Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi crashes a police car
Nicole Catherine "Snooki" Polizzi and Deena Nicole Cortese kissing one another |
Nicole Polizzi escapes from injury and punishment:
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi |
Nicole Catherine "Snooki" Polizzi, 23 years old Chilean-American reality television personality and her co-star Deena Nicole Cortese narrowly escaped injury and punishment from a car crash in Florence, Italy. They are there for the filming the fourth season of the hit MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" with her housemates Deena. After the accident they were taken to custody but the police did not arrest them formally as no one is injured and found no involvement of alcohol. SallyAnn Salsano, executive producer at “Jersey Shore” production company 495, tells The Star-Ledger newspaper that the incident was “just a minor fender bender.” She says the show is still filming.
The crash reportedly wedged Snooki's vehicle between a police car and a highway protection wall. Co-star Deena was a passenger at the time of the accident and had to exit the car by climbing out a window because her door was blocked by a wall. Unlike this time, she was fined $500 and sentenced to community service in September 2010 for being drunk in public, creating public nuisance and annoying people in New Jersey beach.
Nicole Polizzi appeared on the MTV reality show Jersey Shore (about the lives of eight housemates spending their summer at the Jersey Shore) starting on December 9, 2009. Season 1 and 3 of the show were cast in New Jersey Shore. The Season 2 was set in Miami Beach and Season 4 which is going on is in Florence, Italy.
Nicole Polizzi |
Snooki and Deena |
The Winner
Four quarters make a pie classic,
Two hundred & six bones form a body majestic.
Many tiles to complete a jig saw puzzle,
Million drops to make an ocean bubble.
Two hundred & six bones form a body majestic.
Many tiles to complete a jig saw puzzle,
Million drops to make an ocean bubble.
Spokes are many,
Lynch pins are few.
You are strong and feisty,
We couldn't do without you.
You are the bright polestar,
Without you, we couldn't conquer.
You are the shining pulsar,
You are the winner.
Lynch pins are few.
You are strong and feisty,
We couldn't do without you.
You are the bright polestar,
Without you, we couldn't conquer.
You are the shining pulsar,
You are the winner.
You Are A Winner |
Monday, May 30, 2011
Jeff Conaway, dies at 60
Jeff Conaway |
Jeff Conaway, famous Grease and Taxi star died:
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway, Popularly known as Jeff Conaway was an American actor died on May 27, 2011 from pneumonia with sepsis after a coma in a hospital in Encino, California. He became and is still widely celebrated for his roles in the movie Grease and the U.S. television series Taxi and Babylon 5.
Conaway (young and old) |
Conaway in "Taxi" |
He endured a long battle with drugs and alcohol addiction before he died on Friday. He knew what drug is and that is why he has publicly battled addiction and appeared on VH1's "Celebrity Rehab" series in 2008, when he admitted his addiction to cocaine, alcohol and painkillers and talked about his sexual abuse as a child and his co-dependent relationship with his then-girlfriend Vikki Lizzi.
When Conaway was found unconscious in his home earlier this month, his manager released a statement saying Conaway had likely overdosed on drugs. The actor's history of substance abuse has seen heavy publicity in recent years from Conaway's stints on Celebrity Fit Club and Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew. Drew himself, however, said there is no evidence that Conaway died from an overdose.
His manager, Phil Brock said, "He was the consummate performer and entertainer," said Brock. "We're thankful his struggles are over, but we know he will be missed by legions of fans worldwide." Conaway began his performing career on the stage. He was in the Broadway production of Grease for two years, in the lead role of Danny Zuko. He switched to TV, landing a part on Happy Days and then the movie version of Grease (although Travolta played Danny on screen). Conaway also had a long running role in the TV sitcom, Taxi.
Conaway, in his dying days |
Conaway was born in October 5, 1950 in New York City, New York, U.S. He had been with the media since he was child (1960). Overall he stared in as many as 45 movies and also stared in almost the same amount of shows and serials in TV. He directed the 1992 film Bikini Summer II.
He has no children from his two wifes- Rona Newton-John (m. 1980-1985, divorced) and Keri Young (m. 1990-?, divorced). Emerson Newton-John, who is racer, is his stepson.
Emerson Newton, Conaways stepson |
Jeff Conaway action clip with death news>>>>>
Losing Brand Equity
Consumer is the King. He buys what he wants. She buys only if she likes it. They buy whenever they want to.
There are a lot of companies out there in the market who are looking for selling their stuff. Usually, within the same product segment, multiple brands from myriad organizations are attempting to have their piece of pie.
Building a Brand |
To get a larger piece of pie and to make an impression in the mind of the consumers, the products are building brands with advertisements. Brands with which people could identify easily and closely. Brands which could make a small place in their hearts and minds.
Usually such brand building exercise converts into increased sales and more profits. However, sometimes, such attempts convert into a loss of brand image.
Let me cite you some examples.
Consider the recent Cricket World Cup 2011, which was played in the Indian sub continent.
Usually, there is a break between the overs - where the advertisements are shown on TV. Such breaks span approximately 20 to 30 seconds, and can fit in an advertise or two.
However, with the urge of making more money, the television team and the marketeers slip in an ad immediately after a fall of wicket. What does that do to someone like me, who enjoys watching human emotions?
Well, I'm deprived of seeing the happiness of the bowler who took the wicket. I can't see the pride of his fellow players. I can't watch the disappointment written on the face of the player who got out. And the collective sighs and shouts of triumphs of the thousands of men and women inside the stadium.
These are the moments for which I'm watching the match. Yet, the silly advertisement that pops up immediately after the wicket prevents me from enjoying the euphoria.
Net result, I hate (now that is a strong word) the brand for showcasing it's product at such a moment. I stop identifying with it. Couldn't it wait for a few moments more? And frankly, the brand doesn't gain any brownie points for this advertisement.
Forced Selling |
Do you feel like me?
Let's take another example.
After a day's work, you come home and open your laptop to surf your favorite websites. And as soon as you open the site, a flash advertisement comes up which prevent you from seeing the site.
In my opinion, such advertisements are desperate to gain attention. It will get attention only if it deserves it. But this forced attention seeking technique is not doing any good to the brand image .
There are some ads which fore scroll the screen and take upto 10 seconds get you back to where you wanted to be. These are the worst.
If this was about online advertisements, you could have experienced something about paper advertisements too. How many times would you have had a pamphlet thrust into you hands selling some offer, only to realise that it is valid only with "Conditions Applied".
Brand Equity |
Well, a popular pizza brand in India is an expert in selling it's pizza with such conditions. And I have stopped taking it's pamphlets. If you need to sell, sell it without any complex conditions.
Just yesterday, I opened my Sunday newspaper only to see a half page advertisement sticking on the front page of the paper. To read the newspaper, I had to tear away the advertise from the paper. I was very careful, yet, I ended up tearing a part of the paper.
Guess what happened with the advertisement? It (and maybe the brand image) became a part of the trash.
There are several examples like these where an attempt to increase the brand equity backfires and translates into a loss of brand image.
I strongly hope that the marketing people are more intelligent and aware of such consumer needs. Only then can they create a sucessfull brand.
Just yesterday, I opened my Sunday newspaper only to see a half page advertisement sticking on the front page of the paper. To read the newspaper, I had to tear away the advertise from the paper. I was very careful, yet, I ended up tearing a part of the paper.
Guess what happened with the advertisement? It (and maybe the brand image) became a part of the trash.
There are several examples like these where an attempt to increase the brand equity backfires and translates into a loss of brand image.
I strongly hope that the marketing people are more intelligent and aware of such consumer needs. Only then can they create a sucessfull brand.
Ashley Hebert, new special Bachelorette of ABC
Ashley Hebert |
Ashley Hebert, ABC's hit romance reality series Bachelorette star, is the first professinal woman in the show. At the same time she is very much aware of and interested in the physical fitness which is very much important for person to be happy from every side.
ABC's Bachelor franchise honcho Mike Fleiss explained their choice Ashley Hebert to EW.com:
"I don't know, she's kind of cool, she's spunky and she's got a lot personality. It's also the first time we had an actual professional woman as a bachelorette. She's not a party planner, she's a dentist!" He continued: "That's a good step for us. I think it's a cool good lesson for young ladies out there to see an accomplished woman still struggling to put the personal side of her life together. That's something a lot of women can relate to. She will be a different kind of bachelorette!"
In an interview with Us Weekly, Hebert said that she is very active to keep her body in a perfect shape. She shimmies, she "just doesn't sweat to keep her petite physique in shape". "I teach jazz, ballet, and hip-hop at my college", the 5-foot-2 star tells Us Weekly of her go-to workouts. "I feel confident when I'm dancing."
She is full of ego too and says of her time on The Bachelor, "Having all those beautiful women around was more pressure and there were some really hot bodies! This time, I felt better." She will be seen in some sky-high hemlines on The Bachelorette (ABC, Mondays at 8 p.m.). "I like to wear short things," she says.
Ashley, 26, who was born in Madawaska, Maine but currently resides in Philadelphia, where she is finishing her degree in dentistry in a dental school at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
She is a trained dancer and former pageant queen — she was Maine’s Junior Miss in 2002 — Ashley Hebert majored in biology at the University of Maine before moving on to attend dental school at the University of Pennsylvania. She will complete her graduation this May with her DMD and a 3.96 GPA.
Ashley Hebert, about her experience>>>>>>>
Ashley Hebert, about her experience>>>>>>>
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Monte Carlo - Monaco
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