Nicole Scherzinger spotted kissing her new man, a 23yr old footballer

I thought Nicole, 37, left Lewis Hamilton, 30, because he wasn't ready to settle down? What is she then doing with a man 14 years her junior? 4 months after ending her 7-year relationship to Formula One champion, Nicole Scherzinger has finally moved on. She's now dating footballer Pajtim Kasami, 23, who plays for Fulham. The two were photographed smooching yesterday while enjoying a sunshine break in Greece, where she went to celebrated her birthday. More photos after the cut...

Kylie Jenner moves into her $2.7mil Calabasas home

17 year old Kylie and Khloe shared a snap from inside the teen's new $2.7 million home in Calabasas, California on Monday.

After months of preparation, Kylie Jenner is finally moving into her fancy home.

The 17-year-old star - who had been waiting patiently for renovations to be completed - shared a photo on her Instagram showing the very stylish interior of one of the rooms in the 4,900 square foot home.

Getting a helping hand from half-sister Khloe, Kylie can be seen posing with her sibling and captioned the snap: 'don't you wish your move in crew looked like mine'

 

Kylie will now be just a block away from sisters Khloe, 31 and Kourtney, 36.

The house is situated in The Oaks, an exclusive gated community in the upscale neighbourhood of Calabasas.

Kylie's mother Kris Jenner opened up about how hard it's going to be with an empty nest in an interview in December.

'Kylie and I are going to be the last ones here. She keeps reminding me daily that she's 17 and there's only a few months left until she's 18.

'I ignore her because that's going to be weird and hard.' she told Oprah.

FG-Okonjo-Iweala spent $2.1bn without approval

The National Economic Council, chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday accused former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, of spending $2.1bn from the Excess Crude Account without authorisation.

“We looked at the numbers for the Excess Crude Account. The last time the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, reported to the council, and it is in the minutes, she reported by November 2014 that we had $4.1 bn.

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole told State House correspondents after the NEC’s 58th meeting in Abuja.

“Today, the Accountant-General Office reported we have $2.0bn. Which means the honourable minister spent $2.1bn without authority of the NEC and that money was not distributed to states, it was not paid to the three tiers of government,”

According to the economic council, the ‘unauthorised’ spending is among the several anomalies discovered in the management of the nation’s economy between 2012 and May 2015.

Within the period, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was said to have earned a total of N8.1 tn but remitted only N4.3tn.

Due to this reason, the Federal Government has constituted Oshiomhole, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai; Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel; and Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, into a panel to probe the NNPC and the ECA between 2012 and May, 2015.

Oshiomhole, el-Rufai, Emmanuel and the Zamfara State Governor, Abdulazeez Yari, jointly briefed journalists at the end of the meeting.

Yari told journalists, through the Director of Funds, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. M.K. Dikwa, that council members received the report of the ECA and unremitted funds by the NNPC.

He said:

“On that line, a four-man committee consisting of the governors of Edo, Gombe, Kaduna and Akwa Ibom states was constituted to go through the books of the NNPC and Excess Crude as well as the Federation Account.

”The four-man committee will check the books of the NNPC, most especially the issue of excess crude and what is not remitted into the Federation Account.

“The Federal Government, in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria, will look inwards to see how to support and how much they will give to states, especially on the issue of outstanding salaries owed by the states and even the Federal Government.”

Explaining what happened at the NEC meeting, Oshiomhole said the NNPC and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation were compelled for the first time to provide information on the total sales of Nigeria’s crude from 2012 to May 2015.

The Edo governor said,

“We are talking about transparency; we are talking about change. And what we saw from those numbers, which I believe that Nigerians are entitled to know, is that whereas the NNPC claimed to have earned N8.1tn, what NNPC paid into the Federation Account from 2012 to May 2015 was N4.3tn.

“What it means is that the NNPC withheld and spent N3.8 tn.

“The major revelation here is that the entire federation, that is the Federal Government, the states and all the 774 local governments, the amount the NNPC paid into the Federation Account for distribution to these three tiers of government came to N4.3 tn and the NNPC alone took and spent N3.8tn.

“This means that the cost of running the NNPC is much more than the cost of running the Federal Government. That tells you how much is missing, what is mismanaged and what is stolen. There are huge figures.”

“If the Federal Government cannot spend without appropriation, why should any agency spend without appropriation.

“This is what the Constitution provided for and this is what President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to do; henceforth all money must go to the Federation Account.

“If you were doing that, you would not have a situation where the NNPC alone will spend N3.8trn and remit to the federal, states and local governments N4.3trn, which means NNPC is taking about 47 per cent and that explains all the leakages you are talking about.”

El-Rufai said the account was set up in order to be accountable such that every state and local government would know what they had in the account though they could not spend it.

He said,

“The Excess Crude Account is 52 per cent owned by the Federal Government and 48 per cent owned by the states and the local governments.

“So the decision of the NEC is to set up this committee of four to look at the operations of the Excess Crude Account and make recommendations to council on its future.

“The other thing the committee will do is to look at the operations of the Federation Account, particularly the shortfall and again come back to council with very clear recommendations as to what to do.

“We have not been given a time frame but as you can imagine state governments are under pressure, many of our state governments are unable to pay salaries on time without recourse to borrowing, so this is very important to us.

“This is an all-governors’ committee; we wear the shoes and we know where they pinch. So we are going to do this as quickly as possible.

“The next meeting of the council is on July 23; we hope to complete our work and be in a position to report to council on that day. So within the next one month, we will be done by God’s grace.”

Photos: Kim K leaves London in figure fitting jumper

4 months pregnant Kim K stepped out on Sunday in a pink mini dress and matching jacket to dine out in London then when she left for the airport on Monday morning, she swapped her mini dress for a form-fitting jumper in the exact same colour. The form fitting jumper showed off her curvaceous body. More photos after the cut.

7 lost cities

© Reuters Artifacts recovered from the submerged city of Heracleion lie on a barge at a naval base in Alexandria, Egypt, in 2001. Unearthing lost cities used to be the preserve of machete-wielding, Indiana Jones-types, but advances in technology lie behind the most recent discoveries rather any derring-do in the jungle.
One of the most groundbreaking recent finds lay hidden in Honduras‘ near-impenetrable La Moskitia rainforest for centuries. The Spanish conquistadors never found the mythical White City or its gold, but now satellite photos have revealed buried pyramids and plazas built by a pre-Colombian culture that vanished without trace. The team of archaeologists who discovered the site used a technique called lidar, which involves bouncing airborne lasers off the ground to create a 3D model of the surface and reveal any telltale features of human habitation.
In Cambodia, the scale of the colossal 9th-century Khmer Empire site of Mahendraparvata, which predates Angkor Wat by 350 years, was also revealed with the help of lidar. Made up of several densely populated areas with massive temples – now just piles of stones – a complex network of roads linked it to the Angkor cities more than 100 kilometres away.
Not all lost cities are above ground. Heracleion was Egypt‘s main port before it sank into the Mediterranean and disappeared for around 1,200 years. Rediscovered by chance in 2000, some of the enormous statues, jewellery and coins found scattered across the seabed have finally been brought to the surface.
While many lost cities are off-limits for travellers, there are some you can visit to indulge your inner Indy.

1. Ciudad Perdida, Colombia

© Provided by Lonely Planet Trek through the rainforests of Colombia to reach the ruins of the fabled Cuidad Perdida. Image by Uros Ravbar / Hemera / Getty Images Getting to Ciudad Perdida – ‘Lost City’ in Spanish – in the steamy rainforest of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains is part of the adventure: scrambling up steep slopes, along slippery trails and wading through rivers. Built by the Tayrona Indians between AD 500 and 700, they abandoned it to the jungle during the Spanish conquest. Treasure hunters rediscovered it in the early 1970s and took everything they could carry, but the citadel remains as impressive as it is remote.

• How to get there: A six-day guided trek (there and back) through the jungle.
• USP: The ruins are awe-inspiring but the journey there is equally memorable.
• Indy rating: 9/10

2. Angkor Wat, Cambodia

© Provided by Lonely Planet The creeping roots of spung trees add to the atmosphere of Ta Prohm's crumbling temples. Image by Ignacio Palacios / Lonely Planet Images / Getty Images Stumbled across by French explorer Henri Mouhot around 150 years ago, Angkor showcases the architecture of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. Within the vast complex is a multitude of dazzling temples, including Angkor Wat, the colossal stone heads of the Bayon at Angkor Thom and crumbling Ta Prohm, made famous by Tomb Raider. It’s worth exploring further afield – perhaps the jungle-cloaked Beng Mealea – to avoid the tour groups.

• How to get there: Tour or tuk-tuk from Siem Reap.
• USP: The Angkor Wat temple is the world’s largest single religious monument.
• Indy rating: 5/10

3. Calakmul, Mexico

© Provided by Lonely Planet The pyramids of Calakmul - the tallest in Mexico - poke out of the surrounding jungle. Image by Prill Mediendesign & Fotografie / iStock / Getty Images You’re more likely to hear the chatter of monkeys than fellow visitors at Calakmul. Hidden in the jungle of Campeche, its vertigo-inducing pyramids – many still swathed in vegetation – are the tallest in Mexico. One of the more prosperous Mayan cities, it was in competition with its great rival, Tikal, across the border in Guatemala. Archaeologists are currently working to preserve brightly coloured frescos depicting Mayan daily life, concealed for centuries under multiple pyramids.

• How to get there: It’s almost a five-hour drive from the colonial city of Campeche.
• USP: One of the largest Maya cities ever uncovered.
• Indy rating: 7/10

4. Persepolis, Iran

© Provided by Lonely Planet Only a few fragments of Persepolis' original splendour still stand, but it remains an awe-inspiring site. Image by mathess / iStock / Getty Images Founded in 518 BC, Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire and took a century to build, its towering pillars, glittering gold and monumental walls adorned with intricate friezes demonstrating its staggering wealth. In 331 BC, Alexander the Great razed it to the ground in revenge for the burning of the Acropolis of Athens and it wasn’t excavated until the 1930s. Only columns, stairways and doorways of the great palaces remain, but this glimpse of its former glory is still spectacular.

• How to get there: Bus, taxi or tour from Shiraz.
• USP: The sheer scale of the monumental ruins make it unique.
• Indy rating: 5/10

5. Choquequirao, Peru

© Provided by Lonely Planet Can't face the crowds at Machu Picchu? Choquequirao is a little-visited alternative. Image by Alex Robinson / AWL Images / Getty Images Machu Picchu may draw the crowds (up to 2,500 visitors a day) but just 44 kilometres away Choquequirao – ‘cradle of gold’ in Quechua – is equally atmospheric and you’ll have it almost to yourself. Topa Inca Yupanqui, the son of empire builder Pachacuti, built the mountaintop city at some point in the 15th century as a ceremonial site and refuge for Incan royalty. With more time, you can combine it with a visit to even more out-of-the-way sites, such as Hurincancha, Capullyoc and Casa de Cascada.

• How to get there: It’s a two-day trek from the town of Cachora, a four-hour drive from Cuzco.
• USP: Hard to reach for now, this could change with a proposed aerial tramway.
• Indy rating: 8/10

6. Petra, Jordan

© Provided by Lonely Planet The facade of Petra's treasury is carved out of a sandstone rock face. Image by Reynold Mainse / Design Pics Perspectives / Getty Images Rose-red Petra was once the capital of the ancient Nabataean kingdom. At the crossroads of east and west, the desert city flourished as a trading centre until an earthquake in the 6th century destroyed its vital water system. It lay abandoned for centuries before being officially rediscovered by the Swiss explorer Johann Burckhardt in 1812. Arriving via the Siq – a long, narrow gorge – is stunning, and as well as the treasury (which features in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) there are tombs, a monastery and a sacrificial altar to discover.

• How to get there: Daily bus services from Aqaba and Amman, or for a more Indiana-esque experience, trek from the Dana Reserve for six days through spectacular scenery.

7. Pompeii, Italy

© Provided by Lonely Planet Pompeii's buildings, and even some of its inhabitants, were eerily well preserved at the hour of its doom. Image by De Agostini / Foglia / De Agostini Picture Library / Getty Images When Mount Vesuvius blew its top In AD 79, it buried Pompeii in a thick layer of red-hot volcanic ash and stone, instantly killing over 1,000 people. The once booming Roman town was forgotten until 1,800 years later, when archaeologists began to excavate. What they unearthed from beneath the ash were almost perfectly preserved buildings – including the House of the Vetti, the home of a wealthy merchant – frescoes, artefacts and the shapes of the victims, complete with terrified expressions, forever frozen in time.

• How to get there: Easily reached by bus, train or tour from Naples.
• USP: It offers a unique snapshot of everyday Roman life.
• Indy rating: 4/10

The Missing Person Who Joined Her Own Search Party

One Saturday night in 2012, a search party was organized in Iceland to hunt for a woman who had apparently failed to return to her tour bus. But the twist? She had. She became part of the search party looking for her, unaware that she was the subject of everyone's concern.

© Provided by Mental Floss The tour bus in question had stopped near Iceland's Eldgja canyon (pictured above), and the woman in question took the opportunity to go freshen up and change clothes. When she reboarded the bus, the rest of the passengers didn't realize it was her. Instead, they became alarmed that she'd gone missing. The driver waited for an hour before the police were called.
Things escalated. A search of the area took place, joined by around 50 people, some in vehicles, many on foot. The coast guard was alerted, and the search went on for several hours.
It wasn't until three in the morning that the truth became apparent: that the woman everyone thought was missing was actually helping them in the search. Once she realized she was the missing tourist, she informed the police. The search was called off.
Moral of the story? It's always worth properly counting the number of people on a tour bus. No matter what they happen to be wearing.
This story originally appeared on our UK site.

© Provided by Mentalfloss The Missing Person Who Joined Her Own Search Party 

A little girl wrote to billionaire Richard Branson to tell him about her illness, and this is how he replied

A little girl wrote to billionaire Richard Branson to tell him about her illness, and this is how he replied

At first glance it might be hard to see what a nine-year-old girl and a multi-millionaire entrepreneur have in common. But Richard Branson's letter to Honor Smith may surprise you. The Virgin boss penned a handwritten note to the nine year old following a letter she sent to him about how much she loved his #likeadyslexic videos.

The 64-year-old is one of the UK's most successful businessmen, but he's never hidden the fact that his dyslexia made him seem different from other children during his school days.

Getting in touch: Honor wrote to tell Richard Branson how much she appreciated his dyslexia videos

His videos make the point that dyslexics can do amazing things, and alongside himself, he includes Professor Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, John Lennon and Keira Knightley among others.
Honor's note told Sir Branson that when she was diagnosed with dyslexia she thought her life was ruined, but the letters made her feel much more confident.

The businessman wrote back thanking Honor for writing, adding: "If anyone ever puts you down for having dyslexia, don’t believe them. Being dyslexic can actually be a big advantage, and it has certainly helped me.

The Virgin boss told Honor: "If anyone ever puts you down for having dyslexia, don’t believe them"

"Your life definitely isn’t ruined – I look forward to hearing what great things to achieve in the years to come."
He signs off with: "I look forward to hearing what great things you've achieved in life."
Writing on his Virgin.com blog, he adds: "If you do have dyslexia, remember that the likes of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Ted Turner and even Albert Einstein did too. You are in good company!"

What how mindset can do for us

Mindset. Thinking.

Conditioning or reconditioning our mind for maximum success is critical. Identifying and getting rid of limiting beliefs from the past is a must.

Author Robert Kiyosaki talked about when he first began to escape the employee mindset and went to a weekend self development workshop.

The instructor drew this diagram on the board, and basically said, to become a successful person, we need these 4 things. Very different than anything he had ever heard before.

Just looking at this diagram really quickly, we see why many students, and often the “A” students fail in the real world when it comes to money and true wealth.

You see, you might be educated logically and mentally, but if you’re not educated emotionally the fear will stop you from doing what you must do to become a success outside of the system that most get trapped in.

There is something called “paralysis by analysis” which is caused by our educational system punishing people for making mistakes. “A” students are successful really only for just making the least amount of mistakes. Interesting yes?

However, in the real world, people who take action and succeed are the ones who make the “most” mistakes and learn from them to win in the game of life.

That’s why when Thomas Edison was criticized for making 1,014 mistakes before creating the electric light bulb; he said “ I did not fail 1,014 times. I successfully found out what did not work 1,014 times.”

Different way of thinking than most, right?

Many people aren’t a success as Robert says, because they fail to fail enough times. They let fear hold them back.

In Robert Kiyosaki’s book The Cashflow Quadrant, he talks about four types of people that make up the world of business:

E for employee

S for small business or self-employed

B for big business (500 employees)

I for investor

In everyone of us resides one of these quadrants. How do we know which one? The best way to determine this is to look at where most of our cash is coming from.

Many are employees who rely on their paychecks, while others are self-employed. These individuals are on the left side of the quadrant. As we’ll see in the diagram below, each one of these people share common characteristics.

Examining these charts can help you see where you are today, and where you want to be in the future as you choose your path to financial freedom.

Achieving financial success and freedom is possible in each of these categories. But it is much easier and can be achieved much faster in the B and I quadrants.

You’ll see in this chart that 90% of wealth comes from people who control their own lives. They’ve mastered systems and their time.

Anyone can become a part of the wealthy, but there is a limitation wall. And that limitation wall is usually the way you presently think, or your mindset, as we discussed briefly a few minutes ago.

You can see a lot of the “symptoms” behind the employee mindset, which is plagued with excuses and a scarcity mentality.

Well known trainer T Harv Eker also paints a nice picture of the overall difference between the mindset between the poor and the wealthy:

MIND SET DIFFERENCES by best selling author of “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”
POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS	FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT AND RICH
They believe “Life happens to them”, victimized	They believe “I create my life” , accept full responsibilities
They play the money game not to lose	They play the money game to win
They want to be rich	They are committed to being rich
They think small, think of limitations, and ‘wish and hope’	They think big, think possibilities, dream a lot
They focus on obstacles	They focus on opportunities
They resent rich and successful people	They admire other rich and successful people
They associate with negative and unsuccessful people	They associate with positive, successful people
They think negatively about selling and promoting	They are willing to promote themselves and their values
They are smaller than their problems	They are bigger than their problems
They are poor receivers	They are excellent receivers
They choose to get paid based on time	They choose to get paid based on results
They think “either/or”	They think “both”
They focus on their working income – instant gratification	They focus on their net worth – postpone gratification
They mismanage their money, buy liabilities	They manage their money well, buy assets
They work hard for their money	They have their money work hard for them
They let fear stop them	They act in spite of fear
They think they already know it all (Have, Do, Be)	They are constantly learning (Be, Do, Have)

Simply put, to change your life, and to be successful on the right hand side of the quadrant, you must change your thinking.

Look at the lists above and see which mindset dominate your thoughts.

Throughout this program, we’ll be giving you nearly everything on a silver platter. A powerful proven system, documentation that it works for many people from all walks of life, and top coaches helping you along the way.

But that doesn’t substitute this: You Must Take Full Responsibility For Your Own Results In Business And Life.

No matter how powerful something is, no one can force you to do it. No one can MAKE you change. We can give you the most powerful and luxurious car in the world, but YOU have to learn how to drive, get in the car, put the key in the ignition and drive the distance.

You are the driver of your life. So commit to being a “no excuses” type of person and take personal responsibility for your results in business and life.

Here’s Another Key Mind Shift:

People with the “Employee Mindset” are afraid to take a single step forward, until they see a clearly laid out path in front of them. They need to know ALL the answers first.

Entrepreneurs and the Wealthy jump off cliffs and build the plane on the way down. They get comfortable with things being imperfect. They don’t have to know the next step before they move forward. They go full force forward without having to know all the answers first.

Let that one sink in for a minute…

It’s completely true that your greatest successes will come from something that you feared doing, or you didn’t know what the result would be. There was no clear outcome. You have to learn to detach yourself from the results and fears you have of taking the right actions moving forward.

It’s like walking up a flight of steps to success, except the each step up is in complete darkness. It doesn’t appear until you take the next step forward before you even see that it’s there. It doesn’t appear until the feeling of falling is in the pit of your stomach. The unknown. That’s where the success is.

Trust the system and just do it. The mind can be a treacherous thing at times, so don’t let fears and the unknown hold back your success!

culled from mytoptierbusiness.com