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Beth: Allegra, do you know that Brad and Jennifer were married from 2000 to 2005, when their marriage ended in divorce. He then started having a relationship with Julia and they are together since then?

Alegra: Oh! Really? I know that their first public outing together was at the opening of Ali’s exhibition in Boston, Massachusetts on November 10, 2005. So, how long have they been together, Beth?

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‘Push to Add Drama’: TNT Advert Becomes the Second Most-Shared of All Time [Video]

NEW YORK | Monday, April 16th, 2012 4:40pm EDT

By Anastasiya Vanyukevich

 

The ad, based on Unmanageable, a relevant video research firm, has become the second most-shared ever. The video, which debuted on April 11, continues to be shared 3 million occasions.

TNT’s ad’s only rival, which still holds the top place, is “The Pressure,” this year’s Super Bowl ad from Volkswagen. The video has received nearly 10 million views in its first two days, and has doubled to over 21 million in five days – claims the data on the official YouTube page.

In this advertisement for TNT, several people in a town in Belgium walk by the tempting display, but only a handful of brave souls take on the challenge. When the button is finally pushed, what follows is something – or perhaps, everything – straight out of a television drama: ambulances wail; guns fire; burly men fight; a lady in a bikini speeds off on a motorcycle

As The Huff Post writes, participants look around, stunned, as the drama unfolds before their eyes. One woman even covers her ears as bullets zip through the air while her facial expression clearly asks, “What the heck did I just do?”

“People are too flabbergasted to react or to run away or intervene,” said Marc Wellens, partner at Duval Guillaume. The ad agency ending up shooting the scene multiple times. “We did it like 11 times. So there are 11 people pushing the button, and from the best reactions we made a compilation,” said Mr Wellens.

The video has also received plenty of positive reviews and “likes” on YouTube. “They should do that in the States!” suggested 30deblanc.

One more user wrote: “This is the best thing I have ever seen in my life. I was crying from laughing haha.” “More people have watched this video than there are people in Belgium,” said decontaminate01.

As for the Volkswagen’s ad, which is still at the top of the list called “Most-shared ads ever”, featured a little boy dressed as Darth Vader. Mark Hunter, CCO of Deutsch LA, revealed that their wildly popular first ad “The Force” was a tough act to follow.

“The pressure is on because we did that great ad,” he explained. “We don’t mind. That’s what we’re in this business for.” According to Hunter, the agency came up with close to 200 script ideas before settling on the story in the video.

Source: adapted from http://www.theblogismine.com/2012/04/16/push-to-add-drama-tnt-advert-becomes-the-second-most-shared-of-alltime-

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My elder brother, Armando Herrera Corral, was this month sent a tube of dynamite by terrorists who oppose his scientific research. The home-made bomb, I was in a shoe-box-sized package labeled as an award for his personal attention, exploded when he pulled II the adhesive tape wrapped around it. My brother, director of the technology park at the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico, was standing III the time, and suffered burns to his legs and a perforated eardrum.

More severely injured by the blast was his colleague Alejandro Aceves López, IV my brother had gone to see in his office to share a cup of coffee and open the award. Aceves López was sitting down when my brother opened the package; he took the brunt of the explosion in his chest, and shrapnel pierced one of his lungs.

Both scientists are now recovering from their injuries, but they were extremely fortunate to survive. The bomb failed to explode properly, and only a fraction of the 20-centimetre-long cylinder of dynamite ignited.

The next day, I, too, was sent a suspicious package. It arrived by an unusual procedure, and on a Sunday. It tested positive for explosives, and was taken away by the bomb squad, which declared a false alarm after finding that the parcel contained only books. My first reaction was to leave the country. Now, I would like to stand up and speak in this way because I believe that terror should not succeed in establishing fear and imposing conduct that takes us far from the freedom we enjoy. I would like the police to take these events seriously; they are becoming a real threat to society.

As an academic scientist, why was my brother singled out in this way? He does not work in a field that is usually considered high-risk for terrorist activity, such as medical research on animals but rather on computer science. Aceves López is an expert in robotics. I am a high-energy physicist and I have been working in the field for 15 years.

From: <http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110822/full/476373a.html> Access Sep7 19th.

 

Gerardo Herrera Corral is a

physicist at the Research and

Advanced Studies Centre of the

National Polytechnic Institute of

Mexico in Mexico City.

 

In the text, Gerardo Herrera Corral is expressing a(n)

My elder brother, Armando Herrera Corral, was this month sent a tube of dynamite by terrorists who oppose his scientific research. The home-made bomb, I was in a shoe-box-sized package labeled as an award for his personal attention, exploded when he pulled II the adhesive tape wrapped around it. My brother, director of the technology park at the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico, was standing III the time, and suffered burns to his legs and a perforated eardrum.

More severely injured by the blast was his colleague Alejandro Aceves López, IV my brother had gone to see in his office to share a cup of coffee and open the award. Aceves López was sitting down when my brother opened the package; he took the brunt of the explosion in his chest, and shrapnel pierced one of his lungs.

Both scientists are now recovering from their injuries, but they were extremely fortunate to survive. The bomb failed to explode properly, and only a fraction of the 20-centimetre-long cylinder of dynamite ignited.

The next day, I, too, was sent a suspicious package. It arrived by an unusual procedure, and on a Sunday. It tested positive for explosives, and was taken away by the bomb squad, which declared a false alarm after finding that the parcel contained only books. My first reaction was to leave the country. Now, I would like to stand up and speak in this way because I believe that terror should not succeed in establishing fear and imposing conduct that takes us far from the freedom we enjoy. I would like the police to take these events seriously; they are becoming a real threat to society.

As an academic scientist, why was my brother singled out in this way? He does not work in a field that is usually considered high-risk for terrorist activity, such as medical research on animals but rather on computer science. Aceves López is an expert in robotics. I am a high-energy physicist and I have been working in the field for 15 years.

From: <http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110822/full/476373a.html> Access Sep7 19th.

 

Gerardo Herrera Corral is a

physicist at the Research and

Advanced Studies Centre of the

National Polytechnic Institute of

Mexico in Mexico City.

 

According to the text Armando Herrera Corral has a carrier on

My elder brother, Armando Herrera Corral, was this month sent a tube of dynamite by terrorists who oppose his scientific research. The home-made bomb, I was in a shoe-box-sized package labeled as an award for his personal attention, exploded when he pulled II the adhesive tape wrapped around it. My brother, director of the technology park at the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico, was standing III the time, and suffered burns to his legs and a perforated eardrum.

More severely injured by the blast was his colleague Alejandro Aceves López, IV my brother had gone to see in his office to share a cup of coffee and open the award. Aceves López was sitting down when my brother opened the package; he took the brunt of the explosion in his chest, and shrapnel pierced one of his lungs.

Both scientists are now recovering from their injuries, but they were extremely fortunate to survive. The bomb failed to explode properly, and only a fraction of the 20-centimetre-long cylinder of dynamite ignited.

The next day, I, too, was sent a suspicious package. It arrived by an unusual procedure, and on a Sunday. It tested positive for explosives, and was taken away by the bomb squad, which declared a false alarm after finding that the parcel contained only books. My first reaction was to leave the country. Now, I would like to stand up and speak in this way because I believe that terror should not succeed in establishing fear and imposing conduct that takes us far from the freedom we enjoy. I would like the police to take these events seriously; they are becoming a real threat to society.

As an academic scientist, why was my brother singled out in this way? He does not work in a field that is usually considered high-risk for terrorist activity, such as medical research on animals but rather on computer science. Aceves López is an expert in robotics. I am a high-energy physicist and I have been working in the field for 15 years.

From: <http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110822/full/476373a.html> Access Sep7 19th.

 

Gerardo Herrera Corral is a

physicist at the Research and

Advanced Studies Centre of the

National Polytechnic Institute of

Mexico in Mexico City.

 

The verb explode in "The bomb failed to explode properly, …" (paragraph 3) can be replaced without changing its meaning by.

My elder brother, Armando Herrera Corral, was this month sent a tube of dynamite by terrorists who oppose his scientific research. The home-made bomb, I was in a shoe-box-sized package labeled as an award for his personal attention, exploded when he pulled II the adhesive tape wrapped around it. My brother, director of the technology park at the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico, was standing III the time, and suffered burns to his legs and a perforated eardrum.

More severely injured by the blast was his colleague Alejandro Aceves López, IV my brother had gone to see in his office to share a cup of coffee and open the award. Aceves López was sitting down when my brother opened the package; he took the brunt of the explosion in his chest, and shrapnel pierced one of his lungs.

Both scientists are now recovering from their injuries, but they were extremely fortunate to survive. The bomb failed to explode properly, and only a fraction of the 20-centimetre-long cylinder of dynamite ignited.

The next day, I, too, was sent a suspicious package. It arrived by an unusual procedure, and on a Sunday. It tested positive for explosives, and was taken away by the bomb squad, which declared a false alarm after finding that the parcel contained only books. My first reaction was to leave the country. Now, I would like to stand up and speak in this way because I believe that terror should not succeed in establishing fear and imposing conduct that takes us far from the freedom we enjoy. I would like the police to take these events seriously; they are becoming a real threat to society.

As an academic scientist, why was my brother singled out in this way? He does not work in a field that is usually considered high-risk for terrorist activity, such as medical research on animals but rather on computer science. Aceves López is an expert in robotics. I am a high-energy physicist and I have been working in the field for 15 years.

From: Access Sep7 19th.

 

 

Gerardo Herrera Corral is a

physicist at the Research and

Advanced Studies Centre of the

National Polytechnic Institute of

Mexico in Mexico City.

 

The preposition that appropriately fill in blanks II and III, in the text is.