in this movie. The movie was released in 1974, and it was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel/screenplay by Mario Puzo.<br />
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Based on the novel/screenplay by Mario Puzo, a lot of people consider The Godfather the best gangster movie ever made. Well, if you could make part one and two into one movie (and hide the third part), then I can agree with that. The plot is really cool, and the acting from<i> Al Pacino</i>, and <i>Marlon Brando</i> is top notch.<br />
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The movie is about the individual lives of the Corleone family members, betrayals from inside and outside the family, and how they are handled by Don Vito Corleone (<i>Marlon Brando</i>) and his sons, Michael Corleone (<i>Al Pacino</i>), and Sonny Corleone (<i>James Caan</i>).<br />
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Honorary mentions include- <i>King of New York</i>, <i>Blow</i>, <i>Heat</i>, <i>American Gangster</i>, <i>Gangs of New York</i>, <i>Ronin</i>, <i>The Untouchables</i>, <i>Menace to the Society</i>, <i>New Jack City</i>,<i> and Blood in, Blood Out</i>.Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-76408685691699913812016-11-18T22:42:00.001+01:002016-11-18T22:42:59.942+01:00Nothing in Life is Free<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I know people like to say the best things in life are free, but really, if you take time to think about it, nothing in life is free. If you didn't pay for it initially, you will pay for it later. And if you don't get to pay for it later, then you probably paid for it in the past without knowing, or someone is currently paying for it. And even if you get something for free from someone or a company, you are probably paying with a more valuable currency- TIME.<br />
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A lot of people overlook this fact, but really, your time is limited, so it is a more valuable currency than money. If you spend time in line to get something free, or you let someone control your life cos she or he is helping with some handouts, you really ain't getting that money or service for free, cos you have paid for it with your time. So, you see, whichever way you look at it, nothing in life is really free.<br />
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You think love is free? Think again. Love is mostly conditional, and that condition attached to it cost something...whether in<i> time</i> currency or <i>money</i> currency, so how can love be free? That conducive atmosphere that acted as a catalyst for you falling in love with that girl or guy cost something. I remember walking into my dorm room back in the University and seeing my friend looking sad. I asked him what happened. He told me he walked on his girlfriend looking sad, and after pressing her for what the issue was, she finally blurted out, and I quote, "Why don't you have a car like Sade's boyfriend? Why do we have to walk everywhere?" The story always makes me laugh when I think of it cos this particular girl wasn't in any way the materialistic type, so it was a shocker for me to know she actually said that.<br />
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Let me explain further why love is not free with a quote from the late motivational author, Wallace D. Wattles, <i>"A man's highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he loves: love finds it's most natural and spontaneous expression in giving. The man who has nothing to give cannot fill his place as a husband or father, as a citizen, or as a man."</i> This is the bitter truth. <br />
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Nothing is really free in life. Even if you say religion and salvation is free, think about the change in lifestyle you have to undergo for that. The 'do's and don'ts.' That isn't FREEdom.<br />
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I hear someone say, what of the air we breath, that is free. Hmm! Look at it this way...Air is a substance you can fly a plane in, and since each country in the world can stop a foreign plane from flying over its airspace, by analogy, the government of the country you reside in owns the air you breath.<br />
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You can also argue that admiring and walking in nature is free, but you don't consider the money you spend to get to the beach or that resort center you love so much. Also consider the fact that every minute you spend in nature is a minute lost which could have been spent in making money to take care of many important things in your life. So, one way or the other, you are still spending some sort of currency...whether it is time or money. Really, time is money. In the end, nothing in life is really free. <br />
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Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-70618957174992083902016-08-22T19:05:00.002+01:002016-08-22T19:05:25.408+01:00Pictures of Men Piercing Themselves with Metal Objects (GRAPHIC PICS)Well, the name of my blog is <i>things out of the ordinary</i>, so it is only right I have posts like this. Below are pics of Asian men (mostly Thai men) during their annual vegetarian festival, where they pierce themselves with knives and other metal objects. They are vegetarians, who are members of the <i>Chinese Samkong Shrine</i>, and this ritual is done during a 9 day festival in Phuket (Thailand). They believe this act can help them shift evil spirits and obtain peace of mind. This festival is believed to have started in Thailand in the 1800s.<br />
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<br />Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-63565960077788566352016-08-22T16:37:00.001+01:002016-08-22T16:52:08.776+01:005 Great Men Who Died Broke<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">It is one thing to be great and contribute greatly to the world, and it is another thing to actually reap the fruits of your labor in financial rewards. Some people get rich off their contributions to the world, and lost it all all after a couple of years. Some don't even reap the fruits of their labor while alive. Below is a list of 5 great men who died broke, after contributing greatly to the world. </span><b> </b></span><br />
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People still consider him the greatest boxer of all time. Joe Lewis held the World Heavyweight Championship for a record of 140 months, between 1937-1949. What the heck, right? Yea, he was that much of a great fighter. He earned millions during his time as a professional boxer, but died a broke man in 1981.<br />
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The case with <i>Michael </i>was that he was spending way more than he was making. Yea, it might be hard to believe, but the greatest musician of our time, <i>Michael Jackson</i> died broke. Well, according to the king of pop's standards, he died broke. Of cos it wasn't like he couldn't afford three square meals daily, but his debts had gone up to half a billion dollars, and he could no-longer afford to pay his workers regularly at some point. It got so bad that one of his bodyguards said he had to some times fuel <i>Michael's</i> car from his own pocket. This was why <i>Wacko Jacko</i> really prepared hard for his last concert (a 50 date concert in London), because he believed it would raise him out of debt. But unfortunately, he died while pushing himself too hard for the concert in 2009. <br />
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Speaking on the last days spent with <i>Michael Jackson</i> and how he had to some times buy petrol for <i>Michael's</i> car, <i>Bill Whitfield</i> (a former police officer who later became M.J's bodyguard) said...<br />
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<i>Poe</i> was a great writer, but never seemed to make much from his writing. He lived in the first half of the 19th century. Although his name is still popular in the literary hall of fame, he died a broke author. He was more or less a starving artist before he passed away in 1849.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>4. Sammy Davis Jr.</b></span><br />
A great musician/dancer/stage actor from the 60s. He made well over $50 million from his music in his lifetime. But by the time he died in 1990, he was broke and in debt of over $15 million to the IRS.<br />
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I think this is one of the most interesting on the list. Right now, a <i>Van Gogh</i> painting sells for millions of dollars, but it would interest you to know that this man managed to sell just one of his paintings while alive. Just one. But like American rapper <i>Tupac</i>, <i>Vincent Van Gogh</i> had an incredible work ethic. Even though he couldn't find people to buy his paintings, he kept painting anyway, and he died leaving over 2,000 artworks behind. Years of poverty and mental illness made him kill himself in the year 1890, at the age of 37. He didn't even live up to 40, but the Dutch man's creations are some of the most priced possessions in the art world till this day. He died broke all right, but today, some of his works sell for over a hundred million dollars. Yes, you heard me right. $100 million dollars.<br />
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The book was published in 1955, and has sold approximately 50 million copies. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>19. One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)</b></span><br />
The book was published in 1967, and has sold approximately 50 million copies. <br />
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The book was published in 2007, and has sold approximately 50 Million copies. <br />
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The book was published in 2003, and has sold approximately 55 Million copies. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>16. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K Rowling)</b></span><br />
The book was published in 2000, and has sold approximately 55 million copies. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>15. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K Rowling)</b></span><br />
The book was published in 1998, and has sold approximately 55 million copies. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>14. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K Rowling)</b></span><br />
The book was published in 1998, and has sold approximately 60 million copies. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>13. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)</b></span><br />
The book was published in 1988, and has sold approximately 65 million copies. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>12. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D Salinger)</b></span><br />
The book was published in 1951, and has sold approximately 65 million copies. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K Rowling)</b></span><br />
The book was published in 2005, and has sold approximately 65 million copies. <br />
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The book was published in 1937, and has sold approximately 70 million copies. <br />
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The book was published in 2003, and has sold approximately 80 million copies. <br />
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The book was published in 1950, and has sold approximately 85 million copies. <br />
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The book was published in 1939, and has sold approximately 100 million copies. <br />
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The book was published in 1754, and has sold approximately 100 million copies. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>5. She: A History of Adventure (H. Rider Haggard)</b></span><br />
The book was published in 1887, and has sold approximately 100 million copies. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K Rowling)</b></span><br />
The book was published in 1997, and has sold approximately 100 million copies. <br />
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The book was published in 1943, and has sold approximately 140 million copies. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>2. The Hobbit (J.R.R Tolkien)</b></span><br />
The book was published in 1937, and has sold approximately 142 million copies.<br />
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The book was published between 1954-1955, and has sold approximately 150 million copies.<br />
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There is a famous saying- givers never lack- when you read through this post, you would totally agree with this saying. Below are the top 15 most generous people in the world. The amount in bracket represent what they have donated to charity so far in the lifetime.<br />
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Mr. Huntsman is the executive chairman and founder of a chemical product manufacturing company called, Huntsman cooperation. He is a cancer survivor (he had prostrate cancer as well as mouth cancer), and has given most of his donations to colleges and cancer research centers. He also gives to other charity organizations that are not related to cancer research.<br />
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Lia Ka-Shing is one of the richest men in the whole of Asia. He invests in disruptive technology. His foundation, Li Ka-Shing Foundation supports culture, healthcare, community-related causes, and education.<br />
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<b>13. Mark Zuckerberg ($1.6 Billion Lifetime Donation)</b><br />
Of cos, we all know him as the founder of the most popular social media website in the world, Facebook. In 2014 when Ebola broke out in most countries of the West African region, he and his wife, Priscilla donated $25 million to fight it. Zuckerberg donates heavily in the educational sector of America. He once donated a whooping $120 million to improve Bay Area (San Francisco) schools.<br />
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He and Bill Gates founded Microsoft back in the 70s. But he has moved on from that now, and is into private investments. He gives mostly to help with better global health.<br />
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11. Michael Bloomberg ($3 Billion Lifetime Donations)<br />
He is the CEO and Founder of Bloomberg Media Company. His foundation,, Bloomberg Foundation gives to healthcare, educational, and environmental causes.<br />
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Kaiser is an American businessman, and a big time philanthropist. The 74 year old is among the top 100 richest men in the world, and he gives heavily to support community-related causes, health, religious, social, and health causes.<br />
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He is an American entrepreneur who got rich doing business in the real estate sector. His two foundations give to help young entrepreneurs, and also to help communities in need.<br />
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He is the richest man in Mexico, and the fourth richest man in the world right now. He is into the telecoms business, and his company, America Movil is the largest telecommunications company in the whole of Latin America. He gives heavily to conserve world wildlife. He also donates funds to help Mexicans living in America.<br />
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<b>7. Gordon Moore ($5 Billion Lifetime Donations)</b><br />
He is the co-founder of American technology company, Intel. He is in his 80s right now, and he is more interested in giving away hi billions than any other thing. His foundation funds science research, patient care, environmental conservation, etc.<br />
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<b>6. Sulaiman bin Abdul Aziz Al Rahji ($5.7 Billion Lifetime Donations)</b><br />
He is a Saudi Arabian billionaire. In the late 50s, he and some of his brothers started a bank, which went on to become one of the largest Islamic banks in the world. He gives mostly towards religious, health, educational, and social causes.<br />
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This Irish-American businessman recently set out to give away all his fortune. And according to some experts, the 85 year old has almost succeeded doing that, as he is left with a net-worth of $1.5 million, compared to the billions he had as net worth some years ago.<br />
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This Indian is the chairman of a big Consulting and IT company. The mission of his foundation is to help reform India's schools and examination centers.<br />
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Like some people on our list, he is a retired businessman whose sole aim now is to help as many people as possible. His foundation primarily donates to educational causes, community development, social services, health, and International causes.<br />
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The stock market guru, Warren Buffet not only went ahead to give away half of his net worth, he has also has gotten other billionaires to pledge to do the same thing. Even though he went on to systematically give off half his wealth some years back, he is currently the third richest man in the world.<br />
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He is the richest man in the world, and also the most generous man in the world. Hmm! Their sure is a correlation between giving and receiving, don't you think? The Microsoft co-founder gave $1 million to the governor of a state in northern Nigeria just a few days ago. This is to help feed the people displaced by the acts of terror by the terrorist group, Boko Haram over the years in Nigeria. And he has always been very active in eradicating Polio in Nigeria, and in many other philanthropic works in Nigeria, and the whole of Africa. He extends his hands to helping in all areas, and in every continent of the world. <br />
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We are not our bodies. The body you are in is just a vehicle that houses your consciousness, which is who/what you really are. Your physical body is just a shell; you are your consciousness, your mind. And if your mind can be copied, stored somewhere safe and transferred when your physical body dies, then you can go on living in a new body. Yea, the body would/might not be the same body you lived those many years with, but to begin with, that body wasn't you. You are consciousness. Even your brain is not you. It is a tool your mind use to carry the functioning of thinking, and the brain also handles coordination of your whole body movement, in terms of conscious and unconscious actions, but it is still not you. And of cos, like other parts of your physical body, your brain gets old, and loses most of its abilities to coordinate the body. But your consciousness (soul) never dies. All that has to be done is to find another <i>shell</i> for it to live in and the best way to transfer your consciousness to that body, and you can become immortal. <br />
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If you have seen the <i>Johnny Depp</i> movie, <i>Transcendence</i>, you would have a better grasp of the possibility of immortality. In the movie,<i> Johnny Depp's</i> character, scientist, <i>Will Caster</i> and his wife worked on the science of uploading a human consciousness to a super computer, and when he got shot with a poison and was on his dying bed, he and his wife agreed to put their theory to the test. His consciousness did get transferred to the computer, and and then later to a nano technologically built human body. Yea, it might sound like jargon, but whatever the human mind can conceive, it can achieve. I am sure if you had told people that lived in the 13ths century that there would come a time when human voice would travel through thin air, through millions of miles, within seconds, they would have thought the person thinking of such was crazy. Now we make international calls between destinations thousands of miles apart, and it is like nothing. <br />
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I don't know whether the kind of immortality you see in vampire movies where the man would live for thousand of years is ever going to be possible in my lifetime, but I am positive that the kind of immortality where the consciousness can be uploaded and transferred to another body will become a reality before I die. You have people like <i>Sergey Brin</i> and <i>Larry Page</i> (owners of Google) backing this immortality research with their billions. In fact, they started a company called, Calico in 2013, with the sole aim of combating ageing. There vision might be more of the vampire kind of immortality reality, but one way or the other, all these researches will help ultimately in the research for human immortality. Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-9239086746370266722016-08-14T09:50:00.002+01:002016-08-14T10:06:18.216+01:00Top 7 Biggest Wild Cats in the World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The cat family is very big. From the little sized domesticated cats, to the wild cats of the jungle, like the Tiger, and the Lion. There more than a dozen members of the cat family, but today we are going to be dealing with the top 7 biggest (in size) of them all. You might be surprised at the cat sitting on the number one spot.<br />
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Below are the top 7 biggest cats in the world.<br />
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The cheetah is our number 7 on the list. I guess it's smaller size compared to other wild cats has to do with why it is the fastest in its family, and also among all land animals. An average cheetah weighs 54kg, and it can be found in eastern and southern Africa, and some parts of Iran.<br />
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This wild cat is very popular for its spots, even though the Cheetah and the Jaguar have similar features. The Leopard is commonly found in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, and in parts of Asia. An average Leopard weighs about 65kg.<br />
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Yet another sub-specie of Leopard makes it to our list. The snow leopard is mostly found in parts of central and south Asia, like in Northwestern China, and in Tibet. It weighs an average 75kg.<br />
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A Cougar is also referred to as a Puma, or a Mountain Lion. It sure looks a lot like a Lion. It is mostly found in the Americas- Southern Argentina, Chile, Southeastern Alaska etc. An average Cougar weighs about 120kg.<br />
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Although not so popular (maybe because of its similarity in looks to the Leopard), the Jaguar is the third biggest in the cat family. An average Jaguar weighs about 136kg, and can be found in parts of southern Arizona, New Mexico, Northern Argentina, and Northern Brazil.<br />
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Yea, you are just as surprised as I was when I was doing this research and found out that the Lion is not the biggest wild cat in the jungle. Then which cat is? You'll find out in a minute.<br />
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A lion is the second biggest animal in the cat family and most times referred to as the king of the jungle. It weighs about 272kg, and can be found in the deserts and rain forests of sub-Saharan Africa.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>1. Siberian Tiger</b></span><br />
Yup! The Siberian Tiger is the biggest wild cat in the jungle. Although there are other sub-species of Tigers like the Bengal Tiger, and Sumatran Tiger, the Siberian Tiger is the biggest, with an average weight of 425kg. That is really massive...almost twice the size of a Lion. Lions hunt in packs, the Tiger is more of a solitary hunter. The Siberian Tiger is found mostly in parts of India, Korea, North China, and Russia.<br />
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<br />Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-69869967878191605002016-08-02T22:19:00.001+01:002016-08-02T22:19:09.287+01:00Some Successful Jewish People Around the World<br />
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A lot of people believe Jewish people are the chosen people of God, and that God is always behind them. Personally, one thing that marvels me about them is how successful most of them are and have been in the past. So, today I decided to list a couple of successful Jews of the world. Some of them, you might be surprised are Jews.<br />
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Founder of Interscope Records, the music record label responsible for heavyweight rap musicians like <i>Eminem</i>, <i>Dr. Dre</i>, and <i>50 Cent</i>. Iovine gave <i>Dr. Dre</i> a platform on Interscope when <i>Dre</i> was having problems with <i>Suge Knight</i> at Death Row Records, and Dre was able to build his Aftermath label under Interscope Records. They (<i>Dr. Dre</i> and <i>Jimmy Iovine</i>) also partnered up to start Dre Beats Headphones. So, when Dre Beats was sold to Apple for $3 billion in 2014, <i>Dre</i> and <i>Iovine</i> got equal share of the money that got to them after taxes and all other modalities. Smart Jew, right?<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Calvin Klein</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Mark Zuckerberg</b></span><br />
This man's story motivates me so much. The accidental billionaire, as he is often referred to. Mark formed Facebook in his dorm room at Harvard University (in America) in 2004, and went on to build the social media company to billion dollar status. He is now the 5th richest man in the whole world, with a net worth of $53.7 billion.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Ralph Lauren</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Larry Page</b></span><br />
He is the C.E.O and co-founder of Google Inc. He founded Google with <i>Sergey Brin</i> in 1998. He now has a net worth of $38.4 billion and is top 20 richest men in the world. Yea, <i>Sergey Brin</i> is also a Jewish man.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Michael Dell</b></span><br />
I am sure you have seen a Dell laptop once in your life, even if you haven't used one before. <i>Michael Dell</i> is the founder of Dell Inc, one of the world's leading sellers of Personal Computers.<br />
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She is one of my favorite Hollywood actresses. The 31 year old actress is of Jewish descent. She has played in movies like The Prestige, The Avengers, Captain America, Lucy, and a host of other movies.<br />
<br />Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-84985946043933952632016-08-02T14:30:00.000+01:002016-08-02T14:33:05.648+01:00Woman Searching for a Second Wife for Her Husband<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yup! It seems unbelievable but it is true. It is definitely out of the ordinary for a woman to e searching for a second wife for her husband, but Aisha Abdur Rahman is doing just that. Aisha, who is a resident of America went on Facebook to post her advert. Below is what her post said.<br />
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husband, I'm looking for a Co Wife for my husband, in san diego,
California he's 32 years old, easy to get along with, down to earth,
open minded, compassionate, caring, loving, sincere, loyal, trustworthy,
honest and loves to laugh, he's serious with his Deen but at the same
time balanced Alhamdulilah, he's a very good husband, sisters please
inbox me inshaAllah if your interested."</i><br />
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<br />Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-42105207592989887802016-08-01T12:41:00.001+01:002016-08-01T12:41:26.873+01:006 Months of Daylight and 6 Months of Darkness in Some Parts of the Earth<br />
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Do you know that there are places on Earth that experience 6 months of daylight, the next 6 months would be of darkness. I mean, for the 6 months, there is daylight all through the day, and then there is 6 months where there is darkness all through the day. These places are located in the north and south poles. That is, in the Arctic Circle (north pole), and in the Antarctic Circle (south pole). Antarctic circle is mostly ice, but in the Arctic Circle, you have countries like <i>Finland</i>, <i>Russia</i>, <i>Canada</i>, <i>Norway</i>, and <i>Sweden</i> having their northern parts experiencing this phenomena.<br />
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I studied Geography at the University, so I totally understand how this is so. But, my problem is finding the simplest way to explain why it is so. Let me try my best without making it look like a boring lecture. But for those that don't want to know why this phenom is so, you are okay knowing that northern parts of <i>Norway</i>, <i>Canada</i>, <i>Finland</i>, <i>Russia</i>, and <i>Sweden</i> experience what is close to 6 months of daylight and 6 months of darkness through the year. Oh, yea, and parts of <i>Alaska</i> (state in <i>USA</i>) too. If you have seen the <i>Al Pacino</i> movie, <i>Insomnia</i> (2002), there is a part where He asked some people to take him to a school he was meant to begin his investigation and they laughed. It was daylight but was actually night time in the small Alaskan town, and the school had already closed for the day.<br />
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Let me start he explanation of this phenomenon from the basics. Through a typical day, it appears that the Sun moves. It looks like it comes up at dawn, is at the top of the sky by mid day, and drops/sets by evening time. But what really happens is that the Sun is mostly stationary, but the Earth rotates on its orbit, which causes us to have daylight and darkness, and that appears like the Sun is moving around the Earth. Apart from rotating (which takes 24 hours/a day to complete), the Earth also revolves around the sun. This takes 365 ¼ days (the ¼ accounts for why we have leap years).<br />
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Looking at the diagram below, you can see how the Earth revolves around the Sun, and you can also see how Arctic circle might be exposed to constant sun light than most parts of the Earth for 6 months and then 6 months of darkness at another time. This is the same thing experienced at the Antarctic circle too because of its location at the south pole. Please note that the darkness we are talking about is not like total darkness, but like how it is at dawn just before sunrise.<br />
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<br />Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-26838918113806918722016-07-31T23:50:00.000+01:002017-03-26T12:14:02.607+01:0010 Suicidal Signs in People<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It takes a person that has experienced true love to write a compelling romance novel. It takes someone that knows a lot about stocks to write a book about stocks. It takes...Hope you get my drift? The reason I was moved to write this article is because when ever a new suicide case pops up, the people closest to the person that killed himself/herself always say things like, 'Tommy could never kill himself; there has to be some foul play behind this.' 'He was so happy. Why did he kill himself.' 'We didn't see any signs.'<br />
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The truth is, there are always signs. No one ups and kills himself without having shown tendencies of doing so before. Sometimes it might be one big damaging event that might make them commit suicide. Or, it might be overwhelming accumulated problems which caused the depression, which later led to suicide. Either case, there are always signs before hand. No matter how subtly the signs might be, they always leave signs along the way. The person might show majority of the signs below, or just one or two signs, but I am positive any suicidal person would show at least one of the 10 signs listed below. If you could recognize them in a friend or family member, you could save a life.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>1. Anger</b></span><br />
Someone getting angry over little things is a clear sign that that person is most likely fighting an internal battle. Look deeper, and the person might be depressed and fighting suicidal thoughts. <br />
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When you notice someone doesn't get enthusiastic about life anymore. Nothing excites him or her, even the things that once excited them. <br />
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Suicidal people are not depressed all the time. There are times they are in happy moods, and in this state, they might joke to someone close to them that they would commit suicide and end it all. If this happens one time, it might not be that serious. But if this happens repeatedly; that's a red flag right there.<br />
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When someone suddenly withdraws from friends and family, and becomes a loner, it can be a sign that the person just had a paradigm shift and is trying to figure himself/herself out. Or, it can mean, the person is thinking of how worthless his/her life is, and how there is no use sticking around. <br />
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They are high, and then the next minute they are low. They laugh a lot and even make a lot of people laugh, this is mostly because they unconsciously don't want people to experience the depressed state they are in. But on some days they are a shadow of themselves and moody as hell. This is another red flag.<br />
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When you notice someone no longer has purpose in life, and he or she is just drifting through life, you should be wary. <br />
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When you are depressed and suicidal, you are at the bottom of the happiness spectrum. And because liquor makes you feel good temporarily, a depressed or suicidal person gets lost in the euphoria of leaving his dark state and doesn't know when to stop taking the happy juice.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>8. They Leave Cryptic Messages on their Social Network Accounts </b></span><br />
Most time, they leave cryptic messages on their Facebook or Twitter on how they really feel. They might re-tweet a Tweet about suicide, or subtly leave a message about how suicidal they feel. <br />
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Since most of them feel they are not going to be around long anyway (because they have been contemplating suicide), they sometimes live a reckless lives. Drink too much. Experiment with all sorts of drugs. Have unprotected sex. Drink and drive. Drive at alarming speed. ETC. <br />
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They are too depressed to think of personal hygiene, or how they dress. Life is now meaningless to some of them, so why live. And so, they think less of how they look.<br />
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Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-68883177400822575062016-07-31T20:31:00.001+01:002016-12-20T19:21:18.851+01:007 Advantages of Abstinence- For MenLet's not fool ourselves, most guys in their 20s or even late teens have regular casual sex, so I am not here to preach total abstinence from sex. I am here to speak on the benefits of abstaining from sex for a period of time (maybe 4-8 weeks) and then going back to it. The benefits are enormous. Oh, and to the ladies, I am a guy, so I can't authoritatively speak on the benefits for females, that is why this article is just for men.<br />
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The abstinence I am talking about is- no form of sexual acts at all; no penetration sex and no masturbation of any sort. You have to retain that sexual energy...retain your juice. So, that means, no pornography; whether via pics, video, or even literature.<br />
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Below are 7 advantages of abstinence- for men.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>1. Mastering Self Control</b></span><br />
There are a lot of men that can't control their sexual urges out there. I mean, well respectable men in the society like priests, pastors, teachers, professors, and bankers who get into one sexual scandal or the other because of lack of self control. I am sure you have read the countless stories; they flood social media daily. The problem is that if you don't learn self control as a man, you are at high risk of getting involved in a messy sex scandal case.<br />
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Practicing temporal abstinence from sex will help you build self control. Once you can train your mind to say NO to sex when your body is craving it badly, you will start to build up a strong self control when it comes to matters concerning sex. And the best way to do that is to set a time frame in which you would not have sex even if the opportunity presents itself. It is very hard to practice total celibacy (that's why catholic priests keep getting involved in one sexual scandal or the other), but temporal abstinence of 1-3 months is very achievable. I like to be very realistic.<br />
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When you remove sex from the equation of any relationship for a period of time, the man and the woman start looking for other means of pleasing themselves other than getting sexual. This ultimately leads to deeper understanding of themselves, and a relationship with more depth that has more chances of lasting longer.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>3. Sexual Energy Transmutation</b></span><br />
Sexual energy is one of the strongest emotions in man. That urge for sex can make you do anything. I mean, anything, just to satisfy the craving for sex. I just went out to refill my gas, and the 10 minutes that I was there, I watched this male goat chase the female goat around for sex. It did this for a whole ten minutes and didn't stop; jumping walls, knocking down plastic tables, and all that. You could see the drive and determination to satisfy that urge in its eyes.<br />
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We humans are more sophisticated animals, but we are animals nonetheless. If man can abstain from sex for a period of time, and <i>transmute</i> that sexual energy elsewhere, he would achieve a lot in a short period. There is no magic to sexual energy transmutation. All you have to do is abstain from any acts of sex for a particular period of time, and then focus on a particular area of your life you want to improve in. Your built up sexual energy would naturally be transmuted to whatever form of energy you need to achieve whatever it is you need to achieve in your life. <br />
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It ain't rocket science. The less casual sex you have, the lower your risks of contacting sexually transmitted diseases like HIV, Gonorrhea, Syphilis and the likes.<br />
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When I was in my late teens and early twenties, sex was really not a big deal to me. I just loved music, and loved to spend time with friends. Then I got into my 'beast-mode' phase where love was a foreign word to me. It was just sex, sex, and more sex. No room for love at all. Then, I got out of that phase, and became a bit more balanced. When I abstain for periods of time, my brain still craved endorphins (feel good hormones), which were easily gotten when I was a sex maniac, so it (my brain) went to work to find ways to get that without sex. And I started experiencing joy doing many other things other than sex. This is what will naturally happen to you when you abstain from sex. You will find joy in unexpected places. <br />
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When you abstain from sex for a period of time, you will notice that you have more free time. This is because, before then, you probably would be on BBM, Whatsapp, WeChat, or Badoo most part of the day, chatting up one girl or the other, prepping her up for when she would come over to the slaughterhouse. lol! But when you know you won't be having sex for lets say 6 weeks, you don't do all that, and this would automatically increase your productivity at work, school, or in your business as the case may be.<br />
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So many people have goals, and dreams, and aspirations. Everyone wants to be successful or rich like Dangote, but most men lose focus when having too much sex comes into the picture. I know a guy who has very great dreams and would always say what he would do when he got such and such amount of money. But when the money eventually comes, the first thing he would do is to call up a call girl for sex (an expensive one at that), or start spending money to get a girl that once said 'no' to him.<br />
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In closing, as I said earlier, I am not saying I want you to give up sex forever...But, try and give it up for a period of time and witness the benefits in your life. Olumide Abiodunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064002167626237927noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130903940648632070.post-25605715256503423032016-07-30T20:24:00.001+01:002016-07-30T23:00:00.865+01:00Top 10 Most Expensive Cars in the WorldWhile I keep working on how I would get my dream car, a snow-white Mercedes Benz G Wagon, it won't hurt to put up this post of the top 10 most expensive cars in the world. Pronouncing some of the car names can cause you to bight your tongue. <br />
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10. Lamborghini Sesto Elemento ($2.2 million)<br />
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9. Bugatti Chiron ($2.5 million)<br />
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8. Ferrari F60 America ($2.5 million)<br />
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7. Pagani Huayra BC ($2.6 million)<br />
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6. LaFerrari FXX K ($2.7 million)<br />
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5. Limited Edition Bugatti Veyron by Mansory Vivere ($3.4 million)<br />
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4. W Motors Lykan Hypersport ($3.4 million)<br />
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3. Lamborghini Veneno ($4.5 million)<br />
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2. Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita ($4.8 million)<br />
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