Red Carpet Photos From 56th Grammy Awards: Madonna, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Pink, Katy Perry

Madonna and her son, David Ritchie, arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

Beyonce, Madonna, Taylor Swift, Pink and many other music stars walked the red carpet the Grammies today! Here, Madonna and her son, David Ritchie, arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Beyonce poses backstage after performing at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

Beyonce poses backstage after performing at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Beyonce poses backstage after performing at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

Beyonce poses backstage after performing at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014

 

Mack Maine, Paris Hilton, Birdman
Mack Maine, from left, Paris Hilton and Birdman arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles

Sara Bareilles arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

Musician Sara Bareilles arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014

Singer Katy Perry and her brother David Hudson arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

Singer Katy Perry (L) and her brother David Hudson arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Actor Neil Patrick Harris and his husband, David Burtka arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Actor and singer Jamie Foxx and Corinne Bishop arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Actor and singer Jamie Foxx and Corinne Bishop arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles,

Hip hop artists Macklemore and Ryan Lewis arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Hip hop artists Macklemore (R) and Ryan Lewis arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Daft Punk arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

Daft Punk arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Robin Thicke and Paula Patton arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Singer Robin Thicke and wife, actress Paula Patton, arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Ashanti
Ashanti arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Taylor Swift arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Taylor Swift arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Marc Anthony and Chloe Green arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Singer Marc Anthony and Chloe Green arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Actress Anna Kendrick arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Actress Anna Kendrick arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Singer Pink arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Singer Pink arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Pharrell Williams and Helen Lasichanh arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Musician Pharrell Williams and wife, Helen Lasichanh, arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Ciara arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Singer Ciara arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

Katy Perry
Katy Perry arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Television personality Kelly Osbourne arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Television personality Kelly Osbourne arrives at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California January 26, 2014.

First dinosaur bones in Saudi Arabia discovered

An international team of scientists has discovered the first evidence of dinosaurs in Saudi Arabia. Dinosaur remnants are exceptionally rare in the Arabian Peninsula (enough "to fit inside a shoe box" according to Benjamin Kear, the study's lead author).

For palaeontologists, the Middle East has long proven a bit of a blind spot.

Evidence of dinosaurs has proven scarce, and what little surfaces from time to time have been traditionally difficult to itemize. That changed recently when an international team of scientists uncovered the first evidence of dinosaurs in Saudi Arabia near the coast of the Red Sea.

The findings were published last month in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.

"To say that finds (in the Arabian Peninsula) are rare is an understatement. What's been discovered, you could almost fit inside a shoebox," notes Dr. Benjamin Kear, a palaeontologist at Uppsala University in Sweden, and the study's lead author.

"The problem in the past is that what's been found are just bone fragments, and you can say they're dinosaur, and vaguely what kind, but we've been unable to reconstruct and assemble them. This is therefore the first time that we can confidently identify an Arabian dinosaur fossil with any degree of accuracy," he says.

Kear and his team uncovered 72-million-year-old fossils. The first was of a series of vertebrae from the tail of a "Brontosaurus-like" sauropod called a titanosaur, the second, a few teeth from atheropod. The latter belonged to an abelisaurid -- a bipedal carnivorous dinosaur some 20 feet long.

Kear, who has excavated in the region before, says he was following up a lead on potential dinosaur fossils found by oil geologists who stumbled upon an outcrop.

"They had found an accumulation of fossils that mostly weren't from dinosaurs, but rather giant marine reptiles," he says.

As it happens, much of the Arabian Peninsula was underwater when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and those rare remains that were discovered were washed downstream and out to sea by rivers, probably during a flash flood long ago in the Late Cretaceous period.

There are a handful of blank spots on the dinosaur map, and the Arabian Peninsula is among the very biggest
Dr. Anne Schulp, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

"We systematically worked this area over the last few years in the hope that a dinosaur would turn up. It was a matter of time to be honest; dinosaurs do often turn up in marine rocks washed out to sea," he says.

"There are a handful of blank spots on the dinosaur map, and the Arabian Peninsula is among the very biggest blank spots," notes Dr. Anne Schulp, a palaeontologist and researcher at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands. In 2008, Schulp led a team that unearthed the first dinosaur tracks found in the region near Sana'a, Yemen.

"Even the tiniest scrap of bone is something to get excited about," he says. "The picture is slowly filling in, but it's a very large area and there remains much more to be discovered."

This fossilized tooth belonged to an abelisaur -- a carnivorous, bipedal animal that stood 20 feet tall

This fossilized vertebrae belonged once formed part of the tail of a "Brontosaurus-like" sauropod called a titanosaur

Louis Jacobs, a vertebrate palaeontologist and professor at Southern Methodist University, explains that the discovery could also help find much sought-after answers about the history of the Earth and its land formations.

Jacobs explains that when the fossils were first buried, Saudi Arabia was part ofGondwana -- the subcontinent that made up the southern half of Pangaea, and included parts of modern-day Africa.

"India started out much further south, and through time it moved north and slammed into Asia, creating the Himalayas. But it passed by the Arabian Peninsula about the time that dinosaurs lived," explains Jacobs.

"Part of the interest in dinosaurs from Arabia is to get at that relationship between Gondwana and India during that time."

Several factors explain the scarcity of dinosaur-related material in the Arabian Peninsula.

One issue is that the richest sites aren't always the most accessible. Fragments have previously been found in Syria (currently a no-go zone) and Yemen, which discourages certain travelers. Meanwhile, visitors to Saudi Arabia need a sanctioned invite.

Kear notes that in Saudi Arabia part of the problem is that the most prevalent types of rocks aren't the right types for capturing millennia-old land-based animals. He also notes that until recently, the country suffered from a lack of interest in this type of research.

"Let's say the geological view has been skewed in the past towards oil exploration," he says. Still, he says, paleontological research is gaining more traction, as evidenced by the government-run Saudi Geological Survey recently adding a palaeontology division.

"For the first time, you can see the work is going somewhere, and leading to a lasting legacy. In the future, we can expect to see Saudi dinosaur displays and museums so people inside the country can understand the riches they possess."

Grammy Awards 2014: The Complete Winners List

Macklemore, winner of Best New Artist.

From the headbangers who scored the trophy for Best Metal Performance to the jabber jaw who talked his or her way into taking home the award for Best Spoken Word, here is the complete list of winners at the 2014 Grammy Awards.

Album of the Year:
Daft Punk, Random Access Memories (Julian Casablancas, DJ Falcon, Todd Edwards, Chilly Gonzales, Giorgio Moroder, Panda Bear, Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams & Pharrell Williams, featured artists; Thomas Bangalter, Julian Casablancas, Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, DJ Falcon & Todd Edwards, producers; Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta, Guillaume Le Braz & Daniel Lerner, engineers/mixers; Antoine "Chab" Chabert & Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers)

Record of the Year:
Daft Punk, "Get Lucky" (Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, producers; Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers/mixers; Antoine "Chab" Chabert & Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers)

Song of the Year:
Lorde, "Royals" (Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters)

Best Country Abum:
Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer Different Park

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake, "Holy Grail"

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Lorde, "Royals"

Best Rock Song:
Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear, "Cut Me Some Slack"

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, "Get Lucky"

Best New Artist:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Best Rock Album:
Led Zeppelin, Celebration Day

Best Metal Performance:
Black Sabbath, "God Is Dead?"

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Pharrell Williams

Best Alternative Music Album:
Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City

Best Rock Performance:
Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive"

Best Country Song:
Kacey Musgraves, "Merry Go 'Round" (Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne)

Best Country Solo Performance:
Darius Rucker, "Wagon Wheel"

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
the Civil Wars, "From This Valley"

Best Music Film:
Paul McCartney, Live Kisses (Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine and Scott Rodger, video producers)

Best Music Video:
Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z, "Suit and Tie" (David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer)

Best Blues Album:
Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite, Get Up!

Best RandB Album:
Alicia Keys, Girl on Fire

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Rihanna, Unapologetic

Best RandB Song:
Justin Timberlake, "Pusher Love Girl" (James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley and Justin Timberlake, songwriters)

Best Traditional RandB Performance:
Gary Clark, Jr., "Please Come Home"

Best RandB Performance:
Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway, "Something"

Best Pop Instrumental Album:
Herb Alpert, Steppin' Out

Best Dance Recording:
Zedd Featuring Foxes, "Clarity"

Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Daft Punk, Random Access Memories

Best Rap Performance:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz, "Thrift Shop"

Best Rap Song:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz, "Thrift Shop" (Ben Haggerty and Ryan Lewis, songwriters)

Best Rap Album:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the Heist

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Michael Bublé, to Be Loved

Best New Age Album:
Laura Sullivan, Love's River

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Wayne Shorter, "Orbits"

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Gregory Porter, Liquid Spirit

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Terri Lyne Carrington, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Randy Brecker, Wlodek Pawlik Trio and Kalisz Philharmonic, Night in Calisia

Best Latin Jazz Album:
Paquito D'Rivera and Trio Corrente, Song for Maura

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance:
Tasha Cobbs, Break Every Chain

Best Gospel Song:
Tye Tribbett, "If He Did It Before . . . Same God"

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song:
Mandisa, "Overcomer" (David Garcia, Ben Glover and Christopher Stevens, songwriters)

Best Gospel Album:
Tye Tribbett, Greater Than

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Mandisa, Overcomer

Best Latin Pop Album:
Draco Rosa, Vida

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
La Santa Cecilia, Treinta Días

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea, A Mi Manera

Best Tropical Latin Album:
Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Pacific Mambo Orchestra

Best American Roots Song:
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, "Love Has Come for You" (Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, songwriters)

Best Americana Album:
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Old Yellow Moon

Best Reggae Album:
Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley in Concert

Best World Music Album:
Gipsy Kings, Savor Flamenco (tie)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Live: Singing for Peace Around the World (tie)

Best Folk Album:
Guy Clark, My Favorite Picture of You   

Best Children's Album:
Jennifer Gasoi, Throw A Penny In the Wishing Well

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling):
Stephen Colbert, America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't

Best Comedy Album:
Kathy Griffin, Calm Down Gurrl

Best Musical theater Album:
Kinky Boots

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Sound City: Real to Reel

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Skyfall, Thomas Newman, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media:
Adele, "Skyfall" (Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, songwriters)

Best Instrumental Composition:
the Clare Fischer Orchestra, "Pensamientos for Solo Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra" (Clare Fischer, composer)

Best Instrumental Arrangement:
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, "on Green Dolphin Street" (Gordon Goodwin, arranger)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
Bobby McFerrin and Esperanza Spalding, "Swing Low" (Gil Goldstein, arranger)

Best Recording Package:
Reckless Kelly, Long Night Moon (Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds, art directors)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Paul McCartney and Wings, Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition) (Simon Earith and James Musgrave, art directors)

Best Album Notes:
John Coltrane, Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered and Expanded) (Neil Tesser, album notes writer)

Best Historical Album:
the Rolling Stones, Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965 (Teri Landi, andrew Loog Oldham and Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer) (tie)

Bill Withers, the Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums (Leo Sacks, compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, tom Ruff and Mark Wilder, mastering engineers)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Daft Punk, Random Access Memories (Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta and Daniel Lerner, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Lana Del Rey, "Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix) (Cedric Gervais, Remixer)

Best Surround Sound Album:
Paul McCartney, Live Kisses (Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; tommy LiPuma, surround producer)

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Winter Morning Walks (David Frost, Brian Losch and Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer)

Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost

Best Orchestral Performance:
Minnesota Orchestra, Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 (Osmo Vänskä, conductor)

Best Opera Recording:
the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Adès: the Tempest (Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna and Alan Oke; Luisa Bricetti and Victoria Warivonchick, producers)

Best Choral Performance:
Tui Hirv and Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir and Vox Clamantis, Pärt: Adam's Lament (Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Brad Wells and Roomful of Teeth, Roomful Of Teeth

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Albany Symphony, Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto for Percussionist and String Orchestra (Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor)

Best Classical Vocal Solo:
Maria Schneider; Jay anderson, Frank Kimbrough and Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Winter Morning Walks (Dawn Upshaw)

Best Classical Compendium:
Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks, Maria Schneider, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Jay anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson and Australian Chamber Orchestra)

10 Myths About Creativity You Need to Stop Believing Now

Most people think creativity is divinely-inspired, unpredictable and bestowed on only a lucky few. There are a lot of popular myths about business creativity, yet none of them have much scientific evidence. A new study based on the latest research-- "The Myths of Creativity," by David Burkus -- helps demystify what's behind the forces and processes that drive innovation.

Burkus' research supports what I have always believed -- that with the proper training, anyone with a common-sense mindset grounded in reality can deliver creative and innovative new ideas, projects, processes, and programs.

The first step is to not limit your thinking. That means not following these ten long-standing myths about creative thinking:

1. Eureka myth. New ideas sometimes seem to appear as a flash of insight. But research shows that such insights are actually the culminating result of prior hard work on a problem. This thinking is then given time to incubate in the subconscious mind as we connect threads before the ideas pop out as new eureka-like innovations.

2. Breed myth. Many people believe creative ability is a trait inherent in one’s heritage or genes. In fact, the evidence supports just the opposite. There is no such thing as a creative breed. People who have confidence in themselves and work the hardest on a problem are the ones most likely to come up with a creative solution.

3. Originality myth. There's a long-standing myth about intellectual property -- the idea that a creative idea is proprietary to the person who thought of it. But history and empirical research show more evidence that new ideas are actually combinations of older ideas and that sharing those helps generate more innovation.

4. Expert myth. Many companies rely on a technical expert or team of experts to generate a stream of creative ideas. Harder problems call for even more knowledgeable experts. Instead, research suggests that particularly tough problems often require the perspective of an outsider or someone not limited by the knowledge of why something can’t be done.

5. Incentive myth. The expert myth often leads to another myth, which argues that bigger incentives, monetary or otherwise, will increase motivation and hence increase innovation productivity. Incentives can help, but often they do more harm than good, as people learn to game the system.

6. Lone Creator myth. This reflects our tendency to rewrite history to attribute breakthrough inventions and striking creative works to a sole person, ignoring supportive work and collaborative preliminary efforts. Creativity is often a team effort, and recent research into creative teams can help leaders build the perfect creative troupe.

7. Brainstorming myth. Many consultants today preach the concept of brainstorming, or spontaneous group discussions to explore every possible approach, no matter how far-out, to yield creative breakthroughs. Unfortunately, there is no evidence that just "throwing ideas around" consistently produces innovative breakthroughs.

8. Cohesive myth. Believers in this myth want everyone to get along and work happily together to foster innovations. That's why we see so many "zany" companies where employees play foosball and enjoy free lunches together. In fact, many of the most creative companies have found ways to structure dissent and conflict into their process to better push their employees' creative limits.

9. Constraints myth. Another popular notion is that constraints hinder our creativity and the most innovative results come from people who have "unlimited" resources. Research shows, however, that creativity loves constraints. Perhaps companies should do just the opposite -- intentionally apply limits to leverage the creative potential of their people.

10. Mousetrap myth. Others falsely believe that once we have a new idea, the work is done. But the world won’t beat a path to our door or even find the door to an idea for a better mousetrap, unless we communicate it, market it and find the right customers. We all know of at least one "better mousetrap" that is still hidden.

If these are indeed the myths of business creativity, what then are the true components? According to Teresa Amabile, director of research at Harvard, creativity is really driven by four separate components: domain expertise, a defined creativity methodology, people willing to engage and company acceptance of new ideas. Where these components overlap is where real creativity happens.

If you believe your startup's success depends on your company being more creativity and innovative than your competitors, don't just blindly following the historic myths. Instead spend the time needed to understand and nurture the components of creativity in your environment. How creatively are you pursuing innovation in your business?

Civil Defence Personnel Assault Leadership Newspaper Reporter At Catholic Archbishop Ordination

Waheed Adebayo, Oyo State Correspondent of Leadership Newspapers, had a rough deal with men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, at the installation of a new Catholic Archbishop of Ibadan Diocese, Gabriel Abegunrin, last Friday.

Mr. Adebayo, who, alongside other journalists, was duly accredited for the event, was assaulted by three officials of the corps, who accused him of “indiscipline”.

The reporter drew the fury of the Civil Defence men when he refused being pushed back as he attempted to photograph the retiring Archbishop Alaba Job handing over to his successor at SS Peter and Paul Major Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan.

The occasion, covered by several journalists, was graced by eminent personalities from within and outside the country, including Governors Abiola Ajimobi and Kayode Fayemi of Oyo and Ekiti states respectively, as well as a representative of Pope Francis II.

While journalists jostled for vantage spots to properly cover the event, personnel of the Civil Defence were also busy trying to prevent them.

One official, identified as A.J. Anjorin, threatened to seize and vandalise cameras of the journalists should they go beyond a point to the podium.
As the retiring Bishop prepared to handover the staff of office to his successor, photojournalists with PRESS tag naturally surged forward for shots.

But while personnel from other security outfits, including the Police, Department of Security Service, gave way for journalists to do their job, furious Civil Defence Corps officials pounced on the journalists.

Mr. Anjorin particularly singled out Mr Adebayo, beat him and tore his cloth. His colleagues also joined him in dragging the reporter.
Effort by other journalists to identify Mr. Adebayo did not stop the officials from rough-handling him.

Among the NSCDC men, Mr. Anjorin appeared most outraged and bent on attacking the journalists. He refused to listen to the State Public Relations Officer of the corps who was called in to ask order when they went wild.

“I am not going to listen to any boss. Take your phone away. You said you are journalists. Go and write whatever you like,” he retorted while being asked to speak to the PRO on phone.

With the kind of treatment handed Mr. Adebayo, people nearly mistook him for a thief and he was almost mobbed by some of the faithful at the occasion.

It only took the timely intervention of his colleagues and the President, Media Arm of the Catholic Church, Tope Abiola, who insisted that the victim (Adebayo) was duly invited to cover the installation before he was left alone.

Mr. Job also directed that Mr. Adebayo be given another cloth to join them at the mass held for the ordination.

Mr. Adebayo later told PREMIUM TIMES that he had never been so assaulted in his decades of journalistic experience.

He said he lost his Samsung Handset, eye glasses, the sum of N10, 000 and his office identity card in the incident.
The Public Relations Officer of the NCSDC in the state, Oluwole Olusegun, could not be reached for comments on Sunday.
He did not answer calls made repeatedly to his phone. He also failed to respond to a text message sent to him for an official reaction.

However, an official of the corps in the state, who would not want her name mentioned because she was not authorized to speak on the matter, said the command was planning to invite Mr. Adebayo to their office on Monday to apologize to him and possibly pay for his damaged property and refund his lost cash.

REPORT CULLED FROM PREMIUM TIMES

Official: U.S. airstrike in Somalia targets suspected militant leader

The U.S. military conducted an airstrike in southern Somalia on Sunday against a suspected militant leader, a U.S. military official told CNN.

The target was described by the official as a "senior leader" affiliated with al Qaeda and Al-Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia.

The United States has not yet been able to determine whether the target was killed, the official said.

Last October, the elite U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six aborted a pre-dawn raid in southern Somalia to capture Al-Shabaab leader Ikrimaafter an intense firefight prevented them from reliably taking him alive, a senior U.S. official told CNN at the time.

In a second raid that same weekend, members of the U.S. Army Delta Force captured Abu Anas al Libi, an al Qaeda operative wanted for his alleged role in the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, during an operation in the Libyan capital of Tripoli.

The U.S. military official said Sunday's strike involved missiles. No U.S. troops were on the ground.

Al-Shabaab, designated a terrorist organization by the United States, has a relationship with al Qaeda that goes back several years. In 2012, the two groups effectively merged, said CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen.

Al-Shabaab hopes to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state but has launched attacks in other countries as well.

In 2010, Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, amid crowds of soccer fans watching televised screenings of the World Cup final. The bombings left 74 people dead.

The group said at the time the attacks were retaliation for Ugandan participation in the African Union Mission in Somalia, known as AMISOM. One AMISOM goal is to support Somali government forces in cracking down on Al-Shabaab.

Al-Shabaab has also mounted many smaller attacks against targets in Kenya, hurling hand grenades into nightclubs, restaurants and schools. The group has also kidnapped tourists and aid workers.

The group claimed responsibility for the September siege of the Westgate mall in Nairobi on September 21 that killed at least 67 people.

Al-Shabaab said the attack was retaliation for Kenya's involvement in the African Union effort against the group.

In recent months, Al-Shabaab's haven in south-central Somalia has been increasingly squeezed as Kenyan forces fight the group from the south and African Union forces come down from Mogadishu, the Somali capital.

Google to Pay Out $2.7 Million to Hackers Who Break Into Chrome OS

Calling all hackers. Google is handing out the big bucks.
Yesterday, the tech behemoth announced plans for its fourth annual hackathon (called Pwnium 4: "Pwn,"the act of breaking into a computer and owning it, + "ium," a play on the full name for Google Chrome: Chromium) which will take place in Vancouver this March.
Prize money totals exactly $2.71828 million, "the mathematical constant e for the geeks at heart," Google explained. A grand prize of $150,000 will be awarded for Chrome OS exploits that "compromise with device persistence: guest to guest with interim reboot, delivered via webpage" i.e. a breach that allows a hacker to control a Chrome OS PC after it reboots. Prizes of $110,000 will be given to those who discover other major holes in the Chrome OS operating system.

"Security is a core tenet of Chromium, which is why we hold regular competitions to learn from security researchers. Contests like Pwnium help us make Chromium even more secure," Jorge Lucángeli Obes, Security Engineer at Google and the "Master of Ceremonies," wrote in a post.
Google's hackathon announcement comes days after allegations that a Chrome hack allowed websites to eavesdrop on users.

Despite the central purpose of the event, it won't all be cyber security seriousness. This year, for the first time, Google will reward creative or surprising hacks with "bonuses," usefulness aside.


 

Pit Bull teams up with Jennifer Lopez for official 2014 World Cup song

Four years ago it was Shakira telling the world to "Waka Waka" ahead of South Africa 2010.

Now, with Brazil 2014 just months away, FIFA has announced U.S. artist Pitbull will team up with Jennifer Lopez for "We Are One (Ola Ola)," the official song of this year's World Cup.

The duo will team up with Brazilian star Claudia Leitte to perform at the tournament's opening ceremony ahead of the host's first match with Croatia on Sao Paulo June 12.

"I am very happy and thrilled to represent my country at the FIFA World Cup alongside these two amazing artists who I admire and respect," Leitte said in a statement.

"I love sharing my culture and country to people through music. The FIFA World Cup is one of the biggest events on the planet, and I look forward to dancing samba with Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez in Brazil -- we are one!"

American artist Pit Bull, who has previously worked with the likes of Christina Aguilera and Enrique Iglesias, spoke of his joy at being involved in the project.

"I'm honored to join Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte at the FIFA World Cup to bring the world together," said Pitbull. "I truly believe that this great game and the power of music will help unify us, because we are best when we are one."

The World Cup song has been a tradition since the 1966 World Cup in England, when a song dedicated to tournament mascot, a lion named "World Cup Willie", was released.

Pics:Search And Rescue Mission For Victims Of Capsized Boat Near Navy Town In Lagos

The National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) leads a search and rescue team to find victims of a boat that capsized after reportedly colliding with another boat in the Navy town area of Lagos.

Other team members of the rescue team includes Navy Special Boat Service, Nigeria Inland Water Agency Police Disaster Unit.

How 'Kid President' Robby Novak's Viral Videos Are Bringing More Awesome Into the World

Reaching 32 million people with a single video is the kind of viral sensationalism brand executives fantasize about. For Brad Montague, the founder of Kid President, it was almost accidental.

"I make silly videos for YouTube," says Brad, with a warm, self-deprecating humility that speaks to his small-town Tennessee upbringing.

Those silly YouTube videos have pretty lofty ambitions, though: Brad wants them to bring more good into the world.

The Kid President series is a collection of short videos featuring Robby Novak, Brad's energetic 10-year-old brother in law, who playfully dispenses his views on how to make the world a "less boring" place. The underlying theme is that we can all do little things to create positive change.

The first Kid President video that the duo posted in July of 2012 got 200 views. The second got 2,000. At that point, Brad and Robby were already impressed. "That is our whole town! Our whole town watched the video!" Brad recalls.

Little did they know they were just getting started. Their most popular video so far - "A Pep Talk from Kid President to You" -- has been viewed almost 32 million times. In it, Robby encourages viewers to take the "road less traveled," as advised by poet Robert Frost. But then, in recounting the difficulties one can encounter on that road less traveled (i.e. - "rocks!" "thorns!" "glass!"), Robby declares, "Not cool, Robert Frost!" If there are two paths, then Robby, sitting in a football locker room, informs the viewer that he wants to be "on the one that leads to awesome."

The Kid President videos feature Robby in a suit and bright red tie, talking directly to the camera, bursting with earnest energy and happiness. He sounds as though he has about half a dozen marbles in his mouth, which makes his cuteness irresistible.

And he dances. In every video, you can see Robby busting a move. (His "pencil sharpener" brought tears of joy to this reporter's eyes.) If Robby's fearless dance moves aren't adorable enough on their own, then consider that this little man has a brittle bone condition, called osteogenesis imperfecta, which has resulted in his having over 70 broken bones already. Knowing that, his dance moves become even more poignant. 

Together, Kid President Robby and Brad have met President Obama, music star Beyonce, actor Nicolas Cage, and author Nick Hornby, just to name a few. The Kid President YouTube channel has been picked up by the creative media channel SoulPancake, which has 930,000 followers, and has given the web series a traffic boost. SoulPancake was created by actor Rainn Wilson (Dwight, from the popular sitcom, The Office) and a couple of his buddies to create a space where people could wrestle with life's biggest problems. 

Brad Montague with Robby, Kid President.

Image credit: Kristi Montague

Brad says their success has been a blast -- if a bit of surprise. Before Kid President, Brad made all sorts of videos as a side hobby, and nobody seemed to care much for his creations. In fact, The Kid President videos started out as a way for Brad and Robby to spend time together.

The Kid President secret, Brad thinks, is the sincerity and innocence of the message. "The Internet, in general, is a dark place. It is easy to be cynical. It is easy to post your opinion everywhere in all caps and yell," Brad told Entrepreneur.com at The Feast social innovation conference in New York City in October. "And for something to come out that has no agenda other than to be happy and full of love is kind of weird." 

Weird, maybe. Quite inspiring, too, according to the YouTube-watching public.

In early October, Brad left his full-time job to take control of the brand (though Brad hates the word "brand") and focus on what to do with it next. "The moment that went viral, we had to sit down and say, 'We could go anywhere right now. What do we want to do?'" says Brad. "At that point I was just happily making videos in creative person la-la land."

When Brad and Robby's videos started surging in popularity, everybody had advice for Brad about how he should best capitalize on the newfound voice. After careful consideration, Brad has decided to continue to make Kid President videos, write a book, and work to connect with schools across the country to empower students, teachers and families. He is still figuring out the finer details of what the future of Kid President holds - "aside from completely taking over the world, obviously."

Yes, You Can Be Happy While Pushing Yourself to Success

Most of us, at some point or another, think that we will be happy once we achieve a particular goal.

I'll be happy after I...

• graduate from college
• make a million dollars
• get married
• lose 40 pounds
• get a job

...and so on.

To be clear, I have been guilty of this as well. There have been plenty of times that I have assumed that satisfaction and success would come after I won a championship or after I built a successful business or after XYZ goal.

Society tells us that this is a good thing. We hear about athletes that are never satisfied until they have reached the top. We hear about entrepreneurs who worked like crazy to build a business that changed the world. The basic idea is that to be driven, you also have to be dissatisfied. Dissatisfied with second place. Dissatisfied with average.

Then you have the other side of the equation: people who are happy with life as it is. They say that you need to develop the skill of "not wanting more." That you can be happy where you are right now. That you are already perfect.

The Problem

Here's the problem: I want both. Maybe you do too.

I like being happy. It's fun. I don't want to delay happiness until I reach some milestone. But I also like getting better. I don't want to settle for less than I can do in life. I'd like to be happy along the way and achieve my goals.

For a long time, it bothered me that being happy (being satisfied) and being driven (being dissatisfied) seemed to be at odds with one another.

I still don't have a lot of this figured out, but the more I study people who have had a great deal of success, the more I think that it's possible to be happy and driven.

Here's how...

Driven and Happy

Let's start with being driven. If you want to maximize your potential, then you will need to continue to work to become better both before and after you achieve a given goal.

Why would someone do that?

For example, if your goal was to make a million dollars and you made it, why would you keep working hard after that?

The answer is a little more complicated than you might think.

The Law of Diminishing Returns

In economics, there is a fundamental principle known as the Law of Diminishing Returns.

Here's the short definition: as you get more of something, it becomes less valuable. This isn't just economic theory, a similar trend happens in real life.

If you have zero money and you make $10,000, then it's going to be a big deal. But if you have already earned $1 million, then making another $10,000 doesn't seem as significant. Making each dollar means a lot in the beginning, but less over time.

If you have never won a championship, then that first one is going to be incredible. But if you already have five championship rings, then adding a sixth isn't going to be as sweet as getting the first. Standing at the top means a lot in the beginning, but less over time.

If you are starting a company, then getting your first customer is an incredible rush. But if you already have 100 paying clients, then adding one more doesn't provide the same thrill. Landing each client means a lot in the beginning, but less over time.

In other words, the goals and results that seem so valuable to you in the beginning actually become less valuable as you achieve more of them.

How to Stay Driven

So, if the results mean less as you achieve more of them, how do you stay driven?

By loving the practice of what you do. It's only the people who embrace their work as a craft and fall in love with the boredom of doing it day in and day out that stay driven over the long-term.

Here are some examples...

Richard Branson is already a billionaire. He has already built hundreds of companies. He's not still doing it because of the money. The money stopped meaning a lot to him a long time ago. He's doing it because he loves the practice of doing it.

Nick Saban has already won four national championships (1 with LSU and 3 with Alabama). He makes over $5 million dollars per year. He's not coaching football for the money anymore. He's not coaching to "make it to the top." He's coaching because he loves the process (and he talks about process all the time).

Jack LaLanne was setting fitness records for 40+ years. He wasn't working out to lose a few pounds. He exercised every day because he loved it.

Summary: the only way to stay driven before and after achieving goals is to love the practice of what you do.

How to Be Happy

Guess what? This answer is now easy. If you love the practice of what you do, if you love the daily work, then you can be happy before and after you achieve your goals.

When you learn to love the process of what you are doing and not focus so much on the goal, you automatically find happiness while staying driven.

If you learn to love the practice of working out, then you'll be happy right now and you'll see results later. If you learn to love the practice of marketing your business, then you'll be happy right now and you'll see results later. If you learn to love the practice of supporting your friends and family, then you'll be happy now and see the results later.

Happy and driven. Just one more reason why the system is better than the goal.

A version of this article first appeared at JamesClear.com.

8 Ways to Come Up With a Business Idea

The start of the year is a great time to gear up to start a business. But, of course, you first need to figure out a winning concept. "You have to come up with a lot of ideas to be successful," says Stephen Key, cofounder of the website inventright.com based in Glenbrook, Nev., and author of One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs: Live Your Dreams and Create Your Own Profitable Company, (McGraw-Hill, 2012).

Key, who has licensed more than 20 products in the last 25 years, says he generates ideas by finding different ways to engage his mind, from walking the aisles of stores to brainstorming about holes in the marketplace.

Here are eight techniques from Key and other experts that could help get your creative juices flowing:

Ask yourself, "What's next?"
Successful business ideas are often ahead of the curve. Think about trends and technologies on the horizon and how you might move into those areas, says Sergio Monsalve, partner at Norwest Venture Partners, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based venture capital group. He suggests, for example, thinking about innovations related to the living room and home entertainment systems now that companies like Apple are developing new television technologies. "What can that mean in terms of new ways to live in your house and be entertained?" he says.

Do something about what bugs you.
When Colin Barceloux was in college, he thought textbooks cost far too much. In 2007, two years after graduating, he decided to take action and founded Bookrenter.com, a San Mateo, Calif.-based business that offers textbook rentals at about a 60 percent discount. What began as a one-man operation created out of frustration now has 1.5 million users and 200 employees. "You just have to look at what frustrates you," he says. "There's your business idea right there."
Look for new niches.
Your business idea doesn't have to reinvent the wheel. Take a look at what some of the big players in an industry are missing and figure out if you can fill the gaps, Key says. In 2003, for instance, he started the company Hot Picks, now based in San Jose, Calif., after realizing the major brands in the guitar pick industry weren't offering collectible novelty picks. Key designed a skull-shaped pick that filled an empty niche and was sold in 1,000 stores, including Wal-Mart and 7-Eleven. "The big guys leave a tremendous amount of opportunity on the table," he says.

Apply your skills to an entirely new field.
Think about your skills and whether they might be useful in a new area, suggests Bill Fischer, professor ofinnovation management at IMD , the top-rated Swiss business school, and co-author of The Idea Hunter: How to Find the Best Ideas and Make them Happen (Jossey-Bass, 2011). Consider, for example, JMC Soundboard, a Switzerland-based company that builds high-end loudspeakers. Jeanmichel Capt invented the speaker by applying his experience building guitars as a luthier, using the same resonance spruce to create a loudspeaker that produces a high-quality sound and looks like a sleek wood panel. There's also Providence, R.I.-based Dear Kate, a company founded by Julie Sygiel, who used her training in chemical engineering to create a stain-resistant, leak-proof underwear material that active women can use without worrying about menstrual leakage during a workout.

Find a category lacking recent innovations.
When coming up with ideas, Key likes to identify markets that haven't had many recent innovations. For example, when he realized there were few new developments in the product information label business, he created Spinformation, a label consisting of two layers—a top layer that rotates with open panels through which you can see, and a bottom label that you can read by spinning the top layer over it. Companies needing to fit more information about a medication, for example, could use the extra label space for the details.

Make a cheaper version of an existing product.
Companies often get their start by offering customers an existing product at a lower price. Take Warby Parker, an eyeglasses company launched in 2010 by four business school friends. The New York-based business sells prescription glasses, which are typically priced at $300 or more, for $95. Since its launch, it has grown to 100 employees.

Talk to shoppers.
To come up with an idea that meets people's needs, there's no better way than by talking to shoppers. If you are interested in mountain bikes, hang out in the aisles of sports and bike shops and ask customers what they wish they could find in the marketplace. If you're interested in developing an e-commerce business, consider sending an online survey to potential customers to learn about their needs and interests.

Play the mix and match game.
Walk up and down the aisles of a drug, hardware or toy store combining two products across the aisle from each other into one, Key says. That should spark quite a few ideas, but be prepared for most of them to be bad. "You will come up with all these horrible ideas, and every once in a while you will find some brilliant idea out there," he says.

5 Tricks to Remembering Anybody's Name

What's in a name? A lot, it turns out -- particularly when it comes to garnering new business contacts. When you remember somebody's name -- even after meeting them just briefly -- it sends the message that the interaction was important to you. Perhaps no other skill can make others feel as valued, or open as many doors to new connections.

While some people possess a gift for remembering names, for others, it's more of a learned skill. But every new introduction is an opportunity to practice recognizing faces, and, as you improve, others will begin to perceive you as a valuable connector in business and in life.

Use the strategies below to practice -- and make it a point to challenge yourself at networking events. My advice? Start slowly, and then increase your repertoire with each new introduction:

1. Repeat names throughout the exchange. Repetition helps your brain form the connections necessary to retain information. As soon as you're introduced, say, "It's lovely to meet you, Jane." Refer to the person by name upon greeting and then repeat it again in parting.

2. Make mental associations. Make a visual connection with a person's name to something memorable in your world -- the more outlandish, the better. For example, if you meet someone named Jay who happens to be a music producer, visualize a blue jay at a mixing board. The humorous image will imprint his name and career onto your memory.

3. Study names in print. Use your eyes as well as your ears. When someone wears a nametag, for instance, look at the nametag as well as the face to create an association. As soon as you receive a business card, glance at the name and say, "Thank you, John."

4. Ask for clarification with difficult names. If a new acquaintance has a name that is difficult to pronounce or happens to mumble their introduction, simply ask him or her to repeat it. Then say it again yourself for verification. In addition to gaining clarity, the extra effort will speak to your attention to detail.          

5. If you forget a name, address it head on. If you absolutely can't remember a name, try to offer any information you can remember, such as where the two of you may have met. Alternatively, if you shake hands and introduce yourself, your contact will most likely follow suit.

If you think you know someone's name, but are unsure, venture a guess: "Bill, right?" Or you could simply apologize and say, "I'm sorry, I'm a little forgetful at the moment. Please remind me of your name." Don't worry, it happens to everyone.

Be a Better Leader Today

Developing stronger leadership skills is an important act for virtually everyone in business. But becoming a better leader doesn't always require attending a pricey seminar. Sometimes, simple acts can have an immediate impact, says self-proclaimed "leadership freak" Dan Rockwell, a leadership coach and author of the Leadership Freak blog.

Here are four tips to help you be a better leader today:

Spend at least 15 minutes listening. Every day, spend at least 15 minutes with someone who has something to say about a challenge or opportunity your business is facing. It might be an employee or a contractor. But, the key is broach the subject and listen to the response without judgment. Rockwell says leaders often talk too much and don't truly listen to the people around them, who often have valuable insights. Listen to each person with the same level of attention and open mind as you would listen to a consultant or outside expert. You don't always have to follow the advice, but this exercise can help you get out of the same-old patterns of thinking.

"Becoming a better leader is often about letting other people in to have a better understanding of how to move forward," says Rockwell. "The more you need to say, the more you need to listen," he adds.

Say, "Tell me more." Instead of asking a barrage of questions, which can be intimidating to others and make them less forthcoming, Rockwell advises using the phrase, "Tell me more." This objective statement lets your discussion counterpart continue in his or her line of thinking without feeling interrogated.

Allow some doubt. Entrepreneurs are often successful because of their belief in their vision and ideals. Rockwell acknowledges how important that is, but advises them to periodically ask, "What if I'm wrong?" That's not to say you should become doubt-filled or ineffective. This is another exercise that helps you think in new ways and perhaps find opportunities that wouldn't be apparent if you simply charged ahead in one direction. Question yourself about the markets you serve - what if you're wrong that a particular segment wouldn't want your product or service? What if you're wrong about embracing new technology? What would the possibilities be if you took a different approach?

Go to lunch. Or, grab some coffee, dinner or breakfast at least once a week with someone you admire. You become like the people with whom you spend time - so get some good ones in the mix, Rockwell says. Even when it feels like you don't have time, you can always make time to have coffee or even a phone conversation with someone who has traits or experience from which you can learn. Whether it's a mentor, a colleague who always offers great insight, or someone who just seems to have it all figured out, the more time you spend with people you admire, the more they can inspire you, he says. 

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