Pablo Picasso’s Final Home and Studio Listed for $220M

Click here to view the full photogallery. Mas de Notre-Dame du Vie, the home and studio where legendary artist Pablo Picasso spent the last 12 years of his life, has returned to market after a thorough renovation by a Belgian art dealer, who restored and expanded the historic structure. The dealer, who paid somewhere between $13M and $16M, but is now asking an astonishing $220M for the 35-room villa. That sky-high price includes ten bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a pair of swimming pools, a tennis Read more [...]

Pablo Picasso’s Final Home and Studio Listed for $220M

Click here to view the full photogallery. Mas de Notre-Dame du Vie, the home and studio where legendary artist Pablo Picasso spent the last 12 years of his life, has returned to market after a thorough renovation by a Belgian art dealer, who restored and expanded the historic structure. The dealer, who paid somewhere between $13M and $16M, but is now asking an astonishing $220M for the 35-room villa. That sky-high price includes ten bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a pair of swimming pools, a tennis Read more [...]

Spin Lake parcels among 40 on block for tax sale

BLOOMINGTON — If you’ve ever thought about building a home at Spin Lake in rural Danvers, you may have the opportunity of a lifetime.McLean County is having its annual tax deed sale of properties delinquent on their property taxes since 2009 or before. Sealed bids must be received by the end of the business day Friday. It’s the largest sale in recent memory — about 40 parcels. Usually, fewer than 20 properties are involved.Several of them are at Spin Lake, a private subdivision Read more [...]

Miley Cyrus’ Signature Dance Move – The Twerk – Listed in Oxford Dictionaries …

Miley Cyrus' signature dance move - the twerk - has made it to the list of words added to the Oxford Dictionaries Online. The definition, , reads: "The twerk, v.: dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance." This particular dance move has garnered significant publicity over the past few days, following the singer's performance during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA). Read more [...]

Govt houses: 30 cases sent to rent control court

Thirty cases of illegal possession of government houses have been sent to rent control court for disposal.  The court will take decision regarding recovery of rent from the defaulters. Similarly 14 cases are listed with the court of Divisional Commissioner for hearing in this regard, sources said. On orders of Divisional Commissioner Sanjay Dubey, a number of teams had conducted survey of 900 government residences in Indore. The teams had found 99 officials, who had either occupied the government Read more [...]

CI to Hold Suicide Prevention Week

Camarillo, Calif., Aug. 27, 2013 – CSU Channel Islands (CI) will observe National Suicide Prevention Week with a series of informative speakers and a poignant exhibition, Monday, Sept. 9 through Thursday, Sept. 12, on the CI campus. All events are open to students, staff, faculty, community and the media, unless otherwise indicated below. Field of Memories Monday, Sept. 9 through Thursday, Sept. 12, at the South Quad In a moving visual representation of the 1,100 college students Read more [...]

Good Job, Miley: Twerking Just Got Added to the Oxford Dictionary

Twerking has been having a moment as of late (or, some might say, a last dance), and, to many, Miley Cyrus's VMA twerk-a-thon was the dance technique's giant coming out (of a bear) party. The performance was one of the leading stories on CNN on Monday, and the following day ABC News became a trending topic on Twitter for its scientific analysis of what is, more accurately, a physics-defying art. This weekend, Diplo plans to set a twerking world record. But the true proof that twerking is Read more [...]

Better days ahead, says Anil Ambani at AGM of key listed companies

MUMBAI: Anil Ambani is confident about better days ahead for all the companies in his group despite the current challenging environment, particularly in the infrastructure sector. Addressing the annual general meetings of his key listed companies - Reliance Power, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital - he assured shareholders that despite the macro environment being challenging, his expects his group to perform better. Reliance Power is on track to double its power Read more [...]