Nicki Minaj 2014 Lamborghini Aventador Roadster

 

Nicki Minaj is no stranger to nice whips. We've seen her twerking on a Maybach, driving a pink Bentley and cruising in a Ferrari California. Now the rap star and Queen of the Barbies will be pulling up in a 2014 Lamborghini Aventador Roadster that she picked up from Exotic Euro Cars. According to her Instagram, Nicki may be painting this lovely machine in Barbie pink. We're not sure how many of her previous rides are still tucked in the garage, but when you have a Lambo like this you don't really need anything else

Taylor Swift: 'There's Room For Role Models Who Make Mistakes'

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Taylor Swift has defended Miley Cyrus in a new interview with UK Glamour magazine.
When asked about Miley’s controversial MTV VMAs performance, where she wore a nude-coloured bikini and danced up against Robin Thicke, Taylor said: “There’s room for role models who make mistakes.
“There’s clearly room for role models who are made fun of at award shows, not that I necessarily enjoy being poked fun at! But that’s gonna happen to them too.”
She pointed out that criticism can come from all directions, “whether in a board meeting or in school or on Facebook, where they’ll get humiliated publicly. And if I can say, ‘Yeah, I’ve taken a few hits over the years and I’m still going, I’m still happy!’ maybe that’s an example. It’s not just about standing on top of a mountain with the wind blowing in your hair, looking fabulous.”
Taylor acknowledged it’s hard to constantly be talked about in the media. “You can be obsessed with the bad things people say and the good things, either way you’re obsessed with yourself and I’m not – you can become unhinged so easily. Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.”
She admitted she tries to avoid reading stories about her as she’s a sensitive soul who takes things to heart. “I distance myself, because I feel everything. The little I am exposed to hurts my feelings. The only things I can really control are my songs and my behaviour. The rest? If I focused on it that would lead to insanity,” she said.
Taylor was under a lot of scrutiny late last year when she had a brief relationship with One Direction’s Harry Styles, who joins her list of famous ex-boyfriends which also includes John Mayer and Jake Gyllenhaal. Has she learnt her lesson about dating celebrities?
“You can say, ‘I’m never gonna date a high-profile person in the arts!’ But whoever I date, famous or not – whether I ever date again – all chaos will break loose, with fabrication and frantic obsession and who likes who more and who ended it,” she reasoned.
By Colleen Last

How To Achieve A Work-Life Balance

 The people we often admire the most are those that have a sense of balance in their lives – they are successful in their workplaces yet know when it’s time to go home to family and friends and invest in individual pursuits. Many entrepreneurs battle to get this balance right – their business becomes their world, often to the detriment of their personal lives. Here are some guidelines for managing your work time effectively in order to enjoy stress-free quality time after hours...
Prioritise –
successful leaders may vary greatly in their aptitude and personality, but they have one trait in common: a talent for getting the right things done. They can separate the wheat from the chaff and send the latter elsewhere. It takes courage and foresight to concentrate on the important over the urgent; realising that it’s impossible to do it all.
The art of scheduling –
this involves looking at your calendar for the days, weeks and months ahead and filling in essential activities – upcoming meetings, business trips and, importantly, vacation time. This will help you to get a realistic overview of how much discretionary time you have available. Remember to leave room for the unexpected; in fact, you may even want to clear out time on your daily calendar for unforeseen events.
A slot for strategic thinking –
The best in business agree that spending time in deep, strategic contemplation is one of the most important things to do. It doesn’t necessarily need to be at your desk – some think best when they’re on the treadmill or driving to work; but rather allocate time for this outside of family time so you don’t deprive your loved ones of your full attention by getting lost in thoughts around your business.
Manage those meetings –
The only thing that stands between dismal meetings and productive ones is discipline. The basic principles of having an effective chairperson and sticking to an agenda need to be enforced to ensure that meetings do not constitute hours of time which could have been spent more productively in other ways.
Get a grip on your inbox –
it’s been said time and time again but the only way to ensure that your email doesn’t become all-consuming is to block out periods in the day when you check and respond to mails. If you check every three hours or so there is little chance of missing something of earth-shattering importance, and most of the time your email is an obstacle to productivity rather than an enabler.
Learn to say no –
As Peter Drucker writes in The Effective Executive: "If the pressures, rather than the executive, are allowed to make the decision, the important tasks will predictably be sacrificed." Saying no means being okay with the fact that you’re going to displease people regularly. But until we figure out how to add an extra hour to the clock, this is probably the best technique you need to learn to manage your time.

By Nicole Cameron

Benefits of Walnuts In The Body

Walnuts have amazing health benefits. Walnuts improve cardiovascular function and have wonderful anti-inflammatory properties.

But did you know that walnuts could help you get a better night's sleep and help lower risk of weight gain? Nuts have gotten a bad rap for being too high in fat, but the truth about nuts is that nuts, especially walnuts, are a powerhouse of nutrition. Here are some healthy reasons to get more walnuts into your diet.

Walnuts Improve Sleep

Do you have trouble getting a good night's sleep? Walnuts can help; here's why. The body's pineal gland produces the hormone melatonin that induces sleep and helps regulate sleep. This hormone is found in walnuts--making walnuts a great evening or bedtime snack for improving your sleep.

Walnuts Are Dieter-Friendly

Although high in fats and concentrated in calories, the fats in walnuts are healthy fats. And walnuts are a great source of fiber and protein. As a result, eating walnuts helps you feel full and feel satisfied. This is good news for dieters.

Walnuts Provide Antioxidant Defense

Walnuts are a great source of anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids, an essential fatty acid that the body can't manufacture. Its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant defense protects healthy cells from the damaging effects of free radicals.

Some conditions that walnuts provide defense against are eczema, psoriasis, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis. But most notably, the photochemical ellegic acid helps support the immune system by preventing cancer cells from reproducing.

Walnuts Lower Risks

There are other health benefits to you from eating as little as one to two handful of walnuts a week. Walnuts have been shown to lower your risk of gallstones and lower your bad cholesterol. What's more, the omega-3 fatty acids that lower LDL cholesterol are much higher in walnuts than other nuts.

Walnuts Improve Blood Vessel Health

Omega-3 fatty acids help prevent erratic heart rhythms, make blood less likely to clot, and impact how much plaque accumulates in blood vessels. The essential amino acide, l-argnine, helps blood vessels relax and
remain smooth, improving the elasticity of the blood vessel. This means improved mental function and protection against heart disease and stroke.

Eat Walnuts Instead of Saturated Fat

Eating walnuts reduces your risk of coronary heart disease. But simply adding walnuts on top of high calorie meals laden with saturated fat isn't the way to go about it. Instead, you need to replace foods containing high amounts of saturated fat with walnuts.

Improve your health the delicious way. Grab a handful of walnuts today, and help improve your cardiovascular health, help protect yourself from damaging free radicals, improve your sleep, and so much more.

Source www.associatedcontent.com