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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Shame on you Mercy Johnson says News of the People Magazine
News of the People exclusively reported that Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson was planning a wedding for August 28, 2011. But no sooner had the story hit the town than the actress in consonance with her erratic publicist went to town to debunk the story. Yet, last week, the actress confirmed that her wedding is actually coming up in August in a four-day-affair starting from August 25 and to be rounded off on August 28 as earlier reported by News of the People. Concerned readers who have been following her stories were stunned last week that what the actress had earlier debunked has turned to be her true story. A particular reader, who craved anonymity, simply described her as a confused lover who is yet to decide on either marriage or spinsterhood.
For Mercy Johnson, she has perhaps bitten more than she can chew as she has once again proved to the whole world that she is a cheap liar. Now stories are flying round that, Mercy will be getting married the same date that was previously quoted by this Magazine. Shameless Mercy Johnson you may say!
It would be recalled that the same Mercy had addressed a cross section of journalists last year where she had personally informed them about her marriage plans one on one. When she sensed that the marriage plans were no longer working as she thought, she quickly ran to her PR Company to quickly discredit what has been written about her. She said she didn’t have a wedding plan. That is Mercy for you.
Heritage Tube Train Tour for Father's Day
It's Father's Day on the 19th June and if your Dad is into trains, this could tick a lot of boxes. The 1938 Tube Stock is shiny & lovely and will be the first time the train has travelled to Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. It'll also be passing through more central stations including High Street Ken & Earl's Court. London Transport Museum say: "Leaving Northfields on the Piccadilly line the train travels to High Street Kensington via Earl’s Court where you will experience an unusual cross over from the Piccadilly line to the District line a manoeuvre not usually available to the general public".
London Transport Museum are running three special two hour heritage train journeys from 9.10am starting at Northfields . I was lucky enough to travel on the art deco 1938 Tube train a few years ago and it's a real nostalgic treat.
"The highlight of the day is when the 1938 Tube train will run from Hatton Cross taking a left turn down to Heathrow Terminal 4 where it will then carry on to Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and Terminal 5, this is known as the 'Fish Hook Move'."
It sounds like it will be a great journey and likely to sell out quickly.
The 1938 Tube stock was one of the last units to run in regular London Underground service until 1988 (just in case you wonder why there are a lot of 1970's and 1980's ads in the cars). Tickets are £25 for adults and £15 for children £15.
Tickets must be booked in advance on 020 7565 7298 at the Museum Ticket desk in Covent Garden or online. Full details and the timetable are on London Transport Museum's site.
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Art Deco Tube Special - Travelling in a 1938 Tube train
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"The highlight of the day is when the 1938 Tube train will run from Hatton Cross taking a left turn down to Heathrow Terminal 4 where it will then carry on to Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and Terminal 5, this is known as the 'Fish Hook Move'."
It sounds like it will be a great journey and likely to sell out quickly.
The 1938 Tube stock was one of the last units to run in regular London Underground service until 1988 (just in case you wonder why there are a lot of 1970's and 1980's ads in the cars). Tickets are £25 for adults and £15 for children £15.
Tickets must be booked in advance on 020 7565 7298 at the Museum Ticket desk in Covent Garden or online. Full details and the timetable are on London Transport Museum's site.
Related posts
Art Deco Tube Special - Travelling in a 1938 Tube train
Photos from 1967 Tube Stock's Last Tour
ACTA Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Final Version is Out, Lobbying Starts
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement educational video above.
More on ACTA here.
EFF's take on ACTA here.
ACTA final draft here.
The European Commission is apparently pushing the European Parliament to drop its skepticism, Techdirt story here.
More on why ACTA's secretive nature is problematic here.
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Beauty plus Brain
Toolz is an on air personality with the beat 99.9fm. Isn’t she a beauty to behold? Plus you need to hear her talk on her radio program and know she has also got brains. #girlswelove
The Fashola's, Lagos State's First Family
Yeah, that’s his Excellency Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola and his immediate family. Learnt he has got two more sons. Good to see our leaders bringing their families to limelight unlike before. *some western orientation* we like! Pics courtesy of: you already can see
Kim Kardashian's fashion with Giant Man in Monaco
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| Amberlounge Fashion Monaco 2011 Arrivals |
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| Kim Kardashian's Ring in Amberlounge Fashion Monaco 2011 |
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Protect-IP Act: Powerful In Rem Remedies for Private Plaintiffs Against Offshore Infringers
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Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee voted the Protect-IP Act out of committee. Sen. Ron Wyden put a hold on it on Thursday. I read it and my comment focus on the aspects of interest to the civil litigator.
Section 4 "Eliminating the Financial Incentive to Steal Intellectual Property Online" of the Protect-IP Act would let a private attorney, on behalf of a copyright or trademark owner, commence an in personam action against a registrant or owner of an "Internet site dedicated to infringing activities". If these folks cannot be found or don't have addresses within the U.S., the private plaintiff could bring an in rem action against the domain name itself. As part of the remedies authorized, you would be able to get a court to order any company processing financial transactions with the domain to stop, as well as any company advertising on the domain name.
Invoking these provisions would subject a plaintiff to a fairly high standard of proof. Critics have focused on other aspects of the bill giving the Attorney General sweeping powers (see links below). For a U.S. IP owner facing an offshore scofflaw who is doing business in the United States, Section 4 of the bill seems to be a fairly sensible and well-balanced remedy.
A copy of the full text of the Protect-IP Act passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee last week here.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation' criticisms of the bill here.
Last Thursday, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon blocked this "internet censorship" bill, story here.
Larry Downes' take at Forbes here. Techdirt on Larry Downes here.
The 1709 Blog reports Google's defiance of search-engine blocking provisions here.
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Railway Maps of the World - Mark Ovenden Guest Post
Following the success of Metro Maps of the World & Transit Maps of the World, map lover and railway enthusiastic Mark Ovenden has just published a new book Railway Maps of the World which is the first book to show maps from the historical & modern day railway networks from every country. It contains hundreds of images, covering two centuries of railway advertising, surveyors' plans, travel posters, satellite photos, and station wall maps and charming anecdotes.
Mark was kind enough to write a guest post for us on how he came to write the book:
"The backstory to the book was that even though I thought I had a reasonable knowledge about rail history, doing the research for this book brought it home to me about how absolutely crucial railway building was to the opening up of the great landmasses and the siting of human settlement: the Trans-Siberian and the thousands of branches across the US & Canada are a kind of "MetroLand" on a continental scale.
"It had never really dawned on me that (at least until the age of the plane) you just cannot build a large an inland city without rail track delivering heavy building materials, supplying industry and importing fresh produce and people.
"More so railways were effectively THE driving force of the industrial revolution and it's been great to re-credit them with how humanity developed the modern world because it seems like - at least during the car-dominated second half of the 20th century - many people, myself included had forgotten or lost sight of that.
"The surveying of the new railways also drove the science of cartography, gave us the world time zones and mass travel for pleasure!
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World Metro Map by Mark Ovenden
Paris Metro Style - Launch event
Metro Maps & Architecture of the World
World versions of the Tube Map - From the Metro Maps & Architecture of the World Talk
"The backstory to the book was that even though I thought I had a reasonable knowledge about rail history, doing the research for this book brought it home to me about how absolutely crucial railway building was to the opening up of the great landmasses and the siting of human settlement: the Trans-Siberian and the thousands of branches across the US & Canada are a kind of "MetroLand" on a continental scale.
"It had never really dawned on me that (at least until the age of the plane) you just cannot build a large an inland city without rail track delivering heavy building materials, supplying industry and importing fresh produce and people.
"More so railways were effectively THE driving force of the industrial revolution and it's been great to re-credit them with how humanity developed the modern world because it seems like - at least during the car-dominated second half of the 20th century - many people, myself included had forgotten or lost sight of that.
"The surveying of the new railways also drove the science of cartography, gave us the world time zones and mass travel for pleasure!
You might also like:
World Metro Map by Mark Ovenden
Paris Metro Style - Launch event
Metro Maps & Architecture of the World
World versions of the Tube Map - From the Metro Maps & Architecture of the World Talk
Copyright Wars: A Brief Video History of Copyright, Technology and Piracy
A nice summary of the copyright wars in the 20th century, the Guardian interviews Cory Doctorow. Direct criticism of lawmakers' willingness to criminalize popular entertainment.
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Justin Bieber Live In Sydney
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| Justin Bieber Live In Sydney show dressing. He is ; these days top hit celebrity for the Audions. Justin's dresses and styles are quite impressive, as you can see here! |
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