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World’s First Halal “Whisky” Made Without Alcohol Going On Sale
04 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The words Halal and whisky are certainly two words we never expected to see in the same sentence. Now add to that “non-alcoholic”, and you’ve got yourself a fine example of the word “juxtaposition” – the placement of at least two things, usually abstract concepts, near each other.
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Pakistan Cricketing Cheats Jailed
03 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Former Pakistani cricket captain, Salman Butt, was today sentenced to 30 months in jail after being found guilty of conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments. Mohammad Asif was jailed for one year and Mohammad Amir was sentenced to six months. Cricketing agent, Mazhar Majeed, was jailed for two years and eight months for his part in the fixing scandal.
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Marmite Perfume, Anyone?
03 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Every now and then, we come across a concoction of sorts, one that is so outlandish, so preposterous and so crazy sounding that it may just be amazing. How does Marmite, leather, pickle and beer grab you?
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2oceansvibe Needs You To Vote In The 2011 SA Blog Awards
03 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Hey gang! It’s that time of year again – the 2011 Blog Awards are upon us! As most of you will know, the main 2oceansvibe.com website entered the Blog Awards for the last time last year, after winning awards every year since the inception of the awards. But this year our fashion arm, PopYaCollar.co.za – […]
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Woman Burns Down Friend’s House For Defriending Her On Facebook
03 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There have been murders and rapes associated with Facebook, but this is likely to be the first house burning as a result of someone defriending someone else on the social networking website. Jennifer Christine Harris decided it was a good idea to burn down Nikki Rasmussen’s house while Nikki and her husband, Jim, were in their beds sleeping.
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The Murdochs WERE Lying
02 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One thing the Murdochs probably didn’t do last night, is sleep particularly well – James, especially. Documents released by the parliamentary committee investigating illegal voicemail hacking at News International reveal compelling evidence that James has been lying since at least 2008. Either that, or he is just a really shoddy businessman. Maybe both.
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Jersey Shore Goes To College
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You might not think Jersey Shore is the sort of show that would spark serious academic debate, but lo and behold, the University of Chicago recently concluded a day long seminar on the dynamic and active scholarly field of “Jersey Shore studies”. No, really.
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Greek Referendum On Bailout Threatens New Euro Zone Crisis
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
George Papandreou’s shock announcement that he will put Greece’s bailout to a referendum helped the FTSE open nearly three per cent down this morning. It was interesting listening to Lindsay Williams on 2oceanVibe Radio a little earlier too. He remarked that there are more Porsche Cayennes registered in Greece than taxpayers declaring an income of 50 000 euros or more. Clearly Greeks aren’t fans of paying tax.
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Atlantic Seaboard Real Estate Agent War Goes Online
01 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
You might have caught the article in the Sunday Times about the drama going on amongst real estate agents along Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard. In a nutshell, Lew Geffen, the founder of Sotheby’s International Realty Franchises, has a franchise agreement with two gentlemen, Hugo Jankowitz and Rob Stefanutto. They’ve run the Atlantic Seaboard franchise since […]
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Android, And Everything Else, Destroying BlackBerry In The US
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Is this the beginning of the end for BlackBerry? Manufacturer, Research In Motion lost nearly two thirds of the US smartphone market share, year on year for the same period. HTC has taken a clear lead in the US smartphone market, and it’s been closely followed by Samsung, who just last week, surpassed Apple in total worldwide smartphone shipments.
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Cape Town TV Launches 24-Hour Live Stream
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
CTV is Cape Town’s only community television station. But so far only viewers with an aerial that’s in the line-of-sight of Tygerberg could actually watch the channel. That all changed yesterday as they launched a 24-hour live stream, embedded on their website – taking their content global.
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Re-make Mondays: Hair In Strange Places – Teen Wolf
31 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
MTV, capitalising on a series of home runs in their scripted show offering decided to log on to the still simmering global tween-obsession with things that go bump in the night, and revive Teen Wolf for the Jersey Shore generation.
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Saudi Royalty Offers $1 Million Reward For Capture Of Israeli Soldiers
31 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hours after Sheik Awadh al-Qarani promised a reward of $100 000 to anyone who captured an Israeli soldier, a member of the Saudi Arabian royal family, with ties to Rupert Murdoch, offered to raise that offer by $900 000 to make it $1 million. These offers follow the release of Israeli soldier, Gilad Schalit, who was held by Hamas in Gaza for more than five years.
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India Launches World’s First Gold And Diamond Jewelery ATM
31 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The machine, devised by a company called the Gitanjali Group, was launched at a central Mumbai shopping mall for the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, on Wednesday. Prices range anywhere from R400 to R5 000, just in case you have that lying around for some last minute gifts.
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Greece Is Very, Very Lucky
28 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
European leaders are secretly all doing little victory dances. The Eurozone crisis has never looked better. Leaders have agreed new deals that slash Greek debt and increase the main bailout fund to around €1 trillion. They’re basically printing money. Athens will get a new €100 billion bailout early in the new year, and existing bond debt will be cut by 50%.
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Beavis and Butthead Are Back [VIDEO]
28 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
That’s right. Mike Judge, the man behind the Office Space and Idiocracy, has brought back his infamous 1990’s animated comedy. The first episode aired last night on MTV, and is pretty damn funny.
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Samsung’s Solar-Powered Internet School
28 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Samsung Africa has unveiled a unique initiative they are calling the Samsung Internet Schools Programme. The initial programme will span five African countries: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan. In time it will branch out into other African countries too. The school is a mobile, solar-powered, independent classroom housed in a container.
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Sony Buys Sony Ericsson
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s just been revealed that Sony has bought out its Swedish partner, Ericsson, for $1,5 billion. Ericsson had a 50 per cent stake in mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson, but will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony now. Sony is rather excited about the move because now it can integrate its smartphones with its consumer electronics devices.
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The Functioning Nikon D3 DSLR Halloween Costume – Jealous Much? [Video]
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re still searching for a costume, in the hopes that you’ll win that bartab for best dressed this Halloween, you’d better hope this guy doesn’t rock up to the same party. Not only does it look like a DSLR, it’s fully functional as well. It actually snaps a photo, accompanied by a flash, and displays the image at the back.
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Stop A Mate Driving Drunk And Be A Legend [VIDEO]
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Let’s face it, as necessary as they are, some awareness campaigns are pretty lame. Especially when they are conceptualised by ad agencies who are out of touch with the audience they are trying to speak to. But not this quality, yet very funny New Zealand commercial. It urges blokes to be “legends” by not letting their friends drink and then drive.
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The Port St Johns Municipality Has Been Shut Down
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It is with regret that the Port St Johns local municipality has been officially shut down for not paying nearly R11 million in debt. The popular tourist destination, situated along the Wild Coast in the Transkei, has been experiencing troubles for a while, but the sheriff of the court officially closed the municipal offices on Monday.
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Tenth Tibetan Monk In 12 Months Sets Fire To Himself In China
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yet another Tibetan Buddhist monk doused himself in fuel and set fire to himself in China yesterday. This brings to ten the total number of monks who’ve resorted to this extreme form of protest since March this year.
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Clever Advertising In Wake Of Axe Deodorant Ban
27 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Check out this ad, spotted in today’s Cape Times! This comes in response to the news that the ASA pulled a recent AXE deodorant television commercial as it might upset Christian viewers. Note how the ad teeters on the fringe of comparative advertising but probably scrapes through as AXE deodorant is not mentioned in the […]
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Gordhan Relaxes Local Listing Rules – JSE To Gain
26 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a move that’s widely expected to attract further, and much needed investment diversification, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday announced that the Treasury will allow local investors to trade in foreign-domiciled companies, especially throughout Africa. The move will no doubt heighten the attractiveness and status of the local exchange.
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Voting Has Begun For Hood #5!
26 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
This is a neighbourhood desperate for a name. It’s that part of Green Point which hosts a number of institutions. From vide e, Manos, and the Cape Royale hotel to Mario’s, Giovanni’s, Jade and Hudson’s Burger Joint – this is the stomping ground of many a Capetonian and tourist alike. “Green Point” is massive! It […]
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ASA Pulls Axe Advert Because It Offends Christian Viewers [Video]
26 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that an Axe deodorant advert be pulled. In the ad, angels can be seen falling from heaven because they are attracted to a man’s deodorant. But a viewer laid a complaint, claiming it offends Christians. According to him, angels aren’t supposed to forfeit their heavenly status for mortal desires.
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Candice Swanepoel Kills It On The Cover Of Marie Claire
25 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Marie Claire‘s Body Issue is on sale. Check out the cover. 2oceansVibe favourite and St Anne’s Old Girl, Candice Swanepoel is absolutely killing it. The issue, which is already on sale, has come in for some stick from a number of “social commentators”, who have claimed that the use of Candice Swanepoel as the cover […]
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Jersey Shore House Is Now Available For Rent
25 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The now infamous house in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, is available to rent for the very reasonable price of only $2 500 per night. For this low price, you too can now blow out your hair, put on your fake tan and be a Guido. It’s everyone’s dream. You can even sleep in Snooki’s bed.
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103-Year-Old Stands For Spanish Senate Election
25 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Age really is just a number for 103-year-old Dr Moises Broggi, who is standing for a seat in Spain’s Senate on November 20. Dr Broggi is the main candidate in Barcelona for a coalition led by the Catalan Republican Left party. If the former field surgeon is elected, he will become the oldest Spanish senator ever.
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Wikileaks Temporarily Plugged Due To Lack Of Funds
24 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It turns out publishing classified diplomatic files online isn’t all that lucrative! Whistle blowing site, WikiLeaks has announced that they’re pausing their publishing process to concentrate on raising funds. Julian Assange claims that the financial “blockade” mounted by Visa, MasterCard and other companies, has forced Wikileaks to “temporarily suspend its publishing operations and aggressively fundraise.”
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