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To the organisers in Beijing, it was a detail, but lip-synching in the opening ceremony struck at the heart of the Olympic spirit.

So, the footage of the “footprint” fireworks was digitally inserted in the TV coverage of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. And Lin Miaoke, the adorable nine-year-old “singer,” was miming the Ode to the Motherland, as seven-year-old Yang Peiyi’s voice floated over the 90,000-person crowd and was transmitted across the world. Continue reading →

Yes, in spite of the obviously saturated market, people are still coming out with new magazines in Nigeria.  Understandably that was my initial (justified) reaction.  But “WorkLife” sets out as if concious of this and is different from the outset.  That’s smart because the only way to survive a reprint is to have something unique and it seems to do - addressing an oft neglected issue of work-life balance.

A friend brought the magazine to my attention today.  Printing is superb with Direct Imaging.  Photographs are quite good and attractive and I read it through in two sittings (less than one day!).

The crew is relatively inexperienced, at least without previous (serious) pedigree in publishing but I think they credited themselves well.  I couldn’t help sending off an sms to one of the publicised cell phone numbers to say congrats.

I think we’ll be hearing more about them.

PS. By the way, they have a website worklifemag.com but you better not visit yet cos it’s “under construction”

“Is there any truth to this?”
 
~Yes, it is true. Bob Marley died a Catholic. Mr. Dallas Carter of the Hawaiian royal family personally and directly asked Marley’s Bishop about this in 2003. The very same Bishop who heard Marley’s deathbed confession. Continue reading →