Pantas Direnungkan

小時候，希望自己快點長大 ✽  
Dimasa kecil, ingin segera beranjak dewasa.

長大了，卻發現遺失了童年 ✽
Setelah dewasa, merasa kehilangan masa kanak-kanak.

單身時，開始羨慕戀人的甜蜜 ✽
Saat sendiri, mulai menginginkan manisnya hubungan asmara.

戀愛時，懷念單身時的自由 ✽
Saat memiliki kekasih, merindukan kebebasan masa-masa sendiri.

很多事物，沒有得到時總覺得美好 ✽
Banyak hal selalu nampak indah saat diri sendiri belum mendapatkannya.

得到時才開始明白「我們得到的同時就開始失去」所以，過好當下最重要！
Namun saat mendapatkannya, baru menyadari bahwa pada saat yang sama kita memperoleh , saat itu pula mulai kehilangan.
Oleh karena itu, yang terutama adalah menjalani "Saat Ini" dengan sebaik-baiknya

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CARA KAYA DENGAN RP 1.000,00

Kehidupan masyarakat dalam mengejar kekayaan, misalnya, pada masa pemerintahan 2004-2009, tidak ada hal seperti BLT dan sedikit bantuan dari pemerintah. untuk mobil-mobil mewah yang biasa masih ingin mengucapkan terima kasih, karena setiap hari ganti mobil untuk menggantikan Kantor pesawat naik alias.juga tidak bisa bahkan minibus pecah.
Bagi mereka yang benar-benar tidak mampu untuk menggunakan transportasi umum, BLT tidak diragukan lagi sangat diantisipasi dan diharapkan untuk menyertakan perjalanan mewah biasa. Saya benar-benar tidak punya mobil, orang kaya, mengapa mereka memanggil saya kaya?
Jawabannya, karena mereka benar-benar memiliki uang Rp 1000, dan kapasitas nominal tentu lebih kaya dari itu setiap hari menumpang mobil mewah.
Dengan ribu rupiah dapat kita berikan kepada orang-orang yang berbaring di pinggir jalan Dengan seribu rupiah yang dapat mengubah tempat ibadah Dengan ribuan rupiah yang dapat dikembalikan ke anak yatim dan banyak hal yang dapat kita lakukan hanya dengan seribu rupiah.
Jika Anda bisnis, tentunya Anda harus berhati-hati, jika tidak ada pembeli properti dengan harga seratus juta rupiah, maka berikut bahwa uang itu dibawa di bawah seribu rupiah, maka Anda pasti akan kehilangan, begitu juga bukan?
Jika Anda naik sebuah minibus, dan mempertimbangkan kembali atas kelebihan pembayaran menjadi seribu rupiah untuk memastikan Anda mencintainya?
Saya punya cerita, cerita ini adalah persaingan antara Jono dan Joni, saudara kembar yang selalu bersaing dalam banyak cara, termasuk pendanaan.
Sehari setelah setengah dari bangga untuk membuat uang satu miliar dari bank datang ke tempat yang tenang joni Rumah masih di rumah, dengan nada sombong Jono suaranya di kopernya. "Lihat ini, uang saya, ada satu miliar," Joni menjawab dengan santai joni, namun menentang arogansi "Jono, Jono, Anda hanya memiliki satu miliar sebaliknya, saya punya satu miliar, juga, tapi saya dapat menambahkan ini (dan meletakkan uang itu lebih dari seribu miliyar uang mereka),bagaimana jon ".? joni melihat uang itu jauh lebih dari mereka sendiri, setelah saya menjadi sedih dan pulang dengan wajah dilipat.

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Euro falls on downgrade Italy, Greece concerns

The euro fell sharply on Tuesday, nearing a seven-month low against the dollar after Standard and Poor's cut its debt rating in Italy and as investors worry about whether Greece can borrow money much needed cash international lenders.

These concerns encouraged investors to exit a wide range of riskier assets, with the Australian dollar briefly linked with the growth economy, currency hit a one-month low and emerging as the Brazilian real is under heavy pressure.

The European single currency hit a session low of $ 1.3599 after the news from Italy, but trimmed some losses as traders reached an agreement with the cut classification.

"The downgrade is clearly negative for the euro, but I do not think anyone at this stage is particularly surprised or shocked that happened," Teppei said Ino, currency analyst at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in Tokyo.

"The downward trend in the euro is likely to continue, but it will not be a simple depression - It seems that Euro traders are short, but every little positive news coverage of solid shot short."

Trade was 0.3 percent, to $ 1.3644, surpassing back to a seven-month low of $ 1.3495 hit last week. A break of this level could pave the way for a test of 1.3410 U.S. dollars, the decrease of 50 percent of its rise since June last year to May this year.

S & P cut ratings of Italy has preceded any move by Moody, who had expected that the first credit rating agency to downgrade the country.

The common currency was soon found solace in recent operations in the U.S. Greece on Monday after he said it was close to an agreement with its international creditors, although investors were far from convinced.

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said the country call the conference with its international creditors was successful and will continue on Tuesday, but added some still left to do.

Against the yen, the euro fell 0.3 percent to 104.45 yen, a stone's throw of at least 10 years of 103.90 yen hit last week.

FED FOCUS

Fears of global economic instability, given the turmoil in Europe and a slowdown in the United States also led market players to sell risky assets such as stocks, commodities, emerging currencies while the economy as the won Korean and Singapore dollar, which have less liquid than the U.S. dollar, it came down on Monday.

The Australian dollar fell 0.6 percent to a fresh one-month low of $ 1.0148. But recovered to trade a little above the levels of late New York on $ 1. 0235 after several minutes Reserve Bank of Australia policy meeting in September said the bank remains concerned about the inflation outlook in the medium term.

Although the market has priced in big cuts in interest rates later this year, the RBA noted that a number of technical factors means that market prices is not necessarily a true reflection of the political expectations money.

Weakness in Asian currencies, with the softer euro helped the dollar index - an indicator of the performance of the dollar against a basket of currencies - hover at 77,228, within shouting distance of 7-month peak reached 77.784 last week.

The dollar could be hurt if the U.S. Federal Reserve to take bolder steps to facilitate the markets expect on Wednesday, when it ends a two-day meeting. But many analysts suspect that U.S. inflation relatively high U.S. may slow central banks of the wide-scale adoption of acceleration.

"A great read of the CPI does not justify the quantitative easing. But if the Fed does not do what people are already expecting that could destabilize the markets, so you have to do what is expected," said Koji Fukaya, chief strategist Currency Credit Suisse in Tokyo.

The Fed is expected to try to push long-term, low interest rates even lower this week by the bias toward longer-term bonds in its portfolio, a move known as Operation rotation.

The Japanese yen was little changed at 76.60 yen per dollar, near a record high of 75.94 yen hit last month, despite the caution about the possibility of intervention by Japanese authorities are kept under control.

"Leaving aside the question of whether the yen is a safe asset, the repatriation of Japanese investors is likely to support the yen, for now, as both the euro and the dollar only negative factors," said Makoto Noji, strategist at Nikko Securities SMBC.

(Additional reporting by Antoni Slodkowski, Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

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Netflix Move Sets up potential sale or spin-off

Decision of Netflix Inc. (NFLX) 's DVD to divide its operations from the service of transmission of strains of reduced emblematic mail order business and paves the way for an eventual exit, analysts said.
A pure-play business online would be smaller and faster growth, more freedom to experiment, said George Askew, an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus & Co. in Baltimore.
"The separation of the transmission line and DVD will be the stage for the division or the sale of the DVD business in the future," said Askew, who has a "hold" rating on the shares.
Netflix has dropped 31 percent in the last three trading days as investors react to cuts in Los Gatos, California-based forecasting firm underwriting and business plans to separate DVD in the mail service called Qwikster. Netflix appears to be "actively trying to push people out" of the disc business, said Tony Wible, an analyst at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in Philadelphia.
The DVD and transmission units have evolved differently, said Rich Greenfield, an analyst at BTIG LLC in New York.
"A company is global, one local," said Greenfield. "One is based on a physical medium and the other in digital. This is to align the business from top to bottom."
Netflix said it has no plans to go mail order and that the division reflects different growth trajectories. In a blog over the weekend announcing the changes, CEO Reed Hastings apologized to the guests about the handling of a change in price in July, which increased the monthly cost of 60 percent for subscribers to stream movies and DVD rentals by mail.
"It is clear from the feedback in the past two months that many members felt that it lacked respect and humility in the way they announced the separation of DVDs and streaming, and changes in prices," said Hastings.
Shares fall
Netflix fell $ 11.44, or 7.4 percent, to $ 143.75 yesterday in Nasdaq Stock Market. The shares have fallen 18 percent this year after more than three times in 2010 and nearly double in 2009.
Not everyone expects a sale. Wible, an analyst at Janney Montgomery, puts the odds of a sale or spin-off in less than 50 percent due to the difficulty of finding a buyer or investors who want shares in a DVD rental by mail.
The mail order business is worth eight to 10 times earnings, or about $ 20 per share Netflix said Wible, who has a sell recommendation long on stocks.
"I think you'd find a great deal of skepticism, as the Postal Service seeking an initial public offering at this time," said Wible. "There are issues that will only get worse."
Hastings wants to accelerate the migration of consumers from the rental of physical discs for transmission of films and television programs. About 12 million 25 million Netflix customers, in addition to using both mail and streaming service.
Like music, like the DVD?
Netflix CEO also suggested that the mail order business, while shrinking, has a long career ahead. In a July conference call, it is estimated that the DVD business can decrease by 10 percent a year.
"What we do know is that we will maximize every opportunity is there," said Hastings on July 25.
Netflix cut its forecast for the third quarter of subscribers September 15, two weeks after the price change went into effect. The company cut its national estimate of 2.2 million DVD subscribers only 3 million dollars and said the U.S. streaming users only amount to 9.8 million, down from 10 million seen before.
With the split, subscribers who wish to remain customers of both companies will have to use different websites to each. Qwikster, which plans to offer video game rentals, also priced separately.

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Roast bizarre even by Sheen standards

LOS ANGELES — Figuratively, lots of tiger blood was spilled this weekend throughout Comedy Central’s Charlie Sheen roast, that mercilessly skewered the outspoken sitcom star whose high-flying career was derailed because of an unprecedented multi-platform public meltdown this year.

But literally, it absolutely was “Jackass” blood that flowed throughout the Saturday night taping as Steve-O broke his nose when deliberately ramming his face into the fist of fellow roaster and ex-heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson.

That a modern-era roast become blood sport solely served to spotlight the bizarre nature of the evening, one thing that one roaster termed a “comic intervention.” The event drew an enthusiastic and packed house of fans and business insiders at Sony Studios in Culver town — and maybe most bizarrely included Sheen’s estranged wife, Brooke Mueller.

While escaping bodily hurt, Sheen was nevertheless subjected to a comic book fusillade of taunts, jeers and private attacks from a wierd mixture of roasters that included roast master Seth MacFarlane, William Shatner, Kate Walsh (“Private Practice”) and comedians of varying stature (Jon Lovitz, Patrice O’Neal, Anthony Jeselnik).

An edited version of the roast can air Monday, a similar night because the season premiere of CBS’ “Two and a 0.5 Men” — the top-rated comedy from that Sheen was bounced when substance-abuse issues, legal run-ins and a highly publicized fight together with his boss, government producer Chuck Lorre. Ashton Kutcher has stepped in for the troubled star, whose character reportedly are going to be killed off this season.

Introduced to ear-splitting riffs by rock guitarist Slash, Sheen was seated on an elaborate stage equipped with giant missiles — a comprehensible nod to his “violent torpedo of truth” stage tour this past spring. Members of the dais wasted no time ripping into Sheen.

“How abundant blow will Charlie Sheen do? Enough to kill two-and-a-half men,” fired off Lovitz.

“Don’t you would like to measure to check your youngsters take their 1st twelve steps?” asked Jeffrey Ross, who was dressed as deposed Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi. “How does one roast a meltdown?”

Comedian Amy Schumer compared Sheen to Bruce Willis: “You were massive within the ’80s, and currently your previous slot is being crammed by Ashton Kutcher.”

Even Walsh, who incorporates a comedy improv background and said she was there to hone her comic skills, quipped: “Charlie is an incredible medical specimen. i assume that’s what comes from waking up at the crack of crack.”

And those were a number of the a lot of delicate comments in a night that wallowed in raunchy, brutal humor. Even Mueller, who has battled her own addictions and engaged in high-profile court battles with Sheen over the custody of their young twins, was subjected to withering barbs regarding her drug use and having sex with Sheen. (She laughed.)

Others who were trashed included Sheen’s former costar Jon Cryer, Sheen’s brother Emilio Estevez; his father, Martin Sheen; and Charlie’s 1st wife, actress Denise Richards. None attended.

This latest roast resembled in spirit its predecessors, that featured such soft comic targets as Joan Rivers, David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson. The cable channel’s roasts are a way cry from the Dean Martin-hosted televised roasts of the ’70s, where a kinder, gentler humor prevailed.

In the Sheen roast, issues of race, sex and politics were left within the automobile parking space — and there have been even a couple of pokes at deceased singer Amy Winehouse moreover as Casey Anthony, who was recently acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. The roasts, that Comedy Central began manufacturing in 2003, became one in all the cable network’s most well-liked offerings. whereas vicious in nature, the “roasts” are billed as tributes to the roastee.

After being referred to as a drug addict, an abuser of girls, a connoisseur of porn stars and prostitutes, a horrible actor and a reckless loser who threw away one in all the foremost lucrative gigs in prime-time TV, Sheen finally took the stage. When he did, the star revealed a moderate version of the defiant star who frequently beat his chest that he was “winning.”

“Once once more I even have embark unscathed,” declared Sheen, who appeared notably healthier than the gaunt, wild-eyed persona on show throughout this year’s media blitz during which he talked of being “a warlock” and surrounded himself with “goddesses.”

Said Sheen: “You can’t hurt me. Hell, even I can’t hurt me.”

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Government sues to dam AT&T, T-Mobile merger

WASHINGTON

The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday to dam AT&T's $39 billion deal to shop for T-Mobile USA on grounds that it might raise costs for customers.

The government contends that the acquisition of the No. four wireless carrier within the country by No. two AT&T would scale back competition which would result in worth will increase.

At a news conference, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the mixture would end in "tens of innumerable customers all across the u.  s. facing higher costs, fewer decisions and lower quality merchandise for mobile wireless services."

The lawsuit seeks to make sure that everybody will still receive the advantages of competition, said Cole.

AT&T said it might fight and raise for an expedited court hearing "so the large advantages of this merger will be absolutely reviewed." the corporate said the govt "has the burden of proving alleged anti-competitive effects, and that we shall vigorously contest this matter in court."

Four nationwide suppliers -- Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint -- account for over ninety p.c of mobile wireless connections.

T-Mobile has been a crucial supply of competition, as well as through innovation and quality enhancements like the roll-out of the primary nationwide high-speed information network, in step with Sharis Pozen, acting chief of Justice's antitrust division.

Mobile wireless telecom services play an increasing role in day-to-day communications, with over three hundred million sensible phones, data cards, tablets and different mobile wireless devices in use.

Deutsche Telekom, the owner of T-Mobile, had no immediate comment.

The proposed cash-and-stock transaction would catapult AT&T past Verizon Wireless to become the nation's largest wireless supplier, and leave Sprint Nextel Corp. as a foreign variety 3.

In a statement, Sprint said the Justice Department's lawsuit "delivered a decisive victory for customers, competition and our country. By filing suit to dam AT&T's proposed takeover of T-Mobile, the DOJ has place consumers' interests initial."

AT&T and T-Mobile compete nationwide, in ninety seven of the biggest one hundred cellular selling areas, in step with the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington. They additionally vie for business and government customers.

The suit says AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile would eliminate an organization that has been a competitive issue through low pricing and innovation. T-Mobile had the primary handset using the Android operating system, Blackberry wireless email, the Sidekick sensible phone, national Wi-Fi "hotspot" access and a range of unlimited service plans.

In support of its case, the department quoted an unidentified AT&T employee on a competitive issue, the subtle wireless broadband devices which will give high-speed information connections. The AT&T employee, in step with the suit, noted that T-Mobile was initial to possess such devices in its portfolio which "we added them in reaction to potential loss of speed claims."

Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski said the record before his agency "raises serious considerations regarding the impact of the proposed transaction on competition." The FCC's separate review of the proposed merger isn't complete.

Commission member Michael Copps, a Democrat and a staunch opponent of trade consolidation, said that he shares "the considerations regarding competition and have various different considerations regarding the general public interest effects of the proposed transaction, as well as client selection and innovation."

Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, who heads the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and client rights, said the suit was a shot to safeguard customers "in a robust and growing trade that reaches nearly each yankee."

The suit used a number of T-Mobile's own documents describing its role within the market to elucidate why the merger should not occur. In those documents, the corporate calls itself "the No. one challenger of the established huge guys within the market and further positioned during a consolidated 4-player national market."

T-Mobile said its strategy is to attack different corporations and realize innovative ways that to beat the very fact that it's a smaller company.

T-Mobile "will be faster, additional agile and scrappy, with diligence on choices and prices each huge and tiny," one company document said. "Our approach to plug won't be typical, and that we can push to the boundaries where attainable."

Since AT&T initial announced the deal in March, it's insisted that buyers would have a selection of multiple wireless suppliers, as well as Leap, Metro PCS and U.S. Cellular, in several markets though the deal is approved.

But the department rejected that argument. It said regional suppliers face "significant competitive limitations" as a result of they are doing not have national networks. The department said the large investments and resources required to amass wireless spectrum and build a network build it terribly tough for brand new corporations to enter the wireless market.

AT&T and T-Mobile even have said the merger would scale back dropped and blocked calls, and speed mobile web connections for subscribers. Faster service would result by combining their restricted wireless spectrum holdings at a time when each corporations are running out of airwaves to handle mobile apps, on-line video and different bandwidth-hungry services.

Finding additional airwaves to stay up with the explosive growth of wireless broadband services may be a priority of the FCC and therefore the Obama administration.

But the Justice Department said AT&T might "obtain substantially identical network enhancements ... if it merely invested in its own network while not eliminating an in depth competitor."

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Mayang Schreiber, VP of Indopacific Edelman and Closet Jakarta Lover

It’s Mayang Schreiber’s job to not mention her job. Her profession revolves around talking regarding different people’s jobs, their business and what image they require to project to the general public. raise her intimate details regarding what she will throughout workplace hours and like anyone well trained within the art of public relations and communications —or karate sensei—she swiftly turns the conversation on its head, leads it slowly faraway from her, throws during a smile and a heat dash of charm, and also the person on the opposite aspect of the conversation is left blissfully wondering what question he even asked within the initial place.

But nowadays we tend to raise the queries and fortuitously, Mayang is glad to answer — simply farewell as they need to try and do along with her and her relationship with Jakarta.

You’ve lived everywhere the planet, places like London and Brisbane, however within the u.  s., you ended up in Kansas. What was it prefer to live in small-town America?

I lived there back in ’92. does one keep in mind ‘Beverly Hills 90210’? I got there and thought, ‘This is therefore not like Brandon and Brenda.’ i used to be sitting there during a city of three,000 folks and lots of funny things happened, like i might tell them that I lived in trees and that they would believe me. they'd inquire from me, ‘How does one rise up and down?’ and I’d say, ‘Escalators.’ however it had been fun. I still keep in-tuned with a number of them, particularly my host family.

You could live anywhere within the world, therefore what keeps you in Jakarta?

I’ve lived in four countries over the past ten years and that i can’t ever very place my finger on it, however one thing is missing when I’m not here. I will speak English and create friends abroad. I mean, after I was in Brisbane I created some nice friends and that i still return once each quarter, however I don’t grasp. There’s one thing regarding Jakarta.

You said there’s simply ‘something regarding Jakarta.’ How does one describe the massive Durian to your friends overseas?

I sometimes tell them that Jakarta is somewhere in between the big apple town and Sydney. Fab nightlife and native delicacies to die for.

Do you do abundant traveling within Indonesia?

Back in 2006, i used to be in Paris, in front of the Eiffel Tower, and that i was wanting up at it and that i was like, ‘So, this is often it?’ I mean, I saw it which was nice, however there's most to check in Indonesia. therefore from then on I even have created it a priority to try and do a lot of domestic travel. The last place i used to be in was Ubud, where I did some dune-buggy riding and white-water rafting on the Ayung River. So yeah, i select to be here.

What’s a typical weekend in Jakarta like for you?

A typical weekend: i might begin my Saturday by going at 5:30 or vi a.m. to urge flowers in Kemang, near the Hero on Kemang Selatan. Then i might have breakfast at Antipodean or at home or at the yankee Club. And then then, my son and that i would go horseback riding in Cinere, at Arthayasa Stables. then we’d sometimes attend my mom’s and keep the night. Then we'd awaken on Sunday morning and attend Pasar BSD. It’s a market, however it’s lots cleaner than different ancient markets. There I will eat cakwe, siomay, mie or pempek and, if I still had space, pangsit. Around lunchtime we'd return to where we tend to live and choose a swim. i might sometimes have friends over and cook dinner for everybody. i favor to look at movies too, however there’s nothing taking part in here.

Are you one in all the growing range of Indonesians traveling to Singapore to catch an honest movie?

I visited Singapore to check the new ‘X-Men’ with my son. however i might prefer to categorical how unhappy it's to travel to Singapore to check a movie.

But you probably did it.

I know. however we've terribly restricted entertainment here. And to require that faraway from Indonesian folks for a few tax reasons that are happening for years … there’s need to be one thing, I don’t grasp.

So why not simply go support Indonesian culture and go see wayang?

One, I don’t grasp where to seek out it. And two, I’m not very interested, to be honest. Personally, what i really like most is eating and sleeping and traveling.

You said you like eating, sleeping and traveling. Are there any Indonesian favorites you regress from — durian, pete, jengkol?

I like all 3 in terribly little dosages.

 

Mayang Schreiber was talking to Zack Petersen.

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Transformers Dark Of the Moon: ten Things Fure Liked, ten Things Hunter Didn’t

Entertainment, There are 2 styles of folks within the world: those who were eagerly awaiting Michael Bay’s third film within the Transformers franchise and people that were eagerly awaiting having the ability to shit on another one among his movies. There are few administrators who have such a divisive line between love and hate among audiences. Uwe Boll is perhaps ninety fifth hated, Spielberg most likely ninety fifth loved, and guys like Tarantino somewhere around seventieth loved. Bay appears to be 50/50. [*fr1] the folks fully embrace his horny, patriotic slow-motion explosion escapades whereas the opposite [*fr1] assume he couldn’t craft a story on a way to get out of a brown paper bag that wasn’t tedious, over-long, and poorly written. Luckily for everybody, Film faculty Rejects has 2 Roberts, every from completely different Bay camps. thus below notice ten Things from Transformers: Dark of the Moon that Robert Fure liked and ten Things Rob Hunter didn’t. 10 Things Fure Liked 10. John Malkovich & Ken Jeong New additions to the franchise, every with solely many moments of comedic screen time, each Jeong and Malkovich own each second they’re returning at you in hilarious 3D. whereas I feel the humor doesn’t perpetually work the franchise, these 2 were funny enough that I don’t provides a damn. 9. Razorbeak I’m not the most important fan of the animal impressed Transformers, however Razorbeak was pretty awesome – even additional thus when he changed into a child-sized robot assassin. I’d pay to envision a complete movie with reference to that. 8. It’s a War Some people that have seen the film are shocked at the number of deaths within the film – from folks being vaporized to celebrity Transformers heading to the good dump within the sky. however don’t be too unhappy, as a result of I’m pretty certain with enough energon, spark, and scrap metal, with reference to anyone may be brought back. But anyway, the deaths show the ‘realities’ of a large robot area war. 7. Rosie Huntington-Whitely After re-watching Megan Fox in Transformers a pair of, I come back to the belief (or confirmation) that she is an totally horrible actress. I’m glad to envision her go and equally glad to envision that her replacement wasn't solely hotter, however really a much better actress than her predecessor. She’s not getting to win any acting awards, however she fits the role simply fine. 6. Alan Tudyk as Dutch. Not enough good items may ever be said concerning Alan Tudyk, and his flip because the secret-assassin-super-bad-ass Dutch is each comedic (is he gay, is he not? Michael Bay isn't subtle) and awesome. I’d wish to see this character once more. 5. Human Ass Kicking Throughout a lot of of the movie, humans are on their own against the evil Decepticons and surprisingly they hold their own. It’s perpetually smart to understand very little previous humans will shoot with reference to something to death. 4. Squirrel Suit Action The commandos jumping out of airplanes in those insane glider-suits was extremely when the film place the pedal all the way down to the bottom and held it there. the particular suit sequence was breath-taking and thrilling and every one types of awesome. 3. Shockwave style Shockwave is perhaps the most effective designed Transformer within the whole series. He looked imposing and badass and excellent. 2. unhealthy Ass Action Even the people that hate this movie admit that the action is over-the-top exciting. It’s awesome and epic and violent and oh thus smart. 1. Seamless Merging of CGI & sensible Effects No matter what your personal feelings on Michael Bay or the franchise, you’ve ought to admit these are Oscar worthy effects. The robots and everything look superb, however the foremost spectacular bit is how the CGI and sensible Effects meld thus seamlessly. a large CGI robot swings his fist and a true automotive flips over and explodes. It’s an incredible achievement. So there you go, ten things Fure liked that may extremely be boiled down to: bad-ass robots embroiled in excellently rendered explosive non-stop action. 10 Things Hunter Didn’t Like 10. Sam Witwicky remains Here It’s the robots that audiences wish to envision, not Sam, and he isn’t even required for the film’s “story” to figure. Scantily clad hotties? Okay. Kick ass soldiers? certain. however Sam Witwicky whining, complaining, bitching, moaning, and screaming? No thanks. 9. Absence Of Megan Fox Kills the Love Story No matter what you think that concerning Megan Fox, her character within the 1st 2 films may be a hell of lots additional fascinating than Whitely’s. Mikaela was rough and tumble and legitimately horny, however over that she was an energetic participant within the action. the connection sometimes teased unbelievability (who’s getting to forget a phone sex date with Megan Fox?), however because it spanned across the 2 films you came to just accept and believe the 2 of them along. This new blow-up doll has no history of any kind, she’s worthless as a personality, she’s enjoying games with Sam by accepting $200k cars from another man who clearly incorporates a McChubby for her, she traipses around in heels for all of the action scenes… we tend to simply don’t care concerning her and so aren’t moved by Sam’s determination to enter war torn Chicago to go looking for her. 8. Ken Jeong Thinks He’s Filming a distinct Movie, And alternative Unnecessary Comic Relief Characters I like Ken Jeong’s shtick on Community, and don’t mind him normally, however what the hell is he doing here? Besides an equivalent issue he will in each role I mean. I perceive a world with large robots isn’t worried concerning realism, however his behavior is played purely for broad laughs and it doesn’t work (and it’s not funny either). Then there’s John Turturro who plays crazy and offers nothing to the story, John Malkovich and Alan Tudyk who don “comedic” accents in lieu of plot relevance, and people annoying very little shits Wheelie and Brains. All of those bastards may are cut from the excessive running time for a much better, tighter action movie. 7. onerous to worry For ‘Carly’ When Bay solely Shows Her As An Object Rosey Huntington-Whitely’s Carly is introduced with an effort of her ass and thighs as she ascends the steps. (I’m not complaining.) She’s then shown in direct comparison to the sensual and fragile curves of a collectible automotive. Later she’s shown in an exceedingly profile shot sitting across from a well-groomed, long-haired dog of superior breeding. Mikaela was a character… Carly may be a personality-less sex doll. 6. ‘Optimus Prime’ may be a Boring, Pansy-Ass, Asshole Robot God this guy may be a tool. He’s an asshole who thinks it’s okay to show humanity a lesson by letting thousands of individuals in Chicago die simply to prove some extent that would are created 100 alternative ways. He’s a whiny bitch who spends thirty minutes of screen time hanging from tangled cables and later pleads for his life when obtaining his metallic ass handed to him by Sentinel Prime. And when he’s not whining or being a dick he’s spitting out generic platitudes. Douche. 5. nice Question Tyrese, Why Do the Decepticons Get All the good Shit? Seriously. they will fly, they will burrow underground, they will take human type (in half two). And why are there a seemingly endless variety of the evil bastards however solely like eight Autobots? 4. what percentage Times will ‘Bumblebee’ Show Up Out Of Nowhere To Catch A Falling Human? He’s done it previously in components one and 2, however he repeats the feat 2 or 3 times here. Main characters falling? Bumblebee enters from stage left in slow motion to catch them safely before disappearing once more. 3. Of All the Buildings In Chicago They select the One That’s Been Split In Half? The NEST team desires a transparent shot at one among four area pillars, a pillar they see clearly from the bottom and elsewhere multiple times, so that they arrange to ascend the ONE building in Chicago that’s already cracked in [*fr1] and leaning heavily to the aspect. Not surprisingly it then becomes a death lure as any explosions and gravity proceed to tip the highest [*fr1] over. There’s fully no reason for them to own been in that building within the 1st place apart from to line up a thirty minute action set piece. some extent proven definitively when the pillar is eventually shot by Optimus… from down on the bottom. 2. A Competent Script Remains the most important Challenge And leads to a Myriad Of queries Why can’t Sam notice employment when everybody else concerned in saving the planet previously has been well taken care of? How will that big snake-like Decepticon move around undetected beneath the surface while not leaving a path of tousled water pipes, electrical/phone cables, building foundations, etc? Why will the robot who loses the attention react {like it|love it|am fond of it|am passionate concerning it|adore it|find it irresistible} really hurts and proceed to stumble around like an idiot? Why precisely are animals giving enough of a shit about robots to really bow all the way down to one? If that spy-watch may be a Decepticon why isn’t it detected by anyone? Why Chicago (aside from the tax breaks given to the Decepticons by the human conspirators)? Why the hell would Megatron stop Sentinel Prime from killing Optimus? And another from Jack Giroux… why is Megatron carrying a cape for many of the film? will he assume it hides the actual fact he’s a huge robot or is it to simply keep the sun out of his eyes? 1. Bay Thinks Longer is healthier, however everybody is aware of Girth Trumps Length Two hours and thirty seven minutes. That’s how long this goddamn movie is, and whereas an honest seven minutes of that's credits there’s still roughly a [*fr1] hour or in order that may are saved for the special edition DVD/Blu-ray. So that’s what FSR’s 2 Roberts think… what concerning you?

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Fitness fan finds her month of fame

Nancy Pon (Source: China Daily/Yong Kai)

When Nancy Pon set to shoot a one-minute Touchmedia video to be screened on the backseat televisions of cabs, she never expected individuals would track her down and build her a star.

When the video that includes Pon - dolled up with 2 pigtails, a Barbie pink ribbon on her head, significant makeup, a blue tank prime and very exaggerated facial expressions - hit the road in early June, it became an overnight sensation on-line and native media were fast to choose up on it.

And suddenly the 39-year-old Chinese Canadian, general manager of bit Events, that organizes events by Shanghai-based Touchmedia, found herself bombarded with interviews.

"I told them (the artistic team behind the video) thereforele} approach i will be able to do it's creating me look so totally different that no-one will tell it's me," laughed Pon, recalling the instant when the artistic team set to launch an in-taxi workout and picked her as a perfect candidate as a result of she is healthy and understands the campaign.

In real life, Pon wears a deep V-collar one-piece dress, high heels and a turquoise stone necklace, quite a distinction to the quirky-looking fitness coach who reminds one amongst the times when stars like Olivia Newton-John were prevailing in show business.

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Questions about accuser leave Strauss-Kahn sexual-assault case in limbo

Attorneys for Dominique Strauss-Kahn can raise a court to scale back the conditions of his bail when big apple town prosecutors raised serious considerations regarding the hotel chambermaid who accused the previous International financial Fund managing director of sexual assault, consistent with someone acquainted with the case.

Strauss-Kahn is also free of house arrest Friday when attorneys for either side requested an sudden late-morning hearing in State Supreme Court. Prosecutors are expected to inform the court that they need found data that raises questions about the chambermaid’s credibility, the person said.

The big apple Times reported Thursday night that the prosecution’s case against Strauss-Kahn was breaking down. A spokeswoman for Benjamin Brafman, an attorney for Strauss-Kahn, declined to comment. A spokesman for the big apple town district attorney said there would be no comment before Friday’s hearing.

Under relaxed bail conditions agreed to by the prosecution, Strauss-Kahn is predicted to be allowed to travel freely within the u.  s. however not abroad. He has been confined to an apartment in Manhattan whereas awaiting trial. The arrangement has value him $250,000 per month.

Prosecutors, who had expressed confidence in their case and said that they had physical proof proving that Strauss-Kahn had sexual contact with the girl, currently have serious doubts regarding what the chambermaid told them, consistent with the person acquainted with the matter, who requested anonymity to talk freely regarding the confidential matter.

Strauss-Kahn, who led the IMF through the world money crisis and was a possible candidate for president in France, has perpetually maintained his innocence.

Strauss-Kahn’s arrest in could and subsequent resignation have had a worldwide impact. His alleged encounter with the maid, a 32-year-old immigrant from Guinea, upended French politics, threw international economic negotiations into disarray and perceived to cause one in all history’s a lot of spectacular political downfalls.

After Friday’s hearing, each the prosecution and defense can take into account their next steps.

A separate law enforcement official who is acquainted with the case however not approved to talk regarding it publicly told the Associated Press that the difficulty wasn't essentially regarding the rape accusation itself however regarding queries surrounding the alleged victim’s background that would injury her credibility on the witness stand. The official refused to elaborate.

Prosecutors are questioning the woman’s asylum application with U.S. immigration authorities similarly as her potential connections to a convicted drug dealer, the days said.

The chambermaid had a phonephone discussion with a convicted drug dealer among every day of the alleged assault and mentioned the potential advantages of filing charges against Strauss-Kahn, consistent with the days.

Prosecutors have found that the girl received $100,000 in money payments in her bank accounts in recent years from the drug dealer and others. They additionally found she maintained multiple bank accounts.

Kenneth Thompson, an attorney for the alleged victim, couldn't be reached for comment late Thursday.

In a could twenty five letter to big apple town District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Strauss-Kahn’s attorneys complained regarding data, detrimental to their consumer, being leaked to the media.

“Were we have a tendency to intent on improperly feeding the media frenzy, we have a tendency to may currently unleash substantial data that in our read would seriously undermine the standard of this prosecution and additionally gravely undermine the credibility of the complainant during this case,” they wrote.

Prosecutors should still try and charge Strauss-Kahn with a misdemeanor, however his attorneys are expected to oppose that, the person acquainted with the case said.

At the IMF, employees were shocked by the fees, directly absorbing the notion that an accused sex offender had occupied the agency’s government suite and defending the IMF against allegations that it had been an uncomfortable place for feminine workers.

The IMF board additionally faced queries over whether or not it erred when deciding to stay Strauss-Kahn in workplace 2 years ago when he admitted to an affair with a employees member.

His resignation from the IMF touched off a worldwide competition to call a successor as candidates crisscrossed the world lobbying for support.

As Strauss-Kahn sat in an exceedingly big apple jail and prosecutors spoke authoritatively regarding the strength of their case, heads of state and finance ministers debated whether or not the work ought to be given to a different European or somebody from a developing nation.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde was appointed on and can begin work Tuesday.

The case roiled French politics similarly. Strauss-Kahn was thought-about a robust candidate for the French presidency and was expected to pursue the nomination of the Socialist Party. His supporters have said Strauss-Kahn was being came upon.

He and his wife, Anne Sinclair, were among a ecu elite whose connections included a number of the world’s leading philosophers, writers and artists.

Staff author Brady Dennis contributed to the present report.

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Cement Factory EIA to be completed in August

Semarang:The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of PT Sahabat Mulya Sejati’s cement factory in Pati, Central Java, is anticipated to finished by August. “The result will be used as a reference to make a decision the feasibility of the cement factory construction,” PT Sahabat Mulya CEO, Alexander Frans said yesterday.

Alex said that his company had utilized PT Mitra Adi Pranata Semarang, led by Poerna Sri Oetari, to organize the EIA. Alex said that his company wouldn't use the consultancy services provided by universities. “We use specialists in their fields, not from universities,” he said.

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Soundgarden reunion fell into place by chance

(Reuters) - As rock'n'roll reunions go, the current reemergence of Soundgarden after a 13-year split is sadly short of salacious intrigue.

The four members of the hard rock band, working on a new album and preparing to begin a monthlong North American tour in July, did not have to complete prison terms or rehab stints.

And, despite a report in the satirical newspaper The Onion, lead guitarist Kim Thayil was not working as a daytime supervisor at a Cinnabon baked-goods store.

Thayil, 50, who did indeed keep a low profile after the band fell apart in 1997 amid internal tensions, told Reuters on Friday that the foursome remained good friends.

They frequently saw each other socially in their Seattle hometown, including at bars, concerts and each others' homes.

"Any acrimony was toward the band as a collective, not toward any individual," he said. "We're just too interconnected, going back to the '80s with so many mutual friends and family in common."

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Gov. Brown to skip tax increase this year

In March, Gov. Jerry Brown enacted 13 bills that aimed 

to cut $11.2 billion from California's budget deficit

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Reporting from Sacramento -- A surge in revenue has prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to scale back his proposal for more taxes, even as his administration on Friday announced its intention to close 70 state parks.

Officials familiar with Brown's plans said the revised budget he presents Monday will propose raising income tax rates on Californians for four years rather than the five he initially wanted. The higher rate would not take effect until 2012.

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Army makes tough choice to save New Orleans, Baton Rouge

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Lee Esther Bridges, 58, stands near her Vicksburg, Miss., home Thursday and wonders what she will do once the floodwater recedes. / ROGELIO V. SOLIS/Associated Press

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Buildings outside a levee take on water Thursday in Morgan City, La., an area likely to be inundated when the Morganza Spillway releases water. / PATRICK SEMANSKY/Associated Press

BUTTE LAROSE, La. -- In an agonizing trade-off, Army engineers said they will open a key spillway along the bulging Mississippi River as early as Saturday and inundate thousands of homes and farms in Louisiana's Cajun country to avert a potentially bigger disaster in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

About 25,000 people and 11,000 structures could be in harm's way when the gates on the Morganza spillway are unlocked for the first time in 38 years.

Opening the spillway will release a torrent that could submerge about 3,000 square miles under as much as 25 feet of water but take the pressure off the downstream levees protecting New Orleans, Baton Rouge and the numerous oil refineries and chemical plants along the lower reaches of the Mississippi.

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Bush says he wasn’t overjoyed by bin Laden news

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LAS VEGAS — George W. Bush says he was “not overjoyed” when President Barack Obama told him Osama bin Laden was dead because the campaign to track down the al-Qaida leader was done not “out of hatred, but to exact judgment.”

The former president who initiated the hunt for bin Laden after 9/11 made his first candid public comments on bin Laden’s killing Wednesday at a conference of hedge fund managers in Las Vegas, ABC News reported Friday.

Bush said he was eating souffle at a restaurant when he received the call from Obama, according to an ABC News contributor at the conference. Bush said he went home to take the call and, “Obama simply said, ‘Osama Bin Laden is dead.’”

Bush told the audience of about 1,800 people that Obama described the secret U.S.

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Hitting the Bottle

SUDDENLY, there’s a baby boom going on around me. I’m making weekly shopping trips to stock friends’ nurseries, and I’m struck by how many signs on the shelves advertise BPA-free bottles, BPA-free sippy cups. It breaks my heart. Manufacturers might be removing BPA, a chemical used to harden certain plastics, from their products, but they are substituting chemicals that may be just as dangerous, if not more so.

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“BPA-free” seems like a step in the right direction. BPA, or Bisphenol A, is a synthetic estrogen that disrupts normal endocrine function. There is growing evidence in animal studies that exposure during fetal growth affects the development of reproductive systems and, in offspring, can lead to neurological problems. BPA has also been linked to prostate and breast cancer.

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Colorectal Cancer Urine Test Introduced in Canada

Colorectal cancer may be detected in its early stages with a new urine test.   Made in Canada, the test relies on a process known as "metabolomics," which is the analysis of the chemical fingerprints left behind by cellular processes in the body--in this case, the changes of normal cells into cancerous ones.   The test identifies cancer cell waste products that are excreted into the urine by small polyps and tumors. The test was over 80 percent effective in clinical trials.   The test is being looked at as a less invasive, more convenient method of screening. While it isn't likely that it will replace colonoscopies as the definitive form of colon cancer screening, it will allow doctors to make more educated guesses as to which patients should get the more conclusive test.

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Google says Android 'club' makes phone makers 'do what we want'

Last summer, in a private email message, the open source and compatibility program manager for Google's Android mobile operating system told a colleague that Google uses Android compatibility as a "club" to make phone makers "do what we want".

As reported by The New York Times, the email was turned up as part of the lawsuit brought against Google by Skyhook Wireless, the Boston-based outfit that pioneered the art of pinpointing a mobile device's location based on Wi-Fi and cell-tower signals. Filed this past September, Skyhook's suit accuses Google of using Android to strong-arm handset makers into choosing Google's location technology rather than Skyhook's.

In April 2010, Motorola and Samsung agreed to use Skyhook's location services, but in July, both companies dropped Skyhook in favor of Google's competing services. In its suit, Skyhook claims that Google Android boss Andy Rubin told Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha that if Motorola didn't drop Skyhook from its Android phones, Google would remove official Android support from the handsets. Without official support, Motorola could not use the Android trademark or proprietary Google services such as the Android Market or Google Maps. Although Google bills Android as an "open" platform, Skyhook's suit argues, the company retains tight control over how it is used.

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