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The Ambler
Saturday, April 19, 2008

Your Superpower Should Be Mind Reading
You are brilliant, insightful, and intuitive.
You understand people better than they would like to be understood.
Highly sensitive, you are good at putting together seemingly irrelevant details.
You figure out what's going on before anyone knows that anything is going on!

Why you would be a good superhero: You don't care what people think, and you'd do whatever needed to be done

Your biggest problem as a superhero: Feeling even more isolated than you do now
What Should Your Superpower Be?
 
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"Canada as one of the worst in the world for cyberbullying"
 
Thats a laugh.
 
 
Please dont try and tell me that a Canadian Forces fighter pilot has to get his teeth cut at school for volunteering his services to the country.

 
A landmark deal with US-based Marvel Entertainment, Inc. means the 
creators of 
such globally renowned Super Heroes as Spider-Man, The
X-Men, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four and The Incredible Hulk,
will help develop the United Arab Emirates
region's first Super Heroes theme park at the world's largest leisure,
tourism
and entertainment destination.
Allocated within DUBAILAND(R), the Marvel Super Heroes theme park will be
a key anchor project.
The design and conceptual master plan of this
4.5 million sq ft development has recently been finalized.
The park, expected
to welcome visitors in 2012, will provide families an ultimate destination
with new and exciting rides that will enable them to re-live their childhood
and interact with their beloved Super Hero characters.
 
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See you there! ;)
http://www.dubailand.ae/ 
 

Posted by mach1231 at 11:40 PM PDT
Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:57 AM PDT
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SRR...

 

ever heard of this place called Prince George?

B.C.-based Meow Records voted Canada's No. 1 indie record store

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Last year in Vancouver while waiting for service in a local neighborhood Starbucks I had the audaciously daring to start an impromptu conversation with the lad next to me as he and his brother or friend seemed positively both pumped and primed about something exciting to do with music

but as well equally determined not to let their enthusiasms wash over and spread like contagion to the rest of the caffeinated beverage imbibers...

but as it seemed like we had something in common I was curious enough to ask what type of happening or going on  was creating such a stir in the air 

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/04/19/acdc-album-vancouver.html

Well, they are recording and not playing but close enough.

Guess in the rumour mill industry sometimes its the thought that counts.

Just dont tell Kurt of the BFC. - lol

Speaking of which heres a guy with a brain and a good question to boot who querys:

What has happened to this forum?

 


Posted by mach1231 at 1:21 PM PDT
Updated: Saturday, April 19, 2008 7:17 PM PDT
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Mystery of flying object
Mood:  caffeinated

Police are mystified about a small metal object that crashed through the roof of a house in New Zealand. 

 Sounds like a plot for a  M. Night Shyamalan movie in play, he could lift the next plot line off the comments page.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4486777a6479.html

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This is Sitka, Alaska..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually this is Dock Square in Rockport Massachusets which now has a new set of totem poles and a sign welcoming folks to Sitka, Alaska, thanks to Disney/Touchstone Pictures.

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/archive/x282705

 


Locals , too, are upset and riled.

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Probably too tough for the soft avacodo eating sun drenched Californians.

http://smallscreen.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1400706.php/Tougher_in_Alaska_on_History_not_for_wussies


I guess an Alaskan native was too expensive for Disney to hire for their new movie so they had to hire a retired English teacher

instead. Cheapskates! 

And this is the star of CRASH? Hmmh, her self involved in a crash? Crude, crude...crude example of art imitating life then life imitating art back again.

"CRASH" boldly reminds us of the importance of tolerance as it ventures beyond color lines...

 

 

 

 

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Meanwhile, back in reality newspaper - land

 

The First Nations in parts of the Alberta area of Canada are among the wealthiest aboriginal communities in Canada, thanks to extensive royalties from oil that sits under their land.

But it is there that recently a 23-month-old girl remains in stable condition but doctors will never be able to remove a bullet from near her spine because it would probably kill her.

Police have reported 12 gun-related incidents in the last three weeks alone.  Among those, a 20-year-old was shot, two teenage girls were threatened with guns and shots were fired outside a funeral last week.

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/national/080416/n0416111A.html

Ahem. Here is Wikipedias entry for

Hobbema

Do they mention that it is a place of 12,000 people?

A place where 13 gangs sell cocaine and other drugs on four reserves in the Hobbema area (60 km south of Edmonton) according to police?

Two years ago, gang violence had spiked, meaning reports of 150 drive-by shootings in just one eight-month period, sometimes as many as five a night.

In light of this recent shooting, Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl said he'll wait for suggestions from reserve leaders before getting involved.

I had a thought about the level of involvement he would take if he were responsible for a different portfolio but no, only the Prime Minster of Canada could rise to such a high level of distinct incompetence.

But hey folks, back to Disney, car crashes (20 MPH car crashes mind you) and Alaskan natives being played by retired English teachers.

Where else on public radio programming can you hear polar bears growl, peregrine falcons cry and killer whales splash?

http://www.encountersnorth.org/


Posted by mach1231 at 10:39 AM PDT
Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2008 7:44 PM PDT
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Iran demands attention.
Mood:  caffeinated

Iran demands attention.

Goota get me one of


 

these sand colored bikes and matching helmet.

They go well so with me blog. 


Posted by mach1231 at 9:08 AM PDT
Updated: Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:15 AM PDT
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Iran demands attention.
Mood:  caffeinated

You won't hear anyone say it but Iran is really a prime reason why the US invaded Iraq in 2003.

But the most underexamined potential co-operative alliance in my mind would be between Israel and Turkey.

"As the only secular democracies in the region, both have market economies,  both are integrated into the European economic order. The major export and import partners indicate an integration with the states of the Western states .."


 

 

See also 

ISRAEL: Discussing Armenian genocide

 

 

 

 

 

 


Posted by mach1231 at 9:08 AM PDT
Updated: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:38 AM PDT
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
It's a type of war..

Prices of rice, wheat, corn, cooking oil, milk and other foodstuffs have all risen sharply in recent months, sparking violent protests in many countries, including Egypt,Muslim Brotherhood: OUT!!!!!!!) Bangladesh, Cameroon(riots over food price increases left 40-100 people dead) Canadians trapped by Cameroon riots rescued

,Ivory Coast,(firing live bullets and tear gas) Mauritania(only since Nov of 07 but laso recently protesting Dansih cartoons), Ethiopia(187 civilians  dead and the city centre deserted..in 2005 due to elections not hunger), Madagascar(recently hit by a cyclone), the Philippines and Indonesia.

 ".. doubling of food prices over the last three years could potentially push 100 million people in low-income countries deeper into poverty,"

 “It is a crime against humanity” says Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, to focus on fuel without having solved the food problem. (Fuel from ethanol? or oil-derived?)

As a response to  the emergency amount of 500 million needed immediately, President Bush has ordered an estimated $200 million in emergency U.S. food assistance for global relief efforts and to help relieve political instability in some regions.

Agflation  The real costs of rising food prices

 http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/agflation

 

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A group of young students in a rural mountain village in Afghanistan were given the opportunity to share a glimpse of their lives with strangers worlds away

Disposable Cameras Help Rural Afghani Students Document School Conditions

see also

 

30 Years Documenting the American Ghetto

 


Posted by mach1231 at 12:46 PM PDT
Updated: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:57 PM PDT
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Mood:  special
Topic: Entertainment

Grammy Award winner Norah Jones makes her film acting debut in 'My Blueberry Nights'

My Blueberry Nights is a romantic road film, with a young woman making a soul-searching trip across America. Wong Kar Wai’s debut English language feature had him travelling across the U.S scouting for locations and he settled on New York City, parts of Nevada and Los Angeles and Mephis, Tenn. for the film.

The song playing during the trailer (YouTube below) is Cat Power whom for performance Variety Magazine has reffered to as 'Celine Dion-esque in its professionalism'

Cat Power was actually recommended by Norah for the film as the director is known for "meticulously selecting the songs on his soundtracks and using popular music as a major underlining motif."

Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars of night turned deep to dust

For the later parade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kac_uSP_pJY

 

Cat also sings a cover of Rolling Stones 'Satisfaction' so well she gets Mick Jagger jealous.. 

Cat Power (aka Chan pronounced "Shan" Marshall)..fills auditoriums from San Francisco to Paris, and she's sold nearly 200,000 copies of her last two albums alone.

Her celebrity fanbase includes Dave Grohl and, reportedly, Sir Elton John.

"Cat Power attracts the type of devotees who feel they know Marshall personally. Fan letters credit her with forestalling suicides, and she has at least one stalker in France, where she's appeared on national television and on the cover of a major music magazine alongside Fiona Apple. ("She kept saying she had a gift from God, and I kept looking at her, thinking, 'You are fucked-up,'" Marshall says.)  " - Spin Magazine, Feb//2001 Year of the Cat

  

In the YouTube video below, a clip from the movie in which she has  small part and get to act, her song is playing in the background as well but was edited in for the clip and is not a part of the show in theatres

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Melt me down
Into big black armour
Leave no trace of grace
Just in your honor
Lower me down
To culprit south
Make 'em wash
The space in town
For the lead and the dregs
Of my bed i've been sleepin'
Lower me down
Pin me in
Secure the grounds
For the later parade

Once I wanted to be the greatest
Two fists of solid rock
With brains that could explain
Any feeling
Lower me down
Pin me in
Secure the grounds
For the lead and the dregs of my bed
I was sleepin'
For the later parade

Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars of night turned deep to dust

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzKDMRzIOSs 

 

 Live in New York


Posted by mach1231 at 11:58 PM PDT
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Canadian television consumers have more than twice as many programming choices as the UK, three times as many as France and more than 10 times as many as the U.S., the world's media powerhouse.

 

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Less is more

 

Late last night while channel surfing, I noticed  one particular film was played on five different times on five different channels..the same film: one night, five different channels, five different time slots...

I wont mention the name of the film but its title was 'Die Another Day'

 


Posted by mach1231 at 10:32 AM PDT
Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:14 PM PDT
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Monday, April 14, 2008
What else is new?

Japan Goes 3-D with New TV and Broadcasts

Tokyo shoppers can now watch 3-D TV content with Hyundai It Japan's E465 3-D TV, debuting in stores for a measly $4,980.

(Didn't take me long but sure enough found one on Craigslist for the same price

But as for the TV, I think they are going to start calling it "ir-reality" TV it ever hops across the shores. 

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Not far behind the land that gave us Rogan and Godzilla, 'Monsters vs Aliens' is  movie produced in 3-D technology slated for release in March 2009. So says Wired. And with that one among the 10 major studio 3-D releases skedded for 2009, some people are predicting a hard time in transition if certain industry players dont lead the bunch. Steven Spielberg for one.

But I can hardly see 3-d being a main problem with Spielberg, in fact, hes already promising to produce via DreamWorks the Japanese manga "Ghost in the Shell" .....with plans to adapt the futuristic police thriller as a 3-D live-action feature.

Starting next year, Disney plans to make ALL of its animated movie in 3-D.  No more 2-D for you.

But hey betcha didnt know Sylvester Stallone has already been in a big buget 3-D action movie.

 

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Here is something truly visionary.... 

ladies and gentleman the uses are only limited by the imagination 

first use that comes to my mind is shopping.

Seeing will be dis-believing.

http://www.tdvision.com

And yet another: immersive video. Scroll left and right 360 in the video

http://www.immersivemedia.com//index.php 

 

 

 


Recently experimenting with creating 3-D pictures on my own (only I know how to do it )

 

I came up with with this one I created my self (only I know how to do it :)

 Happy viewing...but I my self do not have 3-d viewing glasses. Heh! Its not Hannah Montana heh heh heh

 


 

 Up next? Yes, a 3-Dcamera.

 

 


Posted by mach1231 at 8:18 PM PDT
Updated: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:28 PM PDT
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Hol-y!
Mood:  on fire
Topic: Entertainment

This film has won 32 international awards....

http://www.vierminuten.de/

 

from the films web site :

" soundtrack is a mosaic, compiled from centuries of tradition. Klezmer, Bach, bar music, handcuff rock, North-African sounds, Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata, heavy metal. But the music that most clearly expresses what FOUR MINUTES is about, the deep wish for individuality and freedom of expression,"

...including the Lola Award which is worth 500,000 euros ($680,500), and decided by more than 800 members of the German Film Academy in Berlin...

from the same film company which brought the true story of a young female soldier coming of age during the Eritrean civil war to the silver screen known as 'Feuerherz'

Senait Mehari, narrates her experiences as a child soldier in the film, as a kidnapped member of the then guerrilla force known as EPLF, now the ruling party in Eritrea.

also known as Heart of Fire

  

 

 



Demonstrations occured during the international film festival in Berlin against the film...

Originally planned to be shot in Eritrea.  After the government refused, the film moved to Kenya for shooting.

The cast proceeded to walk of the set after repeated threats and 'telephone terror' from officials in Eritrea.

Senait Mehari, the former child soldier, is now a singer in Germany.

 http://www.senaitmehari.de/

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 Special note for aspiring Spielbergs..

A major attraction to the minor tourist attraction island of Sado in Japan

..he defected to North Korea 40 years ago, only to be released with a Japanese wife. 

Charles Robert Jenkins was planning a trip to the United States this spring to do “Larry King Live”and promote his book, but the tourist season on Sado Island is heating up.....

From Defector To Celebrity


Posted by mach1231 at 5:28 PM PDT
Updated: Monday, April 14, 2008 6:35 PM PDT
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