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Have You Found Happiness Online?

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Photo Credit: She Knows . Have you found happiness? It's a simple question. You. You, who have toiled and struggled to bring your dreams into this online world. Are you not the bearer of your own achievements? The champion of your own successes? Your online dreams - they are yours and yours alone. They have not come to be simply through force of wanting. You've ushered them into this connected world through your own efforts - your own strengths have made them a reality. Photo Credit: I Love Relationship . Of course, that is not what "they" will say. Your enemies will seek to discredit you. They'll look for cracks in your foundations into which they'll run roughshod, tossing seeds of doubt into every perceived crevice in the hopes that they may someday blossom into a garden of your undoing. These seeds will find no purchase, for it is YOU that will rise; YOU who will stand strong. And who have you to thank for your successes? Photo Cred

Social Studios Unveils "Your Show" -- Turns Your Facebook Newsfeed Into A TV Show

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26 Feb 2013 15:13 Africa/Lagos Social Studios Unveils "Your Show" -- Turns Your Facebook Newsfeed into a TV Show Hosted by Actress and Producer, Noa Tishby Announces $700,000 in seed funding; adds Joanna Drake Earl to Board of Directors LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Social Studios (www.socialstudios.tv) today unveiled "Your Show", a new beta Facebook app which automatically produces a fun, personal daily TV show from your Facebook newsfeed. Hollywood actress and producer, Noa Tishby, is an advisor to Social Studios and host of Your Show. Social Studios also announced today that it has raised $700,000 in seed funding to-date, and that Joanna Drake Earl, who formerly held COO positions at ngmoco:) and Current TV, has joined its board of directors. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130226/SF66550) Recognizing how time-consuming it can be for people to scroll through their social newsfeed to find posts they really want from their frien

Suave Professionals® and Nicole Richie Unlock Secrets Behind NBC’s Hit Show “Fashion Star”

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Suave Professionals® and Nicole Richie Partner to Unlock Secrets Behind NBC’s Hit Show “Fashion Star” / Suave Shine Suite Offers Fans Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Content and a Chance to Win* $100,000. ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., February 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The tips, tricks, and must-know tidbits of the beauty and fashion world aren’t always accessible to everyone, but Suave Professionals® believes they should be. That’s why the brand has once again teamed up with designer, mentor and style icon Nicole Richie and is sponsoring NBC’s “Fashion Star” for the second year in a row. Together, Nicole and Suave Professionals® are pulling back the curtain to unlock behind-the-scenes style and beauty secrets from the hit show and sharing them in the new Suave Shine Suite on Suave.com, a robust digital destination where guests can access the latest trends and enter for a chance to win* fabulous prizes including $100,000. “For over 70 years, Suave has focused on making beauty accessible

Seun Nairaland Founder and Others on Forbes Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs Under 30

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Seun Osewa. Seun Osewa, founder of Nairaland, Africa's largest internet forum, Opeyemi Awoyemi, Olalekan Olude and Ayodeji Adewunmi, founders of Jobberman, Sandra Appiah and Isaac Boateng, Ghanaian co-founders of Face2Face Africa and other outstanding young African achievers make the 2013 FORBES 30 Under 30: Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs. Opeyemi Awoyemi, Olalekan Olude and Ayodeji Adewunmi. Sandra Appiah and Isaac Boateng. Click here to read the complete report . Tweet

Xperia™ Tablet Z - The World's Slimmest and Lightest Tablet

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Xperia™ Tablet Z - The World's Slimmest and Lightest Tablet caption: Sony announces the global availability of Xperia Tablet Z news release: Sony Announces Global Availability of Xperia Tablet Z - The… media contact info: Sony Mobile Communications, Global Communications & PR departmentGeneral Press: +44-208-762-5858 . release date: 25 February 2013 EST Xperia Tablet Z is the most premium, high performance 10.1" Android tablet available. Click here to read the complete report . Tweet

Rachel Mwanza "War Witch" Star on the Red Carpet at the 85th Academy Awards

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Here is Congolese overnight Hollywood star Rachel Mwanza on the red carpet at the 85th Academy Awards. She was accompanied by Director Kim Nguyen of "War Witch" nominated for the best foreign language film which was won by Michael Haneke's "Armour". Rachel Mwanza is an actress from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, best known for her performance as Komona in the 2012 film Rebelle (War Witch). Born in 1997 and abandoned by her parents as a child, Mwanza spent several years living as a street child in Kinshasa before being cast in Rebelle. She was cast in the film after director Kim Nguyen and producers Pierre Even and Marie-Claude Poulin saw her in a documentary film on the street kids of Kinshasa.[2] Due to her lack of education, she did not know how to read or write when she was first cast in the film; the filmmakers have since made arrangements to pay for her education and housing until she turns 18. In February 2013 she was granted a visa to al

Kim Kardashian and the Idiots She Fooled in Nigeria

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Darey Art-Alade posing with Kim Kardashian on the red carpet of his Love Like A Movie concert on Sunday February 17, 2013, at the Convention Centre of the Eko Hotel and Suites on Victoria Island, Lagos. Kim Kardashian and the Idiots She Fooled in Nigeria Millions of angry Nigerians are still criticizing Kim Kardashian ’s controversial visit to Nigeria where she earned her biggest pay check for appearances as she was reportedly paid a whooping $500,000! for her fleeting 24 hours visit to Nigeria according to The Mail of UK . Kim has never been paid even half of that amount for an all night appearance in Hollywood! She makes from $20,000 - $200,000 only for celebrity appearances at ticket events by richer organizers. The poster showing Kim Kardashian. “These Nigerians must be idiots,” said a celebrity news reporter in Hollywood. “Kim really fooled them,” chuckled another news reporter. “Well, it’s a kind of nemesis catching up with these Nigerians who are notorious for thei

Ben Affleck's Argo Wins Best Picture Oscar and Daniel Day-Lewis Makes Oscar History

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Best Picture Winner: Argo Best Actor in a Leading Role Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) Best Actress in a Leading Role Winner: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) Best Director Winner: Ang Lee (Life of Pi) According to Reuters , Ben Affleck's Argo made it the first time since "Driving Miss Daisy" in 1990 that a film won the top prize at the Oscars without its director also being nominated. Argo also won the Oscars for best film editing and best adapted screenplay. Well, we might as well call this year the Year of "Argo" as "Argo" has won almost all the coveted awards and winning the Best Picture Oscar when the director Ben Affleck was not even nominated for Best Director is a great achievement at the 85th Academy Awards by winning three Oscars for Best Film Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture, to add to the Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture in Drama and Best Director, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in

Eko Atlantic Celebrates Reclamation of 5,000,000 Square Metres of Land from the Sea

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caption: 5,000,000 SQM Dedication Ceremony, Eko Atlantic, February 21, 2013. L/R Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, Former US President, Bill Clinton, Nigerian President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan source: South Energyx Nigeria Limited media contact info: info@ekoatlantic.com, +23418449900. 22 Feb 2013 17:57 Africa/Lagos Eko Atlantic Celebrates Reclamation of 5,000,000 Square Metres of Land from the Sea LAGOS, Nigeria, February 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- His Excellency the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, applauds a 'noble initiative' and gives the project the full support of the his Government Eko Atlantic, the visionary new city for Lagos, Nigeria drew high-level presidential praise from both the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan and the former President of the United States of America, Bill Clinton during a dedication ceremony to mark a milestone event. caption: 5,000,000 SQM Dedication Ceremony, Eko Atlantic, Fe

Education South Africa to Honor 4 at Awards Gala in NYC

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Professor Jonathan Jansen. Education South Africa to Honor 4 at Awards Gala in NYC NEW YORK, NY, February 21, 2013 / PRNewswire-US Newswire/ — A pioneering South African educator who is successfully transforming what was once a bastion of apartheid-era segregation and ideology into one of his country’s most inclusive and dynamic institutions of higher learning is to be honored in New York on June 3. Professor Jonathan Jansen, Vice-Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Free State, is to receive the Education Africa Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his extraordinary work in helping South Africa triumph over the bitter legacies of its past and afford all its people the chance to achieve their full potential. Past Awardees include Sir Bob Geldof, Sir Richard Branson, Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former New York Mayor David Dinkins. Theresa Clarke. Honoured with the professor will be Theresa Clarke, founder and CEO of Africa.com. Clarke is to recei