Alida Valli: July 2011

Laisa Andrioli Bio And Hot Images 2011

Laisa Andrioli

Unsurprising that we wrap this list up with a 23 year-old Brazilian. They’re hot, and they like to get naked. Neither one is that great on its own, but those qualities in tandem make us very lucky. It’s the strangest thing…my research didn’t turn up any info on her stats. It’s almost like no one cares.

Laisa Andrioli

Diana Taurasi Profile And Images 2011

Profile

Full Name :     Diana Lurena Taurasi
Public :     Diana Taurasi
Nickname :     Dee
Country :     United States (USA)
DOB :     June 11, 1982 (Age 29)
Place :     Chino, California
Height :     6' 0"
Weight :     172 lbs.
Sport :     Basketball - WNBA
Team :     Phoenix Mercury
Level :     Professional
Status :     Superstar

Images

Laisa Andrioli

Keven Mealamu Profile And Pictures 2011

Profile

Full name    Keven Filipo Mealamu
Date of birth    20 March 1979 (age 32)
Place of birth    Tokoroa, Waikato, New Zealand
Height         1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight     106 kg (16 st 10 lb)

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Keven Mealamu

Sean Maitland Rugby Player Profile and Pictures 2011

Player Profile:
Sean Maitland joined a rare group when he scored a try with his first touch of the ball in Air New Zealand Cup play, having taken the field late in Canterbury's opening match of the 2007 campaign against Bay of Plenty. The Waikato-raised youngster had a week earlier made his first class debut during the pre-season fixture against North Harbour. A precocious talent, Maitland was a member of the victorious New Zealand Under-19 side at the IRB Junior World Cup. He is an exciting attacking three-quarter who has impressed many good judges since he linked up with Linwood at the start of 2007. Maitland had a very strong season with the Crusaders, scoring eight tries.

Player Stats:
Height:1.89m
Weight:97kg
Date Born:14/09/88
Provincial Caps:38
Provincial Debut:2007 v North Harbour
Super Caps:28
Super Points:55
Super Debut:2008 v Brumbies
Current Season Games:15

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Sean Maitland

Blackberry Storm 2 Telus

Blackberry Storm 2

Blackberry Storm

iChat : Apple's social network ??

In a world, where social networking has revolutionized the interaction mode of the society and "digital social profile" reflects the personality and character of an individual, it is becoming very difficult day by day to choose the perfect platform for networking.

If you thought "Facebook" is the best platform then think again, as new entrants like "twitter" and "google plus" has already threatened its numero uno position and the latest to join this $200 billion "social networking market" ,is none other than "Hardware and software" giant "APPLE".

Apple which already provides "iChat" an "instant messaging" application currently available on MAC OSX, is planning to take it to the next level and convert it into the full-fledged "social meadia network". As per our sources, Apple is making its best effort to introduce this social platform alongside the launch of iPad 3 next year.

When Apple first announced that it would launch "iChat"(to know more about it, read below) for the first time as an application on its next iPhone i.e. iPhone 5, many critics spontaneously referred to as BBM's (BlackBerry Messenger) killer as it has got each and every qualities to defeat Research in Motion's instant messaging service.

It wouldn't be difficult for Apple to gain the market share in the social networking field too as it already have the strong user base of iPhone and iPad all around the world. Apple which estimatedly sold 24million iPads (both 1 and 2) already in the market, wouldn't have to try it hard to get the user's attention.

ABOUT iCHAT(application)

Full-featured instant messaging.
iChat is an instant messaging application that makes it easy to stay in touch with friends and family using text and video. iChat works with AIM, the largest instant messaging community in the U.S., which means you and your buddies can use AIM on a Mac or a PC. iChat works with other services including Yahoo! too.

Video chatting made easy.
Most Mac computers include a built-in FaceTime or iSight camera and mic. When you use them with iChat, you can have high-quality video and audio chats with your friends and family.
Chat with just one person or make it a party by starting a multiway chat.

15 Billion Application Downloaded from Apple's App store

Apple’s App Store has served 15 billion application downloads, the Cupertino, California, company announced Thursday.

According to the official numbers, the store has gone from zero to 425,000 apps in just three years. About 100,000 of those are iPad-native.

Those are impressive figures, whichever way you cut them. And, doing some math actually makes them even more interesting. Apple says there are 200 million iOS users worldwide. Dividing one number by the other gives us a figure of 75 apps per user.

Sure, many of these apps are free (and lots are just plain junk), but that’s really not the point here. Before the App Store, installing software on your phone was a horrible experience. I’m a total nerd, but even I shied away from putting much extra software on my old Symbian-based Sony Ericsson P800 and P900. And when I did, it was uniformly ugly and buggy.

Now, it is so easy and compelling to install apps that the average user has 75 of them on their device. That’s pretty incredible. In fact, shopping for apps is actually something of a pastime. I have friends who browse the App Store in idle moments and think nothing of trying out something new for a few bucks.

"You're Going to Pay" Goes Viral

This self-produced music video about the federal debt has gone viral on Instapundit and Ace of Spades and Powerline, three of my favorite conservative blogs. But it's so good (not just the message, the music is cool too) that I have to link it:

Summertime -- Time for Some Hot Fun

We're in the hottest part of the summer now, so it makes sense to get some sweaty summer music going:

Billboard has a list of the Top 30 summer songs of all time. Fun to be had!

Black Swans in Turkey and Syria

We are all focused on the debate in Congress over lifting the debt ceiling. The whole thing seems like Kabuki theater to me... a dance of weirdly costumed and weirdly behaving people that supposedly has great meaning, but which seems to an outside, objective viewer to be a purposeless, symbolic, ritualized sham. We have a $3.8 trillion dollar budget. It is scheduled, through the miracle of baseline budgeting, to go up by roughly 7% a year, or $250-300 billion every year. If we cut a whole trillion dollars over ten years, with very little of it "front-loaded," we haven't really cut much of anything, have we? But the markets will be mollified for a time anyway, and the Senators and Congressman can all pretend as if they've done something meaningful.

Meanwhile, the world goes on with unpredictable events that could be cataclysmic in consequence -- Black Swans, to use the current vernacular.* Here are two:

The resignation of secular generals from Turkey's military. Here's what Victor Davis Hanson has to say about it:

News that the top echelon of Turkey’s military offered their joint resignations is not much of a surprise, given ongoing politicized trials against particular officers, and the general acceptance that a secular military is at odds with an increasingly Islamicized government. But there will be lots of long-term ramifications. Turkey, as an historical window on the West, has been praised as about the only Middle East Islamic nation that accepted democracy without foreign imposition, and is often referenced as proof that there is nothing antithetical between constitutional government and a resurgent Islamism.

But with such departures of secular officers, the message grows more complicated and may be that if a high-ranking military official is Islamist, the way to advancement is assured; while the old secular path leads nowhere. Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah seem to be more the eventual models, in which the military becomes a protector of Islam and ensures that the armed forces serve rather than prevent the insidious religious take-over of social institutions.

Syrian generals form independent Army to combat Assad thugs. Here's a video report:

We're not spending a lot of "news" time noticing these events, but I suspect that in the long-term they're more important than whether Congress does the inevitable and votes to raise our debt limit one more time.   (This is not to say that the long-term inability of the American government to control its profligate spending isn't of enormous consequence, only that this particular instance of raising the debt limit isn't the huge deal it's made out to be.)

* The term comes most prominently from the recent book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.   The Regular Guy just started it, and will report at some point.   One of his most interesting points is how, since no one knows what's really going on, reading the newspaper is a waste of time, because we always spend time noticing the unimportant items, and never notice the huge things that are happening.

Horror in Norway: Stories of survival.

Publication: People
Date: 8 August 2011

Once again, there's a big tragedy in the real world and only People puts it on the cover. This is just another example of People being the classiest and most reliable of the magazines you can buy at the supermarket checkout stand.

Least interesting cover story of the week: Soap star's secret wedding (photo inside)

Publication: Globe
Date: 8 August 2011

The annoying custom of stories without cover art continues, this time a teaser about a celebrity wedding without even a name on the cover. I didn't open the magazine to find out who and it wasn't on their website. If you care about this, you'll have to go find the magazine yourself.

Skeeter Davis Alert™: More bad stuff for 2011!

Publication: Sun

Date: 8 August 2011

The Sun has given us more bad things that will happen this year and credited some of their "most reliable" psychics. Of course they use everyone's favorite vague French 16th Century poet and prophet, Michel de Nostradamus, but also Black Elk, John the Baptist and Mother Teresa, a line-up they have used before.

No Nikki, Psychic to the Stars, sad to say.

The stuff that is supposed happen: Al Qaeda nukes, a White House scandal and a Medicare meltdown.

As long as the Tea Party has its way, the third thing is an option. The second could also take place. The first one... not really believable.

We'll see. And I promise to report back on 1/1/2012.

I've been confused about using Mother Teresa as a prophet. Teresa of Avila, sure, but Teresa of Calcutta? Well, her organization disavows this stuff and wishes people would stop. Not that their wishes carry any weight with a two-bit rag like the Sun.

Top Ten Favourite Teams To Win FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil

No. 10 Portugal

Portugal Football Team Champion Of 2014 World Cup Brazil

Expected Stars: Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Eduardo, and Fabio Coentrao.
After Portugal's round of 16 elimination to Spain, many of the players from the older generation will be retiring from international football.
But with that, the younger generation will now take over, with Cristiano Ronaldo in charge of the new youth movement that will be looking to win the World Cup.

No. 9 France

France Football Team Champion Of 2014 World Cup Brazil

Expected Stars: Yoann Gourcuff, Hugo Lloris, Karim Benzema, and Samir Nasri.
After a complete meltdown in this World Cup, France and their young players will now redeem themselves in Brazil as they have nowhere to go but up.
New manager Laurent Blanc will be sure to get these young players to play their best in this World Cup, and France will no longer be "a small football nation."

No. 8 United States

United States Football Team Champion Of 2014 World Cup Brazil

Expected Stars: Stuart Holden, Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, and Charlie Davies.
The United States were an extremely young side in the 2010 World Cup, and yet they were able to reach the round of 16 when they lost to Ghana in extra time.
Now, more of the young kids will replace veterans such as Carlos Bocanegra and Steve Cherundolo, and will propel American soccer even further in the world football landscape.

No. 7 Italy

Italy Football Team Champion Of 2014 World Cup Brazil

Expected Stars: Giuseppe Rossi, Giorgio Chiellini, Riccardo Montolivo, and Alberto Aquilani.
Just like their fellow 2006 World Cup final partner, France, Italy had an extremely disappointing 2010 World Cup that saw the defending champions fail to advance from their group.
However, this upcoming group of Italian footballers are extremely talented and will certainly shine in Brazil.

No. 6 Mexico

Mexico Football Team Champion Of 2014 World Cup Brazil

Expected Stars: Guillermo Ochoa, Javier Hernandez, Giovani dos Santos, and Carlos Vela.
After yet another round of 16 exit this year, el Tri will be back and better than ever with their great young players in Brazil.
This Mexican side started to come of age in South Africa, and will be ready for a great run in 2014.

No. 5 Ghana

Ghana Football Team Champion Of 2014 World Cup Brazil

Expected Stars: Asamoah Gyan, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Jonathan Mensah, and Andre Ayew.
They reached the quarterfinal in this World Cup and were just a missed penalty away from the World Cup semifinal.
Now, the youngest side in the 2010 World Cup will be back in Brazil, and they'll be looking to build upon their success from this year.

No. 4 Spain

Spain Football Team Champion Of 2014 World Cup Brazil

Expected Stars: Andres Iniesta, Iker Casillas, Pedro, and Javi Martinez.
The winners of the 2010 World Cup, Spain will be heading into the 2014 World Cup as early favorites with some of their key players still on the side as they will be in their prime.
They are extremely talented and will be strong challengers in this World Cup.

No. 3 Argentina

Argentina Football Team Champion Of 2014 World Cup Brazil

Expected Stars: Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Carlos Tevez, and Angel di Maria.
After another quarterfinal finish in the 2010 World Cup, the extremely talented young Argentine squad will be back in Brazil as Lionel Messi will be looking to finally get his World Cup title.
With a great offensive attack, Argentina will be looking to once again outscore the opponent while their defense gets sorted out.

No. 2 Germany

Germany Football Team Champion Of 2014 World Cup Brazil

Expected Stars: Mesut Ozil, Thomas Mueller, Manuel Neuer, and Lukas Podolski.
The third place finishers in the 2010 World Cup, a young German squad will now head into Brazil as a huge favorite with these fantastic young players.
The Germans really are the biggest favorite from Europe in this World Cup, but the biggest overall favorite will be...

No. 1 Brazil

Brazil Football Team Champion Of 2014 World Cup Brazil

Expected Stars: Pato, Neymar, Hulk, and Ganso.
Who else could be the favorite for the 2014 World Cup than the hosts Brazil?
Brazil is about to get a huge amount of great young players to come into the first team with Dunga gone as Brazil start to "rebuild."
Brazil will now be extremely difficult to beat, and will look to win their first World Cup in 12 years at home.

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