Saturday, August 26, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006
To busy
Do Something
A man distraught by all the pain and suffering he saw all around him broke down and banged his fists into the dirt. His head turns upward and he yells at his God. "Look at this mess. Look at all this pain and suffering. Look at all this killing and hate. God. Oh God! WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING!!" And his God spoke to him and said "I did. I sent you."
A man distraught by all the pain and suffering he saw all around him broke down and banged his fists into the dirt. His head turns upward and he yells at his God. "Look at this mess. Look at all this pain and suffering. Look at all this killing and hate. God. Oh God! WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING!!" And his God spoke to him and said "I did. I sent you."
We want more lol
3 bananas in the Morning and 4 in the Afternoon.
Zhuangzi told this story to his disciples to make a point: Once a zookeeper said to his monkeys: "You'll get 3 bananas in the Morning and 4 in the afternoon." All monkeys are upset. "OK. How about 4 bananas in Morning and 3 in the afternoon?" Hearing this, the monkeys are content. One should realize that sometimes a change in phrasing does not represent a real change.
Zhuangzi told this story to his disciples to make a point: Once a zookeeper said to his monkeys: "You'll get 3 bananas in the Morning and 4 in the afternoon." All monkeys are upset. "OK. How about 4 bananas in Morning and 3 in the afternoon?" Hearing this, the monkeys are content. One should realize that sometimes a change in phrasing does not represent a real change.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
What took them so long ?
Paramount 'cuts ties with Cruise'
By entertainment editor Andrew Banks
August 23, 2006 02:26pm
Article from: Reuters
POOR Tom Cruise. First he's forced to take a pay cut, now the bosses at Paramount have decided to give him the flick.
Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures unit today said it was ending its 14-year relationship with Tom Cruise's film production company because of the actor's offscreen behaviour.
The company's chairman, Sumner Redstone, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the behaviour of the star of the Mission: Impossible series and Top Gun was unacceptable to the company.
Cruise's contract with Paramount allowed the actor to receive $US10 million to support his production company, Cruise/Wagner Productions, in exchange for their choice of any of his films. The contract was set to expire next month.
Paramount reportedly funded Cruise's latest movie Mission: Impossible III, which was expected to make up to $US400 million in international box office takings, but due to Cruise's expected profit margin, the studios would simply break even, World Entertainment News Network reported.
Paula Wagner, the actor's longtime partner in his movie company, Cruise/Wagner Productions, struck back at Redstone, calling his comments about the three-time Oscar nominee "offensive" and "undignified."
"Whatever remarks Mr. Redstone would make about Tom Cruise personally or as an actor have no bearing on what this business issue is," she told Reuters. "There must be another agenda that the studio has in mind to take one of their greatest assets and malign him this way."
Five films starring Cruise and co-produced by his company, including the Mission: Impossible series, have generated theatrical revenues totaling over $US2 billion worldwide during the past decade. And Wagner said his films accounted for about 15 per cent of the studio's overall box office gross over that period.
By entertainment editor Andrew Banks
August 23, 2006 02:26pm
Article from: Reuters
POOR Tom Cruise. First he's forced to take a pay cut, now the bosses at Paramount have decided to give him the flick.
Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures unit today said it was ending its 14-year relationship with Tom Cruise's film production company because of the actor's offscreen behaviour.
The company's chairman, Sumner Redstone, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the behaviour of the star of the Mission: Impossible series and Top Gun was unacceptable to the company.
Cruise's contract with Paramount allowed the actor to receive $US10 million to support his production company, Cruise/Wagner Productions, in exchange for their choice of any of his films. The contract was set to expire next month.
Paramount reportedly funded Cruise's latest movie Mission: Impossible III, which was expected to make up to $US400 million in international box office takings, but due to Cruise's expected profit margin, the studios would simply break even, World Entertainment News Network reported.
Paula Wagner, the actor's longtime partner in his movie company, Cruise/Wagner Productions, struck back at Redstone, calling his comments about the three-time Oscar nominee "offensive" and "undignified."
"Whatever remarks Mr. Redstone would make about Tom Cruise personally or as an actor have no bearing on what this business issue is," she told Reuters. "There must be another agenda that the studio has in mind to take one of their greatest assets and malign him this way."
Five films starring Cruise and co-produced by his company, including the Mission: Impossible series, have generated theatrical revenues totaling over $US2 billion worldwide during the past decade. And Wagner said his films accounted for about 15 per cent of the studio's overall box office gross over that period.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Monday, August 07, 2006
Sunday, August 06, 2006
some things dont change
After a few days, the Lord called to Adam and said, "It is time for you and Eve to begin the process of populating the earth so I want you to kiss her." Adam answered, "Yes Lord, but what is a 'kiss?"
So the Lord gave a brief description to Adam who took Eve by the hand and took her to a nearby bush.
A few minutes later, Adam emerged and said, "Thank you Lord, that was enjoyable."
And the Lord replied, "Yes Adam, I thought you might enjoy that and now I'd like you to caress Eve." And Adam said, "What is a 'caress?"
So the Lord again gave Adam a brief description and Adam went behind the bush with Eve.
Quite a few minutes later, Adam returned, smiling, and said, "Lord, that was even better than the kiss." And the Lord said, "You've done well Adam. And now I want you to make love to Eve." And Adam asked, "What is 'make love' Lord?"
So the Lord again gave Adam directions and Adam went again to Eve behind the bush, but this time he reappeared in two seconds.
And Adam said, "Lord, what is a 'headache?'"
So the Lord gave a brief description to Adam who took Eve by the hand and took her to a nearby bush.
A few minutes later, Adam emerged and said, "Thank you Lord, that was enjoyable."
And the Lord replied, "Yes Adam, I thought you might enjoy that and now I'd like you to caress Eve." And Adam said, "What is a 'caress?"
So the Lord again gave Adam a brief description and Adam went behind the bush with Eve.
Quite a few minutes later, Adam returned, smiling, and said, "Lord, that was even better than the kiss." And the Lord said, "You've done well Adam. And now I want you to make love to Eve." And Adam asked, "What is 'make love' Lord?"
So the Lord again gave Adam directions and Adam went again to Eve behind the bush, but this time he reappeared in two seconds.
And Adam said, "Lord, what is a 'headache?'"
Thursday, August 03, 2006
A win for whales ''maybe''
Whales 'could be saved by own skin'
RESEARCHERS in Australia are working on a humane way of carrying out scientific research on whales - by catching bits of their sloughed-off skin, according to the scientific journal Nature.Currently scientists determine the age of whales - necessary for assessing how their numbers are recovering from decades of commercial whaling - by counting layers in their ear wax, a procedure that can only be performed on a dead whale.
Now researchers from the Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre in Lismore, NSW, are developing another method.
Trailing behind the mammals in a boat, they use a kitchen sieve tied to the end of a stick to scoop up flakes of skin shed naturally by the whales when they soar out of the water or slap their tails onto its surface.
They believe they may be able to develop a system to work out a whale's age by removing genetic material from the skin samples.
"If they are right, one of the key arguments in favour of killing whales for scientific purposes will be dead in the water," the London-based international journal Nature said.
The researchers said the need for humane methods was now urgent, since Japan has declared it will increase its annual catch of whales for "research purposes", Nature reported.
The International Whaling Commission imposed a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986 but Japan has continued hunting for what it calls scientific research.
RESEARCHERS in Australia are working on a humane way of carrying out scientific research on whales - by catching bits of their sloughed-off skin, according to the scientific journal Nature.Currently scientists determine the age of whales - necessary for assessing how their numbers are recovering from decades of commercial whaling - by counting layers in their ear wax, a procedure that can only be performed on a dead whale.
Now researchers from the Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre in Lismore, NSW, are developing another method.
Trailing behind the mammals in a boat, they use a kitchen sieve tied to the end of a stick to scoop up flakes of skin shed naturally by the whales when they soar out of the water or slap their tails onto its surface.
They believe they may be able to develop a system to work out a whale's age by removing genetic material from the skin samples.
"If they are right, one of the key arguments in favour of killing whales for scientific purposes will be dead in the water," the London-based international journal Nature said.
The researchers said the need for humane methods was now urgent, since Japan has declared it will increase its annual catch of whales for "research purposes", Nature reported.
The International Whaling Commission imposed a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986 but Japan has continued hunting for what it calls scientific research.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
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