• Director: Lee Unkrich
• Release Date:
• Writers: Michael Arndt, John Lasseter
• Run Time: 103
• Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

 

 

 

Review: Star Wars. Indiana Jones. Fistful of Dollars. Bourne. These are all incredible trilogies that can, will, and should stand the test of time. Yes, I am neglecting the fourth Indiana Jones. Upon the mention of the third Toy Story, I was deathly afraid. Afraid because it has some major, major shoes to fill. The original is a masterpiece that changed animation forever, and the sequel is among the best in the history of film (I mean that). The first two Toy Story films are among the best movies of all-time and to this day entire animation studios have failed to duplicate an ounce of the magic contained in Toy Story. Could part 3 even come close to the original two? My friends, I am very happy to say, the answer is a resounding yes.

Toy Story 3 does exactly what the first two did, delivered on all cylinders, all aspects of film-making and entertainment. The humor is back, the heart is back, the delightful cast of characters is back. This time, thanks to an incredible script, theres more suspense, more drama, and many more surprises. Like any spectacular trilogy, it wraps up all loose ends. It literally is difficult to find any flaw or any slow moment in this movie, and even if there is, it will immediately be forgiven by the next major laugh or the next major revelation. The predictability factor in this movie is low, and the payoff to all the suspense is extremely high. Guys, this is the go-to movie of the summer, and makes up for any disappointment you have seen this year or last.

Just like Toy Story 2s subtle and underlying themes, Toy Story 3 revolves around the group of toys and their latest adventure, but dwells far deeper than that. On the surface, this movie is about the toys in a series of circumstances, winding up in a daycare center that isn all it seems. At the same time, Andy is heading for college, but Woody isn quite ready to let go of his owner and the memories that follow. The deeper aspects involve aging, growing up, and moving on. Michael Arndt, the Oscar winner that wrote Little Miss Sunshine, was behind the spectacular screenplay in this third trip in the world of toys. Then with the help of John Lasseter and Lee Unkrich (who serves as the director), we see plenty of references to Pixar, other movies, the previous Toy Story installments, and even we even see nods to the influences of the entire animation studio (Miyazaki).

The writing wasn the only thing that was on par with the first two Toy Story movies. The voice acting cast was once again phenomenal, with popular actors, underrated talent, and great character actors filling the bill. Come on now, just read em: Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, John Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Jody Benson, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, John Ratzenburger, Ned Beatty, Jeff Garlin, and Michael Keaton. Unlike what Dreamworks pulls off on a yearly basis, Pixar carefully chooses their voice cast in terms of pulling off the best performances, not to generate more money. Because honestly, was there even a point to Angelina Jolie voicing the tiger in Kung Fu Panda? On the other hand, very few can pull an authentic Barbie like Jody Benson (a.k.a. Ariel in the Little Mermaid). It takes reliable and authentic acting to pull at the heartstrings, and everyone definitely was on their A-game.

Lee Unkrich directed this movie with incredible pacing and just as much heart and dedication as Lasseter, who was in charge of the first two. The truth is, Pixar directs the movie together, as they share ideas and suggestions amongst each other. This fact can be traced to the similar pacing and directing styles seen in Pixars better works like Ratatoille, Finding Nemo, and Up. They all have the similar technique of incorporating just as many tears as laughs. But unlike all the other Pixar movies (with the exception of The Incredibles), Toy Story 3 has a heave dosage of suspense and peril, which is climaxed by one of the most exciting animated sequences this side of Castle in the Sky (a Miyazaki adventure masterpiece). Other reviewers have noted this before me, but this Toy Story is quite scary in depth and in imagery at some instances, so be wary of this while watching this with the kids. With so much time invested with these toys, the drama runs a bit high.

Bottom Line: Toy Story 3 secures its place in cinema brilliance by becoming the best third installment since Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the best sequel since Kill Bill Vol. 2, and the best movie weve seen this year. This movie is usually hilarious, sometimes thrilling, and sometimes downright tear-jerking. And yes, just like Ups opening 10 minutes, there is that one major sequence in which Pixar will play with your heartstrings like Eric Clapton playing tears of Heaven. If you enjoyed the first two Toy Stories, theres no need to worry about the third and hopefully final chapter in the quality-filled saga. How Pixar manages to deliver yet again is absolutely beyond me.

Walt Disney may not be one-hundred percent proud of his company if he were alive to see it now, but he would be absolutely delighted at seeing what beautiful art Pixar has delivered ever since 1995. Pixar has re-created Walt Disney s magical methods of storytelling and movie-making, and arguably has taken it a step even further by adding depth to the characters and depth to the overall stories presented. The direction was fantastic, the writing was Oscar-worthy, and the overall production is Best Picture caliber. This is Pixars best work since Finding Nemo, and a must see by any means necessary. Despite my cynical nature, theres no way I can grade this any less than perfect. Just no way.

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Her killer curves and sexy style have made her an international star.

But it looks like Kim Kardashian's photoshoot with renowned U.S. photographer Terry Richardson may be her raunchiest ever.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star released some of the pictures on her official blog.

Feline: Kim Kardashian maximises her curvy figure in a leopard-print dress for the famous American photographer Terry Richardson

Two of the pictures are studio shots, and the other two are of her and Richardson.

In one of the photos, Kim poses in a skin tight leopard-print dress that emphasises every curve of her voluptuous figure.

In the second, the 29-year-old is draped across a blue chair, wearing a very low-cut lace dress that she pulls up around her thighs.

 

Sultry: Kim's photoshoot took place at the hotel Chateau Marmont in Hollywood

And it looks like she was perfectly comfortable with Richardson, playfully posing for pictures with him behind the scenes.

Kim posted all the pictures of her website and said, 'I did a fab photo shoot with the amazing Terry Richardson at Chateau Marmont in LA.

'What do you think of these pics? I’m loving the leopard print and lace!'

Playful pals: Kim and Terry pose together behind the scenes at the photoshoot

Kim recently announced that she wants to become a serious actress rather than just a reality star.

'I would love to go into acting properly,' she revealed.

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'I'd especially like to do an action film or a romantic comedy, I think that would be really fun.'

 

A job well done: Kim and Terry look like best friends as they pose together

But the brunette bombshell is in no hurry, preferring to wait for the perfect role.

She says: 'I had small roles before but I’ve had offers for leading roles and I’m looking at scripts at the moment.

'I don't have any regrets, even if you do something which at the time isn't the smartest decision then it's happening to teach you a lesson and make you become a better person.'

Richardson was the centre of controversy this year after several allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct were levelled against him.

But Richardson believes he empowers women.

He told the Observer newspaper in 2004: 'A lot of it starts with me saying to a girl, "Do you want to do nudes?'" And they're like, "I don't want to be naked".

'So I say, "I'll be naked and you take the pictures. You can have the camera. You can have the phallus."'

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Every week, WoW Insider brings you Arcane Brilliance for arcane, fire and frost mages. This week, we're discussing stats and gemming. As you all know, the most important stat for mages (once you've hit the whine cap) is pew-pew -- which you'll want to stack at all costs -- but as far as secondary stats go, you should be reforging everything into QQ.
In our ongoing coverage of all the crazy crap you need to worry about after patch 4.0.1 dropped a crazy crap-bomb on our class (and, to be fair, every other class also), we've discussed talent builds, spell rotations, glyphs, and of course, the fact that most of the glyphs currently in the game are wrong. But one thing we haven't yet covered is all those numbers next to your character sheet. You know the ones I'm talking about: defense, dodge, expertise, and the most important of all, RBIs. Which one is the most important to get? And which is best for warlock-slaying?
I'm joking, of course. Employing comedy to deflect your attention from the fact that I'm not wearing any pants, and also from the fact that I don't really know what the hell I'm talking about. But good news! Nobody else does, either. When it comes to stat weights in this uncertain, pre-Cataclysm world, we're all still figuring it out on the fly, really. It's actually kind of fun to go to the official forums and see violent disagreements between people who are equally ignorant of their subject matter. It's like watching any Fox News panel of "experts" argue about the evils of video gaming.

Mass Effect is hardcore cyber-porn!

Medal of Honor trains terrorists!
Plants vs. Zombies encourages plant-on-zombie violence!

Frankly, that last one is true. Also, I made it up. Just like a lot of people on the forums are essentially making up their stat weight and gemming strategies right now -- because to put it as simply as I know how: We just don't know yet. Nobody does. Even the evil geniuses over at Elitist Jerks are still sorting this mess out. And they're evil geniuses.
The problem, really, is that in this calm before the Cataclysm, we have two distinct sets of stat weights to sort out: level 80 stats and level 85 stats. What your mage needs right now to down the Lich King for the 25th time is significantly different from what he'll need at level 85 in full mastery gear to run Cataclysm heroic 5-mans. All the numbers we've got coming out of the beta don't really help us in this final stage of the Wrath cycle. Our stats, our talents, our spells, our basic class design philosophy -- all of those things are balanced around level 85, not 80.
Still, there are some constants that almost everybody can agree on.
Hit rating
This is still our first priority. Nothing increases your raid DPS faster than reaching the hit cap. For level 80 spellcasters like ourselves, that cap is 17 percent, which translates into 446 hit rating. You need to get 446 hit rating from somewhere, and you need to get it before you get anything else.
Having said that, once you reach the cap, every point of hit rating beyond that 446 cap is completely wasted. Unlike every other ranged caster class, mages have no talent that converts spirit to hit and no hit-increasing talents of any kind. No matter your spec, you'll need to get 446 points of hit rating from somewhere.
Luckily, hit rating is a secondary stat, meaning you can use reforging to get it. As we'll discuss later, spirit is a completely useless stat for mages now, and you likely have a bunch of it on your gear somewhere. Feel free to reforge every point you can of it into hit rating.
Another good place to obtain extra hit is from Veiled Dreadstones. Put one in every blue slot. If you end up with extra hit, reforge it into something else.
Intellect
With spellpower as a stand-alone stat all but gone, intellect becomes our pure, stackable DPS stat. It increases your mana pool, spellpower, and spell crit. Once hit is capped, it is the primary stat for mages. All of your gear should have intellect on it in large chunks, and every gem slot should be filled with something that increases it.
For red slots, that means Brilliant Cardinal Rubies. For other slots, just pick some combination of intellect and another stat you need. Veiled Dreadstones work well for blue slots, and Reckless or Potent Ametrines are great for yellow slots. Intellect is simply weighted so much higher than any other stat that it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to socket a gem that doesn't give you at least some of it.
Haste rating
Here's where it becomes a bit murky. Some mages are arguing for mastery in this slot, and while mastery is indeed attractive, I'm going to put haste and crit ahead of it. Here's why:
Mastery is going to be awesome. At level 85, it'll likely usurp haste and crit as your secondary stat of choice. But for now, the only way to get it is by reforging another stat into it. The relatively miniscule amount you'll get even from reforging every secondary stat you have simply isn't worth the effort at level 80.
Haste, on the other hand, is a known quantity, and you likely have plenty of it. It does what it says it does, makes your spell casts faster. It also reduces your global cooldown, making instant-casts slightly faster, and increases the speed with which channeled spells play out and (in very large amounts) the rate at which DoT effects tick.
The way it's looking currently, arcane and frost mages will want to prioritize haste over crit, simply because their DPS numbers aren't as reliant on crit frequency as fire's are. It's close, though, and nobody's going to fault a fire mage for wanting a bit more haste. You can get some interesting things to happen with enough haste, including squeezing in an extra tick of Living Bomb before the explosion, but the other stats you have to sacrifice to get to that point may be too much to bear.
Crit rating
This is probably the best secondary stat for fire mages, but you can make a viable argument for it even as a frost or arcane mage. We still don't have quite enough theorycrafting numbers done on these at level 80 to really make a firm call. With their high dependence upon frequent crits for so many of their talents to be effective, fire mages seem to benefit the most from high crit numbers. Haste is definitely helpful, but crit is probably the better choice.
Mastery rating
Mastery is a new stat introduced in patch 4.0.1. The effect of it changes depending on your class and spec. For fire mages, it increases the damage done by your periodic fire spells. For arcane mages, it increases the damage done by that whole mana-adept-doing-more-damage-the-more-mana-you-have-left mechanic. And for frost, it increases the damage you do against frozen targets.
Now, while all of those effects are pretty straightforward DPS increases, the fact remains that mastery is balanced around level 85 numbers, and you simply can't get enough of it at level 80 to make it a priority. My suggestion is that if you are at the hit cap and feel you already have enough haste and crit for your needs, then feel free to reforge a bit of mastery. It isn't going to hurt. But in my opinion -- and keep in mind that the numbers simply aren't complete enough to say anything for certain yet -- you're better off seeking out haste and/or crit than you are squeezing a bit of mastery rating out of your gear.
You simply can't get enough of it now to make a dent.
Spirit
We talked about this last week, but let me restate as succinctly as I can:
Spirit is a steaming pile of poo.
It's completely worthless to mages now. The sole purpose of it is to increase your out-of-combat mana regen, something you don't need at all. Get rid of as much of it as you can. Any gems you still have that carry a bit of spirit need to be replaced. Any gear you have that has spirit on it is now devalued; reforge the 40 percent you can into something useful, and look to replace said gear with something sans spirit as soon as humanly possible.
Gemming recap
We've already mentioned most of the gemming strategies in the text above, but let me put it all together in one place. For now, gemming appears to be quite simple:
Red slots Brilliant Cardinal Ruby, 20 intellect
Blue slots Veiled Dreadstone, 10 intellect/10 hit rating (reforge any extra hit from gear into haste/crit)
Yellow slots Reckless Ametrine, 10 intellect/10 haste rating or Potent Ametrine, 10 intellect/10 crit rating
And there you have it -- and remember that I said quite clearly up front that nobody really knows what they're talking about when it comes to stats yet, least of all me. I'm no theorycrafter. If you want to feel better about things, feel free to plug your mage into Rawr and do what it tells you to do. Don't be surprised to learn, though, that even that venerable program is just as confused as the rest of us right now. By the time we have everything nailed down, the expansion will hit and we'll have to start all over again. For now, just do the best you can and enjoy figuring things out with the rest of us.
I declare the arguments may begin ... now! Remember: Namecalling is frowned upon unless you're arguing with a warlock.

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Every week, Arcane Brilliance teleports you inside the wonderful world of mages and then hurls a Fireball in your face. Check out our recent look at how much I hate damage meters or what to expect for mages in patch 4.0.1. Until next week, keep the mage-train a-rollin'.

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - This is the first of many games starring Sega's premier rodent, Sonic. It's a side scrolling platform game with a difference: speed. Sonic rushes through levels with incredible speed, allowing him to traverse loops and jumps with ease.
The plot of the game is simple. The evil Dr. Robotnik has captured many of Sonic's animal friends, and trapped them inside robots. Fortunately, Sonic can free his friends by destroying the robots with his spin attack. Meanwhile, Dr. Robotnik is trying to control the all-powerful chaos emeralds. Sonic must grab them before he does in the 3-d rotating bonus levels. Sonic the Hedgehog is a significant game because it gave Sega it's first real mascot, and established the Genesis as the video game system with “attitude.”
Sonic was Sega's answer to Super Mario Bros, with flashier graphics, excellent music, bonus levels, and lightning fast game play. This game is a legitimate video game classic. Even by today's standards the graphics are beautifully detailed and pleasing to the eye, and each level has its own catchy theme music. One aspect that differentiated this game from others in 1991 was its speed. Sonic moves so fast through loop-to-loops and tunnels that you sometimes lose control of him temporarily.
There are two ways to play Sonic games. Whizzing through the levels as fast as you can gets you big bonus points, but if you want to explore, you can take your time and discover secret areas and powerups. Bonus rounds, which are completely different from normal game play, allow you to collect gems needed to complete the game. There's not much to fault with this game. There are six zones with 3 acts each, so it takes a while to finish and there is no password or save feature. The underwater zone, in which everything moves in slow motion, can be a bit tedious. But overall the game is polished and super fun. Several sequels followed...

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Watch Thе Next Iron Chef Time οf year 3 Episode 2 – Thе Next Iron Chef Innovation s03e02 Free Online Stream. Thіѕ Episode Thе Next Iron Chef Time οf year 3 Episode 2 entitle tο “Innovation”, аnd Thе Next Iron Chef Time οf year 3 Episode 2 wіll bе airs аt October 10th, 2010 10:00 pm οn Food Network. I саn nοt wait thіѕ episode airs guys! If уου want tο watch thіѕ episode, јυѕt come back here again bесаυѕе wе wіll share аnd embed thе video here.

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Customizing your new Android phone, flashing new firmwares, custom roms, and custom patches may seem like a lot to swallow if you’re someone who’s new to the Android scene. This guide is going to walk through pretty much EVERYTHING you need to do to get from your brand new phone to a custom, rooted phone. Estimated time to complete? About an hour or so Note: Firmwares & roms are for the international i9000 galaxy s…Captivate & Vibrant owners, try at your own risk. Setup ADB: theunlockr.com Download Odin: www.wuala.com Download .512 pit: www.wuala.com Download Custom Firmware for ROOT (if you know how to root through a different method, feel free to skip this method): android.modaco.com Download JM5 fimware for 2.1 (new link…The website’s in French, but the first “blue” hyperlink in the middle of the screen is the download link): 38vbx1.1fichier.com ***Password: samsung-firmwares.com Download Samset 1.9d(e) custom ROM: forum.xda-developers.com Download CFLagfix: forum.xda-developers.com Headphone fix tutorial: forum.xda-developers.com Enjoy the Tutorial! Don’t forget to Rate, Comment, and Subscribe You can also follow me Twitter for the latest tech news & updates: twitter.com (yes, without the “n”)

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Gossip Girl tells us that both Paris and the Upper East Side empty out during the month of August. Though that may be true, there was still no shortage of drama on tonight’s episode of “Gossip Girl.”As the hour begins, Blair and Serena are still living it up in Paris. Blair has even somehow convinced the princely Louis to give her another chance, despite the horrible way she acted toward him last week. But while Blair’s getting ready for her perfect date, Serena is taking a trip to the Paris morgue—wherein lies a body that may or may not be Chuck Bass.

It isn’t, of course—and we have to give this show’s writers credit for not having Serena be fooled by the imposter. (Those deductive reasoning skills must have been what got her into Columbia.) When she heads back to Eleanor and Cyrus’s pied- à-terre to tell Blair the whole sordid story, Serena’s friend has a surprise in store: She saw Chuck with her own eyes just one hour earlier. Using the spot where Blair spotted Chuck as a starting point, Serena starts looking for her wayward stepbrother. Luckily for everyone, she happens to stop by the very wine bar where Chuck’s now working. Bass’s boss—a.k.a. his new girlfriend Eva’s uncle—leads Serena straight to the man in question.

At first, Chuck pretends not to recognize Serena and shuts his door in her face. Later, though, he goes outside to find her waiting for him. There, he tells her he’s not planning to go back, which he thinks will make “all the people who’ve wished me dead since I was born” happy. After losing Blair, he has no desire to be Chuck Bass anymore. Serena relays the message to Blair, who pretends not to care—after a successful date, Louis has invited B to come to a ball with him. (As you do.) And then, when Blair’s in Harry Winston picking out something beautiful to complement her gorgeous scarlet gown—the jewelry is Louis’s treat, of course—she comes across an exquisite diamond ring. This turns out to be the engagement ring Chuck was about to give her before she found out about his dalliance with Jenny.

But even if Chuck was going to propose, says Blair, it doesn’t change what he did—or who. Serena begs her to reconsider, saying that Blair is the only one who can stop Chuck from disappearing. As they speak, he’s headed to the train station with Eva, intending to leave Paris and Chuck Bass behind for good. This gives Blair a change of heart, and she races to the station to stop Chuck. Their reunion is bittersweet—when she tells him he should have told her about getting shot, he replies wryly, “I’m surprised you didn’t shoot me yourself.” Blair, of course, has a witty retort at the ready: “I have. Many times, in my dreams. The good ones.”

Then things get a little more serious. Blair tells him that running away won’t solve his problems—and that she doesn’t think the man Chuck wants to be would act like a coward. When he says softly that he destroyed the only thing he ever cared about, she hands him the ring and tells him that despite his actions, “it takes more than [him] to destroy Blair Waldorf.” And either way, Blair says, “It wouldn’t be my world without you in it.”

While Blair’s breaking things off with Louis (see, she’s been using him to run away from her life in New York, just like Chuck!!), Chuck is getting ready to head back to Manhattan. He isn’t, however, going back alone—before bidding Paris au revoir, Chuck asks Eva to accompany him. “You bought me a ticket?” she wonders. “We don’t need tickets,” he replies. “I’m Chuck Bass.” Ladies and gentleman, the bitch is back.

On the other side of the pond, Nate’s getting to know Juliet Sharp (hmm… as in Becky?). After he tells her everything that happened in the first three seasons—er, since Serena left the UES—Juliet is awed: “The life of Serena van der Woodson is like, the most complicated Jane Austen novel ever,” she says. You know, Jane Austen, Cecily von Ziegesar—same difference.

Juliet decides that Nate is in need of some serious guidance. So she offers to be his “life coach.” First order of business: eliminating any competition for Serena’s heart. To accomplish this, Juliet sneakily tells Vanessa that Dan told Nate (you following this?) he still has feelings for her. As a result, Vanessa and Dan sleep together, theoretically taking him out of the game. But Nate feels guilty about what he let Juliet do, and Dan soon finds out about the lie—as does Vanessa, who storms off upon hearing the truth. As all this is going down, Dan and Nate are wearing almost identical plaid shirts.

Luckily, Vanessa is soon mollified when Dan tells her himself that he does, in fact, care for her. Nate and Juliet make nice, too, when she apologizes for meddling in his life. Serena comes home to find that the love triangle she left behind has neatly resolved itself: both of her potential boyfriends are now with other girls. Also, she has no idea why there’s a baby in Dan’s loft, and everyone hilarious disperses before explaining to her what’s going on.

A few scenes of intrigue close up the episode. First, Rufus reads on Milo’s hospital bracelet that the baby’s blood type is O-. Dan, though, is AB+, meaning that Milo in all likelihood is not his son. Shocker of the century! More intriguing is Juliet’s last scene, in which we watch her take down the pictures and clippings from her crazy stalker bulletin board as she makes a mysterious phone call, telling the person on the other end, “I had to improvise, but it’s done… Take care. Hang in there. I miss you.” She leaves one piece of paper hanging on her wall: Serena’s mug shot.

Who is Juliet, assuming this proves conclusively she can’t be Gossip Girl? What mission is she on? Are her phone call and Georgina’s phone call connected? Leave your guesses in the comments.

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Hаνе wе blotted уουr monthly calendar fοr thе recover οf  Thе Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 6: Plοt B? If nοt afterwards whаt hаνе bееn wе watchful fοr, squeeze thіѕ аѕ well аѕ symbol upon Oct 21st fοr wе tο gеt updated. A “bang” іѕ watchful given Jeremy offers tο hеlр Alaric аѕ well аѕ Damon tο understanding wіth Katherine. On thе alternative hand, Caroline аѕ well аѕ hеr mom impart thе small peculiarity time together аftеr whаt happened upon thе previews раrt (Kіll οr Bе Kіllеd) whilst Bonnie incidentally finds latest crash аbουt Mason.

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Watch Stargate Universe Season 2 Episode 4 – SGU Season 2 Episode 4 s02e04 Pathogen Online Stream. We have some hot showdown happening at our favorite show Stargate Universe with the next Episode. Well Stargate Universe Season 2 Episode 4 is schedule to air on Tuesday October 19th, 2010 9:00pm only on Syfy Channel. “Pathogen” is the title given to Stargate Universe Season 2 Episode 4. So don’t miss guys!

Stargate Universe Season 2 Episode 4 – Synopsis

In Stargate Universe Season 2 Episode 4 s02e04 you would see – The crew becomes increasingly concerned about Chloe’s erratic behaviour, leading Scott to make a shocking discovery in her quarters – a journal containing alien script. Recognising the complexity of the book’s contents, he decides to test her, with surprising results. Meanwhile, Eli is called back to Earth to deal with his mother’s worsening medical condition

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The latest from the Apple iPod family is the 2GB iPod shuffle which lets you wear up to 500 songs on your sleeve as a badge of musical devotion. iPod shuffle comes in four vibrant colors and the original silver to suit your music and your mood and it is the only iPod that is wearable right out of the box.
The iPod Shuffle Weighs 15.6 grams with a height of 1.07 inches and width of 1.62 inches. It holds up to 500 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format and Stores data via USB flash drive. With skip-free playback it supports audio formats: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), WAV, and AIFF.
iTunes offers some new features for iPod shuffle. One is the ability to reduce the bit rate of songs to 128 kbit/s AAC. The conversion is done automatically, with the original file left untouched on the computer and the smaller (lower bit rate) file sent to the iPod shuffle. iTunes also allows an iPod shuffle playlist to be viewed and changed while the unit is not connected; the next time the unit is connected, it can then be updated with the changed playlist.
The simple features of an iPod shuffle includes : Controls which is a circular control pad that puts the go in ergonomic. Click the center button to play and pause. Click the outer buttons to move back, skip forward, and adjust volume. A built-in clip, iPod shuffle goes with anything. Clip the iPod to your sleeve, lapel or coin pocket. No matter where you wear it, iPod shuffle speaks about your style. The iPod has a Shuffle switch. Flip the shuffle switch to mix up iPod shuffle's contents. Flip it again to play your handpicked playlists and albums in the order you synced them from iTunes. The headphone jack does double-duty as a dock connector. Flip iPod shuffle upside-down and drop it into the included dock. Connect the dock to your Mac or PC for a quick sync and charge. Away from your computer? Charge on the go with the optional Apple USB power adapter.
With up to 12 hours of battery life, iPod shuffle may keep rocking even longer than you do. Green means go, amber means you are low, and red means you've almost hit zero. The battery life is very good, considering the small profile and the versatility of the gadget.
As such lot has been said about this iPod, but does it really serve the basic purpose, as being the cheapest, simplest and smallest iPod to date.

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This month, Democrats nationwide have explored the outer reaches of the continuum of desperation. First Alan Grayson calls Dan Webster “Taliban Dan” for being too Christian, and now we have Jack Conway in Kentucky accusing Paul of not being Christian enough.  Conway’s new ad goes far beyond questioning the faith of Paul, though, in recycling a smear about a college prank from almost 30 years ago that has already been debunked.  Conway links “Aqua Buddha” with Paul’s position on ending government-funded “faith-based initiatives,” a position so radical that Democrats, er, used it when running against George W. Bush just six years ago:

  John McCormack quotes a speech given by Paul in 2008, before his run for the Senate officially launched, about his reasoning on defunding faith-based government initiatives:

“One, I think the money sort of pollutes the mission of a purely Christian organization, or Muslim or whatever organization it is. And it obscures the church-state separation that there really ought to be. We shouldn’t have tax money flowing into churches, and we should let churches do charity work, and that’s wonderful, but they shouldn’t be corrupted with government money.”

Whether or not one agrees with this reasoning, it’s at least a rational argument, and one heard from many people of faith who worry about the co-opting influence of government money in churches.  It’s hardly an attack on religion.  As for ending tax deductions for churches, Paul supports that because he wants an end to the income tax altogether, which would mean the end of all income-tax deductions.  Paul wants the income tax replaced with the Fair Tax, and all deductions would be eliminated in the change.

This ad may not be quite as offensive as Grayson’s despicable attack on Webster through the use of out-of-context sound bites that made Webster sound as if he said the exact opposite of what he actually said, but it’s pretty close.  Sticking “Washington Post 8/11/2010″ on a known smear doesn’t sanitize it at all.  Unless Conway wants to demand religious tests for office, what’s left in this ad is almost as awful, too.

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Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand  Rutgers was hospitalized after sustaining a neck injury while making a vicious tackle on a kickoff return in the fourth quarter against Army on Saturday.

LeGrand lay on the field for about five minutes after making the tackle with the game tied at 17 and 5:10 to play.

A backboard was placed under his back and he was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. His condition was not immediately available after Rutgers’ 23-20 win in overtime.

Rutgers coach Greg Schiano went over and talked to his family in the stands, and later appeared in the post-game interview room with red eyes, looking as if he had been crying. He said he was going to the hospital after his interviews.

“It’s all tough stuff, yes,” Schiano said. “When you coach these kids, they’re your kids. That is the thing I don’t know if everybody gets. It’s not pro football. Those are your kids. You’re raising them. You’re finishing the job for their parents, so it’s tough.”

Schiano said federal laws prevented him from disclosing LeGrand’s condition.

The charge nurse in the emergency room, who only identified herself as Denise, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that she could not provide any information on LeGrand.

LeGrand, an Avenel resident who played at Colonia High School, was injured making a tackle on Malcolm Brown at the Army 25. He seemed to move his head immediately after the play but did not move after that as trainers from Rutgers (4-2) rushed the field to attend to him.

Schiano trotted to the spot where LeGrand was being treated and Army coach Rich Ellerson later joined the Scarlet Knights’ coach on the field, touching his shoulder to comfort him.

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Seems as though once again more channels have been dropped from Cablevision in what they describe as a act of “corporate greed”. Fox 5 and My 9 (Yankee fans take note) have been dropped from the lineup as News Corp is asking for more then $150 million a year.

This seems to be a reoccurring theme for Cablevision, you may recall earlier this year Cablevision had a dispute with HGTV and the Food Network. The company that distributes both HGTV and The Food Network stated  that "the cable operator failed to negotiate acceptable rates for the programming distribution rights".

Could the problem with these negotiations reside with Cablevision? Whomever is handling the negotiations just does not seem to be getting the job done and the only action that Cablevision seems to take regarding this situation is airing out the dirty laundry and distributing the above message putting the blame squarely on News Corp for pulling Fox and My 9.

The customers deserve better than this, put this corporate bickering over millions of dollars away and get us back what we paid for. After all its not “our” fault that you big headed corporate giants cannot come to terms but we are the ones that lose out.

Spare us the dirty details, get back to the negotiating table and get our channels back!

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Kim Kardashian No Clothes (VIDEO)

Kim Kardashian No Clothes (VIDEO). Kim Kardashian will always keep people interested in her with her physical appearance. The trick is not to show it all off at once by, for example, filming herself getting bonked from behind by a serpent-tongued narcissist and then uploading it onto the internet.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed every year in October. Today is the first day of this observation and it is a good time to recall people who are affected by this disease.

In today’s world there are new treatments and screening methods to fight against breast cancer. Now it has become a survivable disease from virtual death sentence. This has been said after a study of women who has been treated at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

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Taylor Swift‘s newest single Back to December is getting crazy fan feedback and some are hoping it might reignite Taylor-squared Part 2. We’re breaking down the news and lyrics right now.
Taylor Swift update. So her latest single to be released, Back to December, is already creating quite the internet hype, even breaking the Top 10 songs on iTunes within 24 hours. It’s clear that slow, emotion-filled song is a real apology — I mean, even Taylor has admitted it! But listeners are pretty sure that this apology is directed straight at Taylor Lautner. The lyrics go ‘Your guard is up and I know why. Because the last time you saw me is still burned in the back of your mind.
You gave me roses, and I left them there to die.’ Yep, that deserves an ‘I’m sorry’, right? Well, the part that gets a little more into the Taylor-squared assumption is the part of the song that goes: I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile, so good to me, so right, And how you held me in your arms that September night.’ Remember that’s the time of the MTV VMAs in 2009 when Swift won an award, the whole Kanye thing went down and Lautner was on-stage for the presentation. And, of course, TL is quite known for his tan skin and sweet smile, right? This is a brave apology from Swift, especially when she sings ‘So this is me swallowing my pride standing in front of you saying I’m sorry for that night. And I go back to December all the time.’ It’s almost as if Lautner needs to respond to this song or something… do you think this new track from TS’s upcoming Speak Now album might spawn Taylor-Squared Part 2? And should they give it another whirl?

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BlackBerry has been active the last month with the release of the long awaited BlackBerry Torch, BlackBerry Messenger and now the Blackberry App World 2.0. It is the last one that is of particular interest as it involves the popular apps that so many people look for and download in order to be productive or have fun. With so many apps avaliable on the App World it is hard to choose the one you think will be of benefit to yourself. Sometimes the high prices can put people off and they don’t want to risk there hard earn cash on an app that may not suit their needs. We would all like to have all the applications on the handset to try and test. Some companies offer limited trials of the apps however one company is offer a very special deal.

Well the company which is popular on the BlackBerry App World is S4BB has offered the most popular apps for 99 cents for each one. This unbelievable price is on offer till the 30th August. Hard to believe but if you click on the link below you can see a list of all the apps they are discounting. The reason behind this huge offer is the release of the new BlackBerry App World 2.0 and to celebrate S4BB is offering the special price. Discounts on the apps are up to 97% on the apps developed by S4BB.

S4BB is one of the most popular BlacKberry apps developers on the App World. Their apps are among the best selling apps on the BlackBerry handsets and with more apps being released they look to continue being very popular on BlackBerry all over the world. So if in the past you feel you didn’t want to spend the money on apps incase they were not ideal or what you were looking for you can now purchase the apps at a bargain price.

There are numerous applications for which you can go for. For memo encryption and providing security to your BlackBerry handset, you can purchase the Action Pad. It is among the best sellers, and can be owned at just 99 cents. To connect and disconnect from your stored WiFi hotspots you can use SmartWiFi which manages your hotspots for you. To provide strength to the battery of your BlackBerry handset, you can go for the application called BatteryBooster. You can also learn different languages like Italian, German, French, Portuguese, and many other languages through the dictionary applications and audio lessons. A recent game released that is proving popular is WareHouse Keeper which is based on the classical sokoban game that you as a warehouse worker need move the boxes into the correct space which is a great challenging game. So, there are apps for a wide variety of tasks you need to do as well as for fun, get the application of your choice at just 99 cents.

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by shannonpatrick17 Hack A Psp Go Firmware 6.20 – Play King Of Fighters – The Orochi Saga On Your Psp Go! Do you have a PSP 3000 or a PSP Go.

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Wіth news flowing frοm different sides, now іt seems thаt аll thе rumors related tο thе advancement οf a nеw contrivance frοm thе makers οf BlackBerry, Research In Motion wаѕ rіght. Yes, wе аrе talking аbουt thе advancement οf thе nеw contrivance thе Playbook. Thе contrivance whісh hаѕ a 7 inch camera аnd іѕ ѕаіd tο bе thе first tablet frοm Research In Motion, аnd recently Mike Lazaridis, CEO οf RIM, ѕhοwеd οff thе long awaited contrivance. In aBlackBerry developer discussion, hе mаdе thе tablet public, bringing аn еnd tο thе rumors аѕ well.

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Ines Sainz Pictures. A high quality gallery of the Mexican sports reporter Ines Sainz Gallo. Before entering the world of sports Ines studied law at the University of the Valley of Mexico in Querétaro and achieved a Masters Degree. After graduation she decided to TV presenting instead the rule of law. At the World Cup in Germany in 2006, she was very popular with male viewers and sports stars with their sexy outfits, and coquettishly interview techniques.

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Avatar is a 2009 American[6][7] epic science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, and Joel David Moore. The film is set in 2154, when humans are mining a precious mineral called unobtanium on Pandora, a lush moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system.[8][9][10] The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi—a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The film's title refers to the genetically engineered Na'vi-human hybrid bodies used by a team of researchers to interact with the natives of Pandora.[11]

Development on Avatar began in 1994, when Cameron wrote an 80-page scriptment for the film.[12] Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron's 1997 film Titanic, for a planned release in 1999,[13] but according to Cameron, the necessary technology was not yet available to achieve his vision of the film.[14] Work on the language for the film's extraterrestrial beings began in summer 2005, and Cameron began developing the screenplay and fictional universe in early 2006.[15][16]

Avatar was officially budgeted at $237 million.[2] Other estimates put the cost between $280 million and $310 million for production and at $150 million for promotion.[17][18][19] The film was released for traditional 2-D viewing, 3-D viewing (using the RealD 3D, Dolby 3D, XpanD 3D, and IMAX 3D formats), and "4-D" viewing.[20] The stereoscopic filmmaking was touted as a breakthrough in cinematic technology.[21]

Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was released overseas on December 16 and in the United States and Canada on December 18, to critical acclaim and commercial success.[22][23][24] The film broke several box office records during its release and became the highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. and Canada[25] and also worldwide, surpassing Titanic, which had held the records for the previous 12 years.[26] It also became the first film to gross more than $2 billion.[27] Following the film's success, Cameron stated that there will be at least two sequels.[28] Avatar was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director,[29] and won three, for Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction.

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Mitchie, Shane, Jason, Nate and their friends have returned for another summer of fund and music in Disney's summer offering Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. But much to their disappointment, Camp Rock is not what it used to be. Camp Rock has been overshadowed, eclipsed by another camp across the lake. Camp Star has opened across the lake and has lured away many of Camp Rock instructors and campers, putting the future of Camp Rock in jeopardy. Tess ditches Camp Rock for the new camp Camp Star! When Camp Star's hotshot performer, Luke Williams, challenges Camp Rock to a
musical showdown to see which camp really has the stronger musical talent, everyone prepares for the ultimate battle of the bands. This is where Mitch, Shane, Jason and Nate put their talents to good use as they try to revive Camp Rock's lost glory

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SNMPTN serentak diumumkan Sabtu.

Solo (Espos)–Panitia Seleksi Nasional Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri (SNMPTN) secara serentak akan mengumumkan hasil ujian tersebut, besok Sabtu (17/7). Pengumuman akan ditampilkan di website dan empat koran lokal maupun nasional.

Ketua Panitia Lokal 44 UNS, Prof Dr Ravik Karsidi dalam rilis yang diterima Espos, Kamis (17/7), pada hari Sabtu mulai pukul 00.00 WIB pengumuman SNMPTN dilaksanakan serentak melalui website SNMPTN, www.snmptn.ac.id atau melalui website internal perguruan tinggi negeri yang dituju. Dia mengatakan, selain mengumumkan pendaftaran melalui website, pihaknya juga mengumumkan peserta yang dinyatakan lolos di sejumlah surat kabar di Solo dan sekitarnya di antaranya SOLOPOS.

“Selain itu mereka dapat mengakses pengumuman via HP, yakni dengan mengetik short massages service (SMS) ke spmbunsnomor pendaftaran ke: 3011 (Indosat) atau 1103 (Flexi),”. Pengumuman SNMPTN 17 July 2010

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Nexian Journey, Android Lokal. Bersamaan dengan dibukanya pameran Indonesia Cellular Show (ICS) 2010, Nexian memperkenalkan produk terbarunya yang diberi nama Nexian Journey atau NX-A890. Ini merupakan debutan smartphone buatan produsen lokal tersebut. Menarik karena Nexian menggunakan sistem operasi Android yang tengah naik daun.

Nexian Journey hadir dengan desain elegan warna dasar putih dengan garis merah yang mengelilinginya serta disertai dengan navigasi trackball yang sangat responsif hingga sangat memudahkan untuk melakukan aktifitas dengan ponsel ini.

Perangkat ini mendukung semua fitur yang diberikan oleh Google karena Nexian mendapatkan lisensi Google Mobile Service. Mulai dari Android Market, Google Maps, dan Gmail. Selain itu juga dilengkapi dengan jaringan GPRS class 12, EDGE multislot class 12 dan UMTS DL/UL 7.2Mbps/2Mbps maupun HDSPA.

Layar yang digunakan adalah layar dengan kemampuan Touchscreen yang sangat responsif sehingga memudahkan untuk mengoperasikan ponsel ini tanpa stylus. Layar : 3.2 inch, TFT, 262k, HVGA 480 x 320 piksel (Capacitive Touch Screen). Produk ini dilengkapi pula dengan kamera 5MP, 3.5mm audio jack, Java,Wifi,Video recorder, video player, Bluetooth, RadioFM, dan USB Cable Connection.

Harga Nexian Journey Smartphone ini dibanderol dengan harga Rp 2,499 juta pada saat pameran FKI dan ICS 2010 di JCC, Jakarta.

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Kabar beredar adanya video porno skandal yang berjudul Fatma Trans TV. Mendengar berita miring ini Stasiun televisi swasta Trans TV serentak membantah tudingan video porno yang bertitle : Fatma-Trans TV yang kabarnya diperankan oleh salah satu karyawan perusahaan televisi swasta trans tv.
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Menurut Head of Marketing Public Relations Trans TV A Hadiansyah Lubis dalam rilisnya yang diterima Tempo hari ini, video yang telah beredar di dunia maya itu diambil dari sebuah laman porno oleh oknum dan mengganti judul videonya menjadi "Fatma-Trans TV". "Tujuannya untuk menjatuhkan citra kami," kata Hadiansyah.

Hari ini juga, Trans TV melaporkan peredaran video mesum ini ke Bareskrim Mabes Polri untuk mengusut pelaku dan penyebar video porno tersebut.

Refernsi lain mengatakan :
Stasiun TRANS TV melapor ke Mabes Polri terkait beredarnya video asusila berjudul "fatma-transtv" di dunia maya, kata Head Of Marketing Public Relations TRANS TV, A. Hardiansyah Lubis di Mabes Polri, Kamis (15/7/2010).

"Kita melaporkan sekaligus mengklarifikasi sehubungan dengan beredarnya video asusila yang mengatasnamakan TRANS TV," ujar Hardiansyah.

TRANS TV mengetahui beredarnya video asusila berdurasi dua menit 34 detik yang mencatut nama salah satu karyawannya pada Rabu (14/7/2010), serta mendapat informasi dari beberapa orang.

"Filenya saja Fatma yang memang karyawan TRANS TV, tapi bukan yang mengirim video asusila tersebut," kata Hardiansyah.

Menurutnya, video fatma trans tv tersebut diperkirakan sudah lama beredar, tetapi kini itu sudah dianggap mencemarkan nama baik TRANS TV . Meski begitu perusahaan tidak mengetahui motif tindakan itu.

"Setelah kami telusuri, diketahui bahwa video porno yang beredar diambil dari sebuah situs porno oleh oknum tidak bertanggungjawab dan mengganti judul videonya menjadi "fatma-transtv" dengan tujuan menjatuhkan citra baik TRANS TV," kata Hardiansyah

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Mabes Polri telah mengamankan dua orang yang diduga menyebarkan video porno mirip artis Ariel ‘Peterpan’, Luna Maya, dan Cut Tari. Kini, kedua orang itu sedang menjalani pemeriksaan di Mabes Polri.

“Sudah di Mabes Polri. Sedang ada dua orang yang ada interogasi dan pemeriksaan terkait video porno yang menghebohkan akhir-akhir ini,” kata Kepala Divisi Humas Polri, Inspektur Jendereal Polisi Edward Aritonang di Mabes Polri, Jakarta, Kamis 17 Juni 2010.

Namun demikian, Edward tidak menyebutkan identitas kedua orang maupun tempat penangkapan kedua orang yang diduga menyebarkan video porno mirip ketiga artis tersebut.

“Saya membenarkan ada dua yang diduga ada kaitannya penyebaran didalami di Mabes Polri,” ujar dia. Tapi, belum disebutkan apakah dua orang sudah menjadi tersangka atau masih saksi.

Sebelumnya, Kepala Badan Reserse dan Kriminal Polri, Komisaris Jenderal Ito Sumardi mengatakan video porno itu diunggah dari dua kota, yaitu Bandung, Jawa Barat dan Kendari, Sulawesi Tenggara.

Tiga artis itu sendiri sudah membantah keras terlibat sebagai lakon dalam video mesum itu. Mereka menyerahkan sepenuhnya kepada kepolisian.

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Negeriads.com Solusi Berpromosi - Ternyata Maria Ozawa, menurut produser film MENCULIK MIYABI, Ody C Mulya, bukan segalanya di film tersebut apabila tidak didukung tokoh-tokoh lain yang hadir sebagai penguat cerita.

"Film ini lebih hidup dibanding Miyabi (nama lain Maria Ozawa) main sendiri, ada unsur - unsur lain yang membuat film ini menarik," ungkap Ody saat disambangi di kantor Maxima Pictures di kawasan Mangga Dua, Rabu (5/5).

Jadi, kata Ody, salah bila ada orang berpendapat film MENCULIK MIYABI hanya menjual sensualitas karena hal tersebut sama sekali tidak ada dalam film. "Dan dia tidak mau melakukan hal-hal seperti itu, apalagi dalam storyboard tidak ada," jelasnya.

Ody menilai sosok Miyabi sebagai artis yang profesional. "Dia sangat disiplin," katanya. Miyabi bisa datang ke lokasi syuting satu atau dua jam sebelum take.

"Tapi yang bikin kita repot kalau anjing kesayangan dia tidak ikut, dia bisa bete, jadi kita harus jagain anjing dia. Kalau sudah begitu syuting sampai pagi pun dilayani," ungkap Ody.

Dan sebagai laki-laki normal, Ody juga melihat apa yang selama ini digembar-gemborkan orang soal sensualitas Miyabi tidak seperti yang dibayangkan. "Dia biasa saja tuh," katanya tersenyum.

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Seorang mahasiswa sebuah universitas swasta di Bogor, Clara Adelin Supit alias Devi (23) nekad Berfoto Bugil untuk menolong temannya.

Kasat Reskrim Polresta Bogor, AKP Irwansyah menyebutkan, dalam laporan Clara ke Mapolresta Bogor pada Sabtu lalu ia mau di foto telanjang untuk membantu temanya Misly Safarini (23), warga Citeureup Bogor.

"Kata dia (Clara-red) foto itu atas permintaan temannya Misly yang minta tolong untuk menyebuhkan mantan pacarnya yang diguna-guna," ujar Irwansyah, Minggu.

Berdasarkan laporan dari Clara, Irwansyah menjelaskan kronologi hingga foto syur Clara beredar di dunia maya dan akun jejaring pertemanan itu.

Keterangan yang diperoleh, pengambilan gambar Clara tanpa busana dengan menggunakan telepon genggam dilakukan disebuah kamar kos di kawasan Kebon Jeruk Jakarta .

Clara bersedia di foto karena dirayu temannya Misly. Kepada korban, Misly mengatakan, mantan cowoknya Joshua (26), terkena penyakit guna-guna.

Menurut Misly, Joshua baru bisa sembuh jika melihat foto bugil cewek cantik.

Karena termakan rayuan, dan tak tega lihat temannya yang memohon, gadis manis yang juga seorang kapten pemandu sorak itu rela berpose bugil.

Usai berfoto bugil, Clara diberi sejumlah uang oleh Misly. Clara berpesan agar Misly tidak menyebarkan foto dirinya kepada orang lain.

Mendapati fotonya tersebar di dunia maya, Clara pun melaporkan peristiwa tersebut ke Polresta Bogor.

"Pelapor merasa dirinya menjadi korban dan minta temannya mempertanggungjawabkan perbuatan, karena membuat ia dan keluarganya malu dan terhina," ujar Irwansyah.

Ia menyebutkan, atas laporan korban, aparat Polresta telah meminta keterangan Misly yang mengakui foto tersebut milik Clara.

"Dari pengakuan Misly, gambar tersebut dia berikan ke mantan pacarnya Joshua. Dan yang menyebarkan foto kemungkinan Joshua," ujar Irwansyah mengutip pengakuan Misly.

Kasat Reskrim Polresta Bogor, AKP Irwansyah mengungkapkan, sudah ada keterangan tiga saksi. Hingga saat ini, petugas belum menetapkan tersangkanya.

Joshua yang diduga sebagai pelaku penyebaran gambar tanpa busana ini baru akan dimintai keterangan Senin (12/4). Foto syur Clara, menurut Kasat Irwansyah, terakses di akun jejaring pertemanan clara.supit@yahoo.com.

"Banyak foto telanjang korban. Paling banyak itu menghadap kedepan. Makanya semua yang terlarang terlihat semua," tegasnya.

Menurut Irwansyah, pelaku penyebaran gambar telanjang, akan dikenakan pasal UU IT Nomor 11 tahun 2008 pasal 27 ayat 1 dan 3 tentang seseorang dengan sengaja menyebarkan asusila atau penghinaan, maka akan diancam penjara 6 tahun atau denda Rp 1 miliar.

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I was doing my regular Entrecard dropping today when one of the blogs or Entrecard member site that I opened to drop on displayed, not its normal homepage but, a hacked or defaced page. The name of the blog is BeyondFeron.com and the message on its defaced homepage is “H a C k E d OWN3D By Mr.Computer YoUr SeCuRiTy WaS ByPSsEd By Mr. ComputerAm4[@]live[.]it” (see screenshot below).

I myself have been a victim of hacking and defacement. Two of my blogs have been hacked and defaced before but, up until now, I still could not understand why these so called hackers do this to bloggers. Why don’t they practice their godly hacking skills on banks, on Microsoft or on sites owned and operated by the FBI. Why poor bloggers?

I’m sure the owner of BeyondFeron.com already knows about this and he could already be working on fixing it. I just hope that it’s a simple defacement and that the hacker did not leave any malicious code anywhere because that would really suck. If you are hosted with [BlueHost.com], like me, then it would suck even further because they won’t and don’t offer support to hacking cases.

BeyondFeron.com before the hacking and defacement.

Anyway, I’m no Wordpress Security expert but here is a post on wpparty.com titled “20 Powerful Wordpress Security Plugins and Tips & Tricks“. I think I have a few of those plugins mentioned installed on my blogs and I would have loved to install them all but I don’t think that’s advisable. 20 additional plugins would be like too much. Maybe try them one by one and pick the best and install them.

I really don’t like seeing blogs of fellow bloggers hacked or defaced like that and I hope that BeyondFeron.com can fix it without losing any valuable data.

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Best Wordpress Themes Release Info: New Year has passed, some people make a resolution to motivate themselves and achieve better results in New Year. Including the bloggers, business owners and webmaster are trying to achieve success with their blogs and websites.

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Best Premium WordPress Themes

If you have seen and falling in love with Premium WordPress Themes and really want to use their designs, we make this following list of the Premium WordPress themes Designer recent launch of their new design on January 2010.

Genesis Theme Framework by StudioPress Brian Gardner and StudioPress team has announced their new Wordpress Theme framework: Genesis Theme Framework. The Genesis theme framework comes with 3 default layout options – content/sidebar, sidebar/content and sidebar/content/sidebar. This option can changed on the theme options page. Brian said that Genesis will give you the flexibility to choose whichever layout you want. [Release date: January 4, 2010] Genesis beta is available for StudioPress Pro Plus All-Theme members only. If you have purchased a theme and want to upgrade to that package and receive access to the Genesis theme framework, you can contact StudioPress team.

Rich Blog Theme by RichWP The RichBlog by RichWP is a classic blog theme with chronologically ordered post list and widgetized sidebar. The RichBlog gives you full control over your theme design. With The RichBlog you don’t have to hack any CSS or PHP code. [Release date: January 26, 2010] Read more info about RichBlog Theme by RichWP!

Main Street Real Estate theme by Gorilla Themes Main Street Real Estate is a classy WordPress theme by Gorilla Themes created specially for multiple or single realtors-agents to display their listings. Main Street Real Estate by GorillaThemes is compatible with the new features released in WordPress 2.9 like post thumbnails and easy video embeds. Main Street also uses easy Google maps integration, bulk upload for photo galleries, logo and agent photo uploader and much more. This theme comes with features 8 different color styles: 4 rich dark colors and 4 light and clean professional layouts. [Release date: January 7, 2010] Read more info about Main Street Real Estate!

MyStream by WooThemes MyStream Theme by WooThemes is a flexible and extremely customizable personal blog theme with massive social media & lifestreaming influences. Change the background to your visual identity, move the many available widgets around and VOILA: you have YourStream. 7 Smashing MyStream-specific widgets, including the new Tabber widget, which allows you to move that stunning tabber anywhere in the sidebar. 6 delicious colour schemes to choose from! [Release date: January 12, 2010] Read more info about MyStream Theme by WooThemes!

Accumulo Aggregator Theme by ProThemeDesign Accumulo Aggregator Theme by Pro Theme has release a new theme called Accumulo. The homepage contains tabbed, custom RSS widgets for aggregating niche content. It’s like a premium version of the AllTop-inspired WPTopics. Accumulo is comes with a clean design, custom widgets and custom templates for blogging. Create and monetize your own social media hub with ease. [Release date: January 19, 2010] Read more info about Accumulo Aggregator Theme by Pro Theme!

Sensor Theme by WPZOOM Sensor Theme by WPZOOM is a Premium WordPress Theme that suitable for photoblogs, portfolios, showcases, galleries, personal sites and other blogging topics. Sensor Theme comes with theme options page for quickly setting up your theme. Sensor Theme comes in 14 color styles, with beautiful jQuery slider on homepage for Featured content. Sensor Theme also use threaded comments built-in. Read more info about Sensor Theme by WPZOOM!

Business Bite by WPZOOM Business Bite by WPZOOM is professional WordPress Theme, that suits for your Business and Portfolio website. Business Bite theme is very flexible and comes with a sleek slider for your products or your works. Business Bite comes with featured slider, this slider are shown pages, which you are able to select from themes options. With this theme you can also configure the theme in a few seconds, or add your Google Analytics code. Read more info about Business Bite by WPZOOM!

OnTheGo Theme by ElegantThemes OnTheGo by ElegantThemes is a Wordpress theme for create a fresh and interesting design. It is fun an playful while maintining an air of professionalism, and its unique appearance is sure to make your website stand out amongst the crowd. OnTheGo can act as a page-based CMS, or as a traditional blog. OnTheGo comes with four unique color schemes, optional blog-style structure, and advertising management. Read more info about OnTheGo Theme by ElegantThemes!

Best FREE WordPress Themes

Do you love FREEBIE? (Who doesn’t?) If the answer is ‘yes’ then you should see this list. FREE Wordpress Themes collection below is good enough to use on your blog. You would like to put it into your freebie collection list.

Structure Theme The Structure Theme is a modern minimalist design free premium WordPress theme. Structure Theme are comes with 4 themes included with the download; a white theme, black theme, two column blog and a single column blog design. Structure Theme was created with a simple and clean aestheticit’s easy for you to adopt the style of the content added to the site. [Release date: 5 Jan 2010] Read more information about The Structure Theme!

WordPress Theme – Impress by BlogOhBlog BlogOhBlog was announced the release of a new FREE WordPress theme called ‘Impress’. Impress is a minimalistic WordPress Themes, red-colored theme with and also comes with automatic thumbnails, advertising space and a clean layout. Impress theme uses jQuery for animated menu and sidebar. BlogOhBlog said that Impress theme has been tested with all major browsers included Firefox, IE, Chrome and Safari. [Release date: Jan 2010] Read more info about Impress Theme by BlogOhBlog!

Tasty Showcase – Free WordPress Theme by ThemeLab Tasty Showcase WordPress theme is a simple and elegant wordpress theme. It is minimalist and colorful appearance. Tasty Showcase gives you the basic theme features: built-in gravatar, widget-ready, and also threaded comments support. The Tasty Showcase theme is providing you 14 widgetized it will suit if you love to use widget for add somethings on sidebar and footer [Release date: 21 Jan 2010] Read more info about Tasty Showcase – Free WordPress Theme by ThemeLab!

Bright Sky Released by KreativeThemes Bright Sky theme is a simple, clean and elegance design that designed for bloggers who love minimalist blog appearance. Bright Sky theme comes with automatic display for your Twitter status on homepage right above your blog posts. There’s a lot other options you could do with these theme just set from theme options panel. [Release date: January 22nd, 2010] Read more info about Bright Sky theme!

Blogwave – Free WordPress Blog Theme by CustomTheme Blogwave theme is a free blog theme for WordPress with four different color schemes: blue, green, red, orange. The colors are easily switchable through a built-in theme options page. With Blogwave theme you can get Widget ready theme, with WP125 Integration for advertising banner management, WP-PageNavi Integration, and Theme Options for easy setup your design to meet with your need. Read more information about Blogwave free Wordpress theme!

FREE WordPress Theme: Mayumi by Padd Solutions Mayumi theme is FREE Wordpress Theme created by Padd Solutions. Mayumi WordPress theme comes with 5 color schemes to choose from. You can go to general gettings to access all the features. Set social networking and custom advertisement settings tabs from the admin panel. impress their readers with their contents and a premium quality design blog with Mayumi WP theme, it’s FREE! Read more info about Mayumi theme by Padd Solutions!

White Magazine Premium Theme by Blogging-Inside White Magazine is 3 columns free Theme for WordPress suited for an online magazine. White Magazine Theme comes with 7 widget positions. The White Magazine theme is specially optimized for Google Adsense. With the help of the equally free widgets Side posts all widget items can be equipped with contributions from negotiable levels categories. [Release date: 9 Jan 2010] Read more info about White Magazine Theme!

Simple Magazine Red by DynamicWP Simple Magazine Red is DynamicWP new waordpress magazine theme. The theme is released under GPL and you can use it for all your projects for free and without any restrictions. Simple Magazine Red is using Fixed Width, 3 Column Layout, Gravatar on Comment and Widget Ready. Simple Magazine Red is also compatible with Wordpress 2.8.x and 2.9.x. [Release date: 9 Jan 2010] Read more info about Simple Magazine Red DynamicWP!

WordPress Theme: Matapat by Padd Solutions Read more info about Matapat theme by Padd Solutions

FreshBrown Free Wordpress Theme By TricksDaddy Read more info about FreshBrown Free Wordpress Theme By TricksDaddy!

WordPress as CMS (Business & Portfolio Website/Blog)

Are you designer, photographer or a consultant who used to handle multiple projects? You’ll want to publish your project, offer services or provide promotional explanation for your recent projects. Or you are small business owners who want to publish your company profile. Here is a list of cool, professional, and clean themes for portfolio and small business websites.

Delegate Theme by WooThemes Delegate Theme by WooThemes is a shiny and feature-packed business theme that should appeal to the funky companies out there. Delegate Theme comes with handful of different page templates and delegate-specific widgets to create professional design to represent your business. [Release date: January 21, 2010] Have a look at the demo of Delegate or read more info about Delegates Theme by WooThemes!

Job Board WordPress theme by Templatic Themes Job Board Theme by Templatic Themes is wordpress theme designed specially for job publishing. Comes with strategic design, elegant looks and balanced features make it suit for starting a website job board niche. Job Board theme makes it real easy for you to start and managing a job board site in couple of minutes. [Release date: January 7, 2010] Read more info about Job Board Theme by Templatic Themes!

eShop e-commerce theme by Templatic Themes eShop e-commerce theme by Templatic Themes is e-commerce theme platform for wordpress. eShop comes with 5 elegant color schemes, it’s suitable for small stores. eShop is cleaner and spacious looks, you can use this theme to sell your product (tangible or intangible). [Release date: January 11, 2010] if you are looking for the best ecommerce theme for your site you can read more info about eShop e-commerce theme by Templatic Themes!

Classifieds theme by Templatic Themes Classifieds theme by Templatic Themes help you to turn wordpress into full functional money making classified website that lets your user post free and paid ad posts on your site. [Release date: January 26, 2010] Limited time offer: If you buy this theme before 31st Jan, you get 20% off on the classifieds theme. Simply use “CLASSIFIEDS” as the coupon code when you checkout. Read more info about Classifieds theme by Templatic Themes!

Luxury Wordpress Template by Cudazi Luxury theme by Cudazi is a clean, feature packed Wordpress theme designed to make your life easier. Luxury theme comes with multiple column layouts, controlled site wide or per post/page. For change the layout you can use extensive Theme Settings Page. You also get custom write panels to control post/page columns and thumbnails. [Release date: 26 January 10] Read more info about Luxury theme by Cudazi!

Blue Earth Wordpress theme by DisplayInline Blue Earth Theme by DisplayInline is a Wordpress Theme that great for a business or company. It comes with an animated contact form, an ajax gallery and a portfolio module with two different jQuery slideshows. Corporate-style Wordpress template, with huge dedicated admin panel. 2 main styles, 2 header sizes, and reversible sidebar, animated contact form, Image gallery with ajax navigation, Projects slideshow, Automatic images resizing for gallery, portfolio and slideshow and 6 color themes included all customizable through the template admin panel. Read more info about Blue Earth Theme by Display Inline!

The Loft – Business & Portfolio Theme – 4×1 by CallMePaul TheLoft theme by CallMePaul is a clean and flexible wordpress business & portfolio theme. It includes a full customizable menu with more than 20 options, 4 different color styles (and more to come!), a portfolio section and much more. TheLoft theme comes with Integration with social networks, Google Maps for the contact page, Home page slider image, 4 different color styles and much more. [Release date: 19 January 10] If you want to create business & portfolio site on WordPress you can read more info about TheLoft theme by CallMePaul!

Gateway Studios for WordPress Gateway Studios is simple Wordpress theme with beautiful design that will impress your visitors. Gateway Studios is works without need for plugins, it’s comes with out of the box features. You can use Gateway Studios Theme for Personal Site, Photography Blog or complete Studio Website. This theme provides you 3 Color Options: Orange/Black/Blue + Custom variant, you also can create new color themes with ease! [Release date: 19 January 10] See the unique image slider on Gateway Studios; I think you will love it. Read more info about Gateway Studios Theme!

Magnifizine: A Magazine & Business WordPress Theme by GhostPool Magnifizine Theme by GhostPool is a stylish and modern looking WordPress theme designed specially for magazine and business websites. Magnifizine comes with custom slider and the thumbnails panel to add unlimited content to the slider. Magnifizine theme also supports Flash and YouTube videos. [Release date: 17 January 10] Want to build magazine and business websites on Wordpress? What you wating for? Read more info about Magnifizine Theme!

Shutterspeed – The Photographer’s Toolbox by Netstudio Shutterspeed theme by Netstudio is designed to display large collections of images effortlessly. This theme supports multiple images in posts. You can choose to either show the content of selected categories on the front page of the theme, or show photos from a specific post. Custom jquery image slider/viewer with virtually unlimited photos. Shutterspeed provide you Light and dark design to choose. [Release date: 15 January 10] Read more info about Shutterspeed theme by Netstudio!

Perspective Premium Wordpress Theme 6 in 1 by Imaginem Perspective Portfolio by imaginem is a premium Wordpress Theme to showcase your portfolio or as a stand alone Blog. Perspective Portfolio is equipped with Cu3er 3D flash plugin, and comes with Flash detection. If flash is installed Cub3r is displayed otherwise a similar featured image box is presented with jQuery fade in out slides. Perspective comes with 6 skins and many features. [Release date: 14 January 10] Read more info about Perspective Portfolio by imaginem!

Flexolio – Porfolio Blog Business CMS WP Theme by Quarterpixel Flexolio theme by Quarterpixel this theme comes with 3d Slider (cu3er), Font Replacement, 6 separate Widget areas with 54 layout combinations each, and Multi Text/Icon Widget with 8 Styles. You can place the sidebars on left or right, it’s up to you. [Release date: 13 January 10] Read more info about Flexolio Theme!

Spotlight Portfolio Theme – Wordpress Edition Spotlight is clean, elegant, unique and professional Wordpress theme for personal portfolio and/or small business website. Spotlight comes in 3 different color schemes: Dark, Black&White, and Light. Spotlight offers custom Wordpress admin options page with all necessary setting and custom CSS field, so you can customize the theme without even looking at piece of code. [Release date: 12 January 10] Read more info about Spotlight Wordpress theme!

Quadro – Wordpress Version by simonbouchard Quadro is clean, simple and professional Wordpress template built to showcase your web application. Quadro provide content slider, client’s testimonials slider, a lightbox for the application screenshots, a pricing table example, and contact form with live validation. You can also get over 70 custom configurations. [Release date: 6 January 10] Read more info about Quadro Wordpress Theme!

BOSSPRESS BOSSPRESS Theme a wordpress theme which is suitable for web developers, designers, photographers and small corporates. It’s suit for Show your works with full width at your homepage with any background color you want. If you want to display your site for Show your works with cool effect. BOSSPRESS comes with Black & White, 2 Theme Color Option from custom admin page. [Release date: 5 January 10] Want to build Modern look, clean layout? Read more info about BOSSPRESS!

MAJALAH by imediapixel MAJALAH is clean and modern layout magazine style Wordpress theme. MAJALAH also can be use as community theme. MAJALAH comes with 2 slideshow options in MAJALAH theme, 3D slideshow and Javascript slideshow. You can easily set all you need from admin theme options and also 2 colors available in dark and white color with 4 combination background. [Release date: 3 January 10] Read more information about MAJALAH Theme!

WordPress Theme for iPhone Device

Are you blogging using iPhone? Yes it is possible for bloggers who are very mobile and want to keep blogging using iPhone. Now you can have a WordPress theme suitable for iPhone device.

SOFA iBloggr – WordPress iPhone theme SOFA iBloggr – WordPress iPhone theme is WordPress theme made exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch devices. SOFA iBloggr is fits to 320px wide screen without the need for screen orientation switch. With SOFA iBloggr you can easily turn this theme into Blog + Flickr + Twitter mashup. iBloggr theme is supports widgets and almost everything can easily set from theme options page. Bring your blog in your pocket! Read more information about SOFA iBloggr – WordPress iPhone theme!

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