Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The Power of Words
This short film illustrates the power of words to radically change your message and your effect upon the world. At Purplefeather we provide powerful, optimised web content to get you noticed online. Homage to Historia de un letrero, The Story of a Sign by Alonso Alvarez Barreda Music by: Giles Lamb http://www.gileslamb.com Filmed by www.redsnappa.com Director Seth Gardner.
Cast: Bill Thompson, Beth Miller http://www.uk.castingcallpro.com
It's a powerful message, but I have mixed feelings about an advertising company using the fate of blind people to promote their own business.
Yes this clip can do a lot of good and make you feel more connected with those poor people, but it is also a standard marketing strategy to create strong emotional triggers and then link them to a product.
Not saying this clip is bad, just undecided what to think of it.
Blogger: I see the power of words. Just change the words, the effect is so much different.
Friday, April 15, 2011
外报评论：性片涉及者身分确定
外报评论：性片涉及者身分确定
2011/04/15 6:13:41 PM
●摘自《马来西亚前锋报》
《马来西亚前锋报》 专栏作者阿旺士拉末在评论中祝贺警方，因为警方已鉴定疑似反对党领袖性短片中涉及者的身分。
尽管警方未公开性片主角身分，这项最新的发展将有助揭开反对党领袖被指涉及性片的各种疑问。
相信所有人都希望案件调查工作迅速完成，还被指涉及性片的各方一个公道。
全国警察总长丹斯里依斯迈表示，警方将在下周完成调查报告，并呈交给总检察署。
相信警方已完成完整与专业的调查，因为许多人已受召录取口供，包括公正党顾问安华。
评论也希望警方从奥米茄手表销售商取得资料，例如谁是名表购买者等，这肯定是性片调查的重要线索。
2011/04/15 6:13:41 PM
●摘自《马来西亚前锋报》
《马来西亚前锋报》 专栏作者阿旺士拉末在评论中祝贺警方，因为警方已鉴定疑似反对党领袖性短片中涉及者的身分。
尽管警方未公开性片主角身分，这项最新的发展将有助揭开反对党领袖被指涉及性片的各种疑问。
相信所有人都希望案件调查工作迅速完成，还被指涉及性片的各方一个公道。
全国警察总长丹斯里依斯迈表示，警方将在下周完成调查报告，并呈交给总检察署。
相信警方已完成完整与专业的调查，因为许多人已受召录取口供，包括公正党顾问安华。
评论也希望警方从奥米茄手表销售商取得资料，例如谁是名表购买者等，这肯定是性片调查的重要线索。
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Review for Limitless by KC Goh
Limitless is a 2011 American techno-thriller film directed by Neil Burger and starring Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, and Robert De Niro. It is based on the 2001 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn with the screenplay by Leslie Dixon. The film was released in the United States and Canada on March 18, 2011. It was released in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2011.
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Plot
Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is a writer who lives in New York City and has recently been dumped by his girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish) in addition to failing to meet the deadline to turn in his new book, which he hasn't written yet. One day, Eddie comes across Vernon Gant (Johnny Whitworth), the brother of his ex-wife Melissa Gant (Anna Friel). Vernon is a drug dealer who offers Eddie a sample of a new drug, NZT-48. Eddie accepts, and, much to his surprise, the drug increases his intelligence and improves his focus.
Eddie asks Vernon for more of the drug, and Vernon agrees. When Eddie goes to Vernon's apartment, he finds Vernon dead. Eddie finds a stash of NZT hidden in the oven alongside a book with several names and some money, which he takes for his own personal gain. With Vernon's money and the NZT, Eddie creates a new image for himself and abandons writing to enter the stock market. He becomes rich at an incredibly fast pace and is soon employed by the powerful businessman Carl Van Loon (Robert DeNiro). Eddie also gets back together with Lindy. Meanwhile, he feels that he is being followed by a man in a tan coat (Tomas Arana). Soon, the side-effects of NZT appear.
Eddie fails to accomplish a task assigned to him by Carl because of the lack of NZT and fears he might have killed a woman. He learns that withdrawal from the drug causes death or a serious damage of the mental faculties. Eddie is warned to reduce the dosages until he can stop, before it's too late.
Eddie tries to do so, but, with the lack of it, he starts to feel ill. Eddie pays a chemist to produce more NZT and, in the meantime, tries to recover his stolen stash.
A year later, Eddie has had his book published (the book's title, Illuminating the Dark Fields, linking to the novel that inspired the film) and is running for United States Senate and is further considered to be a potential candidate for the United States Presidency. In the midst of his Senate campaign, Carl approaches Eddie and informs him that he has purchased the pharmaceutical company that created NZT and forced the closure of Eddie's lab. Carl offers Eddie an unlimited supply of NZT; however, Eddie must approve Carl's agenda in return. Eddie refuses the offer, informing Carl that he no longer takes NZT and has in fact experimented with and created a better version of NZT that lacks its side effects and works even better. As they are talking outside of Eddie's campaign office, Carl expresses his doubt regarding Eddie's new and improved NZT analogue. To prove it, Eddie points to a van up the street and tells him it will crash into the taxi cab stopped further up the street, even predicting the exact timing of the event. Carl turns around to watch the driver of the van, who is distracted with his cell phone, driving too fast and not looking up in time, resulting in him crashing into the cab. This appears to be enough evidence for Carl and he gets into his vehicle to depart from the scene.
Cast
• Bradley Cooper as Eddie Morra
• Robert De Niro as Carl Van Loon
• Abbie Cornish as Lindy
• Anna Friel as Melissa Gant
• Johnny Whitworth as Vernon Gant
• Robert John Burke as Don Pierce
• Tomas Arana as Man in Tan Coat
• T.V. Carpio as Valerie
• Patricia Kalember as Mrs. Atwood
• Andrew Howard as Gennady
Scientific accuracy
Physics professor James Kakalios said it was plausible that medical science could improve intelligence, but that neurochemistry was not advanced enough for it to be possible currently. Kakalios also said the notion used in the film that human beings can only access 24% of their brains (though the film never explicitly states that this is the case, with one character only once saying "you know they say we can only access 24% of our brain?") is a myth; 100% of it is used at different times. Moreover, if 100% of the brain's neurons were to fire simultaneously, all of the available oxygen would be consumed and the individual would most likely die or suffer severe neurological trauma. Kakalios said if such a pill existed, a person running out of the supply could actually experience a rebound effect, and "might become really stupid".[9]
This blogger’s reviews
Limitless is entertaining. If we could just take a pill and become son intelligence, we like to do it if there is no side effect.
In the market, there are people who can predict the future and these people can go into your past lives and see what you have done and try to correct it so that fate in the future which is now the present times could improve. This kind of courses can sell like a hot cake.
The 10% of brain myth is the widely-perpetuated myth that most or all humans only make use of 10 percent of their brains. It has been misattributed to people including Albert Einstein.[1] By association, it is suggested that a person may harness this unused potential and increase intelligence.
Though factors of intelligence can increase with training, the idea that large parts of the brain remain unused is without foundation. Although many mysteries regarding brain function remain, every part of the brain has a known function. Therefore, when we said that we only use 10 % or 24 % of the brain, it is actually not true.
The fact that if we can think with clarity and be able to learn things in a short span of time, we can become successful and we can be very rich. The improved intelligence could just change the perception of people towards you.
If we don’t have the pill, what should we do. We should read more and trying to improve our intelligence by using the available techniques as of today. We should do meditation and try to acquire the psychic powers so that we can make better decisions. Of couse, there is currently no scientifically verified body of evidence supporting the existence of such powers.
You will love this movie, it opens up a lot of imagination and possibilities. Of course, there is always a difference between reality and myth. Take a pill or you just have to work for it.
This preview is presented by GSC and is coordinated and arranged by mybloggercon.com
这次由GSC呈现，通过《大馬部落》邀请博客们参与《Limitless》电影观赏会。
“改编自2002年Alan Glynn的同名小说，讲述一名屡屡被退稿的潦倒小说家（Bradley Cooper）在服用了神奇小药丸后命运有了180度大转变，这枚高机密的聪明小药丸可以开发大脑100%的潜能，使他成为超级版的自己，然而这项超能力很快的就吸引了黑道的关注，并进一步威胁他的生命。”
详情如下：
日期: 12 April 2011
地点: GSC Mid Valley
时间: 9pm
•
Plot
Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is a writer who lives in New York City and has recently been dumped by his girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish) in addition to failing to meet the deadline to turn in his new book, which he hasn't written yet. One day, Eddie comes across Vernon Gant (Johnny Whitworth), the brother of his ex-wife Melissa Gant (Anna Friel). Vernon is a drug dealer who offers Eddie a sample of a new drug, NZT-48. Eddie accepts, and, much to his surprise, the drug increases his intelligence and improves his focus.
Eddie asks Vernon for more of the drug, and Vernon agrees. When Eddie goes to Vernon's apartment, he finds Vernon dead. Eddie finds a stash of NZT hidden in the oven alongside a book with several names and some money, which he takes for his own personal gain. With Vernon's money and the NZT, Eddie creates a new image for himself and abandons writing to enter the stock market. He becomes rich at an incredibly fast pace and is soon employed by the powerful businessman Carl Van Loon (Robert DeNiro). Eddie also gets back together with Lindy. Meanwhile, he feels that he is being followed by a man in a tan coat (Tomas Arana). Soon, the side-effects of NZT appear.
Eddie fails to accomplish a task assigned to him by Carl because of the lack of NZT and fears he might have killed a woman. He learns that withdrawal from the drug causes death or a serious damage of the mental faculties. Eddie is warned to reduce the dosages until he can stop, before it's too late.
Eddie tries to do so, but, with the lack of it, he starts to feel ill. Eddie pays a chemist to produce more NZT and, in the meantime, tries to recover his stolen stash.
A year later, Eddie has had his book published (the book's title, Illuminating the Dark Fields, linking to the novel that inspired the film) and is running for United States Senate and is further considered to be a potential candidate for the United States Presidency. In the midst of his Senate campaign, Carl approaches Eddie and informs him that he has purchased the pharmaceutical company that created NZT and forced the closure of Eddie's lab. Carl offers Eddie an unlimited supply of NZT; however, Eddie must approve Carl's agenda in return. Eddie refuses the offer, informing Carl that he no longer takes NZT and has in fact experimented with and created a better version of NZT that lacks its side effects and works even better. As they are talking outside of Eddie's campaign office, Carl expresses his doubt regarding Eddie's new and improved NZT analogue. To prove it, Eddie points to a van up the street and tells him it will crash into the taxi cab stopped further up the street, even predicting the exact timing of the event. Carl turns around to watch the driver of the van, who is distracted with his cell phone, driving too fast and not looking up in time, resulting in him crashing into the cab. This appears to be enough evidence for Carl and he gets into his vehicle to depart from the scene.
Cast
• Bradley Cooper as Eddie Morra
• Robert De Niro as Carl Van Loon
• Abbie Cornish as Lindy
• Anna Friel as Melissa Gant
• Johnny Whitworth as Vernon Gant
• Robert John Burke as Don Pierce
• Tomas Arana as Man in Tan Coat
• T.V. Carpio as Valerie
• Patricia Kalember as Mrs. Atwood
• Andrew Howard as Gennady
Scientific accuracy
Physics professor James Kakalios said it was plausible that medical science could improve intelligence, but that neurochemistry was not advanced enough for it to be possible currently. Kakalios also said the notion used in the film that human beings can only access 24% of their brains (though the film never explicitly states that this is the case, with one character only once saying "you know they say we can only access 24% of our brain?") is a myth; 100% of it is used at different times. Moreover, if 100% of the brain's neurons were to fire simultaneously, all of the available oxygen would be consumed and the individual would most likely die or suffer severe neurological trauma. Kakalios said if such a pill existed, a person running out of the supply could actually experience a rebound effect, and "might become really stupid".[9]
This blogger’s reviews
Limitless is entertaining. If we could just take a pill and become son intelligence, we like to do it if there is no side effect.
In the market, there are people who can predict the future and these people can go into your past lives and see what you have done and try to correct it so that fate in the future which is now the present times could improve. This kind of courses can sell like a hot cake.
The 10% of brain myth is the widely-perpetuated myth that most or all humans only make use of 10 percent of their brains. It has been misattributed to people including Albert Einstein.[1] By association, it is suggested that a person may harness this unused potential and increase intelligence.
Though factors of intelligence can increase with training, the idea that large parts of the brain remain unused is without foundation. Although many mysteries regarding brain function remain, every part of the brain has a known function. Therefore, when we said that we only use 10 % or 24 % of the brain, it is actually not true.
The fact that if we can think with clarity and be able to learn things in a short span of time, we can become successful and we can be very rich. The improved intelligence could just change the perception of people towards you.
If we don’t have the pill, what should we do. We should read more and trying to improve our intelligence by using the available techniques as of today. We should do meditation and try to acquire the psychic powers so that we can make better decisions. Of couse, there is currently no scientifically verified body of evidence supporting the existence of such powers.
You will love this movie, it opens up a lot of imagination and possibilities. Of course, there is always a difference between reality and myth. Take a pill or you just have to work for it.
This preview is presented by GSC and is coordinated and arranged by mybloggercon.com
这次由GSC呈现，通过《大馬部落》邀请博客们参与《Limitless》电影观赏会。
“改编自2002年Alan Glynn的同名小说，讲述一名屡屡被退稿的潦倒小说家（Bradley Cooper）在服用了神奇小药丸后命运有了180度大转变，这枚高机密的聪明小药丸可以开发大脑100%的潜能，使他成为超级版的自己，然而这项超能力很快的就吸引了黑道的关注，并进一步威胁他的生命。”
详情如下：
日期: 12 April 2011
地点: GSC Mid Valley
时间: 9pm
Monday, April 11, 2011
Limitless Trailer 2011 HD
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I will be watching the preview tonight and will inform you of the story. I watch the trailer, kind of like the movie.
I will be watching the preview tonight and will inform you of the story. I watch the trailer, kind of like the movie.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
房价过高——一个全民性错误认识
房价过高——一个全民性错误认识
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjQ2MDAzOTAw.html
http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XMjQ2MDAzOTAw/v.swf
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjQ2MDAzOTAw.html
http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XMjQ2MDAzOTAw/v.swf
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Sex video: Statements recorded from Anwar, 34 others
Published: Wednesday April 6, 2011 MYT 2:48:00 PM
Updated: Wednesday April 6, 2011 MYT 3:14:12 PM
Sex video: Statements recorded from Anwar, 34 others
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have recorded statements from Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and 34 others to facilitate the probe into the sex video featuring a man purportedly resembling the opposition leader.
Besides Anwar, others who have been questioned include former Malacca chief minister Tan Sri Rahim Tamby Chik, businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Perkasa treasurer Datuk Shuaib Lazim, or collectively known as 'Datuk T', who have admitted that they were behind the screening of the video to the media on March 21.
Deputy CID chief Datuk Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said several staff of Carcosa Seri Negara, where the video was shown, have also been questioned.
He added that the statement taken from Anwar was sufficient.
"If there are parts of his statement which are incomplete, we will recall him," he told reporters here Wednesday.
He said police would record the statements of two or three more individuals.
The investigation, he added, was now about 95% complete and a report would be handed over to the Attorney-General's Chambers soon.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar confirmed recently that the video was not doctored.
The investigation was launched following a report lodged by Anwar on March 22 denying that he was the man in the video. - Bernama
Related Stories:
Teaser video clip goes viral
Media goes to town with sex video stills
PKR Youth files report with MCMC
Police not to blame for leaking of video clip, says IGP
It's not Anwar, says Wan Azizah
Sex video on YouTube removed due to violation of rules'
Identify person who uploaded sex clip, cops urged
Updated: Wednesday April 6, 2011 MYT 3:14:12 PM
Sex video: Statements recorded from Anwar, 34 others
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have recorded statements from Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and 34 others to facilitate the probe into the sex video featuring a man purportedly resembling the opposition leader.
Besides Anwar, others who have been questioned include former Malacca chief minister Tan Sri Rahim Tamby Chik, businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Perkasa treasurer Datuk Shuaib Lazim, or collectively known as 'Datuk T', who have admitted that they were behind the screening of the video to the media on March 21.
Deputy CID chief Datuk Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said several staff of Carcosa Seri Negara, where the video was shown, have also been questioned.
He added that the statement taken from Anwar was sufficient.
"If there are parts of his statement which are incomplete, we will recall him," he told reporters here Wednesday.
He said police would record the statements of two or three more individuals.
The investigation, he added, was now about 95% complete and a report would be handed over to the Attorney-General's Chambers soon.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar confirmed recently that the video was not doctored.
The investigation was launched following a report lodged by Anwar on March 22 denying that he was the man in the video. - Bernama
Related Stories:
Teaser video clip goes viral
Media goes to town with sex video stills
PKR Youth files report with MCMC
Police not to blame for leaking of video clip, says IGP
It's not Anwar, says Wan Azizah
Sex video on YouTube removed due to violation of rules'
Identify person who uploaded sex clip, cops urged
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Wan Azizah: Man in video is not Anwar
Published: Tuesday April 5, 2011 MYT 11:29:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday April 5, 2011 MYT 7:10:35 PM
Wan Azizah: Man in video is not Anwar
By FLORENCE A. SAMY
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has insisted that the man in the sex video is not her husband Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Speaking at a press conference at her home in Segambut Dalam, she said she had watched the short video clip posted on Youtube on Monday with her family.
“It is not him. It is clear that the body and physique of the actor' in the video is extremely different from that of Anwar.
“This is strengthened by the fact that for over a year now he has been accompanied by his children whenever he exercises and undergoes physiotherapy as part of the recuperative measures for his injured spine,” she told a packed press conference.
At the press conference, Dr Wan Azizah, her daughter Nurul Izzah and DAP national chairman Karpal Singh also condemned the lack of action against the Datuk T trio and called for them to be arrested immediately.
Later during a launch of a safe city monitoring system here, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the identity of the culprit who leaked out the sex video on YouTube was not known.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar who was at the same event denied that the video was leaked out by the police.
In SIBU on Monday night, Anwar said the sex video may have caused PKR a few bruises ahead of the Sarawak state elections, but he would not be distracted by the allegations.
Admitting that he has declined to comment on the video clip during his visits to the state, Anwar said that others have misconceived his lack of response as being defensive.
“I want to give my full concentration to the issues in Sarawak.
“I will fight them (the perpetrators of the sex video clip) on any grounds. But do you expect me to trust the system?,” Anwar asked during a talk in Kampung Baru.
More on the sex video in The Star on Wednesday
Related Stories:
MPs divided over sex video screening suggestion
Identify person who uploaded sex clip, cops urged
Sex video on YouTube removed due to violation of rules'
Sex video 'teaser' loaded on YouTube
Karpal: Allow Anwar and MPs to watch sex video in Parliament
Updated: Tuesday April 5, 2011 MYT 7:10:35 PM
Wan Azizah: Man in video is not Anwar
By FLORENCE A. SAMY
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has insisted that the man in the sex video is not her husband Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Speaking at a press conference at her home in Segambut Dalam, she said she had watched the short video clip posted on Youtube on Monday with her family.
“It is not him. It is clear that the body and physique of the actor' in the video is extremely different from that of Anwar.
“This is strengthened by the fact that for over a year now he has been accompanied by his children whenever he exercises and undergoes physiotherapy as part of the recuperative measures for his injured spine,” she told a packed press conference.
At the press conference, Dr Wan Azizah, her daughter Nurul Izzah and DAP national chairman Karpal Singh also condemned the lack of action against the Datuk T trio and called for them to be arrested immediately.
Later during a launch of a safe city monitoring system here, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the identity of the culprit who leaked out the sex video on YouTube was not known.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar who was at the same event denied that the video was leaked out by the police.
In SIBU on Monday night, Anwar said the sex video may have caused PKR a few bruises ahead of the Sarawak state elections, but he would not be distracted by the allegations.
Admitting that he has declined to comment on the video clip during his visits to the state, Anwar said that others have misconceived his lack of response as being defensive.
“I want to give my full concentration to the issues in Sarawak.
“I will fight them (the perpetrators of the sex video clip) on any grounds. But do you expect me to trust the system?,” Anwar asked during a talk in Kampung Baru.
More on the sex video in The Star on Wednesday
Related Stories:
MPs divided over sex video screening suggestion
Identify person who uploaded sex clip, cops urged
Sex video on YouTube removed due to violation of rules'
Sex video 'teaser' loaded on YouTube
Karpal: Allow Anwar and MPs to watch sex video in Parliament
Monday, April 4, 2011
Video linking Anwar to a PRC girl, which doesn't even look like him
Video linking Anwar to a PRC girl, which doesn't even look like him!
PS: I am not the original uploader. The original one was removed due to "nudity". Please share and download this and reupload. Show the world that the man in the video doesn't even look like Anwar. I think he does not look like Anwar, but the Police is still investigating. Looks like we have to see the outcome of the investigation. The police has the resources and the expert to check. They are the authority. What will happen? What can we say?
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