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Brand Building Takes Center Stage In Real EstateMay 17, 2015
Take a crowded market, depressed sales and high-involvement products, and the formula is self-evident. The days of commodity selling in real estate are over: Buyers are seeking credible, quality names. Consider that brands today account for 50 percent of total residential sales and the worm is only going to climb up
Mehta's diminished confidence is a reflection of the state of his industry. Like others five years ago, he had assumed the upward trajectory of the real estate business. He is among the many who have been proven wrong. Residential sales were at a three-year low in the second half of 2014 across six cities (Mumbai, Delhi-National Capital Region or NCR, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad) in India. New launches were down by 28 percent compared to the previous year. According to Knight Frank, a real estate consultancy, 2.34 lakh units were sold in 2014 compared to 2.84 lakh units in 2013. And, since December 2014, there has been a marginal improvement but no fundamental change in the sales trend.
But there are those who have managed to buck the trend: Companies like Lodha Group, Prestige Estates, Godrej Properties, Tata Housing and Mahindra Lifespaces. These are the players whose properties command a 20-30 percent premium over those in the surrounding area. Consider that over the last three years, the overall sales of the industry went down by 20 percent annually. During the same period, Prestige Estates grew by 18 percent, Godrej Properties by 40 percent and Mahindra Lifespaces by five percent. Lodha Group, which is not listed, says it grew by 17 percent every year.
Apart from this growth in the time of gloom and doom, here's another thing that they have in common: They have become trusted brands.
What's in a name—that's one question no upscale buyer, particularly in Mumbai, clearly India's trendsetting hub in real estate, is asking anymore. For those who've not kept up with the evolving landscape over the last decade, the answer is, quite simply, 'a lot'. Brands today account for around 50 percent of the total sales in the industry, based on data provided by listed companies. Also, most of these companies have not limited themselves to the premium and luxury segments; they prefer to have a presence across the real estate market.
Quite clearly, long treated as a commodity by the sellers, property is increasingly getting the differentiation the buyers deserve. This focus on the brand is now a ten-year-old story in Mumbai, and the last 4-5 years have seen the trend spread beyond it, to cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, NCR and Pune.
While some players like Lodha and Oberoi Realty are pure real estate companies, the others (Godrej, Mahindra, Tata) are established and respected corporate brands which have extended themselves to the real estate business. Other real estate companies like Puravankara, Sobha Limited and Raheja Developers (belonging to Navin Raheja from Delhi) are quickly following suit, especially in markets like NCR and Bengaluru, because corporate brands appear to sell easily on the quality perception.
In some cases, the leadership of these 'new-age' real estate firms is also significant. Take the Lodha Group which—with a turnover of Rs 7,519 crore, it is the second-biggest real estate company in the country—is headed by Abhishek Lodha, and Godrej Properties, with a topline of Rs 1,179 crore, which is helmed by Pirojsha Godrej. Both are in their mid-30s, workaholics and are trying to create a sustainable model that defies traditional norms of the real estate business in the country. They understand the volatility in the market and take comfort from the positioning of their brands. They may have inherited ready-made brands but they have also, over the last five years, worked to make these brands the face of the real estate industry.
Yes, there's a lot in a name. And here's why.
"The market has suddenly turned. It has become a buyers' market due to oversupply. This was not something that we had ever seen. We had only seen buyers coming to our offices… we never needed to make that extra pitch. A brochure was good enough. They came and purchased the flats that we built," Mehta says with a touch of nostalgia. Though more optimistic about the market now, he knows he too will have to spend on brand creation. Because the industry can no longer survive on word-of-mouth publicity and local brokers.
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In recent years, advertising and marketing expenses for the real estate industry have been on the rise. Builders are ramping up their sales force and even hiring from top B-schools. Over the last five years, Godrej Properties saw its marketing and sales team grow from five people to around 100. Lodha Group hires around 20 people from premium B-schools every year. Plus, overall advertising expenses are not restricted to the newspaper space and television; they also include social media. Since 2009, advertising and marketing expenses for the industry have risen by six percent while total sales are up by two percent for the branded industry players. Compare this to the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry where growth in advertising as well as in sales have been in tune at 15 percent for the last five years. "There are two key points of difference between the FMCG and real estate sectors. Buying an FMCG product is a consumption decision whereas housing is an investment decision. Housing is a far more deliberate decision which requires a whole lot of work," says Joydeep Bhattacharya, head, consumer products and retail practice, Bain India.
Real estate players have no choice but to differentiate themselves to attract the buyer. "It is a market that has created an excess supply where the demand is slow in some segments," says Niranjan Hiranandani, 65, managing director of Hiranandani Constructions. Since the time he built Hiranandani Gardens in the Powai township in Mumbai 30 years ago, he has concentrated on creating distinctive buildings and an atmosphere that will attract buyers. He provided amenities that included parks, swimming pools and state-of-the-art sewage treatment plants. "We never carved our journey to become a branded builder. We only wanted to build great structures. But over the years, the journey was such that we ended up where we are. We became a brand," he says. And he isn't exaggerating: The towers of Hiranandani Gardens in Powai define the area's skyline.
Thirty years into its journey as a construction company, Hiranandani can comfortably command a premium on its name. But for many others, the brand-building exercise has only begun.
Real estate developers, till a decade ago, were not thinking of lifestyle products. A stray example in Mumbai was Taj Wellington Mews at Colaba, created by Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) in 2003 as a super-luxury housing project—largely for serviced apartments. Over a period of time, with land values going up, product specifications started improving with higher costs. For projects in the Rs 50,000-Rs 60,000 per sq ft range in Mumbai, where land value was 70 percent of the total cost of the project, builders started thinking about investing in better specifications to create a much higher category of housing.
The first example of this shift was seen in BeauMonde (2008), built by Sheth Developers in Mumbai's Prabhadevi area, followed by Lodha Bellissimo (Mahalaxmi) and Ashford Casa Grande (Lower Parel) during the same time. This was followed by Shapoorji Pallonji's The Imperial in Tardeo.
Builders started factoring in additional features—think double-glazed windows and centralised air conditioning— to create luxury and branded products.
The impact of this change started to be felt at the demand end in Mumbai. Consumer preferences started shifting very quickly. Buyers started comparing prices and specs of builders and projects. If a developer was setting up something next to Lodha Bellissimo, he had to create something better.
Planet Godrej, for instance, was the gold standard in the Mahalaxmi-Parel belt since it was set up by Godrej Properties in 2005. It was also the tallest building in the area. "I think it was that building that redefined the skyline of the Lower Parel area as it was the first big project in that market," says Pirojsha Godrej, managing director, Godrej Properties. "When it was completed, it was the tallest building in India with 51 floors at that time and gave us a huge foothold in the market." Planet Godrej sold at a premium for a long time but, now, the adjacent luxury development by K Raheja, Vivarea, with its improved and higher-end specs, is selling at a higher price.
The search for the right value has also added to the 'branded homes' concept. American realty brand Trump Towers and designers Jade Jagger and Armani were brought in by the Lodhas because of the growing exposure of Indian buyers to global brands; this was also motivated by the anxiety of developers to provide products that justify a Rs 50,000 per sq ft price when others were selling at a 40 percent discount in the same location. When Lodha launched The Park at Lower Parel in 2013, it sold at Rs 25,000 per sq ft. However, it still felt it wasn't getting the desired value. Hence, a Trump Tower was added as international brand value to its portfolio.
Mumbai may have jumped on to the brand-wagon seamlessly but branded properties is an idea whose time has not yet come to complete fruition in some other centres. Specifically, the national capital.
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On March 31 this year, Delhi-based Raheja Developers announced a Rs 100 crore-pricing for a six-bedroom penthouse on the 60th floor of its Revanta property in Sector 78, Gurgaon. In a project where the maximum price of an apartment is Rs 6,500 per sq ft (as given on the project's website), the developer decided to offer a penthouse at Rs 1 lakh per sq ft. Despite its Versace association, this expectation invited ridicule from analysts and industry watchers.
Surabhi Arora, associate director-research at real estate consultancy firm Colliers International, says the perception of luxury is different in the NCR market. "If I had Rs 100 crore in NCR, I would buy a house in Lodhi Estate (central Delhi) and not a penthouse in Gurgaon," she says. "A Rs 100 crore-flat on the top floor of a high-rise appeals to buyers in Mumbai. But here, people prefer bungalows in central locations."
At the same time, Arora says that Raheja is probably just testing waters. "I think it is more of a trial to see the market response to a Rs 100 crore-flat," she says. Anuj Puri, chairman and country head of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), says it appears to be more of a marketing gimmick.
Raheja refused to comment on the story, but sent out a press release which said: "While residential prices upwards of Rs 1 lakh per sq ft are not unheard of in Mumbai, it is for the first time in Delhi-NCR that a developer has broken this ceiling."
Raheja's approach to differentiate its brand by staking claim as the first developer to price a house at Rs 1 lakh per sq ft is symptomatic of a me-too approach towards branding by developers in NCR. And, as Gaurav Mittal, managing director of Gurgaon-based CHD Developers Ltd, puts it, a cookie-cutter model to branding will not work. "You need to understand that there is a basic difference between the Mumbai and Delhi markets," says Mittal. "In Mumbai, flats work for everyone because there is limited space. But in Delhi it is usually the middle class which buy flats. The rich prefer villas or farmhouses."
Like their counterparts in the Mumbai market, real estate companies in NCR have also tried to stand out from competition by partnering with global brands. Noida-based Supertech has partnered with Disney India, global design firm Yoo Worldwide LLP and Armani/Casa, the home and interior design division of the Armani Group, for some of its projects; 3Cs has joined forces with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts for branded residences in Noida; and BRYS has partnered with Italian interior design firm Tonino Lamborghini Casa for a project in Noida.
But can global brands attract buyers? Vineet Relia, managing director of SARE Homes, believes that developers have pursued brand differentiation without keeping in mind the people who buy their homes. "A buyer in the NCR market is not brand-conscious and is looking more for value-for-money homes. When a developer partners with a brand, the ticket price of the apartment goes up. This is not good because buyers here want affordable homes," Relia says.
Armani/Casa will design the interiors of 100 luxury residences in Supertech's Supernova project in Sector 94, Noida. The homes are priced between Rs 25,000 and Rs 30,000 per sq ft. RK Arora, chairman and managing director of Supertech, knows that his buyer pool is very limited. "If there are 100 buyers, I would say only 4 or 5 will buy these luxury residences. The demand in NCR is more for affordable homes," he says.
JLL's Puri says branding works when the developer knows how to extract the best from a partnership. "It is not just about attaching a famous name to a property. It is also about the value addition the brand brings to the project. Lodha, for instance, has extracted the maximum value out of its partnership with Armani. We will have to see how the other partnerships work out," he says.
Simply put, even the brand needs help to work. And there are those who have learnt that lesson better than others.
"Brand building in real estate is not easy," Girish Shah, chief marketing officer of Godrej Properties, says with some emphasis. "We might get to extend the name of Godrej to real estate but there is a tremendous amount of hard work that goes into gaining the trust of the consumer. Along with the brand, quality needs to be extended too." In 2010, the company had sales of Rs 313 crore which moved up to Rs 660 crore by 2014.
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Godrej Properties's success is linked to an asset-light business model adopted a few years ago. Functions such as conceptualising the development, design, marketing and sales are managed internally by Godrej Properties; land is acquired through joint ventures with land owners; and, significantly, the construction work is outsourced. This has helped the company keep the balance sheet light and expand rapidly across 12 cities in the country as of today. This model is particularly relevant given that, in real estate, setting up each project is akin to establishing a new factory with its own production cycle. Again, since the business is chunky and 'goods' get sold only during certain months of the year, there is a fair amount of uncertainty. Thus, growth on a quarter-to-quarter cycle, like, say, in an FMCG company, is difficult to achieve. But Pirojsha Godrej is confident that with proper processes and secular expansion, it is possible for the business to develop at a steady pace.
He knew he had a tough task on his hands when he took over the reins at Godrej Properties in 2012. (He was just 32 years old at the time.) But the son of industrialist Adi Godrej, Pirojsha also understood the power of the Godrej brand. "I decided to think like my customers," he tells Forbes India. The idea was to create the story of the customer rather than that of the developer. "Customers today don't want to feel like they're being sold to," says Pirojsha who has embraced both the old and new forms of communication with his customers. While the company continues to use traditional print advertising, it has also built a social media presence. Its website allows it to reach the international buyer who can view sample flats with a 360 degree view and talk to customer care on a 24×7 basis.
Now Godrej is a legacy brand. Most other real estate brands have not yet acquired a status that ensures takers at all costs. "Unfortunately, these brands, at least yet, are not so strong. For example, take a BMW car. Even if the monogram falls apart, you will spend a lot of money to get another one. But if the neon sign of the developer's name is falling apart, I will, as a society member, never spend money to put up another one, no matter what the name of the real estate company is," says Gulam M Zia, executive director, advisory, retail and hospitality, Knight Frank India.
These concerns are recent, partly because few developers were trying to differentiate themselves even around 2006. Any effort at the time was only directed towards a specific project.
The Lodha Group, however, decided to take a different route.
When Abhishek Lodha took over as managing director of the company from his father Mangal Prabhat Lodha, he was clear that he wanted to first make Lodha a corporate brand. "The brand carries certain values and these values are what buyers are buying into eventually," he says. "Any product like real estate is complex because you are buying it for [at least]around four years. This, ultimately, requires a huge amount of credibility for the buyer to decide, 'Yes, I do want to buy it'. And the brand is what brings the credibility."
He is putting his money where his mouth is.
Lodha is currently developing an estimated 53 million sq ft of prime real estate with the largest land reserves in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), and has 28 ongoing projects across London, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad. It is also setting up World One, projected to be the world's tallest residential building, in Lower Parel. The group also claims to have recorded the biggest land deal in India till date, buying a plot in Wadala for Rs 4,053 crore from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in 2010, where it is developing New Cuffe Parade. Besides this, the group is building Palava City, one of the biggest townships in India, in the Kalyan-Dombivli area near Mumbai.
While Lodha recognises that the brand caters more to premium buyers, he is aware of the opportunity from buyers looking for mid-range housing. With that in mind, he launched Casa, an endorsee brand, and took it to places like Dombivli and Kalyan; quality and luxury were not compromised but the cost of maintenance and price of the product dropped significantly. These products command a premium of around 30 percent in the locality. "The product brand name becomes important to us because every product needs to solve a fundamental problem for the consumer and if it doesn't, there is no need for the product to exist," says R Karthik, chief marketing officer of Lodha Group. How it works: The team first zeroes in on the problem to be solved and then decides on the product and, finally, the brand name. "Market research doesn't work in real estate because it isn't easy to understand consumer behaviour based on dormant aspirations. Brands are created on consumption and not on purchase," he says. This learning was re-emphasised in 2008 when the financial crisis saw investors who had bought flats running away from the projects, leaving the developers in a lurch. "We were selling to real buyers and not to investors," he says.
Lodha, as a ground-up real estate brand, had its own learning curve. Meanwhile, other, already established brands in the corporate space, had a different kind of problem.
When Tata Housing launched operations in 2006, it took a while for the company to get the right to use the Tata Group's logo. "We got it in 2007," says Brotin Banerjee, MD and CEO of Tata Housing. "The Tata Group has set certain parameters that need to be met to retain the use of the logo. Otherwise the logo can be taken away from Tata Housing." Tata Housing also has to consistently justify the use of the logo by ensuring strong brand equity. And the proof of the pudding has to be in the form of tangible numbers. Four years back, Tata Housing hired Nielsen India, a global information and measurement company, to annually survey its brand equity. "The idea is not to see whether we are strong or weak but to have a systematic approach to tracking our brand equity. We want to know our strengths or future strength that we would like our brand to convey," says Banerjee.
The Anand Mahindra-led Mahindra Group has similar expectations from its real estate company, Mahindra Lifespaces. As one of their group CFOs mentioned in a board meeting, "The only royalty that we demand of the group companies is to protect the reputation of the brand and to live by the brand value."
The Nielsen survey for Tata Housing takes the opinion of 2,000 home buyers (mostly non-Tata Housing buyers) across markets (NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata) and across segments (low-cost, affordable, premium, luxury) in which the company has a presence. The first survey was done in 2011 in which Tata Housing scored a brand equity score of 0.6 (out of 10). Today, it has a score of 3.
This jump is not a coincidence, says Banerjee. "We have consciously worked towards improving our brand image," he says. In an industry battered by falling sales and rising debt, brand equity has not been a priority for developers. But as Banerjee points out, buyers are driving the demand for a strong brand. "They are demanding that we become process-centric and transparent. It is accentuated by the fact that the market is tough and sales are not happening. It has sunk in among builders that they have to reform or perish."
While companies with existing corporate brand equity—for instance, Mahindra—get recall from customers, they face another kind of problem: That of disassociation. In September 2014, Mahindra launched its costliest apartment till date, in a project called Luminare in NCR: This is a luxury housing project in Sector 59 of Gurgaon on Golf Course Extension Road, a prime area. There are 360 units in this project with prices ranging from Rs 4 crore to Rs 8 crore. The project will be completed by 2019. Forty units have been sold so far. "We have done excellent sales even in a difficult market," says Anita Arjundas, managing director of Mahindra Lifespaces.
A bulk of the buyers in this project, around 35 percent, are NRIs who have shown keen interest because of their trust in the Mahindra brand name, she says. At the same time, she is aware that not many relate the Mahindra brand to real estate (since not many know that Mahindra operates in this space). The company plans to become more aggressive in its marketing and will work towards improving its brand recall in the real estate industry, she says.
It won't be easy.
As key players like Banerjee assert, the nature of the industry makes it difficult to establish good brand equity. "We don't have the product (home) when we sell it. Marketing in the real estate industry is all about selling a promise. Eighty percent of buyers look at a brochure and buy a house," he says. "Consumers have far greater awareness when buying an FMCG product than while buying a house. This is why we often come across disappointed buyers."
An often-ignored problem is talent, he adds. "Far more established industries attract more talent than a nascent industry such as real estate," says Banerjee. "We have tried to attract talent from other industries which are process-driven, customer-centric and know the importance of walking the talk. They bring in the best practices from other industries." For instance, Tata Housing audits all its completed projects to check if its customers are happy, a practice not often seen in the real estate industry.
For Tata Housing, delivery of projects has been a key differentiator. "We have delivered 4,500 units in the last seven years," says Banerjee. When Tata Housing started in 2007, Banerjee says it didn't have the advantage that the leading players had. "We were part of a new set of developers who didn't have access to a historical land bank or existing good relations with the government authorities. So we focussed on delivery to prove we are good," he says. (Banerjee claims that the company did not have access to Tata Group land.) "Our first project was an IT park in Whitefield (Bengaluru) which was a joint development with a land owner. I remember we didn't have money, so I offered around Rs 9 crore as advance to the land owner to secure the land," says Banerjee. But the fact is that delays and projects are in an unfortunate and inseparable relationship. Even the biggest brands are not exempt. This can either happen due to government processes or diversion of funds into other projects to build a land bank.
"Brand importance comes in when the product is under construction. While the product is under construction, I would be keen to give that 20 percent extra for the brand value because I know that they will not be late in terms of delivery," says Knight Frank's Zia. "To get timely delivery, I will pay that premium. But once it is ready, it doesn't matter. Most of the brand differentiation then is on product quality. Not so much on which developer has done it."
If brand creation was just about finding an attractive name and logo, and plastering it on the façade of developments, real estate companies would be laughing all the way to the bank. As it stands, it isn't. And those who are building credibility, quality and deliverability, are truly building a brand—one brick at a time.
This article is written by Pravin Palande, Shabana Hussain with inputs from Deepak Ajwani and appeared in the Forbes India magazine issue of 15 May, 2015


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Wait for Lego Pirates of the Caribbean, unless you're a huge Lego and Star Wars buff
While we wait for Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (which we all know is going to be all kinds of awesome), Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will have to do. It's not a terrible game by any means, but it also hasn't done a whole lot to update the formula from previous Lego games, and it's working from possibly the weakest material the series has faced to date.
The press pack proudly proclaims the game features "more than 10 story-based missions with lots of bonus content spanning the entire Clone Wars era." This is true, but not necessarily something to be proud of. See, the Clone Wars was terrible. In fact, the entire Star Wars franchise would have been better off left in the '70s and '80s.
It's a struggle to care what's going on during the cut scenes, and with a zero care factor, the Lego series' trademark humour fails on every level possible. It's not a fault of the game, per se; more a criticism on deciding to use this material in the first place. It is a strike against the game nonetheless.
The actual gameplay remains as solid as always for the Lego games. Half of the game is in platforming sections, where you'll lightsaber or blast a few enemies, build platforms and solve basic problems using Lego blocks, and collect masses of currency to buy more than 80 unlockable characters and a host of minigames.
The other half are aircraft levels, which plays like most other space shooters. These are less entertaining, thanks to some overly twitchy controls, but you'll get through them, and if you're a Star Wars fan (why else would you buy this game?) you might even enjoy them.
Levels can be replayed with different sets of characters to access hidden areas, and the incentives to track down all the treasures are strong — some of the unlockables and minigames are a lot of fun to play around with.
However, the game is quite easy. Given it's one more for the youngsters than hardcore players, that's not surprising, but it does mean the game eventually becomes a grind to unlock everything.
It's also worth noting that the game is prone to crashing. It itself that's not a great problem — a quick power reboot and you're on your way again, but when playing through a story mission for the first time, you need to complete all three acts, or you'll need to restart from the beginning. Needless to say, having a crash right before the end of the second or third act is incredibly irritating.
Visually the game is fun, but doesn't do a whole lot with the 3D. Cut scenes are indeed in 3D, but, unlike those in Samurai Warriors Chronicles, for example, they lack any kind of cinematic impact — they would have had the same effect in 2D.
In-game, the 3D lends an additional charm to the Lego Minifigs — it's almost like playing with the real, physical deal — but the added dimension doesn't enhance or improve the game over its 2D counterparts in any way.
All up, The Clone Wars strikes me as a hurried release, with developer TT Games seemingly not taking the time to properly eliminate bugs and learn how to use 3D to create a different game experience. Throw in the poor source material and, while the game itself remains as rock solid as ever, you're going to have to be a Lego fan to chose this rather instead of just waiting for Pirates of the Caribbean.
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project life | week 26 with pretty little studio's sand castle collection
I know, this week is from way back in June, right? For some reason I kept skipping over it when I was working on my Project Life album- probably because I'd already scrapped one set of fireworks photos and wasn't quite ready to tackle the other just yet! I finally decided to pull it out and work on it, though, using the Sand Castle collection by Pretty Little Studio (this page was originally posted here on their blog). It didn't hurt that at the time I made this page it was also the only set of unscrapped Project Life photos that I had printed- I was in serious need of a new Snapfish coupon code!
I used exactly zero of the "official" Project Life grid journaling cards on this page- shocking, right?!? I'd begun to feel in a rut with those lately, so now I've taken to rifling through whatever other journaling cards I have on hand and some of cute little PLS tags and cards found their way onto this page. No matter if they were too small for the pockets- I simply backed them with a bit of patterned paper for a little added color. Fun, fun!
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This week, eight managers of the Western Division of PDVSA (Petroleums of Venezuela) were detained under corruption charges while in managing the mixed company Petrozamora, composed by the Venezuelan petroleum company and the Russian financial institution Gazprombank. The case leaded by the Public Ministry and the Dgcim (Military Counter Intelligence Directory), shows the political will to shield the management of the main source of income of the country, after the sanctions application against it by the Trump administration.
The case
According to the digital media La Tabla, the investigation of the Public Ministry found alleged irregularities in the acquisition of chemical supplies for the processing of the raw petroleum, sabotage acts like the delayment in preventive and corrective maintenance necessary for the production process and in the diversion of important quantities of petroleum and gas which affected the production of Petrozamora.
This is why 8 of the 9 involved managers have been detained, among them Gustavo Malavé, executive director of Exploration and Production of Western Pdvsa, and Juan Carlos Romero, president of Petrozamora. The Public Prosecutor of the Republic Tarek William Saab informed that an apprehension order was emitted against Bernardo atencio, former assistant director of Western Pdvsa Production.
Also, Saab declared in a press conference that the patrimonial damage for this events are for "millions of dollars and started over 2 years ago". He also informed that the Public Ministry is developing several work tables with Pdvsa in the frame of the corruption investigations in these enterprise.
In this context, he considered this case as "exemplary" and warned those who want to hide the corruption events, especially after former public prosecutor Luisa Ortega Díaz used them as an extortion measure against the involved.
Extortion in the agreements with Russian companies
On the other hand, the Public Prosecutor highlighted that the sabotage and corruption acts in Petrozamora were aimed to extort the Russian associates of Gazprombank, who own the 40% of the mixed company and who in 2015 presented a denounce of these crimes in PDVSA.
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This digital media outlet, also reported the preliminary conclusion of the Public Ministry and the Dgcim investigation, which points to a long lasting process aimed to reduce the gas usage for the extraction of the raw material. This aimed to "damage the relationship with Russia and to destabilize the Venezuelan economy through an eventual rupture with the convention with Moscu".
According to this investigation, "the participation of players from the opposition is not discarded, and that the managers involved may have received offers from the United States in order to legalize the obtained actives, in exchange of providing information that harmed the Government".
Within this frame, the general attorney informed that the case will be presented before the Supreme Court of Caracas; what will give a protagonic importance to the fight against corruption in the Pdvsa on behalf of the Venezuelan Justice in a context of sanctions against the country. The State petroleum company in the main source of income for Venezuela, this is why the accords with foreign associates are shielded, vital for the construction of strategic alliances that allows Venezuela to face the geopolitical siege imposed by big corporations.


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Happy Christmas everyone! I hope that you have spent a beautiful time and enjoyed the season of love and joy.
I really love Christmas, it's my favorite time of the year and I thought of showing you some snaps I made these days (photos made with a phone).
Let's wish for an awesome new year and I will see you soon!


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This is our Zak.
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Elder statesman of Portuguese filmmaking Manoel de Oliveira directs the dialogue-driven drama A Talking Picture. Starting in Lisbon, the film involves a Mediterranean cruise with mother Rosa Maria (Leonor Silveira) and daughter Maria Joana (Filipa de Almedia). From France to Turkey, the tourists travel to various stops as Rosa Maria talks to her daughter about world history. Several international stars show up in cameo roles, including John Malkovich, Irene Papas, Catherine Deneuve, and Stefania Sandrelli -- each speaking in his or her native language. A Talking Picture was shown in competition at the 2003 Venice Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie GuideAt first I really did not understand their moving so slow to present their ideas, but in hindsight they made a nice little film about history. I also wondered how much information the small girl was going to absorb from such talks. A couple of years older may have been better for such an adventure.
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EARTH: Fragile Planet is a nine week exhibit showcasing 120 of the world's most accomplished illustrators giving them a forum to set forth their personal views about the state of the world and the environment. Divided into five categories: earth, energy, air, water, and wildlife, the exhibit consists of multi-media works including original art in both traditional and digital medium, video, 3D, and comics.
An Opening Reception for EARTH: Fragile Planet will be held on Friday, June 4, 2010.
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While I was working on this project, I had some thoughts about where I grew up and how nature orientated I was. From when I was born until 11 years old when I moved to New York, I lived in a small town called Simsbury in Connecticut. Largely surrounded by farms, small mountains and forests. Our small bit of property had some enormous trees and in particular, a wonderful lilac bush that towered over me. It was so large I could climb it like a tree. Some of my most wonderful memories includes lying in the grass on the side yard starting up at the sky and watching one of the huge trees sway back and forth in the wind and the sweet smell of lilac all around for the few weeks that they bloom.
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I believe that this early connection and enjoyment with nature stayed with me. Any chance I get, I find myself walking to a park or looking at some sort of foliage or lying in the grass. It also sparks the environmentalist in me. Always trying to recycle when I can, driving fuel efficient cars, recycling office supplies and anything I can do to make my footprint smaller on the planet.
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Here's some recent press and interview with Tara Jacoby, Kate Feirtag and Greg Manchess about the exhibition. Congratulations guys! It's going to be a great show!


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Base topped with a sculpture in the round bump. Inscription: passers-by, were 71 children in this village who died for your freedom, 1939-1944, 1914 1918. Monument aux morts directed by Auguste Guénot, Toulouse sculptor installed in the Valley of the Baise, running shortly after the monument aux morts de Nérac. It is in Bruniquel (Tarn-et-Garonne)-grey limestone, according to article l. Bordes. The work is delivered in 1921 by train and by car.
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It was in 2009 when the state of black women's singleness became newsworthy, studied by experts and a topic that everyone from bloggers to self-proclaimed relationship experts couldn't stop writing about. Everyone from Nightline to the Washington Post weighed in on the "something must be wrong with black women" meme. Including black men.
Advising black women on how to get and keep a man is now seen as big business with comedian and radio host Steve Harvey leading the pack. He has turned what some would call black women's dire circumstances (70% of children being born out of wedlock, 42% of black women never having married), into dollar signs.
For Harvey it all started with his radio show's "Strawberry Letter" segment where women would write in asking for his advice on their relationships. Harvey would give no holds barred tough love answers similar to that of an uncle. It was almost inevitable Harvey would turn that opportunity into his first book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. Harvey's first book went on to sell over 2 million copies spending 64 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. In fact, Harvey's first book was the second-biggest non-fiction book of 2009, behind only Sarah Palin's Going Rogue.
His decision to write a second book Straight Talk, No Chaser after such success was as predictable as Tyler Perry making another Madea movie. And like Perry, his formulaic method is apparently what audiences want. Not even two months old, his second book is also a NYT Bestseller.
In my heart of hearts I want to believe that 2 million women did not purchase his first book. I want to believe that his second book is not really a NYT Bestseller and this is all a cruel joke. But it's not. The reality is that there are black women out there who don't understand when we are being pimped. Exploited. All for the sake of the almighty dollar.
Recently a video of Steve Harvey's second ex-wife of 16 years hit the net. She accused him of cheating during their marriage, read letters from a mistress and even accused Harvey's current wife of being the mistress while they were still married.
Why would we, in droves, listen to a comedian turned "relationship guru" who has been married three times? Help me to understand what would be appealing about taking his advice seriously.
At the core the problem is patriarchy. And that is no easy task to dismantle. Women are conditioned as hell.
Unfortunately, the media, black men and seems like the world is constantly telling black women we are undesirable and we are the problem. Statistics are used to validate this claim. In return, women in massive numbers believe that any black male celebrity who comes along to offer his golden advice, whether it is Hill Harper, Jimi Izrael or Steve Harvey, must have the master key of unlocking the gates to love. We have to stop this y'all.
Ask yourself why isn't Steve making books for black men. Hell, they have a host of issues that need to be dealt with. Statistically they may be worse off than black women. But he knows better. Harvey knows that he wouldn't sell more than 10,000 copies, let alone 2 million, targeting black men.
Knowing that women aren't listening to other women writing books of the same genre is also very telling. Wouldn't it make sense to read the perspective of a woman who most likely understands, empathizes and has been through some of the same joys and pains? Iyanla Vanzant has written books both dedicated to women and men in an effort so build stronger relationships in our community. Former NFL wife Shanae Hall wrote a counter to Harvey's book Why Do I Have to Act Like a Man?. In 1999 author Denene Millner and husband Nick Chiles wrote What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know about black relationships. What Steve Harvey is doing is nothing new.
It's really unnerving that there are black men who choose to capitalize off of some of black women's belief they need some type of help on finding or keeping a man. But it saddens me that we allow them to do it.
It is not my intention to make black women who do read Harvey's books feel bad. Women have different reasons for reading what he writes and love is the one thing we all desire. However, every time women support one of these self-help books written by men who are not preaching the same garbage to their male counterparts, we are contributing to a patriarchal system capitalizing off of our desires. We are essentially telling men, 'Keep dictating to us on who we should be and what we should do. We'll keep supporting it.' And that's not something any of us should be willing to do.


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Friday, June 16, 2006
Is it me, or is everything moving in slow-mo today? Everyone is driving me absolutely batty!!
My mom has been riding my butt for the past two days,"Can we go grocery shopping?" Can we go grocery shopping? Can we go grocery shopping? Will you take me to get some groceries? When will we go to the store? Will you get my money? Will you get my money? When will you get my money? Don't forget to do my medicines. Will you do my medicines? When will YOU DO MY MEDICINES?" S C R E A M ! ! ! ! YES!! Of course, I will get EVERYTHING done!! OF COURSE!! Don't I always?? Am I going to leave you here to fend for yourself??? (Forgive me, Lord.) --Of course, I never say this to her....I always just smile and tell her, yes, I will.
So this morning, the hub and I go to pick up the mini-van rental. Bev has an appointment at 10. I get back at 9:50 to the house. My mom is there at the garage waiting for me. She is never upstairs. She starts in......"Will you......" YES! I will, I promise. I have to take the cat to the vets now." Of course, I have to go down the basement and find the cat carrier--she follows me. Then I have corral Bev into it. All the time, my mom is hovering. "MOM, I promise, I will take care of you before I leave." (I told you she doesn't like to share me with anything!) She's ready to go. "Mom, I am taking the cat to the vets....we will go to the store when I get back, ok?" She looks at me confused. Ok, slow down Rosemary, "Mom, you stay here. I have to take the cat to the vets to get her shots (this she understands). When I return, we will go to the store to get you some good food. You can go back downstairs and I will come down and get you when I get back, ok?" She finally understands. (Forgive me Lord.)
Ok, so we finally get to the vets. They look at her and know she is ill. Her temp is high and so they want to do bloodwork. Poor little boo. We leave her there (me and the kid) and head off to Costco. I am NOT going back to get mom because it takes FOREVER--FOR-EV-VER--to take her. (Forgive me Lord.) We buzz through there like the white tornado. Get home, mom is waiting at the garage door. "Will you take me ....." Lord have mercy on my soul!
Well, at least, I have stopped by the bank (10 p.m. last night!) and have her money. That should quiet her down for a bit. "Mom, here's your money. As soon as I'm ready to go to the store, I will come down and get you." She seems to understand. As I'm pulling the money out, the kid asks me (for the umpteenth time), "Can I have MY $20?" Oh My Gosh! He knew he asked the wrong question at the wrong time! He just kind of slilthered away after the glare I gave him! Poor guy.
Grab my bags and carry them upstairs to start packing. Sit down to turn my computer on to get my email from my friend who will be meeting us at the beach; I have to pee. You know, the kind where you don't feel you can hold it? (Ew, sorry.) I turn the computer on, moving about so I don't pee my pants and start to wait for it to get started. Who has time to pee? I finally consider myself a fool and say "Rosemary, go pee for kriminy sakes!" It takes all of two minutes out of my busy schedule. AS if I have that much time to give up! Geesh. Of course, the computer is in slow-mo this morning too.
The vet calls. Bev is extremely anemic. She has an organism in her blood cells from our lovely Tennessee mosquitoes. She has to be put on steroids and an antibiotic. Poor little boo. (Remember, we're leaving TOMORROW!) Dial, dial, dial (even though we don't dial anymore) "Hello neighbor"--answering machine--"Rosemary here, will you be HERE this week????" Lord have mercy.
I'm just waiting for my mom to pop her head around the corner and say "Can you take me to get some groceries?" hehe.
My favorite story that my mom tells me is when I was just toddling around and we were at my grandma Rosie's. She knitted and I would take her yarn and walk around and around with it stringing it around chairs and such. When my mom scolded me and told me to put it back, my grandma said (in her sweet old creaky Texas accent) "Aw, let her have it. Wouldn't it be a shame if she wasn't able to do that." And with that my friends, I count my blessings that my mom is able to drive me crazy just like I did her. I am thankful that she can walk, and talk and still remember the important stuff. Thank you Lord. She is blessed. I am blessed.
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That's a good play by play of a typical day in the life of an adult daughter and her mom. I can relate to evey word you typed.
- weirdbunny said...
You just have save a rant whenever you need too. We are alway's here.
- John Ivey said...
I guess the old saying, what goes around comes around, applies here.
- Peggy said...
slow down and pee dear Roas! Take a deep breath and count those blessings and smile... you will get through till tomorrow
- ms*robyn said...
oh lord! you had me cackling away here at my computer. I sure can relate, even though my mum doesn't live with me, she drives me simply mental sometimes when she visits. If I am cleaning my teeth or going to the bathroom, she will stand at the door and chatter away. I love her so much of course. We are allowed to be like this, we are human !!! and I guess we will do the same to our kids when we get much older :)
your poor kitty, hope she is better soon. have a fun weekend xoxo
I can't believe I have been able to comment twice without being kicked off your blog yippee !!!
- mrspao said...
Poor you. Poor Bev. Hope today is better.
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Wow, that was a day! No wonder you felt on the verge of exploding! I would have lost my marbles in your situation...
Anyway, I love your great post!


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112270109488767389.post1004943575239872531..comments2018-03-07T22:38:03.126-08:00Comments on Haiti Adoption Help: Bringing Your Children Home!Angelahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112270109488767389.post-56693324050724763872010-01-18T00:39:32.883-08:002010-01-18T00:39:32.883-08:00I am interested in adopting in haiti but i don'...I am interested in adopting in haiti but i don't have 25,000 and also i read you can not have more than 2 children of your own and i have 4.Is there any thing i can do.Please reply need advice.EileenEileenhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112270109488767389.post-70636923239464392962010-01-16T08:42:44.779-08:002010-01-16T08:42:44.779-08:00I have really enjoyed reading about your family. ...I have really enjoyed reading about your family. We also have bio and adopted children and would love to look into adoptions from Haiti. Our prayers are with you and people in Haiti. Thank you for sharing.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112270109488767389.post-49665077668230689232009-04-09T13:43:00.000-07:002009-04-09T13:43:00.000-07:00hi angela,i am thinking of haiti adoption in the f...hi angela,
i am thinking of haiti adoption in the future...we came home 4 months ago with our 3-yr-old boy from china. i read from 2007 posts and one february of 2008 post that haitian adoption was very bumpy and long and one couple was even planning on going there to chase papers down or something. yet, our agency lists the wait time as much shorter than china. what is your experience and opinion on how easy the hiatian gov was to work with and how long you waited? thanks!Sallymanderhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112270109488767389.post-53618961034418303202008-11-26T11:29:00.000-08:002008-11-26T11:29:00.000-08:00Hi Angela,I am picking up my three daughters from ...Hi Angela,

I am picking up my three daughters from Haiti sometime in the next month (not sure when though!) and I was wondering if you could email me and talk me through the process of picking them up, what you took for yourselves, and the kids, everything!
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Thanks a lot,
Alice PorterAlice firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112270109488767389.post-92162667321092951222008-08-16T11:42:00.000-07:002008-08-16T11:42:00.000-07:00Congrats! I'm so excited for your family. Thanks ...Congrats! I'm so excited for your family.

Thanks so much for taking the time to post this-I have never done this before, and it sure helps to have some idea of what to expect, even if my process isn't exactly the same as yours.

Thanks again and congrats!
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www.LenaHaitiMissionTrip.blogspot.comLena Wrighthttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112270109488767389.post-42884800253093344172008-08-12T20:34:00.000-07:002008-08-12T20:34:00.000-07:00Congratulations & thank you for the great advi...Congratulations & thank you for the great advice!stephanie garciahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112270109488767389.post-86528683929862704592008-08-12T12:02:00.000-07:002008-08-12T12:02:00.000-07:00so happy your kids are home!!!thanks for the infor...so happy your kids are home!!!

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