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madonna
For Immediate Release: Friday, April 03, 2009. With record breaking sell outs in London, Brussels, Oslo, Tallinn, Helsinki and Gothenburg, Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet Tour' - 2009- reaffirms Madonna's status as one of the most successful touring artists of all time. Due to unprecedented demand by fans and some logistical scheduling issues, new dates and a few changes have been made in the "Sticky & Sweet" itinerary, it was announced today by Live Nation, the International tour promoter for the entire tour.

Obama
“This campaign has proven that Minnesota wants change, America wants change, Minnesota wants hope, America wants hope, but most of all Minnesotans, people all across this country are ready to end partisan politics,” McCollum said.Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said an estimated 3 million voters statewide were expected to vote Tuesday, fulfilling the secretary’s goal of reaching an 80 percent voter turnout. The last time that many voters went to the polls was in 1956.Ritchie added that nearly 12 percent of Minnesotans voted absentee this year.These figures help Minnesota remain the state with the highest voter turnout in the nation.Guy-Uriel Charles , a University of Minnesota law school professor, said Obama’s win is even more of a feat considering the political climate five years ago.“Five years ago, no one would have expected an African American president. There was no one on the horizon,” Charles said. “Barack came out of nowhere.”While Charles believes Obama’s run for the presidency will go down in history as an example of a flawless campaign, he believes one area Obama needed to address, and didn’t, was the issue of race.Charles said Obama talked about all of the important issues such as war, abortion and taxes, but neglected to directly comment on race beyond answering for the statements made by Jeremiah Wright.

Miuccia Prada
Prada is said to be the most prominent example of a new form of inward-directed luxury. While in the eighties luxury was explicitly displayed, today an understated luxury is sought, only recognizable by insiders. Thus, Prada clothes avoid very loud clouring and easily appealing appearences. They are described as cool, comfortable, pure, graceful, and minimalistic.Miuccia Prada, who is entirely in charge of the companies creative decisions, says she bases her decisions mostly on intuition. She is reported to be overly fussy about each detail of her design. It can happen that each product has to be changed over and over in order to come closest to Miucci Prada's initial idea. Her husband Patrizio Bertelli is the buisness-man behind Miuccia Prada. He is responsible for the commercial side of the products and the retail strategy.