Sabtu, 11 Desember 2010

Coming Christmas, GTC degree Christmast Song

Rakta Charitra 2 Movie Online - Welcoming the celebration of Christmas, shopping mall in Makassar held a "Christmast Song Festival" in the form of competition to sing spiritual songs for the group.

Rakta Charitra - Marcom Manager A. Widya Syadzwina Mall GTC Makassar, on Friday, explained that the competition that was held in collaboration with Radio Republic of Indonesia does not restrict the programming of two important age of participants was able to sing in groups.

Registration can be done in the RRI and the Mall GTC 1 to 14 December 2010.

In addition to group singing competition spiritual songs, other activities will be held to welcome the Christmas holidays at the mall, among others such as "Dog Show", an electronic exhibition, drawing and coloring contest and Charity Breakfast with Santa, Santa and Christmas operetta Song of Praise Christmas Exhibition .

Meanwhile, on 4-5 December 2010 it also held a talent show act together Ergas Entertainment.

He explains, acting talent show was held with a number of stages that is, technical meetings, auditions and workshops as well as determining the winners to compete for the chance to be a sitcom actress under one production house.

Students will be auditioned by the director and artist Lucky Hakim. Registration in Ergas Entertainment or at the mall before December 4, 2010 by bringing the latest photos 4R color with a white background as much as two sheets.

Participants were divided into three categories: children 6-11 years, adolescents 12-25 years and adults 26-40 years old.

Senin, 18 Oktober 2010

Agnes Monica Proud To Be Host

Agnes Monica's dream finally come true to go international. Agnes didapuk hosted the American Music Awards to be held on November 21, 2010.

After attending a briefing in Los Angeles, the United States for a week, Agnes returned to Jakarta on Sunday (17/10/2010). We met at the Soekarno-Hatta airport, with a face sumringah, virgin 24-year-old told of his experiences there.

There, Agnes also met his idol as a child, Lance Bass. Lance is a personnel 'N Sync who is also a host at the event.

"Proverbial kecill time I ngedengerin song, where I taunya I talk and sit together," says singer 'Godai Again' it.

Agnes also claim had stiff when you first meet with other hosts. New on the second day, Agnes gets along with other artists.

"When the second day already very liquid, eating on the floor," he said.

Agnes revealed this very rare opportunity for himself. Moreover, the American Music Awards is a pretty prestigious music event.

"I think it's just one of achievement and opportunity not to be missed," he explained.

The plan, Agnes will return to Los Angeles on 19 November. Earlier the day, he must be filming a behind-the-scenes event

Selasa, 05 Oktober 2010

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Harga Nokia X5 - Nokia Siemens Networks telah melakukan uji coba laboratorium yang berhasil mentransmisikan data dengan kecepatan 200Gigabit per detik (200G) melalui serat optik standar. Keberhasilan uji coba ini menandai langkah penting menuju jaringan 400G.

Nokia X5 - Uji coba tersebut dilakukan menyusul pengumuman terbaru Nokia Siemens Networks mengenai peralatan Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) yang siap mendukung kecepatan hingga 400G. Diperkirakan, operator jaringan akan dapat menggelar jaringan optik siap 400G pada 2011.

“Uji coba terbaru kami menunjukkan bahwa saat ini sangat mungkin menggunakan kembali jaringan serat optik yang ada dan melipatgandakan kecepatan per panjang gelombang hingga 200G,” kata Oliver Jahreis, Head of Product Management for WDM Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks, pada keterangannya, 4 Oktober 2010.

Perkembangan ini, kata Jahreis, merupakan tonggak sejarah penting dan menunjukkan bahwa kita berada di jalur yang tepat menuju pendekatan yang hemat biaya untuk jaringan 400G dan seterusnya.

Jahreis menyebutkan, ketika permintaan untuk jaringan transport kapasitas tinggi terus meningkat, para operator jaringan perlu meningkatkan kecepatannya per panjang gelombang dalam jaringan mereka yang sudah ada. “ Ini akan membantu para operator mendapatkan hasil maksimal dari investasi mereka, karena menambah jalur serat optik tambahan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan kapasitas merupakan pilihan yang mahal,” ucapnya.

Perpindahan ke 400G adalah langkah berikut dalam penggelaran transport optik, menyusul jaringan 10/40/100G saat ini.

“Penggunaan kembali serat optik yang ada untuk evolusi menuju kapasitas jaringan yang lebih tinggi akan melindungi investasi para operator, serta memberikan Kecepatan data yang lebih tinggi kepada pengguna akhir,” ucap Jahreis.

Nokia Siemens Networks melaksanakan uji coba ini di pusat penelitian dan pengembangannya di Munich dengan menggunakan peralatan prototipe yang dikembangkan.

Rabu, 15 September 2010

The Qur'an would Burned

Alquran Dibakar - The Indonesian government plans to ask the government to stop Obama burning the Koran by a small group of citizens of the United States during the nine-year commemoration of the event for Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Today, the President himself who sent a letter to U.S. President Barrack Hussein Obama's insistence that its content in order to stop Obama's plan. According to the Special Staff of the President of the field of Information, Heru Lelono, in a letter that President Yudhoyono warned that if the burning happened at stake is world peace.

"Indonesia as the largest Muslim majority country in the world to condemn when it happens to happen," he added to the Free Peoples Online, Thursday (9 / 9).

As we know, Terry Jones, the leader of a small group of church congregations Dove World Outreach Center is planning for burning the Koran in his headquarters, Gainesville, Florida, on 11 September.

Previously, Terry Jones insists will not abandon plans to burn the Koran at a memorial 9 / 11 in Florida, United States. Terry stubbornness was emphasized after many in the international world, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United States Hillary Clinton and the leaders of Muslim nations, condemned the plan. In fact, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, has said the burning of the Koran will only endanger the lives of every U.S. soldier who served in Afghanistan.

Jumat, 27 Agustus 2010

Yamaha R1 Edisi Spesial‎

Yamaha Bison - Yamaha Prancis merilis sepeda motor sport R1 edisi spesial, khusus untuk pasar Prancis.

Motorevue menulis R1 versi SP dan SP/R Factory Edition dijual sebagai penghormatan kepada tim French Endurance.

Versi SP dibandrol 16.999 euro atau sekitar Rp194,1 juta.

Menggunakan mesin dan chasis standar R1, SP hadir dengan warna eksklusif, solo seat, seat protective casing of Polytron, plate bracket minimalis, dan sepasang knalpot Akrapovic berbahan titanum dan karbon.

SP lebih mahal 3.000 euro atau Rp34 juta dibadingkan versi standar R1.

Sementara itu, versi SP/R menggunakan chasis lebih bagus. Perbedaan mencolok dibandingkan dengan versi SP adalah suspensi SP/R menggunakan Ohlins.

Selain itu, garpu depan SP/R menggunakan FGT Racing fork dan monoschock belakang adlah TTX 36. SP/R dibandrol 19.999 euro atau sekitar Rp228,4 juta.

Selasa, 27 Juli 2010

Harga Nokia C3 Rahasia

Harga Nokia C3 - Motorola finally found a business unit of the prospective buyer of his wireless network device. On Monday (7/19/2010), Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has announced a 1.2 billion U.S. dollar fund to acquire Motorola's business units continued to lose money because it can not compete with other vendors in the market.

Nokia C3 - This acquisition would menambha Nokia Siemens Networks customer jumlha approximately 50 new customers. The two vendor companies such wireless networks serving the same customers in sejumlha major telecom operators like China Mobile, Vodafone, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and Clearwire.

Nokia Siemens Networks will acquire the manufacturing operations, including all major wireless system GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access), WCDMA (Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access), WiMAX and LTE (Long Term Evolution-).

Approximately 7500 Motorola employees will join Nokia Siemens Networks after the agreement between the two companies reached. Both companies expect the deal was achievable before the end of the year if they had been approved legislation regarding the acquisition. As a result of this sale, Motorola will focus on businesses that deal with mobile phone networks to homes and businesses.

Selasa, 29 Juni 2010

Jadwal Piala Dunia 2010 Ramalan Rahasia

Jadwal 8 Besar Perempat Semi Final Piala Dunia 2010 - Paraguay coach, Gerardo Martino, feels lucky because his team win over Japan on penalties in round 16 of the 2010 World Cup.

Jadwal Piala Dunia 2010 - Paraguay's win is determined by the failure of third executioner Japan, Yuichi Komano, in executing the ball on the white dot. Komano kick hit the bar and he became the only player who failed to score in these tosan adu-fives.

With the victory, Paraguay had escaped into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in history. "This is the first Paraguayan team qualifying for the quarter-finals and the same thing could happen in Japan," said Martino.

"I think we're just lucky during the penalty shootout, that's what makes the difference, when you see how the players play, they showed solidarity, enthusiasm and their desire to record its history, both teams did the same thing," he added.

Paraguay phase passes to fall after becoming head of Group F. Their best achievement was the last time was to reach last 16 in the World Cup in 2020. Paraguay is now just waiting for the prospective opponent in the quarterfinal, namely Spain or Portugal.

Minggu, 20 Juni 2010

Prediksi Spanyol Vs Honduras Rahasia

Prediksi Spanyol Vs Honsduras - SPAIN is a great power that was injured. Nominated as one candidate won, they bent Switzerland 0-1 in their opening Group H match last week (16 / 6). That means, not only full point they are pursuing in the face of the second matchday of Honduras in the early days. But it is also a mission to save the prestige and pride (live broadcast by RCTI at 1:30 pm).

Spanyol Vs Honduras - Although now on the basis of the Group H standings, European champions in 2008 had the opportunity to qualify for the last 16 of it has not been exhausted. Only, for there is difficult. Spain demanded to not just win but win with a big score. Useful if the productivity goals in the final group phase, they record the same value with Switzerland and Chile.

"We have to qualify for the 16 large. There is no more room for mistakes," said defender Gerard Pique, as reported by the Associated Press. "We are very confident to do so. If we see the World Cup earlier editions, the champion does not always win the game. There are times when they lost at the start of the tournament, then won six victories, including the final," said Alvaro Arbeloa.

Apart from a solid defense Switzerland, Spain had made many mistakes in the first game then. They were not able to take advantage of every opportunity in front of goal, and always cheated when there was a counterattack. In addition, less current midfield maximum.

Spanish Luis Aragones who brought winning Euro 2008 in particular criticized the scheme, which was chosen coach Vicente del Bosque in the face the Swiss. At that time, Del Bosque was using 4-5-1 formation, with Xabi Alonso and Sergio Busquets, as the holding midfielders. Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta to drive the wing, and David Villa as the sole attacker.

According to Aragones, who tend to face Switzerland defensive, Del Bosque should use a more aggressive formation. Especially with the empowerment of midfield. If Del Bosque Aragones's advice, there is a possibility this time he dropped a classic 4-4-2 scheme, with Fernando Torres accompany the Villa. Cesc Fabregas is also going to be played. Formation is more promising, even if it means sacrificing David Silva.

"I will not talk technical about it now. What is clear, we're currently rebuilding confidence in the team," said Del Bosque in session press conference in Johannesburg yesterday, as quoted by AFP.

"We believe what makes us successful in the past. But this team has been picking a lot of victories with a variety of schemes, and that's the message I always goes to the player. Rather than regretting the defeat of Switzerland, we keep moving forward," explained coach 59 year.

Honduras actually be in no better condition than Spanish. Wilson Palacios et al also have not picked any one point due to beating Chile 0-1 last week. No wonder the troops Reinaldo Rueda confidence is very low. The fact that Spain is also being mentally unstable due to the defeat of Switzerland does not make them complacent.

"We should not be affected by the fact that Spain had just defeated Switzerland. As one of the favorites champion who lost in the first match, Spain will be more motivated to beat us," said Rueda, as reported by Sky Sports. "We rate very highly Spain, and Switzerland does not affect the outcome of that assessment. We must remain cautious," he added.

Despite losing the first game, going to remodel a small possibility Rueda squad. Because, it is the best formation has. Rueda also stressed that respect is not the same as fear. He believes that the squad capable of beating Spain, the home is able to maintain the collectivity.

"We have great respect for Spain as one of the best teams in the world, but we're not afraid of any player," said Rueda. "They are very strong, but if we can work together well, beating Spain's not impossible. If we think can not win, better not play it all," he added firmly.

Senin, 07 Juni 2010

Merangsang Video Porno Luna Maya

Video Porno Luna Maya - Julia Perez denied that he made a tattoo with Luna Maya in Kent Kent's tattoo studio in Bandung, West Java. At that time, Jupe make scorpion tattoo.

Video Porno "I was never made in Kent Kent scorpion tattoo in Bandung there. But when it's not both Luna Maya. Gaston I accompanied the same time, "explained Jupe okezone when contacted by phone, Monday (07/06/2010).

When asked whether he knew Luna maya has a tattoo as well as himself, Jupe claimed not to know. "I do not want to join in. deh when it comes to that," he said.

Subject porn video 'Luna Maya-Ariel', Jupe claimed not want to interfere about it. "If it was only Luna asked. Anyway that's just their own affairs. I do not want to interfere people's business. Moreover, there is a problem like this. It's no exaggeration was the problem, sorry for Luna if exaggerated, "he concluded.

Previously the owner of a tattoo studio in Bandung, Kent Kent admitted that Luna Maya is often stopped by her own tattoo studio. He admitted that he had two years more familiar with Luna Maya. Several times, according to Kent, Julia Perez Luna came along. However, Kent said Luna was not a tattoo in place. He also did not know Luna's interest against tattoos.

Rabu, 02 Juni 2010

Kapal Mavi Marmara

Kapal Mavi Marmara - Nilufer Çetin se cacher avec son fils un ans dans la cabine de bain dans le navire Mavi Marmara lorsque les troupes israéliennes ont pris d'assaut le navire travaille à travers le blocus de la bande de Gaza, lundi (31/05/2010). "Le navire transformé en une mer de sang", a déclaré M. Cetin, des militants turcs.

Mavi Marmara - Cetin est arrivé hier de retour dans son pays après avoir accepté l'extradition en provenance d'Israël après avoir été averti que les conditions de détention sont trop lourdes pour son fils. Son mari, Ekrem, qui a travaillé comme ingénieur du navire, est toujours détenu Israéliens.

a déclaré aux journalistes à Istanbul, Cetin a déclaré l'horreur sur le petit matin du navire le lundi. navires israéliens ont perturbé convoi de navires transportant de l'aide dans la bande de Gaza pendant deux heures depuis 22:00 h le dimanche. navires israéliens retourné lundi à 4:00.

«Quand Mavi Marmara aller, la perturbation transformée en une attaque. Ils ont utilisé des bombes de fumée suivie larme bidons d'essence. Ils ont commencé à descendre du navire à partir d'hélicoptères», a déclaré M. Cetin.

heurts inévitables et, selon Cetin, très mauvaise et brutale. Il croit à la Marmara Mavi tout autant que 11 personnes ont été tuées.

D'autres militants dit que la violence qui peut leur arriver pendant le raid sur le convoi de six navires. Environ 400 militants que la Turquie était dans un convoi de plus de 30 militants de la Grèce et 20 activistes autre Etat.

"Ils (les soldats israéliens) viennent et l'utilisation des balles en caoutchouc. Nous avons été battus, soumis à des décharges électriques. Comment faire ce que nous pouvons réfléchir à leur utilisation", a déclaré Dimitris Gielalis, les militants à bord d'une origine grecque Sfendoni. Il est l'un des six militants qui sont retournés dans leur pays de la Grèce, mardi.

Aris Papadokostopoulos, d'autres activistes grecs, a déclaré, le convoi de secours à Gaza, qui était de 130 kilomètres au large de la côte de Gaza lorsque les troupes israéliennes raid a eu lieu. «Les navires de la Turquie en face de nous. Il ya toutes les agressions horribles de l'air, de la mer, de partout, avec des coups de feu, dit-il.

Au sommet d'un autre navire, un membre des commandos israéliens ont battu des militants mais aucune blessure grave. Papadokostopoulos gratuit Méditerranée à bord et qui porte des marchandises telles que des matériaux de construction, de fauteuils roulants, et une assistance médicale.

Cetin, militante turque, a dit qu'il connaissait les dangers auxquels sont confrontés. "Cependant, il ya des milliers de bébés dans la bande de Gaza. Si nous pouvions y arriver, nous allons jouer avec eux et leur donner quelque chose à manger", at-il dit.

Senin, 24 Mei 2010

Jadwal Siaran Langsung Piala Dunia 2010

Jadwal Siaran Langsung Piala Dunia 2010 - Legend and coach of national team (England), Argentina, Diego Maradona, assess, attacker Lionel Messi will more positively impact the team's performance at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa than when he defended Argentina in World Cup 1986 in Mexico.

"Messi better than when I play at the World Cup in 1986. He was the best player in the world and far better than others," said Maradona.

"In 1986, I use the ball in action. I grow and my colleagues to follow. Now, I have explained the same thing to Leo (Messi) about what to do in South Africa, and he understood."

"It is a Leo born in Argetina luck and I trained him. Anyone who does not understand, it is their problem."

"Messi is very aware that peers respected him. He must be a leader in the field. We need them as leaders in the squad and in the field."

"He must be a leader. When we played soccer and did not get to Messi, then slid the ball to me. However, I could not move, so then we made a mistake," said Maradona.

Kamis, 13 Mei 2010

Lowongan Kerja

Lowongan CPNS Depkeu 2010 - Residents asked for Population and Civil Sudin Central Jakarta, has entered the mobile ID card service of a full week. In order to avoid a high cost in extending the identity of their residence.

Lowongan CPNS "During this time, if you take care of ID card renewal through a third party, we must pay between Rp 100 thousand to $ 150 thousand. So, better take care of ID card through the mobile, for free, "said Halim Wijaya, on the sidelines of a mobile ID card service evenings at RT 06 RW 01 Kelurahan Mangga Dua Selatan, Sawah Besar, which led directly Kasudin Dukcapil Jakpus M. Hatta.

Also, residents have more time to extend his identity card at night, because their daytime work. "So, if you can service a full week, not just one night," said Halim again.

Responding to these residents desire, Plh Jakpus Rospen Sitinjak Mayor, who reviewed the service directly KTP Mobile said it will immediately respond to citizens. "We will learn again the desire of mobile ID card service. So, hopefully people will be fulfilled, "he said.

According Kasudin Jakpus Dukcapil M. Hatta, the mobile ID card service in RW 01 Mangga Dua Selatan, is a round number 43. Residents who extend his ID card were 112 people, while making birth certificates of service given to 67 residents. "Initially we were not serving the birth certificate, but apparently many residents who requested birth certificate services, then we immediately go to the table to serve citizens." He said.

Meanwhile, Sawah Besar District Head Darma Sembiring, said in addition to serving residents in perpajangan ID cards and birth certificates making, residents are also served in the renewal of driver's license, making good conduct letter Sawah Besar in cooperation with police, making a yellow card by the Labor party and Trasmigrasi, job info , examination of blood groups, consulting services IMB and City Planning, as well as weddings for free by KUA Besar.alumni Wetland District.

Senin, 10 Mei 2010

Yamaha Xeon 125

Yamaha Xeon - Salah satu teknologi yang begitu diunggulkan Yamaha pada Yamaha Xeon terbarunya adalah blok silinder dengan material diasil dan forget piston. Keduanya diklaim mampu meningkatkan reliability Yamaha Xeon, hingga akhirnya PT Yamaha Motor Kencana Indonesia (YMKI) berani memberikan garansi hingga 5 tahun untuk dua komponen ini.

“Sekarang yang konsumen cari bukan hanya irit. Percuma kalau irit tapi komponennya tidak awet. Malah jadinya lebih boros karena harus keluar dana besar untuk penggantian komponen,” ungkap M. Abidin, Manager Technical Department Service Division PT YMKI.

Sebelumnya dua komponen ini sudah dipakai di Yamaha Vixion dan Jupiter MX. Dan kali ini untuk pertama kalinya di pakai pada tipe skutik. Keunggulan diasil silinder adalah kekuatan permukaanya yang tidak mudah baret.

Sedang forget piston, piston yang dibuat dengan sistem tempa diklaim lebih ringan karena berbahan alumunium dan mampu melepas panas dengan cepat. “Bila dibandingkan dengan piston konvensional, suhunya bisa 20 sampai 30 derajat lebih rendah pada kondisi mesin bekerja,” lanjut Abidin.

“Sudah dilakukan tes hingga 50 ribu kilometer dan belom ada keausan. Padahal dengan teknologi piston dan blok silinder konvensional, biasanya baru 10 ribu kilometer sudah ada baret dan suara berisik di blok silinder,” jelasnya menutup obrolan.

Minggu, 02 Mei 2010

Cowboys in Paradise

Cowboys in Paradise - Regional (Police) started to examine the actors Bali documentary tells the story of a gigolo in Kuta Beach, Cowboys in Paradise, yesterday.

Bali Police chief Inspector General said the controversy over screening Sutisna Cowboys in Paradise has caused public outrage in Bali.

"Instead of this issue raises the case of a negative impact on Bali tourism image, better police to act decisively to take legal action," he said.

Head of Bali Police Public Relations Sugianyar add Kombes Gede, Bali police chief has instructed the Criminal Investigation Police ranks of Bali to follow up the case. To investigate the case, they have formed a special team.

The team also included, Coordinate Transnational Crime Team (TNCT) to explore the spread of the video.

Head of the Kuta Beach Task Force said Gusti Ngurah Tresna, since yesterday morning the actor Cowboys in Paradise collected at Kuta Beach Task Force Office. "Once collected, we invite them to come to the Bali Police. His status is not as suspects or witnesses, but is still in its early stages by the police asked for his statement," he said.

One actor gigolo, Warno aka Arnold, said that the film's director, Amit Virmani, once told him and other friends were learning to make movies.

He claimed not to know anything that Amit shooting done to himself and his friends to make a movie about the gigolo of Kuta Beach. Therefore, they feel cheated after the emergence of the documentary.

Among children the beach at Kuta Beach, the director of the Cowboys in Paradise is known as a figure of tourists who often visit Kuta Beach.

Senin, 26 April 2010

Funniest Picture

Gambar Gambar Lucu - I've never seen the original Death at a Funeral so watching this remake I had no idea what I was in for. I'm actually glad I didn't see the British version because then I'd be bothered with comparing it to the remake which can be annoying sometimes. Especially when the remake is happening just a few years after the original was released.

Gambar Lucu -Almost the entire cast assembled to talk about the remake. Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Zoe Saldana, Tracy Morgan, James Marsden, Regina Hall, Luke Wilson, Columbus Short and director Neil LaBute discussed everything from doing a remake to black comedies to James being naked. The press conference was actually really funny, unfortunately the studios won't let us video these so you're going to miss out on most of the funny stuff, like Tracy showing off his gut while Martin Lawrence looks in horror.

Still, it's a good read and those who liked ensemble comedies like Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins will hopefully enjoy Death at a Funeral as much as I did. It's a pretty funny and crazy flick.

By the way, if there's a stupid question in here it didn't come from me.

Death at a Funeral press conference

Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Danny Glover, Luke Wilson, James Marsden, Columbus Short, Regina Hall, Neil Labute

Chris Rock: Me, Martin and Tracy announce the new Kings of Comedy tour. Going out, nothin’ but arenas.

The genesis of this project, why you wanted to do this film?

Neil Labute: I guess the genesis for me was twofold. I’d been looking for a comedy for quite some time. Getting people to believe that you are able to do something other than what you’re known for in this town sometimes is difficult. Luckily the effect in this case was that Chris Rock had seen the movie and wanted to make a picture of it in the States. He’d worked with me 10 years ago, had a good experience and also had been a director in the last few years but wanted to act in terms of the production rather than act and direct. So he was interested knowing that I liked working with actors and scripts. Then I’d also worked with Screen Gems who were putting the film together. I’d done Lakeview Terrace with them, had a good experience and so those were an individual and a company or Clint Culpepper the head of that company who said, “Let’s take a chance on somebody doing something different.” There’s always been humor I think in what I do, sometimes unintentionally frankly, but I had never done a comedy other than Nurse Betty which had humor and scalpings coexisting. There’s never been just a straight up comedy, so it’s an expensive medium we work in. So to get a chance to do something, people have to say, “I’ll trust you with $15 million, $20 million.” So it’s a big amount of trust. Luckily, I was able to come into this and get a chance to work on what is essentially more flat out comedy than anything I’ve done before. So it already existed as an idea and even a script, and I came in at that point where Chris was really the only person in place at that time.

Is there such thing as “black” comedy and why is the white character driving a Saab?

Chris Rock: Driving a Saab? That was Neil’s choice. Neil’s in charge of car picking. Is there black comedy? I mean, there’s comedy that black people do. To me, it’s all just comedy to tell you the truth. I consider myself in the same line - - there’s Richard and Eddie and Cosby but I’m also a descendant of George Carlin and Rodney Dangerfield and all those guys like that. So I just mix it all up. When I was a kid, we didn’t think Rodney Dangerfield was a funny white guy. We just thought he was a funny guy.

Chris Rock: I saw the movie, one of the reasons I wanted to remake it, I saw it in an art house. I saw it like in a little theater, Angelica, whatever with like 10 people. Something to me just said this is like a pop movie. Why is this playing at an arthouse? Me and the other 10 people are laughing our asses off. Have you ever been in a theater with no people, “Waaaaa” just laughing. Because you normally need other people around to get rid of your inhibitions but we didn’t care. It was amazing.

Did you think it would take longer to make it and why did you think it would work with an American sensibility?

Chris Rock: I just thought the jokes would work in America. I thought you watch a lot of the movies out right now, comedy, we’re not doing a lot of one guy comedy right now. A lot of things are collaborations, something like Date Night right now or The Hangover is like a bunch of people. So I thought the fact that it had a lot of funny parts was perfect for me, not wanting to have to carry a whole movie. And also perfect, something a studio would really be into. So I thought it would work that way.

Zoe, talk about your scenes with James and working with this crew? Did it influence you?

Zoe Saldana: No, I don't think I’m funny at all. I don’t want to be but I just knew that this was going to be an amazing experience. Everything about the concoction of this project was appealing, from Neil Labute to Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, Danny Glover and the rest of all of us coming all the way down. Then I remember asking my team, “Well, who’s going to be playing the crazy boyfriend that’s high on substances?” And they’re like, “Oh, James Marsden.” I’m like, “Oh my God, yes, I’m totally…” It just felt to me like something I’ve never done before and it was a challenge. I saw the first one and I loved it. I’ve seen it like four or five times. Something about it just felt like, “Oh my God, that’s one thing that the entire world has in common, that’s funerals.” And everyone has a crazy family member. It didn’t matter if it was in England or if it was here in America or whatever. It was still, to me, not because I’m arrogant or anything but I kind of am, it was going to work and it was hysterical.

Funerals are supposed to be somber but often we end up laughing. Have you thought about how you’d like your own funeral to play out?

Chris Rock: I’m not sure. I think I want all the living presidents there. Carter, I want them all to be in shorts. Stanley Cup, you know, somewhere around. I haven’t given it that much thought. I want Jay-Z to rap the eulogy. “That nigga’ dead y’all.” Squeeze Oprah in there somewhere.

Who is responsible for such outstanding casting? What was the criteria?

Chris Rock: Clint Culpepper. I mean, Clint’s the man. I didn’t know Columbus. I didn’t know James. Clint’s like, “They’re in your movie.” I was like okay.

Columbus Short: No one knows me. No one knows me, Chris.

Chris Rock: But when we got Neil, a lot of actors really were like, “Oh yeah, I definitely want to work with Neil.” But when people started hearing Martin was doing it, it was like, “Oh, yeah!” It was like, “Oh, sh*t!” Tracy signed up but once Martin got on, it was like, “I’ve got to get in there! Don’t do that movie without me.” Once we got Martin, it was another movie.

How much of this movie was going off script?

Tracy Morgan: Well, I get to work, these are my champions right here so it was like for me, this whole panel is like the dream team. I’m playing with Barkley and Jordan, those guys so I might get a medal. I’ve got my shirt. I’m on the team. When I’m with Martin and Chris, I’m on the team. I might not start, I might not never play. But that’s okay. I’ve got my shirt. I played pro game. ??? So for me, that’s what it was for me. You know what I’m saying? It was the same thing going back to find my inspiration from the gate. From the gate it was just like what first made me want to do it from the jump was Chris and Martin. So now to actually get here and it’s for real now, it’s solidified. I’m in a movie, just for me to be seen, I’m sharing space with these guys so that’s how I feel about it.

James, we loved your rendition of Amazing Grace. Where did you draw your inspiration?

James Marsden: That was from Chris, I think. That was your addition, wasn’t it? I don't know, I thought it was funnier if it really was a sincere offering of condolences to Loretta. I remember Zoe and Columbus sitting there going, “You’ve got a voice, man. You’ve got to go for it.” I’m like, “I don't know if it’s funnier if he can sing. Maybe it’s better if he doesn’t sing well.” “No, no, no. Sing as gospel and ??? as you can. Just go for it.” That was like all right, all right. That on the last take became like inspired.

Being naked the whole movie, did you worry about catching cold?

Columbus Short: I caught the cold.

James Marsden: I gave the cold to Columbus. I gave the cold to Columbus’s cheek. No, they kept it nice and warm on set. They wanted me to be comfortable. Yeah, that was fun. I’ve always said, nudity’s not a problem for me but it must be in a comedy. I’d hate to be, I don't know, there’s something uncomfortable about asking for the audience, to be sincere to the audience or have to take it really seriously and get naked. If it’s for a joke, I’ll do it I guess.

You never had any doubts or qualms?

James Marsden: No, because I knew it was funny. I read the script on a flight from New York to LA and I didn’t know that there had been a British film already made so I just thought it was this great original kind of chamber piece about all the stuff that takes place at this funeral. I just thought the character was rich and I just kept reminding myself of what this guy has to endure unbeknownst to him and involuntarily. It was just always funny to me so I didn’t think twice about taking it off.

Tracy Morgan: Yeah, but you built like an Adonis.

James Marsden: That was like, is it funny?

Regina, where do you find your humor alongside these guys?

Regina Hall: Well, I was very excited to see the movie. I’d never worked with any of these four so I’ve watched all of them, all these three guys literally. I watched Martin every episode. I was like, “God, I can’t tell him. He’ll be like, ‘She’s stalking me.’” Chris I loved, Tracy on Saturday Night Live so I’ve been a fan. But I have to say they’re really giving and generous so to work with them was pretty easy.

Chris, your wife told an audience she’s the funniest one in the family. Is she funnier than you?

Chris Rock: Yes. Hey, I better not say no, right? I’m not going to get anything from that. There’s no upside to saying no.

Martin, after doing Roscoe Jenkins, what made you want to do another ensemble comedy?

Martin Lawrence: Well, my man Chris Rock gave me a call personally and when he first called, I was like, “Uh, sorry, Chris. I can’t do that.”

Chris Rock: I didn’t have a lot of money when I called him the first time.

Martin Lawrence: But then he sent me the British version and I thought it was very funny. Then when he told me it was about playing his brother, I just said I’ve got to be on board. Me and Chris we see each other probably every year and we’ve always talked about working together, working together. He came on the Martin show, I went on his show on HBO. We just finally got a chance to really do a movie together and it’s because he put it together so I’ve got to give my man the credit for that.

Chris Rock: And I’ve got to give Clint and Michael London the credit for getting Martin’s money. Martin was like, “It’d be a lot funnier if I had some money.” I respect that. Taught me how to negotiate. This script, boy, if you had a few million dollars, this script would be amazing.

Tracy Morgan: All singles in the roll. All singles. Up all night long counting that money. Get the change together, man. You need something strange with that change.

Martin, how does it make you feel that everyone is drawn to a film with you?

Martin Lawrence: It makes me feel good. For your peers to respect what you do and respect that you can bring something to it makes me feel good. Puts pressure on me to deliver but I’ve been doing that my whole career so I look forward to it and I’m very appreciative and thankful to have been a part of it.

Chris and Neil, is it more or less challenging to remake a movie than create something from scratch? Has Frank Oz seen it?

Neil Labute: Frank...

Chris Rock: I have no idea. Well, no one’s seen it except the press so I don't think he’s seen it yet.

Neil Labute: I don’t believe he’s seen it.

Neil Labute: For me I would say it’s a bit of each.

Chris Rock: Yeah, it’s a bit of each. I’ll say this. When you know a movie’s ending works, your life’s so much easier. It doesn’t make the rest of the movie not difficult in parts but boy, when you know. I’ve remade a few movies and they all have one thing in common, great endings. If you’re going to remake something, make sure that ending was tight. I would say it’s a little less challenging if you have a great ending. If you don’t have a great ending, don’t remake the movie.

Neil Labute: You know you’re climbing the same mountain but you want to find a new way to do it as well. You want it to be your own and yet, especially in this case, I think everyone went into it who had seen it really loved it. There was no sense of oh, we can make this better. It’s just we’re going to make it our own. It’s a whole different kind of family. The temperature was already 80 degrees above where this very reticent English family starts in the original. So if the temperature’s here, we wanted to keep that temperature going all the time, ratcheting up the humor. So how do you find those moments? And take big ensemble people. For me, the only drawback of the original is I think a few people are slighted along the way, some of the actors. I think to a person, those that were slighted in the original have much more to do and are funnier as characters in this particular version. And you have a lot to stand up for because people look at the first one as we do and are appreciative and say, “That’s really funny. Why are you remaking it?” Well, for a variety of reasons so I think you do have that to live up to as well. That is a challenge.

Columbus and Zoe both did this and The Losers. Which was first?

Columbus Short: This one.

What was the mindset like, the transition from comedy to ass kicking?

Columbus Short: To be honest with you, this movie prepared me so much to do the movie we did because I got to watch these three guys. To be honest, I signed on the movie to work with Peter Dinklage. No, honestly, to watch these three guys work and to go into an action movie, especially Martin with the movie that we made, me and Zoe, is in that vein, an ode to the Bad Boys, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard. And Martin did it amazing so to watch how he works comedically and his timing really helped me to go into the next project.

Zoe Saldana: And just it really helped that we play brother and sister in this movie because we have yet to find out, we’ve been on an inquisition since last year.

Columbus Short: We have the same father.

Zoe Saldana: We think. We honestly do think that we have the same father. Our mothers just haven’t told us yet. It really helped us because by the time we got to Puerto Rico, then we felt confident enough to push each other as actors. Even though our characters really didn’t have much to do with each other, but we were there as brother and sister sort of off camera and that was pretty awesome, especially at night. No, no, not like that. Guys, that’s it everybody, so nice to meet you all. I mean, in the casinos, you guys. Come on, Puerto Rico’s got a ton of casinos. Oh my God.

Columbus Short: Oh God, Zoe. Way to go.

We’re live streaming.

Zoe Saldana: Are you? No. Okay, so then you know what? Mommy, then you know what, then let’s correct that. When I say at night, I mean because after work we’d always go to the hotel. In the lobby it was like the cast and the crew. We would have a drink and sort of just unwind and talk about the day and everything because we were doing a lot of action sequences.

Columbus Short: You blew it already.

Zoe Saldana: That’s it. It’s out. Columbus and I are having an affair.

Back to casting, was this supposed to be a black version of the film?

Chris Rock: I don't know. It’s weird. I mean, I was the lead I guess. I mean, I was Aaron and I’m black. Okay, it’s me, Martin and Tracy. Can you name three white comedians that more white people would come and see? I’ll outsell any white guy. If I said no black people can go see me next week in LA, I would still sell more tickets ??? So I just consider myself a comedian. I’m a black man and I’m down for the struggle, but I’m a comedian. I’m a comedian. When you say black, it’s like a movie for a certain amount of people.

Tracy Morgan: Splittin’ the market.

Chris Rock: I’ve seen Martin Lawrence in front of thousands and thousands of white people.

Tracy Morgan: And Puerto Ricans. Puerto Ricans love him.

It’s a black family.

Chris Rock: Yeah, it’s a black family but it’s just when you say it that way, sometimes it feels like it’s smaller. He’s a black guy in Big Momma’s House but would you call that a black movie?

Yes.

Chris Rock: Really? I hope we make that kind of money. Can’t win.

Columbus Short: Who said black movies don’t make money?

Chris Rock: No, I mean like big. Big Momma’s House was huge.

Martin Lawrence: I’m just - - [where did I start on that???] but Runteldat, we’re interested in producing anything that’s good, anything that brings the moolah. I don't know, a lot of things that I’m reading just doesn’t feel worth putting my name on. I’m not going to just produce something just for the sake of producing. I met so many producers in this game and all that and so many people are just faking the funk. They’re not even delivering. They just want the title to walk around Hollywood to get cocktails just to say they’re doing. So if I do it, I want to do it because it’s something I believe in. I believe it’s something that has a potential to be successful and those are the projects that I get behind.

Compare this comedy to others you’ve done like Road Trip?

Luke Wilson: You mean Old School.

[LAUGHTER drowns out more jokes]

Luke Wilson: I don't know, just I like the idea that it was a big ensemble and the fact that Neil was directing. Yeah, you hear that these three guys are going to be in it, it’s just an unbelievable trio. I always think about like a few years ago I was down in the Caribbean. I went to this little island. I walked on the island and everybody was like, “BLUE STREAK!!!” Martin and I had done this movie, everybody down there, that was like their favorite movie. I told a friend, “Wait until you see the reaction I get when you walk on this island. It’s like ‘BLUE STREAK, Martin, his idiot partner, this is the guy!’” So I thought if I could work with all these guys, I could go back and like run for mayor on one of these islands. No, I just love the idea of working with all these guys, all these people and a funny part in something, I don't know if it’s different, but it definitely was a part that appealed to me.

Is it easier or more fun to work in an atmosphere like this as opposed to CopOut where you’re front and center?

Tracy Morgan: For me it was easier because the pressure is really off. You realize that, coming from Saturday Night Live, I worked with all these people so when you have all these people, you know you’re not doing it by yourself. You don’t have to do it so you don’t feel the pressure. Everybody else, we all know our roles in it. It was just bring who you are. Bring your bag of funny and that was it. There’s no pressure for me to hold the whole movie. I’m working with these guys so that’s how it was. You learn to win. You learn that from Michael Jordan. In his first six seasons, he couldn’t win a championship because you’ve got to use your other teammates. That’s what it was. He learned to win once he discovered Scotty and Horace Grant and all those guys so it was a team. Yeah, it wasn’t me, Tracy Morgan movie. This was Death at a Funeral so it was easier.

Martin, would you ever consider a return to prime time TV?

Martin Lawrence: I would never say never but right now I’m really enjoying doing films. I just love doing films and standup so I’d just rather concentrate on that but never say never. I have some other things coming on TV One so make sure you check it out. Love that girl, so you check it out.

James, how much was on the page and how much did you create in the moment? Zoe, did anything he did surprise you?

James Marsden: I had to apologize to Zoe before every take actually because I said, “Zoe, I’m sorry but will you just indulge me? I’m going to try something.” And she said, “Stop it, stop it, stop it. You’re on acid. Do your thing.” The script was always really, really strong and we always went in and did what was scripted because it was great. It was flawless but I thank Neil for this but he afforded me a certain amount of creative license to have this balance of going in prepared but also allowing yourself to remain relatively obtuse or open to finding things throughout the day. So it was a great environment to go in. I was definitely allowed to find things that maybe weren’t necessarily always there but that was just part of - - you had to be open to that to be out there in space like I was.

Tracy Morgan: Can I say something too? I’d like to make an announcement. Me and Luke, we’re going to rewrite The Love Boat. We’re rewriting The Love Boat. We’re going to redo The Love Boat. Columbus is going to play Gopher. You’re playing Captain Stubin. We’re thinking about redoing Orca.

Zoe Saldana: I would watch that. I would totally watch that. Going back to your question, the funniest thing that Jimmy did that wasn’t so funny, but it kind of was too, was that the scene where he’s supposed to be completely naked on the rooftop and I’m supposed to open the window and go, “What are you doing? Come back inside. Blah blah blah.” He didn’t give me any warning that he had taken off his pants. So I’m talking with Luke inside and then Neil yells, “Action.” I open the window and said, “What?” I’m just like, “Look at his eyes.” I just kept looking at his face.

Columbus Short: I think she was a little appalled at the size.

Zoe Saldana: I was just, I could’ve been prepared to know that he was going to be naked so I felt really - - it’s awkward. You’re embarrassed, he’s embarrassed and then they yell cut and I yell at him. I’m like, “Next time if you don’t tell me I’m going to punch you. I just need to be ready.” He’s like, “Thank you so much. You were such a gentleman. You kept looking at me in my eyes.” I wouldn’t look down.

James Marsden: I wasn’t embarrassed.

Columbus Short: I was embarrassed.

Chris, did this film resonate on a personal level, since you’ve lost your father?

Chris Rock: I guess I went there a little bit. My father to the best of my knowledge never f*cked a midget. Let’s hope he didn’t. You know what’s weird. I remember one draft of the script - - yes, I definitely thought about my father and giving a eulogy. I didn’t give the eulogy at my dad’s funeral but I definitely went there a little bit mentally, yes.

Columbus, James and Tracy, did you really touch?

Columbus Short: Yes, I really touched his dangle. The thing about it is it’s funny because I’m not going to say any names but Buke Bilson rhymes with didn’t want to do it.

Luke Wilson: It’s not that I didn’t want to do it. I had a charity event that day. [LAUGHTER]

Columbus Short: So Neil came to me so, so like cocky saying, “Look, Columbus. You wanna, you wanna?” And I said yeah, of course. I’d seen James for a month and a half at that point just making a fool out of himself every day throwing himself out there. Why wouldn’t I do it? It was aggressive. It was aggressive. Like “Don’t touch me. Don’t touch me.” I didn’t want to touch you. I didn’t want to be touched and I’m going to be honest, guys, and I’m a completely heterosexual male, he’s packing a nice little ??? I’m like, “Is your mother’s name Juanita?”

Tracy, was your hand really down there?

Tracy Morgan: It was. I’m a method actor. It was real poop. It was everything. He ate some pork and beans and franks. Chris and Neil slipped him some Ex Lax so the old man went hard on me. Went hard, you know. And he had a bit of chicken loaf.

Luke, how much concentration did it require to play straight?

Luke Wilson: I’ve worked with funny guys before, guys like Will Ferrell so you are conscious of trying to concentrate because you never want to start to laugh during scenes because you will ruin a take. The problem is you get people like Tracy. They see it start in your eyes that you’re going to laugh and then they just start driving you. I would do a thing where if you were Tracy, I’d just kind of look off to the side and be waiting because I’m just waiting for my lines, not even listening to what he’d say just so I could get through the scene. Yeah, you’ve got to focus because these guys are so funny and the script was good and the stuff they’d add was really funny too. So you never want to ruin something.

Tracy Morgan: We had a competition when we were in the car with Danny Glover.

Luke Wilson: We had this competition who could say Mel Gibson’s character from Lethal Weapon.

Tracy Morgan: Riggs.

Luke Wilson: Danny Glover would sleep a lot when he was in the car. The game was he’d wake up and we’d be going, “Riggs.” [LAUGHTER] I’d be like, “No, wait, wait.”

Tracy Morgan: He would wake up and go, “Y’all crazy.” Go back to sleep.

[OVERLAPPING and LAUGHTER]

Tracy Morgan: You’ve got a sack of short shorts. When you go in for rebound, half his ass cheek is hanging out the bottom of his shorts.

How careful did you have to be to make sure you don’t make fun of Peter Dinklage’s height?

Chris Rock: I mean, me and Neil we talked about it a lot.

Neil Labute: We never really wanted to be - - we actually liked the fact that every time they refer to him it’s “the guy in the leather jacket” or “the dude who was over by the coffin.”

Tracy Morgan: You don’t want to get your ass kicked by small folks. It’s down south after that, you know.

How did you blend your personas and make it work so well?

Neil Labute: You have people who have gifts in various areas. They started out in standup comedy, became comic actors and they’re just really actors. So they gravitate toward a part and they want to play that part. Not that they can’t do beyond what’s on the page. They can riff for 20 minutes and get right back into, I think Tracy occasionally would go and do something that was so funny, and then you’re listening to it thinking, “I think he just said he was molested. We can use that for the character” then he would go back to the script and on we would go. One of the great things, I thought, in terms of everybody was the fact that we shot on video. It allowed people to just work and never have to be stopped by the crew running out of camera, hair in the gate, none of the stuff that can happen when you shoot on film. I think the personalities here really threw everything at a take one after the other until they had nothing left to give. Chris would say, “I’m done. I’ve got nothing.” It’s like I’ve given every idea I can throw at this. So you don’t want to be the one to say, “Oh, sorry, we have to cut” and try to get that scene back up. so I think the atmosphere was just they created one. People tended to stay on set. We even put a green room on set where actors could go and stay rather than go to the trailers. So people wanted to see what other people were doing and I think that’s part of what comedy is, getting an immediate reaction from people and your first audience are the people who you’re working with. So you get a sense of how the character is working by what you’re doing.

Luke Wilson: I was around so much on the lot just because I wanted to be around these guys, people thought that I was lying about being in the movie. I’d go up, I’d watch these guys work, go walk around, visit friends. “Luke says he’s working on this Death at a Funeral but we never see him on the set.”

Chris, is there anything else you’d like to remake?

Chris Rock: I’m getting ready, I’m writing a movie actually for Mike Nichols. I’m doing High and Low, getting that together now. That’s a remake of a Kurasawa thing. That may be next, I’m not sure.

Was Tony Cox not available for the Dinklage role?

Neil Labute: This may be one of the first remakes that actually has an actor repeat his very role. We gave him sort of the rough trade version of the original. We gave him a leather jacket and grew a little bit of a bear and he had a slightly nastier attitude to going after the money. But I thought it was a very inspired idea in the first place. As I understand it, it was Frank Oz’s idea in the first place to have that character played by Peter. We thought it was kind of a genius idea to have him come back. It’s always nice to have a nod toward the original. That was a pretty clear one.

Chris Rock: We actually read Tony Cox. Clint always had this trailer line in his head about “So let me get this straight. Dad was having sex with a midget and you’re mad ‘cause he’s white?” So Clint’s like, “I don't care what you do, but you better make sure you can say that line.” It was Clint. It was Clint and Neil brought up Dinklage, I remember that but Clint had this line. He was locked to this line. I think we had to go back and shoot it, like we didn’t even shoot it at first. Clint made us come back to the set.

Any final words?

Chris Rock: I think we made an American family comedy. Despite the R, I think this is a movie you can see with your whole family. This is a movie for absolutely everybody. That’s what I think.

Chris Rock: Big, great cast. Black, white. All the black people that aren’t in a Tyler Perry movie right now are in this movie. If you like it, please spread the word.

Martin, when did you say you’ll start to do work under your own umbrella?

Martin Lawrence: I didn’t say. I just said I want to produce really good movies under the umbrella.

2010, 2011?

Martin Lawrence: You know what? I’ve got Big Momma coming next. Me and Jaime Foxx are doing a movie.

Sheneneh and Wanda?

Martin Lawrence: Sheneneh and Wanda, yes. No, it was not a hoax. You guys should check it out.

Sabtu, 24 April 2010

Astrological Signs

Zodiak Gemini is the sign of the twin, so take that into consideration first and foremost. Known for their split personalities, they need a submissive companion sign to handle their on again, off again moods.

That submissiveness isn't something they are likely to find in large amounts should they find themselves falling for Aries.

Rather, when the chameleon-like Gemini has changed his/her personality one too many times, you can bet your lucky ram's horn keychain that the surefooted Aries is going to fly.

Gemini also has a deficit in the "seeing what's right in front of them" department, while Aries is prone to infidelity (Mr. Jesse James, I presume?).

This love match, in most cases, will be more volatile than a pinball machine. Tilt.

Famous Gemini-Aries couples: Sandra Bullock (Gemini) and Jesse James (Aries), and Warren Beatty (Aries) and Annette Bening (Gemini).

Rabu, 21 April 2010

A Mobile Phone

Daftar Harga Hp Nokia Terbaru 2010 - If Marilyn Monroe had been born in a different decade, she might have had to change the words of her song. A girl’s best friend, it seems, is no longer diamonds... but a mobile phone.

Harga Nokia X5 - According to a survey conducted by communications company Sprint Nextel, more than half of the women polled made the majority of their calls on their mobile phones, and 37 percent of them wanted their phones on hand at all times. Only 30 percent of men wanted to be available to bosses and partners anywhere, anytime.

But women’s love of their phones isn’t limited to keeping it close. They also want it to be unique. Some 54 percent of women in the survey had downloaded ringtones, compared to 42 percent of the men, and many personalized them too.

For example, women use their phones to take pictures of taxi drivers in an effort to guarantee personal safety.

And the time-honored blind date could soon fall out of fashion, if the report's conclusions are correct. More people might use phones to check out a potential date before actual meeting, or use video calls as part of an interactive dating.

None of this should come as surprise to anyone who has ever seen a teenage girl with a telephone or the inside of a woman’s wardrobe. While men see their mobile phones as tools that let them arrange meetings or exchange information, women see them as devices that allow them to stay in touch and maintain their social networks. And while men are attracted by features and buttons, for women, phones are fashion accessories that make a statement about who they are.

The good news for men though is that while a phone in a box is unlikely to make a good marriage proposal, they do make cheaper gifts than precious stones.

Minggu, 18 April 2010

Academy Of Country Music 2010

ACM Awards 2010 - Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D" will premiere on April 17 in Las Vegas. Chesney will be on hand to present the concert film, which also incorporates archival footage, still pictures and backstage moments with his own reflections on the fans, memories made and the motivation he draws on.

ACM Awards - On Sunday, Chesney performs at the Academy of Country Music Awards, where he is nominated for 4 more awards: Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Vocal Event for I'm Alive with Dave Matthews and producing that single.

Chesney said, "I stand on those stages every night - and I can't believe the energy those fans bring night after night. But watching all the footage that went into this film, it's amazing to see this show not just from the Goodyear blimp, all over the stadium, but literally from the band's perspective. Seeing that made me want to bring people even further into who I am and what this journey has been made of. To see this, it's not just the excitement of one of the shows, it's a real sense of who I am, how I got here and what the fans mean to me."

The film was directed by Joe Thomas, a music industry veteran who has recorded such artists ranging from Billy Idol to Paul McCartney to Brian Wilson to Elton John, and as director and producer, has shot more than 100 concerts, including Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews, Tom Petty, in high definition and digital surround sound.

The footage comes from filming over six nights in five locations - Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, Foxboro, Mass. and Indianapolis - during his Sun City Carnival Tour.

Selasa, 13 April 2010

Monica Malpass

Monica Malpas - Yesterday, the news broke that Monica Malpass’ ex-fiance was suing the 6 ABC anchor to get his engagement ring back.

Steve Thorne filed a lawsuit in Common Pleas Court alleging that he bought the ring for $78,000 at a Yardley jewelry store on June 15. After dating for just about four months, the couple became engaged. But, the lawsuit says, three weeks later Thorne broke off the engagement. Malpass wanted more children, and he did not, despite getting a reverse vasectomy.

Malpass, you may remember, was previously married to David Cutler, the real estate developer. The two had a nasty divorce a few years back, and the lawsuit says Thorne agreed to keep it quiet so Malpass wouldn’t have to endure the same problems as last time. It also says during that, during the last split, “Malpass lost her job for a three-week period as a result of the turmoil.”

So why all the fuss over, well, Monica Malpass? I was unsure as well, until a reader sent me a link to the photo above from Phillymag. And now I understand.

Sabtu, 10 April 2010

BlackBerry Onyx with optical trackpad

Blackberry Onyx - We’ve been saying that this would be the case for as long as we can remember, but today a new photograph has emerged which lends irrefutable evidence to our long-standing claim. The BlackBerry 9020, for now known by its codename Onyx, will be shipping out retail-style with an optical trackpad in lieu of the trackball. Based on the photograph above it’s impossible to tell if what we’re looking at is a late prototype or an early production unit, but seeing as the Onyx has already begun its factory journey we certainly can’t rule the later out. Mmmm, optical goodness.

Blackberry - I love it how everyone jumped on the “new case same old shit” bandwagon after BGR’s RIM essay. In my opinion and many others currently the blackberry is irreplaceable, and for many its not and they obviously use other devices such as iphone etc. Why the need to comment about something that doesn’t work for you, that I don’t get. I guess that’s fanboy talk. Regardless I think RIM is improving its devices with every new one, and yes I would like a kick ass browser and a better OS but who says they are not working on it.

I’m sure the haters will be tuning in for the apple announcement so they can start trashing it. Funny, how there is always more comments against apple in an apple posting, but the majority of folks here are anti-apple. Its no surprise, this time of year is when announcements for Apple happens. Bottomline: just enjoy whatever you have and don’t even bother tuning in if you really don’t like Apple. Hey, I like the Droid and android in general and nice to have a choice. Its when people go out of way into another posting to keep telling you made an idiotic choice is what grinds my gears. Iphone users love their phones, so you can bash Jobs/apple being a shrewd, arrogant and lying businessman but in this world nice guys don’t finish first and just look at the end result…..sales. On the other hand, I see apple fans going into android postings too, but certainly more on the android side.

Rabu, 07 April 2010

Ramalan Rahasia

Zodiak Entertainment today announces that it will increase its 35% share in Mumbai-based Sol Production to 51%. Zodiak Entertainment is a leading creator, producer and distributor of multi-genre content for TV, cinema, internet and mobile. Part of the De Agostini Group, Zodiak Entertainment is comprised of more than 30 highly successful production companies including Diverse, Mastiff, Marathon, Jarowskij, Magnolia, Sol, RM 5to Elemento and Yellow Bird.

Launched by former UTV Executive Producers Kamna Nirula Menezes and Fazila Allana in January 2003, Sol Production became part of the Ramalan Zodiak Entertainment Group in 2008. “The partnership has met the targets set out in the original agreement,” says a statement, “which would result in a stake increase.” Sol’s programming includes some of the highest rated shows to air in India. The finales of the celebrity match-making reality show Swayamvar have drawn audiences of 38m and 25.4m viewers for series one and two respectively. Sol also produces the long-running teen drama Kya Mast Hai Life for Disney Channel in India.

New CEO Keshav Kaul joins Sol Production from Indian broadcaster Star TV where he held the position of Associate VP/Strategic Planning. Keshav will run Sol’s commercial business, spearheading its plans for expansion into new regions, and genres.

Patrick Svensk, SVP Mergers and Acquisitions/Business Development at Zodiak Entertainment said “We are very excited to announce our fortified relationship with Sol Production. They are absolute champions in their field and but still have great potential for more growth. We look forward to further reaping the rewards of our partnership over the long term.”

Fazila Allana, MD/Sol production said “We are very pleased that Zodiak Entertainment is further increasing its stake in Sol. We have received tremendous support from the group and benefited from the resources available to us which have improved our knowledge of the international marketplace. With an even stronger team in place now that Keshav has joined, we are feeling very positive about Sol’s future growth.”

“The stake increase will not impact the day to day running of Sol Production. Sol will retain its independent status and the Sol brand,” said a statement.

Sabtu, 03 April 2010

Program Gives Autistic Students

Cathy Sharon - When the students in his class at NHS Human Services Autism School in Whitney pass around cheese curls to eat, Curren, 16, of Greensburg immediately has to wash off the orange powder left on his fingers. But when his boss at Adam and Eve Pet Station near Latrobe asks him to dig into a bag of hay and pull out handfuls to put in a rabbit cage, Curren obliges happily.

Cathy Sharon Hot - "Try to get it around the bowl here," pet store owner David Shultz tells Curren as he scoops up one last handful. "That's good!"

Curren's foray into the working world is part of NHS Human Services' transition program for autistic students who attend the organization's schools in Herminie and Unity.

It's an opportunity for autistic students at the two NHS schools in Westmoreland County to go out into the community, learn about different jobs and hone their skills so they're ready to work when they graduate from high school at age 21.

"If we don't start early, we're really setting them up for failure when they turn 21," said Sharon Greene, senior director of the schools.

With the unemployment rate for autistic adults as high as 80 percent and with one in 110 American children being diagnosed with the developmental disorder, the need to better prepare the students for adulthood takes on urgent importance, said Dr. Cathy Pratt, board chairwoman of the Autism Society of America.

"As the numbers increase, if these individuals are graduating into unemployment that means there will be a greater stress put on our economy and our social services," Pratt said. "We spend a lot of resources on early intervention and on educational programs and individuals are going to spend more of their years as adults than as children."

The schools began strengthening their transition services for students ages 14 and older last fall.

At the beginning of the school year, NHS opened laboratory work sites at both schools where kids could learn vocational skills, including office work, food preparation and horticulture.

They've put together pizza boxes and have done collating for offices in preparation for the real world.

About a month ago, students about age 16 began going out into local businesses to put what they learned in school to the test.

Tiffany Baer, an NHS intern, called businesses throughout the county to find places willing to give the students a chance. Some businesses were reluctant, Baer said, because they don't understand autism.

But those business operators who stepped forward have embraced the program.

"They work so well with the kids, and they're so willing to give us a chance," Baer said.

At Adam and Eve, students clean animal cages, feed fish and do other tasks to prepare Shultz for his business day.

"They come in on time, and they pick it up really well," Shultz said.

Curren said cleaning the cages is his favorite part of working at Adam and Eve.

"I want to have a job at the Pittsburgh Zoo to take care of the animals," Curren said.

The students get an opportunity to learn about a variety of jobs. NHS students have been going to Unique Pizza in Unity, Allante Hair Designs and Spa in Greensburg, and New Haven Court nursing home and Align Chiropractic, both in Hempfield, for their job experiences.

Students go to a site once a week and they rotate among businesses for variety, Greene said.

On a recent day, chiropractor Leah Samuels had some students placing Align Chiropractic labels on water bottles she is donating to a charity walk while another student cleaned the office.

She thinks she'll have the students do some office work, such as filing.

"As I learn their skills better, we'll try to find things that will make their skills grow," Samuels said.

Cassie Maywood, 15, found her skill set, cleaning the chiropractor's office.

She wiped down exam tables, dusted window blinds and vacuumed the floors. While she liked cleaning and did so with gusto, Maywood said her favorite job experience has been at the pet store working with the mice and birds.

Greene said NHS is preparing to open a new center in Greensburg in the fall where the transition program will be housed. Students will go there to develop portfolios, undergo evaluations and work on job skills.

"We can help them figure out what is it they want. Is it possible they are going to go onto education after they graduate? Are they going to need supported employment? Are they going to be able to do independent employment?" Greene said.

Selasa, 30 Maret 2010

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz

Sony ericson Vivaz - If you are looking for a cool touch screen mobile phone that not only looks good, but can capture high quality images and record videos in high definition, then the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Red is the mobile phone that you have been looking for. No other touch screen mobile phone will be able to offer you this feature.

Vivaz Red Display

With the phone’s large touch screen display, you are sure to enjoy your high quality images and videos in high definition. With a large 3.2 inch display, no squinting will ever be required. This TFT display is capable of displaying more than 16 million colors, and has a resolution of 360 x 640 pixels. Viewing your videos and images on this phone will surely be pleasurable. Once the phone is rotated, you get to enjoy everything on a wide screen.

Vivaz Memory

With all the recording and image capturing you will be doing on this touch screen mobile phone; it will need a lot of memory space to accommodate your shooting and recording. This phone has 75 MB of internal memory, but is capable of storing up to 16 GB in its external microSD.

Vivaz Red Camera Power

You will not find a more powerful camera phone compared to the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Red. Equipped with an 8.1 megapixel camera, you are sure to capture only the most high quality images and record every video in high definition. Aside from the camera supremacy, this phone has an assortment of image and video enhancements that will surely take capturing and recording on a mobile phone to a whole new level.

With autofocus and face detection, you get to focus on any face or on any object at all times. With geo-tagging, you will always get to know where an image was captured. With an image stabilizer, there will no longer the possibility of blur. With smile detection, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Red is sure to capture a smile whenever it is made. With digital 4x zoom, all the rich details will be noticed, and with flash and a video light, no lighting conditions will ever be insufficient.

You are not the only one who will notice the rich details and quality of the images you capture and the videos you record. With high speed internet capabilities, the whole world will discover your talent as soon as you upload them to your favorite social network.

No other mobile phone can offer you image and video prowess. With the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Red, you paint it red in HD.

Sabtu, 27 Maret 2010

Gelar Kehormatan Messi

Jadwal Siaran Langsung Piala Dunia 2010 - Tak diragukan lagi jika sosok Lionel Messi saat ini menjadi pebola paling bersinar. Semua telah berhasil direngkuhnya bersama Barcelona. Namun satu hal yang belum bisa diwujudkan Leo.

Jadwal Piala Dunia 2010 - Penyerang mungil Argentina ini belum pernah merasakan memenangkan Piala Dunia. Messi sadar, trofi itu akan menjadi syarat dirinya menjadi legenda sepakbola layaknya Diego Maradona yang kini menjadi pelatihnya di timnas.

"Untuk menjadi seorang legenda dan menjadi yang terbesar, Anda juga harus memenangkan Piala Dunia," ujar Messi kepada El Mundo.

Pemain Terbaik Dunia dan Eropa 2009 ini memang tinggal menyisakan satu ambisi dalam hidupnya. Trofi tertinggi di dunia sepakbola kini menjadi buruan penyerang 22 tahun ini.

Semua masih tanda tanya memang, namun melihat sepak terjang Messi bersama Barca tentu tak berlebihan jika Argentina tetap ditempatkan sebagai salah satu kandidat di Piala Dunia 2010 mendatang. Meski tim besutan Maradona ini sempat terseok-seok di kualifikasi.

Bersama Barca, Messi telah mencetak 25 gol musim ini di pentas La Liga, termasuk dua hattricksnya di dua laga terakhir Blaugrana. Sepanjang karirnya di Barcelona, Messi telah memenangkan satu trofi Piala Dunia Antarklub, dua trofi Liga Champions, tiga gelar La Liga dan satu trofi Copa del Rey.

Minggu, 14 Maret 2010

Hiddink Ogah Latih Pantai Gading

Jadwal Piala Dunia 2010 - Pupus sudah harapan Pantai Gading untuk meminang Guus Hiddink selama Piala Dunia 2010. Hiddink hanya ingin fokus menangani tim nasional Turki.

Jadwal Piala Dunia- Meski sudah menandatangani kontrak dengan timnas Turki, namun Hiddink diminati Pantai Gading untuk menangani Didier Drogba hanya selama Piala Dunia 2010. Namun, Hiddink menegaskan hal seperti itu tidak akan terjadi.

Hiddink mengungkapkan dirinya menjaga komitmen awal dengan timnas Turki. Terlebih pelatih asal Belanda ini tidak ingin kehilangan sejumlah pertandingan ujicoba dengan timnas Turki.

“Jika saya menandatangani kontrak dengan Pantai Gading, maka kemudian saya akan kehilangan sejumlah pertandingan. Dan sejujurnya, saya tidak pernah berpikir ini ada hubungannya dengan saya,” ujar Hiddink kepada De Telegraaf.

Turki sendiri akan melakukan sejumlah pertandingan persahabatan melawan Republik Irlandia, Republik Ceko dan Amerika Serikat.

Sementara itu, Pantai Gading sepertinya harus mencari kandidat pelatih lainnya. Didier Drogba dan kawan-kawan akan memulai petualangan di Piala Dunia dengan menghadapi Portugal pada 15 Juni mendatang. Setelah itu mereka akan menghadapi Brasil dan Korea Utara.

Selasa, 23 Februari 2010

ESPN Suspended Kornheiser for Being Kornheiser

Hannah Storm - Tony Kornheiser led his radio show Tuesday by reiterating that his remarks about Hannah Storm were "intemperate and stupid remarks" before addressing the news of his suspension from PTI:

"As a result of this, I have been sent to sidelines from PTI for a while and when I'm allowed back on PTI, I will happily go back because I love the PTI show and love all the people on the PTI show.

"I've said about 1,000 times, while doing radio in my life, the following sentence: if you put a live microphone in front of somebody, eventually, that person will say something wrong. This was one of the times I said something wrong. Beyond that, you can call me and ask me for comment. I'm not going to do it. It seems to me that, without any question, I broke the rules and this is the punishment that's come."

Honestly, I love Tony and have been on record about 1,000 times myself that the reason I do a show every day is because Kornheiser showed me a better way to do talk radio. His show, over the length and breadth of his time on radio, has been the best show around. That's it. That's the list.

Having said that, it doesn't mean anyone should care what he says. Kornheiser has made a living trashing other people for any myriad of reasons – for everything from his own amusement to professional sabotage of others in the business (and for those regular Mr. Tony listeners, by the business, I mean the industry.).

Heck, we even designed Death Star Radio charity t-shirts with the saying "Help Friends. Hurt Enemies. Have a good time."

Except this time, it seems Kornheiser didn't hurt his enemies, he took an uncontested shot at a fellow ESPN employee. So slap on the wrist he gets. As I said on Monday, while this may have been the most pointed attack at Storm's attire on SportsCenter, it was by no means the first for Kornheiser. I wasn't surprised when Kornheiser apologized, but frankly, I’m surprised that the apology wasn't enough.

Reports indicate that Kornheiser will be off PTI for "a few days" which is like giving a kid an out-of-school suspension for pantsing a girl in the lunch line. Will there be more to this? Will Kornheiser have to make a formal apology on ESPN's air upon his return to PTI or will his radio apology – on a local ESPN affiliate in Washington, D.C. – be enough to satiate the PC police in Bristol?

I guess we'll have to stay tuned…which is obviously what ESPN wants anyway.
UPDATE - ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz sent over this quote from John Skipper:
"Tony Kornheiser's comments about Hannah Storm were entirely inappropriate. Hurtful and personal comments such as these are not acceptable and have significant consequences. Tony has been suspended from PTI for two weeks. Hannah is a respected colleague who has been an integral part of the success of our morning SportsCenter."
John Skipper, ESPN Executive Vice President, Content

Selasa, 16 Februari 2010

How to Play the Blues Scale

Arisan Brondong - If you have an inclination towards playing the guitar especially the Blues Scale, you should know there are so many methods of playing them. In fact, there are hundreds of different options regarding the method of playing Blues Scale. There various variation that this style has. It is not only a traditional way of playing the guitar but the most well known one at the same time. There are various things that you need to know and follow, which would help you play not only Blues Scale but would ensure that you could play it well. Below are some tips that you to learn how to play them and play them well.

Film Arisan Brondong - Technique of playing the Blues Scale is defiantly important to start with, but that is not the only thing, as the students misunderstand. We tend to learn something and try to practice it to excel. However, this is music. This doesn’t work that way. To be the best with the Blues Scale of the guitar you must first learn the basic technique and don’t rush to excel in the same. When you would use your heart and soul, the best blues sound would start to flow. Learning and practicing only the technique would do no good. It is important to touch and feel the emotion captured in a song and later concentrate of the technique. Simple rule is that if the emotional temperament of the song is captured half the battle is won. Speed would follow later.

Get comfortable with the rhythm of the blues and then it would be easier for you to progress on the learning path. “Swung” is the most known feel. The straight 4/4 timing is used for most of the blues and other genres of music; it is easy on ear & easy to play as well. Get serene with this first to progress better in the field of learning blues scale.

Be familiar with the fret-bard of the guitar. Licks should be learned with all its different variation possible, this being the soul of the Blues Scale. Start with the licks that you are comfortable with and progress to the more challenging once later. Experiment with the licks that you know, this would not only help you to get used to the various neck position but also help to have different keys.

Slide guitar would help you stand out from the rest of the crowd that plays blues. This is simply because that the use of slide guitar is itself an art. It is difficult and that is why many people don’t attempt that. Having said that blues would sound distinguished if played on this one. Master the art of playing the slide guitar and try the blues on it – fame would follow.

The Blues Scale is the best to learn, while learning it you should go through it without leaving a stone unturned. The scale is used in many different kind of music; hence, learning it would be quite beneficial.

The Pet Shop Boys Are Back

With more then 50 million worldwide record sales since 1986, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have carried their English, electronic dance music duo through over two decades of success. This success continues to their latest album, Yes, which has everything fans have grown to love. It is filled with innovative artistry and has an excellent commercial appeal that makes "Yes" full of potential hits. Chris Lowe also returns in this album, which is something that the PSB have been missing.

Whether you are a long time fan of the PSB or this is the first album you have decided to try, you will be able to notice the large amount of insight into the music industry that this duo posses. With tracks like cool dance "Love Etc" directed to the socialite crowd, to the ballad "Beautiful People" there is something for all types of music lovers.

In the usual PSB tone that you would expect are the sneaky hidden undertones and covert social comments that the fans expect. The great thing about the Pet Shop Boys is there way of conveying their messages in such a way as to be equally as pleasing to both liberal and conservative listeners. Like in Building a Wall where it refers to not so much to keep you out/more to keep me in this could convey a message of immigration or one of intimacy or can just make for nice listening for those who aren't looking for anything more.

"Pandemonium" is one of my favorite tracks on the album. It is an incredible mix of disco that has a primal feel and takes you back to the head banger days.

"Yes" has everything you would expect from a Pet Shop Boy CD. It is danceable, everyday pop with a combination of warmth and irony making "Yes" a must have for ant PSB fan, or fans of pop music.

Sabtu, 13 Februari 2010

Understanding body kits and other car aftermarket products

As you plan to spend on your car after you have bought it you will have a wide variety of products to choose from. If you are a car enthusiast you should enjoy this process of understanding, evaluating and choosing a product.

The process starts with understanding a product. For some products such as car body kits this is not such a difficult step. However for several other products this will take some effort. Also there is the issue of how deeply you will understand a product. You can get either some superficial knowledge or indepth detailed knowledge. You may not have the time to understand all of them fully but you should take time to understand them as much as you can.

Car aftermarket products can be categorized as below:

1. Products that enhance the looks of the car
2. Products that enhance the performance of the car
3. Products that do both

Is it that simple? Well not quite. Because several products do both but are really used for only one of the two reasons.

Body kits are primarily used for improving the looks of the car. In general products that improve the looks impact the color scheme of the car and the styling of the car. They may also include adornments.

Products like engine pulleys only enhance the performance and are not visible and so have no visual impact. In general products that improve the car performance improve the aerodynamic performance, the engine performance, the performance of other car parts such as lights or the control and handling of the car.

Amongst products that improve both performance and looks are products such as projector headlights that look great and also flood the road with light at night. Another such product is a camber kit. Though the kit by itself is not very visible if you change the camber of your car by a significant amount it will be clear you have got a camber kit installed.

Another example is a cold air intake that is used mostly because it improves engine performance but since the air intake has a visual component it also enhances the visual appeal of the car.

Jumat, 12 Februari 2010

Labiaplasty And The Quest For A Designer Vagina

Alexander McQueen - I was recently reading about women who undertake labiaplasty in the quest for a designer vagina. This 'designer vagina' is what they imagine to be a 'pretty' version of a vagina, which it seems to have been decided, is a vagina where nothing 'sticks out'.

When I was 10 I was having a bath with my best friend when she pointed at my vagina and said: 'why is there something sticking out?'

Alexander McQueen Meninggal - I had a look. 'I don't know!' I said, and had a look at hers. Hmmm, nothing seemed to stick out of hers. This was puzzling. I felt instantly embarrassed and ashamed. Why was I different?

I stopped bathing with my friend and, as puberty progressed, the 'something sticking out' got bigger and bigger. It worried me, but I didn't know what it was or what to do about it.

When I was 11 I was lying in the bath with my legs splayed out when my mother walked in without knocking. 'Gosh Love, I think you should lie the other way around, nobody wants to see' she said.

'Is there something wrong with me?' I asked. 'Why is there stuff sticking out?'

I could see that it cost my mother some effort to look. Instantly I felt a surge of shame. There must be something disgusting about me.

'Well, it is very....PRONOUNCED' she said, 'but I'm sure the outside will grow and catch up and then it will stop sticking out.

As she left the bathroom, I looked at myself in horror. Something was dreadfully wrong with me. She hadn't said it was normal. She had admitted that it was PRONOUNCED! I had seen the embarrassment and slight disgust on her face as she looked at me.

As the years passed the rest did grow and catch up a little, but not all the way. There would always be 'something sticking out.' Through my teens and early twenties, I assumed I had 'an ugly one' and never shaved or trimmed my pubic hair, other than the essential bikini line. I thought that the more covered up I was the better. Even though I was well aware that men liked me just fine, I lacked confidence in nudity and always wondered when I was with a new partner if they would think something negative about me.

In hindsight I know that my mother would have been vaguely disgusted to look at ANYONE'S vagina, perhaps even her own. She had been brought up a strict catholic and told to throw powder on the surface of her bath water to save herself from the 'sin' of looking at her own body. But of course, I imagined that it must be because I was so disgusting.

All Shapes And Sizes

It was only through seeing adult movies and the more explicit men's magazines that I began to realise that everyone was different. Some had nothing sticking out, some had a bit, and others had a whole lot more! When I considered the many different shapes and sizes of penises I had come across, big ones, small ones, short fat ones, long thin ones, curved ones, pink ones, purple ones, I realised that there was no set standard that they all conformed to. Why wouldn't it be the same with women?

Labiaplasty for Uniformity

When I heard about the designer vagina craze with women undergoing cosmetic vagina modification surgery in order to conform to a specific ideal, I decided to do some research. What I found surprised me. Far from being unusual, large labia minora occurs in about 36% of women and, just like comparing big breasts to small, the majority of men do not have a preference. However, where they DO state a preference it is usually FOR larger lipped women.

So where did women get the idea that there is a certain way that a vagina is supposed to look? Why is labiaplasty such a popular procedure? Where did the ideal of the designer vagina come from?

Playboy and the 'Pretty' Vagina

Playboy magazine is not a porn magazine; it is a booby magazine. It remains mainstream through its use of very discreet genital detail. In order for it to show genital detail very discreetly, it specifically chooses models that have very small tucked in labia minora for its regular edition magazine. If a woman has large inner labia she will be shown in a pose where this is hidden.

Since Playboy is so widely read and accessible women around the world have concluded that this image is what men want, and that this is what they should be conforming to. This is not the case. The only reason Playboy does not show protruding labia minora is because it is deemed TOO EXPLICIT! Not unsexy! If anything, it is TOO SEXY.

Penthouse on the other hand, which considers itself a hard-core magazine, shows protruding inner labia ALL THE TIME! And Playboy, in its special edition, does too.

Desperate for Labiaplasty

While doing research for this article I found numerous message boards with young girls saying how much they hate themselves and how desperate they are for labiaplasty surgery to make them look normal! I also found well-meaning replies from women with the same 'problem' telling the girls not to worry, if a man loves you, he will accept you 'as you are'. Well there is something very wrong with this advice, as it assumes that there is SOMETHING TO ACCEPT! Something to tolerate! This is not the case! There is NOTHING wrong with you. You are PERFECT as you are!

Surgeons offering labiaplasty downplay the severity of labiaplasty surgery. However, this is serious stuff, requiring a multitude of drugs both during and after surgery, and a minimum of eight weeks of recovery time. EIGHT WEEKS where you cannot wear fitted underwear or tight clothes and cannot do vigorous exercise or have sex! You are also on addictive painkillers such as Vicodin! This is a massive trauma for the body. And as everyone knows, or should know, surgeries DO go wrong. This is not a part of your body you should ever be taking any chances with!

I have also read stories of women who underwent labiaplasty surgery because they had such large labia minora that it caused them pain and discomfort, and they were unable to even wear tight pants. This is a completely different issue, and just as with someone having a breast reduction surgery so that they can enjoy sports and become free from back and shoulder pain, I am fully supportive. The issue I am referring to here is women who are having labiaplasty surgery for purely cosmetic purposes, as they believe they are flawed the way they are.

I don't believe you should simply accept yourself the way you are, I believe you need to LOVE yourself the way you are. And to do this, you must take action! Start thinking about your body in positive affirmations. Say things like 'I have a beautiful vagina' or 'I love my vagina'. You can use any cutesy name you tend to call your vagina, whatever works for you. Say this to yourself dozens of times a day and continue to do so until you start to believe it. Along with your affirmations, start behaving as if you love it! Get a full bikini wax, or shave and trim your pubic hair into whatever style appeals to you, you can even get clip-on vaginal jewelery! Get proud of yourself. If you do have a partner who has tended to see things through the lens of Playboy conditioning, then tell him to get with the program or you might have to get with someone a lot more appreciative!

Kamis, 04 Februari 2010

Blackberry 9700 smartphone

Blackberry Gemini - When you’re a company like Research in Motion (RIM) with one cult device called the Blackberry, it takes a lot of imagination to create a BlackBerry diverse product line. Apart from uninspiring experiments with different form factors like a clamshell (Flip) and touchscreen-only (Storm), the company has largely stuck to its bread and butter full-keyboard smartphones.

It has segmented this extremely successful line of devices according to features and price-points into models like the Tour (9630), the Bold (9000) and the Curve (which itself has offshoots like the Javelin and the Gemini). Though, they all had something or the other missing. With the new Bold 9700, nicknamed the ‘Bold 2’ by crackberries (blackberry addicts), RIM seems to have plugged the holes. ET only had the demo-unit for a day, so treat this as a quick first impression rather than a full-blown review.

The 9700 is more like the Tour with the optical trackpad from the Gemini (Curve 8520) and the leather rear from the Bold 9000 thrown in. The exact dimensions and weight suggest that this is indeed the smallest and lightest blackberry ever, but the margin doesn’t make any significant difference. People seemed to either love or hate the faux-leather rear on its predecessor so the 9700 has tried to come half-way with a large leathery panel on the plastic back which slides out to reveal the battery.

Oh! and that’s the other thing inherited from the older Bold — the larger thinner battery than the one powering the Tour and other models. Since we’ve only had the device for a day its tough to back up RIMs claims of a whopping 6 hours of talk time and 21 hours of standby life, but in spite of not having charged the device for more than 24 hours of greater than normal usage, the power meter was still at about 50%, which is fairly impressive. For the first time on a blackberry we see two small, shiny battery contact points on the outside, placed at the bottom of the phone.

One can only suspect that a flurry of “charging docks” are about to hit the market. The one spec where the original Bold scored over the Tour was the 1 GB of internal memory but the 9700 has decided to copy the latter and provide only 256 MB. All the other features of the Tour that were better than the Bold i.e. a high-res 480x360 screen, 3.2 Megapixel camera with flash, soft buttons on the top to mute and lock keyboard etc are included in the new 9700. With WiFi, 3G, GPS and stereo bluetooth, this smartphone doesn’t scrounge on what can now be termed ‘basics’ for smartphones launching in 2010.

The keypad is the same as the one on the Bold and Tour, with all keys touching unlike the individually spaced key layout on the Javelin (8900). The numbers and symbols are all in white unlike the red-white combination that most newer models sport. The optical pad is more dependable than a trackball for long-term wear and tear but still isn’t as accurate.