It says a lot when the term most often associated with a particular stage of life is “crisis.” Youth is venerated, old age commemorated, but entrepreneur and author Chip Conley is on a mission to radically reframe the popular view on middle age, giving it the glowing appellation “midlife chrysalis.” He’s not just spreading his ideas about the potential for profound transformation and growth in those often denigrated decades through his books (Learning to Love Midlife, published in January) or TED talks, he also founded Modern Elder Academy (MEA) in 2018 to offer direct instruction and inspiration.
Movie starring Uru Eke, OC Ukeje, Enyinna Nwigwe gets release date
According to the Producer, the movie will hit Nigeria cinemas on March 18, 2016. Produced by Uru Eke, 'Remember Me' stars Femi Jacobs, OC Ukeje, Rich Tanksley, Enyinna Nwigwe, Victor Olaotan, Anthony Manjaro, Chigul (Chioma Omeruah) and is directed by Izu Ojukwu. ALSO READ: ADVERTISEMENT
has a gift which makes her extra-ordinary and changes her life forever. In the wake of mysterious events taking place in her life, her fiancé who works with one of the nation’s biggest organizations stumbles on some incriminating evidence on one of the company’s projects involving an illegal land lease deal on the boarders of Cameroon.
National Affairs: Hague v. Liberty
TIME
June 20, 1938 12:00 AM GMT-4
Frank Hague, mayor and boss of Jersey City, testified last week in Federal Court at, Newark in defense of his hardboiled suppression of C. I. O. in his domain (TIME, June 13). His argument: although his ordinance requiring a permit for the distribution of handbills was unconstitutional, his police in seizing handbills from their distributors and ejecting “invaders'” from Jersey City were doing their duty.
Oreo Cream-Filled Churros Are Coming to Your Grocery Store
November 19, 2015 3:15 PM EST
Just when we thought we were done being surprised by crazy new Oreo concoctions, this comes along.
After debuting Oreo churros last year, J&J Snack Foods — the leading maker of churros in the U.S. — has stepped up their game even further, releasing full-sized 10-inch creme-filled churros, as well as a bite-sized version of the same thing, both of which are found in the frozen dessert section of the supermarket.
Patrick Swayze: He Had the Looks, and the Moves
Richard Corliss
September 15, 2009 12:00 AM EDT
He had the looks and the moves. As the star of some iconic films of the 1980s and ’90s, Patrick Swayze, 57, brought intelligence and warmth to old-fashioned movie maleness. Then he played his toughest role, in a gritty, 20-month battle with pancreatic cancer that ended Sept. 14.
Swayze’s father was a rodeo performer, his mother a choreographer who ran a dance studio in Houston.
Ralph Kiner (Baseball Hall of Fame Left Fielder)
Profession: Baseball Hall of Fame Left Fielder
Biography: Ralph Kiner was an American baseball player and broadcaster. He made a name for himself as a powerful hitter during his decade-long Major League Baseball career and later as an announcer. Kiner is best known for leading the National League in home runs for seven consecutive seasons and for his long tenure as a broadcaster for the New York Mets.
Raised in California, Kiner served as a U.
Rape: Izu kills himself after being accused of forceful sex
Friends and family say he was wrongly accused. “Just received a very troubling phone call in respect of this young man (Izu Mmadubueze). Izu Mmadubueze is a relation of mine, who lived alone in Florida, USA. It's been confirmed that Izu from Umueze Anam, Anambra state, apparently committed suicide owing to false accusations of rape by this lady and her friends,” wrote Nnamdi Anekwe-Chive who is a politician, security strategist and consultant.
She Survived Sex Trafficking and is Showing Women a Way Out
“This is where we found that little gal in the snow with nothing on but a T-shirt. Her head had been bashed in by her pimp.” Our headlights rake a desolate embankment on the fringes of Williston, N.D., as Windie Jo Lazenko does a three-point turn and continues her grim tour. Gas flares illuminate the pump jacks in the distance. Just up the road, she says, is where a woman was imprisoned in an RV for several months by a gang of drug dealers.
Survivors of Wartime Rape Are Refusing to Be Silenced
By Aryn Baker| Photographs by Lynsey Addario for TIME
First they shot her husband.
Then the soldiers killed her two sons, ages 5 and 7. When the uniformed men yanked her daughter from her hands next, Mary didn’t think it could get any worse.
Mary and her family were members of the Nuer tribe in South Sudan, caught up in a vicious power struggle between the new country’s President Salva Kiir, a member of the Dinka tribe, and his Vice President, Riek Machar, a Nuer.