F.P. Journe Octa Perpetual Titanium Watch

Someone mentioned to me a while ago that F.P. Journe watches were all starting to look the same. I tacitly agreed and then began to give the idea some thought. A watch company (especially one that does not release many models) has a tough task of keeping a brand identity secure, while at the same time delivering innovation in terms of design and function. F.P Journe watches each have a distinct character to them, which is important to preserve in each new watch. Though I do agree that many of the their models were starting to look the same with just the subdials doing new things. This new Octa Perpetual Titanium is a different matter because I sincerely get the feeling that this is a brand new model, but still characteristically a F.P. Journe timepiece. The dial here features an off-center watch face and emphasis on the perpetual calendar with the retrograde date display taking up most of the dial. There are also windows for the day and month an an almost hidden leap year indicator located inside of the month window. Notice in the image the lower window that reads "BFE." The "B" is actually on a separate disc and is the leap year indicator. "B" stands for "bissextile," which indicators the 4th, and thus leap year (other years simply read "1, 2, or 3"). The time is easy to read in the functional watch dial that is applied over the face and features some light, but tasteful decoration. I further like how the subsidiary seconds dial is built into the design. Titanium is the metal of choice for the 40mm wide case of the Octa Perpetual Titanium watch, a metal I am not sure that F.P. Journe has used before for cases. Inside the watch is an automatic OCTA Calibre FPJ 1300-3 movement made from 18k rose gold (nice). Having an all gold movement is rather sexy, and you are able to view it through he caseback window. I think that having a heavy gold movement rather defeats the purpose of having a light titanium case, but I am sure that F.P. Journe had their reasons. The watch is also quite thin at about 10mm thick. Overall a very classic looking timepiece that is undeniably F.P. Journe in character with a lot of luxury appointments. It does of course include its quirks, which makes for a well-natured luxury watch.

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Porsche Design Commemorates Launch of new Panamera with Special Collection

Porsche Design has long since evolved from an automotive design studio into a company offering a wide range of highly desirable products, sold worldwide through their own dedicated stores, along with special design work for other companies as well. But all the while they haven't forgotten their roots. As if to demonstrate just that, the studio has launched a new collection to compliment the new Panamera four-door grand touring car from their automotive sister-company. The collection includes all manner of clothing and accessories for men, women and children, as well as a line of Swiss-made timepieces and a set of fitted luggage. The latter is made of lightweight aluminum and polycarbonate, designed to fit in the trunk space of the new Panamera and available in the same exterior colors to provide a fresh take on the traditional soft-sided fitted luggage offered by other luxury automakers

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Royal Palm Yacht And Country Club

A Florida home once owned by Richard Rochon, co-founder of private equity investment firm Royal Palm Capital Partners, heads to auction next month. This is no ordinary home, but is a huge Renaissance-style mansion in the Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club area of Boca Raton. The home was on the market for $21.9 million. Rochon's lender, Thornburg Mortgage Inc., filed a foreclosure notice on the home in December.The auction of the 25,000 square-foot waterfront home is scheduled for July 11. There is no minimum bid but potential buyers must show up with a $250,000 deposit to participate. The home has six bedrooms, an elevator, wine room, an indoor lap pool, a theater, and 475 feet of boat dockage space. The property includes a waterfront terrace, outdoor pool and spa, cabana bath, summer kitchen and a practice putting green. The home is a slightly larger version of other huge mansions I've seen in the Boca area. Some distinctive details include a two-story formal living room with a hickory floor, coffered wood ceilings, his and hers offices and a master wing that includes a bedroom with double-height ceiling and stone arches. The Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club is a private, by-invitation only club with a Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course, a 30,000-square-foot golf clubhouse, fitness center, clay tennis courts, swimming pool, and two championship croquet course.

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BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!

M I Anoti

IF U HAVEN'T GOT M.I'S NEW ALBUM, U R SLIPPIN. HE'S THE HOTTEST RAPPER IN NIGERIA RIGHT NOW. CHECK OUT THIS SONG.

Leather back pack/bag for ladies by CARTIER

Price: $293.99

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Brandy - "Too Little Too Late (Feat. Ne-Yo)" [Prod. Stargate]

NEW ONE FROM BRANDY. WHAT Y'ALL THINK DOES SHE STILL HAVE IT OR SHLD SHE GIVE IT UP???

Brown V-neck sexy top with italian tricolor by GUCCI

Retails at $109.99

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The Feathered Bandito Tee by CROOKS AND CASTLES

Retails at $32.00

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The Who's Bad Tee in Black by CAKED OUT

Retails at $24.99

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R.I.P Micheal Jackson

LINDA FARROW 2009 SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION

Marked by a series of designer collaborations, the Linda Farrow collection of sunglasses has the latest to present in their 2009 spring/summer collection. Bringing to the table an eclectic mix of designers yields both some outlandish as well as more conservative styles. All-in-all, we see the works of Raf Simons, Jeremy Scott and Sophia Kokosalaki over various models. These styles are currently available at oki-ni.

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Slaughter House ft. M.O.P - Woodstock

REAL HIP-HOP THATS ALL I GOTS TO SAY.....

Nike Flight Condor High SI

Nike introduces the Flight Condor High SI. The shoe is an update on the OG Flight condor and features alot of the same design elements with a few more. The sneaker is dropping in 2 new colorways a White/Neutral Grey/Varsity Red and Grey/Metallic Silver/White. Available at stores now...

These are hot, I might cop a pair of the all grey ones.

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MADONNA AD FOR LOUIS VUITTON

MADONNA STILL DOING HER THING AFTER ALL THESE DECADES...

R.I.P MICHEAL JACKSON YOU'LL BE MISSED DEARLY.

After much specualtion on the what the current condition of music legend Micheal Jackson was, CNN news has finally confirmed that Micheal Jackson passed away this afternoon Thursday June 25th at the UCLA medical center. His stunning death has sent shockwaves through the entire world and his true fans have begun expressing their condolonces all across the globe. May his soul rest in peace.

For the full story click the link below

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/jackson/index.html

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

R.I.P Mike you were and still are the King of Pop. My condolences to all ur family at this time. U will always be remembered...

RENT A SHAQ

Rumors have been confirmed that Shaq will join Lebron James!!!!!

The Cavs gave the Pheonix Suns a draft pick, Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic

FYI - in 2008 Shaq made $35 million and LJ made $40.1!!! Two of the top paid.....

So is this the new trend? Rent Shaq for a year and try and win a ship??? Well let me be the first to burst your bubble Cav's fans it's not gonna happen. First of all Shaq can't play a full season anymore, secondly he's so injury prone now that he might not be available in the playoffs, which is obviously the reason the Cavs just aquired him. Finally I thought all u Lebron fans said he was better than Kobe or what not. I would assume you guys want to see him win a ship by himself. Anyways next year belongs to the Black Mamba and the lakers once more. Go Lakers 2009 NBA Champs!!!!!!!!!!!

The Roots - "How I Got Over" on Fallon 6/24 (TheAudioPerv.com)

BLACK THOUGHT IS STILL THE DEFINITION OF WHAT AN EMCEE IS AND THE ROOTS ARE EXTREMELY CREATIVE. I LIKE THE RECORD.

Check out this article via aproko.net featuring Nigerian Hip-Hop star Timaya entitled ''Following Women is my only sin.''

Aproko.net reveals everything there is to know about Hip-Hop artiste of the year Timaya; behind the music and the Timaya people don’t know. Inetimi Odon aka. Timaya, won for the second time the Hip-Hop artiste of the year award. Feeling good and extremely confident after winning, he said, “The Hip-Hop award doesn’t freak me like that; I am looking forward to when I will win the Grammy.”
Inetimi grew up in Agip Estate in Port Harcourt, Nigeria as the youngest child of 15. He had what he called ‘the music thing’ in him from a young age and so joined the choir. From there he moved to the Living Gospel Mission and anticipated to break into the biggest market in Lagos.
He was met with difficulties to get into the music industry due to a lack of respect as he was from the Niger Delta. “Right now whatever I say about the region cannot help. The only thing that can help is when people do the right thing. The situation in the region is like me as an artiste collecting so much money from the federal government, I have a group working with me like my Dem Mama crew, yet they don’t see the money, my manager doesn’t see the money, they won’t be happy and can react in different ways, like fighting.”
“That is what is going on, they know the right thing and as such they should do it. I can only speak through my music about these issues. That is why I am called the Eberepapa 1 of Bayelsa and it means the town crier of the people.”
Other barriers to entry were trying to get his song aired on the radio and played by DJ’s as his only promotional tool at the time was by word of mouth due to a lack of funds. Of course now Timaya has no issues in this area, as a successful artist radio stations and DJ’s are approaching him.
Timaya’s unique sound is conscience music and is inspired by his strong belief and thanks to God. “I am a preacher. I know one day I will end up in church where it all started. I am a child of God, the only thing I do is just that I follow women, I don’t tell lies, I don’t steal, following women is my only sin.”
As a paramount individual in the industry, scandals are constantly conjured up so Timaya tends to give the press something to write about. At the Hip-Hop Awards he held his award in front of his crotch and said that he dedicated it to Empress Njamah to give journalists something real to write about instead of complete lies. He likes to cause a stir as he said, “I never like a situation where people just keep saying good things about me so I do things so people can write and talk about it. Writing or saying wrong things about me once in a while is in order.”
The real Inetimi………….a nice guy that likes to try new things. He is extremely focussed and positive minded and generally a friendly person. Timaya the artiste is misconstrued as an arrogant man through false allegations. As the saying goes ‘don’t always beleive what you read’.

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Whitney Houston - I Look To You - New Song - 2009

CHECK OUT KELLS AS HE PREVIEWS A SONG HE WROTE FOR WHITNEY HOUSTON CALLED ''I LOOK TO YOU'' WHICH WILL BE ON HER COMEBACK ALBUM. KELLS IS STILL A BEAST, I GOTS TO SAY HE IS STILL THAT DUDE, NONE OF THESE NEW RNB DUDES CAN AND WILL EVER BE ABLE TO FILL HIS SHOES. ENJOY...

BREAKING NEWS: MICHEAL JACKSON HAD A HEART ATTACK IN L.A TODAY

Several news sources are reporting that M.J's brothers are on the way to UCLA medical center and Mike’s father Joe Jackson says “he’s not doing well”. Michael suffered the cardiac arrest at his home in Holmby Hills and was not breathing when paramedics arrived at his home around 12:21 PST today…he was then taken to the hospital after EMT performed CPR in the ambulance. Reports are indicating that he is in a coma and still alive eventhough there are also rumors swirling around that he is dead..

Michael Jackson has the number one selling album of all time Thriller which has sold over 50 MILLION copies worldwide. Michael has three children Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince “Blanket” Michael Jackson II. He was working on his comeback album whihc was scheduled to be released by the end of this year or the beginning of next year.

Stay tuned the story is still developing.

Ps. We send our love to u Mike and to all his family members, we wish you the nothing but the best and may GOD be with u in this time of need.

SLANG OF THE DAY

(Nigerian) U too dey misyann a.k.a U like to talk about alot of nonsense/rubbish

QUOTE OF THE DAY -

''Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.''
William Penn