NEWS TODAY - Obama tells Muslims ' Americans are not your enemy,'

Dikutip dari :WASHINGTON (CNN)
President Obama said his administration will offer a hand of friendship to the Muslim world but will hunt down terrorist organizations that kill innocent civilians.
"My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy," Obama said in an interview with Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based satellite television network. "We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect."

During his run for the White House, Obama pledged to improve ties with the Muslim world, draw down U.S. troops in Iraq and close the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The president also has pledged to address the Muslim world from a Muslim capital in the first 100 days of his administration. No location has been announced.

Obama said the United States will go after terrorist groups that kill innocent civilians but will do so while respecting the rule of law. The president said that difference makes America great.

The Obama administration also has taken an early interest in the Middle East peace process between the Israelis and the Palestinians, with the president naming former Sen. George Mitchell as his special envoy to the region. Mitchell is scheduled to arrive in the Mideast on Tuesday to shore up a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas leadership.

"I think the most important thing is for the United States to get engaged right away," Obama told Hisham Melhem, Al-Arabiya's Washington bureau chief.
A tentative cease-fire between Israel and Hamas-ruled Gaza began last week after a three-week military operation by Israeli troops in the Palestinian territory.

"Ultimately, we cannot tell either the Israelis or the Palestinians what's best for them. They're going to have to make some decisions," Obama said. "But I do believe that the moment is ripe for both sides to realize that the path that they are on is one that is not going to result in prosperity and security for their people. And that instead it's time to return to the negotiating table."

Obama said the United States will start by listening, not dictating, and then a response will be formulated after consultations with all the major parties involved. iReport.com: What should Obama do first?

Obama's interview was seen widely in Pakistan and has received a generally positive response from analysts there.

Islamabad author and journalist Imtiaz Gul told CNN: "It's a good sign of an attempt to reconcile with the Muslim world, to say America wants to reach out to them and not to consider them as an enemy."
Analyst Zaid Hamid said that Obama has yet to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world.

Hamid said the real litmus test for the Muslim world is what Obama does with the crisis in Gaza.

BLACKBERRY STORM OFF TO A SHAKY START

Blackberry storm was specifically designed for Vodafone users.It has got all the features that a smart phone needs tohavelikeWirelessemail,OrganizerBrowser,PhoneCamera (3.2 MP),Video Recording,BlackBerry® Maps,Media Player,Built-in GPSCorporate data access,SMS and MMS.All said and done,the sales of the Blackberry storm is still looking a bit of a bumpy ride.

Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion Ltd. have high hopes for the BlackBerry Storm, which they spent nearly two years developing as their big response to Apple iPhone and have broght on Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton to endorse their product with a overall ad campaign costing around $100 million.Surely any new product is susceptible to a few glitches and this one is no revelation in this aspect.Blackberry Storm has sold roughly 500,000 units in the first month after nov 21 launch but very modest sales when compared to 2.4 million.

Some Storm owners have complained about everything from clunky software for typing on the touch screen to the device's sluggish performance with basic tasks like dialing-by-voice or taking photographs.Infact NY Times called the Storm touch screen a 'dud'.Global economic downturn is certainly not a turn on.But storm has to sort out its issues if it has to face the iphone golliath.

NEWS TODAY - Aliran Sesat Satria Piningit (Pencabulan Agus Sulit Dibuktikan)

NEWS TODAY - Berita hari ini tanggal 31 januari, mengenai Penyebar aliran sesat Satria Piningit Wateng Buwono. seperti dikutip dari detik, Agus Imam Solichin sudah menyerah diri. Kasus pencabulan Agus yang dilaporkan oleh pengikutnya diakui polisi sulit dibuktikan.

Kata Kabid Humas Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol Zulkarnain "Penyidik yang sampaikan kasusnya sulit karena kejadian pencabulan yang dilaporkan ke polisi sejak tahun 2003," kepada detikcom, Sabtu (31/1/2009).

Menurut Zulkarnain, kalau bukti visumnya dilakukan sekarang, juga tidak memungkin lagi. Saksi pelapor menyatakan dirinya dipijat-pijat oleh Agus dalam keadaan telanjang. Agus membenarkan telah melakukan pemijatan namun tidak dalam keadaan telanjang.

"Polisi sekarang mencari saksi yang melihat kejadian itu. Masalahnya ada nggak? Ada banyak pengikutnya, nggak ada yang datang ke polisi. Mungkin malu atau bagaimana tidak tahu," ujarnya.

Sampai saat ini, lanjut Zulkarnain, polisi masih dalam penyelidikan apakah kasus ini juga bertambah menjadi kasus penistaan agama atau hanya pencabulan. "Kalau memang polisi melihat cukup unsur penistaan agama, ya masih diselidiki," tegasnya.


Mudahmudahan berita tenatng "aliran seat " tidak membuat aksi anarki...byarkan yang berwajib menyelesaikan, dan semoga ajaran agama tetap kukuh.

NEWS TODAY - Tanah Longsor Terjadi di Desa Nglegok, Kecamatan Ngargoyoso, Karanganyar, Jawa Tengah (Jateng)

NEWS TODAY - Berita hari ini tgl 31 februari, mengenai "Tanah Longsor Terjadi di Desa Nglegok, Kecamatan Ngargoyoso, Karanganyar, Jawa Tengah (Jateng) " banyak warga bahkan ribuan Warga ikut menyaksikan peristiwa tersebut. Berita hari ini yang mengenai tenatng Tanah longsor , ternyata menyebabkan 6 orang tewas yang terjadi di Desa Nglegok, Kecamatan Ngargoyoso, Karanganyar, Jawa Tengah (Jateng) pada kemarin malam. Warga berbondong-bondong menyaksikan sisa-sisa bencana tersebut.

Berita hari ini yang dikutip dari detik.com, seperti kata Rasmanto : Banyak sekali yang nonton, ada yang datang pakai truk," kata salah satu warga di lokasi kejadian, , kepada detikcom, Sabtu (31/1/2009).

Rasmanto juga mengatakan : warga dibantu anggota TNI-Polri kini tengah berjibaku untuk menemukan satu korban tewas yang masih tertimbun tanah. Akan tetapi, dia mengaku tidak tahu identitas korban tersebut.

"Satu lagi belum ketemu. Korban sudah tua umurnya," kata Rasmanto yang tinggal di Desa Dayu, Kecamatan Karangpandan ini.

Rasmanto juga menambahkan : Proses evakuasi, kata Rasmanto, dilakukan dengan manual dengan menggunakan alat seadanya. Belum terlihat adanya alat berat di lokasi bencana.

Berita hari ini cupuk menyedihkan bagi korban dan keluarga korban, semoga cepat menjadi lebih baik.

WHAT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (AI) FOUND IN GAZA

I am on the AI e-mailing list and receive many e-mails from them. I really feel that it's necessary to share this one with you.

Dear Harinder,

Hours before Israel announced a ceasefire, an Amnesty International fact finding mission gained access to Gaza. Their initial reports are disturbing: the team found first hand evidence of war crimes, serious violations of international law and possible crimes against humanity by all parties to the conflict.

AI researchers continue investigating attacks against southern Israel and are currently documenting the true scale of devastation wrought on civilians in Gaza. The stories they report are harrowing.

In the early afternoon of January 4th, three young paramedics walked through a field on a rescue mission to save a group of wounded men in a nearby orchard. A 12-year-old boy, standing by his house, assisted the operation by pointing to where the men could be found. An Israeli air strike on the area killed all four.

The bodies of the four victims could not be retrieved for two days. Ambulance crews who tried to approach the site came under fire from Israeli forces.

Our researchers later traveled to the scene of the strike with the two ambulance drivers who witnessed the attack. They met with the boy’s distraught mother and found the remains of the missile. The label of the missile read, “guided missile, surface attack” and cited the United States as the country of origin.

US Weapons Used in Attacks





Label on the remains of a US-made missile that killed three paramedics and a child. The U.S. has to support investigations about misuse of US weapons in attacks against civilians. Tell Secretary Clinton and Ambassador Susan Rice to support an independent investigation. © AI

This is just one of many similar stories.

Under the Geneva Conventions, medical personnel searching, collecting, transporting or treating the wounded must be protected and respected in all circumstances. Clearly, this was not the case on Jan. 4th.

Since we last emailed you, more than 87,000 of you have written Congress and former administration officials. These emails, along with the massive outpouring of letters from around the world from other Amnesty sections, are making an impact. Just this week:

• the United Nations pledged $613 million in aid for Gaza


• 60 members of Congress signed a letter to Secretary of State Hillary of Clinton calling for humanitarian support for Gaza


• And hours ago, the US pledged $20 million in aid (1-2)
  

We have a small window of opportunity to build on this momentum: urge Secretary Clinton and Ambassador Susan Rice to push for a full-fledged independent investigation.

This investigation is critical for many reasons, not the least of which is the clear evidence of the use of white phosphorous, as well as the mounting evidence of the misuse of US arms3. As you read this, Amnesty researchers continue documenting the use of arms, and we expect an action specifically calling on Congress to investigate the misuse of US weapons in this conflict in the coming weeks.

Everyone is responsible for the protection of international law. The US government must not turn a blind eye to possible war crimes and crimes against humanity. It should support an independent international inquiry by the United Nations into allegations of violations of international humanitarian and human rights law - by all groups participating in the conflict.

The story of the paramedics and the young boy is not an anomaly. Write Secretary Clinton and Ambassador Rice today and urge accountability for abuses in Gaza and southern Israel now.

Thank you for your continuing support,

Zahir Janmohamed
Advocacy Director
Middle East and North Africa

P.S. For comprehensive information on the conflict, go to www.amnestyusa.org/gaza. For late breaking updates, visit our blog, Human Rights Now. For organizing resources on the conflict, visit the Gaza Resources page

Mayor Bloomberg paints grim economic picture for New York City 2009 budget

More at NY Daily News: “Mayor Bloomberg's bad-news budget tries to plug a $4 billion hole with less than $2 billion worth of spending cuts and new sales taxes - and counts on unions, Albany and the federal govermment to come up with the rest.
He proposed a $43.4 billion budget Friday for the fiscal year starting July 1, up $123 million from the year before - one that slices deep into the pockets of city residents and the ranks of city workers.
"Are we going to go through some difficult times? I don't think there's any question about that. But we have a plan to balance our budget," Bloomberg said. "It is serious, but I think it is manageable."”

Cecil "Katie" Suwal OF EMPEROR'S CLUB VIP SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS IN JAIL - New York Post

More at New York Post: “She was the property of her overbearing partner, and the madam who helped run the prostitution ring that brought down Gov. Eliot Spitzer has the tattoo to prove it.

Cecil "Katie" Suwal was sentenced yesterday to six months in jail for her role in operating the Emperors Club VIP that serviced the notorious "Client 9," but not before her lawyer said she was controlled by her Svengali-like boss who branded her in the most humiliating of places.

"Her strategically placed tattoo eliminated any doubt," said her lawyer, Alberto Ebanks, as he made quote marks in the air. "Property of Mark Brener."”

GOOGLE LAUNCHES M-LAB -TO TEST YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION

Global Tech Giant Google along with a couple of non profit partners has launched measurementlab.net called MLAB in short to enable users to test their internet connection using google's own list of diagnostic tools.The MLAB aims to check broadband connections by briefly communicating with a server elsewhere on the internet to reveal possible interference and traffic management by service providers.
Apart from helping users to check their broadband connection using its Network Diagnostic Tool,MLAB seems to offer much more including the Glasnost which helps to detect whether your Internet access provider is performing application-specific traffic shaping. Currently, you can test if your ISP is throttling or blocking BitTorrent.The measurement server records the user's IP address, and all data packets received by the server from your computer or sent by the server to your computer. In addition, it monitors errors in the communication with the server and the throughput of the transfers for those communication "flows," and sends them to the server.

The NPAD (Network Path and Applicaton Diagnosis) tool diagnoses some of the common problems effecting the last network mile and end-users' systems. These are the most common causes of all performance problems on wide area network paths.

The Diffprobe which helps to detect if an Internet access provider is classifying certain kinds of traffic as "low priority," providing it with an inferior level of service. DiffProbe actively and non-intrusively probes the network path and tries to diagnose the nature and extent of traffic discrimination.

The NANO attempts to detect whether an ISP is degrading the performance of a certain subset of users, applications, or destinations.NANO will conduct some tests between the client and an M-Lab server, such as generating downloads of different types of application traffic. This data will be sent to the M-Lab server.NANO will also monitor the user's network traffic and collect summary statistics about performance when the user visits popular Internet destinations. Rather than generating tests, it monitors the user's activity in the course of his or her normal Internet usage.

The MLAB is being released only in its beta form and services like Diffprobe and NANO are not yet available fully.Besides providing the users with essential diagnostic tools,google is inviting researchers who would like to help expand the platform and ensure its growth and success.

MOTION SENSING IN MOBILE PHONE! -GAMES IN MOBILE PHONES THAT USE MOTION SENSING

Motion sensing technology in mobile phones is something for here to stay.Just shake your phone to have a truckload of fun.Its only a natural progression that with the advent of motion sensing in mobile phones ,motion sensing games make the whole experience much more enjoyable.
Several mobile giants like Samsung with its F305,Sony with its W90i,K850i and Nokia with its 5500 and not to forget the iphone,have made this segment of the mobile phone market much more competitive and much more exciting to choose from.Basically the mobile phone giants are trying their best to emulate the motion sensing fun element that is being widely appreciated with Nintendo's gaming console WII.

There are several games which harness this motion sensing technology.The popular ones being I-play Bowling,Marble Revolution,Marble Madness 3D really have revolutionalised the mobile gaming field - and this is not a overstatement!.Now lets look at some of these games .

I-play Bowling

Accelerometer



NFS



Marble Madness 3D

THINKING ABOUT THE NEW PRESIDENT

As the readers of this blog well know, I have been a supporter of Barack Obama for what has been called "the worst job in the world. I am glad he won, not only because the alternative choice completely lost my respect, but also because I think he is a good man with a lot of potential.

He has started out OK, I think. He has ordered an end to torture as a questioning tool (India, are you listening?), he has ordered Gitmo closed within a year (a year is too long) and he now permits states to be tougher on auto pollution than the federal standards (HURRAY!).

If he can maintain a modicum of humility and keep his integrity intact, I believe he will be a great leader and one of the greatest presidents. If not, I fear he will become a demagogue and maybe, a dictator.

Time will tell.

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WHY TRY TO FIT IN? YOU WERE BORN TO STAND OUT!

Droghe e sostanze stupefacenti . Anfetamine

Le anfetamine (o amfetamine) sono un gruppo di sostanze di sintesi ad azione stimolante sul sistema nervoso centrale: sopprimono il sonno, la stanchezza e l'appetito, incrementando la resistenza fisica e la capacità di concentrazione. Inoltre provocano stimolazione a livello respiratorio, aumento della pressione arteriosa, midriasi, broncodilatazione, ridotta urinazione.
L'azione anoressigena, che permette di usare queste molecole contro l'obesità, è legata alla stimolazione dei centri ipotalamici che regolano, tra le altre funzioni, proprio la fame e la sazietà.
Gli effetti delle anfetamine durano, in genere, diverse ore e spesso dipendono dal set (personalità e aspettative del consumatore) e dal setting (situazione e ambiente in cui si consumano).
Le anfetamine stimolanti provocano euforia, eccitazione (si è in grado di ballare tutta la notte e non accusare fatica), sensazione di potenza, facilità di parola, alterazione del ritmo sonno-veglia, aumento della concentrazione e delle prestazioni psico-fisiche. Le anfetamine allucinogene, prese a piccole dosi, hanno moderati effetti stimolanti accompagnati da leggera euforia, e, a dosi elevate, hanno effetti allucinogeni.
Negli anni '60 in Italia e in molti altri paesi le anfetamine erano vendute liberamente in farmacia ed erano molto usate da chi, per studio o per lavoro, aveva necessità di aumentare la capacità di concentrazione e la resistenza alla stanchezza. Oggi, con l'eccezione di alcuni farmaci contro l'obesità, non sono più usate in medicina, ma sono spacciate sul mercato illegale sotto forma di pasticche, capsule o polvere.
Normalmente l'assunzione di anfetamine avviene per via orale, ma in forma di polvere si possono fumare, sniffare o iniettare (in questo caso il rischio di overdose è maggiore). Le anfetamine sono anche usate come sostanze da taglio per preparare ecstasy o, unite all'LSD, sotto il nome di acidi.
Sono ben assorbite dal tratto gastrointestinale e dalla mucosa buccale, il tempo per raggiungere il picco della concentrazione plasmatica è tra 2 e 7 ore e, di conseguenza, la durata d'azione di una singola dose supera le 10 ore. Si accumulano in elevate concentrazioni al di là della barriera emato-encefalica e nel latte materno, sono estesamente metabolizzate dal fegato e escrete per via urinaria e la loro emivita di eliminazione può variare da 7 a 31 ore.
Le anfetamine sono tossiche per il sistema nervoso in virtù del loro meccanismo d'azione (provocano insonnia, tremori, euforia, cefalea, depressione, labilità emozionale, convulsioni, ansietà, irritabilità, sintomi psicotici) e, poiché hanno effetti tossici sul ritmo cardiaco e sulla pressione arteriosa, deve evitarne l'assunzione chi soffre di problemi cardiovascolari.
Tra gli altri effetti abbiamo sintomi extrapiramidali, ipotensione ortostatica, secchezza delle fauci, diarrea, perdita di peso, ipertiroidismo, disfunzione polmonare (legata ad un'inappropriata somministrazione in quanto i soggetti si iniettano in vena le tavolette sciolte in acqua che formano emboli nel polmone), aumento della temperatura corporea, anoressia, impotenza e riduzione della libido. Sono controindicate in gravidanza (eccetto che nel caso di narcolessia secondo un regime medico ben monitorato) e non vanno somministrate in associazione ad inibitori delle monoamino ossidasi, antidepressivi triciclici e altri farmaci antidepressivi, che causano un potenziamento degli effetti stimolanti a livello sia centrale che periferico.
L'uso di anfetamine ad alte dosi, specie se continuato, è in genere seguito da un periodo di "crollo psicofisico": quando l'effetto finisce sono amplificate le sensazioni lenite e ci si sente svuotati, spossati, irritabili, depressi.
La tentazione di allontanare da sé questi effetti negativi può spingere ad assumerne ancora, provocando dipendenza psicologica, e a ricercare una maggiore quantità di sostanza per provare nuovamente quelle stesse sensazioni di benessere psichico e fisico legate all'assunzione della droga. Ciò accade in quanto l'organismo ben presto incomincia a sviluppare tolleranza per gli effetti euforizzanti ed anoressizzanti. L'uso cronico di anfetamine può, inoltre, determinare un vero e proprio decadimento fisico (con affaticamento, umore disforico, insonnia), problemi relazionali, psicosi, comportamenti aggressivi e idee di suicidio.


Inoltre un altro rischio potenziale per coloro che si iniettano le amfetamine è l'avvelenamento acuto da piombo. Un metodo illegale, ma comune, nella produzione di questa droga è usare acetato di piombo come reagente chimico. Pertanto, errori nella produzione possono portare a metamfetamina inquinata con piombo e casi d'avvelenamento acuto con piombo in persone che s'iniettano la metamfetamina.

SHAME AND PROGRESS

I have lectured you long and hard about the evil of female foeticide. Today, no lectures, just two articles and a few pictures.

First the Shame (from The Sikh Times):

Sikhs gave women equality but still abort female babies

Whilst the initiative to have a National Day to save Girl Child is to
be applauded, one cannot help but be saddened that today's modern
Sikhs who were given equality for women over 500 years ago should
have to be reminded of their evil actions.

In the last decade of 10 million girls have been aborted, shamefully
the ratio of girl boy is declining in Punjab the home for Sikh is
declining as we speak.

Even though the practices of scans that are to determine the sex of
the child are illegal*, they still are able to perform these activities openly.

Some Sikh media even today carry adverts encouraging parents to have
scans that allow the parents to know what the sex of their unborn child is.

And if it is a girl then the parents without a second thought visit
an abortion clinic and this baby just becomes another statistic.

A school in Punjab organised a rally where students and Teachers of
Govt. High School Machhli Kalan, District Mohali in Punjab, took part
in a rally in favour of the girls rights on the eve of National Day
to save girl child.

Boys and Girls carrying banners and posters about girls rights,
condemning girl feticide and other discrimination related to girls,
took out procession the village streets. They were raising slogans to
protect girls right.

Villagers curiously viewed, supported and praised the initiative of the school.
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Indian Govt. decided to observe 24th January as National Day to save
Girl Child as 2000 girl feticide take place daily.

*illegal in India only. Legal in Canada, UK, USA, Australia and elsewhere where abortion-on-demand is legal

And the Progress: from Tribune India

Residents of Daad village vow to boycott 'kuri maars'
Mahesh Sharma

Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 9, 2009
The age-old method of social boycott as punishment will now be adopted by residents of Daad village, who today took a lead in fighting a battle against female foeticide.

The villagers, in a function organised by the Guru Gobind Singh Circle, today vowed to socially boycott those supporting female foeticide in any form.

After taking the vow, the villagers announced to boycott families forcing their women carrying the female foetus to terminate pregnancies and their facilitators on the conclusion of a seminar held at Gurdwara Sangat Patti Daad today.

Sarpanch Gurdev Singh presided over the seminar and Satnam Singh Sallopuri, director, Youth Services of the organisation, was the chief guest.

Addressing the gathering, various speakers regretted that a large number of families had been going for termination of pregnancies by exploiting medical technologies which were invented for knowing disorders of foetuses.

Members of the elite class, including physicians, were among the facilitators of sinners better known as "kuri maars" (daughter killers), rued the speakers. Though there was a provision for punishment for violators of the PNDT Act, the administration had failed to implement the act in letter and spirit.
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According to Dr Varinder Singh, director, Bhai Gurdas Archives and Research wing, and Dr Pushpinder Singh, the organisation had decided to involve office-bearers and activists of other social and religious organisations so that the evil of female foeticide could be eradicated from the root.

Claiming that residents of this part of Malwa were enthusiastic to curb the menace, Varinder asserted that identification and isolation of the sinners was the need of the hour.

The organisation has drafted an extensive programme for educating masses in general and Sikhs in particular about the deleterious effects of gender imbalance.

Besides organising seminars at public places, special teams of experts will arrange workshops for couples and their parents separately.

Note: I gleaned these pictures from various sources. None appeared in the original articles.

HOW TO E-MAIL WITHOUT AN E-MAIL ADDRESS? - SEA MAIL

Feeling tired of typing in those long email addresses? Then look no further , for Semantic e-mail Addressing is your way out.
No need to type in even the recipient's e-mail addresses, or even their names

Semantic email addressing (SEA) lets users send email to a semantically specified group of recipients. It provides all of the functionality of static email mailing lists, but because users can maintain their own profiles, they don't need to subscribe, unsubscribe, or change email addresses. Because of its targeted nature, SEA could help combat unintentional spam and preserve the privacy of email addresses and even individual identities.

Stanford University has revelaed this e-mail system radically change how users specify where their messages are supposed to be delivered.Technical details, such as the need to specify an e-mail address, get hidden inside the system, so that everyday users no longer have to pay attention to them. If a person(say X) wants to send email to another person (say Y), then X could simply type Y's name as a recipient, and his most recent e-mail address would automatically be selected.

This feature can also be extended to delivering mass emails to groups but the limitation being the amount of information thae system has about each recipient of the group.Rich database can seemingly solve this problem but the technical challenge is setting up an integrated version of the data that SEAmail can access easily is still at bay.But this email system cannot be foolproof and we have to wait a bit longer to see it work out more functionally for wider use.

Blagojevich Prepares for PR Blitz - Associated Press

AssociatedPress - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is in New York City this morning for a public relations blitz. He will appear on several morning talk shows. His impeachment trial also starts today in the Illinois capital. (Jan. 26)

WLNG's Paul Sidney inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association

dubin76 - From WLNG 92.1fm's Paul Sidney induction ceremony into the New York State Broadcasters Association in 2007.

A Thought On Republic Day.

First, I am not an Indian. I am a Canadian. So maybe I should just be quiet and let you guys have your holiday. OK, but I do have a question.

What do Sikhs have to celebrate about a Constitution that defines us as Hindus?

Just asking.

As for the picture, I find it both ironic and amusing. I have no idea what the Hindi says. I thought about cutting it off and then decided to keep it. Would someone please enlighten this illiterate-in-Hindi Canadian?

And, oh, yeah, KHALISTAN ZINDABAD!

INTERNET TV -THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION -WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE WATCHING IN THE FUTURE?

Internet tv is all set to take over the world in the future.Internet enabled television systems are going to give the traditional tv sets a big run for their money and already several consumer electronics giants such as LG , Netflix, Samsung,Toshiba are working rigorously to promote their own internet tvs.

Recently Toshiba introduced its internet enabled tv which apart from being internet equipped it has also got DVD player and widgets enabled in it- with a little help from Yahoo!, Intel and Microsoft. This means you'll be able to stream video from the web, download movies, watch internet TV and even record them as well.

Samsung also unveiled its version of internet tv and Samsung also used its press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to outline its plans for a "seamless digital experience" around the home, announcing a range of devices that could wirelessly communicate with one another to stream music, photos and movies.

With a Strong backing from Yahoo, internet tv has its list of backers growing by the day.Yahoo has developed what it calls the Yahoo Widget Engine, which displays a series of internet options in a scrolling bar across the base of the screen that can be accessed using a standard remote control."The merging of the internet and television will create what we call the cinematic internet," said Patrick Berry, vice president of Connected TV at Yahoo."This will make TV into something bigger and more exciting than ever. It will allow developers to reach a whole new community."This year's CES saw Samsung unveil its version of the internet tv.

But despite the flashy widgets and tv browsers, the real people pleaser is the video on demand feature which massively outweighs all the customizable tv widgets and wallpapers.Video on demand was closely fllowed by searching the home network for video contentAccess user-generated content such as Youtube,play media from a USB drive,share television experience using messaging services,make video conference or voice calls via the TV.

But wait a second! Ya u guesed right.Microsoft internet tv is said to be on its way.Apple might also set its foot foot on this lucrative future technology.

Microsoft internet tv

ROBOCOP UNVEILED BY JAPANESE COMPANIES - NET HURLING SECURITY ROBOT AKA SPIDERMAN ROBOT

Japanese security firm Alacom Co and robotic firm Tmsuk Co have unveiled a new security robot which is capable of hurling nets at possible intruders and can be controlled via a mobile phone.

This security robot, called the T-34 senses the movement of suspected intruders through well equipped sensors and is built on wheels.It moves at up to 10km/h (6mph), and can be controlled by someone seeing real-time images on a mobile phone.The companies envisage that the T-34 will be used in factories and commercial premises.

According to the companies statement,“Security sensors often set off false alarms but examining the location with the robot will lead to more efficient operations”

Watch the demo of the robot

Laogai parte 4

Quello che conosciamo delle condizioni di vita nei laogai proviene quasi esclusivamente da detenuti fuggiti o scarcerati e rifugiatisi all'estero. Fra le testimonianze che descrivono i laogai in modo più critico, paragonandoli ai gulag e ai lager, ci sono The thirty-sixth way (1969), Prisoner of Mao (1973), Red in tooth and claw (1994) e Zuppa d'erba (1996). Alcuni temi ricorrenti in queste opere sono:

* descrizioni di lavoro forzato a ritmi disumani (fino a 18 ore al giorno, con l'obbligo di rispettare determinate quote produttive);
* uso della denutrizione e della tortura come sistemi punitivi e coercitivi;
* appello alla delazione fra prigionieri;
* sedute periodiche di "critica" e "autocritica", in cui i detenuti si accusano a vicenda, o si auto-accusano, di comportamenti criminali, a scopo rieducativo.

L'insieme di questi elementi configura anche un contesto generale di violenza fisica e psicologica coordinate che corrispondono al concetto di lavaggio del cervello.

Philip Williams e Yenna Wu (The Great Wall of Confinement, 2004) hanno paragonato le testimonianze dei prigionieri cinesi con quelle raccolte in Arcipelago Gulag di Solženicyn e con Un mondo a parte di Gustaw Herling. Gli autori riconoscono numerose somiglianze sotto diversi aspetti: condizioni delle baracche e di lavoro, maltrattamenti, delazione, denutrizione, scarsa igiene e malattie.



Secondo il rapporto annuale 2006 di Amnesty International in Cina sono impiegati torture e maltrattamenti quali "calci, percosse, scosse elettriche, sospensione per gli arti superiori, incatenamento in posizioni dolorose e privazione del cibo e del sonno." Questa informazione non viene riferita in modo specifico ai laogai, ma genericamente a "molte istituzioni statali". L'uso della tortura nei laogai è testimoniato dai praticanti del Falun Gong, che riportano numerosi altri metodi (vedi sotto Laogai e Falun Gong). Pratiche dello stesso tipo sono documentate negli anni '90 da Harry Wu e nel 1958 dal Libro bianco sul lavoro forzato nella Repubblica Popolare Cinese della Commissione Internazionale contro il regime concentrazionario. Philip Williams e Yenna Wu spiegano che i metodi di tortura recenti differiscono poco da quelli tradizionali, applicati duranta la dinastia Qing. Il libro Huo diyu di Li Baojia del 1906 descrive e mostra graficamente tali metodi.

CONFICKER VIRUS THREAT FOR WNDOWS VISTA AND WINDOWS 7: SECURITY EXPERTS PUZZLED

So you think that you have the latest security software to keep your pc or mac safe?well think again.The Conficker virus has opened a new can of worms for security experts , as low security networks, memory sticks, and PCs without current security updates are in grave danger of being severly damaged by the conflicker virus also known to be Downadup or Kido and was first discovered in October 2008.

Portable storage drives such as USB sticks infected with the virus trick users into installing the worm. According to security experts, a ‘social engineering trick’, which exploits the way humans think and act is said to be the biggest challenge that this virus puts before us. Even though the bogus option is marked as being in the category ‘Install or run program’, many users will see the familiar ‘Open folder to view files’ wording and icon that they click on it without thinking.

The "Autoplay" function in Vista and early versions of Windows 7 automatically searches for programs on removable drives.However, the virus hijacks this process, masquerading as a folder to be opened. When clicked, the worm installs itself.

How does the worm work? - Method of infection

Microsoft says that the worm works by searching for a Windows executable file called "services.exe" and then becomes part of that code.It then copies itself into the Windows system folder %Sysdir% as a random file of a type known as a "dll". It gives itself a 5-8 character name, such as piftoc.dll, and then modifies the Registry, which lists key Windows settings, to run the infected dll file as a service.

The virus attempts connections to one or more of the websites such as getmyip.org ,getmyip.co.uk ,checkip.dyndns.org to obtain the public ip address of the affected computer.As soon as the worm is up and running, it creates a HTTP server and then resets a machine's System Restore point (very hard to recover) and then downloads files from the hacker's web site.Later variants of w32/Confickerworm are using scheduled tasks and Autorun.inf file to replicate on to non vulnerable systems or to reinfect previously infected systems after they have been cleaned.

How does Conficker differ from other virus/worms?

Most malware download files from easily detectable malicious or attack sites, making them fairly easy to spot, and immediately shut down the file download.But the worm uses a complicated algorithm based on timestamps from websites such as google.com to generate hundreds of different domain names every day. Only one of these will actually be the site used to download the hackers' files,making it extremely difficult to trace the target site .

Impact and damage caused by the worm so far

It is estimated that a whopping 9.5m PCs are infected with this virus. Once the Conficker worm is executed in a pc, the downadup virus disables essential security services such as windows automatic updates,security center, defender and error reporting to name a few.Along with downloading and installing malware on your computer and gathering your personal data, the conflcker adheres or sticks itself to key windows processes like svchost.exe, explorer.exe.

Removal

It is of paramount that one should turn off autorun and autoplay features in your pcs to prevent the worm from gaining a foothold onto your syatem.Windows users are urged to download the KB958644 Security Update from Microsoft to mitigate the risk of infection.

Microsoft's amlicious software removal tool (KB890830) and f-secure malware removal tool are some of the software that are available to keep conficker at bay.Keeping your antivirus software updated regularly to keep track of the constantly evolving virus definitions is a good preventive measure that would go a long way to ensure safety to your pc.As they say' better safe than sorry'.

NEWS TODAY - Pengambilan sumpah Presiden AS Bar

NEWS TODAY - Berita hari ini, mengenai pengambilan sumpah presiden Amerika "Barack Obama". Apa yang terjadi?? berita hari ini, mengenai Barack Obama, saya kutip dari detik.com, berikut berita hari ini, mengenai pengambilan sumpah Presiden AS Barack Obama harus diulang karena insiden yang terjadi di hari inaugurasi Obama, 20 Januari lalu.

Pada insiden itu, Ketua MA John Roberts, seperti dilansir Washington Post, Kamis (22/1/2009), salah mengucapkan urut-urutan kata yang harus diucapkan Obama. Buntutnya, Obama pun bingung dan terbata-bata. wah kasian yahch.....

Dimuka jutaan orang yang menyaksikan, keseluruhan Obama mengucapkan sumpahnya demikian:

"I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will execute the office of president of the United States faithfully, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States. "So help me God."

Padahal sesuai Konstitusi AS, sumpah tersebut harusnya berbunyi: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States. "So help me God."

Kesalahan sumpah Barack Hussein Obama terjadi ketika Roberts harusnya menyebutkan kalimat: "... that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States."

Namun Roberts salah mengucapkan urutan kata-kata tersebut. Dia malah menyebutkan, ".... that I will execute the office of president of the United States faithfully."

Barack Hussein Obama bingung. Obama sepertinya menyadari ada yang salah hingga dia mendadak berhenti pada kata "execute."

Barack Hussein Obama Menyadari ada yang keliru, Roberts pun kemudian mengulang kalimat tersebut. Namun lagi-lagi Roberts melakukan kesalahan. Dia memang mengucapkan kata "faithfully" sesuai urutan namun kata "execute" tidak diucapkannya.

Obama pun akhirnya mengulang kalimat awal versi keliru yang disebutkan Roberts: "....the office of president of the United States faithfully."

MONITOR YOUR HEART WITH NOKIA N79 ACTIVE FROM POLAR- GETS YOUR PULSE RAISING

Mobile phone giant Nokia recently have announced the N79 Active, which ships with the wireless Polar Bluetooth WearLink heart rate belt from Polar, the leader in sports instruments and heart rate monitoring.The N79 is touted to be an excellent fitness companion as it comes loaded with a GPS tracking facility and a new version of the popular Nokia Sports Tracker application.With the Nseries exclusive feature of 'Sports Tracker'you can also share your fitness progress and the tracks you listen while working out with everyone on the web with a builtin web publishing facility.


The N79 active which is the smallest member of the Nseries up to date will take the guess-work out of training and makes your fitness regime that much more enjoyable as it comes in with its sporty headphones and an armband so you can keep yourself plugged in as you work out.A A 4GB microSD memory card holds enough music even for those long endurance sessions. With the option of adding new tracks to your playlists over the air from the Nokia Music Store or tuning in to the radio with the handset's FM transmitter.

NEWS TODAY - Penemuan mayat di kali Pademangan

NEWS TODAY - Berita hari ini mengnai penemuan mayat berjenis kelamin laki-laki, Mayat laki-laki ini menggemparkan masyarakat sekitar, Berita penemuan mayat ini saya kutip dari liputan6, berikut berita hari ini selangkapnya, kawasan Kali Pademangan Satu, Jakarta Utara, Selasa (20/1) pagi, mendadak ramai oleh kerumunan warga. Tersiar kabar sesosok mayat laki-laki ditemukan mengambang di kali tersebut.

Penemuan Mayat lelaki tanpa identitas itu pertama kali ditemukan seorang warga mengambang di kali menggunakan celana pendek dan kaos berwarna hitam. Sangat terkejutnya warga itu ketika mengetahui mayat pria itu penuh dengan luka penganiayaan.

Jajaran aparat Kepolisian Sektor Pademangan yang datang ke lokasi kejadian segera mengidentifikasi jenazah korban. Ini diduga, pria malang itu korban pembunuhan karena ditemukan luka bacok pada kepala, tangan kiri, dan luka bekas penganiayaan pada mata kiri.

Sebagai keperluan otopsi, jenazah korban selanjutnya dibawa ke Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo. Kini, kasus penemuan mayat itu ditangani Kepolisian Pademangan.

[ NEWS TODAY ] - Obama's dance to "At Last"

NEWS TODAY - WASHINGTON - "At Last" may be just what the president has been Barack Obama and his wife Michelle was thinking Tuesday night as it glided through the first of their dance to the Etta James classic.

The Obamas stars are prime attractions at the 10 they attend the celebration on Wednesday early morning. By the end of the long day of official events and two-year campaign that put them in the White House.

President taken his wife and close their slow dance, two steps dignity while, offstage, Beyonce singing. Spun president first lady Michelle Obama in a half turn once.

Obama cut loose in the faster flow of a few minutes later, as Shakira, Mary J. Blige, Faith Hill and Mariah Carey singing along with Stevie Wonder to "Signed, Sealed, Delivered." The song is played in almost all of Obama's rallies throughout the campaign.

"You can tell a black president of the way he moves," joked comedian Jamie Foxx to dance.

President white cravat, while Michelle shimmered in the white, one-humped, floor gown. It was embellished from top to bottom with details of white flowers and carried out by the 26-year-old New York designer Jason Wu.

"First of all, look how good is my wife?" Obama request from the crowd and celebrity supporters.

Home on the Obama ball States, the president's first lady taken far closer than he was in their first dance. At one point, he wrapped both arms around her waist and locked it together in the small of the back of the fingers.

"Hello, everybody. Aloha. What happened?" Obama said in the dialect of Hawaii and Illinois contingents, and said they reflected the root. "So you get more involved not only in our campaign, but in our lives."

Vice President Obama and Joe Biden each saluted the nation's military men and women in the Commander in Chief Ball via satellite. Biden said he does not look to the future to time in the spotlight - the dancing, that is.

"The thing that frightens me the most (is) I'm going to have to stand in a circle and dance in a minute." At that time, he was laughing and making a quick sign of the cross.

The Obamas more vibrant, diverting up to dance with the Marine Sgt. Elidio Guillen from Madera, California - that is shorter than dance partner Michelle - and Army Sgt. Margaret H. Herrera San Antonio, Texas, who cried at the president's arm.

Although the formal clothing and entertainment celebrities, like the ball does not matter too. A long line to enter often, going to the bathroom or the coat check, food and heavy on vegetables with dip and cheese cubes.

In a sign, perhaps, the difficult economic times, guests who have paid anywhere from $ 75 for a ticket to thousands for a package deal to purchase their own drinks served in small plastic cups. Beer goes for $ 6, $ 9 for cocktails and champagne for $ 12.

The people stood in line outside the entrance to Union Station in eastern Ball States and one half hours after starting. Because seating is very limited in the Western football, a number of long Attendees Gowns in fancy dress and plopped cross-legged on the floor.

"This is what happens under the economy. There are no chairs, no highboys - from the floor and plastic cups," commented ballgoer Brig Lawson, 38, of Las Vegas.

Director Ron Howard said he sympathized with the long day Obama has.

"I feel bad for him," Howard said in an interview with The Associated Press in West Ball. "He has long days and now he has conducted seven dances. This can be very exhausting for the First Family."

Home on the Obama ball States, the dance floor is dominated by two small girls who skipped and twirled in matching red dresses while growing-up is still standing, crowded around the stage waiting for Obama to appear.

Singer Sheryl Crow, to check for Midwestern Ball, said he wanted to go home.

"I do not see my child in four days. I'm miserable," she told her band between songs.

But there is still a lot of fun to be had in the official balls and dozens of others in the vicinity of Washington.

Crow has been greeted with a cheering crowd later he was right to strike, "A Change Is You Good." When hip-hop star Wyclef Jean asked people in the Mid-Atlantic Ball to pull their tuxedo jackets and swaying in the air to show their support for Barack Obama, thousands do.

Youth in Ball, Kid Rock also belted out songs dresed-20-somethings about the mix. One of them run up to bartender, gave him a high five and said, "Barack Obama is president!"

The Obamas, following Kid Rock and Kanye West, got the real rock-star reception and launched into a strange dance, laugh because it rocked. When they finished, the president grabbed the mic and said, "That is what is called the old school."

In the Midwestern Ball, joked that he was time to "dance with the one that brung me, all except that I do and back heels."

And although the mood was celebratory, the fact that the state of war still hung over the events in the Commander in Chief of the ball and separate Heroes Red White & Blue Ball.

"Remember that you are in the thoughts and our prayers this day, every day, forever," Obama said to the army commander in Chief of the ball. "Tonight, we celebrate. Tomorrow, the work begins. ... Together, I am sure we will write the next chapter in America's big story."

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Associated Press writers nedra Pickler, Erica Werner, Suzanne Gamboa, Laurie Kellman, Kimberly Hefling, Sam Hananel, Samantha Critchell, Ben Feller, Philip Elliott and Ann Sanner contributed to this report.

Sikh track worker Jasmir Singh faces severe racial attack

Sorry to bring a sad note into this happy day, but we can't ignore another vicious attack upon a brother. Welcome to Post-Racist Amerika, er, I mean America. Is it really a new day? Maybe. This has a date of 20 December 2008, although it was in today's WSN. Please read on.

From World Sikh News:

RICHMOND HILL: As millions across the US await the much-hyped and most-expensive oath taking ceremony of president-elect Barack Obama, 21 year old Jasmir Singh, a Sikh track worker has been dubbed "Osama" and has been attacked a third time, this time more viciously than the previous two occasions. He may lose vision in the left eye, which has been stabbed badly, while his hair and beard were also pulled.

Sending shockwaves to the hundreds of Sikhs who live in this area, Jasmir Singh said that it was a racial attack and that his friend who was not a Sikh, was left unharmed.

Recovering at the Elmhurst Hospital Center with a score of stitches on his left eye, Jasmir Singh, who was attacked near a grocery store at Jackson Heights said that he was taunted and abused.

According to last reports, two of the suspected attackers have been detained and the police is on the lookout for a third one.

Jasmir's father, Jiwan Singh summed it all, "We voted for Obama, but we are being dubbed Osama. Surely, we did not expect this."

20 December 2008

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WHY TRY TO FIT IN? YOU WERE BORN TO STAND OUT!

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WHY TRY TO FIT IN? YOU WERE BORN TO STAND OUT!

PC HEALTH CHECK -IMPROVE YOUR PC PERFORMANCE - OPTIMIZE YOUR PC EFFICIENCY

Improving your pc health revolves around key issues like defragging the hard drive,cache clean up,managing the memory and there are the obuous pc security threats such as spyware, malicious programs, viruses.Improving the pc's performance also is attributed to limitting the various background processes that may slow down your pc considerably.All operating systems work best when at least 20% of the drive is kept free. You can make room by deleting unwanted photos, music and documents or by archiving your data on to removable storage like writable CDs.Alternatively, with the cost of hard drives falling all the time, try buying a second drive to store your documents separately to the operating system. Lets have a look at an indepth analysis for fine tuning ypur pc.

Clean up your Cache

Caching helps us to load a particular web page much quicker when compared to the very first time.What basically happens is the web site data like pictures, scripts etc., are stored on your hard drive thus occupying valuable hard disk space.These cached data are stored in the form of temporary internet files and can be emoved by clearing the private data.for example, in case of firefox it is, tools->clear private date ->ok.Delete the cookies and offline web data too.In addition to these junks of data, pieces of registy keys sometime stick around in your system even after uninstalling a software. You can easily remove them using software like registry cleaner or ccleaner.

Memory Management

With the price of RAMs dwindling day by day, its not too bad if you have atleast 2gb of RAM to boost up your pc speed .But this finite memory can be overloaded due to a large number of processes running in the background .Also some applications run at startup, so its advisable to reduce the number of applications that run at startup as small as possible.In Microsoft Windows this is set in the System Configuration Utility.On an Apple Mac, right-click an icon in the dock and un-tick Open at Login.

Driver Updates

Always an updated driver is sure to boost up the speed especially if you have not done it since your machine left the shop.

Malicious Software

Malicious software like spyware and and viruses that come along with software, also hijacks some of your processing power besides putting your personal data at serious risk.A number of spyware detectors and antivirus software are available for both the Apple Mac and PC.They all work in the same way by searching your system and removing any offending data.For my personal use, i like using Norton Internet Security 2009, but Bitdefender is also not a bad option.A number of spyware busters such as windows defender, norton total security.. are available.Check on our security suite ratings to choose the beat of the lot.

Hard Drive Defragment

Hard disks inherently become clumsy and disorganized over time as data become split up and are stored as junks and pieces, shuffled around the avalable space in different sectors of your hard drive.This significantly slows down the access times of data .A better solution would be to organize data such that data are arranged logically, thus improving the access times dramatically.Windows has built-in defrag tool while Apple's Mac needs commercial programmes to do the job.Windows or Mac,brace yourself for some time as it is somewhat long process.

Shutdown Power

Sometimes, the button in the front your machine sends your pc into sleep rather than actually turning off your pc.The power has to be down for your pc to recover from hours of working time and recouperate .Especially power down option helps to cool off your pc.All you have to do this is go to control panel->power options where you can configure what a thumb to the off button actually does: sleep or shutdown.

TOP 10 GAME BABES: THE MOST SEDUCTIVE- THE MOST ALLURING - THE HOT GAME BABES

Lets have a look at the most sexy game babes of all time

10.Alex Vance(Half Life 2)

Play magazine listed her as their favorite computer game female character in their sixth "Girls of Gaming" special, calling her "the best partner Gordon Freeman could ask for." UGO.com rated Alyx thirty-third in their "Top 50 Videogame Hotties" article, stating "Now here's a girl that you could actually take home to Momma. Alyx has it all: brains, good looks, and a stinging personality that can keep the comers at bay." They later listed her at number eight in their "Top 11 Girls of Gaming" article, stating "there's just something about her that makes her unforgettable", noting her bond with the player and describing her as a "cute post-apocalyptic chick with short hair and a take-no-crap attitude, a rarity in this age of eye candy and cheeseball characterization".

9.Joanna Dark(Perfect Dark)

Joanna Dark is a Bounty hunter and bail enforcement agent and is certified for international operations. Her technical skills stretch as far as wiring up a charge, picking a lock or hacking a basic system. All pretty practical stuff. Jo's not big on theory - like the rest of us she still has to concentrate when some researcher starts rattling off facts.
Her red shoulder-length hair with distinctive blonde streak, blue eyes, pale complexion, and a slender, athletic build has really made men go wild.However, Joanna's red hair colour and a blond forelock was explained, in story, as a genetic flaw.

8.Eva(Metal Gear Solid)

Eva, later known as Big Mama, is a female spy and a femme fatale, who fought alongside Big Boss during Operation Snake Eater posing as a KGB agent. She was actually a spy for the Chinese People's Liberation Army and was on a mission to obtain The Philosophers Legacy which she stole from Big Boss. She is the surrogate mother of Solid Snake and Liquid Snake.She is the most curvilicious lady in video game history!Her curves are simply amazing.Even though she doest hesitate to show her age, this is one hot mama you would absolutely crave for.

7.Bloodrayne(Bloodrayne)

Rayne is a Dhampir looking for her father, and kills any vampires that cross her path. She is now working for the Brimstone Society.Rayne is a very complex young woman. She is intelligent, knowledgeable, witty, seductive (when need be), extremely confident in her abilities, sarcastic, mostly independent, and somewhat dispassionate, rarely showing any sign of anger, alarm, annoyance, surprise, or distress. Due to her upbringing as an assassin, Rayne is also strong-willed, stubborn, foul-mouthed, somewhat tomboyish, tenacious, resourceful, persistent, and enduring.This lovely vampire has surely captured our hearts.

6.Nina Williams(Tekken/Dead By Degrees)

Pick your jaws off the floor boys, before this lethal lovely floors you as well. Fans of the Tekken series already know that Nina is a capable fighter. She's got an arsenal of moves that you can use by slapping the right analog stick in the direction of an on coming enemy. The deadly beauty you're drooling over is Nina Williams, British Secret Agent and all-round stunning babe. You may have seen her high kicking her way through the Tekken games, but this time the screen is all hers.

5.Ada Wong(Resident Evil)

Ada Wong is a red-clad, cunning and formidable secret agent of Chinese heritage with a mysterious past. Initially a private agent, Ada was drawn into the intrigue and treachery that is the corporate world when she was recruited by The Agency to participate in their activities against their primary rival; The Umbrella Corporation. Though Ada is affiliated with unscrupulous and questionable characters and organizations, Ada is shown to have integrity and some measure of mercy and kindness, leaving her true affiliation unknown.

4.Christie (Dead Or Alive)

Possessed of all the characteristics required of an assassin, this cold-blooded woman has undergone the ultimate adaptation - excelling in the art of the She Quan, which she employs to the fullest.In DOA: Dead or Alive, Christie is played by Holly Valance (yeah, that's her in the bra shot you see in the trailer). This Australian has made her name with primarily TV performances, most recently on Prison Break and CSI: NY, as well as National Lampoons' Pledge This!

3.Samas Aran(Metroid)

Although Samus wears the Power Suit throughout most of the Metroid series, most games in the series offer depictions of her in more revealing attire, usually as a reward for satisfying certain conditions (such as co

mpleting the game quickly or with a high percentage of items collected). Samus is considered one of the earliest female protagonists in the history of video games.
GameDaily listed Samus at number seven in their "Top 50 Hottest Game Babes" article, calling her "a refreshing change of pace" in the face of other bounty hunter characters in science fiction. In other articles they noted her as their favorite Nintendo character and one of their favorite female video game characters, stating "...out of all the Nintendo characters out there, there's no one better than this intergalactic bounty hunter," and "Forget Lara Croft. Samus was the video game industry's first dominant female, a femme de force that didn't rely on a man to save her."

2.Lara Croft (Lara Croft:Tomb Raider)

Lara croft - do we need to ay more? Its an Angelina Jolie look alike for heaven sake.Athletic body, peachy lips and a british outlook give this sophisticated , yet gorgeous babe a double thums up.This high class vixen has it all- world class gymnast, able to outsmart traps in ancient civilizaions,able to kick a bear's ass, big guns and..big guns .... Laura with her shorts is great from a gamer's perspective.

1.Rachel(Ninja Gaiden)

With a rediculously voluptious body and a masive workout, Rachel is the definition of knockout.
Rachel is the leading female character, and tragic heroine of the game. Rachel is a Vigoorian fiend hunter. She is continuously searching for her sister who was turned into a fiend. Her genes give her abnormal strength at expense of being susceptible to becoming a fiend. She can also sense where fiends are. She wields the War Hammer as her main weapon.

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Agostino vs Scientology

Dopo BLOG NEWS E M.A.V.A.F.F.A.N.C.U.L.P. CONDANNANO IL PAPA , ECCO IL NUOVO BANNER DA INSERIRE NEL VOSTRO SITO , O BLOG : LA VERITA' SULLA CHIESA DI SCIENTOLOGY .

<br /><a href="http://newsfuturama.blogspot.com/2009/01/agostino-vs-scientology.html" target="_blank"><br /><img src="http://www.scientomogy.com/south_park_scientology_epis.jpg" width="190" height="250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />

Visto la censura di youtube e di google video , non mi permettono di caricare il video di South Park , TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET (Intrappolato nell'armadio) , dove viene svelato il SEGRETO di Scientology ( (e non dovete pagare svariate centinaia di migliaia di dollari come Tom Cruise ) quindi tenetivi forti : come fa la gente a credere in queste ca..ate ?









Per conoscere questa trama da fantascienza di serie z, che è il "segreto finale", la "verità ultima" vengono pagati centinaia di migliaia di dollari dagli adepti della setta di Scientology (non a caso fondata da Ron Hubbard, pessimo umano autore di pessima fantascienza), e benchè sia da tempo tutto a disposizione sulla rete, ( banalmente su Wikipedia, da cui abbiamo tratto le info su XENU e thetan) giunge notizia che Tom Cruise ha impedito la messa in onda di un meravigliosissimo episodio di South Park, dove viene rivelato tutto su Xenu e compagnia volante.



Sicuramente il video verrà censurato quindi vi lascio il link dove potete vedere la puntata con i sottotitoli in italiano TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET (Intrappolato nell'armadio) .



Scientology è un movimento a sfondo religioso fondato da L. Ron Hubbard nel 1954. Secondo fonti interne conterebbe ad oggi otto milioni di praticanti, ma fonti esterne riducono la cifra a circa duecentomila.



Che sia corretto definire Scientology una religione è argomento di dibattito. Giuridicamente, lo status di religione viene accordato a Scientology solo da alcune nazioni (per esempio Stati Uniti e Australia); in Europa la tendenza generale è quella di considerarla una "organizzazione", un "movimento", un "culto", una "setta", ma non una "chiesa".



Il quartier generale si trova nella cittadina statunitense di Clearwater. Dopo la morte di Hubbard nel 1986 (o, secondo la credenza diffusa in Scientology, dopo la sua volontaria decisione di abbandonare la Terra) il movimento è guidato da David Miscavige...



Altre notizie su questa "religione" le trovate qui:

• RaiNews24
• L’abAteo Impertinente
• petersburg.aktuell
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