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The crowds these days at the Art Institute of Chicago are not as overwhelming as curators had expected before the Sept. 11 attacks, but they are big enough to be the envy of most museums.
The reason is simple. A blockbuster show is under way, and not just any blockbuster, but a show of Vincent van Gogh's works.
Among those in line recently was Morton Schiff, a retired engineer from New York, who bought tickets three months in advance and flew in with his wife, Toby, just to see the show.
''Everyone knows van Gogh and everyone wants to read his mind,'' Mr. Schiff said. ''His name in front of a museum practically guarantees big crowds, no matter what else is happening in the world.''
More than a century after van Gogh's death, many of his images are entrenched in the cultural conscience, and his name attracts people in a way that curators and art historians struggle to understand.Continue reading the main story
''Ours is a celebrity culture, and the art market generates a huge amount of hype,'' said James N. Wood, director of the Art Institute. ''Van Gogh has embedded himself into the psyche of the modern age. He's become an icon.''
The Chicago show, ''Van Gogh and Gauguin: Studio of the South,'' concentrates on a fascinating period in van Gogh's artistic development, the nine weeks he spent with Gauguin in southern France in the autumn of 1888. Art historians are excited about the exhibition because it breaks new scholarly ground by studying the effect the two painters had on each other when they lived together. But to many people in line here, only one thing is important: the chance to see paintings by van Gogh, in this case 60 oils and 8 works on paper.
Nearly 200,000 tickets to the show were sold before it opened on Sept. 22. Planners had expected 750,000 visitors by the closing date, Jan. 13, which would be far more than any winter show had ever drawn at the Art Institute. Now, they are uncertain. Tourism has dipped, but 35,000 to 40,000 people still jam the show every week, including sellouts every Saturday, and the holiday season may help make the original expectation turn out to be right.
This event has all the aspects that make the blockbuster art show so appealing to some and disquieting to others. The museum gift shop has more books, prints, paperweights, scarves, umbrellas, postcards, tote bags, jewelry and other memorabilia than it has assembled for any other show. Outside, along Michigan Avenue, shop windows display objects related to the show. Twenty-six Chicago hotels are offering special rates to van Gogh fans.
City officials vetoed a plan to have rear windows of taxis decorated with sunflowers, which are strongly associated with van Gogh's work, saying that the police need to be able to see into taxi windows in emergencies. They did not object, however, to the painting of manhole covers around the city with images from pictures in the show -- a promotional ploy that was covered by more than 100 television stations around the country.
This is the fourth van Gogh show of 2001. The others, in St. Louis, Philadelphia and New York, drew big crowds, even though the one at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, ''Van Gogh's Postman: The Portraits of Joseph Roulin,'' had just five works.
Other recent van Gogh shows have also been box-office hits. One at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art attracted more people than any other museum show in 1999, and at one point the museum stayed open continuously for 63 hours to accommodate the crowds. A year later, a show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, became one of the five largest draws in that institution's history. Around the same time, the Detroit Institute of Arts, thought by some to be on the brink of collapse, was helped by a van Gogh show that brought in $2 million in gift shop receipts alone, double the initial estimate.
The accessibility of van Gogh's art does not reduce its emotional power, but that could be said of many other artists who do not have even a small fraction of his popularity. Much of the difference in popularity, say art historians and others who have studied this phenomenon, has to do with the extent to which van Gogh's life story has become interwoven with his art.
The visionary who lived in poverty and managed to sell only one painting during his lifetime, the anguished soul who cut off his ear in a fit of passion, the tormented saint who committed suicide at 37 -- all these personas add immeasurably to the power of his paintings.
''We will never have the experience of seeing a van Gogh picture innocent of knowledge of his life,'' said Douglas Druick, curator of the Chicago show. ''The legend that surrounds him is a redrafting of the earlier romantic paradigm of the genius madman who suffers heroically for art. That can be an unwanted filter that prevents us from seeing some of what is in his work, but there's definitely something in the pictures that reinforces the life story. It's not a violence, but they convey a very strong and almost overwhelming passion.''
Van Gogh was the son of a clergyman and for a time considered becoming a missionary. In his letters to his brother, Théo, he describes art as a form of religious quest and declares his desire to convey on canvas what religious prophets conveyed in their sermons and parables.
The publication of van Gogh's letters soon after his death began the spread of his reputation, which has grown steadily since then. By one count, 671 books and articles about him were published before World War II, including Irving Stone's fictionalized account, ''Lust for Life,'' which became an international best seller. Since then the number has reached well into the thousands. Several movies have also been made about his life.
Van Gogh's long hold on the popular imagination shows no sign of weakening. In fact, Mr. Wood, the Art Institute director, said it had grown stronger in the last 15 years. He attributed that to van Gogh's ''role as a symbol of our lost innocence, of a purity that we can never recover because of the paraphernalia and decadence of our contemporary society.''
The dizzying prices that van Gogh's works bring -- $82.5 million paid for his ''Portrait of Dr. Gachet'' in 1990 -- add to his image as the tragic artist who died without a clue of how fervently he would one day be appreciated.
''You've got an amazing life story and truly beautiful pictures,'' said Douglas Johansen, 26, a Chicago native who saw the exhibition recently. ''How can you stay away?''
Correction: November 9, 2001, Friday An Arts in America article yesterday about the popularity of van Gogh exhibitions, particularly the current blockbuster at the Art Institute of Chicago, misidentified the New York museum that presented ''Van Gogh's Postman: The Portraits of Joseph Roulin'' this year. It was the Museum of Modern Art, not the Metropolitan.Continue reading the main story


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Kirk J. Nahra, chair of Wiley Rein's Privacy Practice and co-chair of the Health Care Practice, will testify before a government advisory panel next week about health care "big data"—which is revolutionizing the delivery of medical services and creating increasingly complex challenges related to cybersecurity and patient privacy.
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But no one did.
After days spent chained to the fence, Chief was finally rescued by some local cowboys who came and cut him loose. They loaded him up into a trailer and took him to a community ranch in the area. But, horrifically, while at the ranch Chief suffered even more terrible abuse. Kim Meagher, founder of Wildhorse Ranch Rescue (WHRR) in Gilbert, Arizona, says that the staff at that facility even used him as a gelding demo - without using anesthetic.
The ranchers at that horrible place eventually decided that they didn't need Chief any longer, so they called Peter McEvoy, a horse shooter from a nearby refuge called, Out of Africa Wildlife Park.
Chief and Lady (WHRR)
But McEvoy had the good sense to realize that it wasn't time for Chief to die. There wasn't anything wrong with Chief, short of the fact that no one wanted him.
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McEvoy then made a phone call to Meagher. "He called me and said, 'Kim, I have a horse here and his only problem is humans,'" said Meagher. McEvoy told Meagher where Chief was located, and mentioned that he was with another unwanted horse named Twinkle Toes.
"If you could rescue them that would be fantastic; we're not going to take and kill them," McEvoy told Meagher. So Meagher found herself driving to the ranch, where she picked up both of the unfortunate horses. She brought them back with her to WHRR, an equine rescue and sanctuary that was founded in 1995.
Chief and Lady (WHRR)
"He was pretty pathetic," said Meagher as she recalled Chief's plight. He was probably in his late 20's when he first came to WHRR. Horses usually live to be between 25 and 30 years old, depending on what kind of horse they are, and ponies can live well into their 40's.
Chief's frail body was covered in scars, almost like someone had cut him with a knife, according to Meagher. He was afraid of people. "If you walked by his stall, he would shake and clench his eyes closed. So we just fed him, mucked his stall and talked sweet to him. It took about three weeks for him to start opening his eyes and actually look at us."
Chief slowly started trusting the volunteers and the other horses. Little by little, he let himself become a part of the herd. A herd that included Lady, WHRR's first rescued horse, and Dunny, its second resident.
Both Lady and Dunny came to WHRR in 1995. The woman who had once owned Lady was elderly and loved the beautiful, white 10-year-old rescued BLM mustang, but she no longer had the physical ability or the time needed to properly care for the horse. Dunny too was given to WHRR by a family unable to provide for him.
Over time, Chief got used to being with the other horses and he came to love his caretakers. He would cavort and play with them and was able to live life as part of a herd. And in 2003, Chief was nominated for and won the Friends Of Animal Care & Control Survivor Hero Award. He had lived a life of abuse and neglect before coming to WHRR and had come out the other side a survivor!!
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As time passed, Chief began bumping into things, and this was happening more and more. "We worried about his eyes and noticed he was following Lady," said Meagher. "He would get behind her and nudge her butt as if to say, 'Take me for a walk.' They had not really had a bond before this."
Lady with Kim Meagher
Lady indulged him and began leading him around. "About 90 percent of the time she'd say 'OK.' He would follow her almost with his nose touching her," said Meagher. "Every now and again he'd nudge her and she would put her ears back and swing her head toward him, and you could almost hear her say, 'I'm not in the mood right now!'"
But he was stubborn and he'd nag Lady until she finally relented. Chief always won.
"She was really very kind to him and took good care of him," said Meagher. "They did look like an old married couple - like they were married their entire horsy lives."
Dunny with volunteers (WHRR)
The two of them did all of the usual horse things, standing head to tail. Lady would use her tail to sweep the flies off Chief and he would return the favor. Chief was never far from Lady.
Sadly, after examining Chief, the vet said that he was suffering from a degenerative eye condition that there was no cure for. In time Chief went completely blind and often had to wear a fly mask to protect his eyes. The mask was equipped with padded bumper guards to stop him from banging his eyes and hurting them.
Chief proudly displaying his Hero Award medal (WHRR)
As the years past, Chief and Lady developed a very strong relationship, and Chief relied on the beautiful white mare more and more. The herd also continued to grow as WHRR took in more animals.
But, in 2005, something unimaginable happened. Meagher had to call the vet for Lady, who was in terrible misery. The vet came immediately to investigate. Sadly, Lady was dying, and Chief could sense that something was wrong.
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"Chief was yelling in the barn so we could come get him," said Meagher. "He was panicked and screaming running back and forth in his stall banging into the walls and the fence. He just would not calm down, so we had to halter him and bring him next to her during the exam."
Lady was aware of Chief's presence. "I think it comforted her instantly," said Meagher. "The roles were reversed; now he was providing comfort for her."
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Chief never left her side throughout the entire procedure. "When Lady was gone he stood over her for the longest time, and of course we finally had to put him up in his stall in the side corral," Meagher added.
Sadly, Lady didn't survive and Chief was devastated. When the truck came to retrieve Lady's body, Chief screamed for about an hour. "It was heartbreaking," said Meagher. "We all just balled. What could we do? How do you comfort that?"
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"We were always thankful that Lady was a lot younger than Chief, because we just couldn't imagine him without her," said Meagher. "We always thought Chief would go long before her since he was quite a bit older than she was. When it happened the other way around it was pretty devastating."
Chief was beside himself once Lady was gone. The volunteers were afraid to let him out of his stall without Lady because they feared he wouldn't be safe. He'd have to be placed with a volunteer, even though Chief would rather stay put most of the time anyway.
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After a few months had passed, Meagher made the decision to pair Chief up with Dunny, who pretty much took over for Lady. "Just the fact that he allowed it was a pretty big move for Dunny," said Meagher.
The friendship between the two horses lasted until Chief died on New Year's Day of 2009. No one knew exactly how old he was, but the vet estimated his age at about 37 years old when he passed away surrounded by WHRR's board of directors and the volunteers who loved him until the very end.
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Throughout their lives together, Chief and Lady had a deep bond with one another, according to Meagher. They spent their daily lives in a herd with other horses, yet they would pair off and stand together every day. "They honestly had an unbreakable bond that was pretty amazing," she said. "I've known humans that didn't have that kind of bond that those two horses had."
Lady and Chief pulling up the rear in their earlier days
"Every one of us, every being has value," added Meagher. "We all seek love and safety. And often, beautiful friendships blossom from the most soiled beginnings."
Rhona Melsky is on the advisory board of Wildhorse Ranch Rescue.
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Designing with Women: The EcoZoom Approach to Product Design November 06 2013
Designing with Women: The EcoZoom Approach to Product DesignEcoZoom Amanda here with an exciting update! The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves recently released the Scaling Adoption of Clean Cooking Solutions through Women's Empowerment Resource Guide. EcoZoom was featured in the guide as a case study for incorporating women into the product design process. It was a great chance for us to highlight some of the ways we've been able to work with women to design great products.
EcoZoom Product Design Case StudyEcoZoom is a social enterprise and certified B Corp working to make improved cookstoves accessible and affordable in developing countries. EcoZoom has the exclusive rights to internationally distribute stoves engineered by Aprovecho Research Center, a leading nonprofit organization in the design, engineering and testing of improved stoves. The EcoZoom cookstove is based on the 'rocket' concept and has an internal 'chimney' which directs air through the burning fuel and encourages the missing of gases and flames above it. In most cases, the cookstove is manufactured in a Chinese factory and then transported to the identified market as a finished product. They are also piloting approaches with local assembly in order to reduce import tariffs and create local livelihoods. EcoZoom combines laboratory research with field-testing to create market appropriate stove models that meet consumer needs. The base product can be easily modified to fit women users' preferences in design and use, which increases acceptance and uptake. EcoZoom consults local women to customize the stove to their needs and preferences Product Design Process EcoZoom uses a 5-step approach to product design to ensure its cookstoves are market relevant. - Step 1: Market Need. Assess the current cooking situation including examining fuel used, food cooked, pots used, money and time spent on fuel, health impacts, currently available cooking options, etc. - Step 2: Lab Design & Testing. Create a fully functional prototype that is proven to be fuel and emissions efficient. - Step 3: Field Test. Take the cookstove into the field and see how women react, examining what works well and what doesn't. See if the field results match the lab results. - Step 4: Modify. Work with cooks to modify the product to fit their needs, making sure not to compromise fuel or emissions efficiency. - Step 5: Manufacture. Create the engineering drawings; for iterations add an updated drawing with a part specific change request form. Obtain any additional tooling or machines and then manufacture to meet the demand. Within the 5-step approach women play central roles in product design and modification. Some of the methods EcoZoom employs to engage women, moving from general design understandings in step 1 to specific iterations in step 4 include: - Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) led by EcoZoom's partners to explore market needs and design concepts. - Controlled Cooking Tests (CCTs) for field testing functionality and efficiency. - In-Home Cookstove Trials held for field testing functionality and efficiency with typical cooking tasks over time and creating modifications.
- In-Home Cookstove Trials often involve between five and ten women cooks who use the cookstove prototype in their home for one to two months. The EcoZoom team (or partner organization) makes frequent visits to the homes to monitor use and check in with the women cooks.
- Small Scale Pilots generally include between 100 and 500 cookstove prototypes that are given to women cooks to use in their homes over an identified period of time. The small-scale pilots are similar to the in-home cookstove trials but there is less attention paid to each individual household. The pilots are used to gather data utilizing a large base of cooks and look for trends before making modifications.
- Explain that both positive and negative feedback is encouraged and that there is no right or wrong answer.
- Ask the same questions to different groups of women, look for consistent answers across groups.
- Establish trust up front so women feel comfortable telling the truth.
- Phrase questions carefully and ask the same questions in different ways.
- Continually listen and do not dominate the conversation.
- Engage with a third party that is already trusted in the community to ask the questions and lead discussion.


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I was wondering if anyone would be so kind as to take a bit of time out to name the color with its corresponding number for HAIR, SKIN and EYES for the Wildwood Elezen, Duskwight Elezen, Midland Hyur and Highland Hyur.
I'm asking this because of my color-blindness (protanopia) and don't want to create a character that may end up having an odd purple hair and green skin (for example).
Letting me know some good color combinations (by numbers) would be great.
Thank you so much in advance.
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The other day my boyfriend told me I looked horrible and it really hurts me. I am very sensitive when it comes to my looks so it is still bothering me a week later. He later said that he was referring to my outfit but it still bothers me because I put a lot of effort in the way I look around him. Am I being too sensitive? Is this something that I should have already gotten over?
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You're sensitive, but that was a jerk move. He could have simply said he liked you better in this or that outfit.
I said you're sensitive, not over-sensitive, and I mean that. You just said it was bothering you, you didn't do anything mean to him in return.
He is your boyfriend, he holds a special place in your circle of friends. His opinion weights a lot, and can hurt you much worse than someone else's opinion. It's normal !
I would try to tell him, without any animosity, that you'd rather he pointed out the outfits he likes rather than point the ones he doesn't. Instead of saying "you look horrible/I don't like this one", he could put it this way : "I like that one better/Why don't you switch the shirt with this one ?".
This way you know what he likes better, while receiving compliments, and he gets to see you wearing what he finds more attractive. You both win in the end :)11|00|0
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Author | Noor Fathima Warsia | Friday, Apr 30,2004 8:33 AM
When it happens in India, it happens with a bang. The kids' space, which saw action only in the form of Cartoon Network, suddenly has an explosion, with eight channels making way on the scene. Mass entertainment still ruling the charts and single TV households still the order of the day, is there space for so many players in this space?
The current playground status
Examining kids' space more closely, while Cartoon Network has been the only strong player on the scene, there are other players like Nickelodeon and Splash also, which don't have much to show ratings wise. However, action is heating up here with Nickelodeon now going half Hindi. Kermit was on the scene for a while too but made a quiet exit. Early this year Cartoon Network launched sibling POGO.
Despite the presence of these channels, the highest kids' viewership is seen on general entertainment channels like STAR Plus, not only on kids oriented programmes but also on other shows.
In the soon-to-come batch, UTV's Hungama TV will make an entry later in the year and Sony Entertainment recently announced Animax for July 2004. While STAR India's, STAR Kidz seems to be on a back burner, the network is battling with Sony to hook Disney for the three channels that the international kids space giant plans to get on Indian television.
So can Indian television accommodate these players?
The players
"Aren't there seven to eight news channels right now?" remarks Kunal Dasgupta, CEO, Sony Entertainment Television, "And all of them are doing well. Indian television entertainment is getting more specialised and it has space for more such channels to fall in place."
Nikhil Mirchandani, Executive Director, Strategic Marketing, Cartoon Network expresses, "We have successfully pioneered kids' television in India with the launch of Cartoon Network. For the past eight years, we have constantly worked at enhancing the segment."
Speaking more on the increase in players, he says, "As resident kids expert we will continue to raise the bar and set the standards for the industry and we welcome competition. Experience tells us that entry of serious players in kids' television entertainment will only help grow the segment further."
A thought that Purnendu Bose, COO, Hungama TV shares, "Right now, the kids market is not in the competitive mode but on the expanding mode. In this case, the more the merrier!"
But we are still talking about single TV households. Will the remote controls be given to children to watch the programmes of their choice? "But that scenario is changing. Also these brands will take five years to establish. So them making their entry now will suit the media scene of the future just right," says Dasgupta.
"C&S households are growing at 15 per cent per annum," informs Bose, "Also, if you draw an international comparison, in UK, there are more than 20 channels catering to 11 million children. In India, the kid's population is 50 million. I don't think it would be a problem to have eight channels or even more."
An interesting aspect that comes to fore here is that while the dayparts that seem to be working for existing kids channels are non-primetime bands for general entertainment channels, the slots can be developed such that they could be competing directly with general entertainment channels. Mirchandani elucidates, "Traditionally, 4.00 to 8.00 p.m. worked very well for us. But with the launch of Tiny TV, 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. also proved to be a whole new primetime."
Where that is one problem that kids' channels will face, the second is the kids oriented programming on channels like STAR Plus. But does the mass entertainment leader think these channels will affect its programming? "No. These channels will be competing with us. For this kind of programming, we are the benchmark. We have created the potential for kids' entertainment and competition is always welcome. We have a loyal audience and so we don't think this should affect our viewership but in case if it does, then there are always remedies," states Deepak Segal, Sr. VP, Content and Communication, Star India.
The referees
Shedding some light on how media experts perceive the sudden outburst of kids' channels, Jasmin Sohrabji, President, MediaCom, South Asia observes, "Success of a channel does not depend on how many players already exist in the space, it really depends on the product offering. Great quality programming will dictate where the remote stops, irrespective of clutter or not!"
"Content plus communication is the key," puts in Punitha Arumugam, CEO, Madison Media (West), "looking at the current example, localised content will be important. Also it is equally significant to lay focus on how this is communicated to the children, whether it school contact programmes or word of mouth. The biggest challenge that these channels will face is that they will have a very small window, which they have to maximise to the fullest."
Speaking more on how many players will be strong in the category, Sohrabji says, "Kids do not have set patterns, they tend to be experimentative, so there is scope for more channels. But the space is never wide enough from a revenue point of view. More options will hold down the cost the channels can command. So, it may not be lucrative for all players." "Only two or three will lead the pack," throws in Arumugam.
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The people of Chile voted for a right-wing president yesterday, for the first time since the removal of the military dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1990. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Gideon Long in Santiago about the way forward for Chile.
MARCO WERMAN: I'm Marco Werman this is The World. Chile will soon have a new President. He is billionaire Sebastian Pinera. Pinera won yesterday's election in the South American country. His victory ends two decades of rule by a center left coalition. It returns to power the political parties that supported Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship from 1973 to 1990. Reporter Gideon Long is in the Chilean capital Santiago. So this move from left to right seems like a huge shift Gideon, at least from here. Does Chile feel different today?
GIDEON LONG: Well it does feel slightly different. Certainly symbolically it is a huge shift. This is the first time that the right has been back in power since Pinochet stepped down in 1990. And more than that it's the first time that the right has won power through the ballot box since the 1950s, since 1958. So certainly symbolically it feels like a huge shift. But actually in reality it probably won't result in huge policy changes. Sebastian Pinera realizes that most Chileans don't want a radical shift to the right, so although it's symbolically important, I don't think there will be huge policy changes once Sebastian Pinera takes over power in March.
MARCO: What's going to happen about Chile's tumultuous past, especially in terms of the Pinochet years? I mean there does seem to be a political shift today toward the right but does that mean that there's any kind of revisiting of the crimes and the abuses of the Pinochet era?
GIDEON: Well I suspect that the human rights cases which have been trundling through the Chilean courts over the last few years will continue, so there will be more convictions from people who were associated with the crimes of the Pinochet years. But to be honest with you, you know it's 20 years now since Pinochet stepped down. A lot of those who were guilty of those human rights abuses have either been brought to trial or they've died. So Chile it does feel as though it's moving away from that Pinochet generation now and with each year the crimes of the past are less of an issue. People have been brought to justice, and Chileans I think are looking to the future now. They don't want to keep harking back to that dark past. And they're looking to the future. In many ways Mister Pinera represents that future.
MARCO: Gideon it's interesting that Mister Pinera is an extreme sports enthusiast and he flies his own helicopter. Does he strike any people in Chile as kind of a wealthy international playboy?
GIDEON: Well, not really. I mean he's been compared to Silvio Bernasconi in Italy. I can see where the comparison comes from because if you look at the investment portfolios of the two men, both of them own a television channel, both of them are very rich, both of them are entrepreneurs and both of them have stakes in the leading football clubs in their respective countries. But really that's where the comparison ends. In terms of their character they're very different; they're different very different characters. Mr. Pinera is a family man and he's not got Mr. Bernasconi's easy charm and easy populism. He's much more, even in public he still seems a little bit stiff, a little bit formal. So no he doesn't really have that, the jet set playboy image even though as you say he is a helicopter pilot.
MARCO: Reporter Gideon Long in Santiago, Chile. Thank you so much for your time Gideon.
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I like this really cute guy in my group. He seems to be reserved and shy when it comes to girls. I don't think he has dated anyone before. I'm shy myself so I never tried flirting with him.. I think he's about my age 21..
Anyway, I sent him an email about our group work and he replied back. I asked if he wanted to study with me and a friend but he said he had big exams coming up and he really couldn't. I sent another mail saying "I'll never see him again after the exam :(" he replied back that it was sweet and he's going to study abroad for a year but when he comes back we might be in the same class. He also said "if you can't last without seeing me add me on Facebook"
(is he flirting back or?)
After this mail I said things like "no, do you have to go for a whole year" and that I think he's a "hottie". Now he's completely ignoring me. Was it just too much for him to handle? Maybe he doesn't find me attractive enough or something :(
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I think you're right.. I can tell that he's shy so he must be surprised that I called him a hottie. Or he's simply not interested. But do you think he understood that I was flirting when I wrote "I'll prob never see you again after the test"?.. cos if he knew, I don't know why he wanted me to add him on fb if he wasn't interested..
From this point I would keep conversations on FB casual. From time to time you can mention missing him or how you're looking forward to his return, but try not to over do it. Also be careful what you post on FB "public" pages. Be sure and send more personal issues in pvt messages. I do think he is interested, just control how much sweetner you use, if ya know what I mean.


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Supermarket giant Lidl all set for Summer with new clothes range
SUMMER will hopefully soon be upon us and Lidl is well prepared.
Lidl has just unveiled its highly anticipated Esmara spring/summer 2016 fashion collection, following the sell-out success of its debut collection last year.
Inspired by the Tropical Deco architecture of Miami and the contrasting bohemian blue hues of the Mediterranean, shoppers can expect an eclectic selection of key season staples and stunning swimwear, the majority of which will be available for a very purse-friendly €9.99 or under.
The first wave of products from the collection will go on sale on March 10, with the additional pieces scheduled to land in stores nationwide between April and July.
With a focus on trends that are both wearable and affordable, the Esmara collection has embraced the allure of the Mediterranean for spring/summer with a cool and contemporary take on the traditional. Crisp fabrics, simple stripes, light denim and pops of blue dominate. This season, customers can expect to see boho denim harem pants, €8.99, chic cotton shirt dresses, €9.99, light striped knitted tops, €5.99, and spring-friendly espadrilles, a snip at just €6.99.
Other key season staples to look out for in the spring/summer Esmara collection include ultra-chic palazzo pants, €9.99, in colours like dusty pink and dove grey, and matching cami tops, €3.99, as well as lace-trim shorts in black and cream, €4.99, and sleek wedges for the bargain price of just €13.99. The range also features must-have accessories like handbags in a selection of styles and colours, €15.99, as well as slider flat metallic sandals, €8.99, and chunky gold and rose-gold watches, €9.99.
Also sure to impress is the 'See You in Miami' collection of beachwear and athleisure, which will arrive in stores in June. Inspired by the vibrant city of Miami, the focus of the range is on bold colours, lush prints and geometric silhouettes. A stunning selection of tropical bikinis feature, including the luxe triangle neoprene bikini, bright floral bikini and black fringe bikini, available for the bargain price of just €8.98 each. Other stand-out pieces include summery maxi dresses, €9.99, glamorous cut-out swimsuits in a variety of styles and colours, € 8.99, beach dresses in bold colours like pink and orange, €7.99, and tropical print kaftans, just €8.99 each.
Finally, the 'See You in Miami' range of athletic wear will lend a tropical vibe to the athleisure trend this summer. The sportswear includes vivid prints and bright pops of colour throughout, featuring pieces like palm tree print capri pants, €6.99, and shorts, €4.99, sports bras in colours like hot pink and turquoise, €5.99, as well as neon yellow performance camis, €3.99, and t-shirts, €4.99.
Speaking about the launch of Lidl's Esmara spring/summer 2016 collection, stylist Corina Gaffey, said: "The reaction to the launch of Lidl's debut Esmara collection last year was incredibly positive, so it's an exciting step for Lidl to be back launching its second spring/summer collection. There's been increasing demand for fashion that is both on-trend and affordable, and this is exactly what Lidl is bringing to customers with this range. From stunning swimwear featuring lush prints and bright pops of colour, to laid-back boho pieces and vibrant athletic wear, Lidl has really stepped it up a notch this year with a collection that will really impress. Items are expected to fly off the shelves when they go on sale, so I'd advise customers to get down to stores early to snap up a bargain!"
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Coming up for air after a very busy Fall (after nearly 8 years of life and love, we got married in September!) we find ourselves in mid-December and 2013 is almost here. We've been reflecting on the many blessings 2012 has brought us– really, we're very blessed. Aside from walking down the aisle and celebrating our marriage with our close friends and family, the highlight of this year was our honeymoon in Bora Bora. Our fabulous vacation would have never been possible without the help, guidance and stellar customer service from Stacy Small with Elite Travel International.
This time last year, we honestly believed that booking travel online was the way to go. Today? I can't believe we ever left home without using Stacy. We were virtually introduced to Stacy a couple years ago and regret not booking travel with her before planning our honeymoon. When we started dreaming of our Tahitian honeymoon we immediately thought of Stacy and entrusted her with our hopes of the perfect getaway. The first and best (we think) thing to know about Stacy is that when you book travel through her, you're not just booking a hotel room and flights. Stacy has been around the world, stayed at resorts that would blow your mind and is constantly in-the-know of luxury travel. She can tell you where to stay (giving you options and opinions), how to get there without wasting your time and what to do while you're enjoying your vacation. All we can compare it to is reading through hundreds of TripAdvisor reviews and finally getting what you're looking for (if that ever happens…it rarely has for us). Stacy will cut to the chase and tell you exactly why you should, shouldn't, would or wouldn't want to go where you're dreaming of. That is a gift of security that no amount of internet research will gain you. Luxury travel is not inexpensive and you want to make sure you're getting the most out of what you're paying for, right? Well, that's Stacy's job and she takes it quite seriously. In fact, Stacy just arrived home from a week in France. A week in France meeting with top hoteliers from around the world. A week of doing research for her clients, so she knows where and when to send those clients. She is constantly traveling and researching, making an investment in the money that her clients are spending on vacations– that, you cannot buy or ever find online.
Now, back to Bora Bora. We narrowed it down to one island (Bora Bora, rather than Tahiti or Moorea, which are often paired or added to visiting Bora Bora) and a few different resorts; St. Regis Bora Bora, Four Seasons Bora Bora and the Intercontinental Thalasso. Stacy has personally been to and knows the staff at each of those three resorts (and most of the other resorts in French Polyenesia, too!), so she was able to really give us the advantage of knowledge we were looking for before selecting a destination. We settled on the Four Seasons Bora Bora for a number of different reasons, but we cannot express enough that it surely didn't disappoint. It was luxurious, very well-apointed and we felt like we got a great value. We were VERY happy honeymooners.
Since booking our honeymoon with Stacy, we have booked a few more (smaller) vacations with her and each time she's been a dream to work with. Again, we stress; in a day when it seems like the 'net might be your best bet, think again and put your hard-earned vacation time and money in the hands of someone who wants you to enjoy traveling as much as possible.
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What age was your child's 1st dentist visit?
My pedi wants Elise to go to a dentist as well. She has only 2 teeth. Is there a reason why a 1 year old with only 2 teeth would need a dentist visit??
This has changed over the years, but now the AAPD recommends before their first birthday.
Hmm.. perhaps just for hygiene purposes? Couldn't hurt to get her used to going either!
Tristen had a little baby check up at about right before a year...I know that is what they suggest now. It was just a little basic fast check up but it gets them used to it as well.
What do they do at the 1st dentist visit?
They had me hold him in my lap and with him facing me, lay him backward and they just looked in his mouth with the little mirror thing dentists use. It took maybe 5 minutes. Asked me how often we brush. It was very short and simple. Tristen did great.
Our dentist said three was the age they started, but this was a while ago so I am not sure if that has changed or not. I don't think at one they understand. At three they can understand a lot more.
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My name is Bharat and presently based in Dubai. Working with the hospitality sector for over a decade now. Presently working as an assistant manager restaurants in Dubai. I am planning to relocate to Hong Kong and I am pursuing my specialisation from one of the institute based in Hong kong for which I travel to Hong Kong. What are the probabilities of getting a job and what do you suggest as "JOB HUNTING TIPS".
Second thing, as an Indian National, I can get a visa on arrival but only for
14 days, so what if I don't get an offer within 14 days. Is there any way, place where I can do exit and then again come back to Hong Kong for another period of 14 days.
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Moving countries is an exciting time. The ability to get a job will depend on your skill set, the particular area you would like to work in and current market conditions. There are a number of job search tips I would recommend. The first is regularly monitor the major job boards for potential opportunities and make sure your resume is up to date and it demonstrates your skill set clearly and concisely. It is also important that you keep track of the roles that you have applied for and be prepared for a company to call you at any time. The way that you conduct yourself on the first call will be very important as you will be assessed based on it. Do your research on potential recruitment companies that specialise in the area that is of interest to you. It is important that you have a clear understanding of your own strengths and weaknesses, your career goals and job search preferences. Make sure you stay proactive when working with a recruitment firm. Networking with people directly is another key job search tip. This can include joining relevant networking events for your area of interest, LinkedIn and talking to friends who might know people in the Hong Kong market. It is also good to think about the companies that you would like to work with the most and apply to them directly. When applying directly to a company make sure you have tailored your resume and cover letter accordingly, keep a list of who / when you applied and follow up on your application with a phone call. Once you have secured a job interview, it is very important to remember that having the right interview technique is vital. There are three key questions the interviewer will want answers to after they have met you. 1. Can you do the job? 2. How much do you want the job? 3. Will you fit into the team and culture of the business? Finally, in relation to your question regarding visa, I would suggest that you talk to the Immigration Department in Hong Kong and familiarise yourself with the immigration or labour laws. Good luck with your job search and move to Hong Kong.


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Freedom Farm wins two titles at 'Black World Series'
Published: Aug 02, 2013
The Freedom Farm Baseball League (FFBL) continues to get the job done.
The league won two titles at the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League (MJBL) 23rd Inner City Classic, as they took both the eight-and-under and 10-and-under divisions in Richmond, Virginia, this week. The classic, which is known as the 'Black World Series' is the oldest and longest running inner city baseball tournament in the United States. Young baseball players from 17 states and The Bahamas, ages 6-19, competed for the championships in six age brackets.
Freedom Farm has been a part of this international organization for the past eight years and captured its first championship in the eight-and-under division in Orlando, Florida two years ago. That coach pitch team was managed by Michael Rolle.
This week, Freedom Farm captured its second and third titles. Manager Dion Munroe led the coach pitch team to victory in the championship game, winning 12-5. The 10-and-under team started out ahead and was able to hold off a late surge by their opponents to win, 14-10. The 12-and-under team also played in the championship game and played an intense game, but came up short, losing 5-3 to the hometown team, Mosby Spartans. The Spartans finished the tournament with an unblemished 7-0 win/loss record.
According to reports, this was Freedom Farm's best performance in the history of the classic, as they dominated the competition throughout.
The 10-and-under team, managed by Stephen Burrows, finished round-robin play with an unblemished record of five wins and no losses. They defeated the state
champions Mosby Spartans out of Virginia to secure their spot in the championship game. The 12-and-under team, managed by Patrick Moss, went undefeated in their pool with a 4-0 win/loss record to make it to the playoffs. They then defeated the state champions Hampton Road Grays out of Georgia, 8-4, in the quarter-finals, and then went on to defeat the MJBL Heat, 15-5, before losing to the Mosby Spartans in the championship game.
The league salutes all of its teams that represented themselves, and the country at large, well. The league will be hosting a special breakfast this Saturday at 9:30 a.m. for all coaches who have represented Freedom Farm this summer in the Bahamas Baseball Federation (BBF), Babe Ruth and the MJBL tournament.


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This paper is an account of the article "The Reception of the Praxis Journal in Slovakia" by Slovak philosopher Andrej Kopčok, which was published in 2005 in the Filozofia journal. Kopčok's article expounds on the beginnings of reception of "praxis philosophy" in Slovakia, yearlong cooperation of Slovak and Czech philosophers with the protagonists of that philosophical orientation, and the responses of that cooperation in Slovakia, especially with regard to the development of philosophical thought concerning political and social circumstances in Slovakia (i.e. Czechoslovakia) since the 1960s.


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Till well into the 1960s, Indian railways used steam engines. The Bombay-Poona line and the local trains in Bombay and Calcutta had been electrified; but leaving those aside, billowing clouds of smoke marked the passage of trains across the Indian countryside. The sound of engines' exhausts was so familiar that children played steam engines, imitating their phush-phush sound and emitting a high-pitched whistle.
Steam engines used coal; the coalfields of Jharia were opened up for them. Before coal came to be mined, they used wood; they just bought wood at stations and dumped it into the boiler. Steam engines were never very fuel-efficient; even in the 1970s, their fuel efficiency hardly exceeded 20 per cent. When they first arrived in the 1850s, it was less than 5 per cent. So they used huge quantities of wood; their arrival created an entire wood-cutting industry ' and rapidly denuded India of forests.
Their impact was so drastic that the government soon began to think of growing wood. Animals are important in India's rural areas even now; herding was even more important in the nineteenth century. Animals were seen as a serious threat to growing forests. So in 1871, the government passed the Cattle Trespass Act which authorized the government to impound trespassing cattle; cattle comprised elephants, buffaloes, camels, horses, mares, geldings, ponies, colts, fillies, mules, bulls, bullocks, cows, heifers, calves, asses, pigs, rams, ewes, sheep, lambs, goats and kids. The owner could retrieve his animals by paying a fine.
The 1871 Act only referred to tame elephants. The government found that wild elephants were threatened as people killed them for ivory or meat. So in 1879 it passed an Elephant's Preservation Act which made wilful killing of elephants a crime.
However, the 1871 Act was still not enough. It was not just plantations that needed to be protected, but all forests. And they needed to be protected, not against cattle alone, but against any consumptive or destructive use. So the government passed the Indian Forest Act, 1927. It took powers to declare a forest reserved. In a reserved forest, anyone who made any fresh clearing, set or kindled a fire or left any fire burning in such manner as to endanger such a forest; trespassed or pastured cattle, or permitted cattle to trespass; caused any damage by negligence in felling any tree or cutting or dragging any timber, felled, girdled, lopped, or burnt any tree or stripped off the bark or leaves from, or otherwise damaged the same; quarried stone, burnt lime or charcoal, or collected, subjected to any manufacturing process, or removed, any forest-produce; cleared or broke up any land for cultivation or any other purpose in contravention of any rules made in this behalf by the State Government, hunted, shot, fished, poisoned water or set traps or snares; or in any area in which the Elephant's Preservation Act, 1879 was not in force, killed or caught elephants in contravention of any rules so made, was punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which could extend to five hundred rupees, or with both, in addition to such compensation for damage done to the forest as the convicting Court may direct to be paid.
The 1927 Act recognized a number of potential rights ' rights to pasture, shifting cultivation, removal of forest produce, watercourses and right of way. Forest produce was defined as trees and leaves, flowers and fruits, plants not being trees (including grass, creepers, reeds and moss), and all parts or produce of such plants, wild animals and skins, tusks, horns, bones, silk, cocoons, honey and wax, and all other parts or produce of animals, and peat, surface soil, rock and minerals (including limestone, laterite, mineral oils, and all products of mines or quarries).
Forests could be either reserved or protected. In a reserved forest, users' rights were recognized provided that they had been exercised before the forest was declared reserved; no new users could come and claim rights. And old users' rights had also to be recognized in writing by the forest officer in charge. Further, the government could declare any part of a reserved forest protected. If it did so, all users' rights in that part were suspended while it remained protected. The idea was to prohibit all human access to severely degraded forests until they had recovered.
The government could not afford to police a forest so strictly that everyone who illegally removed forest produce could be caught. So it declared all forest produce its property unless the possessor could prove that it was his; and it took powers to control the transport of forest produce. Despite the 1927 Act, India's forest cover shrank. The Government of India decided that this was because state governments had allowed the plundering of forests out of greed or negligence. In 1980 it passed the Forest Conservation Act and took away state governments' power to do anything with forests. The Act even says that any government department or official that breaks the law will be proceeded against.
This Act did not stop the forest cover from further contraction and degradation. But it gave forest officers enormous powers, which they used to stop or sell access to forests. So now an agitation has started calling for recognition of 'tribal' rights to and 'communal' management of forests. This is not peculiar to India. In many parts of the world, forest is being destroyed; the worst cases are those of Brazil and Indonesia. And the destruction has created a flourishing world community of forest lovers who consider the felling of a single tree a crime and a sin.
But the vanishing forests are just another instance of the tragedy of the commons. What belongs to no one gets plundered. It does not matter whether the government declares it to be its own property; it does not have the resources to protect its property.
Will transfer of forests to local communities reverse the plunder' All communities have to earn a livelihood; they are not going to take time off to protect forests unless the forests became sources of greater income than they are earning now. And even if they do, they will not have the resources to protect forests.
We must ask ourselves whether we are interested in the woods or the trees. By restricting or prohibiting the cutting of trees, we have made trees valueless. People will grow forests if they are allowed to cut them and sell the wood. West Bengal should stop making laws about when trees can be cut or not cut; it should have no restrictions at all on the cutting of trees on private land. Not only that; it should lease out wasteland for growing tree crops. Rosewood, for instance, is extracted from Brazilian forest; rosewood furniture is worth its weight in gold. West Bengal could make far more by growing rosewood, sandalwood and sisal than it ever would from rice. If it grows such high-value timber and exports it all over the world, it will be able to import all the rice it needs from Punjab and have plenty of money left over.


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Thursday, 31 July 2014
Nollywood Aneke Twins Cover New Edition of Berribunch Magazine
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Again! Blessing Okagbare Wins Gold at Commonwealth Games
Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare has won Gold medal again in the Women's 200m in time of 22.25 seconds at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. This is coming after she won the highly craved Gold medal in the Women's 100meters Finals. Congrats to her.
Jonathan Approves Appointment of AIG Suleiman Abba As New IGP
Julia Blaise Blog (JBB) gave the scoop that Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 7, has been appointed as the new Inspector General of Police in Nigeria. The president has however, approved his appointment this evening.
Mutiu Adepoju, Jonathan Akpoborie, Others to Camp with CFA Players
Assassins Kill Police Officer in Benue
Khloe Kardashian Says Lamar Odom Got Rob Addicted to Drug
Banky W Hosts Night of Music, As Quilox Retuns
Chris Brown Reveals He Still Has Soft Spot for Rihanna
Chris Brown has revealed that he still has soft spot for Rihanna. He posted a picture of himself lying in bed on Instagram, a fan photoshopped Rihanna into the picture. The Loyal singer's attitude surprised his fans, as he liked the picture. An attitude that made people feel he still have strong feelings for his ex-girlfriend.
Tenant's Scrotum Cut-off by Landlady's Children in Lagos
Sierra Leone Declares 90-day State of Emergency Over Ebola Virus
The spread of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has set fear in the government, Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma has declared a state of public emergency to tackle the worst ever outbreak and will call in security forces to quarantine epicentres of the deadly virus. Koroma announced he was cancelling a visit to Washington for a U.S.-Africa summit next week, because of the crisis and instead holding an emergency meeting with regional leaders in Guinea on Friday.
Exposed: Suicide Bomber Arrested in Kastina Related to Their Car Driver
It has been disclosed that the 10-year-old girl, who was arrested yesterday in Kastina wearing a suicide bomb apparatus is a relative of the driver of the Honda CRV car conveying her and other Boko Haram members.
Keshi Denies NFF's N7m New Deal
Nigeria Super Eagles' coach, Stephen Keshi, has denied reports that Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has offered him a N7 million ($43, 284) monthly wage in a new contract due to take off. On Wednesday, it was revealed that Keshi was offered N7 million monthly pay package with the coach accepting it and the deal to be finalized next week.
Nasarawa Lawmakers Freeze State's Account
Photos from Kano Polythenic Suicide Bomb Attack
Photos: Muma Gee, Prince Eke, Ken Eric Dazzle at Jnr Pope's Wedding
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Jonathan Appoints Suleiman Abba As IG of Police
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
FG Committed in Helping Victims of Terrorism - Jonathan
Jonathan Deplores Continues Terrorist Attacks in Kano
Agatha Amata Launches TV Station
Photos: Jonathan Launches & Obtains New 64page E-Passport
President Jonathan today Wednesday July 30, 2014 officially launched and obtained the new 64-page E-passport. The new 64-page E-passport helps frequent travelers, it's gender friendly, forestalls identity theft, cheaper for the aged and low income earners.
P&G Boosts Education with "Always Forward Ever" Campaign
Procter and Gamble Nigeria, leader in the fast moving consumer goods has unveiled a new consumer contest "Always Moving Forward" to help boost girl child education in Nigeria. The contest is a part of the activities lined up to launch the company's new thematic campaign tagged 'Always Forward Ever'. The contest, which is open to all girls between the ages of 12 and 18 years, will see them answer the question, "Who will you be in 10 years from now?"
Anita Joseph Shares Photos of Her New Look
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Tuface, T-pain, Others Excite at AFRIMMA
The much-anticipated African Muzic Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA), which held at the weekend, has again confirmed hip-hop act David Adeleke, aka davido, as an artiste to be reckoned with in 2014 – the singer again, clinched the diadem for Artiste of the Year and Best Male West Africa, making it the third of such award this year. Davido had contested the category with three other Nigerian artistes; Wizkid, Iyanya and Flavour; two Ghanaian acts, Sarkodie and Shatta Wale and Ivorian singer, DJ Arafat.
Wrestler Odunayo Adekuoroye Wins Gold Medal at Commonwealth Games
Update: 15-yr-old Suicide Bomber Attacks Kano Polytechnic
Bomb Blast Hits School of Legal Studies in Kano
A fresh bomb blast has occurred at School of Legal Studies in Kano state. Going by the information gathered, a 15-year-old female suicide bomber entered the school this afternoon and moved straight to where students gathered to check their results.
Yvonne Nelson Shares Photos of Tattered Jean
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President Enugu US, Dr Ifesinachi Ugwuonye Gets Lifetime Achievement Award @ CAMA 2014
CAMA is the brain child of The Classic International Magazine, in the calendar of the Africa community to honor real drivers of the African society in various fields of endeavor. The fourth edition of CLASSIC AFRICA MERIT AWARD will be held on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 10 Degrees Events Centre in Ikeja Lagos. CAMA 2014 has heightened pleasure and feelings of recognition. The lush associated with this meaningful annual event fulfills several purposes and kind hearted fun from the entire who-is-who in the world of showbiz industry, top notch politicians and major players in the corporate world desirable of the green carpet breeze of in-depth reward for excellence.
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Ambassador to Liberia Didn't Have Contact with Ebola Victim – Minister of Health
Nigeria's Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has disclosed that the country's Ambassador to Liberia, Chigozie Obi-Nnadozie did not have any contact with Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian man who died of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Lagos. The Lagos State Government apologises for the mixed up and blamed it on the Federal Government representative who was in Lagos during the press briefing.
Police Issues Statement on Generator Smoke
Earlier Police source revealed that a family of four died in Ogun state, after inhaling poisonous smoke from generator smoke, which they kept close to their bedroom. Nigeria Police force has therefore issued a statement warning the general public on the dangers of keeping generator sets close to the house and its dangers. Entitled, SMOKE FROM GENERATOR KILLS!!!, the police stated, "The Nigeria Police Force continue to receive reports of Sudden and Unnatural Deaths (SUD) as a result of inhalation of poisonous smoke from working generating sets. Some of which include:
Family of Four Die After Inhaling Generator Fume in Ogun
It has been gathered by Julia Blaise Blog (JBB) that a family of four in Ogun state died last night, after inhaling poisonous smoke from a generator kept in their apartment.
Is Posters Really Banned in Lagos?
We saw this, and felt that there was a time when posters were banned in Lagos.Share
2yr-old Baby Dies After Drinking 45cl of Kerosene
Motorcycle Parts Dealer Arrested with 21 Parcels of Cannabis
Ebola Scare: Jim Iyke Flees Liberia
Yobe Bomb Blast Victims Buried in Potiskum Cemetery
Chibok Parents Insist Jonathan Gave Their Leaders N100m, Recount How They were Cheated
Jonathan Denies Giving N100m to Chibok Parents
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Lol! Anita Joseph, Imeh Bishop , Others Star in Akpabio the Calabar Boy
Nollywood comic actor, Imeh Bishop Umoh and Anita Joseph starred in a new hilarious movie entitled, Akpabio the Calabar Boy. Produce by Ugochukwu Ojiego and directed by Humjo Ojonugwa,tells the story of a young illiterate village girl – Nkechi, who arrives to stay with her boyfriend in Lagos, but he sends her out of the house, and she decides to stay back in Lagos.
Man Dies Inside Well in Lagos (Graphic Photos)
On Tuesday July 29, a man was found dead head down inside a well at Akanyn street, Shibiri Rd, Ilemba in Ojo, Ajangbadi, Lagos. Many residents of the house had fetched water from the well and even made use of the water before someone discovered there was a corpse inside it.
Omoni Oboli Shares Photo of Her Braid
Ex-Bayelsa Gov Sylva's Uncle Abducted in Bayelsa
Again? Libyan Fighter Jet Crashes in Benghazi
Photos: The Accident that Killed El-Rufai's Son
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Table Tennis Player, Ojo Onaolapo Pulls Shorts to Celebrate Bronze Medal
Update: Chika Amalaha Suspended from Commonwealth Games after Testing Positive to Drugs
Betty & Soni Irabor Celebrate 31st Wedding Anniversary
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US court reveals secret of Marcos artworks
Prosecutors reveal case against Marcos' secretary and relatives over the US$32 million sale of Monet painting, and bids to sell other prize works
In late 1985, with the end of the Marcos regime in the Philippines in sight, a large truck pulled up in front of the Upper East Side townhouse where Imelda Marcos stayed and threw parties while in New York.
Crates were seen stacked on the pavement, and by the time the new government took control of the nation in 1986 and reclaimed the house, the majestic paintings that had hung on its walls, including one from the water-lily series by Claude Monet, had disappeared.
The famed artworks remained missing for more than two decades, their location and ownership a mystery.
That all changed on Tuesday, when the personal secretary to Marcos, Vilma Bautista - long a suspect in the theft of the missing masterpieces - and two of Bautista's nephews were charged with trying to sell the paintings.
They succeeded in selling the best known, Monet's Le Bassin aux Nympheas (1899), two years ago for US$32 million, even though the London buyer had reservations about whether Bautista and her nephews were the rightful owners, according to an indictment.
The former secretary, Bautista, 74, who has homes in New York and on Long Island, was named, along with Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos and their New York lawyers, as defendants in a suit brought in New York State Supreme Court in 1986 that sought to return the Marcoses' holdings to the Philippines government.
Prosecutors accused Bautista of secretly keeping numerous works of art that had been acquired by the Marcoses for nearly a quarter of a century. Beginning in 2009, Bautista and her nephews began efforts to sell some of the artwork discreetly, according to the indictment.
After the Monet water-lily painting was sold to a London gallery in September 2010, Bautista kept most of the proceeds but shared some with her nephews, Chaiyot Jansen Navalaksana, 37, and Pongsak Navalaksana, 40, as well as unnamed co-conspirators in New York, according to the indictment.
She is also accused of trying to sell three other valuable works: Monet's L'Eglise et La Seine a Vetheuil (1881), Alfred Sisley's Langland Bay (1887) and Albert Marquet's Le Cypres de Djenan Sidi Said (1946).
All three defendants face conspiracy charges, and Bautista and Chaiyot Navalaksana also face a tax-fraud charge for failing to report income from the sale of the Monet. If convicted on the top charges against them, Bautista would face up to 25 years in prison and her nephews would face up to four years.
Bautista pleaded not guilty through her lawyer and was released on a US$175,000 bond. Her nephews did not appear in State Supreme Court in Manhattan. They were last known to reside in Bangkok and authorities were seeking their return.
In early 2010, they enlisted the help of two Manhattan real estate brokers, who are not named in the indictment. The brokers found a potential buyer for the Monet water-lily painting and arranged a meeting at Bautista's Manhattan apartment.
The sale collapsed because the buyer became nervous of who owned the painting.
The real estate brokers then identified a potential buyer in London. The younger Navalaksana wrote to his brother saying that the buyer would "find creative ways to get the documentation they need".
The sale went through, according to court papers, and on September 14, 2010, about US$28 million was deposited in the name of Bautista. Another US$4 million went into an account jointly held by Bautista and the two brokers, as commission, according to the indictment.
"The integrity of the international art market must be protected," Cyrus Vance Jnr, the Manhattan district attorney said. "This indictment sheds light on what happened to major works missing for more than 25 years."
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I'll toss this out from the start: my definition of "all time" refers to what I can remember and easily dig up. Since the goal of this kind of rebranding is to become a whole new brand (with a clean slate), I'm sure there are a bunch of vastly successful rebrandings that won't be in the list below. That's because they have been THAT successful.
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The Nashville Network -> Spike For a cable network, identity is everything. It's more than a name, it's a philosophy that guides the programming choices and the ultimate character of the channel. The Nashville Network had done alright catering to a predominantly Southern audience, but when the channel was purchased by Viacom they realized some changes were needed if they wanted to grow. There were two half-assed attempts (The Nashville Network -> The National Network -> TNN) before they struck gold by completely rebranding the channel as Spike, "The first television channel for men". By not being afraid to potentially alienate female viewers, Spike was able to set a clear, strong focus for its programming choices and brand identity.
Andersen Consulting -> Accenture Once upon a time, massive accounting firms roamed the earth. They were the "Big 6" (then the "Big 5", and now I think it's down to the "Big 4"), and their names carried tremendous weight. From their accounting strenghts, they branched out into management consulting. Andersen Consulting split from the venerable firm Arthur Andersen and rapidly grew to the point that it matched (and exceeded) the revenues of the accounting firm. At the same time, the almost identical nature of the firms' names created tremendous confusion in the market. Whereas once the cachet of the Andersen name had been an asset, it eventually became a liability. Enter "Accenture", a futuristic name with a positive sound that maintains its alphabetic dominance (it's good to start with "A"). Most importantly, it established a unique and distinct identity for the consulting firm. This particular rebranding probably also saved the company from the fallout of the Enron scandal which ultimately killed Arthur Andersen.
Phillip Morris -> Altria The smell of stale cigarette smoke is hard to get out of anything: furniture, carpets, clothing, brand sentiment. The American tobacco industry fought hard, but ultimately lost the battle of public sentiment (despite the fact that plenty of people still smoke). After Surgeon General's warnings, lawsuits, public service campaigns and a massive settlement, the Phillip Morris name wasn't going to lead the company forward in any good way. Enter "Altria", a futuristic name accompanied by a modern, abstract logo. If you think about it, the company's new identity is a polar opposite from the staid, old-world feel of the original brand. In other words, it's designed to put as much distance between the new and the old as possible, so the company can have some breathing room to build its future.
Lucky and GoldStar Co., Ltd. -> LG It's not every day that a new electronics company bursts onto the scene with major distribution deals and slick equipment. That's exactly what DIDN'T happen with LG. It may have seemed like they came out of nowhere, but LG was a rebranding that merged two old Korean names: Lucky and Goldstar. I can't say that I remember Lucky, but I remember seeing Goldstar TVs on the shelf, at low prices, but with a decidedly second-tier feel to them. Obviously, the company has made major headway in terms of product quality, features and innovation, but it would have taken them far too long and too much energy to raise the brand perception of the old names. As icing on the cake, the decision to combine and simplify to "LG" gave them the chance to associate the new name with a very powerful slogan: "Life's Good".
Patagonian Toothfish -> Chilean Sea Bass What's in a name? Sometimes, everything. One of the biggest culinary rebrandings of all time was the decision by fishermen to rename the (descriptively named) Patagonian Toothfish and turn it into the exotic and tasty Chilean Sea Bass. Without changing the product, without creating a logo or a massive branding campaign, this rebranding has been so successful that the fish itself is now considered threatened. It just goes to show that a name may be a perfect fit, but that doesn't mean its effective.
Constantinople -> Istanbul What discussion of "Top Rebrandings of All Time" would be complete without at least tipping my hat to the Turkish renaming of the former Roman capital of Constantinople to create the Istanbul that we know and love today? If there's any doubt of the significance of this particular rebranding, just listen to the bards from They Might Be Giants.