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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Steve Jobs Tops AskMen's Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2011

18 Oct 2011 15:00 Africa/Lagos

Steve Jobs Tops AskMen's Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2011

Voters Salute "visionaries", as Larry Page, Kanye West and Warren Buffett Join Jobs in AskMen's Top 49

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, AskMen, the leading men's lifestyle website with 17 million monthly readers, announced the results of their 6th annual Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2011, as determined by more than 200,000 votes. Visionary Steve Jobs takes the #1 position after a month long public voting process which began in early September. The Top 49 Most Influential Men challenges AskMen's readers to determine which male figures have made the biggest impact and, ultimately, shaped what it means to be a man of influence in 2011. George Clooney holds the record as the only person to be named to the Top 49 for all six years.

The year of the visionaries, Steve Jobs , SEAL Team Six, Larry Page , Warren Buffet and Kanye West round out the top 5 positions on the 2011 list. Other notables include Andrew Mason , Jack Dorsey , and Mark Zuckerberg , representing the surge of tech visionaries who men find influential. Hollywood heavyweights including Ryan Gosling , Ashton Kutcher , Bradley Cooper , Charlie Sheen , and Simon Cowell all made the list.

Voters honor courageous acts electing SEAL Team Six to the number two position, Oscar Pistorius , a runner with prosthetic legs who made it to the Olympics, and Mohamed Bouazizi , a Tunisian who lit himself on fire in protest sparking worldwide controversy.

"This year's list is a true reflection of the times we live in, with technology being at the forefront, and visionaries like Steve Jobs inspiring our readers all over the world," commented James Bassil, Editor in Chief, AskMen. "Jobs held steady in the number one position for the last four weeks during our polling, which really pays tribute to his legacy."

The complete roster of this year's Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2011, including profiles of each honoree, can be found at www.askmen.com. In order, the Top 49 are:

Notably missing from this year's list are Bill Gates (previously ranked No. 2) and James Franco (previously ranked No. 7), while some returning honorees, such as Mark Zuckerberg , have experienced significant shifts in ranking, dropping from No. 2 in 2010 to No. 27 in 2011. Meanwhile, others, such as Kanye West and Barack Obama , have remained in the same position both in 2010 and 2011 (No. 5 and No. 21 respectively).

"Being voted into AskMen's Top49 Most Influential Men list feels not quite as good as the time Eva Longoria spoon-fed me guacamole live on air, but nearly." –Piers Morgan" (No. 20)

"Thank you to my new best friends at AskMen. I hope to do them proud!" –Mark Cuban (No. 32)

"2011 has been a magnificent year for me, but I feel especially honored to be considered one of the most influential men of the year by AskMen readers and would like to thank all the people who voted for me." Rory McIlroy (No. 45)

To see exclusive videos, photos and comments from this year's honorees, visit www.AskMen.com. Further coverage of the Top 49 Most Influential Men will also be available on AskMen's Facebook and Twitter pages.

About AskMen

AskMen, a unit of News Corp. Digital Media, is the world's leading men's lifestyle website. An online resource for men with daily features on subjects such as fashion, fitness, dating, money, and entertainment, AskMen has the widest online audience reach in the "Men's Lifestyle" category in comparison with all other websites, attracting 14 million unique visits from the U.S. per month, and 17 million monthly visitors globally, according to Omniture. A foremost content provider with an archive of more than 60,000 articles available for free online, AskMen updates daily and publishes over 300 new features a month. AskMen has content partnerships with the likes of Yahoo!, Cosmopolitan.com, Sports Illustrated.com and more.

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

One Village, One Cinema. Why Not?"

"Most of the world is without a cinema hall. That will all change! One village, one cinema. Why not?"

~Anthony Tate, Virgina, U.S.A.

As much as we appreciate the revival of the movie theatre culture in Nigeria with thanks to the Silverbird Cinemas and Genesis Deluxe Cinemas, we would be happier to use cinemas to break social class barriers and build bridges of unity among communities for the common benefit of the society and not to pander to the aristocratic tastes of the rich minority in Nigeria to the detriment of the poor majority.

Cinema has never been an elitist medium of communication.
Cinema is a tool for public entertainment and enlightenment and has been very effective and imperative in mass literacy campaigns in developed and developing countries for decades. Cinemas made Hollywood the film capital of the world buoyed by over 38,605 indoor screens in 5,561 sites and 628 Drive-In screens in 381 sites in the US, the largest in the world.

Presently in Nigeria movie theatres have become elitist centres in upscale urban zones with the two major cinema chains operating from shopping malls and charging exorbitant gate fees and selling refreshment at inflated prices, thus making cinemas only for the middle class and upper class communities where a date at the cinema in Nigeria will cost over $20, the equivalent of N3, 00 - N4, 000, per person. But it was no so from the early 1960, 1970s and 1980s when there were many cinema halls where movie lovers paid as little as 50 cents or 50 kobos per ticket and refreshments were sold at the normal prices on the street.

From our nationwide survey based on economic facts and social orientations, we have found that over 90% of the adult population in Nigeria cannot afford the exorbitant tickets at these luxury movie theatres and have resorted to the patronage of pirated Nollywood home videos and foreign movies openly circulated and distributed by hawkers and vendors on the street or viewed on the internet where thousands of movies are available for downloads by online distributors and pay-per-view sites or pirates. In fact the popularity of Nollywood is due to the proliferation by both online and offline legal distributors and pirates of bootleg movies. These majorities among the lower class and lower middle class of the Nigerian population are patronizing hundreds of viewing centres in their suburbs to watch the popular European soccer leagues like the English Premiership, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and the UEFA Champions League where they pay as little as 10 cents of N100 gate fee and buy refreshments at affordable prices. Therefore, providing affordable cinemas to them will receive a good reception in their respective communities.

The Open Air Cinema Foundation, Mobile Cinema Foundation and mobiCINE are breaking barriers by taking the cinemas out of elitist locations and taking mobile cinemas to the majority of the people in every community.

The Open Air Cinema Foundation specifically addresses growing technological inequity by providing ‘offline’ and underrepresented communities with the tools and training necessary to exchange their stories through local cinema screenings and regional open air film festivals.

Google, BBC, FilmAid International, UNICEF, Shine Global, ZOA and the Rwanda Cinema Center have joined as mutual partners of Open Air Cinema Foundation to produce large community screenings of educational films and documentaries for hundreds of thousands throughout Africa and Asia on current issues like women’s rights, conflict resolution and AIDS prevention. Through training and technical support we assist our partner organizations in bringing educational media to marginalized communities, creating an environment that encourages social interaction using memorable films and natural settings.

These efforts have proved extremely successful within villages and refugee camps in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, & Tanzania. OACF’s inflatable screen technology has been used to educate hundreds of thousands in refugee camps on current issues like women’s rights and AIDS prevention. The systems are simple enough to set up and use for small events with a few people, yet large enough to accommodate gatherings of several thousand people.

The following are several projects that OACF has partnered with. Through these experiences we have demonstrated the power of film as a catalyst for social change:

* FilmAid International
* MTV Exit
* Kandy International Film Festival
* UNICEF
* Shine Global and Fine Films
* Luang Prabang Film Festival
* Rwanda Cinema Center
* Buddhadasa Indapanno Archive

Open Air Cinema Foundation and other partners promoting outdoor cinemas are coming to Nigeria to support the new Screen Naija Open Air Cinema Festival to bring cinemas to the various communities from the urban areas to the suburbs and villages.

The inaugural Screen Naija Open Air Cinema Festival will be held in the spring of 2012 in Lagos.

Visit the http://projectionfoundation.org/ for more information.

~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Founder/Festival Director, Screen Naija Open Air Cinema Festival, Lagos, Nigeria.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Ban Ki-moon Honored for Leadership in Women and Children's Health

Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua, Barbuda and Ambassador Francis Lorenzo, President of South-South News and Vivian Wang, Senior VP of South-South News recognized the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a South-South Award for Women's and Children's Health.

NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- (South-South News): The Prime Minister Winston Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda and Ambassador Francis Lorenzo, President of South-South News presented United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with a recognition award at an official member state luncheon today in New York City for his commitment and leadership in promoting the Global Strategy for Women and Children's Health. "Thank you for choosing me to honor with this great award. I accept this award on behalf of the men and women working across the globe to save millions of women, new born infants, and children," said the United Nations Secretary-General during his remarks.

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Led by the Secretary General, the Global Strategy for Women and Children's Health is a roadmap that lays out an approach for global, multi-sector collaboration and identifies finance and policy changes needed, as well as critical interventions urgently required to improve services delivery and save the lives of millions of women and children around the world.

Ambassador Francis Lorenzo, President of South-South News said, "This is a vital year for the United Nations and the international community to gear up efforts to accelerate progress towards MDGs 4 and 5 on Child Mortality and Maternal Health, building on Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon's initiative for a 'Global Strategy for Women and Children's Health.'"

"Hope is synonymous with what the Millennium Development Goals stand for, hope for the global south, hope for the women and children of the developing countries who are the present and the future," said the General Manager of South-South News, Mildred Espinoza during the introductory remarks.

Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda and Ambassador Francis Lorenzo, President of South-South News Recognized the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a South-South Award for Women's and Children's Health.

The luncheon highlighted the importance of prioritizing the health of those most adversely affected by crisis and poverty -- women and children.

Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer also emphasized the need for global cooperation in combating disease and supporting women and children all over the world, expressing a similar urgency. "Today we recognize your considerable effort to place the issue of addressing maternal and child health at the top of the development agenda; your untiring commitment to highlighting the importance of investing in women and girls to meet the MDGs; your commitment to empowering women, who must led the way; and finally, your personal pledge to do everything possible to ensure that the organization which you so ably lead does its part in delivering on the promise by all stakeholders of health and a better future for every woman and every child," said the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda in his closing remarks.

Alongside with South-South News and the Permanent Mission of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations, the luncheon was also supported by the governments of Tajikistan, El Salvador, Kenya, Bangladesh, Fiji, Dominica, Zambia, Rwanda and Nigeria as well the Miami Children's Hospital and Foundation.

The luncheon was capped off by the Secretary General, who reminded his guests not to forget the reason for the gathering, urging them to keep women and children at the top of the priority list in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Nigeria Police Arrest Six Journalists

13 Oct 2011 08:56 Africa/Lagos

Nigeria police arrest six journalists

NEW YORK, October 13, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Police in Nigeria arrested six journalists and one staff member from independent daily The Nation on Tuesday concerning the publication of a purported private letter from former head of state Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan about administrators of government agencies, local journalists reported.

On the front page of its October 4 edition, The Nation published a letter, allegedly written by Obasanjo, that recommended Jonathan replace five CEOs of several government agencies, news reports said. Obasanjo filed a complaint last week, accusing the newspaper of publishing the letter with a forgery of his signature, Olusola Amore, the national police spokesman, told CPJ. The Nation, widely perceived as an opposition paper, said in a statement that they stand by their story and the letter's authenticity.

On Tuesday afternoon, detectives raided The Nation offices in the commercial city of Lagos and the capital, Abuja, and arrested four editors after failing to find the publication's senior leaders, General Editor Kunle Fagbemi told CPJ. Later that day, police arrested two reporters and the newspaper's chief of security who had accompanied the editors to the Central Police Station in Lagos. None of the journalists have been charged yet.

"While we do not know if the letter was forged, we note that forgery is merely a civil offense in Nigeria. There is no reason for the former president to exert such pressure on the police to intimidate and silence journalists," said CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Mohamed Keita. "Authorities should release the journalists immediately."

The journalists-Deputy Editor Lawal Ogienagbon, News Editor Dapo Olufade, reporters John Unachukwu and Dupe Olaoye-Osinkolu from the Lagos office, and Bureau Chief Yomi Odungu and Managing Editor Yusuf Ali from the Abuja office-are expected to be in court tomorrow, Amore told CPJ.

Prior to the arrests, Abuja police had requested a Nation editor, Gbenga Omotoso, reveal the source of the letter, news reports said. The paper's lawyer, Femi Falana, told police the journalist was traveling abroad and would present himself in Abuja upon his return.

"These arrests scar the country's recent positive track record of supporting press freedom," said Keita. In July, Nigeria passed a long-awaited Freedom of Information Act.

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

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Nigerian Students in Ghana Spend N155 Billion As Tuition Annually

Nigerian Students in Ghana spend twice more than what the Nigerian Government spends on Federal Universities annually.

There are 71, 000 Nigerian students in Ghana who pay not less than N155 billion as tuition annually, which is twice more than the annual budget of N121 billion for the entire federal universities in Nigeria.

Each Nigerian student in Ghanaian universities paid not less than $5, 000 per year to get quality university education in Ghana.

For more details, see the Nigerian Tribune, Thursday, 30 June 2011.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Self Help Africa Annual Change-Maker's Ball

12 Oct 2011 15:30 Africa/Lagos

Self Help Africa Annual Change-Maker's Ball

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NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2011

Please Join Us in Supporting Development Programs in Africa

NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On October 28th, Self Help Africa will be hosting their second annual Change-Maker's Ball, to support its innovative sustainable development programs in rural Africa. The glamorous black-tie event will take place at Pier Sixty Chelsea Piers, overlooking the Hudson River in New York City.

In 2010, its inaugural year, the black tie event brought together over 350 people from across the fields of business, media, sports, diplomacy, philanthropy, and entertainment.

This year, guests will enjoy a champagne and cocktail reception, gourmet dinner, live and silent auctions, dancing to live music, and 'The Change-Maker's signature cocktail' by mixologist Joann Spiegel. Joann, a regular on Martha Stewart Living Radio, placed 2nd at GQ Magazine's most inspired cocktail competition this year.

The evening will be Emceed by Jehmu Greene, founder and ex-president of 'Rock the Vote', and current Political Commentator and Fox News Contributor.

As with last year, guests will get to celebrate the night with Self Help Africa's Ambassador for Climate Adaption, the former Irish and Lions rugby star, Denis Hickie, further to his visit to Self Help Africa's program in Ethiopia last year.

Denis said of the experience, "I came away so impressed that I wanted to help in whatever way I could. I'm now working with a renewable power company, Mainstream, and when I was asked to publicize Self Help Africa's work in helping farmers adapt to climate change, I knew it was the perfect fit".

An exciting addition to our 2011 event is the announcement of renowned jewelry designer and creator of Gemma Redux, Rachel Dooley, as our Ambassador for Entrepreneurs and Women. Rachel's beautiful collections and unique styles have been seen on many high profile celebrities including Cameron Diaz, Blake Lively, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jessica Alba, Molly Sims and many more celebrities.

We are also proud to announce our Ambassador for Microfinance, Tom Dowling, managing director at Goldman Sachs, and Ambassador of Food Security, Eddie Roche, owner of Roche Brothers Supermarkets. Both bring a world of knowledge and expertise to our organization.

A special thanks to our 2011 Patrons and Prize Sponsors.

For more information please visit http://www.selfhelpafrica.org/selfhelp/Main/Home.asp or call 212.206.0847.

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U.S. Documentary on 400th year anniversary of King James Bible

On Oct. 16, Fires of Faith: The Coming Forth of The King James Bible celebrates 400th year anniversary, capturing book's violent birth and enduring influence through historically accurate reenactments and interviews with leading scholars

PROVO, Utah, Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BYUtv today announced that it will present and air the first U.S. television film series on the making of the King James Bible, coinciding with the 400th anniversary of its translation. Celebrated for its enduring and widespread use, the King James Bible has had immeasurable impact on religion, language, culture, art and literature. Yet the road to its influence and acceptance was paved with the horrors of humanity.

Produced and directed by filmmaker Lee Groberg, and written by screenwriter Mitch Davis, the three-part documentary and dramatic feature tells the vivid stories of international politics, intrigue, subversion, bloodshed, fire and the runaway libido of King Henry VIII that led to its creation. The King James Bible's profound impact on faith is captured through more than 130 reenactments filmed in eight different countries at many of the actual sites where events originally took place. A prestigious host of 18 international scholars and religious leaders, from the Universities of Notre Dame and Oxford to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, reveal differing perspectives while confirming that the King James Bible's influence is like none other, and that the importance of the translation goes well beyond religion itself.

"Few milestones in history have greater influence and significance than the translation of the Bible into English," said Derek Marquis, executive producer of Fires of Faith and Managing Director of BYUtv. "We knew we couldn't let the 400th anniversary of the seminal English Bible pass without telling the story of how the King James version came to be and why it has endured. The director, writer, actors, scholars and religious leaders in our film combined to create an extraordinary chorus that transcends any one religion to truly celebrate the most influential book of all time."

Fires of Faith is rife with factual Early Modern Era drama that fictional Hollywood would struggle to concoct. Those who sought to translate "God's message" into the English vernacular were seen as heretics, persecuted and ultimately executed. At the forefront of the saga is British religious scholar William Tyndale, who was responsible for the original translations that make up more than 80 percent of the King James Bible's text. His death by strangulation and burning at the stake under King Henry VIII didn't stop his translated words from ultimately reaching a global audience and enduring to this day.

"The power of the story transcends ideological and cultural boundaries," said Mr. Groberg. "Without exception, every person who contributed to this film – regardless of their own particular beliefs or background – was inspired to help us turn back the visual clock and authentically convey the events. Being permitted to use the historic locations where the story actually took place, such as a 4th century monastery in Israel, 800 year-old English castles and 500 year-old European churches, drew in the hundreds of scholars, actors, curators and crew members who worked on the production. We focused on even the smallest details, to inspire the cast and enable the viewers to feel as if they're witnessing history.

Fires of Faith chronicles the cast of characters that were central to the Reformation, including John Wycliffe, Martin Luther, King Henry VIII and "Bloody" Queen Mary I, ultimately culminating with King James I, and his commissioned translation of the Bible. The film crisscrosses a tumultuous Europe at the birth of religious freedom during a time that seemed to consistently involve the burning of something or someone. In one corner or another, an entire continent was on fire.

Historians, theologians and actors transport audiences to an era when the Bible in English was an unlawful possession and reading it resulted in imprisonment. Translating it was a death sentence. The only way to buy one was, literally, under the table on the black market, the same way someone might buy illegal drugs today.

The film's historical narrative parallels modern day insights and influences in the third and final hour of the series, highlighting its effect on music as well people's reactions to it today.

"The phrases and rhythms of the King James Bible have worked their way into wider Anglophone sensibilities and consciousness in ways that no other translation of the Bible has achieved, nor will likely ever achieve," said Brad S. Gregory, Professor of Early Modern History, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, during his interview in the film.

"There is nothing that compares to the classical English literary resource as the King James Bible," said David Rosen, Rabbi, Chief Rabbinate of Israel during his interview in the film. "The closest thing, of course, are the works of Shakespeare and we do relish and treasure Shakespeare. But it doesn't speak to our deepest commitments, as obviously, the Bible does."

"The King James Bible has an amazing tenacity," said Alec Ryrie, Professor of the History of Christianity, Durham University, England at the conclusion of the film. "It has hung on in the affection of particular churches and of whole peoples in a way that a 400 year old text really shouldn't. I think the King James translators, themselves, would have been amazed that this 400 year old translation is still being used."

Fires of Faith: The Coming Forth of the King James Bible will premiere Oct. 16th on BYUtv, which is a U.S. and worldwide cable/satellite television channel reaching 60 million households.

Specific airtimes are as follows:
Part 1 Fires of Faith: Yearning for the Word
Sunday, Oct. 16, at 8pm ET / 6pm MT & 11pm ET / 9pm MT
Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 9pm ET / 7 MTpm & 12 ETam / 10pm MT

Part 2 Fires of Faith: Martyrs for a Book
Sunday, Oct. 23, at 8pm ET / 6pm MT & 11pm ET / 9pm MT
Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 9pm ET / 7 MTpm & 12am ET / 10pm MT

Part 3 Fires of Faith: The King James Bible
Sunday, Oct. 30, at 8pm ET / 6pm MT & 11pm ET / 9pm MT
Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 9pm ET / 7pm MT & 12am ET / 10pm MT

About BYUtv
Reaching 60 million households in the United States, BYUtv is a global cable/satellite television channel featuring engaging, educational and uplifting content that encourages viewers to "see the good in the world."

Since its launch in January 2000, BYUtv has continued to build an ever-expanding and diverse audience, and has become a powerful tool for sharing enriching entertainment rooted in values and faith.

For more information on the range of BYUtv programs visit byutv.org.

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