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rquest: i have a very neat iphone 4 white but locked for sale or swap
u can call dis numba for deals 08147630492

how much is it going for?

I have a clean bold 4 and an ipod touch 4generation 32gb to swap for a clean iphone 4S 32gb facory unlocked....anybody interested?

Hi folks

Anybody?

Still needed

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lovelyayo: A 1 month iphone 5 (16gb) is available for ur ipod touch (34gb) for ur ipod touch and a blackberry bold 4..call me if u are interested. contact my mail jist2ayo@yahoo.com if the ipod in question is the new released..still locked cos i dont wanna lose the warranty though

Hello bro...I have sent u a mail. Pls reply

I have a clean bold 4 and an ipod touch 32gb that I wan to swap for a clean factory unlocked iphone 4S 32gb....anybody interested?

The official countdown to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil began on Wednesday, June 12. Stadiums are being revamped, public transport is being tweaked, businesses are gearing up and prostitutes are taking free English classes. Yes, you read that correctly.

In Belo Horizonte, one of the 17 host cities for the event which is expected to draw about 600,000 international visitors, citizens working in one of the world’s oldest professions are learning a very specialized kind of English.

Prostitution is legal in Brazil and the sex trade is expecting a healthy boost in business during the 2014 World Cup. Large sporting events are often a magnet for sexual tourism and trafficking, and Brazil’s cities may be particularly vulnerable — in part because prostitution is legal, and the country has long been considered a popular erotic destination for those seeking sexual experiences abroad.

In preparation, the Minas Gerais State Association of Prostitutes in Belo Horizonte is offering free English classes to help the city’s prostitutes make the most out of the onslaught of potential new clients.

The association’s president, Cida Vieira, says the goal is to enable sex trade workers to better communicate with customers. “English will be very important to communicate with clients during the Cup,” Vieira said. “They’ll have to learn how to work out financial deals and also use a specialized vocabulary with sensual words and fetishes.”

Igor Fuchs, one of the association’s volunteer language instructors, said that the classes “teach basic expressions but also have demonstrations with erotic paraphernalia so they learn the names, how to use them and propose them.”

There are over 80,000 prostitutes in Belo Horizonte and approximately 4,000 are association members. But not everyone is happy about it, and the Brazilian government has come under recent fire, as all eyes begin to focus on the host country of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.

An online ad campaign launched by the Brazilian government’s Ministry of Health that was intended to educate the public about sexually transmitted diseases and reduce social prejudice by putting a positive spin on the profession instead angered media and human rights groups.

The campaign, which featured photos of prostitutes with taglines such as “I’m happy being a prostitute” and slogans like “I can’t be seen without a condom, my love” was removed from the government website following harsh and widespread criticism. “I do not think this is a message the ministry should be sending,” acknowledged Brazilian Minister of Health Alexandre Padilha and said that the ministry should focus on messages that “provide orientations on how to prevent STD’s.”

Sex workers in Belo Horizonte signed up for English classes ahead of World Cup 2014

For the sex workers in Belo Horizonte, however, 300 have already signed up for the free English classes and many more are expected to do the same. They are also considering offering classes in Italian and French. Vieira points out that, despite the negativity associated with the profession, sex workers need to be prepared. “This is important for the dignity of the work, the women need to be able to negotiate a fair price and defend themselves,” she said.

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alstacs: This is a great development and I hope that they do comply.
Losing a smart phone these days is worse than losing money or virginity. You feel naked,vulnerable and unprotected.

Dude I feel ur pains....u just feel a part of u died...I guess its due to the attachment we have developed with this devices. Our whole lives seem to revolve around them...

It was encomium galore when Provost Ilesanmi Adesida was honored at the Urban-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois, United States  where Nigerian-Americans gathered to celebrate his elevation as the first African to head an Ivy League school in the country.

Speakers at the occasion urged him to use the position and knowledge to effect changes in the developing world.

“You’ve served with great integrity and brilliance in all the positions you’ve held in the United States for the past 26 years,” Dr. Abiola Akanbi  said while urging him to direct his energy, knowledge and his current unique position to effect dramatic but positive changes in Nigeria and the developing world.

Friends  listed Adesida’s trailblazing exploits in the US to include, among other things, assisting Howard University to build its nano-technology center, left indelible foot prints at Cornel University where he taught briefly, opened  doors of opportunities for many Africans across America and turned the engineering department at the Urbana Campus of  University of Illinois to one of the best in the world.

His arrival at Urbana-Champaign more than 26 years ago turned things around for blacks in the university as Africans foray, once limited to the Department of African Studies, expanded to engineering and other studies including the nano-technology center which he used to launch the university as one of the leading nano-technology learning centers in the world.

“He became a role model for all of us. He made us better teacher and parents and assisted in whatever way he could help us attain greatness in our fields,” said Eyambe Bokamba, a professor of African Studies at the Urbana-Champaign campus.

Dr. Tayo Akinwande, a  professor of electrical engineering  at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said most people take him  to be Adesida because of  the things they have in common in many ways which earned him a break because of his trail blazing attainments in electrical engineering and leadership.

Chief Rotimi Ogunmodede, Adesida’s classmate at Imade College, who came for the ceremony from Nigeria, described him as a star right from high school.

Adesida was overwhelmed and speechless as  the accolades.poured in. Instead of responding, he walked round the Civic Center, venue of the celebration, and danced with his wife of 35 years, Dr. Patience Adesida.

Professor Adesida beat Ruth Watkins, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, to become the new provost.

Phyllis Wise, the Chancellor of the Urbana campus and a university vice president, said the school is counting on Adesida’s global experience, expertise in innovation, and leadership in public and private partnerships to move the school to the next level.

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Samsung on Thursday promised to swiftly add a new feature to its smartphones allowing owners to entirely deactivate their devices if they are stolen, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon told The Huffington Post.

Samsung executives disclosed their plans during a closed-door meeting with Gascon and New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who summoned representatives from four major smartphone manufacturers to New York to press for commitments in combating a nationwide surge of crime targeting their devices.

Samsung said its new feature would be available by July 1, according to Gascon, and would render its devices entirely inoperable, even if thieves take measures to prevent them from being deactivated, such as swapping SIM cards or hacking the phone’s software. Samsung declined to comment.

The San Francisco prosecutor called Samsung’s plan a “major feature” that may ensure its phones “have absolutely no value in the marketplace once they’re stolen.”

That pronouncement stood in stark contrast to the prosecutor’s assessment of a similar feature announced earlier this week by Apple, whose ubiquitous iPhones are at the center of the national crime wave.

Apple’s new "activation lock" requires that a password be entered before a stolen iPhone can be reactivated. A company executive presented the feature as "a really powerful theft deterrent." But Gascon said Apple’s plans fall short of what is required to undermine the value of stolen devices.

"We have good reason to believe it will probably not go as far as what we're talking about," Gascon told reporters Thursday. "We want something that will completely disable the phone."

New York Attorney General Schneiderman, who has teamed with Gascon to press smartphone manufacturers for action to combat thefts, said Thursday he is giving Apple, Samsung, Google and Microsoft until the beginning of next year to develop a so-called "kill switch" that disables stolen phones, undercutting their value on what has become a global black market.

"All new products produced by the first part of 2014 should have kill switches or comparable technology installed," Schneiderman told reporters.

The attorney general declined to elaborate on what action he might take if manufacturers fail to meet his demands. "Our first choice is collaboration," he said.

The attorney general could file a lawsuit against the companies or issue subpoenas to investigate their reluctance to implement stringent antitheft measures, according to a person familiar with Schneiderman’s thinking. New York has a law prohibiting deceptive trade practices. Schneiderman has expressed concern that manufacturers are not fulfilling pledges to protect consumers’ safety, leaving victims to suffer injuries or deaths as a result of smartphone robberies.

Schneiderman and Gascon held a press conference Thursday to unveil a new probe on the failure of phone manufacturers to effectively deter thieves. The “Secure Our Smartphones” coalition includes attorneys general from New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Delaware, Minnesota and Hawaii, and district attorneys and high-level police officials from eight major cities, including New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Boston.

The coalition plans to investigate any "impropriety on the part of manufacturers," including whether they have not created effective anti-theft technology out of simple financial interest -- a stolen phone generates new business as crime victims buy replacements. Replacing lost or stolen cell phones costs American consumers some $30 billion per year, according to a study by the mobile security firm Lookout.

Roughly 1.6 million Americans were victims of a smartphone-related crime last year, according to Gascon. Approximately 40 percent of robberies in major cities now involve mobile devices, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

Law enforcement agencies across the country say Apple devices are the most popular target for thieves because they hold the greatest value on the black market. Once stolen, the devices are redistributed to buyers as far away as Hong Kong.

The crime wave, the subject of a Huffington Post investigation, has prompted some cities to create special undercover task forces to catch phone thieves and buyers of stolen devices.

Gascon said he received “firm commitments” Thursday from smartphone manufacturers that they will “come up with a more permanent solution” to deterring thieves.

“It became very clear that the technology exists and can be developed,” Gascon said. “The dialog has now shifted from whether it can be done to when.”

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