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Baroness Blatch: My Lords, when my right honourable friend makes a decision, which he is specifically obliged to do under the law, he will have all the information made available to him by the Parole Board. He will also have official advice from the department and he can take further legal advice. All the information that he receives in order to come to a decision is made available to Mr. Rundle. If the noble Lord is asking me specifically, I am fairly certain that there was not a word, a dot or a comma that my right honourable friend had before him which was not available to the Parole Board and which would have been material to that body had it had that information.
Lord Richard: My Lords, is that the case?
Baroness Blatch: My Lords, if the noble Lord doubts my word I shall find out. However, I can say that no information which was material to the Parole Board making its decision was withheld from it.
Lord Richard: My Lords, I am not questioning whether the noble Baroness is telling us other than that
Baroness Blatch: My Lords, of course I shall. I shall check what I said. My right honourable friend quite specifically considers the public interest, and that is not a specific obligation of the Parole Board. In considering the public interest, it may well be that my right honourable friend took other advice.
Baroness Faithfull: My Lords, I am not quite clear as to the position. If the decision of the Parole Board is overturned by the Home Secretary for very good reasons, has the man a right of appeal?
Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone: No.
Baroness Blatch: My Lords, no, the man does not have a right of appeal when such a decision is made. The prisoner has the right to present his or her case to the Parole Board, and the full opportunity was taken as regards Mr. Rundle.
Baroness Hamwee asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hamwee: My Lords, perhaps I may explore the matter a little further. Do not the Government regard it as anomalous to consider a pupil to have different socio-economic characteristicsthat is the basis of SSA and grantsjust because he is educated in a neighbouring borough rather than in his home borough? Does the Minister agree that he is the same child with the same needs? Does she further agree that the new financing arrangements represent a penalty for an LEA running a successful education service and attracting pupils from other LEAs into its own service? How do the Government square that with their advocacy of market forces?
Lord Lucas: My Lords, it is a question of debate and there has been a great deal of it between the Government and local authorities as to how the standard spending assessment should be made up. There have been a number of authorities in the same camp as the noble Baroness saying that pupils who move from one local authority to another should bring with them the average characteristics of that authority. There have been many others who say that pupils who move tend not to carry with them the special educational needs other than the statemented typifications of the authority the child
Earl Russell: My Lords, the noble Lord may not be aware that that decision caused considerable misgivings in this House when it was taken. However, is he aware that the problem that we are discussing centres not on special educational needs, but on additional educational needsnotably, the need for free school meals? Is the noble Lord further aware that since they are such a vital part of the income of families on benefit he risks being accused of exporting his problems to the Department of Social Security?
Lord Lucas: My Lords, I do not think that we take any position of principle on standard spending assessments; it is merely a matter of practicality and what arrangements suit the facts best. If the noble Earl or the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, can produce evidence that the current arrangements are not in accordance with the way things are, I am sure that that will be taken into account next year.
Lord Dixon-Smith: My Lords, does my noble friend agree that whenever the standard spending assessments are changed some authorities gainand they are, of course, very pleasedbut some authorities lose and they, quite naturally, feel aggrieved? I hope that my noble friend will agree that there would be considerable merit in stability, but, since the SSA is patently perceived to be a fallible formula, there is a constant need to adjust and improve it; hence the constant feelings of either glee or pain depending on which side of the adjustment an authority happens to fall.
Lord Lucas: My Lords, I agree with my noble friend who puts the matter very well. The world changes and SSAs have to change. We do not pretend that they are perfect, but we do think that they are the best that we can achieve.
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton: My Lords, does not the noble Lord agree that the SSA is a formula for the allocation of grant? Does he not also agree that because it varies, because it is unpredictable and because it is inevitably and ultimately a crude mechanism which cannot reflect the needs of each locality, it is therefore totally wrong for the Government to cap local authority expenditure and refuse to allow local authorities to adjust their spending to meet the real needs of their localities and the children in them? Does the noble Lord further agree that children should not have to suffer simply because the Government and Whitehall have a fixed formula approach to the needs of children and their education?
Lord Lucas: My Lords, whether a local authority runs up against its cap is a matter that relates to all of its expenditure, not just to education. It is to the totality
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords, does my noble friend agree that it ill behoves local education authoritiesand, I have to say, their allies on the Labour Benches oppositeto complain about any loss of grant when they were largely responsible throughout the 1980s for so conducting and mismanaging our state system of education that there came to be 1.5 million empty places in our schools, with all the colossal waste that that involves?
Lord Lucas: My Lords, I am sure that I would not wish to put it as strongly as that, but there is certainly considerable opportunity for savings to be generated by removing surplus school places. A number of local authorities are achieving savings in just that way.
Baroness David: My Lords, reverting to an earlier answer from the noble Lord, will the department be willing to review the arrangements for pupils with special educational needs if the new arrangements appear to penalise LEAs which have more than an average number of those pupils?
Lord Morris of Castle Morris: My Lords, it is a factis it not?that LEAs will not be encouraged to provide nursery education near the border with another LEA as parents from the other LEA will have the right to send their pupils across the border to the providing LEA, but the home LEA can refuse to pay. Will Her Majesty's Government therefore introduce recoupment for children under five and, if not, why not?
Lord Lucas: My Lords, I am sure that all those matters will be taken into account in our general proposals on nursery education, for which I hope the noble Lord can wait.
Lord Renton: My Lords, is my noble friend aware that it sometimes causes great inconvenience and family hardship if mentally handicapped people needing special education are sent long distances out of their own area in order to receive it elsewhere? Is it not therefore quite proper that the Government should be encouraging local education authorities to have their own arrangements, which pretty well all of them are capable of establishing?
Lord Lucas: My Lords, that is the sort of consideration which has weighed heavily with us and which, as I said to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, has won the day with us. However, I recognise that there are other sides to the question.
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At the DC Green Lantern Panel, part of San Diego's Comic-Con International, DC Comics Executive Editor Eddie Berganza, "Green Lantern Corps" writer Peter Tomasi, and "Red Lanterns" artist Ed Benes gathered before fans to discuss the future of the entire Green Lantern Corps moving into September. As well, panel moderator and DC SVP Bob Wayne told the packed house that Warner Brothers writer/producer Alan Burnett and DC Comics Assistant Editor Adam Schlagman will be joining the comic book creators onstage, rounding out the panel.
Berganza kicked things off by bringing the panel members onstage one by one, the audience erupting into wild cheers as Tomasi and Benes entered. The roars doubled, however, when Berganza introduced a surprise guest: DC Comics CCO Geoff Johns.
Johns then showed a clip for the new Cartoon Network "Green Lanterns" animated series from Warner Brothers. Showing the opening title scene for the show, Berganza followed up by displaying a slide of the new "Green Lantern" comic book cover. The cover featured Sinestro on the cover as a Green Lantern, a twist that occurred at the end of "War Of The Green Lanterns."
"It really delves into this character that's been with us since 'Rebirth'…and I think Sinestro is a great character to explore," said Johns, adding that Sinestro will be going up against the Sinestro Corps and the second arc will delve into the Indigo Tribe, explaining why Sinestro is drawn to the Indigo Lanterns.
Johns also said they will introduce the first ever Lantern, abandoned by the Guardians. "The Guardians, I know they're jerks, but there will be some resolution there," laughed Johns.
Tomasi then turned to his upcoming "Aftermath" series, promising "If you like action, you will see a lot of it."
Bringing a slide up for the cover to "Green Lanterns: New Guardians" Johns joked that they will be introducing the "Brown Lantern Corps." Berganza said they will be exploring the full color Lantern spectrum as well as Kyle Rayner, news that garnered another cheer from the audience.
"I think Tony's concept for this is really cool," said Johns, saying that the color spectrum Lanterns will be looking to Kyle as their torchbearer.
"As you can see, Atrocitus does not get soft," laughed Berganza as he showed slides of the Red Lantern scowling on the cover of "Red Lanterns" #1. Talking through an interpreter, Benes told the audience he was very excited to work on the characters and book, naming Atrocitus his favorite Lantern.
Touching on "Abin Sur" in Flashpoint, Schlagman said that the series focuses on a living Sur trying to find the Flash after learning he can change the timeline.
Moving on to "Green Lanterns: Emerald Knights" Burnett spoke about turning the characters into the WB animated DVD, saying that they hired Green Lantern writers to come on board and write the stories in the movie.
"One of the ideas was this DVD would be complimentary to the movie, introducing the Green Lantern characters prior," to the live action movie, said Burnett. Burnett then teased that he had a very cool project in the works that he could not talk about at that moment to loud groans from the audience.
The panel members then opened the floor to questions, adding that they would hand out black Wayne Casino poker chips to fans with great questions.
An audience member wanted to know if there will be more stories of the Black Ops Green Lanterns. Johns and the panel went back and forth, finally saying there are no plans as of right now, but the possibility is always there.
The second fan to the microphone revealed that he had a brain aneurysm and that "Brightest Day" was one of the things that kept him going, adding that Green Lantern is "why I'm here today." Johns thanked the fan, whose name was Zeke, and laughed when Zeke told them that last year at WonderCon he suggested to Johns that he work with Jim Lee.
"I'll tell everyone it was Zeke's idea!" joked Johns, talking about the September relaunch. Johns again thanked the fan after he said he saw the "Green Lantern" movie six times before Zeke asked about Bene's art style on the new "Red Lanterns" series. Benes replied he was still developing the look and the audience and panel broke into wild applause as Zeke sat down again.
John told the next fan that the decisions to make Hal ringless and Sinestro a Green Lantern again was an organic process, adding "Don't count anyone out of Green Lantern because they don't have a ring."
Another fan asked if Sinestro had a deep seated respect for Hal or was inspired by him at the end of "War of The Green Lanterns."
"He'd punch you in the face if you suggested it to him!" laughed Johns, saying that the character would never be able to admit liking Hal even if it were true. Moderator Bob Wayne gave the fan a chip for the question.
A young fan then gave Johns an Aquaman bracelet she made. "I will actually wear this!" promised Johns.
A man dressed as a "Sith Red Lantern" gained a Wayne poker chip for his costume, and in response to his question Johns told him that a Green Lantern will be appearing in the "Justice League" book.
The cool costumes continued as a man dressed like a Guardian asked if, since Mogo is dead, the creators will show where baby planets come from. The panel members laughed before saying that fans will see where Mogo's ring goes post-death, as well as a Dex-Starr Valentine's Day special. Johns also revealed they will show more of the world and society of Oa.
A man in a Green Lantern shirt with his infant girl asked for a black poker chip for bringing his baby to the panel as the audience cracked up, adding she was born on Free Comic Book Day.
"You're hitting all the buttons!" laughed Wayne.
He then asked on behalf of his wife what color Lantern would the panel members be if they could choose. Berganza would be Green, Johns would be Green or Orange because it would be fun to be "crazy for a while" he laughed. Benes and Burnett said they'd be Green, Tomasi would be Green or Blue, and Schlagman would be Green or White.
The next fan asked about the post-September comics continuity and if the reboot would erase "Blackest Night."
"Those stories still happen," said Johns.
"It came down to it was a really bad week between 'Blackest Night' and 'Brightest Day'" said Berganza, adding that it all happened, just in a compressed timeline.
A fan dressed as Saint Walker asked about the New Guardians, specifically why they decided to use mainly secondary characters for the other lanterns but Saint Walker for the Blue. Johns told him that the cover image didn't show all the Lanterns involved in the comic, and that Larfleeze will also be part of the comic. The fan then won a poker chip for his costume.
"You will see Black Hand in the second story arc," Johns told the next fan who asked about the Black or White Lanterns showing up in the new DC universe.
Tomasi told the next questioner that he had to be a bit of an actor when it came to finding the voice for the multiple characters he writes in "Corps" and "Aftermath" and the other Green Lantern books.
Another fan asked about a Larfleeze miniseries, which Berganza and Johns replied there is a possibility of one happening next year.
A first time Comic-Con attendee asked who they thought was the number two lantern as Guy Gardner was number one. "Guy Garner!" laughed Berganza before Wayne gave the fan a poker chip.
The next audience member asked if there was a chance Lanterns would be able to use more than one color power ring at once or if the different corps would team up. Johns said many of those questions would be addressed in "Green Lantern."
Tomasi told the next fan Isamot Kol may be involved in his story as Berganza added that the character was just Tomasi spelled backwards.
Johns then polled the audience about whether they liked crossovers or standalone books. Raising hands, the audience was evenly split between crossovers and standalone stories. "We try to find a balance, so I hope the balance is OK for you guys right now," said Johns.
The next fan wanted to know what Johns thought of the Green Lantern movie, to which Johns replied he thought Mark Strong did a fantastic job as Sinestro and he enjoyed Ryan Reynolds as Hal. To the next questioner Johns squashed the idea Hal would team up and hit the road with Green Arrow again.
"He won't hit the road again because he doesn't have a car," joked Johns.
A very young boy asked who was the panel members favorite Lanterns, adding his was Kilowog.
"What Lantern are you?" Johns asked, to which the boy said he was dressed up as Hal. "Then Hal is my favorite," said Johns as the audience applauded.
Alan Burnett then said his favorite Lantern was Hal, Tomasi said Guy Gardner, and Schlagman said Sinestro.
Finally, the last fan asked if there was ever going to be a lie action Aquaman movie. "Maybe," said Johns before adding with a laugh, "Wait, are we ending on a Aquaman question for the Green Lantern panel?"
Berganza and the panel members then thanked the fans, saying that Johns put of flying home in order to talk to them today, and adding that they appreciated the support for the whole Green Lantern universe.
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- The City of Houston Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund - Make donations online
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- Givepulse.com - Find a place to volunteer near you
- Global Giving is trying to raise $2 million to help those affected by the storm. They provide food, gas, clean water, hygiene products, and shelter in the short-term, and then funnels the remaining resources to local organizations to facilitate long-term recovery
- Portlight - Hotline (800) 626-4959 to refer people with disabilities who may be in the affected areas to locate services and resources they may need after they evacuate, and to make sure that those same folks are able to get to safety. They accept donations via PayPal.
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Cool birthday quotes aren't cold — quite the opposite. These sayings are birthday messages that are so hot that they're "cool." Like the ones right here.
Choosing a perfectly cool birthday saying can, however, be a little tricky because you need to strike a balance between what you think is cool and what you believe will make that special someone feel incredible, which is the whole point of sending a birthday message in the first place.
If you need a few tips on selecting the best quote, read Message Guy Tip #43 (right below).
Also, keep in mind that I've combined the famous quotes on this page with personal birthday wishes (done for you by me, Message Guy), a truly amazing combo that will make it easier for you to pick the right saying (and make the birthday boy or girl in your life feel extraordinary). Now isn't that cool? I think so. So will your loved ones.
You and I should not spend another second even thinking about our glory days.
"No wise man ever wished to be younger."
~ Jonathan Swift
We should be happy we're still around on our birthdays (even with our ever-increasing senior moments)!
Age is for bean counters.
"Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time."
~ Jean Paul
Just enjoy your birthday and your time on Earth.
There's no need to be afraid.
"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Have faith! Plus, celebrate each birthday and every day!
Yes, life is precious, no matter how old we are.
"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."
~ Voltaire
Love yourself. Celebrate every birthday. It's your special day...Make it special!
You're a grownup now...
"Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult."
~ C. S. Lewis
Happy 30th birthday. It's the beginning of your wonderful grownup adventure.
Certain things don't change...
"If you look over the years, the styles have changed — the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, it's really the same."
~ John Oates
Birthdays are all the same: they all celebrate you. Happy birthday!
The adventure continues…
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
~ Albert Einstein
Keep searching. You'll find your way. Happy birthday!
As we age, the meaning of life doesn't get any clearer...
"We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it."
~ Jules Renard
And knowing and admitting it just makes our birthdays and life in general so much better. Happy birthday!
You are the best gift I could ever get...
"A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present."
~ Thomas Fuller
My gift to you is all my love...and then some! Happy birthday!
To stay young at heart is the heart of the matter...
"To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age."
~ Amos Bronson Alcott
You're the youngest person (in spirit) I know. Keep charging ahead! Happy birthday!
Finally, the secret...
"The secret to eternal youth is arrested development."
~ Alice Roosevelt Longworth
I bet you've known this secret for quite some time. You're youth personified! Happy birthday!
Certain rules are meant to be broken.
"It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age."
~ Margaret Mead
You're my favorite rule breaker, my hero! Keep breaking the rules.
This is our philosophy of life...
"There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval."
~ George Santayana
Let's enjoy ourselves every day. Let's party on your birthday!
Message Guy Tip #44
The cool birthday quote you choose may be "way, way too cool" for the birthday boy or girl if...
This is proof that getting older doesn't have to be all about aches and pains...
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
You're the strongest person I know. Happy birthday!
If you have your health, you have everything you need...
"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Have a happy and healthy birthday!
You know the old "People who need people are the luckiest people in the world" refrain? It's true!
"One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them."
~ Virginia Woolf
Happy birthday! You're one of my favorite people.
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Noy Holland is the author of two books, The Spectacle of the Body and What Begins With Bird. Her short fiction has appeared in Conjunctions, The Quarterly, Open City, NOON, Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, Black Warrior Review, Glimmer Train, and Ploughshares. Ms. Holland received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 2003; she has been a John Gardner Fellow at BreadLoaf, a finalist for a Massachusetts Cultural Council Individual Artist Award, and a resident at the MacDowell Colony. Formerly a teacher at Philips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, she now teaches fiction writing in the MFA Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Currently, she directs the Writers in the Schools Project and is co-director of the Juniper Initiative for Literary Arts and Action. In 2004, she collaborated with the University of Massachusetts Press in the founding of the Juniper Prize in Fiction.
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Chrysler brings back the big, rear-drive sedan; plus more Bangle torture.
Get your Audis now, before they switch to the obnoxious new corporate "shield" grille, seen here on the Nuvolari concept vehicle. The grille "harks back to Nuvolari's Auto Union racing cars," according to Automobile magazine. ... I suppose it's less obnoxious than some of the other symbols evocative of Auto Union cars of that era (the 1930s). ... 2:14 A.M.
Jagt Mickey Kaus endlich zum Teufel! The Stop Chris Bangle petition now has 4,977 signatures ... The Stop Mickey Kaus petiton has ... er ... one signature. ... Eine! ... Ha, ha, ha. ... Ha, ha, ha, ha! ... [Maybe nobody knew it was there-ed Hey, I'm gloating here, all right? Don't look now but it's up to 30 signatures. At this rate you'll pass Bangle before Christmas-ed. Not after the 5 Series comes out. 31-ed] 3:20 A.M.
Rear-drive trend gathers momentum! Now, here's a significant car: The Chrysler 300C. Why? Because it represents another laudable attempt by DaimlerChrysler to bring a Mercedes feel to Detroit? Sure. But mainly because it marks the return of the big, rear-wheel drive American sedan. In this, Chrysler appears to have stolen a march on GM and Ford, both of which still seem committed to the aesthetically inferior but more efficient front-drive format. (Click here for why front-drive is inferior.) ... What about the 300C's styling? It's pompous ... but in a good way! I love it. ... While the gifted J Mays has seemingly been wasting his (and Ford's) time with retrofuturistic nostalgia exercises, Chrysler may be on the verge of building a car people will one day be nostalgic about. ... 2:48 A.M.
Angry appliance, unplugged: GM's Pontiac Aztek, long considered the most pathetic vehicle for sale in the U.S. market, will go out of production in December of next year. ... It's hard to pinpoint exactly what makes the Aztek so instantly ludicrous. Probably the awkwardly empty and square front wheel wells, and the gratuitous, fierce animalistic snout, which may have been what prompted incoming GM executive Bob Lutz to famously say that many of the company's products looked like "angry kitchen appliances." Plus the sheer, grandiosely lame corporate delusion of thinking that this tippy box with cheap zoomy cladding would somehow become the hip, cool plaything of America's youth. ... I still claim that if the Aztek had been a great or even good car it would have soon been considered lovably homely. But it wasn't (though reliability actually isn't bad, according to Consumer Reports). ... 2:45 A.M.
What's worse than BMW design chief Chris Bangle's force-fed Gaudi-esque eccentricities? Answer: BMW models in which the painful struggle to mute and pasteurize Bangle's force-fed eccentricities is all too obvious. ... The latest tortured half-Bangle is the crucial 5 Series sedan, shown here (click on the picture to enlarge). ... The Kia Rio influence is apparent, especially in the rear three-quarter view--what a mess!--though I think I see a bit of homage to Hyundai in there as well. ... BMW sales fell 7.3 percent in the first quarter of this year. That must be because Bangle's new designs are the "greatest breakthroughs in visual art since Michelangelo," or whatever it is he says about them! ... BMW blames the effect of model changeovers, with several models (such as the 5 Series) about to be replaced. ... 2:30 A.M.
Ford kills the T-Bird--and not on a Friday: Ford announced today it would cease production of its much-hyped Thunderbird in the "2005 or 2006 model year,"according to an AP report on MSNBC. This should be a humiliating announcement for Ford. The Thunderbird got a huge wave of press when it was introduced in 2001, but then took forever to actually hit the streets, thanks in part to the discovery of cooling-system problems. Cynically, Ford expected buyers to pay $39,000 for a car that recycled the dreary, budget interior from the Lincoln LS, on which the T-Bird was based. The car handles flabbily, according to the car mags. I thought the chrome wheels looked cheap, too.
More important is the failure of the concept behind the T-Bird. I have in my hand a fancy $35 coffee-table book called RETROFUTURISM, produced for an exhibit at L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a pretentious tribute to J Mays, Ford's celebrity design chief (who also sketched the far more successful, retro-comical VW New Beetle). The future of Ford, the book says, is a "melding of the iconic past with a vision of the future." The uncritical text continues:
The new Thunderbird is a good example of retrofuturism in car design. While it evokes the classic Thunderbird, it also possesses a very contemporary and individual identity. "It's not retro," insists Mays. "While the Thunderbird concept is loaded with heritage cues, it is a decidedly modern machine." Mays' incorporation of retrofuturism into his creative process has enabled him to draw from the past and design for the future, while remaining firmly grounded in the present.
The book charts out the course for Ford's future "Living Legends" cars. There is upcoming Ford GT40, based on the 1965 race car, and the Ford Forty-Nine, based loosely on the late-'40s model that revived the company. At this year's auto shows Ford has displayed its apparently soon-to-be produced Mustang GT concept--a giant four-wheeled "heritage cue," being basically an updated '60s Mustang.
The obvious question: If the first "living legend"--the T-Bird--has now flopped, what does it say about Ford's grand strategy of building its brand with a succession of similarly nostalgic Boomer Retro-Cartoons? Instead of producing a parade of warmed-over updates of new car ideas people fondly remember from 40 years ago, why not come up with some new car ideas people will fondly remember 40 years from now?
Keep in mind that Ford only began producing the Thunderbird in June 2001, but (thanks to those production glitches) it really wasn't available in large numbers until much later that year. So it's being effectively euthanized after not all that much more than a year on the market. Ford predicted sales of 25,000 annually, but only about 19,000 were sold in 2002 and about 4,000 through March of this year. "The demand is nonexistent right now," a Georgia Ford dealer told the Detroit News.
That 2005-2006 phase-out date is suspicious, though. The car will now apparently spend more time dying than it did living. Combined with the failure of Ford to announce the T-Bird's demise on a Friday during the Iraq war--which is the day you'd choose if you wished to bury bad news--it suggests Ford actually wanted the world to know the T-Bird was doomed. Why? One explanation: It's a pathetic attempt to promote a wave of buying by collectors who now know the production run is limited--but who have a couple of years to spend thousands on one of the "last" Thunderbirds.
Boomers weren't big enough fools to fall for the half-rebaked T-Bird in large numbers. Will they fall for that trick too? I'd have buried the announcement on Friday. 10:51 P.M.


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Decision Making as a Defeater to Kalam: A Response
The existence of decision making seems to imply some change, and thus temporality. How can God decide to create explanatorily prior to the existence of time? First we must answer what it means to decide, and what about it implies temporality. It seems to me that decision making involves the selection of an action from a collection of possible actions.[1] If a decision involves a change of mental states, then temporality is implied by it. Below I will attempt to construct the argument against the Kalam Cosmological Argument that decision making does imply temporality, and thus, it is concluded that God's did not timelessly decide to bring about some thing x (the universe).


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For political parties to play their role in the chain of command they need to be membership organisations that are under the control of and answerable to their members. In this respect political parties in Britain (and elsewhere) are in decline. This comes from the drift into mega-expensive politics and the then unavoidable transgression of moneyed power into the domain of democratic politics. This is fuelled by donations to parties and campaigns from moneyed persons, businesses and organisations. That should simply be put a stop to. It would improve democracy if political budgets were cut and members given power in parties. S. Ringen "The Liberal Vision."
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As a second year student studying Chemical Engineering, I feel that it is only right that I give all you new first year Chemical Engineering students a heads up about how to stay on top of your studies and still be able to have a good time and enjoy your uni life at Aston.
Attend all lectures/tutorials
It is imperative that you attend all lectures as this is a really good opportunity to ask your lecturers for further clarification of a topic within the module, so make the most of it. At Aston uni, we have this thing called Aston Replay which can be accessed on Blackboard, this tends to come in really useful during revision period. However you should not use this as an excuse not to attend lectures as some lecturers do not use Aston Replay, and even the ones that do, sometimes forget to press the record button, so as such nothing that they have said gets recorded, so if you missed that lecture you've got a lot of catching up to do. Not an ideal situation to be in- so make sure you don't get caught out, attend all your lectures. Remember university is optional, you chose to come to university, so make the most of it and make sure that you get your money's worth by attending all your lectures and tutorials. Tutorials are a lot better because they are done in smaller groups, so this is the perfect time to ask loads of question, if you feel a bit shy to do so in the lectures.
Lecture notes
Most lecturers at Aston will put their lecture notes up for the following lecture on blackboard for you to have a look at before attending that lecture. Therefore I would recommend doing just that, so that when you attend the lecture you have a better understanding of what the lecturer is talking about. Make extra notes if you need to or add to the ones that they have put up already on Blackboard and make sure that you file all your notes. This leads me to my next point which is on organisation.
Organisation is key! It goes hand in hand with time management. So make sure that from the word go you sort out all your notes, and keep them in order throughout the year in folders or leaver arch files because it makes life so much easier when it comes to revision because that way everything you need will be in one place. It's also a good idea to have some sort of time table to follow, it doesn't need to be anything fancy or elaborate. Just something as simple and straightforward as setting aside a few days a week and a couple of hours (1 or 2) on those days to spend going over your lecture notes and trying out some past paper questions to get a better understanding of that topic. This is because it is better to revise little and often, than to try and cramp everything in last minute. Plus when you learn something over a long period of time you tend to get a deeper and better understanding of that thing because you would have had more time to fully absorb the information and make more sense of it as a pose to learning it parrot fashion last minute, where you've learned something but there is no understanding of the thing that you've learnt and as a result this could affect your performance in an exam.
When you receive coursework aim to complete it within the week in which it was received in as you will find that they soon start to pile up, not so much in the first term, but in the second term they come in thick and fast. So make sure you don't leave it too late to complete coursework as these are the one thing you have control over because it is more specific in the sense that you'll know exactly what the coursework will be on whereas in exams anything can come up. So use your time wisely. Make sure you do your very best in all your courseworks as it could save you from a re-sit if one of your exams within the module that included that coursework doesn't quite go according to plan.


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Prior to around 1995, when I got onto the internet and started chatting across the Atlantic, I had never heard of "creationism", nor did I have the slightest idea that there were people in any significant numbers who actually believe that the universe is around 6,000 years old or that evolution did not take place. Once I started chatting however, I found out that creationism is a very real problem in the United States, and nowadays it's even finding its way to other countries including Malta.
Creationism is the belief that everything in the Bible is not merely true but literal. Based on this, they calculated that the age of the universe is just over 6,000 years old and therefore anything that suggests a longer timescale is false. Similarly, they believe that every species of animal or plant was created exactly as it is, or with very minor variations, and that evolution did not occur. In their efforts to promote their particular beliefs, they try to get it taught in schools in place of real science, with devastating results on the educational levels of thousands of students. These groups are well-funded and expend a lot of money and effort into disseminating misinformation about evolution and science in an effort to discredit them.
To its credit, the Catholic Church generally teaches science, including evolution, properly in its schools - but not all students opt for science, so many people might be left without any knowledge about this fundamental phenomenon of life. In this article I will try to explain evolution in a simplified manner which requires no previous knowledge of biology. Needless to say, in order to summarise and simplify, some details will be left out but the principles are all here.
This is how life works.
What evolution is - and is not
Evolution explains how and why life forms change gradually, generation after generation, to form the various life forms we see around us today. Evolution does not provide an explanation as to how life began - it starts off with life already existing. As such, evolution applies whether one believes that a god created life, or whether life arose through entirely natural processes, or arrived from another planet. Evolution also has nothing to do with non-living things, such as how the universe, or our world, was created. Evolution does not say that God does not exist, nor that he does. It says nothing at all about the existence of any gods - it merely does not require the existence of a god for evolution to take place.
The principles of evolution
If a tall man and a tall woman have children together, the likelihood is that these will grow to be tall themselves. This is the well understood principle of genetic inheritance. Our cells have DNA - half from our mother and half from our father, and this contains all the information needed to produce a person.
If a 180cm tall man and a 180cm tall woman have children together however, it doesn't follow that they will all be 180cm tall. There are variations between individuals. One may be 190cm, the next 175cm. Again, nothing mysterious here.
From time to time, an individual will be born whose differences go beyond the regular small variations. A couple who are both 180cm tall might have a child who just keeps growing, reaching 230cm tall and towering above everyone else. While sometimes this is caused by a disease, it can also be caused by a mutation - something happens to the child's DNA so that it is not a perfect copy of half the father's DNA and half the mother's DNA. In this case, that child's DNA will contain that alteration and it is likely be passed on to that child's own children in turn.
If we turn our attention to domesticated animals, farmers and breeders intentionally select those offspring with desirable traits and breed them as much as possible. A race horse breeder will try to get the fastest mare and the fastest stallion and mate them together to get very fast foals, then repeat the process in the next generation. A dairy farmer will try to get as many calves as possible out of his best milk cow, because they are likely to also produce large quantities of milk. The rest are quite likely to end up as beef in a butcher shop before they even get a chance to produce their own offspring. Over many, many generations these differences will accumulate, producing many varieties of sheep, cattle, dogs, cats and so on. This process is called artificial selection.
Obviously, in the wild there are no farmers selecting which animals are to be bred and which are to be slaughtered, but there are other forces at play. Consider a herd of gazelles. Thanks to variations between individuals, some will be able to run slightly faster than others, while others will be slightly slower. Every time that the lions attack, the herd runs off, and the fastest will soon be at the front of the herd, furthest from the lions, while the slowest will be at the back. Every time, the chase ends as soon as the slowest animal is brought down. By the time the breeding season has arrived, the slowest 10% of the herd will have been killed without ever having had a chance to pass on their slightly slower traits. This process is called natural selection, or survival of the fittest. Of course speed is not the only factor - acute hearing and eyesight, stamina, fur the same colour as the background, and so on - all translate into a better ability to survive and breed. Nor is it only the prey that is subject to this selection. The predator also needs traits like speed, a good sense of smell, the ability to move silently, claws to bring down prey and so on. Other factors that can make one individual better able to survive than others include, the ability to get food, the ability to find a mate and defend one's offspring, and so on. If a gazelle mutates so that it gets shorter legs, this mutation will be detrimental to it, making it very unlikely that this mutation will make it to the next generation. On the other hand, if one gazelle gets a mutation that gives it more acute hearing, it will be able to hear approaching predators before the others, making it more likely to survive.
Although a mutation takes place in a single individual, evolution takes place across generations. Usually, a single mutation is barely noticeable unless it causes a marked change in appearance, such as an albino. Since natural or artificial selection ensures that detrimental mutations are halted in their tracks while beneficial ones are propagated, over several generations, the beneficial mutations will accumulate.
As long as all the individuals within a species keep on mixing and breeding together, the likelihood is that they will remain one species. From time to time however, groups of the same species will become separated and unable to breed together. This can happen if, say, changing weather patterns open up a normally-impassable passage to a new territory then closes it up again, or if a freak storm blows some flying animals off course onto a new island. When this happens, any mutations or other changes that happen within one group cannot be shared with the other, so - over many generations - the genetic changes will keep accumulating, making the two populations more and more different, until eventually the DNA is so different they can no longer breed together at all, or if they do they produce sterile offspring (mules). Once this happens, they are different species and there is no going back - from then on they will continue to evolve along different paths even if the two populations are brought back together again.
So, are we humans still evolving?
Yes, we are. Every living thing continues to evolve until it becomes extinct. However, we humans have taken control over much of our own destiny. When someone is injured they don't just stay there to starve and die - we take care of them and bring them back to health. If someone has a disability which would be fatal in a wild animal, we make whatever adjustments are necessary to help them live and function in our society. These actions sometimes affect the outcome of natural selection to a great degree, but despite our interventions we evolve nonetheless.
Did we evolve from monkeys?
No, and evolution never said we did. On the other hand, we are apes - or to be more precise, we belong to the biological group called the hominids, commonly known as apes, which includes gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orang utans. Hominids in turn are a sub-group of the primates, which also include monkeys, and primates together with other groups form the mammals. All animals that have hair/fur and produce milk are mammals. Mammals along with other groups form the animals, and animals and plants are the two main groups for all life forms. The classification of life into these groups is a complex study, but one can look at the basic characteristics of humans, and compare these with other forms of life to see where humans fit in. We share more characteristics with frogs than with insects (we have skeletons on the insides), but we share even more characteristics with lions than with frogs (we have hair and produce milk), and if you compare a human with a chimpanzee, there are even more similarities - in fact they are our nearest genetic relatives. Humans have common ancestors with all of these, but the closer we are genetically, the more recent was this common ancestor.
Isn't evolution just a theory?
In science, theory is as good as it gets. There is no "higher level" above theory. It takes a lot of testing and cross-checking before an idea gets to be called a theory. Sometimes, when a theory is expected to apply everywhere in the universe, it is referred to as a law. However this does not imply that the theory in question is more well established or has better evidence.
Evolution refers both to a fact and a theory, in much the same way as gravity. We have the phenomenon of gravity, and then we have Newton's Theory of Gravity which is the explanation of that phenomenon. Evolution is a natural phenomenon. It has been observed both in the lab and in the wild. The theory of evolution, as initially put foward by Charles Darwin, is our explanation of exactly how it works. Of course, in the 150 years since Darwin's time, this theory has been refined and improved many times, as new evidence becomes available. However, no evidence has ever been found that contradicts the basic theory. Science has its methods of checking ideas, and these identify and rectify any flaws, rather than dogmatically oppose change. Despite the extremely high regard with which certain people like Darwin, Einstein, Newton and others are held, their work has been improved upon repeatedly.
Is it true there are doubts among scientists about evolution?
In a word, no. While there are a few creationists who also hold science degrees and who reject evolution, these amount to less than 1%, and most are in fields other than biology.
Ok so how did life begin?
We don't know that yet. Two prevailing non-religious hypotheses are that life developed from non-living things using natural methods (abiogenesis), or that life on earth was "seeded" from life in another planet (panspermia). Experiments have shown that it is possible for certain basic building blocks of life can be created using natural processes similar to earth's early environment, however there's a long way to go before it is proved that life can have arisen entirely from natural processes.
How long did it all take?
The entire universe started 13.8 billion years ago. Our planet earth formed 4.5 billion years ago. The earliest forms of life arrived 3.6 billion years ago. Animals arrived just over half a billion years ago. Mammals appeared 200 million years ago. The great apes appeared 20 million years ago, and 200,000 years ago the earliest humans evolved.


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Instead of working to block controversial film, TENT wants to put transgender issues on the front burner at Austin film fest by sponsoring discussion of movie
Recently, Transgender Education Network of Texas has made a very difficult decision. We have been following the controversy surrounding the film, "Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives." We have been discussing the issue with Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival (AGLIFF) and both organizations believe that there needs to be dialog surrounding the film.
To that end, AGLIFF will bring the film to their well-attended festival in the fall, and TENT will facilitate a discussion afterward. This was not a decision we made lightly and we want to take a moment and clarify our position.
Many trans activists, as well as GLAAD, have been very vocal critics of this film and the "negative portrayal of trans people in it."
The majority of our board has screened this film and, though many of us don't think the film the greatest piece of celluloid art out there, we all pretty much agree that on its surface, it doesn't portray trans folk too negatively.
Quite to the contrary, it shows drag queens (part of the trans community) fighting back against people who want to hurt them (and are very successful … at least physically).
I'd like to lay all of our cards on the table here. Originally, we were looking at this film to use as a fundraiser for TENT. After all, with all the controversy and shouting, it was bound to be a money-maker.
And we felt strongly that we needed to have a conversation around what was really making us angry; as an organization whose mission is to educate folks about the gender diverse, we felt an obligation to facilitate a conversation.
But after our second viewing and subsequent discussion, it became clear to many of us that using this film as a fundraiser would be adding more fuel to an already over-stoked fire.
We also felt that doing nothing was not an option either. You know, if folks didn't raise a fuss about this film it may not have even made a ripple in our community.
As a matter of fact the controversy, arguments and protests have done more to pique the interest of viewers than any standard marketing that La Luna Entertainment had planned to do.
So, it is out there; we can't do anything about that. So we feel it is necessary to talk about it.
We also feel that to have an intelligent discussion about the film, it is necessary to actually see it. Many of the protesters have not seen it and don't plan to for fear of giving the appearance of condoning the film. We hope they change their minds when it comes to Austin.
Let's take a moment to talk about what the critics are saying.
One of the biggest issues early on was the use of the murders of Angie Zapata and Jorge Mercado in the trailers marketing the film.
The film gives a nod to the "blacksploitation" films of the 1960s and is graphically violent, shot in high contrast and is very campy. The protesters (rightly, in my opinion) strongly objected to the use of the two very real and very tragic murders in the marketing of this admittedly violent and campy film.
The filmmaker listened to the critics and quickly removed those quotes. I didn't see that trailer (it had already been pulled) and when I spoke to Israel Luna, the maker of the film, I said to him that had I seen the original trailer, I would probably be equally as offended.
I asked him if he understood that and he answered, "Yes, and that is why I removed those references."
Although they have been removed from the trailer, this is still an issue that the critics hold on to as a reason to protest.
The other reason that the protesters and GLAAD would like to see the film banned is because "… it demeans actual transgender women who struggle for acceptance and respect in their day-to-day lives."
We're not so sure we agree with this statement. Whereas drag queens are not indicative of all or even most of the gender diverse community, they are a part of the community and, I for one, am proud to stand side by side with them.
After all, it was the drag queens that hurled the first bottles to start the protest at Stonewall, a protest that launched a movement.
Now drag queens, by definition, are usually caricatures of women. We all know what it means to wear "drag queen" make-up, and few women wear the exaggerated make-up and clothing on the street in their day-to-day lives.
But that is the nature of being a drag queen; they are performers wearing a costume. And guess what? They exist in real life. I know quite a few and are honored to call them friends.
In my opinion, the drag queens characterized in the film are pretty darn accurate. For the most part, I liked these characters. They were real! Yes, I said it: Real.
Finally, there are a couple of criticisms that I may agree with. The first is the title.
I don't condone the use of the "T" word; I don't use the "T" word, and I advocate that no one use it.
The other criticism that has a bit of credence is the speed in which the film goes from a relatively realistic portrayal of horrendous violence perpetrated against these trans women to a "check your brains at the door" campiness. I have some real problems with that and would have a few suggestions for Mr. Luna for a re-edit if he wants to hear them.
But, all of those things aside, it is time to watch the film and talk about it.
It is for that reason that we are not blocking AGLIFF from bringing it to the film festival. In interest of full disclosure, we were given the opportunity to block it; if TENT said "no," AGLIFF would not have brought it in.
But we feel strongly that this controversial film can open a dialog that can do a lot of good. So we said, bring it in and let us sponsor the discussion after. We hope to have the filmmaker, the critics, the supporters, and GLAAD all participate in this important discussion.
Lisa Scheps is executive director of Transgender Education Network of Texas, based in Austin. The talk-back will be held immediately after the screening of the film on Friday, Sept. 10 at 9:45 p.m. at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. Everyone is welcome to attend.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition August 27, 2010


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Metropolitan Ballroom Dancers Team with the Charlotte Symphony in "Ballroom" on January 25, 2013 at Knight Theatre
Jan 17, 2013, 08:00 EST
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Metropolitan Ballroom dance team will add a visual twist to the Charlotte Symphony as they perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 25 at the Knight Theater (in downtown Charlotte). The musical presentation features high-energy ballroom dancing, while the orchestra plays. Highlights will include Piazzolla's Libertango, Lecuona's Malaguena, Johann Struass' Voices of Spring Waltz, and Bach's Toccata and Fugue uniquely arranged in a Latin style. It is a one-of-a-kind experience with live symphonic music and spectacular dancing all on one stage.
The Metropolitan Ballroom dancers will waltz, rumba, samba, and tango to music by the Charlotte Symphony with conductor Jacomo Rafael Bairos. Choreographed by Tatiana Kazakova, co-owner and premier instructor at Metropolitan Ballroom. Tatiana is recognized as a top dancer and coach in the US and holds several dance competition titles including Ukrainian National Junior and Youth Latin Champion.
Clement Joly, co-owner, director, and also premier instructor at Metropolitan Ballroom said, "It is a dancer's dream to dance to live music - to create movement over the pure sound of the orchestra is amazing."
Conductor Jacomo Bairos is equally excited for the collaboration, saying "Mixing music with visual elements and the beauty of dance is going to be a thrill for our audience. Clement Joly and Tatania bring style, panache and passion to their work and I look forward to this concert!"
Metropolitan Ballroom, Charlotte's premier ballroom dance studio, located in Charlotte, North Carolina offers American and Latin style ballroom dance lessons. The ballroom boasts an elegant but relaxed social atmosphere.
Metropolitan Ballroom is recognized not only for what they bring to the Charlotte dance community but also for their charitable and community involvement. They recently participated with the YMCA's "Dancing with the Stars" fundraiser event, which raised $60,000 through charitable contributions. Metropolitan Ballroom also hosted 'Palladium Night, Salsa Dancing for a Cause', another excellent charity event.
There will also be a dance lesson special provided to all concert-goers post event.
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Sunderland winger Adam Johnson is feeling wanted again after Manchester City spell
IT WAS the best of times, it was the worst of times for Adam Johnson.
I don't look back with regret. I'd do it all again tomorrow if I had the chance. If I look back to two-and-a-half years ago when I signed, I would do the same again
It's no wonder the former Manchester City winger, who returns to the Etihad Stadium with hometown club Sunderland at lunchtime, feels like he's ridden football's ultimate emotional roller-coaster.
Even as he celebrated last season's incredible title triumph with his City team-mates, he knew it was one he had to get off.
A Premier League medal and an FA Cup winning medal were proud reminders that he'd been living every footballer's dream.
But a stark set of statistics which revealed he'd started just 39 league games in two-and-a-half years – and an increasingly frosty relationship with City boss Roberto Mancini – shaped his decision.
Johnson, promoting the new Medal of Honor: Warfighter, said: "The ups I had were probably the best I'll have in my career.
"I don't look back with regret. I'd do it all again tomorrow if I had the chance. If I look back to two-and-a-half years ago when I signed, I would do the same again.
"When you look back on your career, it's about winning the Premier League. That's your main aim and I did that."
Glory came at a price for Johnson and it was one he didn't want to pay.
He added: "You want to be part of the Champions League and stuff but there is being part of it and playing in it.
"There's no point just being part of it and not playing in it and I wanted to play."
Johnson still keeps in touch with several City players and was on the phone to Joe Hart this week.
If he scores his first Sunderland goal today, he won't celebrate too wildly because of his affection for ex-team-mates and City fans.
But he'd be sorely tempted to run over to Mancini with an expression that cries out: That's what you're missing.
He added: "I won medals at City and the fans were great to me, so I wouldn't do it out of respect for them.
"But part of me would like to, in front of certain parts."
Johnson predicts he won't be the last City player to quit the club, frustrated at a lack of opportunities, and claims Mancini brings such problems on himself.
"He wanted that many players in his squad, so he's got to deal with it," he said.
"You bring in 26 world-class players and you're going to have trouble picking a team and leaving people in the stands who are internationals. It's only a matter of time before senior players become unhappy."
Clearly, the all-embracing warmth of Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill suits him more than Mancini's cold approach.
"Martin speaks to me a lot and has a friendship with the players," he added.
"You can talk to him about anything really. It doesn't have to be football.
"That gets the best out of players. He knows when to shout and when to put his arm around us. He does that very well.
"There were a lot of big players at City and it was my time to go, play somewhere else and be my own player.
"I was sort of forgotten about but now I want to be playing week in, week out, be appreciated and have people talking about me and knowing me for being a good player."
• ADAM JOHNSON was having a first look at Medal of Honor: Warfighter, in which gamers can go head-to-head with the world's best special forces. Medal of Honor: Warfighter is on sale from October 26 on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. For more info and to pre-order, visit uk.medalofhonor.com


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Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt star in this Bollywood romance based on the novel by Chetan Bhagat. Krish Malhotra (Kapoor) and Ananya Swaminathan (Bhatt) meet and fall in love but, as they come from different states, they encounter complications when they decide to get married. Their differing cultures causes conflict between their parents. Will Krish and Ananya get their blessing?


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– A parade of their assets
NOLLYWOOD has become a multi-billion naira industry and our actresses are raking in some serious cash. Not only are they making money from movies, they also have investments, sponsorships and endorsements with well known brands. ENCOMIUM Weekly highlights the five richest Nigerian actresses.
Genevieve Nnaji tops the list with movies that have grossed over a N100 million at the box office. Genevieve is definitely a household name and is known not just in Nigeria but other parts of the world, even appearing on the biggest talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2009. She has starred in over 80 Nollywood movies including the award winning, Ije: The Journey, which grossed N60 million turning out to be Nigeria's highest grossing movie ever.
Genevieve started her acting career as a child actress in the then popular TV soap opera, Ripples at 8. When she was 19, she was introduced to the thriving Nigerian movie industry with the movie, Most Wanted, after which she did several other movies. In 2004, she was chosen as the Face of Lux in a highly lucrative sponsorship deal. She also launched her own clothing line in 2008 named St. Genevieve, which donates its proceeds to charity. In May 2010, she was appointed the official face of Make-up Designing in Nigeria. She also secured a contract as the face of US and South Africa brand, Cintrion energy drink for N50 million. In June 2012, she was unveiled as the brand ambassador of Range Rover Evogue by Coscharis Motors, in which she reportedly got $100,000. She recently acquired property in Parkview Estate (Ikoyi, Lagos) and she also has another mansion in Oniru Estate and one in Lekki which she built for her parents. She recently starred in the hit movie, Half of a Yellow Sun.
Kate Henshaw started her acting career in 1993 with the movie, When The Sun Sets and she has starred in over 50 movies. She won the African Movie Academy Awards in 200 for Best Actress in a Leading Role in the movie, Stronger than Pain. Her endorsements include Face of Onga, Face of Blessing Perfume deal. The new Face of Samsung mobile and electronics and she was previously a Glo ambassador. Kate Henshaw recently released her autobiography, The Life of an Actress: My Story and it was reported she got N5 million from the Rivers State Government. She is also known for traveling across the country, sharing photos of her vacation to Switzerland, USA, Italy. She is currently divorced and has a 12 year-old daughter, Ella.
Second in the list is screen goddess, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde who was recently honoured as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine alongside Michelle Obama, Beyonce and Kate Middleton. She began her acting career in 1995 with the movie, Venom of Justice. Her first major role was in the movie, Mortal Inheritance and she has gone on to do over 300 movies including the award winning, Ije starring alongside Genevieve in which she got N30 million. Last Flight to Abuja in which she made N24 million, Private Storm and several others. She has also won many awards including African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2005; Screen Nation Awards in 2012 for Pan African Best Actress, among many others. In 2012, she launched her own reality show, Omotola: The Real Me, which made her the first Nigerian celebrity to star in a reality show. Omotola is also into music and she is the first African celebrity to receive over one million likes on Facebook. She is married to Captain Matthew Ekeinde and is a proud mother of four kids. They currently reside in a lofty mansion at Iba area of Lagos.
Funke Akindele shot into limelight with the monster hit movie, Jenifa and has made over N60 million, netting N20 million in 2012 alone. In The Return of Jenifa, she got N35 million. She is also known for her major endorsements with premium brands including Vitafoam, where she got N20 million. Her endorsements with Qlichy.com Jobberman.com, Globacom, Klin detergent and Lagos Inland Revenue Service are very lucrative. She started her acting career with the TV series, I Need To Know and won AMAA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2009. She also has a mansion located at Agbalajobi Estate, Ikeja, Lagos.
Even though she was recently dropped as Glo ambassador with several other celebs, Uche Jombo is still one of Nigeria's most bankable actresses. Not only is she an actress, she is also a producer and a screenwriter. When her movie, Lies Men Tell was released, it sold out within four days selling over 40,000 copies. She made her debut in the Nigerian movie industry in 1999 with the movie, Visa to Hell and has gone on to do over 60 movies including Games Men Play, which she directed and starred as the lead character, Damage, A Mother's Fight, to name a few. Uche Jombo is also currently building a massive house in Lekki around Alpha Beach and is married to a Puerto Rican, Kenney Rodriguez.