Have you ever spent hours on the internet and after your browsing session feel like you have wasted your time! We have compiled the best list of websites and apps that can alleviate that feeling. 

               These applications and websites will drastically change the way you use the internet.

A. Codeacademy

Coding has become so in demand these days that understanding the basics of coding — such as HTML, CSS, or Javascript — is as standard as knowing how to use Microsoft Powerpoint.

Lucky for us, there are great websites like Codeacademy that are 100% free and are able to guide you through each step of the way — even if you start from scratch. They include practical projects that you can build to apply what you’ve learned, and give you immediate feedback to correct your mistakes. Talk about immersion!

B. Spritz

When Bill Gates and Warren Buffet were asked what superpower would they want to have, in two different interviews, they both said the ability to read faster. While superpowers may not exist, Spritz can be the next best thing.

This app scans the web page you’re on and displays single words to you in a speed of your choosing. It takes some time to get used to, as our eyes are accustomed to scanning a page from left to right, but with a little bit of patience, you may have just discovered your first superpower! Test it out for yourself.

C. TED

TED, which stands for Technology, Education, and Design, requires no introduction. This global event attracts some of the finest leaders across the world, from Tony Robbins, to Bill Gates, to North Korean refugees. Real people, heartfelt stories, and eye-opening insights are shared on stage.

The best part is that you don’t need to pay $5,000 for a ticket to watch these talks — they’re all available for you to see online for free

D. Quora

Ever had a crazy question that you were curious to know the answer to?

Chances are, you can find the question and answer on Quora. Unlike most Questions and Answers forums, Quora has managed to attract the best of the best, giving you real answers from real people.

For example, if you want to know what it’s like to work at Facebook, someone from Facebook can give you a direct answer. No BS, no fluff.

Quora has additional uses that go beyond than beating your curiousity. Entrepreneurs can use it to acquire potential customers, and anyone can use it to build an audience. What you do with the website is up to you!

E. Polish My Writing

Writing can be a fulfilling vocation, whether you do it professionally or just like to write blogs and journals about your life and experiences. However, not everyone has the confidence to write due to worries about grammar and spelling, as well as not being well-versed enough in vocabulary and the art of putting one’s thoughts into words

This website can help you learn more about these things and become the writer you thought you’d never be. It has tools for checking grammar and spelling, as well as other resources for improving your writing.

F. Concert Vault

This is a huge directory containing live concert records that you can steam online. Jamiroquai at Woodstock ’99 or Ella Fitzgerald Birthday Tribute in 1978 — you name it. There are various channels to choose from — country, rock, jazz, blues, indie, and more. Plus, you can create personal playlists, queue songs for listening, browse interviews, watch videos, and search by name, album, or song. Concert Vault is an essential resource for everyone loving the classic beats. Still, the best is when you find a concert you’ve attended and get lost in the memories.

G. Listen to Wikipedia

You would never think that Wikipedia could sound so great! Listen to Wikipedia creates a melody based on recent article edits made. Bell jingles signal additions to a page, while plucks signal removals. The bigger the edit was, the deeper the pitch is. The tune is never same and never stops. Plus, you can choose to listen to edits made in the different languages that Wikipedia supports. The sound is truly fascinating and very relaxing.

H. The Photo Argus 

A simple and inspiring blog that showcases the most beautiful pictures while introducing techniques and tips and tricks for photography, All the trendy tricks, the news and almost everything about photography can be read here to benefit your knowledge. A great way to awaken the artist inside you, take a stroll through this blog whenever you feel like picking the camera up.

I. Cody

Cody’s mission is to combine the power of physical movement, technology, and community to help you become your best self. While the emphasis is on yoga and weight training, Cody also offers high-quality video plans for weightlifting and meditation. Plans are available for all levels, including “Gymnastics Core Virtuosity,” “FitFlow,” and “Power of Ceremony”. You can purchase discounted bundles or single plans, most priced at $39.99.

J. Khan Academy

Providing free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere, the nonprofitKahn Academy offers practice exercises and instructional videos in math, science, computer programming, history, art history, and economics, including prep for tests like the SAT, GMAT and MCAT. Catering to learners of all ages, Kahn Academy features online tools for parents and teachers who wish to monitor their child’s or student’s progress to see where they may need offline coaching support. Every Kahn Academy class is free; donations are welcomed and encouraged from those who can afford to contribute.

K. Wikihow

WikiHow is another how-to site teaching us how to do things in an organized manner, but it has been modeled as a Wiki. At eHow, the staff themselves are paid to create the guides, but at Wikihow, everyone can edit, modify, and delete content. So, it’s not just about learning — you can also teach others the valuable skills you possess.

L. Instructables

Instructables is another wonderful site you should definitely choose over social media, which teaches you to create things. It offers you fun videos and instructions to build just about everything that you can imagine, from a cardboard batman cowl to water balloon mortar. You can also share what you can make with other people.

Everyday, we meet different people, with different aims, goals, promises, hopes. When males are clamoring over you and you are at a crossroad over who to choose, there are some signs exhibited by ONE of the men that has been observed to show that he will not stop loving you. 

These signs are not to be observed by what he does because you ask Him to, observe what he likes to do, what he does to his other female friends (sometimes even, his conversation with male friends will tell you things) 

A. He’s fully committed to you and your relationship together.

Being there throughout the good times is easy. It’s when the going gets tough that it’s important that you both stick together. Real men don’t run out after a little fight, and they don’t take it out on their significant others when they’re in a bad mood. They understand how important their relationship is, and won’t let anything at all get in the way of persevering.

B. He doesn’t avoid problems.

Like I said, a real man doesn’t run out when things get rough. And he also doesn’t bottle up his feelings until he explodes, either. If something is bothering him within the relationship, he brings it up carefully and respectfully. He is comfortable talking through the issues he’s been having, and will make a genuine effort to fix any underlying issue that’s been plaguing the relationship. He understands that even major problems don’t define the relationship; it’s how you both work through them that does.

C. He pays attention to the little things.

If he lived alone, he probably wouldn’t care if the dishes weren’t done, the garbage was overflowing, or if the only thing to eat in the house was pizza rolls. But he knows you care about these things, so he takes time away from what he enjoys doing to make sure the house is clean and the fridge is stocked. He won’t ever watch a movie you both love without you by his side, and he lets you pick the iPod playlist in the car. Even if he really, reallydespises Top 40 radio…

D. He is smart and wise.

I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you picked a smart one. But the true measure of a man’s intelligence is not simply how smart he is, but what he does with his wisdom. He sees things from an objective point of view, and is able to give you great advice with any situation you face. He puts himself in your shoes constantly, so he understands exactly what you’re going through, and he doesn’t blow you off with half-hearted cliches. And you just know he will pass on great words of wisdom to your future children.

E. He wants you to feel good about yourself.

He thinks you’re beautiful; why would he be with you if he didn’t? But it’s not enough for him to think so; he also goes to great lengths to make sureyou know you’re beautiful. And it’s not just simple words of reassurance, either. He’ll be able to sense when you think you’re having a bad hair day, and make it a point to compliment your ‘do. He’ll come up with ways to make you feel beautiful, inside and out, regardless of how you feel at the time. He’ll do whatever he can to make you see yourself as he sees you each and every day.

F. He makes your problems his own.

If something’s bothering you, it bothers him. He will take on your problems and try to figure out ways to solve them, or at least get through them with the least amount of pain possible. Your issues keep him up at night, but that doesn’t bother him. What does bother him is when you’re facing a problem that he can’t help you with. When these situations inevitably arise, he does the best he can by standing by your side no matter what.

G. He laughs at your mistakes.

He knows everyone makes mistakes, and he’s able to shrug yours off easily. If you say something that offended him, he knows you didn’t mean it. He’ll laugh it off, even if it did sting a little. If you let him down in some way (like you had to stay late at work even though he had a nice dinner planned), he won’t hold it against you. He may be caring and sensitive, but he’ll never make you feel bad for unintentionally hurting his feelings.

H. He takes his own mistakes seriously.

On the other hand, anything he does that ends up hurting you will weigh heavy on his shoulders for a long while. He rarely beats himself up about much, but when he causes you pain, he’ll do anything to right his wrongs. He’ll never tell his love to “lighten up” or that he “was only kidding.” He knows you enough to know exactly what to do to harm you, but he would never in a million years dream of doing so.

U.S. President Barack Obama disclosed on Saturday (February 13) that he plans to fulfill his constitutional responsibility to nominate a Supreme Court justice to fill the vacancy left by the death of Antonin Scalia.

Obama paid tribute to Scalia's legacy on the bench in brief remarks to reporters, but did not give any indication about who he would nominate to replace him.

"I plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibility to appoint a successor in due time and there will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the Senate to give that person a fair hearing and timely vote," Obama said in a brief remarks to reporters in California, where he was traveling.

The death of the conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice sets up a major political showdown between Obama and the Republican-controlled Senate over who will replace him just months before a presidential election.

Scalia, 79, died at the Cibolo Creek Ranch resort in West Texas and posthumously received last rites there from a Catholic priest on Saturday afternoon, the Diocese of El Paso said. It was not clear when he died.

The Supreme Court lowered its U.S. flag in honor of the dead jurist.

A number of leading Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, opposed Obama's intention to nominate a new justice.

Fighters for the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram have been trained in Somalia on Africa's eastern coast before returning to West Africa, Somalia's president told a security conference in Germany on Sunday.

Somalia, plagued by political in-fighting, corruption and attacks by al Shabaab insurgents, has recently made limited progress towards creating a functioning political system, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said.

"Without a stable Somalia, the whole region of the Horn of Africa will remain unstable and by and large, the African continent. There are proofs and evidence that (for) some time Boko Haram has been trained in Somalia and they went back to Nigeria," he said.

"The terrorists are so linked together, they are associated and so organized, (that) we the world we need to be so organized," he said, speaking in English.

It was not clear from his comments whether he believed al Shabaab was still training Boko Haram fighters, who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.

Somalia's al Shabaab, which has links to al Qaeda and wants to overthrow the Somali government and impose a harsh version of Islamic law, claimed responsibility for a blast this month that punched a hole in the fuselage of a plane.

 

World Soccer governing body, FIFA, on Friday (February 12) handed a 12 year ban on former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke, becoming the latest high-profile soccer official to be kicked out of the sport.

Valcke was found guilty by FIFA ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert of misconduct over the sale of World Cup tickets, abuse of travel expenses, attempting to sell TV rights below their market value and destruction of evidence.

"Valcke acted against FIFA's best interests and caused considerable financial damage to FIFA, while his private and personal interests detracted him from his ability to properly perform his duties as the Secretary General of FIFA," said FIFA's ethics committee in a statement.

The Frenchman, whose job was to ensure the smooth running of FIFA and, in particular, its flagship World Cup tournament, had been right-hand man to now banned FIFA president Sepp Blatter for nearly eight years.

FIFA is mired in the worst crisis in its 111-year history, with corruption investigations under way in Switzerland and the United States. Several dozen people, including senior football officials, have been indicted.

The ethics committee has already banned Blatter and European soccer boss Michel Platini for eight years apiece, and more than a dozen other officials have been suspended over the last four years.

Valcke was initially investigated over potential misconduct linked to the sale of tickets for FIFA World Cups and other cases were uncovered by Cornel Borbely, FIFA's chief ethics investigator, during the course of the inquiry, the statement said.

It was found that Valcke had travelled at FIFA's expense for "purely sightseeing reasons" and had repeatedly chosen private flights over commercial ones "without any business rationale for doing so."

"Mr Valcke gained an advantage for himself and relatives," said the statement.

The investigation also found that Valcke attempted to grant the 2018 and 2022 World Cup television and marketing rights for the Caribbean region to a third party for a fee which was "far below their actual market value", said the statement.

The five men, aged between 19 and 35, died during their first International tour. Their car hit a road barrier and plunged more than 25m (82ft)  off a bridge into a canal at the E4 motorway bridge at Södertälje, southwest of Stockholm, Sweden, yesterday February 13th.

Swedish police said they were called to the incident at about 2.30am and divers recovered the bodies of the victims. The bridge, at a junction between the E4 and the E20 motorways, has a middle section that rises directly upwards to allow boats to pass underneath, leaving a gap that the rented Nissan Qashqai fell through, police said.

"A barrier 50 metres before the opening has flashing lights and warning signs. For some reason, the car drove through the barriers and crashed down into the canal. The witnesses just saw a car beside them and kind of disappear.” Inspector Martin Bergholm said

Hours before the accident, a photograph of the car the band are believed to have fatally crashed in was posted on Facebook. The picture is understood to show 19 year old guitarist River Reeves leaning against a black Nissan Qashqai smoking a cigarette.

It's thought the photo was taken after the band and their manager Craig Tarry, 32, collected the car from a rental firm at the airport, Swedish media reported. 

River was killed in the crash along with band members Kris Leonard, 19, Jack Dakin, 24, and 27 year old Tomas Lowe as well as their manager Craig Tarry, 32, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Families, friends and fans of the band  have paid tribute to the four musicians and their manager. 

In a statement, the family of River Reeves said: 

"We are all heartbroken following River's tragic death and the circumstances which have seen him lose his life alongside the band-mates and manager he adored and loved being with.

"Viola Beach were on such an exciting journey and River could not have been happier. He would have loved to have stuck around for the party.

"All River wanted to do was perform and entertain and to think that he will never make us laugh again with his ridiculous impressions and cheeky banter is beyond comprehension for all his family."

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: 

"We can confirm that five British nationals died in a car accident in Sweden on February 13. We are in contact with local authorities and supporting the families at this very difficult time".

Friends and fans of the band  have paid tribute to the four musicians and their manager.

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Olakunbi Oyelese of April By Kunbi today shared amazing photos of bread seller turned print model, Jumoke wearing one of her collections. The photo is from a Valentine postcard she did recently. Explaining, Kunbi wrote;

"It's no news that @Olajumoke__o's story literally broke the internet last week, and we were reminded about how amazing God's grace is and that he's still in the business of turning lives around and blessing us.. I'd wanted to do a Christmas postcard but my schedule last quarter of 2015 was beyond hectic (Not complaining o! Lol). So I decided to do a Val postcard instead...Not a lookbook/collection as a lot of blogs have reported.
I mentioned in my post last week that I'll definitely be booking her and I don't regret it one bit! It was a pleasure working with her and seeing her transform, taking instructions, moving like she's been doing it all her life....She's a natural. Jumoke's story has forced me to look closer at my surroundings. There's absolutely no doubt she is blessed but there are a lot of Olajumokes around us...Hardworking and just want to feed and help their families. You might not be able to get that pepper seller a modeling contract, but the next time she says the price for her pepper is ₦100, please don't price it to ₦30. I've been guilty of this, trust me. To think that someone around me works/walks in the sun all day and her profit at the end of the day is at most ₦500. I'm happy to have offered Jumoke her first paying modeling job. May it be the beginning of an amazing career for her. She might not be a runway model but she's perfect for print and editorial! May God help us all to make someone's life easier, someone's load a lot easier to carry."