Michelle Obama Hip Hop Album: First Lady Fights Obesity Through Music (VIDEO)

A hip hop album by Michelle Obama? Yet another example of the expanding influence and impact of the music.

Just a few weeks ago, Nas was honored with a hip hop fellowship in his name at Harvard University. Teachers are using hip hop in their classrooms to get students interested in math and science, and now the first lady, Michelle Obama is utilizing hip hop as a platform to educate and influence young people.

Her “Let’s Move!” program plans to release a hip hop album complete with 19 songs and 10 music videos in conjunction with the Partnership for a Healthier America andHip Hop Public Health.

The album, set to be released on September 30th features artists including Run DMC, Ashanti, Doug E. Fresh and Jordin Sparks. The video above, called “Everybody” was released in June and features an appearance from the First Lady and Dr. Oz. Read More...

Tenor Saw lives on.....WHEN dancehall's roll is called up yonder, singer Tenor Saw's name will definitely be there....

WHEN dancehall's roll is called up yonder, singer Tenor Saw's name will definitely be there.

Tenor Saw at The mic

His spiritually-laced songs, catchy lyrics and unique voice, defined 1980s dancehall music and influenced a generation of singers.At the height of his four-year reign, the 21-year-old (whose given name was Clive Bright) was found dead with broken limbs near a Texas roadway in August 1988.

Though the circumstances of his death remain shrouded in mystery, 25 years after, there is no denying Tenor Saw's legacy lives on.Producer George Phang, who first recorded him for his Powerhouse label, remembers their first meeting at Dynamic Sounds in St Andrew which led to the gospel-inspired song Roll Call, released in 1984.

"At the time, I was recording Half Pint's Greetings and Michael Palmer's Lick Shot," Phang told Splash.Read more: 

UPDATE: JLP Wins Cassia Park By-Election

The Jamaica Labour Party's Beverly Prince has regained the Cassia Park Division of the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation. After all 41 boxes were counted, Prince polled 1,586 votes to the 1,176 by the People's National Party's Sheryn Bromfield. 

The Jamaica Labour Party's
 Beverley Prince with party
 leader Andrew Holness
on Nomination Day - File

Director of Elections Orrette Fisher said it was an incident-free election. Fisher added that the workers, most of whom were from the staff of the Electoral Office, performed efficiently in conducting the polls. The final count of ballots will take place tomorrow morning at 9:00 at Tarrant Baptist Church Hall. 

Prince held the Cassia Park division for three consecutive terms before switching to the Hagley Park division during last year’s local government elections, where she lost to the PNP's Nenna Wilson by 342 votes. The PNP is in control of the KSAC with 26 divisions to the JLP’s 14.... Read More.

Derek Medina Posts Photo Of Wife's Body, Murder Confession To Facebook (PHOTO) (VIDEO)

A horrifying crime scene in South Miami hit Facebook Thursday when a man posted a photo of his dead wife -- and a confession that he had killed her.

Derek Medina posted the photo some time around noon Thursday, with the words "Rip Jennifer Alfonso." The image shows his wife's leggings-clad body slumped backwards on the floor in what appears to be the couple's kitchen. Her face and left arm are covered in blood.

"You will see me in the news," reads a confessional status update posted minutes before the photo:

Im going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife love you guys miss you guys takecare Facebook people you will see me in the news" my wife was punching me and I am not going to stand anymore with the abuse so I did what I did I hope u understand me " . Read More...

IN JAMAICA: Family Dispute Over $35 Ends Deadly In Cemetery Lane........ GLEANER MINUTE (VIDEO) 16 y-o wanted for 10 murders captured

A 16-year-old boy is facing a murder charge after a family dispute, reportedly over $35, turned deadly this morning in the community of Cemetery Lane near Folly in Port Antonio, Portland. 

Thirty-four year-old George Foreman, a car-wash operator, was stabbed to death alleged by the youth, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor. According to the Port Antonio police, on Tuesday, Foreman was involved in an argument with one of his brothers law over $35 but other family members and neighbours intervened and the dispute was laid to rest. 

However, the police say that the youngster fueled an argument early this morning and reportedly pulled a knife and chased Foreman, who fell. It is alleged that while on the ground, the teen started stabbing his brother-in-law all over the body, despite pleas and shouts from residents for him to stop. It reportedly took three men to restrain the teen. Read More...

USAIN BOLT says It's a Hard task Sprint relay world record difficult without Blake, Frater..... Read more by clicking below www.RulaBrownNetwork.com

MOSCOW, Russia — Usain Bolt believes it's going to be hard to break the men's 4x100m relay record achieved at last year's London Olympic Games.

Usain Bolt (left) and
Kemar Bailey-Cole at a training
session in Moscow yesterday.

 

In London, the quartet of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, and Bolt combined for the first sub-37-second clocking, 36.84 seconds, to erase the 37.04 mark Carter, Frater, Bolt and Asafa Powell set at the Berlin World Championships in 2009. Asked if the Jamaican team, without Frater and Blake, can lower the record, Bolt replied: "I can't answer that. I will always do my part."

He added: "As long as everybody does their part, we have some good athletes, some good competitors, so hopefully we can get the baton around, get it around quickly, and hopefully it will work out, but it's going to be hard because we kind of put the record at a certain level." Read more: 

Dallas Shooting Spree Leaves 4 Dead, 4 Wounded

A man is believed to have killed at least four people and injured four others in southwest Dallas on Wednesday night.

The unidentified gunman went to a home in Dallas, looking for his ex-girlfriend, CBSDFW reported. When he didn't find her there, the gunman allegedly opened fire.Two people were killed and two others wounded.

According to WFAA, the suspect then went to a home in Desoto, Texas, where he reportedly tossed in an explosive device. After it detonated, he went inside and allegedly shot several people, killing two and injuring two more.

The victims have been taken to area hospitals. Their current conditions are unknown.

Dallas police said attack ended when the man ran out of ammunition. One person has been arrested, but more details about his identity have not been released, NBCDFW reported. Read More...

Powerball Lottery Winners: 3 Tickets Match Winning Numbers For $448 Million Jackpot (VIDEO)

DES MOINES, Iowa — At least three people in two states have beaten astronomical odds to become the nation's latest Powerball millionaires.

Sue Dooley, senior drawing manager production coordinator for the Multi-State Lottery Association, said late Wednesday night that three tickets matched the winning numbers and will split the lottery's latest massive jackpot: $448 million.

"We had three grand prize winners," Dooley said. "One was in Minnesota and two were in New Jersey."

The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 05, 25, 30, 58, 59 and Powerball 32.

The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reported early Thursday that a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Lottery said that one of the multimillion-dollar tickets was purchased at a supermarket in South Brunswick, N.J., and the other ticket was sold in Little Egg Harbor, N.J. Read More...

Obama Protesters Sing 'Bye Bye Black Sheep,' Rail Against 'Half-White Muslim' In Arizona

A raucous crowd of supporters and protesters from both ends of the political spectrum showed up outside President Barack Obama's appearance in Phoenix, Ariz. on Tuesday, with some of his detractors turning to racially charged attacks to express their opposition.

From the Arizona Republic:

Obama foes at one point sang, "Bye Bye Black Sheep," a derogatory reference to the president's skin color, while protesters like Deanne Bartram raised a sign saying, "Impeach the Half-White Muslim!"

The Republic reported that hundreds of people gathered outside Desert Vista High School as Obama unveiled a plan to overhaul the nation's mortgage finance system. Some protesters came from Obama's left, urging him to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline and take other actions on climate change. But a prevailing theme among many in the protest appeared to be issues of race. Some even suggested that Obama himself was to blame for racial tensions. Read More...

IN JAMAICA: 16-Y-O Boy Wanted For More Than 10 Murders Captured (GLEANER MINUTE VIDEO)

A sixteen-year-old boy, who was on the Kingston Central most wanted list, has been captured. 

The teen, whose name cannot be released, was wanted for more than 10 murders, several cases of shooting with intent and illegal possession of a firearm, was captured on Text Lane in Kingston about 12:30 p.m., today. The police say they were on patrol in the area when the boy was seen, accosted and searched. 

One 9mm Browning pistol and nine 9mm cartridges were found in his possession. He is due to be questioned by the Police in the presence of his attorney and parents later this week. Read More...

#Twogging Will Be The Next Internet Craze (VIDEO)

Twerking has been bouncing across the Internet, inspiring the likes of Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj and various animals.

Like any other dance, the now notorious booty shake has evolved. One new trend we have noticed in particular is a move we have dubbed #twogging, which is the act of twerking on or around your dog (or anyone else’s dog, for that matter).

In the above video we have compiled several examples of this new trend. If, after watching the video, you feel compelled to try it out yourself, we encourage you practice safe #twogging by only preforming for canines you have a previous relationship with and are sure will not be startled into aggression by having an ass shaken in their face.

WATCH: Scientists Unlock Secrets Of Usain Bolt's Speed .....Usain Bolt's Speed Comes Despite Serious Aerodynamic Drag, Physicists Say (VIDEO)

Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the men's 100m final race of the 2009 IAAF Athletics World Championships on August 16, 2009 in Berlin, setting a new world record of 9.58 seconds.

What explains Usain Bolt's speed? Track fans have been debating that question for years, and now a team of physicists from the National University of Mexico in Mexico City have created a mathematical model that helps explain how the world's fastest man is able to bolt 100 meters in well under 9.6 seconds.

"As far as our study can reveal, he seems to be able to develop more power than other runners," study co-author Dr. Jorge Hernandez, a professor of biophysics at the university, told The Huffington Post in an email. "A way of doing it is that he finds a way to reduce the area (cross section, as we call it) he presents to the air. Maybe adopting a running position that reduces this area, but that wouldn't reduce his performance/ability to deploy the power he actually does." Read More...

JAMAICA'S 51st INDEPENDENCE: Olive Lewin, OM, heads list of 138 honourees

Olive Lewin

THE late Jamaica folk music pioneer, researcher , performer and educator , Olive Wilhelmina Mahoney Lewin leads the field of 138 Jamaicans being honoured for service to the nation on the National Honours and Awards list, released last night.

Lewin, who will receive the Order of Merit (OM), posthumously, the country’s third highest honour, was born in Vere, Clarendon. She is a fellow of Trinity College, London, and an associate of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal School of Music. She also held the positions of director of arts and culture in the Office of the Prime Minister, director of the Jamaica Institute of Folk Culture, and directed the Jamaica Orchestra for Youth. Lewin wrote several books and made numerous recordings of folk music, performed by the Jamaican Folk Singers. She has also been honoured by the United Nations, the Organisation of American States, the Government of France and by academia for her outstanding lifelong contribution to the arts. She died on April 10 this year, aged 85. Read more: 

IN MOSCOW: I'm ready, says Usain Bolt

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has declared himself 'ready' in his bid to defend his 200m crown and reclaim the title in the blue-riband 100m at next week's World Athletics Championships.

Bolt, who was talking at a sponsors' event at Gorky Park on Sunday, now goes straight into training for the August 10-18 champs at the Luzhniki Stadium.

BOLT… I want to keep winning every race that I compete in  1/1

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Tawana Brawley Rape Hoax Leads To Defamation Damage Payout 26 Years Later

Tawana Brawley, who fabricated
 a sensational rape story in 1987,
may be forced to finally pay damages
 to one of the men falsely accused.

The nation was stunned in 1987 by an African-American teenager's accusation that she had been brutally gang raped by a group of white men, including a local prosecutor and a local police officer. Those accusations turned out to be an elaborate hoax -- and decades later, one of the men wrongfully accused in the fabricated horrific crime is finally receiving reparations payments.

Eleven years after Tawana Brawley's sensational story was disproved, former prosecutor Steven Pagones successfully sued Brawley, her attorneys and Rev. Al Sharpton -- who had gotten involved with the case -- for slander, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. Although the others paid up, for years Brawley refused to pay the $185,000 in damages, worth closer to $400,000 with interest.

Brawley now works in Richmond, Va. as a nurse at the The Laurels of Bon Air nursing home, under a different name, Tawana V. Gutierrez, according to the Journal. A court has ordered Brawley's employer to garnish her wages in order to begin paying Pagones.

So far, Pagones has received around $3,700, the Journal reports. Read More...

Peace and Love Academic Scholarship, Inc. (PALAS) awarding sixty (60) new scholarships to students in Jamaica for the 2013-2014 school year. Hon. Damion Crawford, Minister of Tourism and Entertainment and Washington D.C Attorney Patrick Campbell will deliver speaking addresses......PALAS awards a total of 115 scholarships over the past 3 years.

An award ceremony for 60 new PALAS recipients will be held at the University of the West Indies-Mona Campus, Inter-Faculty Lecture Theatre (IFLT) on Saturday, August 24, 2013 commencing at 5pm JA time. 
Guest speakers are Hon. Damion Crawford, Junior Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, and Washington D.C Attorney Patrick Campbell will deliver the other speaking honors. Entertainment will be provided by reggae singer, Winsome Benjamin. 
Grace Kennedy Group and 25th Century Media will partly sponsor the event.PALAS is still accepting donation, please share and spread the word to donate: Please donate online at www.PALAS1.org or send a check payable to PALAS, P.O. Box 5461, Alpharetta GA 30023 USA.

2013-2014 PALAS Recipients (60)

UPDATE: Woman Loses Leg, Four Others Sustain Injuries After Car Crashes Into Bus Stop, Shop (VIDEO)

A 56-year-old woman is without a leg this evening while four others, including two children, are nursing injuries after they were hit by a motor car this morning along the Montpellier main road near Montego Bay, St James. 

The incident took place about 7:30 this morning when the driver of a Toyota Corolla motor car hit a woman as she stood on the side of the road with her three-month-old child. The driver then reportedly lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a bus stop, injuring the other pedestrians in the process. 

The vehicle subsequently crashed into a shop, pinning a woman beneath it. She was taken to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where she underwent emergency surgery to remove a severely injured leg. The woman and her three-month-old baby were also taken to hospital, while a 14-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl are nursing injuries. Read More...

IN JAMAICA: Ananda Dean's loss still hurts five years later Mother, father of 11-year-old under the emotional gun

ANANDA DEAN ... raped and killed
in incident that shocked the nation.

 

In October 2008 the nation was rocked by news of the discovery of the decomposing remains of an 11-year-old girl who was found dumped in bushes in Cypress Hill in the community of Belvedere, St Andrew.

DNA tests and identification by relatives revealed that the body was that of Ananda Dean. The child had gone missing after she left the Swallowfield All Age School on Whitehall Avenue after the closing school bell rang.

But that was almost five years ago. And for the little girl's parents they are finding it hard to move on from that point. "Five years have passed but the pain has not eased. I have not gotten any closure. Each passing day you wonder what she would look like. However I am comforted by the fact that it was not her fault and she must be in heaven," Richard Dean, Ananda's father, told the Jamaica Observer. Read more: 

IN JAMAICA: HELLO...! They Are Bugging Phones ... But Won't Tell!

Ellington

State agencies in Jamaica are listening to private phone calls but nobody will say who are the targets or how often calls are intercepted.

The deafening silence comes at a time when the Barack Obama administration in the United States (US) has admitted that it can read and store the phone records of millions of Americans.

Last Wednesday, the Obama administration made public a previously top-secret order that directed the telecommunications company Verizon to hand over an immense number of Americans' phone records.

In the United Kingdom, it also emerged last week that some of the world's leading telecoms firms, including BT and Vodafone, are secretly collaborating with Britain's spy agency and passing on details of their customers' phone calls, email messages and Facebook entries. Read More...

IN JAMAICA: 11-year-old Outspoken Tashanique James, shot and killed by gunmen in Denham Town on Emancipation Day

THE TEARS meandered slowly down her face as Yahola 'Teesha' Anderson asked the question that so many Jamaican mothers have asked in recent times when their child has been killed: "Why?"

Yahola Anderson hugs a photo of
 her 11-year-old daughter, Tashanique James,
who was shot and killed by
gunmen in Denham Town
 on Emancipation Day.

"How dem could just fire shot so and tek mi baby life? She don't even live no life," Anderson lamented to The Gleaner yesterday as she reacted to the fatal shooting of her 11-year-old daughter, Tashanique James, in the west Kingston community of Denham Town on Thursday.

The youngster, who everyone knew as 'Dana', was one of five persons shot in two gang-related incidents in the community while Jamaicans marked Emancipation Day.

Another victim, a 12-year-old girl, was treated at hospital and released.

Less than 24 hours after that shooting, Anderson was headed to the morgue for another look at the lifeless body of her daughter, the Clan Carthy Primary student who was headed to grade six with big plans for her future.

"No care how you are sad, Dana always made you laugh," said Anderson, with the only hint of a smile for the entire time she spoke with our news team.

"She try her best because she always wanted to be on top. She was a shining star in everybody's life, no matter who you be. Everybody loved her, even the police dem who come in the area. Read More...

INTERNATIONAL ALL AFRICAN INVENTORS MUSEUM (IAAIM) Est.1991 PARTNERS WITH ENTREPRENEUR PHILANTROPIST AND AUTHOR MRS. OLIVE STEELE (AND WHEN WE PRAY & GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS) TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE PEACE AND LOVE ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP (PALAS)

TORONTO (July 2013) The International All African Inventors Museum (IAAIM) welcomes our newest partner Jamaican Canadian entrepreneur, former politician, philanthropist, and author of And When We Pray and Great is Thy Faithfulness Mrs. Olive Rose Steele who has joined our fundraising efforts to help the Peace and Love Academic Scholarship Program (PALAS) provides 100 scholarships to needy Jamaican students for 2013 - 2014.  Mrs. Steele will generously donate $2.00 from every e-book sold on Amazon.com of And When We Pray and Great is Thy Faithfulness beginning August 1^st 2013 for one year ending August 31, 2014 to PALAS.  Start reading And When We Pray and Great is Thy Faithfulness (Insights for Seekers of Self) on your Kindle right now and save on the digital price $4.73 (74% or $13.27 off the print price). Available at http://www.amazon.com/Great-Faithfulness-Insights-Seekers-ebook/dp/B00ADSERCQ and / or  http://www.amazon.com/Olive-Rose-Steele/e/B00AECQY2C View shared postand help a Great cause or donate direct online at www.PALAS1.org with PAYPAL, VISA, MASTERCARD. Read More....

EDITORIAL : The world will be watching Jamaica’s ambassadors in Moscow

FORMER Trinidadian sprinter and Olympic medallist Mr Ato Boldon is correct. There won’t be the usual “anticipation and hype” entering next week’s IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia.

A large part of the reason is the recent rash of adverse drug test results for leading athletes, including three Jamaican sprint stars, Mrs Veronica Campbell Brown, Miss Sherone Simpson and Mr Asafa Powell, as well as the leading American sprinter Mr Tyson Gay.

It doesn’t matter that in the case of the Jamaicans the banned substances apparently entered the body via supplements and that they themselves have denied “knowingly” doing anything wrong. Seemingly, it also doesn’t matter that some of these offences are likely to be deemed “minor” when final investigations are done. Read more:

IN ENGLAND: African American teenager has become the youngest person to qualify as a barrister (Lawyer) in 600 years

Gabrielle Turnquest is now
 planning to return to her native
America to qualify as a lawyer there

A teenager has become the youngest person to qualify as a barrister in the 600 year history of the profession – so she can work in the Bahamas. American student Gabrielle Turnquest was called to the Bar of England and Wales after passing her exams at just 18. The average lawyer undertakes the Bar Professional Training Course when they are 27.

However, the young high-flyer will not go on to work in the UK as she wants to return to her native America to qualify as a lawyer there. But her success means she is also called to the Bahamas Bar, the country of her parents, and she hopes to work there.

Gabrielle took the course, at the University of Law, along with her sister Kandi, who also passed her exams but at the ripe old age of 22. The teenager, who is originally from Windermere, Florida, hopes eventually to be a fashion law specialist. Read More...

Cissy Houston Pens Open Letter To Bobbi Kristina......Cissy told Oprah she did not like an earlier interview she did with Krissi (VIDEO)

The very public rift between the mother, Cissy Houston, and daughter, Bobbi Kristina, of the lateWhitney Houston, has been the subject of much speculation on social media, fueled, in large part, by statements from Cissy Houston and Bobbi Kristina themselves. Now, the heartbroken grandmother has penned an open letter to her wayward granddaughter — who caused eyebrows to raise when she became engaged her “brother,” Nick Gordon – begging for a reconciliation.

Read it below:

Cissy and Krissi

Dear Krissi

I love you. My heart is full. I don’t know where to begin.

You may think I don’t understand you and what you’re feeling but remember, Baby, I lost my mom when I was just a child. So, I do know some of the sadness and loneliness of your life since your mom passed away. Read More...