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If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more
justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power -
would be justified in silencing mankind.
John Stuart Mill

On 12/18/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
> Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been given
> a one-match ban by the Football Association as
> punishment for his Super Mario post on social
> media.
> The Italian, whose suspension rules him out of
> Sunday's home game against Arsenal, has also
> been fined £25,000 and must attend an education
> course.
> The 24-year-old was charged under FA rule E3(1) for
> a post which appeared to contain anti-Semitic and
> racist references.
> Balotelli had accepted the charge but wrote to the
> FA in mitigation.
> After learning of his punishment, he wrote on his
> official Facebook page that the FA's decision
> "made clear" that his post had been "wrong".
> Balotelli forwarded on a
> picture produced by
> someone else
> He added: "I am sorry that my team-mates and
> supporters of Liverpool FC have to be penalised for
> something I did and now come to regret. It is my
> intention to comply with the decision of the FA and
> make sure it never happens again."
> A Liverpool spokesman said: "The club
> acknowledges the decision reached by the FA
> independent panel and due consideration will be
> given to the written judgement once we receive it
> from the FA.
> "Any further action taken by ourselves in relation to
> this matter is between the club and player."
> Former Manchester City forward Balotelli reposted
> an image of computer game character Super Mario
> on Instagram which included the words "jumps like
> a black man and grabs coins like a Jew."
> He later tweeted to deny the post was offensive,
> before apologising.
> Balotelli returned to the Liverpool squad for
> Sunday's defeat by Manchester United at Old
> Trafford after six games out with a groin problem.
> But he was not involved in Wednesday's League
> Cup win at Bournemouth.
> He has scored two goals in his 15 appearances for
> the club since signing from AC Milan in the summer.
>
>
> On 12/18/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Potential 2016
>> Democratic presidential candidate Hillary
>> Clinton knows a political gift when she sees one.
>> She was quick to embrace the step this week
>> when President Barack Obama, a fellow
>> Democrat no longer having to face an
>> electorate, relaxed US policy toward Cuba.
>> While assailed by Republicans opposed to
>> restoring ties with the communist-led island,
>> the action has the power to solidify support for
>> Democrats among increasingly influential
>> Latino voters and appeal to voters in farm states
>> like Iowa eager to do business in Havana.
>> Obama's unilateral move has gently shaken up
>> the 2016 race to succeed him, exposing
>> divisions among Republicans and possibly
>> helping Democrats already buoyed by his
>> decision to liberalize immigration policy.
>> Potential contenders Jeb Bush and Marco
>> Rubio adhered to the traditional Republican
>> hard line on Cuba and sharply criticized
>> Obama. But Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who
>> has a libertarian streak, backed the new policy.
>> A likely White House candidate, Paul told a West
>> Virginia radio station that the 50-year-old
>> embargo with Cuba "just hasn't worked."
>> Clinton, Obama's former secretary of state, also
>> had asserted the previous policy was not
>> working. In her memoir, "Hard Choices," she
>> wrote that she urged Obama to shift. She
>> welcomed the change in a statement on
>> Wednesday.
>> Democrats argue that Clinton's embrace of
>> Obama on Cuba could help her with Latino
>> voters, especially younger ones in the key state
>> of Florida, who are less inclined than their
>> elders to be virulently opposed to the Cuban
>> government.
>> Of America's 1.5-million-strong Cuban-
>> American population, about 80 percent live in
>> Florida.
>> "I think it'll help her with the younger folks,"
>> Democratic strategist Bud Jackson said of
>> Clinton.
>> Latinos already like what they see in Clinton.
>> A Telemundo/NBC News/Wall Street Journal
>> poll found on Thursday that 61 percent of
>> Latinos see themselves supporting Clinton in
>> 2016, 11 points more than the general
>> population.
>> More Of A Plus
>> The Cuba shift could also prove popular among
>> those dependent on America's agricultural
>> businesses, major hotels and even sports fans
>> who enjoy watching the best Cuban players
>> make it to Major League Baseball.
>> "The political calculation has to be that this is
>> more of a plus for a candidate for president
>> than a minus," said David Yepsen, director of
>> the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at
>> Southern Illinois University.
>> A Reuters/Ipsos poll of more than 31,000 adults
>> between July and October showed Americans
>> largely open to forging diplomatic relations with
>> Cuba. About one-fifth opposed such a move,
>> while 43 percent backed it and around 37
>> percent were unsure.
>> But there are potential pitfalls for Clinton. She
>> will need to stake out some positions of her
>> own or risk criticism that she simply represents
>> the third term of a president who is saddled
>> with a 40 percent approval rating.
>> In their 2008 battle for the Democratic
>> presidential nomination that Obama won,
>> Clinton accused him of being "naive" for
>> offering to meet leaders of such renegade
>> nations as Cuba without conditions.
>> Since flirting with a presidential race, Clinton for
>> the most part has chosen not to separate
>> herself from Obama other than to question his
>> decision not to arm Syrian rebels, as her
>> memoir reveals.
>> Lanhee Chen, a Hoover Institution scholar who
>> advised Republican Mitt Romney's 2012
>> presidential bid, said if Clinton is "trying to draw
>> some distance from the president's foreign
>> policy in some ways, it was not useful to have
>> something where she's perfectly aligned with
>> him."
>> There are also risks for Jeb Bush, a former
>> Florida governor, and Rubio, a Florida senator.
>> In their criticisms of Obama's policy, the two
>> Republicans are aligning themselves with their
>> party's conservative base but their views could
>> appear outdated to moderate voters.
>> "I think it's kind of a blind cul-de-sac for people
>> like Rubio and Bush to get pushed into," said
>> Democratic strategist Bob Shrum, who was
>> Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's
>> campaign manager in 2004. "It reflects a Florida
>> that doesn't exist anymore."
>
>> On 12/18/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> President Vladimir Putin is set to hold his end-of-
>>> year news conference amid a growing economic
>>> crisis in Russia.
>>> The annual event, which lasted more than four
>>> hours last year, will be broadcast live on Russian
>>> television.
>>> It is expected to be dominated by debate over the
>>> rouble, with Russia's national currency struggling to
>>> cope with falling oil prices and sanctions.
>>> The Kremlin leader is also expected to take
>>> questions on Ukraine and on Russia's relations with
>>> the West.
>>> Sanctions
>>> The BBC's Steven Rosenberg in Moscow says
>>> Russians will be paying close attention to what their
>>> president has to say about the economy.
>>> Although the rouble strengthened on Thursday
>>> morning, it has taken a battering in recent days and
>>> Russia remains on the verge of recession, our
>>> correspondent adds.
>>> The currency hit an all-time low on Tuesday,
>>> prompting Russia's central bank to reassure banks
>>> and financial companies that it would provide
>>> additional capital if necessary.
>>> The rouble's collapse came after a drastic 6.5
>>> percentage point rise in Russian interest rates to
>>> 17%.
>>> Earlier this week, there were reports of Russians
>>> flocking to the shops to spend their cash before
>>> prices shoot back up. Many were said to be buying
>>> cars and home appliances.
>>> Russia has been hit by Western sanctions, put in
>>> place after President Putin annexed Crimea from
>>> Ukraine in March.
>>> US President Barack Obama is expected to sign
>>> legislation this week authorising new economic
>>> sanctions on Russia.
>>> Later on Thursday, European leaders are also
>>> expected to approve further sanctions against
>>> Russia, with a ban on investment in Crimea and oil
>>> and gas exploration in the Black Sea likely targets.
>
>
>>> On 12/17/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> A worldwide survey held by Durex, the condom
>>>> manufacturer on over 29,000 people from 36
>>>> nations revealed that the following people were
>>>> the most culpable to infidelity and adultery.
>>>> And in these rating, Nigerian women win the
>>>> race. For the first time in recent months have i
>>>> seen my beloved country win a gong yet a
>>>> negative one?
>>>> Top 10 Most unfaithful women in the world
>>>> [by country]
>>>> 1. Nigerian women:
>>>> 62% of Nigerian women are unfaithful. Recently
>>>> Major Chitsiko, a soldier, committed suicide
>>>> after his wife cheated on him. The couple was
>>>> estranged. Also in November 20011, Erelu Tola
>>>> Solomon, a social elite in Lagos and Abuja,
>>>> decided to ruin her 25 year marriage after
>>>> having sex with a Lagos businessman.
>>>> 2. Thai women:
>>>> 59% of women living in Thailand admitted to
>>>> cheating on their husbands. The rules seem
>>>> more relaxed in Thailand than they are in the
>>>> West. Many husbands even allow their wives to
>>>> commit adultery.
>>>> 3. British women:
>>>> A UNLV article on infidelity and extramarital
>>>> affairs noted that Britain have cases at a rate of
>>>> 42%, The country experiences a high rate of
>>>> women cheating.
>>>> 4. Malaysian women:
>>>> 33% of Malaysians are known to cheat. 39% of
>>>> the Malaysian women, in particular, are known
>>>> to betray their marriage vows. It was also
>>>> revealed that Malaysian men have on average 3
>>>> sex partners.
>>>> 5. Russian women:
>>>> 33% of Russian women are known to be
>>>> cheaters. Interestingly enough, the adulterer is
>>>> not the one to blame in Russia. The finger
>>>> points towards the person who kindles the
>>>> affair. The fingers also point to women and that
>>>> has been a century old tradition for 100s of
>>>> years.
>>>> 6. Singaporean women:
>>>> Durex also established that 19% of women in
>>>> Singapore are known to be unfaithful.
>>>> Singapore men are known to have up to 16 sex
>>>> partners, which explains why the country has
>>>> 19% unfaithful women.
>>>> 7. French women:
>>>> Women in France are 16.3% likely to commit
>>>> adultery. Men are 22% likely. A Huffington Post
>>>> article believes that France makes adultery
>>>> mandatory – 93% of the population is
>>>> committing it.
>>>> 8. American women:
>>>> 14% of married women in Italy admitted to
>>>> having an affair once during their married life.
>>>> 54% of the married men did not know about
>>>> their spouses extramarital activities. This comes
>>>> in a society where 50% believe that adultery is
>>>> morally wrong. Interestingly enough 61% of
>>>> Americans believe that adultery should not be a
>>>> crime.
>>>> 9. Italian women:
>>>> The judicial system in Italy has decriminalized
>>>> adultery for married women. Women now can
>>>> lie about having an affair to protect their honor.
>>>> 10. Indian women:
>>>> Indian Women are also known to be
>>>> adulterous. Adultery is considered as a crime
>>>> and is placed under Chapter XX, which deals
>>>> with offenses relating to the sacrament of
>>>> marriage. As per the Indian jurisdiction, the law
>>>> related to adultery is mentioned under Section
>>>> 497 of the Indian penal code. Section 498 of the
>>>> Indian penal code also states the law related to
>>>> adultery.
>>>> All in all, 50-65% of husbands and 40-55% of
>>>> wives have an affair before they are 40
>
>>>> On 12/17/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Many of us spend Christmas far from friends
>>>>> and family, but Richard Hollingham spares a
>>>>> thought for those farthest flung of all – our
>>>>> spacecraft exploring the Solar System and
>>>>> beyond.
>>>>> In July 1965, Mariner 4 became the first space
>>>>> probe to send back pictures of another world
>>>>> from space. Fifty years on, not only do several
>>>>> spacecraft orbit the same red planet, but there are
>>>>> also two active rovers on the Martian surface and
>>>>> new missions being prepared for launch.
>>>>> There are also spacecraft in orbit around Mercury,
>>>>> Venus and Saturn, a lander on a comet, another
>>>>> on a distant moon, and that's on top of the many
>>>>> space telescopes probing the depths of the
>>>>> cosmos.
>>>>> As the festive season approaches and we think of
>>>>> far-flung friends, it's worth spending a thought on
>>>>> those farthest flung of all – all in the name of
>>>>> science and our understanding of the Universe.
>>>>> Here then, for a truly spacey festive season, are
>>>>> our 12 missions of Christmas in order of
>>>>> increasing time spent away from our planet (note
>>>>> all distances are approximate averages):
>>>>> #12: Hayabusa 2
>>>>> Distance from home: Recently left Earth orbit
>>>>> Time away: Three weeks
>>>>> When it comes to asteroid expertise, then the
>>>>> Japanese space agency leads the way. In 2010, its
>>>>> first Hayabusa mission brought back to Earth a
>>>>> sample of asteroid Itokawa.
>>>>> The latest mission, Hayabusa 2, launched on 3
>>>>> December 2014. It involves rendezvousing with
>>>>> another asteroid, landing a probe and sending out
>>>>> a mini-rover to explore. However, unlike all the
>>>>> other missions in our list, this spacecraft (or at
>>>>> least part of it) is designed to return to Earth.
>>>>> #11: Gaia
>>>>> Distance from home: 1.5 million kilometres
>>>>> (932,000 miles)
>>>>> Time away: One year
>>>>> For a perfect view of the cosmos, you need to
>>>>> head for a Lagrange point – regions of space
>>>>> where the movement and gravitational forces of
>>>>> the spacecraft, Sun and planet effectively cancel
>>>>> each other out. At one of these points – known as
>>>>> L2 – sits Gaia, an ambitious European Space
>>>>> Agency (ESA) mission designed to produce a 3D
>>>>> map of the entire Milky Way.
>>>>> The largest camera ever flown in space, Gaia, Gaia
>>>>> is charting the position, movement and changes in
>>>>> brightness of every star in the galaxy, and is also
>>>>> expected to discover new planets, asteroids and
>>>>> supernovae.
>>>>> #10: Maven
>>>>> Distance from home: 225 million kilometres (139
>>>>> million miles)
>>>>> Time away: 13 months
>>>>> Although every mission to the second-most-
>>>>> studied planet in the Solar System (after our own)
>>>>> deserves a mention, Nasa's Maven (Mars
>>>>> Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is first to tackle
>>>>> the fundamental question: what happened to
>>>>> Mars' atmosphere?
>>>>> There is increasing evidence that millions of years
>>>>> ago Mars was a warmer, wetter world, shrouded
>>>>> in a thick atmosphere. With water flowing across
>>>>> the surface, it had all the right conditions for life.
>>>>> Maven is measuring what is left of the Martian
>>>>> atmosphere to help scientists piece together what
>>>>> went wrong. (You can read more about my
>>>>> thoughts on Maven here.)
>>>>> #9: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
>>>>> Distance from home: 384,400 kilometres (238,606
>>>>> miles)
>>>>> Time away: Five years, six months
>>>>> You would be forgiven for thinking that Nasa lost
>>>>> interest in the Moon after Apollo 17 commander,
>>>>> Gene Cernan, left his final step in December 1972,
>>>>> but in reality it has never gone out of fashion. In
>>>>> fact the latest flurry of missions is attempting to
>>>>> tackle many of the questions the Apollo
>>>>> programme left unanswered.
>>>>> In orbit around the Moon since 2009, LRO has
>>>>> been mapping the lunar surface in unprecedented
>>>>> detail. Nasa recently suggested that steep-walled
>>>>> pits, spotted by the orbiter, could be used as
>>>>> shelters by future astronauts.
>>>>> #8: New Horizons
>>>>> Distance from home: 4.7 billion kilometres (2.9
>>>>> billion miles)
>>>>> Time away: Nine years
>>>>> Launched in January 2006, Nasa's New Horizons
>>>>> probe has just woken up from its latest
>>>>> hibernation to start exploring Pluto. This distant
>>>>> lump of rock may no longer be classed as a proper
>>>>> planet ( although that remains controversial) but
>>>>> it still holds an allure for scientists.
>>>>> Pluto is at the edge of the Kuiper Belt (depending
>>>>> on how you define the boundary), an area riddled
>>>>> with small worlds, debris and moons. Fitted with
>>>>> multiple cameras and sensors, New Horizons will
>>>>> make its closest approach to Pluto on 14 July 2015
>>>>> to carry out the first detailed investigation of this
>>>>> intriguing region.
>>>>> #7: Venus Express
>>>>> Distance from home: 41.9 million kilometres (26
>>>>> million miles)
>>>>> Time away: Nine years
>>>>> All missions come to an end eventually, but
>>>>> despite the best efforts of controllers, Venus
>>>>> Express will not give up without a fight. In orbit
>>>>> around Venus since 2006, the ESA mission has
>>>>> been studying the planet's dense and turbulent
>>>>> atmosphere and catching occasional glimpses of
>>>>> the fiery surface below.
>>>>> The mission was scheduled to end last year, with a
>>>>> low-altitude plunge deep into the atmosphere, but
>>>>> the spacecraft emerged intact. With fuel for
>>>>> manoeuvring still remaining, mission controllers
>>>>> have since been trying to keep the spacecraft
>>>>> going as long as they can. The sad Christmas news
>>>>> is that Venus Express appears to have gone into
>>>>> 'survival' mode suggesting its final demise is
>>>>> imminent.
>>>>> #6: Messenger
>>>>> Distance from home: 77 million kilometres (48
>>>>> million miles)
>>>>> Time away: 10 years, four months
>>>>> If surviving Venus is tough then visiting the closest
>>>>> planet to the Sun is potentially even harder. Nasa's
>>>>> Messenger mission has been in orbit around
>>>>> Mercury since March 2011, studying the planet and
>>>>> taking pictures of the surface. The spacecraft is
>>>>> fitted with a ceramic sunshield to protect it from
>>>>> the 450C heat of the Sun, maintaining the
>>>>> instruments at room temperature.
>>>>> Remarkably, despite the extreme temperatures,
>>>>> Messenger has confirmed that there are
>>>>> substantial deposits of ice on the surface.
>>>>> Scientists are trying to understand the age of this
>>>>> ice – which might give an insight into when water
>>>>> arrived on Earth.
>>>>> #5: Rosetta
>>>>> Distance from home: 510 million kilometres (317
>>>>> million miles)
>>>>> Time away: 10 years, nine months
>>>>> The space (and physics) highlight of the last 12
>>>>> months is undoubtedly Philae's landing on comet
>>>>> 67P. Despite losing power and signing off with a
>>>>> final tweet of " I'll tell you more about my new
>>>>> home, comet #67P soon… zzzzz", there is every
>>>>> chance the probe will wake from its slumber as
>>>>> 67P gets closer to the Sun.
>>>>> In the meantime, the mission has already turned
>>>>> accepted wisdom on its head – suggesting that
>>>>> Earth's water did not come from comets. It is also
>>>>> important to remember that the Rosetta
>>>>> mothership remains in orbit around 67P, so there
>>>>> is plenty more science to come.
>>>>> #4: Opportunity rover
>>>>> Distance from home: 225 million kilometres (139
>>>>> million miles)
>>>>> Time away: 11 years, five months
>>>>> The Curiosity rover's tweets have captured the
>>>>> world's imagination (particularly the first one…look
>>>>> it up) and there have probably been more column
>>>>> inches devoted to it (certainly by this
>>>>> correspondent) than all the above combined. So it
>>>>> is easy to forget that another rover has also been
>>>>> trundling around on Mars for longer.
>>>>> Since landing on the Red Planet in 2004,
>>>>> Opportunity has covered more than 40
>>>>> kilometres to earn it the off-world driving record.
>>>>> Considering it was only supposed to last a year,
>>>>> this is a remarkable feat of endurance. Sadly, its
>>>>> twin rover Spirit went silent in March 2010 but
>>>>> Opportunity's endurance bodes well for Curiosity.
>>>>> #3: Cassini Huygens
>>>>> Distance from home: 1.2 billion kilometres (746
>>>>> million miles)
>>>>> Time away: 17 years
>>>>> There is some corner of a distant moon. That is
>>>>> forever England. A British-built instrument on the
>>>>> Huygens lander to be exact.
>>>>> In January 2005 this tiny European space probe
>>>>> parachuted down to the surface of Saturn's moon
>>>>> Titan. The images it sent back, before its batteries
>>>>> ran out, revealed a desolate hydrocarbon
>>>>> landscape under a smoggy petrochemical sky.
>>>>> Although the Huygens probe has long since died,
>>>>> its US-built mothership – Cassini – continues to
>>>>> investigate the wonders of the Saturn system.
>>>>> #2: Soho
>>>>> Distance from home: 1.5 million kilometres
>>>>> (932,000 miles)
>>>>> Time away: 19 years
>>>>> What could be more seasonal than a mission
>>>>> following our nearest star? Soho (Solar and
>>>>> Heliospheric Observatory) is one of the longest-
>>>>> serving solar observers and has been studying the
>>>>> Sun since 1995.
>>>>> As well as helping scientists understand the long-
>>>>> term processes taking place in this giant nuclear
>>>>> furnace, data from the satellite is also used on a
>>>>> daily basis to help predict space weather. This is
>>>>> the term used to describe all the material –
>>>>> particles, flares and eruptions – spewed out from
>>>>> the Sun that could have an effect on the Earth,
>>>>> causing damage to satellites or even knocking out
>>>>> power grids.
>>>>> #1: Voyager 1
>>>>> Distance from home: 19.5 billion kilometres and
>>>>> counting (12 billion miles)
>>>>> Time away: 37 years
>>>>> With a gold disk engraved with messages and
>>>>> sounds from Earth bolted to the side, Voyager 1
>>>>> represents the loneliest outpost of human
>>>>> civilisation.
>>>>> Voyager 1 and its sister spacecraft Voyager 2 were
>>>>> launched in 1977. Powered by nuclear batteries
>>>>> and with computers holding only 68KB of
>>>>> memory, they have both lasted much longer than
>>>>> expected. Since it left the Solar System, Nasa has
>>>>> rebranded Voyager 1 as the Interstellar Mission.
>>>>> If nothing else, this Christmas list serves to remind
>>>>> us just how far space exploration has come in the
>>>>> past 50 years. Thanks to the endeavour and
>>>>> ingenuity of thousands of scientists and engineers,
>>>>> we can doubtless look forward to many happy
>>>>> new years in space to come.
>>>>> Oh, and if you want to wish Voyager a Merry
>>>>> Christmas, set your alarm clock for 6am on
>>>>> Christmas Eve; radio signals take 18 hours to reach
>>>>> the lonely traveller from Earth.
>>>>> Just how big IS space? Discover the secrets of our
>>>>> Solar System
>
>>>>> On 12/17/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> The New York premiere of The Interview, a
>>>>>> comedy about the assassination of North Korea's
>>>>>> president, has been cancelled amid threats from
>>>>>> hackers.
>>>>>> A spokesman for the cinema chain due to host the
>>>>>> screening said it had been shelved.
>>>>>> Hackers targeting Sony Pictures had threatened to
>>>>>> attack US cinemas showing the studio's film.
>>>>>> They belong to the same group which has released
>>>>>> emails and data stolen from Sony.
>>>>>> Calling themselves Guardians of Peace, the hackers
>>>>>> mentioned the 9/11 attacks in a recent warning,
>>>>>> claiming "the world will be full of fear".
>>>>>> "Remember the 11th of September 2001. We
>>>>>> recommend you to keep yourself distant from the
>>>>>> places at that time," the hacker group wrote in a
>>>>>> message on Tuesday.
>>>>>> The Interview stars James Franco (left) and Seth
>>>>>> Rogen
>>>>>> "If your house is nearby, you'd better leave," they
>>>>>> add. "Whatever comes in the coming days is called
>>>>>> by the greed of Sony Pictures Entertainment."
>>>>>> The Department of Homeland Security said there
>>>>>> was "no credible intelligence to indicate an active
>>>>>> plot" against cinemas, but noted it was still
>>>>>> analysing messages from the group.
>>>>>> A spokesman for Landmark, the cinema chain due
>>>>>> to host the New York premiere, confirmed the
>>>>>> showing had been cancelled but gave no reason,
>>>>>> Reuters news agency reported.
>>>>>> Executives from Sony had previously said they
>>>>>> would not object if cinemas chose not to show The
>>>>>> Interview.
>>>>>> Carmike Cinemas, which operates 278 venues
>>>>>> across the country, has cancelled planned
>>>>>> screenings, according to several news outlets.
>>>>>> Others have backed the movie. "If they play it, we'll
>>>>>> show it," said Tom Stephenson, CEO of Look
>>>>>> Cinemas.
>>>>>> "Sony has a right to make the movie, we have a right
>>>>>> to play it and censorship in general is a bad thing."
>>>>>> The film's stars, James Franco and Seth Rogen, have
>>>>>> also pulled out of several media appearances
>>>>>> including appearances on the chat shows Late Night
>>>>>> with Seth Meyers and The Tonight Show Starring
>>>>>> Jimmy Fallon.
>>>>>> Embarrassing emails
>>>>>> Guardians of Peace have also released a new trove
>>>>>> of Sony company data, calling it a "Christmas gift".
>>>>>> A cache of company emails, social security numbers
>>>>>> and salary details had already been released.
>>>>>> On Tuesday, two former Sony Pictures employees
>>>>>> sued the California company for not providing
>>>>>> adequate security to prevent the computer breach.
>>>>>> The studio earlier attempted to limit the damage by
>>>>>> contacting some US news outlets to block the
>>>>>> publication of the emails.
>>>>>> Some of the emails released have contained
>>>>>> embarrassing exchanges about some of
>>>>>> Hollywood's biggest stars, among them Angelina
>>>>>> Jolie and Leonardo DiCaprio.
>>>>>> Variety, the New York Times and the Hollywood
>>>>>> Reporter were informed the studio "does not
>>>>>> consent to your possession... dissemination,
>>>>>> publication... or making any use of the stolen
>>>>>> information".
>>>>>> North Korea has denied involvement in the attack,
>>>>>> but has described it as a "righteous deed" that may
>>>>>> have been carried out by its "supporters and
>>>>>> sympathisers".
>>>>>> According to Variety's Andrew Wallenstein, however,
>>>>>> publishing the stolen data is " problematic but
>>>>>> necessary" because it "is in the public domain" and
>>>>>> "unavoidable".
>
>
>>>>>> On 12/17/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Nigeria has been forced to revise its budget
>>>>>>> following the dramatic fall in the price of oil.
>>>>>>> Its finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says its
>>>>>>> economy will now grow at 5.5% this year, rather
>>>>>>> than 6.4%.
>>>>>>> The new budget is based on an oil price of $65 a
>>>>>>> barrel, rather than the previous assumption of
>>>>>>> $77.40, although the revised figure is still higher
>>>>>>> than the recent level of about $60.
>>>>>>> Nigeria's government receives more than 75% of its
>>>>>>> revenues from oil exports.
>>>>>>> The country is trying to reduce its dependence on
>>>>>>> oil.
>>>>>>> Prices have steadily dropped in recent months and
>>>>>>> are now about half their previous levels.
>>>>>>> Falling demand on the back of slackening economic
>>>>>>> growth and an increase in alternative energy
>>>>>>> supplies, such as shale gas, have led to a mismatch
>>>>>>> between supply and demand.
>>>>>>> 'Fast'
>>>>>>> Dr Okonjo-Iweala urged Nigerians "to begin
>>>>>>> thinking of the country [as] a non-oil country".
>>>>>>> Nigeria has taken some key steps already in
>>>>>>> response to the falling oil price, which is at its lowest
>>>>>>> level since July 2009.
>>>>>>> It has devalued the naira and has applied higher
>>>>>>> taxes on luxury items.
>>>>>>> Dr Okonjo-Iweala said: "This budget is based on a
>>>>>>> few key indicators, $65 a barrel benchmark and we
>>>>>>> are going to stick to it for now, in spite of the decline
>>>>>>> in prices, because we feel the average price next
>>>>>>> year will be around $65 to $70.
>>>>>>> "The production level is 2.27 million barrels per day.
>>>>>>> We've revised the growth rate based on the new
>>>>>>> parameters for the country, down from 6.35% to
>>>>>>> 5.5% next year. But that is still one of the fastest
>>>>>>> growth rates we're experiencing in the world
>>>>>>> today."
>>>>>>> Nigeria's currency, the naira, lost 3.5% on the day,
>>>>>>> hitting a record low of 187.10 to the dollar.
>
>
>>>>>>> On 12/17/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Fifa's independent ethics investigator Michael
>>>>>>>> Garcia has quit in protest over the handling of
>>>>>>>> his report into bidding for the 2018 and 2022
>>>>>>>> World Cups.
>>>>>>>> The American lawyer cited a "lack of leadership" at
>>>>>>>> the top of football's world governing body.
>>>>>>>> Garcia said he lost confidence in the independence
>>>>>>>> of judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, an ethics committee
>>>>>>>> colleague.
>>>>>>>> Uefa president Michel Platini said: "We wanted all
>>>>>>>> transparency but this is a new failure for Fifa."
>>>>>>>> The head of European football spoke out as Garcia
>>>>>>>> resigned a day after Fifa's appeals panel rejected his
>>>>>>>> challenge of Eckert's summary of his report.
>>>>>>>> Garcia said: "It is the lack of leadership on these
>>>>>>>> issues within Fifa that leads me to conclude that my
>>>>>>>> role in this process is at an end."
>>>>>>>> Fifa president Sepp Blatter said: "I am surprised by
>>>>>>>> Mr Garcia's decision. The work of the ethics
>>>>>>>> committee will nonetheless continue."
>>>>>>>> The association said in a statement that an acting
>>>>>>>> chairman of the committee would be appointed,
>>>>>>>> pending the election of a successor to Garcia.
>>>>>>>> Qatar whistleblower Phaedra Al Majid said Fifa's
>>>>>>>> rules are a "farce".
>>>>>>>> She added: "Not even an extensive, purportedly
>>>>>>>> independent, two-year investigation and report
>>>>>>>> could affect its culture."
>>>>>>>> Russia won the right to host the 2018 World Cup,
>>>>>>>> while Qatar was awarded the 2022 tournament. Fifa
>>>>>>>> cleared both of corruption despite a series of
>>>>>>>> allegations.
>>>>>>>> Analysis: BBC sports editor Dan Roan
>>>>>>>> "Having resigned in protest at Fifa's handling of
>>>>>>>> his investigation into allegations of corruption,
>>>>>>>> Michael Garcia has plunged world football's
>>>>>>>> governing body into more turmoil. The American
>>>>>>>> lawyer's probe into the bidding for the 2018 and
>>>>>>>> 2022 World Cups was meant to restore some
>>>>>>>> trust in an organisation plagued by years of
>>>>>>>> scandal. His decision to quit does exactly the
>>>>>>>> opposite, raising more questions over Fifa's
>>>>>>>> ability to run the game. Last month Garcia
>>>>>>>> disowned a summary of his investigation by Fifa
>>>>>>>> judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, who cleared Russia
>>>>>>>> and Qatar as World Cup hosts. Garcia's appeal
>>>>>>>> was dismissed by Fifa on Tuesday and now he
>>>>>>>> has resigned, questioning the organisation's
>>>>>>>> integrity and leadership in a damning statement.
>>>>>>>> Some may question Garcia's motives, and
>>>>>>>> wonder whether he is trying to distance himself
>>>>>>>> from a discredited organisation to preserve his
>>>>>>>> own political ambitions, but his move certainly
>>>>>>>> piles yet more pressure on Fifa. The news broke
>>>>>>>> as Fifa's top executives gathered here in
>>>>>>>> Marrakech for a crunch meeting. On Friday they
>>>>>>>> will vote on whether to publish Garcia's full
>>>>>>>> findings. But the man himself has not waited for
>>>>>>>> that, and for Fifa closure seems further away
>>>>>>>> than ever."
>>>>>>>> Garcia's findings were released as a 42-page
>>>>>>>> summary of the 430-page report.
>>>>>>>> He said the summary was "erroneous" and
>>>>>>>> complained to Fifa, which said his appeal was "not
>>>>>>>> admissible".
>>>>>>>> In his resignation statement, he said: "No
>>>>>>>> independent governance committee, investigator,
>>>>>>>> or arbitration panel can change the culture of an
>>>>>>>> organisation."
>>>>>>>> Garcia said his submission to the Fifa appeal
>>>>>>>> committee outlined what he called "the most
>>>>>>>> serious failings" of Eckert's response.
>>>>>>>> "Among other points, the brief explained why,
>>>>>>>> when viewed in the context of the report it
>>>>>>>> purported to summarise, no principled approach
>>>>>>>> could justify the Eckert Decision's edits, omissions,
>>>>>>>> and additions," he said.
>>>>>>>> Fifa meets in Morocco this week and will decide
>>>>>>>> whether to release a full, redacted copy of Garcia's
>>>>>>>> report.
>>>>>>>> Former diplomat
>>>>>>>> Champagne, 56, worked
>>>>>>>> for Fifa for 11 years as an
>>>>>>>> executive before leaving in
>>>>>>>> 2010
>>>>>>>> Jerome Champagne, the former Fifa executive who
>>>>>>>> plans to stand against Blatter for the presidency,
>>>>>>>> said: "Michael Garcia's resignation is a step
>>>>>>>> backwards.
>>>>>>>> "We needed to know what happened before and
>>>>>>>> after the 2 December 2010 World Cup vote. Today,
>>>>>>>> more than ever, we need to know.
>>>>>>>> "When will the facts be known fully, transparently
>>>>>>>> and above all without suspicion? When will we be
>>>>>>>> able to start rebuilding Fifa's image?"
>>>>>>>> Fifa vice president Jim Boyce, Britain's most senior
>>>>>>>> football official, said he was "totally shocked and
>>>>>>>> disappointed" at Garcia's resignation.
>>>>>>>> "I have said on many, many occasions, the ethics
>>>>>>>> committee was the most important committee
>>>>>>>> formed by Fifa following its reform process," said
>>>>>>>> Boyce.
>>>>>>>> Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan, a Fifa vice
>>>>>>>> president, said Garcia's decision to quite was
>>>>>>>> "emblematic" of the challenges faced by the
>>>>>>>> organisation.
>>>>>>>> "I have tremendous respect for people who take
>>>>>>>> principled positions," said Prince Ali.
>>>>>>>> Four years of controversy
>>>>>>>> 2 December 2010 - Russia and Qatar are chosen
>>>>>>>> to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups
>>>>>>>> 4 October 2013 - Fifa agrees to set up a
>>>>>>>> taskforce to look into alternative dates for
>>>>>>>> the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
>>>>>>>> 1 June 2014 - The Sunday Times alleges that
>>>>>>>> former Fifa vice-president Mohamed bin
>>>>>>>> Hammam paid £3m to football officials in return
>>>>>>>> for support for the Qatari bid
>>>>>>>> 5 September 2014 - The report into the 2018
>>>>>>>> and 2022 World Cup bidding process is
>>>>>>>> submitted to Fifa by Michael Garcia
>>>>>>>> 13 November 2014 - Fifa releases a 42-page
>>>>>>>> summary of the Garcia report which clears
>>>>>>>> Russia and Qatar of corruption
>>>>>>>> 13 November 2014 - Garcia claims the
>>>>>>>> summary of his own report is "materially
>>>>>>>> incomplete" and contains "erroneous
>>>>>>>> representations"
>>>>>>>> 20 November 2014 - Garcia and Fifa ethics judge
>>>>>>>> Hans-Joachim Eckert agree to release the full
>>>>>>>> copy of the report to the organisation's
>>>>>>>> compliance chief, Domenico Scala
>>>>>>>> 16 December 2014 - Fifa deems Garcia's
>>>>>>>> complaint against Eckert's summary of his report
>>>>>>>> is "not admissible"
>>>>>>>> 17 December 2014 - Garcia quits his role as
>>>>>>>> independent chairman of the Fifa Ethics
>>>>>>>> Committee's Investigatory Chamber
>
>
>>>>>>>> On 12/14/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Cristiano Ronaldo has thanked his
>>>>>>>>> Real Madrid team-mates for being
>>>>>>>>> amazing by handing them a £6,500
>>>>>>>>> watch each.
>>>>>>>>> The World Player of the Year, who
>>>>>>>>> has had a successful 2014, scoring
>>>>>>>>> 61 goals in 58 games for club and
>>>>>>>>> country, gave his team-mates an
>>>>>>>>> early Christmas present before their
>>>>>>>>> win against Almeria on Friday night –
>>>>>>>>> a result that took their winning
>>>>>>>>> streak to an incredible 20 games.
>>>>>>>>> Alvaro Arbeloa was the first to show
>>>>>>>>> off his watch which he shared vis his
>>>>>>>>> Instagram page with a lovely smile.
>
>>>>>>>>> On 12/13/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> This morning, I reiterated my belief
>>>>>>>>>> that long-term stock returns from
>>>>>>>>>> today's level will be lousy.
>>>>>>>>>> This assumption is based in part on
>>>>>>>>>> long-term valuation analysis and in part
>>>>>>>>>> on my two-and-a-half decades of
>>>>>>>>>> market experience, during which I have
>>>>>>>>>> learned many searing lessons about
>>>>>>>>>> how markets behave.
>>>>>>>>>> As one reader was quick to point out,
>>>>>>>>>> it is also "just a guess."
>>>>>>>>>> By pointing that out, the reader
>>>>>>>>>> reminded me of a profoundly important
>>>>>>>>>> point about investing, one that many
>>>>>>>>>> casual observers often don't fully
>>>>>>>>>> understand.
>>>>>>>>>> Every market outlook is "just a guess."
>>>>>>>>>> Every one.
>>>>>>>>>> Some guesses are more informed than
>>>>>>>>>> others, of course. But no one knows
>>>>>>>>>> the future. Everyone's just guessing.
>>>>>>>>>> As a stock analyst in the 1990s, I
>>>>>>>>>> assumed for many years that
>>>>>>>>>> somewhere there was someone who
>>>>>>>>>> knew what the market was going to do.
>>>>>>>>>> Over the course of my career, I met
>>>>>>>>>> ever more sophisticated and talented
>>>>>>>>>> market players, including a handful of
>>>>>>>>>> the most sophisticated investors and
>>>>>>>>>> traders in the world.
>>>>>>>>>> All of these folks were brilliant,
>>>>>>>>>> confident, persuasive, and astoundingly
>>>>>>>>>> well informed. They had made billions of
>>>>>>>>>> dollars in the market. They had
>>>>>>>>>> decades of experience. They knew
>>>>>>>>>> everything it was legal to know, and
>>>>>>>>>> often considerably more.
>>>>>>>>>> And, as the future eventually made
>>>>>>>>>> clear, not a single one of them knew
>>>>>>>>>> what the market was going to do.
>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't until I realized this firsthand
>>>>>>>>>> that I fully "got it."
>>>>>>>>>> No one knows what the market is
>>>>>>>>>> going to do.
>>>>>>>>>> We're all "just guessing."
>>>>>>>>>> That realization was one of several
>>>>>>>>>> that helped me develop the investing
>>>>>>>>>> strategy I use today (indexing.) There
>>>>>>>>>> is no question that this is the best
>>>>>>>>>> strategy for me and almost every
>>>>>>>>>> other investor. When you index, you
>>>>>>>>>> save pots of money on fees and
>>>>>>>>>> mistakes, the latter usually caused by
>>>>>>>>>> the assumption that you or someone
>>>>>>>>>> else knows what the market is going to
>>>>>>>>>> do. And this pot of money that you
>>>>>>>>>> save will help you achieve returns that
>>>>>>>>>> are better than about 90% of other
>>>>>>>>>> investors, especially after tax. And
>>>>>>>>>> that's without any work or worry or
>>>>>>>>>> heartache at all.
>>>>>>>>>> Even if you don't yet understand why
>>>>>>>>>> indexing wins, however, please at least
>>>>>>>>>> understand this:
>>>>>>>>>> No one knows what the market is
>>>>>>>>>> going to do.
>>>>>>>>>> Everyone's just guessing.
>
>>>>>>>>>> On 12/13/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> The new prize from the Kremlin arrived
>>>>>>>>>>> in eastern Siberia.
>>>>>>>>>>> On the plains near the city of Yakutsk,
>>>>>>>>>>> trumpets sounded as President Vladimir
>>>>>>>>>>> Putin signed his name in white ink on a
>>>>>>>>>>> stretch of black pipeline, the symbolic
>>>>>>>>>>> starting point of a $400 billion natural
>>>>>>>>>>> gas link to the Far East.
>>>>>>>>>>> It was little more than show. The Power
>>>>>>>>>>> of Siberia pipeline will actually wind
>>>>>>>>>>> several hundred miles to the south.
>>>>>>>>>>> What was real was the money flowing
>>>>>>>>>>> to Arkady Rotenberg, a member of
>>>>>>>>>>> Putin's tightening inner circle and a
>>>>>>>>>>> boyhood friend. Rotenberg-affiliated
>>>>>>>>>>> companies were paid about 94 million
>>>>>>>>>>> rubles ($1.7 million) to organize the
>>>>>>>>>>> September ceremony, corporate filings
>>>>>>>>>>> show.
>>>>>>>>>>> Having grown rich on government
>>>>>>>>>>> contracts during the boom in Putin's
>>>>>>>>>>> Russia, friends of the president are
>>>>>>>>>>> benefiting anew as times grow tough.
>>>>>>>>>>> Lucrative orders keep rolling in for the
>>>>>>>>>>> favored few even as western sanctions
>>>>>>>>>>> and a collapse in oil prices push the
>>>>>>>>>>> economy to the brink.
>>>>>>>>>>> The development has polarized Russia's
>>>>>>>>>>> oligarchy and pitted Putin's small circle
>>>>>>>>>>> against less well-connected rivals in a
>>>>>>>>>>> battle for money and privilege.
>>>>>>>>>>> State Contracts
>>>>>>>>>>> Companies linked to Rotenberg and
>>>>>>>>>>> another Putin confidant, Gennady
>>>>>>>>>>> Timchenko -- both targeted by US
>>>>>>>>>>> sanctions for their ties to the president
>>>>>>>>>>> -- are landing a growing amount of
>>>>>>>>>>> state contracts. Together, they have
>>>>>>>>>>> won at least 309 billion rubles of work
>>>>>>>>>>> since US sanctions were imposed in
>>>>>>>>>>> March, filings show. That figure -- which
>>>>>>>>>>> works out to about $8.1 billion at the
>>>>>>>>>>> average exchange rate over the period
>>>>>>>>>>> -- is 12 percent more than they
>>>>>>>>>>> received in all of 2013.
>>>>>>>>>>> A Rotenberg-affiliated company is also
>>>>>>>>>>> about to secure a 228-billion-ruble
>>>>>>>>>>> order to build a bridge to Crimea, which
>>>>>>>>>>> Russia annexed in March, according to a
>>>>>>>>>>> high-ranking government official, who
>>>>>>>>>>> spoke on the condition of anonymity
>>>>>>>>>>> because the contract hasn't been
>>>>>>>>>>> officially awarded.
>>>>>>>>>>> The contract totals are based on a
>>>>>>>>>>> review of hundreds of documents made
>>>>>>>>>>> public on the government portal for
>>>>>>>>>>> state tenders and the SPARK corporate
>>>>>>>>>>> database, as well as on individual
>>>>>>>>>>> company websites in Russia.
>>>>>>>>>>> In all, companies linked to Rotenberg
>>>>>>>>>>> and Timchenko have received orders
>>>>>>>>>>> since March that are equivalent to
>>>>>>>>>>> more than a fifth of what the
>>>>>>>>>>> government spent on contracts in the
>>>>>>>>>>> first nine months of the year.
>>>>>>>>>>> 'Pie Shrinking'
>>>>>>>>>>> There's more to come. Rotenberg and
>>>>>>>>>>> Timchenko, both 62, stand to gain most
>>>>>>>>>>> from the 770-billion-ruble Power of
>>>>>>>>>>> Siberia pipeline as the main contractors
>>>>>>>>>>> to OAO Gazprom, the energy company
>>>>>>>>>>> Putin has built into an instrument of
>>>>>>>>>>> state-sponsored capitalism. Gazprom
>>>>>>>>>>> declined to comment on who will
>>>>>>>>>>> receive the pipeline contracts.
>>>>>>>>>>> Their boon is coming at the expense of
>>>>>>>>>>> other oligarchs as the weak economy
>>>>>>>>>>> pressures Putin to reduce public
>>>>>>>>>>> spending.
>>>>>>>>>>> "Not only is the pie shrinking more
>>>>>>>>>>> rapidly than originally anticipated, the
>>>>>>>>>>> political imperative of preserving some
>>>>>>>>>>> people's slices means thinner slivers
>>>>>>>>>>> for everyone else," said Mark Galeotti, a
>>>>>>>>>>> Russia expert and professor at New
>>>>>>>>>>> York University.
>>>>>>>>>>> Executives who are used to prospering
>>>>>>>>>>> from government ties complain
>>>>>>>>>>> privately they are being elbowed aside.
>>>>>>>>>>> One Russian billionaire said Rotenberg
>>>>>>>>>>> and Timchenko have all but cornered
>>>>>>>>>>> the market in government contracts.
>>>>>>>>>>> He spoke on the condition of anonymity
>>>>>>>>>>> to avoid jeopardizing his companies'
>>>>>>>>>>> chances of winning business.
>>>>>>>>>>> 'Personal Bank'
>>>>>>>>>>> With Russian companies cut off from
>>>>>>>>>>> international financing, winners and
>>>>>>>>>>> losers are starting to emerge. In July,
>>>>>>>>>>> the government stripped Alfa Bank,
>>>>>>>>>>> controlled by billionaires Mikhail Fridman,
>>>>>>>>>>> German Khan and Alexey Kuzmichev, of
>>>>>>>>>>> its exclusive contract to service the
>>>>>>>>>>> country's wholesale electricity market.
>>>>>>>>>>> That business is worth an estimated 4
>>>>>>>>>>> billion rubles a year.
>>>>>>>>>>> Instead the Market Council, an industry
>>>>>>>>>>> regulator, shifted the business to OAO
>>>>>>>>>>> Bank Rossiya, which the Obama
>>>>>>>>>>> administration has called the "personal
>>>>>>>>>>> bank" of Putin's inner circle. Bank
>>>>>>>>>>> Rossiya, also a target of US sanctions,
>>>>>>>>>>> is controlled by Yury Kovalchuk,
>>>>>>>>>>> another Putin associate who was
>>>>>>>>>>> singled out by the US
>>>>>>>>>>> Bank Rossiya, based in St. Petersburg,
>>>>>>>>>>> stronghold of Putin's youth, declined to
>>>>>>>>>>> comment.
>>>>>>>>>>> State contracts aren't the only source
>>>>>>>>>>> of government money. Igor Sechin and
>>>>>>>>>>> Vladimir Yakunin, who've known Putin
>>>>>>>>>>> since his days in the St. Petersburg
>>>>>>>>>>> mayor's office, have sought tens of
>>>>>>>>>>> billions of dollars in aid for the state
>>>>>>>>>>> companies they command, OAO Rosneft,
>>>>>>>>>>> the country's largest oil producer, and
>>>>>>>>>>> OAO Russian Railways. Both companies
>>>>>>>>>>> have turned to the $80 billion Wellbeing
>>>>>>>>>>> Fund, which was designed to safeguard
>>>>>>>>>>> the nation's pension system. Rosneft
>>>>>>>>>>> and Russian Railways say helping to
>>>>>>>>>>> finance their investment programs will
>>>>>>>>>>> benefit the broader economy.
>>>>>>>>>>> Fair Contracts
>>>>>>>>>>> Contracts won by companies either
>>>>>>>>>>> controlled or partly owned by
>>>>>>>>>>> Timchenko were obtained fairly through
>>>>>>>>>>> a competitive process, said Anton
>>>>>>>>>>> Kurevin, a spokesman for Volga Group,
>>>>>>>>>>> which manages the businessman's
>>>>>>>>>>> holdings.
>>>>>>>>>>> Rotenberg told Interfax news service in
>>>>>>>>>>> October that his friendship with Putin
>>>>>>>>>>> didn't affect his business "in any way."
>>>>>>>>>>> He also said he hoped to build Power of
>>>>>>>>>>> Siberia. A spokesman for Rotenberg
>>>>>>>>>>> said there was nothing to add to the
>>>>>>>>>>> Interfax interview.
>>>>>>>>>>> Putin has signaled he'll continue to
>>>>>>>>>>> support companies and industries
>>>>>>>>>>> targeted by sanctions, and Dmitry
>>>>>>>>>>> Peskov, a spokesman for the president,
>>>>>>>>>>> said all contracts are awarded fairly.
>>>>>>>>>>> 'Tender System'
>>>>>>>>>>> "There is a tender system in place,"
>>>>>>>>>>> Peskov said. "No one just hands them
>>>>>>>>>>> these contracts by some order."
>>>>>>>>>>> While Putin's allies prosper, some
>>>>>>>>>>> beyond his circle are losing out. A
>>>>>>>>>>> Moscow court on Nov. 14 extended by
>>>>>>>>>>> three months the house arrest of
>>>>>>>>>>> billionaire Vladimir Evtushenkov, on
>>>>>>>>>>> suspicion of money laundering, as
>>>>>>>>>>> authorities nationalize his OAO Bashneft
>>>>>>>>>>> oil company. Evtushenkov has said he's
>>>>>>>>>>> innocent.
>>>>>>>>>>> Evtushenkov, 66, is the richest Russian
>>>>>>>>>>> to be prosecuted since former Yukos
>>>>>>>>>>> Oil Co. owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
>>>>>>>>>>> Khodorkovsky spent a decade in jail as
>>>>>>>>>>> the state dismantled Yukos and Sechin's
>>>>>>>>>>> Rosneft acquired the bulk of its best
>>>>>>>>>>> assets.
>>>>>>>>>>> Khodorkovsky, who now lives in
>>>>>>>>>>> Switzerland, said on his website that he
>>>>>>>>>>> was "absolutely sure" Evtushenkov was
>>>>>>>>>>> targeted for refusing to sell Bashneft
>>>>>>>>>>> to Sechin. Sechin has denied having an
>>>>>>>>>>> interest in Bashneft or playing a role in
>>>>>>>>>>> the case against Evtushenkov.
>>>>>>>>>>> 'Monopolizing Rents'
>>>>>>>>>>> "Putin has been masterful at distributing
>>>>>>>>>>> the rents to all the relevant people, but
>>>>>>>>>>> now he's monopolizing all the rents,"
>>>>>>>>>>> said Anders Aslund, a senior fellow at
>>>>>>>>>>> the Peterson Institute for International
>>>>>>>>>>> Economics in Washington.
>>>>>>>>>>> Aslund advised Putin's predecessor,
>>>>>>>>>>> Boris Yeltsin, when the government
>>>>>>>>>>> handed the crown jewels of the Soviet
>>>>>>>>>>> economy to a handful of tycoons,
>>>>>>>>>>> including Khodorkovsky.
>>>>>>>>>>> "Under Yeltsin, it was an oligarchy, but it
>>>>>>>>>>> was balanced among big groups," Aslund
>>>>>>>>>>> said. "Now, Putin just squeezes them
>>>>>>>>>>> out."
>>>>>>>>>>> For the connected, the money is still
>>>>>>>>>>> flowing. Rotenberg's SMP Bank, which is
>>>>>>>>>>> barred from US and European
>>>>>>>>>>> markets, in April got a 10-year state
>>>>>>>>>>> loan of about 100 billion rubles at a
>>>>>>>>>>> rate of 0.51 percent to rescue another
>>>>>>>>>>> lender, Mosoblbank, according to two
>>>>>>>>>>> people familiar with the matter. SMP
>>>>>>>>>>> said by e- mail that it's been tasked
>>>>>>>>>>> with cutting costs at Mosoblbank and
>>>>>>>>>>> returning the lender to profitability.
>>>>>>>>>>> 'Huge Deal'
>>>>>>>>>>> That loan was "a huge deal" for SMP
>>>>>>>>>>> because long-term financing at less
>>>>>>>>>>> than 1 percent is "impossible" to get in
>>>>>>>>>>> Russia, Sovlink analyst Olga Belenkaya
>>>>>>>>>>> said.
>>>>>>>>>>> In 2012, when economic times were
>>>>>>>>>>> good, Russia passed a law requiring
>>>>>>>>>>> tenders to be made public. That
>>>>>>>>>>> improved transparency but also
>>>>>>>>>>> prompted connected businessmen to
>>>>>>>>>>> join forces to keep challengers away.
>>>>>>>>>>> "The cartels are breeding because it's
>>>>>>>>>>> better for contractors bidding for state
>>>>>>>>>>> tenders to cooperate than face free
>>>>>>>>>>> competition," said Irina Kuznetsova, who
>>>>>>>>>>> helped draft the 2012 law.
>>>>>>>>>>> The tally of contracts calculated by
>>>>>>>>>>> Bloomberg doesn't include one for 134
>>>>>>>>>>> billion rubles awarded by Russian
>>>>>>>>>>> Railways, which was won by a
>>>>>>>>>>> consortium that includes Timchenko-
>>>>>>>>>>> affiliated SK Most. There is no
>>>>>>>>>>> breakdown of how the consortium
>>>>>>>>>>> members are dividing it up the work or
>>>>>>>>>>> the profit.
>>>>>>>>>>> Rotenberg said in the Interfax interview
>>>>>>>>>>> that sanctions were having a "negligible"
>>>>>>>>>>> effect on him economically because his
>>>>>>>>>>> businesses are geared toward the
>>>>>>>>>>> domestic market. Still, Rotenberg, who's
>>>>>>>>>>> had luxury properties in Italy frozen,
>>>>>>>>>>> said the travel bans were taking a
>>>>>>>>>>> psychological toll.
>>>>>>>>>>> Timchenko, who owns a home on Lake
>>>>>>>>>>> Geneva, echoed similar sentiments in an
>>>>>>>>>>> August interview with the news service
>>>>>>>>>>> TASS, saying it was unfair to be barred
>>>>>>>>>>> from seeing family members and his
>>>>>>>>>>> beloved pet Labrador in Europe.
>>>>>>>>>>> 'Disguised Hostility'
>>>>>>>>>>> Alexey Navalny, the anti-corruption
>>>>>>>>>>> blogger and opposition leader, said
>>>>>>>>>>> Putin's refusal to change course over
>>>>>>>>>>> Ukraine and end Russia's international
>>>>>>>>>>> isolation has created a disguised
>>>>>>>>>>> hostility among the elite. Navalny, who
>>>>>>>>>>> has been under house arrest on fraud
>>>>>>>>>>> charges since February, said with
>>>>>>>>>>> financial means dwindling, it will be
>>>>>>>>>>> harder for Putin to maintain the loyalty
>>>>>>>>>>> of even his closest associates.
>>>>>>>>>>> Vladimir Rimsky, who studies corruption
>>>>>>>>>>> at the Indem research group in
>>>>>>>>>>> Moscow, said there's little evidence that
>>>>>>>>>>> will happen soon.
>>>>>>>>>>> "It's in the interests of both Putin and
>>>>>>>>>>> the people close to him to continue this
>>>>>>>>>>> policy of support," Rimsky said. "For
>>>>>>>>>>> them, the crisis isn't something terrible,
>>>>>>>>>>> because they control all the resources."
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/12/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Passengers are facing widespread
>>>>>>>>>>>> flight disruption after a computer
>>>>>>>>>>>> failure at the UK's air traffic control
>>>>>>>>>>>> centre.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Nats said it was in the process of
>>>>>>>>>>>> returning to normal operations after a
>>>>>>>>>>>> "technical problem" at its Swanwick control
>>>>>>>>>>>> centre caused delays and grounded some
>>>>>>>>>>>> flights.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Problems were reported around the UK.
>>>>>>>>>>>> They included delays at Heathrow and
>>>>>>>>>>>> Gatwick where departing flights were
>>>>>>>>>>>> grounded for a time. Other UK airports
>>>>>>>>>>>> reported knock-on effects.
>>>>>>>>>>>> It comes a year after a telephone glitch at
>>>>>>>>>>>> the Hampshire control room caused huge
>>>>>>>>>>>> disruption - one of a number of technical
>>>>>>>>>>>> hitches to hit the part-privatised Nation Air
>>>>>>>>>>>> Traffic Services since the centre opened in
>>>>>>>>>>>> 2002.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Reported problems around the country
>>>>>>>>>>>> include:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Heathrow: Flights are "currently
>>>>>>>>>>>> experiencing delays" but planes now
>>>>>>>>>>>> landing and taking off
>>>>>>>>>>>> Gatwick: Flights are now departing but
>>>>>>>>>>>> still subject to delays
>>>>>>>>>>>> Stansted: Flights still landing, no
>>>>>>>>>>>> flights departing
>>>>>>>>>>>> Bristol: Limited departures reported
>>>>>>>>>>>> Luton: All flights experiencing delays
>>>>>>>>>>>> but planes now leaving
>>>>>>>>>>>> Edinburgh: No queues but passengers
>>>>>>>>>>>> being advised to check with their
>>>>>>>>>>>> airlines
>>>>>>>>>>>> Southampton: Experiencing
>>>>>>>>>>>> ''problems''
>>>>>>>>>>>> Oxford: Experiencing "some delays",
>>>>>>>>>>>> mainly to services arriving from
>>>>>>>>>>>> overseas
>>>>>>>>>>>> Leeds Bradford: All flights out and
>>>>>>>>>>>> most flights in suspended until 1900
>>>>>>>>>>>> Aberdeen: Reported an "impact" on
>>>>>>>>>>>> operations
>>>>>>>>>>>> One source told the BBC the problem was
>>>>>>>>>>>> caused by a computer glitch that co-
>>>>>>>>>>>> ordinates the flights coming into London
>>>>>>>>>>>> and puts the flights in sequence as they
>>>>>>>>>>>> come into land or take off.
>>>>>>>>>>>> He described it as a "flight planning tool
>>>>>>>>>>>> problem".
>>>>>>>>>>>> Travel body Abta encouraged passengers
>>>>>>>>>>>> expecting to take a flight to contact their
>>>>>>>>>>>> airline.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Manchester Airport said it was unaffected
>>>>>>>>>>>> by the incident and was ready to accept
>>>>>>>>>>>> diverted flights.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Vicky Lane, a passenger on a grounded
>>>>>>>>>>>> London to Dublin plane at Gatwick said:
>>>>>>>>>>>> "We've been stuck on a Ryanair flight... for
>>>>>>>>>>>> over an hour.
>>>>>>>>>>>> "The doors are open and we're really cold.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure when we will be leaving."
>>>>>>>>>>>> Another passenger, on a flight to Paris,
>>>>>>>>>>>> said his plane had "circled around the Lake
>>>>>>>>>>>> District for half an hour before turning
>>>>>>>>>>>> back to Edinburgh".
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ed Bott told the BBC he was: "Currently
>>>>>>>>>>>> sitting on the tarmac. None the wiser.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Waiting for news as to what's happening."
>>>>>>>>>>>> Swanwick air traffic control centre
>>>>>>>>>>>> Swanwick controls the 200,000 square
>>>>>>>>>>>> miles of airspace above England and
>>>>>>>>>>>> Wales, cost £623m to build, and employs
>>>>>>>>>>>> about 1,300 controllers.
>>>>>>>>>>>> But the facility, which handles 5,000 flights
>>>>>>>>>>>> every 24 hours, has had a troubled
>>>>>>>>>>>> history.
>>>>>>>>>>>> It opened in 2002, six years after its
>>>>>>>>>>>> planned commissioning date - a delay
>>>>>>>>>>>> which National Air Traffic Services (Nats)
>>>>>>>>>>>> said was due to problems with the
>>>>>>>>>>>> software used to power its systems.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Almost a year after it opened, a senior air
>>>>>>>>>>>> traffic controller raised concerns with the
>>>>>>>>>>>> BBC about health and safety standards
>>>>>>>>>>>> and complications with radio
>>>>>>>>>>>> communications - which he said cut out
>>>>>>>>>>>> erratically.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Technical problems and computer faults hit
>>>>>>>>>>>> flights in 2008 and again last summer. And,
>>>>>>>>>>>> in December 2013, problems with the
>>>>>>>>>>>> internal telephone system then caused
>>>>>>>>>>>> further delays.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Aviation journalist David Learmount said
>>>>>>>>>>>> the IT problem would cause "major
>>>>>>>>>>>> disruption" but would be resolved by
>>>>>>>>>>>> Saturday.
>>>>>>>>>>>> "This impacts not just people within the UK,
>>>>>>>>>>>> it impacts flights heading here from
>>>>>>>>>>>> anywhere - anything heading this way will
>>>>>>>>>>>> be told some of them can't be accepted,
>>>>>>>>>>>> and they will have to go back to where
>>>>>>>>>>>> they flew from or consider diverting to
>>>>>>>>>>>> other countries," he told the BBC.
>>>>>>>>>>>> The RAF - which has its own air traffic
>>>>>>>>>>>> control systems - said the UK military was
>>>>>>>>>>>> unaffected.
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/12/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> How would "Austin 3:16" be remembered if
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Stone Cold" Steve Austin didn't win a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> World Title to back it up? Would anyone
>>>>>>>>>>>>> want to play The Game if Triple H had
>>>>>>>>>>>>> failed to realize any of his 13 World
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Championship reigns? Could John Cena earn
>>>>>>>>>>>>> anyone's loyalty or respect if "The Champ"
>>>>>>>>>>>>> was never … well, champ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Celebrating a competitor's World
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Championship wins may seem obvious
>>>>>>>>>>>>> when paying homage to the legends of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> squared circle, but it isn't mandatory. A
>>>>>>>>>>>>> select few grapplers still manage to earn
>>>>>>>>>>>>> themselves an all-world reputation – even
>>>>>>>>>>>>> WWE Hall of Fame status – despite never
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hearing their name prefixed with the title
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of WWE Champion, World Heavyweight
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Champion or the similar distinctions in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> WCW, ECW or AWA.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It may seem difficult to forge a storied
>>>>>>>>>>>>> career in sports-entertainment without
>>>>>>>>>>>>> winning a few World Titles along the way,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> but it's not impossible. Take a look at
>>>>>>>>>>>>> these 20 battle-tested ring veterans who
>>>>>>>>>>>>> won the hearts and minds of the WWE
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Universe without ever winning
>>>>>>>>>>>>> championship gold on a global scale.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> NEXT
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/11/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mutant horrors, singers and kissing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> strangers had a big year on YouTube.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All of the above joined soccer stars, a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bending iPhone, a beer commercial and a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dose of street activism on the video site's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> list of the most popular posts of 2014.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SA Wardega, a Polish actor, director and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Web prankster, scored the top spot with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Mutant Giant Spider Dog," which had
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scared up more than 113 million views
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> since he posted it in September.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In it, Wardega films people in everyday
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> situations into which he unleashes his
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> otherwise cute dog, Chica, wearing a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> costume that gives the pooch eight giant,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> creepy spider legs.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't without a dose of controversy.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Someone reported a SpiderDog video to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the prosecution claiming that threatening
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (sic) endangered the life of the people who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> were there," Wardega, whose first name is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sylwester, wrote in September on his
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Facebook page. "I wonder who will go to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jail? Me or Chica? Or maybe a spider
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> costume?"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Taking the No. 3 spot, behind a Nike ad
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> featuring soccer stars like Ronaldo and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wayne Rooney, was "First Kiss," a social
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> experiment of sorts in which complete
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> strangers are brought together and asked
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to kiss each other.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Except, this one wasn't exactly as it first
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> appeared. It was commissioned by Wren
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Studio, a small clothing company, to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> showcase a new clothing line. Almost all of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> those awkward strangers were, in fact,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> models.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "In all fairness, the people in the video
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could still be classified as 'strangers' by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> definition, but that's like calling a kid who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> plays Call of Duty for 12 hours a day 'an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> amateur'," read a Complex article titled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "That Adorable 'First Kiss' Video That
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everyone Is Talking About Is a Fake."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Never trust the Internet."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Director Tatia Pilieva said there was never
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an intent to deceive anyone, noting that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the video begins with the words "Wren
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> presents ..." and the clothing company is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mentioned in the credits.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "It felt so real and sincere and it was," she
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> told the New York Times, saying each
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> couple really did meet for the first time
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the day they shot. "They shed all these
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> layers in front of our eyes and in front of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the cameras and that sweetness and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kindness resonated with people."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Internet appears not to mind. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> video has more than 94 million views.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In fifth place is the video that launched a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> million tech-blog posts -- the "iPhone 6
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Plus Bend Test."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unbox Therapy, a Web video series
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> focusing on consumer electronics, posted
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a video after online reports began popping
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> up of Apple's massive, new phone bending
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in people's pockets.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The September video, which has racked up
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more than 59 million views, shows a host,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lewis Hilsenteger, bending one of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> aluminum phones with his hands.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not that the problem, if it is one, has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scared many folks away. The iPhone 6 and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 6 Plus sold 10 million units in their first
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> weekend on the market and have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> continued to break sales records in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> months since.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Another creepy prank, "Devil Baby Attack,"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> took the No. 8 spot with nearly 49 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> views and the team behind the goofy "Epic
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rap Battles" scored with the No. 9 video,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Goku vs. Superman," which got nearly 41
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> million views.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A more serious effort rounded out the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Top 10 list. Tenth place went to "10 Hours
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Walking in NYC as a Woman," by anti-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> harassment group Hollaback. In it, a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> woman in jeans and a T-shirt is recorded
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> walking as, one after another, men
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> comment on her appearance, sometimes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> aggressively.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The video, which has more than 37.5
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> million views, sparked conversations
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everywhere about the prevalence of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> street harassment, as well as issues
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ranging from the role race, culture and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> geography play in public conversation to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Web abuse (the subject of the video
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> received rape and death threats online).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also on YouTube's top 10 for the year
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> were a nun's performance on the Italian
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> version of "The Voice" (No. 4), a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> performance by a kid hip-hop duo on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Britain's Got Talent," (No. 6) and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Budweiser's Super Bowl commercial,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Puppy Love" (No. 9).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" was the most
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> popular music video of the year.
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tottenham Hotspur
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> striker Emmanuel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Adebayor has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> returned home to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Togo for personal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reasons, the Premier
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> League club said on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Friday.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The 30-year-old
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> former Arsenal and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Manchester City
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> player has been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> given permission to take time off, Spurs
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> said on their website
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (www.tottenhamhotspur.com)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "This is a private matter and so we will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not be providing any further comment,"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the club added.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Adebayor has made 12 appearances for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tottenham this season and has not played
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> since the November international break
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when Togo failed to qualify for the 2015
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Africa Cup of Nations.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Spurs visit Turkish side Besiktas in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Europa League on Thursday, needing at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> least a point to top their group having
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> already sealed a place in the round of 32.
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Its countdown to the end of the year
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and performances are being judged via
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> different medium. To wrap up the year
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2014, Forbes has released the list of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the world's highest paid musicians.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dr Dre tops the league of the highest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> paid musicians this year with the total
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sum of $620 million. There is a big
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> margin between Dr Dre and Beyonce
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> who takes the number 2 spot on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> list with $115 million courtesy of her
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mrs Carter tour and endorsement
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from Pepsi and H&M.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also joining Dr Dre and Beyonce in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> billionaire club is The Eagles with the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sum of $100 million. You would not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> believe who and who made the list, see
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> full list of those who made it below:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. Dr. Dre: $620 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2. Beyoncé: $115 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3. The Eagles: $100 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4. Bon Jovi: $82 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5. Bruce Springsteen: $81 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 6. Justin Bieber: $80 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7. One Direction: $75 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 8. Paul McCartney: $71 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 9. Calvin Harris: $66 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 10. Toby Keith: $65 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 11. Taylor Swift: $64 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12. Jay Z: $60 million (tie)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12. Diddy: $60 million (tie)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12. Bruno Mars: $60 million (tie)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 15. Justin Timberlake: $57 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 16. Pink: $52 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 17. Michael Bublé: $51 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 18. Rihanna: $48 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 19. Rolling Stones: $47 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 20. Roger Waters: $46 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 21. Elton John: $45 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 22. Kenny Chesney: $44 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 23. Katy Perry: $40 million
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 24. Jason Aldean: $37 million
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At least four people dead and seven
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wounded in crowded market in northern
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> city in attack blamed on suicide bombers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A blast has struck a busy textile market in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the north Nigerian city of Kano, killing four
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people and wounding seven others,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> according to traders and multiple online
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reports.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The explosion happened on Wednesday in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Kantinkwari market, which is typically
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> packed with crowds of traders, shoppers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as well as traffic.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reports said two female suicide bombers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> were behind the attack.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "I heard a huge sound coming from the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> back of my shop along Unity Road. I just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> closed the shop and tried to leave because
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it's not safe," Nura Sadiq, a local trader,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> told the AFP news agency.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kano was hit on November 29 by a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> suspected Boko Haram suicide attack at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the city's central mosque.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Two bombers blew themselves up and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fighters opened fire on worshippers, killing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at least 120 and injuring 270 others in an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attack apparently targeting the influential
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Muslim emir of Kano.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The emir, Muhammad Sanusi II, had
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> previously called for civilians to carry
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arms and defend themselves against Boko
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Haram, a group fighting against Western
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> influence and for setting up an Islamic
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> state in northern Nigeria.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kano, the largest city in the north, has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> been a repeated target for the fighters,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> who have in recent weeks sought to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attack locations outside their northeastern
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> heartland.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In December 2012, four people were
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> injured when a bomb went off outside a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mosque near the Kantin Kwari market,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which is northern Nigeria's largest for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> textiles.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That came two years after the market
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was razed by an overnight fire. More than
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 500 shops and hundreds of stalls owned
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> by Nigerian, Indian, Chinese and Lebanese
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> traders were destroyed along with their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> goods.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nigeria has seen a surge in deadly attacks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mainly in the northeastern states of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Borno, Adamawa and Yobe where the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> government has declared a state of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> emergency to try to rein in Boko Haram
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fighters who are blamed for the attacks.
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Swedish police seized servers in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stockholm after a complaint was filed by a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> group targeting internet crime.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is the first time in several years the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> site has been taken offline rather than
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> simply blocked by filters.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unexpectedly, the site's co-founder Peter
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sunde - who is no longer involved - called
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for its permanent closure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Swedish police have confirmed the raid,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which took place after the complaint from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Rights Alliance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Paul Pinter from Stockholm County Police,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> told the BBC that an investigation that had
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lasted "for years" led them to the location
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the servers containing material related
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the The Pirate Bay.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As well as servers being removed from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the data centre for examination, he said
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> several people were now being interviewed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> by police.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However, he would not confirm or deny if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anybody had been arrested.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has said he does not care that the site
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has gone down
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The police operation took place in an area
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in Nacka, south-east of Stockholm. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> area's mountainous terrain is used as a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> natural cooling system for computer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> servers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "We can confirm that the police has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> completed a raid in the facility which
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> where we rent space for our data centre,"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hosting firm Portlane, which has servers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> located in Nacka, told the BBC.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "This raid was not for our company or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any of our employees," a spokesperson
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> said. It added: "It was partly directed at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one of our customers."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to Torrent Freak, a website
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that reports on news about piracy and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> copyright law, a number of smaller torrent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> websites, or sites related to the activity,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> had also gone down.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Various reports on Wednesday suggested
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that the site had returned with a Costa
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rican web address.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However, this site appeared to be a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "mirror" - meaning copy - of the real site,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and search functionality did not work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cloud strategy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Pirate Bay has operated for over 10
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> years, and in that time has become a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> focus for the creative industry's war on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> copyright infringement. It is one of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> internet's most-visited websites, and the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> movie, music and software industries
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> blame it for losses running into billions of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pounds.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Despite The Pirate Bay's operators being
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> convicted of copyright violations,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> authorities have struggled to stop the site
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from operating.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In the UK, internet service providers (ISPs)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> were ordered by the High Court to block
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> access to the site in 2012. Other countries
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rolled out similar measures.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The effectiveness of such blocks has been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> disputed. Sites will evade them by changing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> domains, or users will utilise proxies to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> circumvent them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Swedish raid steps up the effort to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stop people reaching The Pirate Bay by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> knocking the site itself offline, although for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how long is unclear.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Prof Alan Woodward, a security expert
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> who has been working with European
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> authorities to shut down illegal sites, said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "There have been raids before from which
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pirate Bay has recovered.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Recently they have taken steps moving
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their infrastructure to be more distributed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as a way of being more resistant to raids,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> so I would imagine they will reappear in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some form."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In 2012, The Pirate Bay announced it was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to move its site to the cloud - internet-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> based storage, which can be shared
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> across a variety of locations - so that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> raids would apparently be ineffective.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Indifference
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At the time, the site said: "The site that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you're at will still be here, for as long as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we want it to. Only in a higher form of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> being. A reality to us. A ghost to those
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> who wish to harm us."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That confidence in the site's agility
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> appeared misguided as it remained
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unreachable well into Wednesday.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But according to Peter Sunde, it will be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> indifference that closes the site, rather
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> than police action.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "News just reached me that The Pirate Bay
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has been raided, again," he wrote in a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> blog post.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "That happened over eight years ago last
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time. That time, a lot of people went out
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to protest and rally in the streets. Today
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> few seem to care. And I'm one of them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Why, you might ask? Well. For multiple
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reasons. But most of all, I've not been a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fan of what TPB has become."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He bemoaned the level of advertising
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> found on the site and criticised what he
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> called a lack of "soul" in the community.
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oil giant BP has said it expects to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> incur restructuring charges of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about $1bn over the coming year.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The charges will be taken as part of BP
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> efforts to simplify its business activities
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and corporate functions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BP said it would also review its capital
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> expenditure plans for 2015 in light of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> oil price outlook. Oil prices have slumped
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> since June.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The firm said it aimed to make its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> business "stronger and more competitive".
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BP announced the charges as it laid out its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> long-term plans for its upstream oil and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gas business.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BP Group chief executive Bob Dudley said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "We have already been working very hard
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> over these past 18 months or so to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> right-size our organisation as a result of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> completing more than $43bn of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> divestments.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "We are clearly a more focused business
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now and, without diverting our attention
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from safety and reliability, our goal is to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> make BP even stronger and more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> competitive.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "The simplification work we have already
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> done is serving us well as we face the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tougher external environment.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "We continue to seek opportunities to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eliminate duplication and stop unnecessary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> activity that is not fully aligned with the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> group's strategy."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oil prices have slumped since the middle of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the year as fears of oversupply have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mounted. The price of Brent crude fell to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> $65.29 a barrel on Tuesday, the lowest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> level since September 2009.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Earlier this month, BP announced that it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would accelerate plans to cut hundreds
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of back office jobs.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BP employs almost 84,000 people
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> worldwide, including 15,000 in the UK.
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/10/14, ogunlowo joseph <ogunlowojoseph@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to Jack Daniel's Master
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Distiller Jeff Arnett, the US military
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> buys the most of the brand's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> premium Single Barrel whiskey in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> world.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The price tag for an entire barrel of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this whiskey, approximately 250
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bottles, swings from $9,000-$12,ooo
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> since no two whiskey barrels have the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> same volume.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Over the entire span of when the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> program has existed, the US military is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the largest purchaser. It has been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> represented by base exchanges,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> individual units, as well as other on-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> base military entities like Officers'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Clubs," Arnett told Business Insider in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an email.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Single Barrel whiskey was first sold in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1997 and was such a success that the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> distillery created the ' By The Barrel'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> program a year later, and ever since
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then the American military has been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the top buyer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> During a tour of the distillery in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lynchburg, Tenn., our tour guide said it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is believed that Navy SEAL Team 6
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bought a barrel after the successful
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> raid on Osama Bin Laden.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Although, we could not confirm, parent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> company Brown-Forman did share,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "SEAL teams have purchased barrels
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> before but we can't officially confirm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Seal Team 6."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At the distillery, only 1 in 100 barrels
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> makes the cut for the select 94-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proof Single Barrel whiskey.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In an average 53-gallon barrel, there
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are approximately 250 bottles-worth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of Jack Daniel's Single Barrel whiskey.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here's how the 'by the barrel' program
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> works.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A prospective whiskey barrel buyer is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> invited to tour the distillery in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lynchburg, Tennessee and meet with an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> expert Jack Daniel's Master Taster and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sometimes the Master Distiller, Jeff
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Arnett.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A buyer samples whiskey from 3
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> handpicked barrels along with the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> expert. After the tasting, a buyer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> selects a barrel and then later receives
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the empty barrel along with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> approximately 250 bottles. The bottles
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are individually numbered and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> personalized with a custom metal hang
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tag. The top of the barrel is also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> engraved before it is shipped to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> buyer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And in the distillery's Single Barrel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> room, the buyer gets their name on a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> special plaque.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Those who buy more than one barrel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are given a medallion on their tablet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MacDill Air Force Base's plaque reflects
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the purchase of 7 barrels of Jack
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Daniel's Single Barrel whiskey.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to Arnett, Jack Daniel's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> derives all of its' color and most of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> flavor from the handmade charred oak
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> barrels.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Single Barrel whiskey sits on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the highest level of the distillery's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> barrelhouses where temperatures can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reach up to 120-degrees Fahrenheit,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the fluctuations in temperature give
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this whiskey the most interaction with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the barrel, and therefore a darker
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> color and more robust flavor.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The distillery's relationship with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> America's troops spans further with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the creation of the Operation Ride
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Home program. Since 2011,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> approximately 1,200 service members
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have benefitted from free travel from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their bases to homes in order to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> celebrate the holidays with their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> families.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "The men and women of our armed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> forces have been some of the best
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> friends of Jack Daniel's over the years,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and Operation Ride Home is a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> continuation of our longstanding
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> support of our nation's military," Arnett
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> told Business Insider.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Barrel.
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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.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/03/2014 10:47:00 am
>
>
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/07/2014 01:50:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/07/2014 03:24:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/07/2014 06:03:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/07/2014 01:52:00 pm
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/08/2014 01:35:00 pm
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/08/2014 01:53:00 pm
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/09/2014 06:45:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/10/2014 01:24:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/10/2014 03:54:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/10/2014 07:33:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/10/2014 10:37:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/10/2014 05:20:00 pm
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/10/2014 06:10:00 pm
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/10/2014 11:28:00 pm
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/11/2014 02:45:00 pm
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/12/2014 02:11:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>> 12/12/2014 09:27:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education
>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>> 12/13/2014 08:11:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>>>>>>>>> 12/13/2014 08:25:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>>>>>>>> 12/14/2014 03:40:00 am
>
>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>>>>>>> 12/17/2014 01:52:00 pm
>
>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>>>>>> 12/17/2014 02:03:00 pm
>
>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>>>>> 12/17/2014 02:29:00 pm
>
>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>>>> 12/17/2014 02:37:00 pm
>
>
>>>> --
>>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>>> 12/17/2014 02:59:00 pm
>
>
>>> --
>>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>>> 12/18/2014 12:14:00 am
>
>
>> --
>> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
>> 12/18/2014 07:05:00 pm
>
>
> --
> Posted By ogunlowo joseph to entertainment,investing,education on
> 12/18/2014 07:35:00 pm
>