Author: JD
PUMA and Rihanna Release All-New Creeper Sneaker
As Rihanna continues her work with PUMA, today the two have launched their first-ever sneaker collaboration. The Creeper silhouette is a remix of the brand’s classic Suede model, which harnesses the music and fashion feel of the punk era of the ’80s. Boasting a bulky sole unit, the Creeper is initially available in a black and white colorway, with new options slated to arrive on September 25. To showcase the new collaboration, PUMA and RiRi have partnered with pal Travi$ Scott in means of further highlighting the fist-ever PUMA by Rihanna campaign.
Lamborghini’s Huracán LP 610-4 Spyder Combines Performance and Lifestyle
Lamborghini has now removed the top from its entry level Huracán, thus unveiling their new Spyder edition. The supercar, which will be officially debuted at this week’s Frankfurt Motor Show, features a 5.2-liter V10 engine that cranks out an impressive 610 horsepower. The exotic automobile also notes seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission as well as an all-wheel drive system, then topping out at 201 miles per hour. Due to an increase in weight, the Huracán runs 0 to 62mph in 3.4 seconds. While the new Spyder does indeed note added bulk, the soft top is noticeably lightweight and can be dropped in 17 seconds even while driving up to 31mph. Lamborghini’s new Huracán Spyder is scheduled to become available next spring with a price tag of roughly $211,341 USD.
The American diet will make you sick in just three days
Co-author Salim Merali said for the purpose of the study, six healthy males were “forced” to consume 6000 calories every day for a whole week — a diet consisting of about 50 percent carbohydrates, 35 percent fats, and 15 percent protein. “It was a regular, American diet, composed of pizzas, hamburgers and that sort of thing,” he told New Scientist. “They took to the diet, and liked it.” The only catch was subjects were required to forgo any physical exercise for the entire duration of the experiment and were also forced to remain bed-bound so they could be carefully monitored. “In that time, the men gained an average of 7.7 pounds and showed signs of insulin resistance as well as oxidative stress,” wrote the researchers. This meant their sugar-absorbing insulin stopped working, which caused glucose to build up in their bloodstream instead of getting absorbed by their cells — a factor that can lead to diabetes. Co-author Guenther Boden said while he expected to see some changes in the patients, he was shocked at just how fast they occurred. “I was more surprised at the rapidity of the onset than the magnitude,” he told Yahoo. “The change happened after a day or two — and became significant after three days.” Boden said as researchers now had proof overeating can be instrumental in the development of type 2 diabetes, the challenge was to move the research forward. “The very first thing we’re going to do is to see how reversible this is,” he said. “Now that we know you can cause insulin resistance very quickly if you overeat, but what if you return to your normal eating habits with a lower caloric intake — how long will it take to go away? And does it go away at all?
U.S. Sneaker Sales Reached $34 Billion This Past Year
It’s no mystery that sneakers sales in the United States are generally off the charts. From June 2014 to June 2015, roughly $34 billion worth of kicks were sold stateside. Courtesy of an infographic from PBS, we also see that 99% of footwear sold in the U.S. comes from foreign manufacturers, with 237,100,000 pairs (more than 50%) of athletic shoes coming from China last year, and 157,100,000 (34%) coming from Vietnam. Reports also reveal that Nike and Jordan brand make up more than 90% of basketball shoe sales in America, and even given their reputation and reach, that number is still somewhat surprising. Nonetheless, how much of the $34 billion did you contribute? Also, as a reseller, Sole Supremacy alone sells over $3 million per year.
The number of ways the Giants blew this game is unbelievable
ARLINGTON, Texas — There’s a lot I can’t figure out about the New York Giants‘ 27-26 loss to the Cowboys here Sunday night, but let’s start with what running back Rashad Jennings said about his role in the horribly botched final offensive sequence. “As a running back, it’s really tough when they tell you not to score,” Jennings said. Which is weird, because if Jennings had scored on first down from the 4-yard line or second down from the 2-yard line after the two-minute warning, as he insists he could have, the Giants would have had a 10-point lead with about 100 seconds left in the game. No amount of Tony Romo magic could have overcome that. So who was telling him not to score and why? This from Eli Manning may help explain: “I thought they had used their last timeout on that play to Odell when we got the first down,” Manning said. “I thought that they only had one timeout left after that. I guess since there was a penalty, even though we declined it, for some reason that stops the clock.” That is true. By rule, the clock stops on a penalty in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter whether the penalty is declined or accepted. Manning didn’t know this, and so he assumed Dallas had called timeout and that the clock would keep running after Jennings’ second-down run. “Bad clock management there,” Manning said. Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin both contributed to the poor decision-making that cost the Giants Sunday night’s game. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez But not as bad as throwing an incomplete pass on third down. Manning knew he should have taken the sack instead and let the clock keep running. “Yeah, I should have,” Manning said. “One hundred percent on me right there. Bad clock management for that whole deal. I had an option. Just take the sack and run those 40 seconds off the clock, give them less time. That’s 100 percent on me and that can’t happen.” Manning insisted on shouldering the blame even though coach Tom Coughlin told the team and the media that he would take it all. “There is nobody else to blame but me,” Coughlin said. “The decision to throw the ball there on third down was not a good decision. It should have been a run, whether we scored or not.” I also think they should have gone for it on fourth down from the 1, partly because I think everyone should. Fourth-and-goal is one of football’s great untapped scoring resources. Coughlin said he didn’t want to risk requiring the Cowboys to traverse only half the field to tie the game. And the way Tony Romo had picked apart the defense on his previous drive, he had to be thinking 1:37 was enough time for Romo to go 99 yards and win it, too. “The drives toward the end of the game were, quite frankly, knives through butter,” Coughlin said. “It was too easy. But that’s not the reason we lost. They shouldn’t have had the time to even do that, had we done it properly.” A fair point by a seasoned leader taking the blame for his team’s loss. But the bigger picture here is that the Giants’ defense gave up 436 yards in the game and Romo was 11-for-12 for 147 yards on his final two possessions. The Giants’ defense was overmatched. But because of three turnovers, they were in a position to win this game on the road against a division rival they haven’t beaten since 2012. And they didn’t. And Coughlin and Manning are right that they could have spared their defense the apparently impossible task of stopping Romo in the two-minute drill. Most weeks with this defense, they’re not likely to be in a position to win. To miss a chance this good is a crusher.
Jermaine Dupri Recounts The Genesis Of Usher’s ‘Confessions’
THIS WAS FOR #TBT ON REVOLT “I was basically talking to myself and the lyrics were just coming out,” says Jermaine Dupri about the magical in-studio process that led to Usher’s Confessions, a time-stamp for Generation Y and one of the defining R&B records of the last decade. The singer’s Diamond-selling album about love and love lost turned 10 last year, but the milestone really continues on every listen. Usher’s ‘Confessions’: The R&B Record That Defined Generation Y While sitting with REVOLT, JD, one of the masterminds behind the untouchable classic, recalled the process in making songs like “Confessions” as well as the meeting that ended up making history. “When we first starting making Confessions, we went to L.A. Reid’s house and [he] told us that Usher wasn’t interesting,” recalls the legendary hitmaker. “He was like he makes hit records, but he wasn’t an interesting artist at that point, like people didn’t no nothing about him and what his life was about.” How Usher’s ‘Confessions’ Changed My Life Despite how harsh the sentiments seemed, especially with Usher sitting right there alongside JD at the time, Reid’s straightforwardness came off as motivational. He felt like Usher should become part of everybody’s life, all throughout his record and so, we left his house stone-faced like, ‘Hmm, so what do we do? You’re CEO just told you that you’re not interesting.’ So the next thing we said was we need to get out of Atlanta. So we left Atlanta and came to L.A. and we just started working at Babyface’s studio.” At that point, the magic had already started. For more on JD’s full recollection, including eavesdropping on Usher’s phone conversations with Chilli and the real meaning behind the line “I’m at the studio,” check out the chat above.