Rabu, 03 November 2010

So the Star Lux

Soy tu Dueña Capítulo 142 - Atiqah Hasiholan who was ordained a Lux star last night, vowed to continue working on the big screen. But the daughter of Ratna Sarumpaet remains will be picky role.

Soy tu Dueña Capítulo"I became a Lux star also must keep shining and keep working. I must still undergo my career, "he encountered at Indochine, FX Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday (11/03/2010).

Atiqah said there is a Lux star of roles. During this time, he did choose the roles that will dilakoninya in the movie.

"In a sense, I want my work is good for society. I also must be proportional, baseball is too idealistic, but even if commercial, baseball's most useful to society, "he explained.

For the costumes in the film, Atiqah must see the whole story. He saw the package as a whole and the message was the film.

"If the whole story that require me to wear a bikini, so I wear a bikini. But there are indeed from the beginning of its contents to exploit the sexuality itself, is a new movie-esek esek my opinion, "he explained.

Atiqah say about the clothes that are open or not, he will consider his film based on the vision and mission. "If I were an athlete swimming, yes baseball issues," he said.

Minggu, 10 Oktober 2010

Frequent Change Status on Facebook

Facebook Login - Warning to those who are too eager to socialize through Facebook. According to one study, those who rely heavily on up tend not to have more friend in cyberspace, because their friends on the social networking start uncomfortable and bored with the 'status' they are updated without stopping and only contains trivia.

Facebook - Being tired is a sin number one in the online world has now hit 500 million Internet users worldwide, according to a study cited it as the Daily Mail, Thursday (7 / 10). If you get bored then someone will likely decide to no longer be friends of the addict up in cyberspace, and even remove them from the list of friends'. The researchers from the Denver Business School, University of Colorado, analyzed the 1500 accounts up in the study were to discover what the main reason people no longer want to be friends in social networking.

Research was later discovered that most people are tired of friends in Facebook because it uncomfortable to read 'status' trivial like 'breakfast' person, 'a long journey to the office' or if called 'celebrity fovorit present'.
Writing about politics or religion and make the comments racist and rude also be the reason people are reluctant to continue to be friends on Facebook.

57 percent termination of friendships in the virtual world because the things done in cyberspace, while another 27 percent because of events in the real world. "Postings hundredth about your favorite bands are no longer attractive. What also makes other people sick is the pole-pole religion and politics," said Christopher Siboa, from the University of Colorado. Siboa added, people are not bothered if they are removed as a friend on social networking websites Facebook. Even they feel happy and not give up.

Nine causes termination of friendships on Facebook:

- Comments that boring
- Too often "updated" status
- Coarse
- Racist comments
- Discuss politics
- Discuss religion
- End of relationship (in cyberspace and the real world)
- Tig in the real world
- Tig in cyberspace

Jumat, 17 September 2010

Secure Data op mobiele telefoon

Harga HP Motorola - Versterken van de diensten met toegevoegde waarde, PT Telkomsel heeft onlangs een gegevensbescherming gebruikers. Met een service genaamd WaveSecure, kan Telkomsel klanten verzekerd zijn van beveiliging lijst met contacten, oproeplijst, SMS, naar de kalender.

"Telkomsel WaveSecure gepresenteerd om het probleem van het verlies van belangrijke gegevens als gevolg van apparaten te veranderen of verloren te overwinnen", aldus General Manager, VAS & Devices Customization Telkomsel, Jajang Munajat, door zijn getuigenis in Jakarta, vrijdag de 17 september 2010.

Deze gegevensbescherming diensten kunnen worden gebruikt door alle klanten Telkomsel, variërend van kartuHALO, simPATI, totdat Kartu As. Klanten eenvoudig toegang tot de * 999 # via het menu van uw browser. Voor het gebruik van deze service, klanten eerst te registreren door te drukken op * 989 * 2 #.

Zodra de applicatie is geïnstalleerd, wordt de klant vervolgens toegestaan om een PIN-code (6 cijfers) en telefoonnummers van vrienden in te stellen. De activering zal gebeuren en de klant in rekening worden gebracht Rp 5.000 voor telefoons met Java-of 10.000 besturingssysteem voor mobiele telefoons gebaseerd op Android, BlackBerry, Symbian S60 en Windows Mobile.

"Genoeg met de registratie, klanten tegelijk kunnen de gegevens telefonisch te dragen, zonder de zorg van het verliezen van lijsten met contactpersonen, bellijsten, SMS, of belangrijke data op de kalender", zei Jajang.

Met deze dienst, als de telefoon verloren is gegaan, kunnen klanten slot op zijn mobiele telefoon. Bovendien, als de dief verander je SIM, kunnen klanten vinden het kaartnummer vinden op de mobiele telefoon.

Klanten kunnen ook kijken wat de locatie van de gestolen telefoon en wissen van alle gegevens op de telefoon als de telefoon wordt gestolen.

Minggu, 29 Agustus 2010

Letusan Gunung Sinabung via Jejaring Sosial

Video Gunung Sinabung Meletus - Staf Khusus Presiden bidang Bantuan Sosial dan Bencana Alam Andi Arief membagikan info soal letusan Gunung Sinabung, Kabupaten Tanah Karo, Sumatera Utara melalui akun jejaring sosial Twitter.

Gunung Sinabung Meletus "Presiden mengikuti terus perkembangan dan sudah dilaporkan soal terjadinya letusan ini," tulis Andi Arief di akun Twitter-nya pada Minggu (29/8).

Dia juga menyebutkan, pada saat ini masih terus dilakukan evakuasi warga sekitar. "Asisten staf khusus ikut memantau langsung proses evakuasi warga," tulisnya lagi.

Lebih lanjut dia menuliskan bahwa berdasarkan hasil koordinasi dengan Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana dan Vulkanologi, komando penanganan ada di tangan Bupati Tanah Karo.

Dia juga menuliskan, berdasarkan info yang dia terima salah seorang warga Desa Cinta Rakyat, Surbakti (54) meninggal dunia setelah menderita sesak nafas dalam perjalanan mengungsi keluar dari desanya.

Sementara itu, Gunung Sinabung yang terletak di Kabupaten Tanah Karo, Sumatera Utara meletus Minggu dini hari sekitar pukul 00.15 WIB. Sebelumnya, Gunung Sinabung yang memiliki ketinggian 2.460 meter di atas permukaan laut itu mulai menunjukkan aktivitasnya dengan mengeluarkan asap hitam pada hari Sabtu (28/08) pagi.

Rabu, 11 Agustus 2010

Negeri Facebook ‎

Game Online Terbaru - Anak-anak telah menjadi bagian dari warga facebook (fb). Di situs jejaring sosial itu, kita bisa melihat foto-foto anak terserak, mulai dari foto bayi hingga foto-foto masa kecil penuh nostalgia. Mereka tampil dalam beragam ekspresi.

Sejatinya, anak-anak belum dapat memiliki akun fb karena tidak memenuhi syarat usia yang diminta, yakni berusia 17 tahun ke atas. Namun di fb, seseorang mudah melakukan pendaftaran online internet (sign up) bila mempunyai alamat email.

Identitas bisa saja dipalsukan, mengingat ketika pendaftaran tidak diharuskan menyertakan kopi bukti data diri. Jika semua kolom data pribadi diisi lengkap, dan verifikasi email member telah berhasil, maka kurang dari 10 menit seorang anak sudah bisa memiliki akun fb yang diinginkan.

Bahkan, mereka bisa membuat lebih dari satu akun dengan nama-nama samaran dan foto antah-berantah, misalnya berupa gambar tokoh film kartun, pemain sepak bola atau foto-foto dari orang yang berbeda jenis kelamin dengannya. Patut disayangkan, bila orang tua membuatkan fb bagi anaknya yang belum cukup umur karena secara tidak langsung orang tua mengajari anak berbohong.

Untuk diketahui, Indonesia menempati peringkat pertama di Asia sebagai pengguna fb terbanyak, sedangkan pada level dunia, posisi Indonesia ada pada urutan ketujuh. Sampai bulan Januari 2010 saja, jumlah user dari situs jejaring sosial karya Mark Zuckerberg ini mencapai 15,3 juta orang.

Menurut Komnas Perlindungan Anak, sekitar 53 persen di antara facebooker tersebut masih berusia anak-anak, yakni di bawah 18 tahun. Di situs jejaring sosial ini, mereka bukan hanya dapat memperbanyak teman tapi juga dimanjakan oleh permainan game online, dan mungkin juga judi online.

Orang Tua Virtual

Sudah menjadi takdir anak-anak kita hidup di era Gelombang Ketiga (the third wave), menurut kategorisasi perkembangan dunia versi Alvin Toffler lewat bukunya Future Shock (1988). Futurolog sosial ini mengatakan, industri Gelombang Ketiga berkisar pada elektronika, sinar laser, optik, komunikasi dan informasi.

Itu berarti, kita mustahil bisa menahan, apalagi melarang, kecenderungan anak-anak membangun relasi sosial dan berinteraksi dalam masyarakat informasi yang nyaris tanpa batas. Apa yang terjadi pada anak-anak kita yang sibuk mengakrabi fb, mau tidak mau, suka tidak suka, diterima sebagai realitas zaman kekinian.

Sikap, perilaku, dan kebiasaan mereka menunjukkan telah bergesernya selera sebuah generasi yang oleh Don Tapscott (2009) disebut sebagai “the next generation” atau oleh John Palfrey dan Urs Gasser (2008) diistilahkan sebagai "digital natives".

Maka, tidak perlu bekernyit dahi bila hasil penelitian Kaiser Family Foundation, sebagaimana dilansir situs resmi UNESCO Asia Pasifik, menyebutkan bahwa Generasi M2, yakni remaja berusia 8-18 tahun, cenderung menggunakan teks pesan daripada berbicara saat berkomunikasi.

Lembaga penelitian yang fokus pada gadget dan gaya hidup mobile itu menemukan terjadinya peningkatan penggunaan teks pesan untuk berkomunikasi di kalangan Generasi M2 dari 38 persen pada tahun 2008 menjadi 54 persen di tahun 2009. Hasil penelitian serupa juga disampaikan oleh Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Lembaga survei internet yang berkedudukan di negeri Paman Sam ini menyebutkan, saat ini, waktu yang digunakan anak-anak untuk berkomunikasi melalui texting semakin banyak dibanding dengan talking, bicara berlama-lama di telepon kabel atau seluler. Media komunikasi texting adalah SMS, chatting, instant messaging, dan situs pertemanan seperti fb.

Kecenderungan ini bisa terjadi lantaran penggunaan teks pesan melalui internet dianggap lebih ekspresif, interaktif dan serba hadir. Apalagi, menurut Idi Subandy Ibrahim, seorang peneliti pada Institut Komunikasi Publik (Sindo, 4/10/2009) sekat hierarki dan batas-batas yang menghalangi kesetaraan posisi pelaku komunikasi dijebol dengan bahasa dan simbol yang dikonstruksi bersama sesuai selera mereka.

Sehingga bagi mereka, bukan makna pesan yang diutamakan melainkan “kehadiran”. Kata yang ditulis dalam tanda petik ini seolah menjadi barang langka dan mewah bagi sebagian anak-anak yang hidup dalam keluarga super sibuk.

Anak-anak seperti ini lazimnya hanya dilimpahkan materi dan kebutuhan bendawi oleh orang tuanya sementara aspek kebutuhan rohaninya kering kerontang. Lebih tragis lagi, bila orang tua hanya tampak secara fisik di hadapan anak-anak namun dekapan kehangatan dirinya sebagai orang tua tak dirasakan anak-anaknya.

Tidak mengherankan bila kemudian anak-anak lebih memilih curhat melalui internet dibanding mengomunikasikan langsung masalah yang dihadapi kepada orang tuanya. Internet seolah menjadi orang tua virtual bagi anak-anak.

Gejala ini paling tidak tergambarkan pada studi yang dilakukan Board of Trustees for Get Connected di Inggris, yang menemukan bahwa 9 dari 10 remaja berusia di bawah 25 tahun menggunakan internet untuk mencari solusi atas masalah pribadi mereka.

Sepertiga dari seribu remaja yang disurvei itu mengaku mendiskusikan masalah mereka dengan ibunya dan hanya satu dari 20 remaja berbicara kepada ayahnya guna menyelesaikan persoalan yang dihadapi. Sebaliknya, sebanyak 42 persen menyebutkan bahwa mereka merasa lebih nyaman berhubungan dengan temannya.

Pisau Bermata Dua

Tidak jadi soal bila di antara mereka terbangun perbincangan, dialog, diskusi, dan saling berbagi untuk menguatkan satu sama lain. Yang jadi masalah bila curhat itu berujung pada penyelesaian jalan pintas, bujukan penuh jebakan, yang mengarah pada dijadikannya mereka sebagai korban cyber crime.

Mencuatnya kasus beberapa gadis remaja, di awal tahun ini, yang dilaporkan menghilang dari rumahnya setelah berkenalan dengan teman facebookernya memberi peringatan dini bagi kita bahwa fb bukanlah teknologi yang 100 persen ramah bagi anak.

Ibarat pisau, ia bisa digunakan untuk menyajikan beragam kuliner tapi juga berpotensi digunakan sebagai alat kejahatan. Fakta paling mencengangkan adalah terbongkarnya praktik prostitusi anak yang memanfaatkan fb sebagai media untuk menawarkan gadis-gadis belia kepada calon pelanggan mereka.

Secara teknologis, menurut pakar digital forensik Ruby Alamsyah, banyak cara untuk bisa mengantisipasi maraknya prostitusi di dunia maya. Salah satunya melalui penyensoran data dan penelusuran pola-pola yang digunakan.

Tapi yang lebih penting dari itu adalah pemerintah Indonesia sudah saatnya meratifikasi optional protocol Konvensi Hak-hak Anak tentang Perdagangan Anak, Pelacuran Anak, Pornografi Anak agar terbangun harmonisasi hukum nasional dengan standar internasional. Juga agar ada kesatuan pandangan antar para penegak hukum dalam melihat persoalan ini.

Di sisi lain, anak-anak tidak banyak yang menyadari bahwa situs jejaring sosial merupakan ruang publik yang juga memiliki tatanan sosial.

Etika sederhana yang mesti menjadi panduan adalah mereka harus menghormati audiens, tidak bersikap (memposting kata-kata, gambar, dan suara) yang berpotensi menyinggung audiens, serta menjaga kebebasan berpendapat dan berekspresi dengan penuh rasa tanggung jawab.

Karena itu, mereka tidak bisa seenaknya menggunakan kata-kata kasar, makian, tidak sopan, dan bernada menghina, bahkan yang mengarah pada pengancaman terhadap seseorang.

Anak-anak perlu diberi rambu-rambu agar mereka mampu memaksimalisasi pemanfaatan teknologi secara sehat. Di sinilah pentingnya literasi media yang perlu diajarkan ke anak-anak. Kata kuncinya: tidak semua yang kita ketahui harus/perlu dilakukan, dan tidak semua yang di-upload orang ke akun kita diteruskan ke akun orang. Jangan sampai, dari kitalah persoalan bermula meski bukan kita sebagai causa primanya. Dan itu baru efektif jika orang tua juga melek media.

Senin, 05 Juli 2010

Prediksi Gurita Stories

Prediksi Gurita - Paul's Octopus is not also determine the choice for the match Germany vs. Spain at the World Cup semifinals in 2010. But in cyberspace could circulate a false prophecy of the inhabitants of the aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany's.

So far, Paul's prediction has never missed. After correctly predicting the Germans in the preliminary round trip and 16 large, Paul also successfully predict the round trip in six major German.

This success has made Paul more and more famous. Many are curious about the British born educated guess octopus, mainly for the match Germany versus Spain in the semifinal on Thursday, July 8, 2010.

On Sunday last, a blog that states could appear Paul had dropped his choice to Spain. In the article Paul is said to have come out of the box containing the flag of Spain.

However, unlike previous reports, this article is not accompanied by evidence of record which can be accessed via Youtube. The only evidence attached photo is just a procession of the octopus "miraculous."

This news is the German cash to make fans uneasy. They refused to believe her blog and asked a variety of lively arguments to refute.

Later, did note that the photos that appear on the blog was a fabrication. As reported nbcsport site, an official report subsequently be released complete with video recording nujumnya Paul when practicing action.

Deadspin.com page states that it merely caused the Spanish fans to change the image Paul when predicting the defeat of Germany over Serbia. They changed the flag of Serbia is in the box with the flag of Spain.

So Germans will thrash Spain, Paul?

Senin, 21 Juni 2010

Amanda Bynes Stories

Amanda Bynes Profile - Artists are expected to play in a porn video with his girlfriend, Luna Maya, the more afraid of reporters. Section, the former lead singer Peter was shocked when the news seekers banged his car.

Amanda Bynes "Now the Ariel was getting scared of reporters because he was shocked when it pounded the car. Sempet Ariel asked how this Bang? I said yes please, how one reporter friend," said Ariel's lawyer, OC Kaligis, when menyambangi Police Headquarters , Jakarta, Monday (21 / 6).

According to him, he has asked for input to the Press Council. Previously, journalists kicked off the car because it ran over the foot of Ariel and damaging the camera reporter some time ago.

In addition, he confirmed both his client could not be snared with the article anywhere. Because, Ariel does not intend to spread.

"Like ya, I have a boyfriend holding hands, I have video of it and disseminated because of advances in technology. For example there is an electrician / lamp he install a tape recorder in a place is kept the same happened to Roy, who played his wife had continued to be disseminated into the (criminal ) is, "he explained.

Senin, 07 Juni 2010

sekitar Video Cut Tari Ariel Bugil

Video Porno Bugil Mesum Cut Tari Ariel - Chairman of the NGO People's Law Jamin, Farhat Abbas reported Irham Nazril Luna Maya and Ariel because the case or the circulation of hot videos to the Police Service Center Metro Jaya Regional Police.

Video Porno Cut Tari Ariel - "They should be jailed for violating religious norms and laws," said Farhat Abbas, who is also the attorney at the Jakarta Police Headquarters on Monday.

From his report to the police, Farhat called both artists wanton violation of Article 282 of the Book of Criminal Justice Act.

Farhat also urged the police to hold a video spreaders intimate relationship with entrap passing Law Number 11 Year 2008 Article 27 of the Electronic Transaction Information (ITE).

Meanwhile, Head of Public Relations Polda Metro Jaya, Large Commissioner Pol. Boy Rafli Amar said police are also investigating the circulation of pornographic videos involving alleged that artist.

Boy tells police to handle cases of difficulty of each video distribution is immoral because the perpetrator could be out the country so difficult pocketed his identity.

"Besides that cyberspace is boundless," said Boy.

Kamis, 03 Juni 2010

Lubang Raksasa

Lubang Raksasa - Agatha Amuk tempête tropicale causé des coulées de boue et des inondations qui ont fait les bénévoles en train de creuser les corps des victimes de la boue au Guatemala, ce matin. Au moins 146 morts dans la tempête qui a suivi les pluies torrentielles dans toute l'Amérique centrale.

De nombreux résidents qui berjibaku dans la recherche en avalanche de pluie creuser à leurs parents de cœur que le flot emporté lors des inondations dans plusieurs villes en dehors de la ville de Guatemala. Les sauveteurs ont leur ordonna de quitter les maisons qui ont été détruits et aller à l'abris tentes.

A ce jour, en plus de personnes tuées, des centaines de blessés. Plus de 94 mille habitants ont été contraints de fuir de la maison.

La première tempête de la saison des ouragans du Pacifique en 2010, Agatha a frappé le Guatemala, le samedi la semaine dernière. Apporte de fortes pluies dans la partie occidentale du pays, Agatha s'était ensuite propagé au El Salvador.

"Personne ne m'a aidé. Je vois de l'eau partout ", a déclaré Carlota Ramos Amatitlan ville, près de la capitale du Guatemala. maison touchée par des glissements de terrain Ramos dévasté.

Selasa, 25 Mei 2010

Contoh Makalah

Contoh Makalah - Local public broadcasting is a broadcasting institution which a legal entity, established by local governments with the approval of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) of the proposal public.

Makalah - The explanation put forward the Business License Director of Broadcasting, Ministry of Communications and Informatics DG SKDI IGN Wirajana in the paper "Standaridisasi Permit Procedure and Radio content" in an informal discussion Media Performing Peoples, Public Information Group (KIM) and the Community Radio Forum at the Hotel Jatra, Pekanbaru, on Monday ( 24 / 5).

"According to Law No. 32/2002 Article 33 paragraph (1) mentioned, before the organized activities, broadcasters must obtain a license to broadcast," he said.
According to him, that broadcasters do not have permission (illegal) will be given a heavy sanction, in accordance with Law 32/2002 on Broadcasting, radio broadcasters are to be given sanction of Rp 500 million and television broadcasters to Rp 5 billion and two years imprisonment.

He added that the requirement of local public broadcasting establishment was lack of RRI or TVRI broadcasting in the area, the availability of frequency allocation, the existence of professional human resources, and operational implementation of continuous broadcasting.
Meanwhile, on the same occasion a member of the Central KPI Mochamad Riyanto in his paper "The role of KPIs in Radio Control Content", said since the year 1998 radio broadcast in Indonesia experienced the modernization and strengthening of socio-political role is significant.
"It happened because of factors influenced regulatory changes, national economic and political situation of both local, regional autonomy and broadcast technology from analog to digital terrestrial, Internet, satellite and mobile," he said.
The implication, she said, the broadcast system more open and varied, the characteristics of broadcast content is more biting, interactive and oriented toward the public interest.
In addition, the broadcast content is also no longer monotone, as it contains the songs and routine government information, and human resources make them a better idea of freely develop his skills. Broadcast services are also more professional with the audio more clear, closer, and with a wider range of services.

"No less important is the work of radio and television broadcasts are documented," he said.
While Fran Gress FM Radio Linga from Pekanbaru, said the radio in general has a function as a medium of entertainment and information dissemination tool also serves as political control from the authorities or by society.
"At first, the emergence of radio in Indonesia during the Dutch occupation of Japan and serves more as a propaganda tool," he said.

He said also that radio also has a radio journalism ethics in conveying information to the public.
"In general, radio journalism ethics in informing the community something to be ethically, consistently on the principle of balanced and objective," he said.

Jumat, 14 Mei 2010

Lowongan BUMN

Lowongan BUMN - An executioner who has retired aged over 14 years volunteered to execute the only survivor Mumbai terrorist attack, if no one could be appointed to conduct the punishment. It was reported on Friday (14/05/2010).

Bhika Arjun Jadhav, now aged around 70 years old and partially paralyzed due to stroke his face, offered his services after hearing that the state of Maharashtra, a thousand cities in Mumbai, no longer has the executioner (hangman) to perform the execution.

Citizens of Pakistan, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab (22), was found guilty and sentenced to death last week for starting a war in India, murder, conspiracy, and a terror attack in November 2008. The incident resulted in 166 people dead.

Jadhav, who has hanged 101 people in all parts of the country during the 33-year career as a slaughterer, said his willingness in a letter to the Inspector General of Prisons Maharashtra Uddav Kamble, according to the Times of India daily.

"If there is no one who can hang Kasab, I will," said the old-old man, according to the daily.

"If my services are required, then I will prepare myself. I will send terrorists to the gallows."

"Do not look my age. I still have the capacity to hang him in just 27 seconds," he added.

Kamble said that there has been no decision made about whether the offer would be accepted or not. Kasab also unclear whether it will appeal.

"But obviously we will not hesitate to receive services Arjun Jadhav," he told the daily.

India is not doing hanging since 2004 and only twice since the 1998 hanging.

A magazine reported in February this year that the several states of India to find someone who can fill the vacant position of executioner.

Low wages (reported around 150-200 rupees or U.S. $ 3-4) every execution of the reason for the lack of interested students.

Maharashtra not to death by hanging since 1996 when Jadhav retirement.

Selasa, 11 Mei 2010

Cerita Lucu

Gambar Lucu - Young movie star Nicky Tirta absurdly claimed surprise when it was offered to play with Maria Ozawa aka Miyabi Miyabi kidnapped in the film.

"The first time ditawarin initially did not know who was playing ama. Until finally fitted out as Miyabi, aw ... aw ... I was surprised because it was my favorite," says Nicky moment met on the sidelines of the premiere of the film, which stars porn actress Japanese origin was in fX Plaza, Jakarta, Thursday (05/06/2010).

Although it does not miss a single frame with my acting Miyabi, but Nicky did not waste the opportunity to meet Miyabi. In between filming, he had even berfoto Miyabi Miyabi and was asked to sign the shirt she was wearing.

"I got the photos, but unfortunately can not publish the photos. I also got his autograph on the shirt, loh," Nicky story.

There's a funny story when he was offered to play in the film. Nicky is recognized, the image formed from the figure could make it painful for her to guess that would be a lot of scenes that would be presented pornography smelly. "But this movie actually very far from pornography. This movie is a teen comedy for 13 years even though," he said.

Meeting with the idol to this day make her happy. Nicky even figure Miyabi praise worship. In addition to beautiful, She has also been very professional. "She's beautiful. All I know 100 percent that the person she was beautiful, nice, on time and shooting time. He's actually a talented artist. Unfortunately people are already on the noise in Indonesia," he said.

Senin, 03 Mei 2010

Boondocks Season 3 Episode 1

Boondocks Season 3 Episode 1 - Are you excited to watch your favourite TV Series, The Boondocks Season 3 Episode 1? The latest episode of The Boondocks Season 3 Episode 1 will be aired this day, May 2, 2010. The title of this new episode is “Love All”. You can watch this episode today on your TV depending on the schedule of your TV channels. To know the schedule of this episode to be aired on your TV, please call your cable operator. You can also watch The Boondocks Season 3 Episode 1 Online via streaming links. To Watch The Boondocks Season 3 Episode 1 Online Stream, the link below can help you.

Boondocks Season 3 Episode 1:Watch It’s A Black President Online S03E01 – The Boondocks season 3 episode 1 called “It’s a Black President, Huey Freeman” which was written by Aaron McGruder aired this evening on Adult Swim.
After a two year break creative and executive producer McGruder took to Twitter to reveal that the show was coming back to TV.
In this new installment of Boondocks a German documentary follows the Freeman family during election of the country’s first Black President and of course things go terribly wrong and we ended hearing words that children should not use.

Selasa, 27 April 2010

Film Verses Dighttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifital

Cowboys in Paradise - In the old days, if your camera (35mm of course) had a battery die on you in the middle of an important shoot, you still had options. I mean after all; the only thing you needed the battery for was the light meter, it’s not like your whole camera will shut down if you have no battery. Oh, I’m sorry . . . if you are using all digital that might have stung just a little bit.

The point was if your battery died, you still had a way to get a good picture. If you were using 100 speed film you could set your shutter speed to whatever the flash sync speed was (usually 1/60th or 1/125th of a second), set your f-stop to f-16, and bracket every shot. Besides the obvious dependency on batteries, there are other differences between film and digital cameras.

If you have ever shopped for a digital camera you have no doubt heard the phrase: “35mm equivalent”. This means that the optics are not exactly the same in a digital camera. Since the 35mm SLR camera has been the standard for so long, that’s what newer cameras are compared to. The difference between the two is a ratio of 1:1.4. Simply put, a 35-200 zoom on a digital camera would be like having a 49-280 zoom lens on a traditional 35mm camera.

The main reason the optics are different is because the sensor (the device that actually reads the light) is also a different size. Film cameras use film (sensitive to light) that is placed directly behind the lens. When the correct exposure is calculated, that image is literately burned into the film. Digital cameras use a sensor; that also sits behind the lens. This sensor is made up of millions of individual points that each represents 1 pixel. Once the sensor has gathered the information for each pixel it transfers that data to a digital media card (which can be used repeatedly.)

The sensor is the physical device that gathers information about the quality of light coming into the camera. The process of “how” the sensor goes about gathering information is referred to as “metering”. The human eye can distinguish a range of about 16 different f-stops; camera meters only have a range of about 5 f-stops. This is why camera meters are calibrated for a “mid range” exposure of 18% gray, because 90% of the time that is as close as they can get to the human eye. It’s not the camera’s fault that it can not see as well as you do, it’s simply a fact of life.

There are basically only three types of metering systems.

A) Spot Metering
B) Center-Weighted Metering
C) Matrix Metering

Spot metering as the name indicates only reads a small spot or portion of the overall image (usually 1% to 3%). This type of metering is useful in any situation where the lighting is extreme. Backlit subjects, macro shots, or even pictures of the moon can benefit from this type of metering. This type of metering is usually found on the more costly upper end cameras.

Center-Weighted metering averages the overall scene with an emphasis on the center area of the frame. Usually this type of meter bases its reading with 75% of the light hitting center frame and 25% for everything else. It assumes that the subject is dead center, most of the time. It is worth noting that most center weighted systems have a greater sensitivity in the bottom half of the frame; to avoid an overly contrasting sky from throwing off the readings. This type of system is the most common used in both digital and traditional cameras today.

Matrix Metering splits your image up into anywhere from 3 to 16 metering zones and evaluates the different zones to come up with one over all reading. In this process of evaluation it takes into account factors like: subject size, position, distance, point of focus, over all lighting, color and more. This system uses a microchip which has been exposed to thousands of different picture-taking situations. Currently this is the most complex and the most accurate metering system to date. This system is usually found on the higher end Digital SLR’s.

I used the word “digital” several times, but these are the same types of metering systems used in traditional film cameras as well. The only other way of reading light has to do with “reflected light” verses “surface light”. Most meters in the camera are reading reflected light (light reflected off the main subject that goes back toward the camera.) Every so often you might see someone with a hand held light meter that will go right up to the subject and read the light that falls on the surface of that subject. Some photographers still debate which way is more accurate. In my opinion; “Spot Metering” does basically the same thing.

All photographers have their favorites; Canon, Nikon, Kodak. Some choose digital, some choose film. The thing to remember is what we actually need to get a great photo. Things like composition, leading lines, framing, and the rule of thirds are much more important to our success as great photographers than the physical tools we use. On the other hand, knowing what your camera can or can not do, let’s you know if you have the right tool for the job.

Sabtu, 24 April 2010

New in Fantasy Football

Jadwal Piala Dunia 2010 - Fantasy sports are a growing industry, fueled by the passion of sports fanatics from around the globe. Each fantasy sport web site has its own draw and unique advantages. According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, the United States is home to over 27 million fantasy sports players. As fantasy sports communities become more popular new fantasy web sites, applications, drafting tools, social networks, podcasts and forums are popping up all over the Internet and the competition to create the ultimate fantasy sports experience is fierce. But why not? Just like in real sports, in fantasy sports winning matters!

Fantasy Football: The #1 Fantasy Sport

Piala Dunia 2010 - Fantasy football is by far the most popular fantasy sport online. In a report from EA Sports titled “Fantasy Football Myths Debunked” by EA Expert Keith Ruston, “It's estimated 15-20 million people play fantasy football. Fantasy football is not just for nerds it’s for successful professionals, intelligent strategists and sports diehards. So, what are some of the most recent developments in fantasy football? Let’s take a look!

Stinkball.com: A New Twist on Fantasy Football

On May 1, 2009 Real McCoy Fantasy Sports in Asheville, North Carolina released the fantasy football website Stinkball.com. Stinkball.com offers fantasy football enthusiasts a different take on fantasy football contests. According to the contest rules in order to win you must pick players you believe will have the worst performances this season. According to a Fantasy Sports Business newsletter sent on May 21, 2009 the most exciting features of Stinkball.com are the weekly and season pass options along with the large cash prizes. Stinkball.com currently offer a free demo and the ability to create a member account and purchase a team at an early bird discount. Web site members can expect the fully functional system to be completed and tested by August 1, 2009.

ESPN.com’s 2009 Facelift: Fantasy Football for the Individual

By now you have probably seen the recently redesigned ESPN.com. If not, go check it out. The web site navigation has been simplified and fantasy sports options have greatly expanded. According to the January 9, 2009 article “The New ESPN.com: Is It All Fantasy?” by Jacob on FantasyFootballFools.com, “ESPN is trying to make it easier for visitors to get to what they need, want and crave from their sports coverage…I think ESPN is gunning to become more of a tool and direct resource for fantasy sports fans.” ESPN.com also offers a host of personalized features as part of the myESPN account. Site visitors’ preferences and settings will now follow them as they surf the site. All in all, the new version of ESPN.com creates an easier and more satisfying experience for fantasy football players.

Fantasy Football Joins Forces with Facebook.com

Since the fall of 2008 fantasy football and Facebook have been in bed together. Facebook has achieved unprecedented success over the last year and is smart enough to know the value of getting in on a lucrative market like fantasy sports. So, now you can hang with your friends online and get your fantasy football game on too. Uniting the power of Facebook applications with fantasy football (and other fantasy sports) allows fantasy sports companies to identify where sports fanatics are gathered and bring the games to them. In a Washington Times article published on September 9, 2008, written by Tim Lemke, titled “Need a fantasy football fix? Facebook may be the new place to get it,” Mike Kerns, founder and CEO of Citizen Sports, states, “What we found, in our opinion, is that more and more people are going to [fewer] sites. The companies in the next generation that will stand to benefit are those that direct their information to where most people spend their time.”

In addition to a variety of new Facebook applications, Facebook.com is also joining forces with LeagueFinder to create a Facebook application to help fantasy football players find the perfect league. According to the article “Fantasy Sports Finds a Matchmaker” written by Wall Street Journal reporter Nando Di Fino on March 26, 2009, “Anyone with a Facebook account can access LeagueFinder. After revealing as much or as little as you'd like about the kind of league you want to join, and your matches appear immediately. LeagueFinder allows a fantasy player to choose difficulty level, league size, the entry fee and several other sorting characteristics.”

So, these are just a few of the changes in fantasy football that may affect you as the 2009 season begins. Always explore the new features and tools fantasy sports web sites of all kinds are offering. The majority have been created to enhance the fantasy player’s experience and to continue evolving fantasy games to the next level. Look to the future and you will catch a glimpse of what fantasy football can be.

Kamis, 22 April 2010

Nokia Handphone

Daftar Harga Hp Nokia Terbaru 2010 - This is a fairly elegant phone. Thanks to its slider format, its front is kept clutter-free and the chrome, gun metal and black colour scheme is simple but effective. Slide it open and a white-on-black keypad is revealed, which again is plain but generally attractive. Closed, the phone measures 98 x 48 x 14.8mm so it’s a fair bit shorter but noticeably fatter than your basic candybar phone – something that's to be expected for a slider, of course. With it open, the phone's length increases to a sizeable 127mm.

Hp Nokia Terbaru - On the whole, build quality seems to be good with a strong, sprung slide mechanism, individual plastic keypad buttons, and a generally solid feel. The only obvious downside is the screen and its surround. They're both built from slightly wobbly plastic so are going to be prone to scratching and just feel rather cheap. On top of this, the finely etched screen surround and the bevelled chrome edge are particularly adept at catching any and every possible distracting light.

The same circular etching found on the screen surround is mirrored on the battery cover on the back. Rather like the front, it doesn't look bad as such but doesn't exactly stand out from the crowd. Yank the battery cover off and remove the battery and you can access the SIM slot and a microSD slot. As always, we would rather you could access the microSD slot without having to power down your phone, though this is a relatively minor grievance.

Another thing that bugs us is the lack of volume controls. During calls and while you have the media player open you can adjust the volume using the up and down buttons of the D-pad. However, if you have music on in the background while browsing the web or want to adjust ringer volume, you have to scurry back to the media player or dive deep into the menu structure to make your adjustments. This omission is relatively common on cheaper handsets but the Nokia 7230 is not really a budget phone and models much cheaper than it still have these controls.

What makes this all the more baffling is that this phone has a proper headphone jack, making it easy to use your own choice of headphones – something that's much rarer on cheap handsets. Alongside the headphone jack is a micro-USB socket for connecting the phone to a PC and charging it. There's also an old-school proprietary Nokia charging socket, which is useful as it will charge the phone faster than over USB.

Minggu, 18 April 2010

Film Terbaru

Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan - Zac Efron akan kembali tampil dalam sebuah film dengan genre thriller kriminal. Agaknya, perannya dalam film ini akan menghapus citranya sebagai "anak baik" dalam film-film yang diperankan sebelumnya. Perannya kali ini lebih "nakal", ia menjadi seorang pemadat alias pecandu narkotik.

Film Terbaru - Seperti dilansir TeenHollywood, baru-baru ini, pemeran utama film 17 Again itu sedang melakukan persiapan untuk film baru yang berjudul Easy Money. Film ini merupakan versi baru dari Snabba Cash, yakni cerita yang diangkat dari sebuah novel terbitan 2006 karya Jens Lapidus. Novel yang menceritakan tentang tiga kisah yang saling berkaitan mengenai persahabatan, yang terlibat narkotik dan kasus kriminal terencana.

Dalam film ini, Efron berperan sebagai seorang sopir taksi muda yang tergiur dengan bisnis penyelundupan kokain, demi mengubah nasib hidupnya yang susah. Film ini diproduksi di Studio Warner Bros, California, Amerika Serikat. Warner Bros memang mengontrak Efron selama dua tahun untuk produksi film ini.

Jumat, 16 April 2010

Confederate History

Sejarah Mbah Priok - Can the government of the United States go too far? Is there any way, besides taxation's effect on the economy, to know if and when the federal government of the United States has gone too far in stripping away the individual liberty of its citizens?

Mbah Priok - The rhetorical volleys which have echoed across America about Governor McConnell's proclamation in support of Confederate History month clearly demonstrate the wide differences between Americans on the very broadest range of issues. The republic of Republics, created by our Founding Fathers, is no longer alive. The American Civil War did much more than preserves the Union and end slavery. It started the process by which the Herculean efforts of so many early American patriots to create a land of liberty were erased. Not just the independence of the thirteen independent colonies, but the independence and liberty of the individual citizen.

Alexis d'Tocqueville's observations about the struggle between liberty and equality were both accurate and prophetic. Material equality has risen to paramount importance, and through taxation, regulation, and the destruction of state sovereignty is virtually obliterating the liberties articulated in the Bill of Rights.

This is not the America Washington, Lee, Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Madison and Mason intended. The Tenth Amendment, the guide to how America was to deal with questions yet asked, has been set aside. The federal government, through the US Supreme Court has decided what powers it will seize, and which ones it will leave to the states. These latter powers are few and temporary, because in the progressive view of the "living" Constitution, the Court can at any time revisit a question and arbitrarily change the foundational law of the?land, seizing power and expanding the role of government. Even the very foundations of our nation, "life liberty and the pursuit of happiness" are not immune as is demonstrated by the Court's decision to?forfeit the right to life to the innocent?unborn in Roe v. Wade.

Abortion is the modern day equivalent to the slavery of the past. It is another blemish on the character of the American nation.

America is not the nation we hoped it would be. And, it is as much "mom and pops" fault, as it is the fault of the powerful. Americans have been unable to live up to the responsibility of citizenship. Americans have not guarded their citizenship, but have allowed any transient the right to influence American policy, through the vote, as a lobbyist, as a special interest. We have not cherished the gift given to us by our Creator.

The grand experiment is in serious mortal danger. Our nation has drifted from the Bible, from its originating faith in Christ. Our nation allows our public airwaves to be used by Satan to spread immorality. Our opposition to the creation of a national church has been turned into separation of God from the American people.

When defining right from wrong, there is no other source more appropriate for the United States of America, than the Christian Bible. Yet, when Ethics in the American classroom is discussed, of the many sources quoted, the Bible is not one of them. Right and wrong is created from human experience and "knowledge," not divine inspiration.

And if the discussion of right and wrong in the classroom is absent the Bible, than can we be surprised that Freedom of Speech includes pornography? Can we be surprised that public prayer at high school football games is a crime!

The Culture War in America rages. It is not over. Sarah Palin is our hope. She rises from the masses. She is us. She is not manipulated by the wisdom of the Ivy League. She is the quintessential American, and she scares the heck out of the progressives whose arguments will collapse when placed under the light of reality. Her anchor is in American history and in living life on the frontier. Her successful efforts on behalf of the Alaskan people in negotiations with the oil companies are testimony not only to her intelligence but to her political acumen.

The fight rages on. We can be a better nation and better people. We can reclaim our inheritance as Americans.

Thank you Governor McConnell for recognizing the patriots of old Virginia. Thank you for having the courage to say that, though imperfect, the Confederates of Virginia and the South are worth remembering. No doubt, from their heavenly perch they watch with interest the results of Lincoln's victory.

Sabtu, 10 April 2010

Poland's President,

Poland President Lech Kaczysnki, his wife and a delegation including Poland's top national security and military officials were killed in a plane crash near the western Russian airport of Smolensk Saturday.

Polish officials said 89 people had been killed in the crash, CNN reported.

The Polish presidential delegation had been traveling to the village of Katyn to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the massacre of some 20,000 Polish officers there during World War II.

The group had flown from Warsaw in a Tupolev-154 and was approaching to land at the airport in Smolensk in heavy fog when the plane was believed to hit trees at the end of the runway. Some reports said the pilot had been advised because of the heavy fog to re-route to another airport.

Among those killed in the crash, Kaczynski, 60, his wife Maria Kaczysnka, Aleksander Szczyglo, the head of the National Security Office; Jerzy Szmajdzinski, the deputy parliament speaker; Andrzej Kremer, the deputy foreign minister; and Gen. Franciszek Gagor, the army chief of staff, according to the party, according to CNN.

Parliament Speaker Bronislaw Komowrowski has become acting president and declared a day of national mourning. Russia also declared a day of national mourning.

Kaczynski had been president since 2005. Elections must now be held within 60 days, CNN cited former Polish Foreign Minister Dariusz Rosati.

Countries around the world have sent condolences. President Barack Obama called Polish Prime Minister Tusk to express his condolences to the people of Poland.

"Today’s loss is devastating to Poland, to the United States, and to the world," President Barack Obama said in a statement. "President Kaczynski was a distinguished statesman who played a key role in the Solidarity movement, and he was widely admired in the United States as a leader dedicated to advancing freedom and human dignity. With him were many of Poland’s most distinguished civilian and military leaders who have helped to shape Poland’s inspiring democratic transformation. We join all the people of Poland in mourning their passing."

"I join President Obama in offering my deepest condolences to the people of Poland, to the Kaczynski family, and to the families of all those killed in this tragedy," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, calling Kaczynski one of America's most valued and trusted allies, and "champion for democracy against an opressive regime."

"Lost alongside President Kaczynski and his wife were Polish leaders from across the political spectrum, men and women who shaped and sped Poland's post-1989 democratic transformation and were leading Poland into its promising future," she said.

"The United States stands with the Polish people in this difficult hour," she said, saying her thoughts and prayers are with the people of Poland today.

Kaczynski was very pro-American and a major promoter of former President George W. Bush's missile defense plan in Poland, which was opposed by Russia, former Bush administration National Security Council official Jamie Fly said. Conspiracy theories are swirling in Poland, but it seemed the weather/fog was very bad.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that the accident would be jointly investigated by the Russians and the Poles.

Rabu, 07 April 2010

Contoh Teks Pidato - The remake of fantasy epic Clash of the Titans has made its debut at number one in the UK and Ireland and box office. The film, which was made using 3D technology, took £5.6m and beat 3D animation How To Train Your Dragon with takings of $4.8m into second place.

Teks Pidato - Superhero movie Kick-Ass rounded out a brand new top three over the Easter weekend with returns of $3.8m.

British romantic drama Remember Me, starring Twilight heart-throb Robert Pattinson, was a new entry at seven.

The film narrowly failed to make the £1m mark in its opening weekend of release.

Family favourites Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang and Alice in Wonderland lost their places at the top of the box office chart.

UK BOX OFFICE TOP FIVE
1 Clash of the Titans - £5.6m
2 How To Train Your Dragon - £4.8m
3 Kick-Ass - £3.8m
4 Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang - £2.6m
5 Alice in Wonderland - £1.2m
Source: Screen International

James Cameron's fantasy blockbuster Avatar finally lost its mooring inside the top 10, falling four places to 14.

The movie, which is the highest-grossing cinematic release of all time, has spent 16 weeks in the UK chart to date and taken a total of £91.3m.

Other films which slipped down the chart included The Blind Side, starring Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock, sliding from three to six in its second week.

Shutter Island and The Bounty Hunter were also among the movies which fared less well this weekend.

Minggu, 04 April 2010

Megawati Tetap Ketua Umum PDIP

Bung Karno - Anggota Fraksi Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan (PDIP) di DPR, Maruarar Sirait, yakin Megawati Soekarnoputri akan kembali memimpin partai berlambang kepala banteng moncong putih tersebut. "Sistem kami itu yang punya suara adalah pengurus partai di tingkat kecamatan, dan 99% dari mereka memilih Ibu Mega," kata Maruarar usai pertemuan antara Tim 9 dalam Panitia Khusus Angket kasus Bank Century di DPR dengan bekas Wakil Presiden Jusuf Kalla di kediaman Kalla, Jakarta Selatan, Minggu (4/4).

Biografi Bung Karno - Menurut Maruarar, Megawati memang sosok yang tepat sebagai ketua umum karena keteguhannya pada prinsip. Ibu Mega, menurut dia, tidak bisa diiming-imingi, tidak bisa ditekan.

"Kalau ada kader PDIP yang bersalah secara hukum, silahkan diproses saja. Kami tidak akan melindungi koruptor," kata Maruarar.

Megawati, menurut Maruarar, juga adalah figur pemersatu karena faktor ideologis. "Yang dihormati di dalam dan di luar (partai) pasti Ibu Mega," lanjutnya.

Menurut Maruarar, terkait dengan isu koalisi oposisi, mayoritas grass root PDIP menginginkan PDIP tetap konsisten berada di luar pemerintah "Sebagai partai penyeimbang dan pengontrol pemerintah," kata Maruarar.

Maruarar menegaskan, posisi PDIP sebagai partai oposisi tetaplah dibutuhkan. "Kalau tidak, siapa lagi yang mau melakukan check and balances," kata dia.

Rabu, 31 Maret 2010

New Skin for Android Phones

Sony Ericsson Vivaz - Sony Ericsson’s new Android-based phone interface, like those from other cellphone manufacturers, integrates Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and other social networking services into one unified portal on your portable. The difference is that Sony Ericsson’s interface — UXP, formerly known as Rachael — actually looks useful.

Harga Sony Ericsson Vivaz - The company plans to launch a slew of new Android-based phones this year. Top of the list is the Xperia X10 — which confusingly carries the same codename that UXP used to have: Rachael. It’s a device with a 4-inch touchscreen, a 1-GHz Snapdragon processor and 8.1 megapixel camera that will be available this quarter. The company will also introduce the Mini, a compact phone with a 2.6-inch display that will be available in a touchscreen-only version as well as one with a slide-out keyboard.

But it’s UXP that forms the heart of these phones’ experience. Sony Ericsson has been working on the UXP interface for more than two years, the company says.

“We have done extensive skinning of the Android platform. because we really wanted to make it a bespoke experience,” says George Arriola, head of user experience for Sony Ericcson.

Sony’s UXP interface attempts to do the same thing as rivals like Motorola’s MotoBLUR: namely, aggregate social networking feeds such as Facebook and Twitter into one stream, integrate that data with your phone address book and contacts, and personalize the multimedia experience.

“We took a very sophisticated PlayStation middleware and shrunk it to fit the Android OS,” says Arriola.

Palm was the first of the smartphone makers to kick off the trend of integrating social media updates and contacts with the launch of the Palm Pre, though the Pre was based on Palm’s own operating system webOS, not Android. But the Android phones launched since then have tried to follow the path blazed by Palm.

Motorola has the MotoBlur interface that’s now a part of most of its phones, including the Cliq, Backflip and Devour. HTC has introduced Sense, its custom UI that’s available on phones such as the HTC Hero and upcoming phones including Legend and Desire.

But Sony’s UXP interface is the most visually attractive implementation that I have seen so far.

At the heart of Sony’s experience is a widget called Timescape. Timescape collects social networking feeds and presents them in a card-like view. A bar at the bottom of the screen has little icons that lets users filter the information stream by network such as Facebook, Twitter or Flickr.

The phone also updates the address book with a contact’s latest social networking update. That means if you click on a name in your address book, you can see their last social-feed post and use it as a reference point while making the call.

What makes this experience slick is the way the cards rain down on the screen, offering an almost 3-D–like effect as they scroll past. Clicking on one of the cards pulls up the contact and their status update.

Rather than contribute to info clutter, Sony’s attempt to jazz it up by using better visual effects actually does make it easier to handle the information stream.

The UXP interface also introduces a concept called “infinite pivot” — an infinity-shaped icon that helps you drill deeper and pull up related views.

Sony is also trying to offer a better experience for music, video and photos. The widget that controls this is called Mediascape. Click on the Mediscape icon and you get three options: My Music, My Videos and My Photos.

Music and videos are divided into recently played, recently added and favorites. There’s also access to PlayNow, Sony Ericsson’s music-downloads service.

A recommendation engine can suggest other artists or songs based on the music preferences of a user. Clicking on the infinite-pivot icon next to an artist’s name in music and videos offers suggestions and even searches the web.

And in a bid to keep the custom look throughout the phone, Sony redesigned the interface to services such as the phone dialer, calendar and alarm, says Arriola.

Overall, Sony Ericsson’s UXP skin for Android is not as confusing as the MotoBlur interface and more polished than the HTC Sense UI. Instead, UXP is a snappy, sophisticated treat. It works, though, only if you buy into the premise that instead of checking your Facebook and Twitter when you want to (as in the iPhone), you would like these services streamed and updated constantly to your phone.

Now if only they could get U.S. wireless carriers to offer Sony Ericsson phones on contract — and at prices slim enough to match the hardware.

Sabtu, 27 Maret 2010

Gadgets Today

Nexian - Sometimes, the things and gadgets that you think are the least useful will prove you wrong in the end. And in a potentially dangerous sport like hunting, having all the right hunting gadgets that technology brings you can be a matter of life and death. Let’s take a solar powered torchlight as an example. Don’t think it’d be of any use to you? Well, imagine the kind of convenience and security measure it would provide you if you had it and you run out of battery supplies. Furthermore, the solar powered torchlight doesn’t need batteries and they can operate for over long periods at night even when there’s no sunlight because they have the capability of storing energy in their internal batteries.

Nexian She NX-G788 - And yes, of course, hunting is a skill-game. The only way to get really good at hunting is not by way of having as many hunting gadgets in your backpack as possible. The only way to get good at hunting is by practicing, practicing and practicing. You can have a 500-yard hunting rifle, laser rangefinders and whatever-else-you-can-find-on-and-off-the-internet and yet, without the right skills, you will do not much better than without the hunting gadgets.

But imagine, if you’re OK in the hunting game and you have some cool and funky hunting gadgets with you, it WILL make a difference. With some skill, hunting gadgets like the precision hunting rifle and motion detectors will come in really handy!

One of the most amazing hunting gadgets to have handy is the Rangefinders (I personally love the Simmons Rangefinder) which gives you the confidence of shooting with unparalleled accuracy. Because with each shot, the Rangefinder will recalibrate, you get more and more accurate with each shot. Therefore, even an amateur hunting enthusiast can be quite successful during the hunting trips. The right Rangefinder should be resistant to weather elements like rain and extreme heat. And the Rangefinder’s performance should not be affected AT ALL with rain and close-by objects like leaves, branches and leaves. The best Rangefinders in the market should be as silent as your footsteps whenever you’re hunting. Other factors you should check out before you buy a new Rangefinder is the weight of the hunting gadget, the complexity of setup, ease of use, size of the hunting gadget and how fast does the battery run out. If the Rangefinder has a speed gun function…all the better but an expert in hunting can probably live without it. The hunting gadget should be accurate to within a foot off the target. Anything less than that, forget it.

Senin, 15 Maret 2010

Opick Gelar Film Perdana 'Di Bawah Langit'

Film Indonesia Terbaru - Penyanyi religi Opick akan menggelar premier film perdana karyanya berjudul Dibawah Langit di Djakarta Teater, malam ini. Pria kelahiran 1974 ini mengaku kalau film perdananya tersebut merupakan impiannya terbesar sejak dulu sebelum dirinya terkenal sebagai penyanyi religi.

Film Terbaru “Ini luar biasa, mimpi saya dalam membuat film berawal dari sebuah album kemudian berkembang menjadi cerita, lalu berkembang lagi menjadi sebuah novel dan kemudian menjadi sebuah film. Tanpa pertolongan dari Allah, saya enggak akan membuat sebuah film,” ujar Opick saat ditemui di Plaza Semanggi, belum lama ini.

Baginya, film perdananya ini dibuat dengan biaya sendiri sehingga memakan waktu yang lama sekitar 6 bulan.

“Film ini merupakan kebahagiaan saya, meskipun uang yang digunakan untuk membuat sebuah film harus keluar dari tabungan saya serta menggunakan apa yang saya punya,” katanya.

Pemilik nama lengkap Ainur Rofiq Lil Firdaus ini mengungkapkan kalau dirinya dalam membuat sebuah film tidak pernah mengemban ilmu di perfilman, semuanya dilakukan dengan otodidak.

“Bagi saya film ini unik, saya tidak pernah sekolah film, tetapi saya bisa buat film dan bagi saya ini rezeki. Jadi saya tidak takut untuk membuat film meskipun di tren film zaman sekarang sedang banyaknya film setan-setanan dan cinta-cintaan,” tukasnya.

Selasa, 02 Maret 2010

A Guide to This Year’s Hottest Prom Gowns

Nancy Benoit - The 2009 prom season is just a few short months away. Across the country, girls are hunting out the latest prom trends and fashions. With so many dress options to choose from it can be difficult to figure out what dresses are in style and what dresses are last year’s news. As a rule of thumb, if you like the dress and it fits your body well, you should wear it and enjoy it! Here is a guide to some of the hottest prom gown styles this year:

Bold, Colorful Prints

Nancy Benoit Hustler Pics - Prom dresses do not have to be a single color with beading or bows like they often were years ago. Prints are extremely popular this year, especially charmeuse prints that are colorful and bold. You can find tons of styles in stunning fabrics combining lines, floral designs, or even animal prints. Do not be afraid of the audacious prom dress choices now available. If prints are not your forte, try first considering vivacious, exciting colors. Instead of a pale green, bland dress, opt for choosing a grassy color. Instead of that powder blue gown, try on choices that are brilliant sapphire and sky blues. This is not the year to be subtle with color.

Open Backs

If you want to be daring with your prom dress, consider a style with an open back. You can find designer looks with a swooping back or straps that cris cross across your back. Before you buy a dress, make sure that it follows all of your school’s prom dress rules as well as approval from your parents. Many schools have dress codes during outside events such as prom.

Trains

Bridal gowns are not the only dress that can have an elegant train. Dresses with trains are all the rage for proms this year. Do not worry; most dress that have trains are detachable so you do not have to worry about your date stepping on it as you happily dance the night away. You can also find trains that bustle up and attach in the back so that you do not have to worry about the train tearing or dragging on the ground all night.

Short- Length Dresses

Over the last few years, short dresses have grown in popularity, and that is no exception for prom season 2009. Instead of a long gown, consider a tea-length ensemble that shows off your fabulous shoes without being an inappropriate length. Classic short silhouettes are extremely fashionable and look great on just about any body type.

Beading

While in 2007 and 2008 prom dresses with sequins were extremely popular, this year beading is all the rage. Beading on dresses can add a little sparkle and even create prints using contrasting colors. If money is tight, look for dresses that have just a few beads sprinkled around the top of the dress. They are typically less expensive than dresses with all-over beading.

White and Black Options

Even though bold, bright colors are popular this year, an all black or all white dress is always a classic style to wear. Look for a dress that evokes feelings of Hollywood glamour like Jackie O or Marilyn Monroe. When wearing an all black or white dress, you can accessorize with jewelry in any bright colors such as sunset orange and neon green. You can also find black or white dresses with rhinestones and beading that sparkle for an added hint of style. Try looking for classic shapes that flatter your body type. A white or black dress is all about the silhouette you create.

Tulle and Feather Skirts

Along with the in-style shorter length dresses for prom, a short, belled-out skirt made of tulle or feathers can be fashionable as well. Choose a skirt that creates a shape flattering to your body. When you go for a tulle or feather skirt, keep the accessories light. Your dress material is already an embellishment, so too much jewelry can often be overwhelming.

Gold and Pink

While bright colors are in style this year, gold seems to be the metallic jewelry of the season. If you choose to wear a gold dress, non-gold simple earrings and a few chunky bracelets can easily complete your Hollywood look. If you are going for another colored dress stick to gold-toned jewelry instead of choosing silver this year. Gold looks great with just about any color. If you are not the gold jewelry type, pink is another popular accessory color for the season. All bright hues are popular as the summer months approach, but pink jewelry is especially fashionable in 2009. All shades of pink, including pastel pink and hot pink are favored by style magazines and retailers. No matter what your skin type or body type may be, you can find a shade of pink that works well for you.

One-Shoulder Gowns

Prom dresses this year are taking cues from the Hollywood’s runway and the red carpet. Celebrities such as Michelle Obama, Kate Winslet, and a number of other celebrities have been wearing one-shoulder gowns to show off just the right amount of skin for any occasion. A one-shoulder dress looks great on just about any body type.

Rabu, 17 Februari 2010

Bond Fans Not Happy With Craig

My Name is Khan - A statement on the site said that “EON Productions angered fans around the world when they fired Pierce Brosnan at the height of his popularity as Bond. To add insult to injury, EON cast a short, blond, odd-looking Daniel Craig in the role of Bond.”

Film My Name is Khan - The site goes on to ask, “How can a short, blond actor with the rough face of a professional boxer and a penchant for playing killers, cranks, cads, and gigolos pull off the role of a tall, dark, handsome and suave secret agent?”

The angry group of Bond fans have threatened to boycott “Casino Royale” and any other Bond films that Craig will star in.

Though Craig may have a wounded pride from all of these happenings, he does have a big supporter in his predecessor, Pierce Brosnan.

“I think Daniel is a very fine actor. These are rocky waters, and they’re going to get him one way or another, but I think he will have the last laugh at the end of it,” Brosnan said.

Craig has had roles in “Munich” and “The Jacket.” He accepted the role of Bond last October, and filming for the movie began last month in Prague. Last week the producers of the film cast French actress Eva Green as Bond girl Vesper Lynd and Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen as the villain le Chiffre.

Selasa, 16 Februari 2010

DVD Review

In 1983, Stratocaster slinger Stevie Ray Vaughan and his posse, bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris "Whipper" Layton, rode into the El Mocambo Tavern in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and flooded the Great White North audience with a sonic wave of boogie and blues born deep in the heart of the Texas.

"Testify" and "So Excited" start off the proceedings with a shot of high energy instrumental brilliance, followed by "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," Vaughan's tribute to his mentor, Jimi Hendrix. Stevie sings "I got my voodoo right in my hands," before tearing into a solo that proves him to be a worthy successor to Jimi's throne.

Next up is "Pride and Joy," the song that put Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble on the map. Combining a walking bass line on the lower strings and chords on the higher strings, Vaughan creates the effect of two guitarists playing at once, as Layton lays down the shuffle beat and Shannon's Fender bass adds precision counterpoint.

With readings of Howlin' Wolf's "Tell Me" and Buddy Guy's "Mary Had a Little Lamb," Vaughan recites the lessons of the masters while lending his own phrases to the blues lexicon.

The centerpiece of the set is "Texas Flood," a slow twelve-bar blues reminiscent of Albert King's "Blues Power." Playing the Strat behind his back, Stevie Ray unleashes an unrelenting torrent of guitar fury that strikes the audience like a Lone Star State lightning storm.

The band shifts into high gear with "Love Struck Baby," an original Chuck Berry style rocker, and "Hug You Squeeze You," a John Lee Hooker boogie blues classic.

Another Jimi Hendrix tune, "Third Stone From the Sun," serves as a vehicle for Vaughan's dramatic stage theatrics. Shannon's driving bass groove and Layton's rolling drumbeat provide a launching pad as Stevie Ray spins the guitar around the stage, manically manipulating the whammy bar, volume, and tone controls to navigate a feedback fueled orbit through the solar system.

The frenetic pace cools down with "Lenny," a ballad named after Stevie Ray's wife, in which he deftly employs the Strat's five position pickup selector to maneuver through a myriad of jazzy, textured tones.

Closing the show with Lonnie Mack's "Wham!," Vaughan sends one last blast from his Stratocaster through the appreciative Canadian crowd. After the smoke cleared, Stevie Ray Vaughan packed up his six string and rode off into the sunset.

Sabtu, 13 Februari 2010

Using GPS Tracking to Protect Your Vehicles

It is no secret that police cars are equipped with GPS tracking theft recovery devices. These items are meant to allow a stolen police car to be found rather easily by simply using GPS tracking technology to locate the car. Then further police are dispatched to the location to apprehend the criminal and recover the car. The good news is that it is possible to use the same technology to protect your car.

GPS tracking is not a very new technology. It has been around since the 1980s, when it first began being developed for the military. It was originally meant to help keep track of troops and movements, as well as create a sophisticated mapping system to help commanders find their way over rough and unknown terrain. Today that same technology is so advanced that it is possible to track in real time and create histories of where the device has been. And GPS technology is available to anyone, and at a fairly reasonable price.

When you use GPS tracking in your car, you receive more than just driving directions in an unfamiliar city. You can also know where your car is. While it is nice to have this information to keep tabs on partying teenagers, it can also help you in the event that your car is stolen. When you have a tracking system, and your car is stolen, you are more likely to get it back relatively unharmed. This is because you can find it immediately, rather than having it discovered in pieces weeks later as part of an illegal car parts ring.

Your GPS tracking system can help you get your car back and have the satisfaction of knowing that the person who stole it is off the streets and headed to jail. You can let the police see where your car is (and where it is headed) and this is an immense help to them. One of the best ways to protect your property is to know where it is. And you can always know where your car is when you have it equipped with GPS tracking.

Jumat, 12 Februari 2010

Key Features in Smartparts Digital Picture Frames

Gambar - Gambar lucu - Smartparts digital picture frames have become an established brand in this relatively new category of consumer electronics. As consumer transition from traditional static frames to dynamic digital photo frames, there are key features that they demand, and Smartparts Syncpix and Optipix product lines does a good job delivering them.

Gambar lucu - Digital picture frames are a growing category of consumer electronic devices and people choose to replace their traditional static picture frames with dynamic digital frames that show off their digital pictures in homes, offices, and public places. Manufacturers of all types are now producing digital photo frames of all types and endless features, and one such brand that has quickly made a name in the market is Smartparts. Smartparts digital frames come in various types and sizes, mostly in the Optipix and Syncpix product lines, each with key features to consider.

The Syncpix line of Smartparts LCD frames is a more recent product line, and the key feature of these digital frames is the Syncpix software that runs directly on the frame. A key aspect to digital photo frames is transferring them from your camera to your computer and to your frame. The Syncpix software attempts to allow users to eliminate this step by enabling you to plug your memory card directly from your camera to your frame, and allowing you to perform all required steps of preparing a digital photo for display (for example, resizing, organizing into albums) directly on the frame itself. New versions of the Syncpix software can be downloaded from the Smartparts website which keeps it fresh with features. This is a not a mandatory approach, i.e. you can still manage your photos on you computer if you want and transfer them to your photo like you would with most frames, but the Syncpix approach is an interesting one.

Smartparts other main product line of digital photo frames are its Optipix digital frames. This wide range of digital frame sizes and models offer several great offerings. These frames will display digital pictures in crisp, clear colors, allow for various slideshow features, and generally will allow you to display other media such as video and music (great for adding background to your slideshows). As opposed to the Syncpix frames, Smartparts Optipix digital photo frames come with software that runs on your computer, which is used to manage your pictures before transferring them to a memory device that can be used with your Smartparts digital frame.

Regardless of the line of frames you choose, Optipix, Syncpix, or the other Smartparts family of frames, Smartparts gives you a choice of a variety of sizes. Smartparts has good choices in 5-inch, 7-inch, 8-inch, 10-inch, 11-inch, and 12-inch digital frames. You’ll soon ever hear about its groundbreaking 32-inch digital frame, thought to be the biggest yet on the market, and likely to be used for commercial uses like marketing and display (much like you see LCD TVs used in lobbies and restaurants).

Once you decide on a size, the other key features to consider are screen resolution, internal memory, and memory card ports. Screen resolution is closely tied to your screen size, but in general you’ll be safe choosing a Smartparts frame in that they provide an optimal resolution for the size of digital frame screen. This ensures your pictures appear with high quality and clarity. For example, their 8-inch frames are mostly 800 x 600 or 800 x 480 resolution which is great for most uses.

Internal memory defines whether or not you can store pictures directly on your frame, or if you’ll have to rely on a memory card connected to the frame. This varies on Smartparts frames, but for example many of the Syncpix frames come with 256MB internal memory which can store a few thousand pictures (depending on resolution) directly on the frame. Frames without internal memory require you to insert a memory device to the frame (usually a memory card or USB flash device). There are several types of memory cards and Smartparts does a good job supporting various types, and gives you multiple ports for connecting more than one card at a time (also useful for transferring from one device to another).

Another feature not totally unique to Smartparts, but certainly not standard in today’s digital photo albums is the remote control that comes with many Smartparts frames. Also look for an auto on/off capability - why should a frame be on when no one is in the room? This is a good for conserving energy. Some Smartparts frames do this with a motion sensor. Other features found on Smartparts digital frames: internal speakers, digital clock, and built-in alarms.

Digital picture frames are clearly changing how we display pictures. For those in the market for one of these new devices, considering a Smartparts Digital Frame is likely a wise choice.

Senin, 08 Februari 2010

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Training

MY NAME IS KHAN | Film My Name is Khan Movie Sinopsis trailer Video - Nothing is worse than a person who owns a misbehaving dog. What if your Cavalier does not stop from barking all day and night and chews up everything in sight? Won't you be strained and furious? Good thing there is Cavalier King Charles Spaniel training that can tone down your pet's misbehaving.

MY NAME IS KHAN - Continuous barking is one of the most annoying dog behavior. So if your cute toy dog is misbehaving, something must have gone wrong. The first thing you need to do is to figure out why he is barking. Something might be scaring him that you are not aware of.

Always remember that yelling at your dog will not stop him from barking. Many dogs will just bark louder because they think you are having a shouting match. When the barking becomes constant without reason, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel training is needed. A dog barking all day and night is not entertaining anymore.

Another serious behavior problem for any dog is biting. Most communities have enacted new laws that deal with biting dogs more aggressively, like killing the dog after the first offense even if the bite was accidental. Teaching your dog not to bite is so important because most dogs use their mouth and teeth even when playing.

But this does not mean whatever your dog is doing cannot be fixed either. Some people had experienced the same issues and found solutions for them. Stressing the importance of not biting when your pet is still a puppy is an effective Cavalier King Charles Spaniel training. You will stop any future biting problems in the bud.

Puppies usually play with their mouth to nip and gnaw on whatever they are playing with, including people's hands. This is the time to teach them that they are not to behave in this fashion and biting and chewing on your body parts is not allowed, no matter how cute or fun it may be.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel training through an obedience class can help you when things gets worse. This is helpful to first time dog owners who may be at a loss in fixing their dog's behavior problem. Every dog has their own behavioral issue because it is already in their nature, whether it is a cute Cavalier or a big Labrador.

There are also a variety of products specially designed to help control dogs that bark too much. One example is the specialized collar that is triggered to either emit a small electric shock or spray citronella around the dog's face and muzzle. The citronella collars are harmless and work amazingly well if you like the smell.

Changing the behavior of a misbehaving dog can be tough but it is worth it. Letting your pet undergo Cavalier King Charles Spaniel training through obedience class will save you from stress and high cost of damage he can cause. Do something about his misbehaving early on before it is too late.

Selasa, 02 Februari 2010

Sammy Kerispatih Berbuat Ulah

Sammy Kerispatih Ditangkap Polisi, Hingga Rabu (3/2) siang hari ini, Samuel Hendra Simorangkir atau akrab disapa Sammy vokalis grup band Kerispatih, masih diperiksa di Ruang Satuan Narkotika Polres Jakarta Pusat.

Pada Selasa dini hari, Sammy Kerispatih ditangkap di kamar kosnya di kawasan Setiabudi, Jakarta Selatan, dengan barang bukti satu paket shabu-shabu. Menurut Kapolres Metro Jakarta Pusat Komisaris Besar Polisi Hamidin, sudah sejak lama Sammy Kerispatih menjadi incaran polisi.

Dengan kejadian ini, karier Sammy berada di ujung tanduk. Bukan kali ini saja, pria kelahiran 8 September 1982 tersebut berurusan dengan polisi. Beberapa waktu lalu, ia diperiksa polisi karena dituduh mencuri mobil milik teman wanitanya.

Terjeratnya Sammy dalam kasus narkotika sekaligus menambah panjang daftar artis yang terbelit urusan barang haram itu. Sebut saja Sheila Marcia Joseph dan Jennifer Dunn yang hingga kini masih mendekam di penjara

Minggu, 31 Januari 2010

Caressa Cameron is Smart Girl

Miss America 2010| Miss America Winner 2010 Fotos Video, must be see to everyone who is like to watch about beautiful girls . Randi Sundquist, 20 of Elko and Kaylyn Petersen, 19 of Mesquite were crowned in a dual Miss America preliminary on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 6pm at the Clark County Library Theater (Las Vegas). Contestants competed in Private Interview, Presence and Poise in Evening Wear, on-stage question, Artistic Expression (talent), and Lifestyle and Fitness. During the competition, each contestant was able to discuss her chosen platform, a social or community issue of concern to herself and the society at large.
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Miss America 2010 Winnner - Sundquist, Miss Greater Las Vegas and Petersen, Miss Clark County received $1000 educational scholarships. Sundquist is a sophomore at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Petersen is a sophomore at Southern Utah University. Other scholarships were given to the first runner up, Felice Garcia of Las Vegas, Entrepreneur Award winner, Brandie Pena of Las Vegas, and Quality of Life Award winner, Jacqueline Wilkins of Reno. Melissa Carlson, of Las Vegas, was chosen as the People’s Choice winner, based on votes from the audience. The other contestants were Salinda Newman, Cambrie Littlefield, Sasha Gomez, and Caitlin Shea.

During her year of service, Miss Greater Las Vegas and Miss Clark County will travel across Clark County and the state of Nevada, speaking to government officials, business leaders, community groups and all types of citizens about her platform issue and encouraging them to become involved in her cause. Sundquist will focus her year on Preventing Youth Violence and Bullying, while Petersen will focus on Cancer Prevention and Awareness.

Each year the new Miss America, in addition to bringing awareness to her personal platform, will be an official goodwill ambassador for Children’s Miracle Network as she raises funds and awareness for both Children’s Miracle Network and the Miss America Organization. This partnership also extends to the woman competing at the local, state and national levels of the pageant, asking each contestant who participates to be responsible for raising funds on behalf of Children’s Miracle Network and the Miss America Organization.
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The newly crowned Miss Greater Las Vegas and Miss Clark County will represent the area at Miss Nevada in June 2010. The winner of the Miss Nevada pageant will represent the state at the 2011 Miss America Scholarship Pageant in Las Vegas.

New to the program this year, the first Miss Clark County’s Outstanding Teen was crowned. Angela Foremaster of Las Vegas captured the title and a $200 savings bond, and will be serving her platform, Promoting Foster Care in Nevada during her year of service. Miss Clark County’s Outstanding Teen Program is a part of America’s Outstanding Teen Program, the little sister program to the Miss America Program. Miss Clark County’s Outstanding Teen will represent the area at Miss Nevada’s Outstanding Teen in June 2010. The winner of Miss Nevada’s Outstanding Teen will represent the state at Miss America’s Outstanding Teen in Orlando, Florida in August 2010.

The Miss America Scholarship Organization provides opportunities for young women to achieve their personal and professional ambitions. Contestants also participate in community service activities and develop leadership skills that help them excel in their chosen career and life goals. A non-profit organization, the Miss America Organization is one of the nation’s leading achievement programs and the world’s largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Each year, the Miss America Organization makes available more than $40 million in cash and tuition scholarship assistance. On an annual basis, Miss America state and local titleholders, along with the Organization’s network of volunteers, participate in more than 12,000 community-service projects, providing in excess of 500,000 service hours to worthy causes.

For more information about competing, volunteering, or sponsoring the Miss Greater Las Vegas & Miss Clark County Dual Scholarship Program or Miss Clark County’s Outstanding Teen Program, please check out our website http://missgreaterlasvegas.com

Senin, 25 Januari 2010

To Go Mountain

Mount Bromo - If you are planning to visit Chile soon and want to show yourself around without much trouble, just get yourself a mountain bike and I bet you'll have a great time. If you are not very experienced though, it may be better to contact a tour operator to help you transport your gear (tents, food, liquids and others) and to provide you with lodging. In this case, you can plan both short day-trips or longer several-days journeys, with constant assistance and pretty safe circuits. If you are fit enough and know how to deal with the gear weight, repairs, difficult routes, map reading, and are good at camping, you still have the chance to go on your own. A bit more risky, but with the proper information about weather and terrain you should do pretty well.

Indonesia Java International destination - The best places to start with are usually up north, basically because of the weather, nice and sunny all year round. But the beauty of the south makes it imperative to give it a shot in spite of the rain. Here is a list of 5 top places where to find nice and interesting routes, some challenge to your physical condition and wonderful, varied places to see and never forget.

North of Chile

-San Pedro de Atacama: Caracoles Street (centre of attractions and activities of San Pedro de Atacama). Less than 5 kilometres away from the Valley of the Moon and Valley of Death, Pucará de Quitor, the fantastic Pozo 3 (a small water oasis) and Tulor Village.

South of Chile

-Pucón: Start in La Poza, head to Playa Grande and then Ansorena Street and the monastery for a complete view of the city. On the road to the airport find your way to Lake Caburgua and then Trancura River. Another fantastic route: Start at the city center and head southeast, find Los Calabozos, Los Guindos and marvelous Salto del Claro.

-Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine: Start 30 kilometres north of Puerto Natales, Route 9, soon you’ll find Mount Prat, the Tenerife Point, Mount Almirante Nieto and the impressive Torres del Paine massif. Up the hills, the Sofia Valley, the Ultima Esperanza Inlet, the Eberhard fyord and from the distance, the Balmaceda and Serrano Glaciers. At the bottom, the Mylodon Cave.

Central Chile

-Del Plomo Hot Springs: Ideal for bikes, low traffic. Cross the mountains and along El Yeso Reservoir.

-Seven Cups Radal Reserve: 100 kms away from Talca, seven waterfalls with their corresponding “cups”. Trails along the forests and the possibility to see Salto de la Leona and Velo de la Novia Cascades.

Of course once in Chile you’ll find many more places to see and probably you’ll be willing to create your own daily routes. From the dry dessert and nitrate towns in the north to the rainy ancient forests and magnificent volcanoes in the south, this long, long country offers you a wide variety of breath-taking landscapes that will fill your spirit with a sense of freedom and energy you have never met before.

Minggu, 24 Januari 2010

Preparing Your Young Actor or Actress for Industry Success

Jennifer Lynn Jackson, Helping your young acting hopeful prepare for a successful acting career can be an incredibly rewarding experience for the parent. All parents like seeing their children being creative, expressing themselves, and, most importantly, having fun.

It should be stated, however, that forcing a child to participate in any pursuit they don’t like is not just counterproductive but harmful to the child. Your role, as the acting hopeful’s parent, is to caringly nurture your children’s’ expressed interests and not force them into a pursuit in order to live vicariously through them. One would have to be born under a rock to have missed some of the more public examples of what can happen when children are forced into an acting career they never wanted.

That being said, there are some very simple pointers you can follow that will have a powerful impact in the immediate sense and create long-term opportunities for the professional acting success of your son or daughter.

Start Early

Human beings, it would seem, are all natural born actors. Early in their lives, they often spend entire afternoons play-acting imaginary scenarios. Sadly, as many of us get older, we forget how much fun acting can be. By exposing your youngsters, at an early age, to the concept of acting, you are, in effect, introducing them to something at which they are already. Regardless of whether it’s soccer, football, chess, or acting, childhood pursuits should always be fun. By giving your children an early glimpse of acting while they are young and predisposed to the concept, you dramatically increase the odds of their long-term success. Acting Camps provide the perfect vehicle for your children to immerse themselves in the creative fun acting can provide. What they gain from the camp experience has as much to do with you, the parent, as it does the camp itself. With the internet woven into the fabric of our lives, there is simply no excuse for parents not doing due-diligence research on any acting camp they are considering. A little research time, up front, can save you a lot of money, effort, and disappointment later.

After your children have started their first camp, make sure that they are having fun. If not, first try finding a better-suited program and see if that resolves the issue. If not, you may need to consider the fact that acting may not be of interest to them at that point in their lives. If that is the case, and the situation is handled carefully, it may well become one as they get older. Forcing the issue now will virtually guarantee that your child will never enjoy the art. If there isn’t a fit, back off and give them some time. Find out what it was about the camp experience they didn’t like. More importantly, find out what things (even if only a few) they actually did like about the camp. Pay attention to these answers. There is a good chance that, armed with this information, you can research other camps that may be better suited to your child’s tastes and artistic needs. Find a different camp, try again next year, and until then don’t push or make a big deal out of it.

Be Involved

Acting is a passion and, like flame, it needs fuel in order to burn. A parent’s support and involvement has no equal as that fuel. Acting Camp is about far more than just what happens during the time your child attends. What happens before and after camp is as important as the camp itself. Furthermore, if you have an uninterested attitude towards your children’s pursuits then their attitude will soon follow your own. Help them prepare for the camp experience beforehand. If you have done your research, then you are well-versed in what your children will be learning and doing. Help them feel prepared for it and they will have the kind of fun that only self-confidence brings. After Camp is over, spend a lot of time revisiting what they experienced and learned. Often, there are exercises and drama games that can be fun for the whole family to recreate. Children look to their parents for validation. Be that validation for your young actor or actress and you have armed them well for success.

Be Selective

Acting Camps are as varied as the children who attend them. Take the time to research, research, research. If your children is new to the art, look for fun-filled camps that focus more on the enjoyment of the experience than the knowledge gained. As your children progress, they will want, as well as need, more challenges for their minds. Complacency destroys drive, and an unchallenged mind can hardly avoid becoming complacent. Acting Camp should always be fun, but as your children grow they will develop a sense of pride in their craft and will be eager to take the challenge to the next level. Do your homework and be prepared to provide that challenge in their next camp.

Preparing For the Next Step

Eventually your children (and I use that term loosely here) will be ready to move on to acting school. As you have watched and participated with your children in their acting youth, you’ll no doubt have picked up on where their artistic talents and drive really lie. Research schools that have well-respected programs and degrees in those areas. This next step is an expensive one, so doing your research here actually does pay. Just as acting camps have helped form your children’s creative foundations, so acting schools will take it to that next, and this time, professional, level.