Historic Apple 1 computer soldat auction
A fully operational Apple 1
computer has been sold at auction
for $365,000 (£230,000).
It is the only machine known to have been
personally sold by Apple co-founder Steve
Jobs, from a garage in California in 1976.
Fewer than 50 Apple 1 computers are now
believed to be in existence.
Yet despite its rarity, the machine was
sold at way below auction house Christie's
estimate of $400,000-$600,000.
In October, the Henry Ford organization
paid $905,000 for one of the computers.
The original Apple Computer - now
referred to as the Apple 1 - was hand-
made by Steve Wozniak, an engineer who
co-founded Apple, with Jobs, in the 1970s.
When new, the machines sold for $666.66.
To finance the building of the machines,
Jobs sold his VW van, while Wozniak sold a
calculator for $500.
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
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> when paying homage to the legends of the
> squared circle, but it isn't mandatory. A
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> 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
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>
> 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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>>>>>>>> Barrel.
>>>>>>>> About 250 bottles on a wall.
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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
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/03/2014 10:47:00 am
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> 12/12/2014 02:11:00 am
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computer has been sold at auction
for $365,000 (£230,000).
It is the only machine known to have been
personally sold by Apple co-founder Steve
Jobs, from a garage in California in 1976.
Fewer than 50 Apple 1 computers are now
believed to be in existence.
Yet despite its rarity, the machine was
sold at way below auction house Christie's
estimate of $400,000-$600,000.
In October, the Henry Ford organization
paid $905,000 for one of the computers.
The original Apple Computer - now
referred to as the Apple 1 - was hand-
made by Steve Wozniak, an engineer who
co-founded Apple, with Jobs, in the 1970s.
When new, the machines sold for $666.66.
To finance the building of the machines,
Jobs sold his VW van, while Wozniak sold a
calculator for $500.
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.
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> 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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>>>>>>>> Barrel.
>>>>>>>> About 250 bottles on a wall.
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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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