The promo for "I Wish You Would"

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has landed a quick cameo in her rapper boyfriend Kanye West's new video with DJ Khaled and Rick Ross.

 The promo for "I Wish You Would" incorporates part of West's track "Way Too Cold," in which he declares his love for Kardashian and pokes fun at her estranged husband, basketball player Kris Humphries.

  Also making reference to his pal Jay-Z, the co-owner of Humphries' basketball team, the newly named Brooklyn Nets, West raps, "And I admit I fell in love with Kim ... 'Round the same time she fell in love with him (Humphries) ... That's cool, baby girl, do your thing ... Lucky I ain't had Jay drop him from the team."

  It appears the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star has no problem with West's lyrics about her ex after filming a brief feature for the video. Kardashian is seen for a split second in a dark underground tunnel scene, wearing a hooded outfit and smiling while her boyfriend's arm is draped around her neck.

"Way Too Cold" is one of two songs West has written about Kardashian. He recently confirmed speculation that his new tune "Perfect Bitch" was also inspired by his new love.

Reckitt Benckiser Mortein empower 32,000 mothers on malaria

Firm to empower 32,000 mothers on malaria prevention

AUGUST 15, 2012 BY BUKOLA ADEBAYO LEAVE A COMMENT

The Brand Manager, Mortein Insecticide, Reckitt Benckiser, Mrs. Toyin Yusuf, has said as part of initiatives to reduce the scourge of malaria infections, the company would be empowering 32,000 mothers with preventive measures across the country.

Yusuf, who spoke at a two-day training workshop for Lagos State Government Roll Back Malaria officers and health educators in Lagos, said there was need to educate and empower mothers especially at the grassroots on preventive measures that could protect their children and families from the disease.

She noted that the programme, which would be initiated in partnership with the state government officials over two months in about 75 primary health care centres across the country, is targeted at vulnerable groups which include pregnant women and nursing mothers on the need for a mosquito-free environment throughout the use of insecticide treated nets.

Yusuf said,”There is need for an aggressive anti-malaria campaign especially in the rural areas across the country. Reports from the National Demographic Health Survey has shown that 300,000 children die from malaria in Nigeria annually.Therefore, vigorous awareness about the danger of malaria especially at the grass roots is important. These new mothers would also be given free mortein insecticides to help keep their homes mosquito free and prevent malaria,”

Also, the Scientific Service Group Coordinator for Research and Development, Reckitt Benckiser, Mr. Uchenna Nwakam, said mothers would also be educated on proper use of the insecticides and mosquito-treated nets in such a way that it would not pose unnecessary harm to their families.

He noted that some insecticides contained some toxic substances which affect the respiratory system, causes nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, loss of appetite, muscle weakness and even cancer with prolonged use.

Nwakanma urged mothers and other end users to only use insecticides that were made according to the World Health Organisation’s recommendations.

He said, “These women therefore, need to know how important it is to use the right insecticide and know how to spray to keep from harm. They should also know which is good for use or not. Some insecticides have adverse effects on our health when inhaled because the mothers misused them .”

6.2% rise in Rail fares

Rail fares to rise by 6.2% in January

AUGUST 15, 2012 

Some rail fares in England will rise by 6.2 per cent in January — about double the rate of inflation — although other price rises may be higher.

The Retail Prices Index  measure of inflation in July — which stood at 3.2 per cent — is used to calculate the rises.

Some English fares will rise by RPI plus three per cent, while in Scotland they will go up by RPI plus one per cent. Wales has yet to set a figure for its increase.

The extra money is helping to fund huge investment across the network.

There are no fare increases currently planned in Northern Ireland , where fares are not linked to RPI, after a three per cent rise in April.

The decision to have different formulas for fare rises is a political one. In Scotland , 75 per cent  of the cost of the railways comes from a government subsidy — higher than in England .

The figures for planned rises in England and Scotland are an average across regulated tickets, which make up half of all fares. These regulated fares include season tickets and off-peak intercity journeys. In Scotland, this does not include the busy shuttle service between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Some passengers could see their journey prices rising by more than the average, as train companies are allowed to increase them by up to five percentage points more, as long as they cut ticket prices elsewhere.

Passengers will not be told yet how prices will change on their specific route. The latest figure sets the template for this rise.

Those who travel across a border, such as from Scotland to England, will be subject to the higher English fare rises.

Mike Hewitson, of watchdog Passenger Focus, said, “This is another inflation-busting increase.

“There is only so much you can squeeze passengers. The government needs to think again about the plus  three per cent [formula].”

BBC transport correspondent Richard Westcott says passengers and taxpayers used to split the cost of running the railways, with both sides paying about half each, but successive ministers have cut the amount of government funding and that has resulted in regular fare rises.

The latest rise means fares in England will have gone up by more than inflation for 10 successive years, resulting in some of the most expensive train journeys in Europe although some tickets booked well in advance can be cheap, our correspondent adds.

Craig Anderson-Jones, from Salisbury, says, “I earn an average wage. Not great, but not minimal, yet I pay 8.5 per cent of my pre-tax wage on train travel alone. That is £1,784 a year.

“Put on top of that the cost of childcare — nearly £600 per month — and my bills are nearly £1,600 per month. To some, not much — to me, a lot. I can’t even afford to get on the property ladder, so I have to rent.

“I don’t actually think I could afford to get to work if this keeps going on

“Ultimately I will be forced to move to a closer location. The cost of driving to work and parking all day makes it even more expensive to get to work.

WHAT NEXT

WHAT NEXT

by Olewuike Daniel Naijarep·

   Lets look at the various stages in this spherical orb..

After a baby is born...WHAT NEXT
He/She goes through the various stages of socialization...WHAT NEXT
The child starts schooling from pre-kg into kg..WHAT NEXT
Moves into primary & then secondary school..WHAT NEXT
Go into a Tetiary institution...
WHAT NEXT
Come out as an educated man/woman with a compulsory 1year of.......WHAT NEXT
Get lucky & secure a job & probably get married..WHAT NEXT
Start again with the same process of getting children & also they begin the same process we did..WHAT NEXT
Our life is a gift from God how we live it is a gift to ensuing generations...when we live our life evryday lets remember this question "WHAT NEXT" because we have a very long summer & don't know how winter is going to be...

No bids in Moroccan tender for US wheat

AUGUST 14, 2012 BY AGENCY REPORTER LEAVE A COMMENT

RABAT: The Moroccan state grains agency ONICL said on Monday it had not received any offers for its tender to buy up to 300,000 tonnes of United States-origin soft wheat under a preferential tariff agreement.

ONICL gave no reasons for the absence of bids in its first tender for foreign wheat in the current import campaign, set to be Morocco’s biggest in 30 years, but two local importers said high international prices meant margins on the transaction were too low, accroding to Reuters.

The authority maintained a December 31 deadline for completion of the transaction.

Officials at ONICL could not be reached for comment.

The announcement precedes another tender on Wednesday for 300,000 tonnes of EU-origin soft wheat — also part of a preferential tariff agreement — which local and foreign traders expect will meet the same fate.

The failure of the tender for the US soft wheat to attract interest did not surprise traders because international prices are currently above the reference price the Moroccan state pays local suppliers for domestic wheat.

“It does not come as a surprise. These (preferential trade agreement) tenders are a waste of time, a necessary step before measures are taken (by Rabat authorities) to allow Morocco to import for real”, a European exporter said.

“The only choice for the government is to freeze import tariffs on soft wheat imports,” the trader said. Morocco imposes a 17 per cent import duty on soft wheat, which is considered low compared to the 100-plus import duty regime it imposes in years of good domestic harvest.

A government official said the country currently holds 1.9 million tonnes of soft wheat in stocks.

  

Google cut Motorola's mobility jobs

Google to cut 4,000 Motorola Mobility jobs

AUGUST 14, 2012 BY AGENCY REPORTER LEAVE A COMMENT

Google Incorporated said it would cut 20 per cent of the workforce of Motorola Mobility, the money-losing cellphone maker it bought for $12.5bn last year, and shut nearly a third of Motorola’s offices worldwide, Reuters reported on Monday.

The news sent Google’s shares up as much as 1.5 per cent and Morgan Stanley also upgraded the company to “overweight”.

Motorola Mobility has lost money in fourteen of the last sixteen quarters and in its latest quarter reported an operating loss of $233m on revenue of $1.25bn.

“These changes are designed to return Motorola’s mobile devices unit to profitability,” Google said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Google had evaded questions about its plans for Motorola Mobility when it reported quarterly results last month, saying it was yet to complete its homework on the various businesses.

“While lower expenses are likely to lag the immediate negative impact to revenue, Google sees these actions as a key step for Motorola to achieve sustainable profitability,” Google said on Monday.

Morgan Stanley said Google may bring more discipline to Motorola Mobility than was assumed.

“We see management becoming somewhat more communicative, having recently enumerated key strategic growth areas, and cancelling underperforming projects,” analysts at the brokerage wrote in a client note.

“We believe that Google is planning to reduce Motorola Mobility’s smartphone portfolio to a few reference Android devices, and perhaps a couple of tablet devices.”

Google expects to take a severance-related charge of up to $275m mostly in the third quarter, it said in the filing.

Google, which expects to record the remaining severance-related costs by the end of 2012, said it could also incur other related restructuring charges mainly in the third quarter.

The Internet search company said it could not currently predict the amount of these other charges but added that they could be significant.

“Motorola is committed to helping them (the employees) through this difficult transition and will be providing generous severance packages, as well as outplacement services to help people find new jobs,” a Google spokeswoman said.

Google shares were trading up 1.27 per cent at $650.20 on Monday morning on the Nasdaq. They touched a high of $651.58 earlier.

The world’s number one search engine agreed to buy Motorola Mobility last year, aiming to use Motorola Mobility’s patents to fend off legal attacks on its Android mobile platform and expand beyond its software business.

One-third of the jobs lost will be in the United States, but the company has not specified where or what facilities would be affected.

Earlier the New York Times reported Google’s plan and said it was looking to shrink operations in Asia and India, by not just exiting unprofitable markets but also stopping making low-end devices and focusing on a few cellphones instead of dozens.

Motorola Mobility, which has 94 offices throughout the world, will center research and development in Chicago, Sunnyvale, California and Beijing.

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