Cristiano Ronaldo Gifts His Teammates With Customized ₦1.5million Bvlgari Wristwatch

Cristiano Ronaldo has thanked his
Real Madrid team-mates for being
amazing by handing them a £6,500
watch each.
The World Player of the Year, who
has had a successful 2014, scoring
61 goals in 58 games for club and
country, gave his team-mates an
early Christmas present before their
win against Almeria on Friday night –
a result that took their winning
streak to an incredible 20 games.
Alvaro Arbeloa was the first to show
off his watch which he shared vis his
Instagram page with a lovely smile.

On 12/13/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
> This morning, I reiterated my belief
> that long-term stock returns from
> today's level will be lousy.
> This assumption is based in part on
> long-term valuation analysis and in part
> on my two-and-a-half decades of
> market experience, during which I have
> learned many searing lessons about
> how markets behave.
> As one reader was quick to point out,
> it is also "just a guess."
> By pointing that out, the reader
> reminded me of a profoundly important
> point about investing, one that many
> casual observers often don't fully
> understand.
> Every market outlook is "just a guess."
> Every one.
> Some guesses are more informed than
> others, of course. But no one knows
> the future. Everyone's just guessing.
> As a stock analyst in the 1990s, I
> assumed for many years that
> somewhere there was someone who
> knew what the market was going to do.
> Over the course of my career, I met
> ever more sophisticated and talented
> market players, including a handful of
> the most sophisticated investors and
> traders in the world.
> All of these folks were brilliant,
> confident, persuasive, and astoundingly
> well informed. They had made billions of
> dollars in the market. They had
> decades of experience. They knew
> everything it was legal to know, and
> often considerably more.
> And, as the future eventually made
> clear, not a single one of them knew
> what the market was going to do.
> It wasn't until I realized this firsthand
> that I fully "got it."
> No one knows what the market is
> going to do.
> We're all "just guessing."
> That realization was one of several
> that helped me develop the investing
> strategy I use today (indexing.) There
> is no question that this is the best
> strategy for me and almost every
> other investor. When you index, you
> save pots of money on fees and
> mistakes, the latter usually caused by
> the assumption that you or someone
> else knows what the market is going to
> do. And this pot of money that you
> save will help you achieve returns that
> are better than about 90% of other
> investors, especially after tax. And
> that's without any work or worry or
> heartache at all.
> Even if you don't yet understand why
> indexing wins, however, please at least
> understand this:
> No one knows what the market is
> going to do.
> Everyone's just guessing.
>
> On 12/13/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The new prize from the Kremlin arrived
>> in eastern Siberia.
>> On the plains near the city of Yakutsk,
>> trumpets sounded as President Vladimir
>> Putin signed his name in white ink on a
>> stretch of black pipeline, the symbolic
>> starting point of a $400 billion natural
>> gas link to the Far East.
>> It was little more than show. The Power
>> of Siberia pipeline will actually wind
>> several hundred miles to the south.
>> What was real was the money flowing
>> to Arkady Rotenberg, a member of
>> Putin's tightening inner circle and a
>> boyhood friend. Rotenberg-affiliated
>> companies were paid about 94 million
>> rubles ($1.7 million) to organize the
>> September ceremony, corporate filings
>> show.
>> Having grown rich on government
>> contracts during the boom in Putin's
>> Russia, friends of the president are
>> benefiting anew as times grow tough.
>> Lucrative orders keep rolling in for the
>> favored few even as western sanctions
>> and a collapse in oil prices push the
>> economy to the brink.
>> The development has polarized Russia's
>> oligarchy and pitted Putin's small circle
>> against less well-connected rivals in a
>> battle for money and privilege.
>> State Contracts
>> Companies linked to Rotenberg and
>> another Putin confidant, Gennady
>> Timchenko -- both targeted by US
>> sanctions for their ties to the president
>> -- are landing a growing amount of
>> state contracts. Together, they have
>> won at least 309 billion rubles of work
>> since US sanctions were imposed in
>> March, filings show. That figure -- which
>> works out to about $8.1 billion at the
>> average exchange rate over the period
>> -- is 12 percent more than they
>> received in all of 2013.
>> A Rotenberg-affiliated company is also
>> about to secure a 228-billion-ruble
>> order to build a bridge to Crimea, which
>> Russia annexed in March, according to a
>> high-ranking government official, who
>> spoke on the condition of anonymity
>> because the contract hasn't been
>> officially awarded.
>> The contract totals are based on a
>> review of hundreds of documents made
>> public on the government portal for
>> state tenders and the SPARK corporate
>> database, as well as on individual
>> company websites in Russia.
>> In all, companies linked to Rotenberg
>> and Timchenko have received orders
>> since March that are equivalent to
>> more than a fifth of what the
>> government spent on contracts in the
>> first nine months of the year.
>> 'Pie Shrinking'
>> There's more to come. Rotenberg and
>> Timchenko, both 62, stand to gain most
>> from the 770-billion-ruble Power of
>> Siberia pipeline as the main contractors
>> to OAO Gazprom, the energy company
>> Putin has built into an instrument of
>> state-sponsored capitalism. Gazprom
>> declined to comment on who will
>> receive the pipeline contracts.
>> Their boon is coming at the expense of
>> other oligarchs as the weak economy
>> pressures Putin to reduce public
>> spending.
>> "Not only is the pie shrinking more
>> rapidly than originally anticipated, the
>> political imperative of preserving some
>> people's slices means thinner slivers
>> for everyone else," said Mark Galeotti, a
>> Russia expert and professor at New
>> York University.
>> Executives who are used to prospering
>> from government ties complain
>> privately they are being elbowed aside.
>> One Russian billionaire said Rotenberg
>> and Timchenko have all but cornered
>> the market in government contracts.
>> He spoke on the condition of anonymity
>> to avoid jeopardizing his companies'
>> chances of winning business.
>> 'Personal Bank'
>> With Russian companies cut off from
>> international financing, winners and
>> losers are starting to emerge. In July,
>> the government stripped Alfa Bank,
>> controlled by billionaires Mikhail Fridman,
>> German Khan and Alexey Kuzmichev, of
>> its exclusive contract to service the
>> country's wholesale electricity market.
>> That business is worth an estimated 4
>> billion rubles a year.
>> Instead the Market Council, an industry
>> regulator, shifted the business to OAO
>> Bank Rossiya, which the Obama
>> administration has called the "personal
>> bank" of Putin's inner circle. Bank
>> Rossiya, also a target of US sanctions,
>> is controlled by Yury Kovalchuk,
>> another Putin associate who was
>> singled out by the US
>> Bank Rossiya, based in St. Petersburg,
>> stronghold of Putin's youth, declined to
>> comment.
>> State contracts aren't the only source
>> of government money. Igor Sechin and
>> Vladimir Yakunin, who've known Putin
>> since his days in the St. Petersburg
>> mayor's office, have sought tens of
>> billions of dollars in aid for the state
>> companies they command, OAO Rosneft,
>> the country's largest oil producer, and
>> OAO Russian Railways. Both companies
>> have turned to the $80 billion Wellbeing
>> Fund, which was designed to safeguard
>> the nation's pension system. Rosneft
>> and Russian Railways say helping to
>> finance their investment programs will
>> benefit the broader economy.
>> Fair Contracts
>> Contracts won by companies either
>> controlled or partly owned by
>> Timchenko were obtained fairly through
>> a competitive process, said Anton
>> Kurevin, a spokesman for Volga Group,
>> which manages the businessman's
>> holdings.
>> Rotenberg told Interfax news service in
>> October that his friendship with Putin
>> didn't affect his business "in any way."
>> He also said he hoped to build Power of
>> Siberia. A spokesman for Rotenberg
>> said there was nothing to add to the
>> Interfax interview.
>> Putin has signaled he'll continue to
>> support companies and industries
>> targeted by sanctions, and Dmitry
>> Peskov, a spokesman for the president,
>> said all contracts are awarded fairly.
>> 'Tender System'
>> "There is a tender system in place,"
>> Peskov said. "No one just hands them
>> these contracts by some order."
>> While Putin's allies prosper, some
>> beyond his circle are losing out. A
>> Moscow court on Nov. 14 extended by
>> three months the house arrest of
>> billionaire Vladimir Evtushenkov, on
>> suspicion of money laundering, as
>> authorities nationalize his OAO Bashneft
>> oil company. Evtushenkov has said he's
>> innocent.
>> Evtushenkov, 66, is the richest Russian
>> to be prosecuted since former Yukos
>> Oil Co. owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
>> Khodorkovsky spent a decade in jail as
>> the state dismantled Yukos and Sechin's
>> Rosneft acquired the bulk of its best
>> assets.
>> Khodorkovsky, who now lives in
>> Switzerland, said on his website that he
>> was "absolutely sure" Evtushenkov was
>> targeted for refusing to sell Bashneft
>> to Sechin. Sechin has denied having an
>> interest in Bashneft or playing a role in
>> the case against Evtushenkov.
>> 'Monopolizing Rents'
>> "Putin has been masterful at distributing
>> the rents to all the relevant people, but
>> now he's monopolizing all the rents,"
>> said Anders Aslund, a senior fellow at
>> the Peterson Institute for International
>> Economics in Washington.
>> Aslund advised Putin's predecessor,
>> Boris Yeltsin, when the government
>> handed the crown jewels of the Soviet
>> economy to a handful of tycoons,
>> including Khodorkovsky.
>> "Under Yeltsin, it was an oligarchy, but it
>> was balanced among big groups," Aslund
>> said. "Now, Putin just squeezes them
>> out."
>> For the connected, the money is still
>> flowing. Rotenberg's SMP Bank, which is
>> barred from US and European
>> markets, in April got a 10-year state
>> loan of about 100 billion rubles at a
>> rate of 0.51 percent to rescue another
>> lender, Mosoblbank, according to two
>> people familiar with the matter. SMP
>> said by e- mail that it's been tasked
>> with cutting costs at Mosoblbank and
>> returning the lender to profitability.
>> 'Huge Deal'
>> That loan was "a huge deal" for SMP
>> because long-term financing at less
>> than 1 percent is "impossible" to get in
>> Russia, Sovlink analyst Olga Belenkaya
>> said.
>> In 2012, when economic times were
>> good, Russia passed a law requiring
>> tenders to be made public. That
>> improved transparency but also
>> prompted connected businessmen to
>> join forces to keep challengers away.
>> "The cartels are breeding because it's
>> better for contractors bidding for state
>> tenders to cooperate than face free
>> competition," said Irina Kuznetsova, who
>> helped draft the 2012 law.
>> The tally of contracts calculated by
>> Bloomberg doesn't include one for 134
>> billion rubles awarded by Russian
>> Railways, which was won by a
>> consortium that includes Timchenko-
>> affiliated SK Most. There is no
>> breakdown of how the consortium
>> members are dividing it up the work or
>> the profit.
>> Rotenberg said in the Interfax interview
>> that sanctions were having a "negligible"
>> effect on him economically because his
>> businesses are geared toward the
>> domestic market. Still, Rotenberg, who's
>> had luxury properties in Italy frozen,
>> said the travel bans were taking a
>> psychological toll.
>> Timchenko, who owns a home on Lake
>> Geneva, echoed similar sentiments in an
>> August interview with the news service
>> TASS, saying it was unfair to be barred
>> from seeing family members and his
>> beloved pet Labrador in Europe.
>> 'Disguised Hostility'
>> Alexey Navalny, the anti-corruption
>> blogger and opposition leader, said
>> Putin's refusal to change course over
>> Ukraine and end Russia's international
>> isolation has created a disguised
>> hostility among the elite. Navalny, who
>> has been under house arrest on fraud
>> charges since February, said with
>> financial means dwindling, it will be
>> harder for Putin to maintain the loyalty
>> of even his closest associates.
>> Vladimir Rimsky, who studies corruption
>> at the Indem research group in
>> Moscow, said there's little evidence that
>> will happen soon.
>> "It's in the interests of both Putin and
>> the people close to him to continue this
>> policy of support," Rimsky said. "For
>> them, the crisis isn't something terrible,
>> because they control all the resources."
>
>
>> On 12/12/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Passengers are facing widespread
>>> flight disruption after a computer
>>> failure at the UK's air traffic control
>>> centre.
>>> Nats said it was in the process of
>>> returning to normal operations after a
>>> "technical problem" at its Swanwick control
>>> centre caused delays and grounded some
>>> flights.
>>> Problems were reported around the UK.
>>> They included delays at Heathrow and
>>> Gatwick where departing flights were
>>> grounded for a time. Other UK airports
>>> reported knock-on effects.
>>> It comes a year after a telephone glitch at
>>> the Hampshire control room caused huge
>>> disruption - one of a number of technical
>>> hitches to hit the part-privatised Nation Air
>>> Traffic Services since the centre opened in
>>> 2002.
>>> Reported problems around the country
>>> include:
>>> Heathrow: Flights are "currently
>>> experiencing delays" but planes now
>>> landing and taking off
>>> Gatwick: Flights are now departing but
>>> still subject to delays
>>> Stansted: Flights still landing, no
>>> flights departing
>>> Bristol: Limited departures reported
>>> Luton: All flights experiencing delays
>>> but planes now leaving
>>> Edinburgh: No queues but passengers
>>> being advised to check with their
>>> airlines
>>> Southampton: Experiencing
>>> ''problems''
>>> Oxford: Experiencing "some delays",
>>> mainly to services arriving from
>>> overseas
>>> Leeds Bradford: All flights out and
>>> most flights in suspended until 1900
>>> Aberdeen: Reported an "impact" on
>>> operations
>>> One source told the BBC the problem was
>>> caused by a computer glitch that co-
>>> ordinates the flights coming into London
>>> and puts the flights in sequence as they
>>> come into land or take off.
>>> He described it as a "flight planning tool
>>> problem".
>>> Travel body Abta encouraged passengers
>>> expecting to take a flight to contact their
>>> airline.
>>> Manchester Airport said it was unaffected
>>> by the incident and was ready to accept
>>> diverted flights.
>>> Vicky Lane, a passenger on a grounded
>>> London to Dublin plane at Gatwick said:
>>> "We've been stuck on a Ryanair flight... for
>>> over an hour.
>>> "The doors are open and we're really cold.
>>> I'm not sure when we will be leaving."
>>> Another passenger, on a flight to Paris,
>>> said his plane had "circled around the Lake
>>> District for half an hour before turning
>>> back to Edinburgh".
>>> Ed Bott told the BBC he was: "Currently
>>> sitting on the tarmac. None the wiser.
>>> Waiting for news as to what's happening."
>>> Swanwick air traffic control centre
>>> Swanwick controls the 200,000 square
>>> miles of airspace above England and
>>> Wales, cost £623m to build, and employs
>>> about 1,300 controllers.
>>> But the facility, which handles 5,000 flights
>>> every 24 hours, has had a troubled
>>> history.
>>> It opened in 2002, six years after its
>>> planned commissioning date - a delay
>>> which National Air Traffic Services (Nats)
>>> said was due to problems with the
>>> software used to power its systems.
>>> Almost a year after it opened, a senior air
>>> traffic controller raised concerns with the
>>> BBC about health and safety standards
>>> and complications with radio
>>> communications - which he said cut out
>>> erratically.
>>> Technical problems and computer faults hit
>>> flights in 2008 and again last summer. And,
>>> in December 2013, problems with the
>>> internal telephone system then caused
>>> further delays.
>>> Aviation journalist David Learmount said
>>> the IT problem would cause "major
>>> disruption" but would be resolved by
>>> Saturday.
>>> "This impacts not just people within the UK,
>>> it impacts flights heading here from
>>> anywhere - anything heading this way will
>>> be told some of them can't be accepted,
>>> and they will have to go back to where
>>> they flew from or consider diverting to
>>> other countries," he told the BBC.
>>> The RAF - which has its own air traffic
>>> control systems - said the UK military was
>>> unaffected.
>
>
>>> On 12/12/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> How would "Austin 3:16" be remembered if
>>>> "Stone Cold" Steve Austin didn't win a
>>>> World Title to back it up? Would anyone
>>>> want to play The Game if Triple H had
>>>> failed to realize any of his 13 World
>>>> Championship reigns? Could John Cena earn
>>>> anyone's loyalty or respect if "The Champ"
>>>> was never … well, champ?
>>>> Celebrating a competitor's World
>>>> Championship wins may seem obvious
>>>> when paying homage to the legends of the
>>>> squared circle, but it isn't mandatory. A
>>>> select few grapplers still manage to earn
>>>> themselves an all-world reputation – even
>>>> WWE Hall of Fame status – despite never
>>>> hearing their name prefixed with the title
>>>> of WWE Champion, World Heavyweight
>>>> Champion or the similar distinctions in
>>>> WCW, ECW or AWA.
>>>> It may seem difficult to forge a storied
>>>> career in sports-entertainment without
>>>> winning a few World Titles along the way,
>>>> but it's not impossible. Take a look at
>>>> these 20 battle-tested ring veterans who
>>>> won the hearts and minds of the WWE
>>>> Universe without ever winning
>>>> championship gold on a global scale.
>>>> NEXT
>
>
>>>> On 12/11/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Mutant horrors, singers and kissing
>>>>> strangers had a big year on YouTube.
>>>>> All of the above joined soccer stars, a
>>>>> bending iPhone, a beer commercial and a
>>>>> dose of street activism on the video site's
>>>>> list of the most popular posts of 2014.
>>>>> SA Wardega, a Polish actor, director and
>>>>> Web prankster, scored the top spot with
>>>>> "Mutant Giant Spider Dog," which had
>>>>> scared up more than 113 million views
>>>>> since he posted it in September.
>>>>> In it, Wardega films people in everyday
>>>>> situations into which he unleashes his
>>>>> otherwise cute dog, Chica, wearing a
>>>>> costume that gives the pooch eight giant,
>>>>> creepy spider legs.
>>>>> .
>>>>> It wasn't without a dose of controversy.
>>>>> "Someone reported a SpiderDog video to
>>>>> the prosecution claiming that threatening
>>>>> (sic) endangered the life of the people who
>>>>> were there," Wardega, whose first name is
>>>>> Sylwester, wrote in September on his
>>>>> Facebook page. "I wonder who will go to
>>>>> jail? Me or Chica? Or maybe a spider
>>>>> costume?"
>>>>> Taking the No. 3 spot, behind a Nike ad
>>>>> featuring soccer stars like Ronaldo and
>>>>> Wayne Rooney, was "First Kiss," a social
>>>>> experiment of sorts in which complete
>>>>> strangers are brought together and asked
>>>>> to kiss each other.
>>>>> Except, this one wasn't exactly as it first
>>>>> appeared. It was commissioned by Wren
>>>>> Studio, a small clothing company, to
>>>>> showcase a new clothing line. Almost all of
>>>>> those awkward strangers were, in fact,
>>>>> models.
>>>>> .
>>>>> "In all fairness, the people in the video
>>>>> could still be classified as 'strangers' by
>>>>> definition, but that's like calling a kid who
>>>>> plays Call of Duty for 12 hours a day 'an
>>>>> amateur'," read a Complex article titled
>>>>> "That Adorable 'First Kiss' Video That
>>>>> Everyone Is Talking About Is a Fake."
>>>>> "Never trust the Internet."
>>>>> Director Tatia Pilieva said there was never
>>>>> an intent to deceive anyone, noting that
>>>>> the video begins with the words "Wren
>>>>> presents ..." and the clothing company is
>>>>> mentioned in the credits.
>>>>> "It felt so real and sincere and it was," she
>>>>> told the New York Times, saying each
>>>>> couple really did meet for the first time
>>>>> the day they shot. "They shed all these
>>>>> layers in front of our eyes and in front of
>>>>> the cameras and that sweetness and
>>>>> kindness resonated with people."
>>>>> The Internet appears not to mind. The
>>>>> video has more than 94 million views.
>>>>> In fifth place is the video that launched a
>>>>> million tech-blog posts -- the "iPhone 6
>>>>> Plus Bend Test."
>>>>> Unbox Therapy, a Web video series
>>>>> focusing on consumer electronics, posted
>>>>> a video after online reports began popping
>>>>> up of Apple's massive, new phone bending
>>>>> in people's pockets.
>>>>> .
>>>>> The September video, which has racked up
>>>>> more than 59 million views, shows a host,
>>>>> Lewis Hilsenteger, bending one of the
>>>>> aluminum phones with his hands.
>>>>> Not that the problem, if it is one, has
>>>>> scared many folks away. The iPhone 6 and
>>>>> 6 Plus sold 10 million units in their first
>>>>> weekend on the market and have
>>>>> continued to break sales records in the
>>>>> months since.
>>>>> Another creepy prank, "Devil Baby Attack,"
>>>>> took the No. 8 spot with nearly 49 million
>>>>> views and the team behind the goofy "Epic
>>>>> Rap Battles" scored with the No. 9 video,
>>>>> "Goku vs. Superman," which got nearly 41
>>>>> million views.
>>>>> A more serious effort rounded out the
>>>>> Top 10 list. Tenth place went to "10 Hours
>>>>> Walking in NYC as a Woman," by anti-
>>>>> harassment group Hollaback. In it, a
>>>>> woman in jeans and a T-shirt is recorded
>>>>> walking as, one after another, men
>>>>> comment on her appearance, sometimes
>>>>> aggressively.
>>>>> The video, which has more than 37.5
>>>>> million views, sparked conversations
>>>>> everywhere about the prevalence of
>>>>> street harassment, as well as issues
>>>>> ranging from the role race, culture and
>>>>> geography play in public conversation to
>>>>> Web abuse (the subject of the video
>>>>> received rape and death threats online).
>>>>> .
>>>>> Also on YouTube's top 10 for the year
>>>>> were a nun's performance on the Italian
>>>>> version of "The Voice" (No. 4), a
>>>>> performance by a kid hip-hop duo on
>>>>> "Britain's Got Talent," (No. 6) and
>>>>> Budweiser's Super Bowl commercial,
>>>>> "Puppy Love" (No. 9).
>>>>> Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" was the most
>>>>> popular music video of the year.
>
>
>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Tottenham Hotspur
>>>>>> striker Emmanuel
>>>>>> Adebayor has
>>>>>> returned home to
>>>>>> Togo for personal
>>>>>> reasons, the Premier
>>>>>> League club said on
>>>>>> Friday.
>>>>>> The 30-year-old
>>>>>> former Arsenal and
>>>>>> Manchester City
>>>>>> player has been
>>>>>> given permission to take time off, Spurs
>>>>>> said on their website
>>>>>> (www.tottenhamhotspur.com)
>>>>>> "This is a private matter and so we will
>>>>>> not be providing any further comment,"
>>>>>> the club added.
>>>>>> Adebayor has made 12 appearances for
>>>>>> Tottenham this season and has not played
>>>>>> since the November international break
>>>>>> when Togo failed to qualify for the 2015
>>>>>> Africa Cup of Nations.
>>>>>> Spurs visit Turkish side Besiktas in the
>>>>>> Europa League on Thursday, needing at
>>>>>> least a point to top their group having
>>>>>> already sealed a place in the round of 32.
>
>
>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Its countdown to the end of the year
>>>>>>> and performances are being judged via
>>>>>>> different medium. To wrap up the year
>>>>>>> 2014, Forbes has released the list of
>>>>>>> the world's highest paid musicians.
>>>>>>> Dr Dre tops the league of the highest
>>>>>>> paid musicians this year with the total
>>>>>>> sum of $620 million. There is a big
>>>>>>> margin between Dr Dre and Beyonce
>>>>>>> who takes the number 2 spot on the
>>>>>>> list with $115 million courtesy of her
>>>>>>> Mrs Carter tour and endorsement
>>>>>>> from Pepsi and H&M.
>>>>>>> Also joining Dr Dre and Beyonce in the
>>>>>>> billionaire club is The Eagles with the
>>>>>>> sum of $100 million. You would not
>>>>>>> believe who and who made the list, see
>>>>>>> full list of those who made it below:
>>>>>>> 1. Dr. Dre: $620 million
>>>>>>> 2. Beyoncé: $115 million
>>>>>>> 3. The Eagles: $100 million
>>>>>>> 4. Bon Jovi: $82 million
>>>>>>> 5. Bruce Springsteen: $81 million
>>>>>>> 6. Justin Bieber: $80 million
>>>>>>> 7. One Direction: $75 million
>>>>>>> 8. Paul McCartney: $71 million
>>>>>>> 9. Calvin Harris: $66 million
>>>>>>> 10. Toby Keith: $65 million
>>>>>>> 11. Taylor Swift: $64 million
>>>>>>> 12. Jay Z: $60 million (tie)
>>>>>>> 12. Diddy: $60 million (tie)
>>>>>>> 12. Bruno Mars: $60 million (tie)
>>>>>>> 15. Justin Timberlake: $57 million
>>>>>>> 16. Pink: $52 million
>>>>>>> 17. Michael Bublé: $51 million
>>>>>>> 18. Rihanna: $48 million
>>>>>>> 19. Rolling Stones: $47 million
>>>>>>> 20. Roger Waters: $46 million
>>>>>>> 21. Elton John: $45 million
>>>>>>> 22. Kenny Chesney: $44 million
>>>>>>> 23. Katy Perry: $40 million
>>>>>>> 24. Jason Aldean: $37 million
>
>
>>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> At least four people dead and seven
>>>>>>>> wounded in crowded market in northern
>>>>>>>> city in attack blamed on suicide bombers.
>>>>>>>> A blast has struck a busy textile market in
>>>>>>>> the north Nigerian city of Kano, killing four
>>>>>>>> people and wounding seven others,
>>>>>>>> according to traders and multiple online
>>>>>>>> reports.
>>>>>>>> The explosion happened on Wednesday in
>>>>>>>> the Kantinkwari market, which is typically
>>>>>>>> packed with crowds of traders, shoppers
>>>>>>>> as well as traffic.
>>>>>>>> Reports said two female suicide bombers
>>>>>>>> were behind the attack.
>>>>>>>> "I heard a huge sound coming from the
>>>>>>>> back of my shop along Unity Road. I just
>>>>>>>> closed the shop and tried to leave because
>>>>>>>> it's not safe," Nura Sadiq, a local trader,
>>>>>>>> told the AFP news agency.
>>>>>>>> Kano was hit on November 29 by a
>>>>>>>> suspected Boko Haram suicide attack at
>>>>>>>> the city's central mosque.
>>>>>>>> Two bombers blew themselves up and
>>>>>>>> fighters opened fire on worshippers, killing
>>>>>>>> at least 120 and injuring 270 others in an
>>>>>>>> attack apparently targeting the influential
>>>>>>>> Muslim emir of Kano.
>>>>>>>> The emir, Muhammad Sanusi II, had
>>>>>>>> previously called for civilians to carry
>>>>>>>> arms and defend themselves against Boko
>>>>>>>> Haram, a group fighting against Western
>>>>>>>> influence and for setting up an Islamic
>>>>>>>> state in northern Nigeria.
>>>>>>>> Kano, the largest city in the north, has
>>>>>>>> been a repeated target for the fighters,
>>>>>>>> who have in recent weeks sought to
>>>>>>>> attack locations outside their northeastern
>>>>>>>> heartland.
>>>>>>>> In December 2012, four people were
>>>>>>>> injured when a bomb went off outside a
>>>>>>>> mosque near the Kantin Kwari market,
>>>>>>>> which is northern Nigeria's largest for
>>>>>>>> textiles.
>>>>>>>> That came two years after the market
>>>>>>>> was razed by an overnight fire. More than
>>>>>>>> 500 shops and hundreds of stalls owned
>>>>>>>> by Nigerian, Indian, Chinese and Lebanese
>>>>>>>> traders were destroyed along with their
>>>>>>>> goods.
>>>>>>>> Nigeria has seen a surge in deadly attacks
>>>>>>>> mainly in the northeastern states of
>>>>>>>> Borno, Adamawa and Yobe where the
>>>>>>>> government has declared a state of
>>>>>>>> emergency to try to rein in Boko Haram
>>>>>>>> fighters who are blamed for the attacks.
>
>
>>>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Swedish police seized servers in
>>>>>>>>> Stockholm after a complaint was filed by a
>>>>>>>>> group targeting internet crime.
>>>>>>>>> It is the first time in several years the
>>>>>>>>> site has been taken offline rather than
>>>>>>>>> simply blocked by filters.
>>>>>>>>> Unexpectedly, the site's co-founder Peter
>>>>>>>>> Sunde - who is no longer involved - called
>>>>>>>>> for its permanent closure.
>>>>>>>>> Swedish police have confirmed the raid,
>>>>>>>>> which took place after the complaint from
>>>>>>>>> the Rights Alliance.
>>>>>>>>> Paul Pinter from Stockholm County Police,
>>>>>>>>> told the BBC that an investigation that had
>>>>>>>>> lasted "for years" led them to the location
>>>>>>>>> of the servers containing material related
>>>>>>>>> to the The Pirate Bay.
>>>>>>>>> As well as servers being removed from
>>>>>>>>> the data centre for examination, he said
>>>>>>>>> several people were now being interviewed
>>>>>>>>> by police.
>>>>>>>>> However, he would not confirm or deny if
>>>>>>>>> anybody had been arrested.
>>>>>>>>> The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde
>>>>>>>>> has said he does not care that the site
>>>>>>>>> has gone down
>>>>>>>>> The police operation took place in an area
>>>>>>>>> in Nacka, south-east of Stockholm. The
>>>>>>>>> area's mountainous terrain is used as a
>>>>>>>>> natural cooling system for computer
>>>>>>>>> servers.
>>>>>>>>> "We can confirm that the police has
>>>>>>>>> completed a raid in the facility which
>>>>>>>>> where we rent space for our data centre,"
>>>>>>>>> hosting firm Portlane, which has servers
>>>>>>>>> located in Nacka, told the BBC.
>>>>>>>>> "This raid was not for our company or
>>>>>>>>> any of our employees," a spokesperson
>>>>>>>>> said. It added: "It was partly directed at
>>>>>>>>> one of our customers."
>>>>>>>>> According to Torrent Freak, a website
>>>>>>>>> that reports on news about piracy and
>>>>>>>>> copyright law, a number of smaller torrent
>>>>>>>>> websites, or sites related to the activity,
>>>>>>>>> had also gone down.
>>>>>>>>> Various reports on Wednesday suggested
>>>>>>>>> that the site had returned with a Costa
>>>>>>>>> Rican web address.
>>>>>>>>> However, this site appeared to be a
>>>>>>>>> "mirror" - meaning copy - of the real site,
>>>>>>>>> and search functionality did not work.
>>>>>>>>> Cloud strategy
>>>>>>>>> The Pirate Bay has operated for over 10
>>>>>>>>> years, and in that time has become a
>>>>>>>>> focus for the creative industry's war on
>>>>>>>>> copyright infringement. It is one of the
>>>>>>>>> internet's most-visited websites, and the
>>>>>>>>> movie, music and software industries
>>>>>>>>> blame it for losses running into billions of
>>>>>>>>> pounds.
>>>>>>>>> Despite The Pirate Bay's operators being
>>>>>>>>> convicted of copyright violations,
>>>>>>>>> authorities have struggled to stop the site
>>>>>>>>> from operating.
>>>>>>>>> In the UK, internet service providers (ISPs)
>>>>>>>>> were ordered by the High Court to block
>>>>>>>>> access to the site in 2012. Other countries
>>>>>>>>> rolled out similar measures.
>>>>>>>>> The effectiveness of such blocks has been
>>>>>>>>> disputed. Sites will evade them by changing
>>>>>>>>> domains, or users will utilise proxies to
>>>>>>>>> circumvent them.
>>>>>>>>> The Swedish raid steps up the effort to
>>>>>>>>> stop people reaching The Pirate Bay by
>>>>>>>>> knocking the site itself offline, although for
>>>>>>>>> how long is unclear.
>>>>>>>>> Prof Alan Woodward, a security expert
>>>>>>>>> who has been working with European
>>>>>>>>> authorities to shut down illegal sites, said:
>>>>>>>>> "There have been raids before from which
>>>>>>>>> Pirate Bay has recovered.
>>>>>>>>> "Recently they have taken steps moving
>>>>>>>>> their infrastructure to be more distributed
>>>>>>>>> as a way of being more resistant to raids,
>>>>>>>>> so I would imagine they will reappear in
>>>>>>>>> some form."
>>>>>>>>> In 2012, The Pirate Bay announced it was
>>>>>>>>> to move its site to the cloud - internet-
>>>>>>>>> based storage, which can be shared
>>>>>>>>> across a variety of locations - so that
>>>>>>>>> raids would apparently be ineffective.
>>>>>>>>> Indifference
>>>>>>>>> At the time, the site said: "The site that
>>>>>>>>> you're at will still be here, for as long as
>>>>>>>>> we want it to. Only in a higher form of
>>>>>>>>> being. A reality to us. A ghost to those
>>>>>>>>> who wish to harm us."
>>>>>>>>> That confidence in the site's agility
>>>>>>>>> appeared misguided as it remained
>>>>>>>>> unreachable well into Wednesday.
>>>>>>>>> But according to Peter Sunde, it will be
>>>>>>>>> indifference that closes the site, rather
>>>>>>>>> than police action.
>>>>>>>>> "News just reached me that The Pirate Bay
>>>>>>>>> has been raided, again," he wrote in a
>>>>>>>>> blog post.
>>>>>>>>> "That happened over eight years ago last
>>>>>>>>> time. That time, a lot of people went out
>>>>>>>>> to protest and rally in the streets. Today
>>>>>>>>> few seem to care. And I'm one of them.
>>>>>>>>> "Why, you might ask? Well. For multiple
>>>>>>>>> reasons. But most of all, I've not been a
>>>>>>>>> fan of what TPB has become."
>>>>>>>>> He bemoaned the level of advertising
>>>>>>>>> found on the site and criticised what he
>>>>>>>>> called a lack of "soul" in the community.
>
>
>>>>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Oil giant BP has said it expects to
>>>>>>>>>> incur restructuring charges of
>>>>>>>>>> about $1bn over the coming year.
>>>>>>>>>> The charges will be taken as part of BP
>>>>>>>>>> efforts to simplify its business activities
>>>>>>>>>> and corporate functions.
>>>>>>>>>> BP said it would also review its capital
>>>>>>>>>> expenditure plans for 2015 in light of the
>>>>>>>>>> oil price outlook. Oil prices have slumped
>>>>>>>>>> since June.
>>>>>>>>>> The firm said it aimed to make its
>>>>>>>>>> business "stronger and more competitive".
>>>>>>>>>> BP announced the charges as it laid out its
>>>>>>>>>> long-term plans for its upstream oil and
>>>>>>>>>> gas business.
>>>>>>>>>> BP Group chief executive Bob Dudley said:
>>>>>>>>>> "We have already been working very hard
>>>>>>>>>> over these past 18 months or so to
>>>>>>>>>> right-size our organisation as a result of
>>>>>>>>>> completing more than $43bn of
>>>>>>>>>> divestments.
>>>>>>>>>> "We are clearly a more focused business
>>>>>>>>>> now and, without diverting our attention
>>>>>>>>>> from safety and reliability, our goal is to
>>>>>>>>>> make BP even stronger and more
>>>>>>>>>> competitive.
>>>>>>>>>> "The simplification work we have already
>>>>>>>>>> done is serving us well as we face the
>>>>>>>>>> tougher external environment.
>>>>>>>>>> "We continue to seek opportunities to
>>>>>>>>>> eliminate duplication and stop unnecessary
>>>>>>>>>> activity that is not fully aligned with the
>>>>>>>>>> group's strategy."
>>>>>>>>>> Oil prices have slumped since the middle of
>>>>>>>>>> the year as fears of oversupply have
>>>>>>>>>> mounted. The price of Brent crude fell to
>>>>>>>>>> $65.29 a barrel on Tuesday, the lowest
>>>>>>>>>> level since September 2009.
>>>>>>>>>> Earlier this month, BP announced that it
>>>>>>>>>> would accelerate plans to cut hundreds
>>>>>>>>>> of back office jobs.
>>>>>>>>>> BP employs almost 84,000 people
>>>>>>>>>> worldwide, including 15,000 in the UK.
>
>
>>>>>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> According to Jack Daniel's Master
>>>>>>>>>>> Distiller Jeff Arnett, the US military
>>>>>>>>>>> buys the most of the brand's
>>>>>>>>>>> premium Single Barrel whiskey in the
>>>>>>>>>>> world.
>>>>>>>>>>> The price tag for an entire barrel of
>>>>>>>>>>> this whiskey, approximately 250
>>>>>>>>>>> bottles, swings from $9,000-$12,ooo
>>>>>>>>>>> since no two whiskey barrels have the
>>>>>>>>>>> same volume.
>>>>>>>>>>> "Over the entire span of when the
>>>>>>>>>>> program has existed, the US military is
>>>>>>>>>>> the largest purchaser. It has been
>>>>>>>>>>> represented by base exchanges,
>>>>>>>>>>> individual units, as well as other on-
>>>>>>>>>>> base military entities like Officers'
>>>>>>>>>>> Clubs," Arnett told Business Insider in
>>>>>>>>>>> an email.
>>>>>>>>>>> Single Barrel whiskey was first sold in
>>>>>>>>>>> 1997 and was such a success that the
>>>>>>>>>>> distillery created the ' By The Barrel'
>>>>>>>>>>> program a year later, and ever since
>>>>>>>>>>> then the American military has been
>>>>>>>>>>> the top buyer.
>>>>>>>>>>> During a tour of the distillery in
>>>>>>>>>>> Lynchburg, Tenn., our tour guide said it
>>>>>>>>>>> is believed that Navy SEAL Team 6
>>>>>>>>>>> bought a barrel after the successful
>>>>>>>>>>> raid on Osama Bin Laden.
>>>>>>>>>>> Although, we could not confirm, parent
>>>>>>>>>>> company Brown-Forman did share,
>>>>>>>>>>> "SEAL teams have purchased barrels
>>>>>>>>>>> before but we can't officially confirm
>>>>>>>>>>> Seal Team 6."
>>>>>>>>>>> At the distillery, only 1 in 100 barrels
>>>>>>>>>>> makes the cut for the select 94-
>>>>>>>>>>> proof Single Barrel whiskey.
>>>>>>>>>>> In an average 53-gallon barrel, there
>>>>>>>>>>> are approximately 250 bottles-worth
>>>>>>>>>>> of Jack Daniel's Single Barrel whiskey.
>>>>>>>>>>> Here's how the 'by the barrel' program
>>>>>>>>>>> works.
>>>>>>>>>>> A prospective whiskey barrel buyer is
>>>>>>>>>>> invited to tour the distillery in
>>>>>>>>>>> Lynchburg, Tennessee and meet with an
>>>>>>>>>>> expert Jack Daniel's Master Taster and
>>>>>>>>>>> sometimes the Master Distiller, Jeff
>>>>>>>>>>> Arnett.
>>>>>>>>>>> A buyer samples whiskey from 3
>>>>>>>>>>> handpicked barrels along with the
>>>>>>>>>>> expert. After the tasting, a buyer
>>>>>>>>>>> selects a barrel and then later receives
>>>>>>>>>>> the empty barrel along with
>>>>>>>>>>> approximately 250 bottles. The bottles
>>>>>>>>>>> are individually numbered and
>>>>>>>>>>> personalized with a custom metal hang
>>>>>>>>>>> tag. The top of the barrel is also
>>>>>>>>>>> engraved before it is shipped to the
>>>>>>>>>>> buyer.
>>>>>>>>>>> And in the distillery's Single Barrel
>>>>>>>>>>> room, the buyer gets their name on a
>>>>>>>>>>> special plaque.
>>>>>>>>>>> Those who buy more than one barrel
>>>>>>>>>>> are given a medallion on their tablet.
>>>>>>>>>>> MacDill Air Force Base's plaque reflects
>>>>>>>>>>> the purchase of 7 barrels of Jack
>>>>>>>>>>> Daniel's Single Barrel whiskey.
>>>>>>>>>>> According to Arnett, Jack Daniel's
>>>>>>>>>>> derives all of its' color and most of the
>>>>>>>>>>> flavor from the handmade charred oak
>>>>>>>>>>> barrels.
>>>>>>>>>>> Single Barrel whiskey sits on
>>>>>>>>>>> the highest level of the distillery's
>>>>>>>>>>> barrelhouses where temperatures can
>>>>>>>>>>> reach up to 120-degrees Fahrenheit,
>>>>>>>>>>> the fluctuations in temperature give
>>>>>>>>>>> this whiskey the most interaction with
>>>>>>>>>>> the barrel, and therefore a darker
>>>>>>>>>>> color and more robust flavor.
>>>>>>>>>>> The distillery's relationship with
>>>>>>>>>>> America's troops spans further with
>>>>>>>>>>> the creation of the Operation Ride
>>>>>>>>>>> Home program. Since 2011,
>>>>>>>>>>> approximately 1,200 service members
>>>>>>>>>>> have benefitted from free travel from
>>>>>>>>>>> their bases to homes in order to
>>>>>>>>>>> celebrate the holidays with their
>>>>>>>>>>> families.
>>>>>>>>>>> "The men and women of our armed
>>>>>>>>>>> forces have been some of the best
>>>>>>>>>>> friends of Jack Daniel's over the years,
>>>>>>>>>>> and Operation Ride Home is a
>>>>>>>>>>> continuation of our longstanding
>>>>>>>>>>> support of our nation's military," Arnett
>>>>>>>>>>> told Business Insider.
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>>>>>>>>>>> A bottle of Jack Daniel's Single
>>>>>>>>>>> Barrel.
>>>>>>>>>>> About 250 bottles on a wall.
>>>>>>>>>>> Bill Barrilleaux and James Manley Jr/
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>>>>>>>>>>> Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 is a close
>>>>>>>>>>> second
>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sony hackers have leaked new emails
>>>>>>>>>>>> revealing a heated exchange that detail
>>>>>>>>>>>> the metldown of Aaron Sorkin's "Jobs"
>>>>>>>>>>>> -- a script that suffered several high
>>>>>>>>>>>> profile talent departures before winding
>>>>>>>>>>>> up at Universal.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hackers dumped studio president Amy
>>>>>>>>>>>> Pascal and Sony TV head Steve Mosko's
>>>>>>>>>>>> email inboxes onto file sharing sites
>>>>>>>>>>>> Monday evening, and Gawker unearthed
>>>>>>>>>>>> an undeniably juicy chain on Tuesday in
>>>>>>>>>>>> which Pascal and Rudin bicker
>>>>>>>>>>>> relentlessly about the state of the
>>>>>>>>>>>> Apple founder's biopic.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sony has not yet responded to
>>>>>>>>>>>> TheWrap's request for comment.
>>>>>>>>>>>> The narrative begins around anxiety
>>>>>>>>>>>> over director David Fincher possibly
>>>>>>>>>>>> being lured away by Angelina Jolie to
>>>>>>>>>>>> direct a "Cleopatra" update, limiting his
>>>>>>>>>>>> window to helm "Jobs" and it's
>>>>>>>>>>>> theoretical star Christian Bale. Rudin
>>>>>>>>>>>> had no sympathy for Jolie's desires to
>>>>>>>>>>>> court Fincher, forcing Pascal to reflect
>>>>>>>>>>>> to one colleague:
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Setting aside Rudin for a minute, Eric is
>>>>>>>>>>>> mad about Fincher because he knows
>>>>>>>>>>>> that after all this money and time we
>>>>>>>>>>>> don't have a draft that could actually
>>>>>>>>>>>> land a director. That's on him alone. So
>>>>>>>>>>>> he's hiding behind outrage when he
>>>>>>>>>>>> knows full well Fincher could get picked
>>>>>>>>>>>> off by a good script at any studio.
>>>>>>>>>>>> That's the truth.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Angie directed a movie and now she's
>>>>>>>>>>>> ready for Cleo and it's not ready.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Fincher is her silver bullet.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Except he's not.
>>>>>>>>>>>> He's perfect for Jobs and we don't even
>>>>>>>>>>>> know what Cleo is, only what we want it
>>>>>>>>>>>> to be. That's the same situation as Girl.
>>>>>>>>>>>> A disaster.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Let's take a breath. Neither movie is
>>>>>>>>>>>> going anywhere. Next weeks business. I
>>>>>>>>>>>> will work on meeting.
>>>>>>>>>>>> This doesn't need to get crazy. We
>>>>>>>>>>>> control the material. Jobs is awesome.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cleo can be a big commercial hit. They
>>>>>>>>>>>> are ours. We don't work for these
>>>>>>>>>>>> people."
>>>>>>>>>>>> The Eric identified in the Pascal email is
>>>>>>>>>>>> likely Eric Roth, the Oscar winning
>>>>>>>>>>>> screenwriter of "Forrest Gump" and
>>>>>>>>>>>> previous Fincher collaborator for "The
>>>>>>>>>>>> Curious Case of Benjamin Button." And
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Girl,' as it's only referred to, is
>>>>>>>>>>>> presumably Fincher and Sony's last
>>>>>>>>>>>> effort "The Girl With The Dragon
>>>>>>>>>>>> Tattoo."
>>>>>>>>>>>> From there, Rudin stirs the pot by
>>>>>>>>>>>> implying Pascal is starstruck by Jolie,
>>>>>>>>>>>> wasting her time trying to make
>>>>>>>>>>>> Fincher happen for "Cleopatra." Rudin
>>>>>>>>>>>> shares his own thoughts about Mrs.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Brad Pitt, and doesn't sugarcoat them:
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not destroying my career over a
>>>>>>>>>>>> minimally talented spoiled brat who
>>>>>>>>>>>> thought nothing of shoving this off her
>>>>>>>>>>>> plate for eighteen months so she could
>>>>>>>>>>>> go direct a movie. I have no desire to
>>>>>>>>>>>> be making a movie with her, or
>>>>>>>>>>>> anybody, that she runs and that we
>>>>>>>>>>>> don't. She's a camp event and a
>>>>>>>>>>>> celebrity and that's all and the last thing
>>>>>>>>>>>> anybody needs is to make a giant bomb
>>>>>>>>>>>> with her that any fool could see
>>>>>>>>>>>> coming. We will end up being the
>>>>>>>>>>>> laughing stock of our industry and we
>>>>>>>>>>>> will deserve it, which is so clearly
>>>>>>>>>>>> where this is headed that I cannot
>>>>>>>>>>>> believe we are still wasting our time
>>>>>>>>>>>> with it.
>>>>>>>>>>>> If you want at some point to talk about
>>>>>>>>>>>> this the way I pitched it to you --
>>>>>>>>>>>> which was a responsible way to make
>>>>>>>>>>>> this subject with some proper cover
>>>>>>>>>>>> for us all, and a proper price -- I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>> happy to do it. I'm also happy to say all
>>>>>>>>>>>> of this to Angie directly as I have no
>>>>>>>>>>>> need to keep her happy and what I DO
>>>>>>>>>>>> have is the right to determine for
>>>>>>>>>>>> myself a) what I want to do with my
>>>>>>>>>>>> own time and work, and b) what I want
>>>>>>>>>>>> to do with material I incepted. I won't
>>>>>>>>>>>> be part of this idiocy and I'm not --
>>>>>>>>>>>> and believe me, I am dead serious
>>>>>>>>>>>> about this -- spending literally ONE
>>>>>>>>>>>> more minute occupying one single inch
>>>>>>>>>>>> of brain space with it.
>>>>>>>>>>>> There is NO relationship with any movie
>>>>>>>>>>>> star -- ANY one -- that requires our
>>>>>>>>>>>> willingness to prostrate ourselves this
>>>>>>>>>>>> way in the face of childish,
>>>>>>>>>>>> irresponsible, willful and un-partnerly
>>>>>>>>>>>> behavior. You don't want David Fincher
>>>>>>>>>>>> on the movie. It's your right. Stop
>>>>>>>>>>>> allowing yourself to be made to feel like
>>>>>>>>>>>> a criminal for it.
>>>>>>>>>>>> That's the finish of this chapter for me.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm done.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Also on Tuesday, a tech website for
>>>>>>>>>>>> self-identifying "alpha geeks," Arc
>>>>>>>>>>>> Technica, published what it claimed to
>>>>>>>>>>>> be emails from Sorkin regarding
>>>>>>>>>>>> casting. Bale dropped out of the running
>>>>>>>>>>>> for the Jobs role on the heels of
>>>>>>>>>>>> Fincher's own departure. Danny Boyle
>>>>>>>>>>>> stepped in and Sorkin started lobbying
>>>>>>>>>>>> for actor Tom Cruise:
>>>>>>>>>>>> "I've gotten Scott and Danny to the
>>>>>>>>>>>> point where they're now a little
>>>>>>>>>>>> interested in Tom Cruise. Though both
>>>>>>>>>>>> remain concerned about his age (me
>>>>>>>>>>>> less so) everyone agrees that he's an
>>>>>>>>>>>> actor who can really handle language
>>>>>>>>>>>> (Lions for Lambs, Magnolia, A Few Good
>>>>>>>>>>>> Men) and a movie star who feels
>>>>>>>>>>>> comfortable owning the stage. He's in
>>>>>>>>>>>> London filming right now and Scott
>>>>>>>>>>>> wants to get him a script to read and a
>>>>>>>>>>>> meeting with Danny before Danny
>>>>>>>>>>>> comes here to LA next week. I've been
>>>>>>>>>>>> warned that he likes to bring in Chris
>>>>>>>>>>>> McQuarrie to re-write but [Creative
>>>>>>>>>>>> Artists Agency (CAA) agent] Maha Dakhil
>>>>>>>>>>>> (who wants him in the movie) has
>>>>>>>>>>>> assured me that won't happen."
>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/9/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Little did we know that Ayiri Emami is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> also a fan of the much loved Tayo but
>>>>>>>>>>>>> since he (Tayo) did led the Warri
>>>>>>>>>>>>> billionaire to give Tayo Folarin
>>>>>>>>>>>>> $350,000 which is $50,000 more than
>>>>>>>>>>>>> what the winner of Big Brother Africa
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hotshot won and that totals to about
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 63 million naira.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tayo whose girlfriend gave birth to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> their child, Oluwatoye, on two months
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ago while he was in the BBA hotsot
>>>>>>>>>>>>> house, where biggy gave him a box of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cigars and cognac to celebrate with
>>>>>>>>>>>>> housemates.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> His baby, Oluwatoye and his great
>>>>>>>>>>>>> display on the show has earned him
>>>>>>>>>>>>> $350,000 a source close to Ayiri
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Emami disclosed this to OkGist.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Congrats to Tayo Faniran!
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/8/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Seven decades after being sent to Nazi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> concentration camps, survivors of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Holocaust will have the chance to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> retribution -- from the government of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> France.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> France signed an agreement Monday with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> US authorities to pay $60 million to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Holocaust survivors transported to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> concentration camps, said Arnaud Guillois,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a spokesman for the French Embassy in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Washington.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Patrizianna Sparacino-Thiellay, France's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ambassador at large for human rights in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> charge of Holocaust issues, said Monday
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the agreement "is a further contribution to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> recognizing France's commitment to facing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> up to its historic responsibilities.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "The reparation programs set up
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> immediately after the war, and those
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> introduced in the past fifteen years, are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the tangible symbol of the official
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> acknowledgment in 1995 of France's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'imprescriptible debt' towards the victims
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the Holocaust," Sparacino-Thiellay said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A joint statement from France's Foreign
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Affairs Ministry and the US State
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Department noted that the accord shows
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the close relationship between the two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> countries.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "In this year marked by the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> commemoration of the 70th anniversary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the Allied landings in Normandy and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Provence, this agreement further
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> strengthens the historic friendship and ties
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> between our two countries," the statement
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> US officials created the fund and will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> administer it. But Americans aren't the only
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ones eligible for compensation; victims
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> living in nations that haven't signed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Holocaust compensation agreements also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can benefit, according to the embassy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> spokesman.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A few thousand people may be eligible for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some of the fund, according to Guillois.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This fund had been years in the making,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and had come under intense pressure
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> inside the United States, including efforts
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> by American lawmakers to bar the SNCF,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the French national railway, from bidding in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> US markets until the issue is resolved.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One piece of proposed legislation, the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Holocaust Rail Justice Act, stated that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more than 75,000 Jews and thousands of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> others were moved from France to Nazi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> concentration camps on SNCF trains.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Those transported included US citizens
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and their relatives, as well as American
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> military pilots shot down during the war.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> An official at France's national railway
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> declined to comment on the agreement
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when reached by CNN. Yet Guillois explained
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that the SNCF was not considered liable
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the deportation of Jews in France,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because it was commissioned by France's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vichy government -- which was formed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after the armistice and collaborated with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Nazis -- to do so.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This isn't the first time that France, which
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was invaded by Nazi Germany in 1940
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> before reaching an armistice agreement
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with Adolf Hitler's government later that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> year, has borne some responsibility for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Holocaust.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As Guillois noted, this latest agreement is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one of several mechanisms by the French
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> government to compensate Holocaust
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> victims since 1946, the year after World
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> War II ended.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Nazis systematically killed more than
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 6 million Jews during the Holocaust, along
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with millions of other people who were
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> religious and ethnic minorities, political
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dissidents, homosexuals or disabled, in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> death camps situated primarily in Germany
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and Eastern Europe.
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/8/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Prince William and Kate started their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> whirlwind tour of New York City on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Monday, attracting crowds of well-wishers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and heavy security.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arrived Sunday for a three-day trip, their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> first to the Big Apple, which could include
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mingling with the American version of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> royals.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excited royal watchers gathered outside
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their hotel hours before their arrival,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> braving the nighttime winter chill. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Empire State Building also got in on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> action, changing its world-famous lights to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> red, white and blue -- the colors of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Union Jack flag.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reporting from New York, CNN's royal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> correspondent Max Foster said the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> couple's visit was causing commotion in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the city.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Screams greeted the Duchess of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cambridge when she arrived at a children's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> craft group in Harlem, greeted by the first
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lady of New York City, Chirlane McCray,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> amid tight security.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "They were very excited even to see the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> motorcade, and there is a real buzz
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> around the city today," Foster said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "I think that association with Diana (Prince
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> William's late mother), who used to come
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to New York a lot -- the biggest star in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the world -- and Kate seems to be the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> closest replacement they have to Diana in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this day and age."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Cambridges' flurry of activities
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> includes a conservation reception with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, and Prince
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> William split for a while Monday for a trip
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to Washington, where he met with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> William's visit underscored "the special
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relationship" between the United States and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the United Kingdom, the White House said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> After meeting with Obama, Prince William
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> spoke at a session of the World Bank
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about the need for an international effort
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to stop illegal wildlife trading.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Cooperation is our greatest weapon
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> against the poachers and traffickers who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rely on evading individual national
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> initiatives," he said. "Our collective goal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> must be to reduce the wildlife trade by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> making it harder: denying traffickers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> access to transportation, putting up
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> barriers to their illegal activities and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> holding people accountable for their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> actions."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> William will later return to New York City,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> where the couple will attend an NBA game
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> between the Brooklyn Nets and the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cleveland Cavaliers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> During the evening game, the couple will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get a chance to watch an American
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> basketball royal in action, LeBron James,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> who is also called King James.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At the game in Brooklyn, the couple are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> likely to rub shoulders with Beyonce --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Queen Bey to her fans -- and her husband,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jay-Z. The celebrity couple used to be part
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> owners of the Brooklyn basketball team.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The couple's plans Tuesday include a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> moment of reflection at the 9/11
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> memorial and a glittering charity dinner
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for their alma mater, St. Andrews
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> University, at the Metropolitan Museum of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Modern Art.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kate, who is pregnant with the couple's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> second child, has battled acute morning
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sickness in recent months, and has had to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cancel some events.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Their chubby-cheeked toddler, Prince
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> George, did not accompany them on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trip.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It has been a roller coastal these 65
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> days and finally it has come to an end
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this final day December 7th and the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> winner finally chose, Idris. we did make
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> our predictions known earlier and we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> had indeed predicted that the lad, as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> against our very own, Tayo, would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> take home the prize and so he did.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here is how the night panned out up
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> until this very glorious moment.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Butterphly and Ma'm Bea, first to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be evicted
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The final show was definitely not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lacking in the pomp, glitz and glamour
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Big Brother show has come to be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> known for. The show kicked off with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> interesting performances from music
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> artists including "Eja Nla" D'banj who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> had the audience asking for more of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his performance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IK then went straight to the eviction of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as the representative of the auditing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> firm brought the envelope containing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the names of the six housemates that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would first be evicted. IK asked all the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hotshots to stand just as he called the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> names of Butterfly and Ma'm Bea to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> leave the house as they were the first
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to be evicted.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JJ and Sipe are next evictees
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A musical performance by Nzonzi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> helped to douse the highly tensed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> atmosphere. After the musical
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> interlude, IK welcomed Butterphly and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ma'm Bea to the stage and asked them
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how they feel. Butterphly said she felt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like crying for leaving at this stage
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> while Ma'm Bea said she learnt a lot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the last week. Butterphly said the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> house brought out the real her even
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as it took her long to adjust. Ma'm Bea
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> said she had a caring heart which she
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> picked up from her mother. IK
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> presented a medallion as gift from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Biggie to the duo, saying it will help
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> serve as a reminder they made it to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the finals.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IK moved on next to the housemates
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the next set of evictions. He
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> announced the names of JJ and Sipe as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the next evictees from the Big Brother
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> house.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Moment The Winner Was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Picked-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The final moment was upon us. Tayo
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and Idris were brought through via a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> limosine and went on stage with IK,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> waiting to hear which one of them
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would be crowned this season's winner,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Africa's Big Brother Hotshot. They
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> made a great entrance to the live
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stage. Idris was speechless, Tayo
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> watched his final video of his 63 days
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in the house as he shuffled around
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nervously.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Idris clearly enjoyed his video and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> watched himself intently. IK talked to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tayo and he said that things changed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for him in the house. They discussed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their fight but it was water under the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bridge. He talked about having fun in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the house in the last week, IK asked
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tayo if the pressure got to him, Tayo
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> said that he chilled for the past week
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as he felt he had done everything he
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> had done already. Tayo then mentioned
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that if he won, he would give a "grand
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> prize" to the woman who "walked into
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his house". Idris said that he will "give
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the money back to Africa".
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IK stood on stage with the final
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> envelope that revealed the winner. "The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> winner of Big Brother Hotshots is…" IK
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> left them hanging, the drone kept
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> droning on, IK extended their agony,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and then said. "That person is Idris."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Idris is the winner! Africa has chosen
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as Idris charmed not only the women
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the house, he charmed the entire
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> continent of Africa. The Tanzanian is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now USD300,000 richer. Tayo played
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an amazing game but Idris is the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ultimate winner and there is much
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> celebration.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Congratulations to Idris, the ultimate
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Big Brother Hotshot.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How Africa Voted
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to the final votes of this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> season, the housemate with the most
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> number of country votes is Idrs.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Idris received five country votes and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> these were from Kenya, Namibia,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The runner-up, Tayo received two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> country votes and these were from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nigeria and Mozambique. The rest of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the finalists received country votes as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> follows:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Macky2 got two country votes from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Zambia and Rest of Africa, Nhlanhla
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> also got two country votes from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> South Africa and Botswana, JJ got one
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> country vote from Zimbabwe, Sipe also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> got one country vote from Malawi and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Butterphly received 0 country votes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For the housemates who received the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> same number of country votes, the tie
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> breaker rule came into effect for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> those housemates.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to the Big Brother Africa
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rules: If the Popularity vote does not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yield clear evictees and there is a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> deadlock between two or more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> housemates, the percentage vote from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> each of the 15 regions is added
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> together and divided by 14 in order to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> generate an across the board
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> percentage, which is then used to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ascertain who stays and who goes.
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The PlayStation gaming console wrapped
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> up its second decade on Wednesday, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sony celebrated by looking to the past.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Japanese tech giant announced that a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> limited edition 20th Anniversary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PlayStation 4 will be released soon. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> console will be gray, like the first
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PlayStation released December 3, 1994 in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Japan. It will include other imagery like the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> iconic four-color PlayStation logo that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> harks back to the system's history.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "The mid-'90s were an exciting time for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> game developers, driven by the explosion
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of powerful but affordable 3-D graphics
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rendering hardware and the birth of many
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> young and adventurous development
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> studios," Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Computer Entertainment Worldwide
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Studios, wrote in the post on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PlayStation blog. "The original PlayStation
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was meant to embody that sense of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> adventure and discovery, that sense that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything was possible."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The PlayStation sold a then unheard-of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 100,000 units in its first weekend and hit 1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> million units in six months, according to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sony.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Only 12,300 units of the 20th Anniversary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PS4 will be released, according to a video
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on the blog post. Pre-orders will begin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Saturday, and details about how to vie for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one of the handful of slots will come
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> during a keynote presentation from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PlayStation Experience, a fan and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> developer expo being held in Las Vegas.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The keynote will be Saturday at 1 pm ET.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To celebrate the 20th anniversary, we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> assembled a gallery of images of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PlayStation, and the people who love it,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from the past two decades.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bond is back and we're pleased to have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all of the details of the new movie.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Director Sam Mendes revealed the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> name and cast of the new movie,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Spectre, during a live event held at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> London's Pinewood Studios.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The movie is set to be released on 6th
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> November 2015. Avid fans will know
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Spectre stands for: Special Executive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Revenge and Extortion,
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/7/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gangnam Style hit music video by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> South Korean singer, PSY, has exceeded
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YouTube's view limit, prompting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YouTube to upgrade its counter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The video which was released in 2012,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was announced to be its most watched
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ever and has been viewed more than
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2,147,483,647 times. YouTube has now
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> changed the maximum view limit to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, or more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> than nine quintillion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On December 1, YouTube posted a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> statement saying: "We never thought a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> video would be watched in numbers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> greater than a 32-bit integer… but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that was before we met Psy."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Meanwhile, how do you say
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 9,223,372,036,854,775,808? That's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> over a quadrillion, over a trillion, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> over a billion.
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/4/14, Joseph Ogunlowo <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kim K has been named the "Most Searched
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Person of 2014″, beating last year's winner,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beyonce. 2014 was definitely the year of the 34
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> year old reality star with buzz-worthy events like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> her wedding to Kanye, her Vogue cover and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> most recently her 'break the internet' naked pics
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for Paper magazine.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beyonce comes second, while Miley Cyrus and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Katy Perry come 3rd and 4th respectively. See
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the top ten most searched personalities of 2014
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after the cut...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. Kim Kardashian
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2. Beyonce Knowles
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3. Miley Cyrus
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4. Katy Perry
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5. Justin Bieber
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 6. Joan Rivers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7. Jennifer Lopez
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 8. Kendall Jenner
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 9. Kaley Cuoco
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 10. Robin Williams
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/3/14, Joseph Ogunlowo <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At the Pioneers Festival in Vienna, a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Slovakian startup called AeroMobil unveiled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the thing that we have all been dreaming
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about since we saw that first episode of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jetsons while still wearing diapers: The first
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> flying car. It's here. It's real. And it's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> spectacular.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to Venturebeat, the company
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> took the wraps off AeroMobil 3.0, the latest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> iteration of its flying car that has been in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> development for almost 25 years.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "We believe personal transportation is about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to change forever," said AeroMobil chief
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> executive Juraj Vaculik at a press
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> conference. "We think it's time to make
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> transportation more emotional and more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> personal."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The car was designed by Stefan Klein,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> founder and head of the Department of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Transport Design at the Academy of Fine
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Arts in Slovakia. Klein had been tinkering
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with the concept as far back as 1989.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Image
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The car needs very little runway to take off,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and it can be refueled at any standard gas
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> station when the wings are retracted.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AeroMobil believes it will be attractive for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> countries that don't have billions of dollars
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to spend building a modern transportation
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> infrastructure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The body is built from advanced composite
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> materials that keep it lightweight but also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> durable. Under the hood, it has autopilot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and an advanced parachute deployment
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> system. The cockpit can carry two people,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and in the air the flying car can reach top
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> speeds of 200 km/h. It has a 27-foot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wingspan and is 19.7 feet long.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No word on the price tag.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/3/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to reports Angelina Jolie's black
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SUV car slipped on a wet road, slid into the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> curb with extreme force, popping two tires,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> almost causing the driver to lose control of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the vehicle.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The actress was heading home in a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> chauffeured black SUV from Writers' Guild
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Theater, when the car hit the curb.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to an eyewitness (who spoke ti
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> X17 Online): "The car slammed into the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> curb at a significant speed. Angelina must
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have wondered if they hit another car. It
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was pretty bad -- the tire exploded and it's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> amazing nothing worse happened to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> car. I wouldn't be surprised if she has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> whiplash."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Angelina reportedly stayed in the car after
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the incident and was later picked up, not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> by Brad pitt, but by another driver from the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> same car service.
>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/07/2014 01:50:00 am
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/07/2014 03:24:00 am
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/07/2014 06:03:00 am
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/07/2014 01:52:00 pm
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/08/2014 01:35:00 pm
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
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>>>>>>>>>>>> on
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>>>>>>>>>>> on
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