Dame Helen Mirren, BAFTA 2007 | Photo Credit: caroline_bonarde

Saturday Night Live is one of the most loved live comedy shows in America right now. Last week, the show had Elton John as their guest and tonight, the award winning Helen Mirren will be taking over the stage to entertain the people.

Helen Mirren has been a great actress of her time and already won three Golden Globe awards, Academy Awards for Best Actress, four Emmy Awards, two on Cannes Film Festival and four SAG awards. She’s indeed a great actress and loved by many people.

If you like the Saturday Night Live show and really love Helen Mirren, you should watch this show tonight.

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This is a really terrifying news. Reports are now spreading that Japan just had another earthquake 14:32 GMT. The earthquake was 7.4 magnitude and created another huge natural disaster in the land of the rising sun.

The earthquake struck 66 kilometers east of Sendai, Japan according to US Geological Survey. The epicenter was 333 kilometers away from Tokyo, Japan but still caused damages and shaking of buildings there.

Japanese Government issued a tsunami alert for the Pacific coast and saying that the tsunamis could be up to two meters high. And it is strongly recommended for people to go to higher grounds and never check the status of the coastlines.

Hopefully, there will be no tsunamis ever hit the Japanese lands again because they already had enough. Please pray for Japan.

Gerald Arnolds, a Seattle-based education and technology writer, is a guest writer for christian counseling degree and paralegal certification for psychology degree online.

With the recent trends seen in the the personal digicam industry over the last several years, it’s hard to believe that just a short while ago HD video seemed out of reach for all but a handful of people outside of the film industry, requiring expensive software and hardware to perform edits, to distribute, and even to watch. As we roll into 2011, even almost every entry-level digicam offers the capability to shoot video in HD. What’s more, a handful of products exist solely as cheap video cameras, capable of capturing video and getting it online within a matter of minutes; the most prominent of these is the Flip camera, which has become almost synonymous with quickly-made, citizen-produced video.

Sony’s entry into this field is the Bloggie. It’s a compact camera measuring 1 and 9/16″ by 4″ by 2 3/4″ and weighing 6.9 ounces, making it easy to transport in a pocket or in a bag (Flip cameras measure between 1.97″ by 3.94″ by .63″ and 2.19″ by 4.25″ by 1.17″ and weigh between 4.1 and 5.7 ounces, depending on featuresets, making them on average very slightly smaller and lighter).

The Bloggie differs from the Flip in a handful of ways. For one, it captures images at a maximum resolution of 1920 by 1080, larger than the 1280 by 720 offered by the Flip. It also stores video and still images onto Sony’s memory stick format, rather than built-in solid state media. While this adds costs beyond the initial purchase, it also makes it very easy to continue shooting in the event that the camera gets full, which cannot be done as conveniently on the Flip. However, several Flip models offer the choice to be powered either via a rechargeable battery pack or via AA or AAA batteries; the Bloggie can only be powered by a proprietary rechargeable battery pack, making travel away from a computer somewhat difficult and impractical with both, though for different reasons.

Additionally, Flip’s cameras all offer wide-range stereo microphones or omnidirectional microphones, while the Bloggie only captures audio in mono. Sony’s lens offers a more substantive zoom, as large as 20x, and a focal length equivalent to a 35mm camera’s range of 41 and 205mm. Both models offer limited control, like most entry-level digicams. Features such as white balance and image stabilization, as well as low light detection, are automatic in both models, and the Bloggie doesn’t offer any manual focusing. The Bloggie has a larger LCD screen than most Flip cameras (most Flips are 2″, the Bloggie is 2.5″), but many features are very similar; both offer easy uploading to video sharing services, integrated USB 2.0 ports for fast data transfers, and charging via USB to eliminate the frustrations associated with cables.

For the most part, the biggest factor in determining which is right for a prospective buyer is the amount of video one wants to store. If it’s more than a few hours, external storage may be a huge advantage, and this should seal the deal in the Bloggie’s favor. If that isn’t your primary point of concern, the cameras are very similar.

You probably don’t think of Kanye West as a generous person, and with good reason. His newest album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, is the sound of a relentless perfectionist realizing something massive, warped, vicious, and all-encompassing, taking only a few seconds to breathe between his bombastic and gaudy orchestral productions. Leading up to the album, he made headlines not so much for the music he’d been making but for all-caps outbursts on his blog and on Twitter and the public equivalent, outbursts like his rant over Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV VMAs.

Yet Kanye West spent several months before the realization of his Dark Twisted Fantasy releasing free music online through his GOOD Fridays series, offering teaser singles, B-sides, and other material every Friday from August through the end of January (with a few weeks missed following the album’s release). He used the service first to release a remix of the album’s first single, Power, which added new verses from Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz as well as a detour into C&C Music Factory’s “The Power” in its second half, then premiered “Monster,” “So Appalled,” “Devil in a New Dress,” and several other songs that ended up becoming part of the album.

Through this, West used the program on a few occasions to reveal what were essentially works in progress; the finished album versions of several songs ended up changed considerably from the versions that he released through GOOD Fridays, most notably the addition of Rick Ross’s verse to “Devil in a New Dress.” However, he also showed his seemingly long-absent goofball side by tackling projects such as a remix of Justin Bieber’s “Runaway Love” with Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon, and later extended something of an olive branch to critics within Dipset by featuring Cam’ron and Jim Jones on year-ender “Christmas in Harlem.”

Users who followed him on Twitter would see West writing frantically on Friday nights about how he was running late and working to get something out for the series on several occasions, and many of the tracks that didn’t become part of the new album are utterly worth hearing, such as “Chain Heavy” (which features production from Tribe Called Quest MC Q-Tip), “Lord Lord Lord” (which prompted Mos Def to announce his now being signed to GOOD Music, West‘s record label that’s had successes with Common and John Legend, among others).

Most importantly, it’s further evidence of West‘s strengths as an innovator in his field. Since GOOD Fridays started, countless producers and rappers have started similar projects: Timbaland began “Timbo Thursdays,” Swizz Beats took on “Monsta Mondays” and Wu-Tang mastermind RZA (who is featured, perhaps not incidentally, on “So Appalled”) is releasing music on “Wu Wednesdays.” However, none of these have attracted quite the momentum of excitement that Kanye has to this point. As he finishes up the series in the next several weeks and moves on to his collaborative album with Jay-Z, Watch The Throne, it’s hard not to be excited about what he’ll be doing next, outbursts and all.

Written by Gerald Arnolds who also writes for pharmacy technician and radiology technician

Gerald Arnolds is a writer presently residing in Seattle, Washington. He writes about pop music, technology, and the point where the two intersect for a number of publications when not trying to address problems with one or the other. For the most part, he liked the 35 minute video for “Runaway.”

Naruto Manga Series

Naruto

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Author / Illustrator: Masashi Kishimoto

Naruto 530 is the latest chapter of Naruto Manga series and currently one of the most popular manga in different manga sites. And right now, Naruto 530 is a hit search and we got some information about it for you.

Naruto – one of the world’s most famous Manga series – is written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The story of this popular Japanese Manga Series is about a young man, Naruto Uzumaki, a ninja who wants to be rezognized and aspires to become a Hokage. He wants to be a Hokage because in their village, being a Hokage means being a leader who has the strongest power of all.

As of now, Naruto 530 is unavailable. It is not yet officially released by the publisher owning it. But of course, Naruto 506 will be soon available for you online. But if you got some Naruto 530 Raw spoilers or pictures, why not share them to the people visiting this site too? You can share it at the comment section below this post.

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Bakuman Manga Series

Bakuman

Genre: Romance, Comedy-drama

Author: Tsugumi Ohba

Illustrator: Takeshi Obata

Bakuman 110 is the latest chapter of Bakuman Manga Series written by Tsugumi Ohba and drawn by Takeshi Obata. Bakuman 110 manga has been a hit search right now as this latest Bakuman manga chapter is about to be released.

Bakuman‘s story begins with Moritaka Mashiro. He is a junior high school student and he left his notebook containing drawings of his crush and classmate who is Azuki Miho. When he knew that he left his notebook, he return to the class room to get it back. But in the class room, he saw Akito Takagi waiting for him with his notebook and he told Moritaka that he believes Azuki likes him too.

As of now, Bakuman 110 isn’t out, but we will definitely keep you updated when it’s out. But if you’re a cool guy that knows something like Bakuman 110 spoilers or pictures, why not share it on the comment section below of this post?

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Hunter x Hunter Manga Series

Hunter x Hunter

Genre: Action, Adventure, Supernatural

Writer / Illustrator: Yoshihiro Togashi

Hunter X Hunter 316 is the latest chapter of the Hunter X Hunter manga series. This latest chapter is a hit search right now on the web because of its anticipated arrival. So as of now, we got some information about Hunter X Hunter 316 manga.

Hunter X Hunter is a popular Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. And the story of this manga series follows a young boy named Gon Freecss. He knew that his father is alive and a legendary Hunter. This inspired Gon to follow the path of his father, Ging Freecss, despite of the fact that this man left him with his relatives just to pursue his dreams.

As of now, Hunter X Hunter 316 manga update is not yet available, but will surely be available, any time soon. And we will definitely keep you updated on this matter. Once Hunter X Hunter 316 manga hits the online sites, we will publish a post about it. But if you got some Hunter X Hunter 316 spoilers or pictures, why not share them to other manga-lovers in the comment section below?

Hunter X Hunter is a great manga series and we will post more updates and news about it.

After a long break for some things we really need to do, we finally managed to get back and keep Blasting Mind running actively again. Yes people, Blasting Mind is back to bring you again the latest news and updates about anything around the world.

We apologize for not updating this blog for almost a month. But we assure you that this blog is going to be more fun and full of information starting today.

Once again, we’re back for more updates for you! And we’ll still make sure once you visited our site, you’ll got a blast!

Bakuman Manga Series

Bakuman

Genre: Romance, Comedy-drama

Author: Tsugumi Ohba

Illustrator: Takeshi Obata

Bakuman 96 is the latest chapter of Bakuman Manga Series written by Tsugumi Ohba and drawn by Takeshi Obata. Bakuman 96 manga has been a hit search right now as this latest Bakuman manga chapter is about to be released.

Bakuman‘s story begins with Moritaka Mashiro. He is a junior high school student and he left his notebook containing drawings of his crush and classmate who is Azuki Miho. When he knew that he left his notebook, he return to the class room to get it back. But in the class room, he saw Akito Takagi waiting for him with his notebook and he told Moritaka that he believes Azuki likes him too.

As of now, Bakuman 96 isn’t out, but we will definitely keep you updated when it’s out. But if you’re a cool guy that knows something like Bakuman 96 spoilers or pictures, why not share it on the comment section below of this post?

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Hunter x Hunter Manga Series

Hunter x Hunter

Genre: Action, Adventure, Supernatural

Writer / Illustrator: Yoshihiro Togashi

Hunter X Hunter 313 is the latest chapter of the Hunter X Hunter manga series. This latest chapter is a hit search right now on the web because of its anticipated arrival. So as of now, we got some information about Hunter X Hunter 313 manga.

Hunter X Hunter is a popular Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. And the story of this manga series follows a young boy named Gon Freecss. He knew that his father is alive and a legendary Hunter. This inspired Gon to follow the path of his father, Ging Freecss, despite of the fact that this man left him with his relatives just to pursue his dreams.

As of now, Hunter X Hunter 313 manga update is not yet available, but will surely be available, any time soon. And we will definitely keep you updated on this matter. Once Hunter X Hunter 313 manga hits the online sites, we will publish a post about it. But if you got some Hunter X Hunter 313 spoilers or pictures, why not share them to other manga-lovers in the comment section below?

Hunter X Hunter is a great manga series and we will post more updates and news about it.