New SFonline toys are up again for grabs this comming January 2009! It's Guile and the new original character from SFOnline Reikochuu.

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Scoop!!!

SF Online has usable "BODY PARTS" that can be bought to do certain moves. Akira and Batsu's bodies are now complete. Will they have a toy Revoltech's of their own soon?

Simple enough question, right? Not really. I started out with Wicca, no particular tradition overall and at one point acted as High Priest for a coven. Since then I have done much reading and soul searching and found Buddhism to also be very agreeable although not a path which I embrace fully. Asatru has wonderful charm as well and very noble ideas. So which path do I walk? My own.

Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message

Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites.

City Council passes Daley's 2009 budget

Mayor Daley’s $6 billion 2009 budget — precariously balanced with 635 or fewer layoffs, slow police hiring and $52.5 million worth of taxes, fines and fees — sailed through the City Council Wednesday amid concern about even tougher times ahead.

Gay school dispute isn't over

A Humboldt Park minister charged Wednesday that top designers of a gay-friendly high school reneged on a "deal'' with clergymen to strip the gay focus from the school's mission and said "hundreds of ministers'' would oppose restoring the original plan, as some gay activists now demand.

Big Three rescue stalls in Senate

A Democratic Congress, unwilling or unable to approve a $25 billion bailout for Detroit's Big Three, appears ready to punt the automakers' fate to a lame-duck Republican president.

Expert: Half of retailers facing crisis in 2009

Retail analyst Britt Beemer forecasted Wednesday that half of today's retailers will be in big trouble some time next year due to the country's financial meltdown.

Adding to the xmas theme, check this link out for yummy cakes:)

For a political party which, though legal, relies on keeping the identities of its supporters a secret the release of the BNP's membership list was a disaster.

For some of those who have been named, there is a prospect that they will lose their jobs, especially if they work in the public sector.

Most of us abhor the BNP's politics and the way it seeks to foment distrust and suspicion within communities that are already riven with racial tensions.

But its arguments, in a liberal democracy, need to be confronted head on, not suppressed.

More importantly, its members should not be hounded out of their jobs for holding a point of view and belonging to a legally-constituted party that is allowed to contest elections.

The BNP has been ridiculed for invoking the Human Rights Act and other protections of a liberal democracy that it often scorns.

But its members are as entitled to keep their personal details and political predilections as secret as the rest of us.

We live, just about, in a free society and they are entitled to their views. They should not impair someone's ability to be a vicar, or a talk show host or even a civil servant.

When membership of the Communist Party was a barrier to working in government in the 1950s, there was a Soviet conspiracy to undermine western democracy.

The BNP might like to think it is in the vanguard of a new world order; but the one thing that its membership list exposed was its weakness, not its strength.

It remains an extremist party on the fringes of British politics, with a few gains here and there, but no more threatening than that.

The one guaranteed way to increase their support would be to start sacking its members for holding the 'wrong' political views.

Tim McGraw was on with us this week plugging his new movie Four Christmases.

Tim made a joke about starring with Clooney in the movie "Milk"....now I get it.

So, yestorday, I went to see the new JB movie and on my way I took these pictures:

Then, I was wondering if I could find the Twilght soundtrack, but I didn´t. Instead, I bought a crouché kit and a novel I wanted too. Let me tell you the cover is gorgeous

 P.S- who had already read The Gargoyle, please don´t tell me the story.The Crespuculo is in fact Twilight and c´mon,I had to take the picture because one of my favorite actors-Robert Pattinson is in it.

Back to my new hobby,like I said, I bought that kit.Guys, it´s fascinating, I mean, I never knitted before.I´m having a little hard time because of my left hand, but it´s nothing I can´t fix.Heheheh.

Britney Spears is probably shouting to her banker manager right now "You drive me crazy!" because it has been reported that the once lucky star has had a severe fall from grace and has come crashing down into bankruptcy.

The 'From the bottom of my broken heart' singer; may be left with not only a heart that is broke! Reports have said that Spears is "scared to death" that she will be left penniless, as her lavish lifestyle and legal costs have eaten away at her $30 million fortune. Soon, she will be singing "Don't go knocking on my door!" to the bailiffs.

The once You got it all girl is now hoping people will gimme more!

Count the songs - Oh the irony!

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Are You Kidding?

Arizona lost to UAB Tuesday night 72-71 thanks to absolute stupidity in the form of 2 fouls commited in the last minute.  You have to see it to believe it.

How many Arizona fans do you think are saying this wouldn't have happened if Lute Olson was coaching?  Just a thought.

Under 6 weeks till Christmas, shopped for my christmas happer yesterday - have a very large family - good love lidl!

Este capitulo promete ser uno de los mejores desde Wilson Hearts.

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I recently read an article by the mathematician Marcus du Sautoy on infinite numbers which begins: "Suppose an hotel has an infinite number of rooms...".

But how can I suppose that? If there were an infinite number of rooms in an hotel, there would be nothing in the universe but hotel rooms.

In fact, there would be no hotel to contain them - everything that wasn't a room would be replaced by rooms.

Moreover, for the same reason, the concept "an infinite number of rooms" could not exist, nor could the proposer of that concept.

Also, if there was an "infinite number" there would be nothing in the universe but that number, and there would be no hotel room for it!

How could an infinite number co-exist with any other number, finite or infinite?

Can an infinite number exist without a finite mind to think it?

Its probably apparent from the above, I am not a mathematician. But can anyone explain what to me seems an illogical use of the language?

With this year’s Survivor Series just a few days away, I’m going to carry on with the tradition I stared a while back by reviewing a past big four show, by going back in time twenty-one years to the very first Survivor Series, held on Thanksgiving Day in 1987. The legendary team of Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura are behind the microphone for this one.

The show begins with the Honkytonk Man’s team, featuring “King” Harley Race, Hercules, “Dangerous” Danny Davis, and “Outlaw” Ron Bass, against “Macho Man” Randy Savage’s team of Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, and “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan. Even though I’ve never seen this show before, this match immediately brought back fond memories of some of the stars I watched and enjoyed all those years ago. The action here was top notch from start to finish, and even though there were some cuts, it didn’t spoil my enjoyment. In the end it came down to three-on-one, Savage, Roberts and Steamboat against Honkytonk, and after the Intercontinental Champion took a ton of punishment, he bolted for the door, getting counted out in the process and giving the victory to Savage’s team.

Match two saw the women in action, with The Glamour Girls, Dawn Marie, Donna Christianello and Sensational Sherri taking on Velvet McIntyre, Rockin’ Robin, The Jumping Bomb Angels and Fabulous Moolah. It made for a refreshing change to hear two commentators that didn’t constantly refer to the women’s vital statistics. Comparing the women’s action here to that of the current Divas division would be, as the old Bobby Heenan saying goes, like comparing ice cream to horse manure. The action here was terrific, with Sherri the standout in this match. My one criticism of this match would be about messrs Monsoon and Ventura, who didn’t do their research this well, especially as they didn’t seem to know the individual names of the Jumping Bomb Angels, which was particularly vexing as they were the second best thing in this match. Eventually it got down to the two tag-teams, the Angels against the Glamour Girls, with the Japanese team taking out Judy Martin and Leilani Kai in quick succession. Two good matches in a row here guys!

Then it’s on to the tag-team Survivor Series match, with Demolition, The New Dream Team, The Islanders, The Hart Foundation, and The Bolsheviks against The British Bulldogs, The Young Stallions, The Rougeaus, The Killer Bees, and Strike Force. The rules for this match were slightly different - if one member of a team got eliminated, then their partner had to go as well. Now, this is another example of how different the WWE of today is, and mainly because the WWE tag-team division of today is so damn poor. There’s ten great teams in this match, going all out in a great display to achieve victory, and it was a joy to behold, although it was hard to see what was going on at times because there were so many men involved in this one (which is why they used a camera crane for the same match the following year). There’s no real standout performances here, because each and every performance here is great. Two teams came out on top on this one, as B. Brian Blair, doing the old switcheroo with the mask on, pinned Tama of the Islanders to win the match, leaving the Killer Bees and the Stallions as the survivors.

Main event time, with Andre the Giant’s team, “Ravishing” Rick Rude, King Kong Bundy, “The Natural” Butch Reed, and the One Man Gang, against Hulk Hogan’s team, Bam Bam Bigelow, Ken Patera, “The Rock” Don Muraco, and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff. The crowd went absolutely wild during this one, which wasn’t surprising because this was at the height of Hulkamania. As with the previous matches, this one was filled with great action from start to finish, with the main focus being on the return of the Giant after Hogan defeated him at Wrestlemania III. It was kind of awe aspiring to see Andre, the Gang and Bundy on the same team, three of the best big men professional wrestling has ever seen. There were some really good performances in this one, particularly from Bigelow, although Andre, whose health problems were starting to take their toll on him by this stage of his career, spent a great deal of the match on the ring apron. Surprisingly, Hogan wasn’t the sole survivor here, as he was counted out while brawling with Bundy and the Gang, leaving Bigelow against the three evil behemoths. Bam Bam managed to take out Bundy after a slingshot splash over the top rope, and the Gang after the big man missed a top rope splash, but he couldn’t defeat Andre, who took Bigelow out after a double under hook suplex. Things didn’t end there though, as Hogan returned to the ring to clobber the Giant and chase him away. Well, I suppose you couldn’t end a WWF pay-per-view in those days without a Hogan pose down, could you?

In conclusion - this is actually the first time I’ve seen this show, and I wasn’t disappointed. Although some would consider these particular matches to be somewhat overlong, I enjoyed them immensely, and from start to finish, I wasn’t disappointed. The action was good, and it was also good to see some of the greats of wrestling’s past in action again, and as this is available as a tagged classic here (along with the 1988 Survivor Series, which I’ll review next year) in Britain (and probably via a torrent somewhere), I recommend that you try and see this show for yourselves, because, if, like me, you’re an old school kind of guy, you won’t be disappointed.

I actually got through to get Twilight tickets this morning! So, I'm not one of those raging Twilight maniacs, but I DID enjoy the books immensely. My older sister, a 33 year old stay-at-home mom, got me into them. I have to admit that since I read the vampire/fantasy genre consistently, the Twilight books weren't THE BEST BOOKS EVER! to me, but they were still very intriguing. I will recommend these books to any readers that enjoy fantasy or vampire stories.

I have been a big fan of both Sting and Elvis Costello since my New Wave teenage days, so getting them together in Paris to discuss their appearance in an opera was a real treat. Given that there were a couple of Alpha Male rock icons in the same room, you might have thought there would have been some butting of egos, but in fact Elvis (a bundle of intellectual energy) easily dominated the conversation while Sting (with his detuned yoga calmness) was perfectly content just to let him. Maybe he found it a treat not to be the automatic centre of attention. The only reflection of their different status in the commercial pecking order of global rock superstardom came in a mischievous Elvis quip. He had mentioned that Sting, as leading man almost constantly on stage, doesn't actually witness much back stage activity.

Alpha Male rock icons: Sting and Elvis Costello

 "What is going on back there?" asked Sting,

"Well, we have a little tent where the principle singers sit when they're not onstage," said Costello. "Obviously the girls are all aflutter at getting to cavort with a rock God ..."

Then, after a pause for comic effect, he added: "... and Sting too, of course!"

Anyway, bespectacled, scruffy and with a face made for radio, Elvis has never been much of a Rock God, but he is one of the most fascinating characters in popular music, his combination of fan-like enthusiasm and encyclopaedic knowledge of music in all its forms lending him the air of a garrulous punk rock professor. Inevitably there wasn't room in my main feature for everything we discussed, particularly relating to the complications of establishing a new operatic work, so I thought I would offer a bit more here of the thoughts of a (self-proclaimed) rock God (with occasional interjections from Sting).

'Welcome To The Voice' (composed by Costello's long-serving keyboard player Steve Nieve with libretto by Nieve's wife Muriel Teodori) is an extraordinary piece for someone who is not particularly familiar with opera, because by combining popular musical forms with classical operatic forms, it makes it very accessible, while sacrificing nothing in terms of artistic seriousness. The very fact that the libretto concerns the elitism of high culture and the unifying spirit of music ensures that different musical forms fit coherently together.

Elvis: There's some very memorable melodies and really beautiful passages. Steve's combined unusual sounds, some electronics and freer jazz elements, there are weighty orchestrations while some players have great liberty. It's not unprecedented to hear electronics in an opera, Michael Tippet has used synthesisers, Stockhausen obviously, but it does feel seamless. I was really startled by it. Because I've watched Steve write this, tapping away on a laptop in airports and hotel lobbies, on planes and coaches. For the past seven or eight years you would find him working on the road somewhere most of the time. I think something people might not appreciate is that work like this requires a lot of preparation. Full time composers sit quietly in a room writing away and you might say that the quality of their work reflects that solitary contemplation of the music. But Steve's done it while doing something else.

What has been the biggest challenge coming to the opera as popular singers?

Sting: One of the problems we face is that the orchestral idea of tempo is completely different from what we are used to with a drummer playing a backbeat. It drifts, and it always seems to be behind the beat, so you are constantly pushing the beat and you find yourself half a bar out. It's interesting. All the opera singers are very much in that flow, and I've had to really pull back from my natural instinct.

Elvis: You would never be able to play with an ensemble with the degree of freedom you have in a band unless you had an absolutely telepathic communication between the conductor and the singer, and you would never achieve that in such a short space of time.

Sting: Its also hard to interpret what the arm waving is about. It can be kind of ambivalent.

Elvis: Well, that's because they cue you on the up beat, not where you enter.

Sting: I sort of prefer the Joe Loss school

Elvis: Well I can speak with some authority on this matter. I love Joe Loss, he was my dad's boss for years (Elvis senior, aka Ross McManus, sang with the Joe Loss Orchestra) and he was very kind to us, but the band new better than to follow his baton. Cause he was a front-man, a showman, he wasn't a great conductor.

I know that you have argued opera is not necessarily elitist (see main article) but, to look at a different way, do you think it is accessible to non-expert music lovers?

Elvis: I think some productions have got hard to understand, and in some ways its become very insular. I've walked out of productions where I felt like the presentation of this incredible music has become decadent, and is made for a jaded palette of opera lovers who don't really want to admit anyone else, and are therefore making more and more attempts to sensationalise beyond the actual meaning of the libretto and the music. There was a famous Don Giovanni at the Royal Opera House where they had women being whipped, and there was a big outrage cause the Queen went and there were half naked women onstage.

Sting: I'm sure there was worse going on in the boxes back in the day when it was written, much less on the stage.

This whole enterprise has been a massive effort and huge expense for a five day production.

Sting: It's publicly funded. The five days run is the standard in the opera world, this is how they debut new productions. And it is a problem. Opera singers don't really wanna do modern operas, cause they have to learn all this atonal, really difficult stuff and that's it, its hard to learn and then it's over. They'd much rather be in the repertoire of La Traviatta and Tosca because they know they are going to have to do that again.

Elvis: Whether something can be established as repertoire, that's the big challenge. If you write something that obeys the rules of Broadway, even if it has the superficial appearance of novelty or innovation, like a Mama Mia or Hairspray, the next thing there's a production in every major city in the world and Las Vegas, and then there's a movie made with John Travolta. Modern opera never seems to get that far. This does feel like it has potential but if it is going to be repertoire it has to be possible for other singers than us to sing it, so it stands not on its association with personalities. This time to next year there could be two other people in our roles, I don't know who they would get.

Because there is a bit of typecasting here, Sex God Sting and Angry Elvis

Elvis: I think John Mayer and Mos Def. They could do it

Sting: I'd pay to see that.

Winona Ryder fell ill on plane to London after 'overdosing on tranquilliser tablets'

By Simon Cable
Last updated at 9:17 AM on 20th November 2008

Winona Ryder looks distinctly ill at ease as she arrives at Los Angeles airport to board a plane to London.

This picture of the actress in a wide-brimmed, cloche-type hat and sunglasses was taken just hours before she fell ill and sparked a mini mid-air emergency yesterday.

The 37-year-old Girl, Interrupted star was rushed to hospital on arrival at Heathrow and an accidental overdose of tranquillisers was today believed to be the reason.

Mystery surrounds actress Winona Ryder's sudden illness during a flight to London. The actress is seen here leaving LAX airport en route to Britain

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Dressed in black from head to toe, Winona looked a little fragile as she made her way through the airport

Winona Ryder: Pilot made a priority landing

She was taken to Hillingdon hospital, in West London, soon after arriving in England just after noon.

The waif-like American, who made her name in Edward Scissorhands starring Johnny Depp with whom she also had a relationship, is known to hate flying.

And she is thought to have collapsed twice on Flight 282 after taking too many Xantax pills, which are used to combat anxiety.

Although her publicist refused to confirm the nature of the star's illness last night, she said her client was discharged an hour later 'in good health'.

Mara Buxbaum said: 'She did fall ill on a plane and as a precautionary measure they took her to hospital.

'She was there for an hour. She's in good health. There's no drama.'

Winona later took another BA flight to another European city.

A spokesman for British Airways said: 'The captain of BA282, which was travelling from LA to Heathrow, requested a priority landing as a female passenger required medical attention.'

Members of the crew looked after the star, while BA ground staff accompanied her to hospital, he added.

In December 2001, Ryder  was famously found guilty of shoplifting after walking out of department store Saks Fifth Avenue in New York with unpaid goods worth more than ?3,000.

She was also found to have drugs on her when she was arrested for which she had no prescription.

The actress, who was twice nominated for an Oscar, enjoyed a relationship with the actor Johnny Depp.

She was also engaged to Oceans Eleven star Matt Damon

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With record setting numbers expected...city funds are gonna be pushed to the limit

.:The Perfect Phone Call
I don't know if I'd consider this my perfect phone call, mainly bc I like e-mail

.:Hand Pillow For Infants
Now they'll think you're holding them...when you're not

.:Water Company Theft
If someone comes to your house and claims to be from the water company...I wouldn't trust them

.:How To Avoid Ipod Damage
Doctors across the board are saying how the ear buds can damage your ears...well not anymore

 .:New Teen Drug Worries Parents
Another legal herbal mixture is being abused by teens

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Ever want to hit him??  You can now!!

.:Teen Lives 128 Days Without Heart
This is crazy!!!  Because I still don't know how you could do this

.:Drunk Customer KO's Bartender
From my perspective it looks like a clean clear dbag fight...

.:Guys Drink 5x More Calories Than Girls
So maybe it is a good thing you get those cosmos all the time

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I kinda want to do this after watching the video

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With money tight people can no longer afford child care

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No not Mario Lopez...