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Dear Enemy 亲密敌人迅雷下载地址

2011-12-25T21:49:00.001-08:00

Dear Enemy

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电影《亲密敌人》将大背景锁定为金融行业，讲述银行家们收购、并购的故事，演绎一段错综复杂的商战爱情。才女徐静蕾自导自演又一职场力作，同时亦有著名导演刘伟强担任影片监制，另一才女梁咏琪及新生代偶像李治廷加盟此片。影片将于2011年12月23日上映。

片名：亲密敌人英文名称：Dear Enemy

　　导演：徐静蕾

　　编剧：王芸、赵梦、徐静蕾

　　监制：刘伟强

　　主演：黄立行、徐静蕾、梁咏琪、李治廷、钟丽缇

　　拍摄地点：香港、成都、伦敦

　　类型：职场爱情，时尚喜剧

　　定位：圣诞爱情大片，《杜拉拉》升级版

　　语言：普通话

　　制作地区：中国大陆

上映日期：2011年12月23日

相处七年分手七个月，当艾米和Derek再次相见时，已经身处敌对的两家投资银行，即将为一场公司收购战展开正面对决。一轮轮你来我往的交锋后，彼此对爱情的留恋却在慢慢增长，在2012到来之前，Dear or enemy，他们会如何决择？

Derek（黄立行）是一家投资银行的董事总经理，他服务的A公司即将针对B公司进行收购，而后者的财务顾问正是他的前女友艾米（徐静蕾）。半年前，相处七年的他们感情爆发危机,全情投入工作的Derek长期疏忽身边的艾米，"一年365天只有28天在一起，在一起时也天天工作打电话"，这让艾米难以接受，冲动下提出分手，更赌气跳槽到另一家投行。于是，再见面时，两位昔日情场恋人即将在职场上针锋相对，大打出手。
　　Derek打压对手股价被艾米破解，艾米伦敦求援大股东被Derek破坏，离间、反间等各种匪夷所思的职场斗争手段层出不穷，这二人本来就是世界上最了解对方的人，自然也是最可怕的对手。期间更穿插着Derek与得力干将（梁咏琪）的暧昧情愫，金融第一狗仔（李治廷）在男女主角间飘忽选择。你来我往的商业斗争中，两颗其实还对彼此留恋的心越走越近，他们在强硬的职业外表下，都在掩藏着自己受伤的内心
　　正当职场上两人越战越勇时，艾米忽然收到到父亲庆祝六十大寿的邀请，在成都的盛大家宴上，艾米面对的不仅是已离异父母各自携带新欢出席的另类温馨家庭气氛，还有意外出现的Derek与Derek姐姐露西(钟丽缇)。原来这是父亲和露西巧妙安排二人催婚的。
　　成都一夜，远离香港激烈的职场斗争，二人终于敞开封闭已久的内心，真诚面对彼此对对方的留恋与爱情。但就在这个时刻，同行业里的第三位竞争者悄然实施了针对A、B公司的破釜沉舟计划，让艾米和Derek这对"亲密敌人"同时陷入危机　

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In the XP system, press and hold two keys, your computer will crash

2011-12-22T00:56:00.001-08:00

WINDOWNS in VISTA system and the E key for 2 seconds, the system will collapse, foreign magazines say it is VISTA, a fatal flaw, and so do XP system.

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The Milky Way's black hole may spring to life in 2013

2011-12-19T15:55:00.001-08:00

By John Timmer | Published December 14, 2011 1:59 PMLast updated December 14, 2011 6:35 PM

The gas cloud's path (red) takes it past many of the stars that orbit our galaxy's central black hole.

Quasars, the brightest objects we're aware of, are powered by the supermassive black holes that are thought to reside at the center of every galaxy. But many galaxies fail to feed their black holes enough matter, leading to a body that's quiet and difficult to detect. Our own galaxy's central black hole, called Sgr A*, falls into the latter category. We can detect it at wavelengths up to the X-ray range, but it's dim enough that we'd have a hard time spotting it if it weren't so close.

That may be about to change, however. Astronomers have spotted a cloud of gas with a mass about three times that of Earth that's on a trajectory that will have it pass close to Sgr A* in 2013. When it does, it may feed matter into the black hole's accretion disk, powering a sudden surge in Sgr A*'s output.

Since Sgr A* doesn't emit much in the way of radiation, a lot of what we've learned about it comes from tracking the stars that orbit it at close range; many of these have eccentric orbits that take them very close to the black hole. The Very Large Telescope has a program set up to perform periodic observations of the stars in order to track their orbits closely. It was during these observations that the team "discovered an object moving at about 1,700 km/s along a trajectory almost straight towards Sgr A*."

Observations of its emissions indicated that the object was a gas cloud that was much more dense than the material that's typically found in the area, and cooler as well. It's not quite heading straight at Sgr A*, but it's on a highly eccentric orbit that will take it extremely close to the body—36 light hours by the summer of 2013 (for comparison, the Voyager spacecraft are over a dozen light hours from the Earth). As a result of this plunge, the black hole's gravity has been accelerating the gas within the time we've been observing it; its total velocity (including some motion that's not towards the black hole) has increased from 1,200 km/s to nearly double that speed over the last seven years.

In the nearly 20 years we've been observing Sgr A*, only two stars have ever come closer to it. But stars are held together by gravity; this cloud is too diffuse to have that sort of coherence. As a result, the authors expect that it will undergo dramatic changes as it blasts in to the neighborhood of the black hole. The shock of hitting the low-density, high-temperature gas will compress the cloud even as the black hole's gravity starts to stretch it out along the direction of its orbit. This could eventually split the cloud into multiple fragments, each of which may take a slightly different path around the black hole.

As these fragments reach the point in the orbit closest to black hole, its temperatures may reach 10⁶K, hot enough for it to start emitting X-rays.

But that may not be the only fireworks. If the cloud does end up fragmenting, then there's a chance that one of the fragments will end up feeding into the accretion disk surrounding the black hole. "This could in principle release up to around 10⁴⁸ erg over the next decade," the authors estimate. We'll have to wait and see, but you can be sure lots of electronic eyes will be watching.

In the meantime, when nothing in particular happens in 2012, the cloud's destruction may end up providing a new bit of excitement for doomsday aficionados.

Nature, 2011. DOI: 10.1038/nature10652 (About DOIs).

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The Ars Technica 2011 Child's Play Drive has raised over $17,000! Let's keep it going

2011-12-19T04:55:00.001-08:00

By Ben Kuchera | Published December 15, 2011 12:26 PM

We've been running our own Child's Play drive this time of the year for the past few years, and it has long been one of my favorite projects. We set this year's first goal at $10,000 when we launched the drive, and we've smashed that goal pretty handily: we're proud to announce our total rests at $17,531 raised from readers of Ars Technica.

I can't say rests, actually, because donations continue to come in, and keeping track of how many people are donating and keeping a record of our total is a large part of my day right now. Can you imagine what it's like to wade through piles of e-mails that prove the generosity of people? It's like grunt work that feeds your soul. If you head over to the official Child's Play site, you'll also see the Ars Technica logo under the Platinum Sponsors section, and we're in some wonderful company there. You guys made that happen.

Last year we raised a little over $24,000 for the charity, and I'd like to beat that total this year. We're already doing much better than I had hoped, and I think we can do it, no sweat. If you think a $2 donation is silly, don't. If you think it's not worth your time to donate $20, let me tell you that your donation is going to be put with thousands of other people that donated smaller amounts, and it's going to buy piles of video games, books, and toys. The kids don't care if you only paid for half of an item, they're just going to know their holidays are a little better because someone decided to give.

Are you ready? Let's smash that goal.

Why should I donate? How do I donate?

The "why" is simple: by placing a monetary donation (or by buying items directly), you're making sure children who are stuck in the hospital for the holidays have toys, books, and video games to play with. Gaming can take players far away from their actual surroundings, and that's never more important than when your reality is a long-term stay in a medical facility.

Donating couldn't be easier. Simply go to the official Child's Play page and donate via Paypal, or click on one of the individual hospitals to view its Amazon wishlist and purchase those items directly. You can also text GAMERS to 50555 to donate $5 instantly. Between Paypal, Amazon, and text messaging, everyone has an easy way to donate, and every little bit helps.

Now, here's the fun part. Grab a digital copy of your receipt (it can be a screenshot or simply a cut and paste of the text) and send it to ChildsPlay@arstechnica.com. Your receipt gets you an entry into our drawing for the prizes you'll read about below. (One entry per person, see official rules for entry without purchase) We'll choose 17 winners on January 10, 2012, and those winners get to choose their prize packages (choosing takes place in the order that the winners were drawn). Donations need to be made before January 4th to be eligible for the prizes. Here are the full rules.

Also, be sure to check our first post to look at the prizes we're offering! This isn't nearly as fun unless we offer some interesting and one-of-a-kind gaming items to give away.

Photo illustration by Aurich Lawson

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Can a $100 iPad case improve 3G data power?

2011-12-19T04:54:00.001-08:00

By Jon Philips, wired.com | Published December 16, 2011 7:12 AM

Pong's iPad 3G case folds like origami to provide the tablet with a convenient kickstand

Were I to tell my most perpetually indignant friend that his tablet's 3G radio is prone to regular performance drops of up to 75 percent, he would likely enter apoplectic rage.

Such is the emotional fabric of the modern tech enthusiast. We're already concerned about overloaded data networks that can't handle too many simultaneous user requests, and Apple's iPhone 4 "antennagate" imbroglio, rightly or wrongly, has left conspiracy-minded consumers wary of self-sabotaging hardware.

But now a company called Pong Research is spreading word of a proximity sensor inside the iPad 2 WiFi + 3G that reduces the tablet's 3G radio output by some 6 dBm, or about three-quarters of its total transmission strength. The sensor is tripped whenever it comes within 10mm of a solid object—which could be anything from human flesh to an iPad case that snugly ensconces the tablet's chassis.

Apple doesn't mention the proximity sensor in any of its marketing materials or user manuals, and it declined to comment for this article. But the sensor is referenced in Apple's filings with the FCC, which make frequent reference to a 3G radio "back-off" mode.

So what is Pong's stake in the game? The company specializes in third-party iPhone and iPad cases marketed as providing consumers with additional protection from the electromagnetic radiation emitted by their devices. As a side benefit, Pong's iPad 3G case purportedly doesn't trip the proximity sensor. Other third-party cases, Pong says, trip the sensor and leave the user with reduced 3G power.

To validate Pong's claims, I visited Cetecom Inc., an FCC compliance lab, and observed while technicians tested the iPad 3G case under the full scrutiny of scientific inquiry. But before I reveal the test results, let's dig a little deeper into the iPad's proximity sensor. Why did Apple include a potential data governor in the 3G version of its tablet, and what effect does its back-off mode really have on real-world 3G data connections?

Down the FCC rabbit hole

Unless you burrow your way into a cryptic database of public FCC filings, it's near impossible to find any evidence of an iPad proximity sensor. Indeed, simple Google searches only reveal speculation about the features a proximity sensor might provide were one to be deployed in Apple's tablet. One thread of what-if-ing from January posits an auto-unlocking function that would be triggered as soon as a user picks up the device.

But evidence of the proximity sensor can indeed be found in a report prepared for Apple by Compliance Certifications Services (CCS), and submitted to the FCC on March 1, 2011. Titled "SAR Evaluation Report," the document chronicles a series of tests to determine how much electromagnetic radiation a user might absorb from the iPad's wireless communications hardware. SAR stands for "specific absorption rate," and is the metric by which the FCC measures radiation exposure to the human body.

Deep inside the report, CCS makes note of the iPad's proximity sensor in a section titled "Power Reduction By Sensing." In summary, when the proximity sensor comes within 10mm of a solid object, it triggers a "back-off" mode that reduces the power of the iPad's 3G radio (which, along with the sensor itself, resides to the right of the front-facing camera in the iPad 2 WiFi + 3G). CCS ran a series of tests to determine not only the degree of power reduction across various radio bands, but the effect of power reduction on SAR.

This diagram from an FCC filing indicates the location of the iPad's proximity sensor.

FCC

While Apple wouldn't comment on the sensor, it's easy to glean the sensor's intent from both its cause-and-effect properties, and the fact it plays such a big part in a report on radiation absorption.

"It looks like the sensor is looking for human tissue next to the antenna, and if it sees it, it backs off the transmit power," says Francis Sideco, iSuppli's senior principal analyst for wireless communications. "You would assume that the FCC had some kind of requirements that the iPad had to meet."

Like iSuppli's senior wireless expert, even the teardown mavens at iFixit were unaware of the proximity sensor before I showed them FCC documentation. But in typically intrepid iFixit fashion, they got right down to business, and unearthed what they suspect could be the physical component itself.

Says iFixit's Miro Djuric: "The only component that I could see that could possibly be the proximity sensor is a teeny tiny component that's attached to the black plastic bar contained in the 3G version. That component is completely missing from the WiFi version, which allows us to conclude that the WiFi version doesn't need it."

Thanks to iFixit, we have visual evidence of what might be the proximity sensor in question. The iPad on the top is WiFi only. Below we see the 3G version of the same tablet

Miro Djuric/iFixit.com

Photograph by Ariel Zambelich/Wired.com

And why did Apple put the sensor in the iPad?

Djuric posits: "It's to limit the amount of SAR exposure a user would get, should they place themselves next to the iPad while it's transmitting information—for example, falling asleep on top of the iPad while watching a lame movie on Netflix. The impact of radiation decreases dramatically with distance, so you're a lot safer with your iPad six inches from your head than you are with it pressed right up to your face."

While the SAR Evaluation Report from CCS makes frequent reference to the proximity sensor, it doesn't describe its operation or even intent. For this information, readers are directed to a separate document titled "Operational Description"—a report that's been tagged "Permanent Confidential" by the FCC, and is unavailable for public review.

Pong's secret weapon: radiation redistribution

So we know the proximity sensor exists, and that it attenuates 3G radio power. Our line of inquiry now turns to Pong Research, and its marketing claims.

Pong makes two promises about its case: First, that its case won't trigger the proximity sensor, while competing cases will. "The proximity sensor is triggered not just by the human body, but by any solid. As a result, all commercial cases for the iPad 2 also cause the proximity sensor to trigger, which can reduce your transmission power by up to 75 percent," the company writes.

Pong's case design redistributes energy across a larger surface area, reducing the radiation hotspot over the 3G radio.

The company's sensor solution is fairly straightforward: Its case has a cut-out over the part of the iPad where the proximity sensor is located—a strategy that can be employed by any case manufacturer that knows about the sensor, and is concerned about the tablet's back-off mode.

Pong's second promise is more ambitious. It says its case includes an integrated circuit board designed to "couple passively" with the tablet's own 3G antenna, and redistribute 3G radiation away from the user's body.

"Normally, the radiation from the iPad is concentrated near the antenna," says Ryan McCaughey, the Chief Technology Officer at Pong Research. "The Pong case redistributes the 3G radiation over a larger area to reduce the intensity and lower SAR. It's a passive device, and doesn't amplify the signal."

This is a completely separate matter from the proximity sensor, and it's Pong's raison d'être. As as a safety measure, FCC regulations limit SAR levels for partial-body exposure to up to 1.6 W/kg (watts/kilogram), and whole body exposure to up to 0.08 W/kg. But Pong caters to consumers who worry that even FCC-approved levels of radiation might have long-term health implications. Pong's phone cases, and now their iPad cases, promise extra protection by redistributing radiation away from the consumer's body.

Bold claims. How would they hold up in Cetecom's lab?

Testing the body phantom

Located in the business park sprawl of Milpitas, Califorinia, Cetecom Inc. is easy to miss, with a nondescript, near-featureless exterior. But walk down its hallways, and you'll discover the company is home to hardcore testing chambers filled with massive robotic arms, gigantic wall-mounted turntables, and sensitive electronics equipment calibrated to the nth degree. Cetecom is a major player in FCC compliance testing, and graciously agreed to help us validate Pong's claims.

Our first series of tests delved into SAR—specific absorption rate, or, in lay terms, how much radiation one's body may receive from handling the iPad WiFi + 3G. We first ran the test with the iPad alone, sans case, and then repeated the regimen with the Pong case attached. According to Pong, its case should reduce SAR by about two-thirds.

The SAR testing apparatus in an impressive set-up. The device under review is carefully positioned below a basin filled with a special liquid solution called a "body phantom." The phantom is mostly water with a small amount of ethanol, and simulates the electrical properties of body tissue.

A huge robotic arm controls the SAR probe as it penetrates the body phantom

Above the basin moves a probe controlled by an industrial-strength robotic arm. The probe enters the phantom, and does a precise area scan, searching for electromagnetic hotspots where the iPad is radiating the most. Once identified, hotspots are investigated further with a more penetrating volume scan, which ultimately yields the SAR numbers supplied to the FCC.

Our results? The Pong case delivered all the radiation protection it advertises.

Before we ran the tests, the company provided me with documents from its own SAR testing. On the 1880MHz WCDMA 3G radio band, Pong's paperwork shows that a "naked" iPad emits an average SAR of 1.44 mW/g (milliwatts per gram), while an iPad with Pong's case attached lowers SAR to 0.445 mW/g.

At Cetecom, we tested the very same radio band, and observed that same two-thirds reduction in SAR. (Per an agreement with Cetecom, I won't be sharing specific numbers from the tests I observed in their lab.)

In total, it's an impressive product for anyone concerned about receiving excessive amounts of radiation while holding an iPad in the throes of 3G transmission. (We found the same results when we tested Pong's iPhone case in 2009.)

So that's SAR. What about Pong's claims that its case doesn't trip the proximity sensor, unlike other third-party cases?

Inside the anechoic chamber

To test the power of the iPad's 3G radio—and to determine what really happens when the proximity sensor is tripped—we entered Cetecom's over-the-air testing facility. Testing apparatus is spread across two rooms: an anechoic chamber covered top to bottom with foam pyramids that absorb stray radio waves, and an external room filled with equipment that measures the procedures occurring inside the chamber itself.

Inside the anechoic chamber, we placed the iPad 2 on a pedestal that rotates 360 degrees. On the wall of the chamber is a massive turntable with a 3G antenna attached. To build a 3D model of the iPad 2's 3G transmission strength, the pedestal rotates in a circle while the turntable-mounted antenna sweeps across a 165-degree arc across an opposing axis. The antenna measures 3G signal strength at specific points on the arc, and reports back to the testing equipment in the other room.

Looking like something from the game Portal 2, the anechoic chamber is filled with RF-absorbing pyramids and a gigantic wall-mounted turntabl

We ran three tests: the iPad 2 transmitting "naked," the tablet transmitting while seated in the Pong case, and the tablet transmitting while seated in another third-party case that firmly grips the entire bottom and sides of the iPad's chassis.

Our results at Cetecom perfectly mapped against the numbers CCI provided in its SAR Evaluation Report filed with the FCC. In this report, CCI indicates average 3G power drops from 22.4 dBm to 16.4 dBm when the proximity sensor back-off is triggered.

Just as Pong promised, we saw this 6 dBm reduction in our own testing: The iPad transmitted at full power when running naked and when seated in the Pong case, but its power attenuated when seated in the other third-party case. Because the dBm scale is logarithmic and not linear, this seemingly small reduction in power actually represents a power drop in the neighborhood of 75 percent.

But what does a 75 percent reduction really mean to users tapping into 3G in the field?

If you're currently using a third-party iPad 2 case that trips the tablet's proximity sensor, you really only need to be concerned about the tablet's ability to connect to faraway cell towers. According to McCaughey, Pong's CTO, "Reducing a phone or tablet's 3G signal strength will decrease the range within which the device can connect to a tower. A 75 percent reduction in transmission power, for example, produces a 50 percent smaller connectivity range."

Sideco, iSuppli's wireless expert, adds a bit more texture. He points out that out the tablet's radio strength affects the 3G uplink, and not the downlink, which is most central to the consumer experience—i.e., we typically download much more data than we ever upload.

Nonetheless, says Sideco, "The power back-off could impact acknowledgements by the application or the device going back to a server or base station. Therefore, you definitely want to optimize your power to balance what is needed or available versus its impact on battery life."

Sideco also points out that a 6 dBm drop might never be noticed by the user. "If the RF conditions are very clean, and you are also close to the tower, you might not even need anywhere near 16dB of power," he says. "The reduction only really comes into play in the boundary conditions where maximum transmission power is required."

So, in the final analysis, what are we to make of Pong's unique case design?

It's a very expensive accessory at $100, but it's made of a durable Lexan material that's soft to the touch, and looks nearly as smart as leather. This isn't a gaudy case. It reeks of purpose-built seriousness befitting Pong's intentions. And the case not only seats the iPad 2 with a firm grip, it also includes a unique folding cover that can be be arranged in a variety of stand configurations.

But when push comes to shove, you wouldn't spend $100 for aesthetics and a clever kickstand. You would buy the Pong case because you're concerned about radiation exposure, and want to ensure you're getting every bit of 3G power your iPad can muster.

To this end, the Pong case clearly, unequivocally delivers on both counts.

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Naked mole rats feel no pain due to acid

2011-12-19T04:51:00.001-08:00

By Diana Gitig | Published December 16, 2011 9:12 AM

African naked mole rats never cease to amaze. Not only are they exceedingly ugly, but they are the longest living rodents. Moreover, none have ever been observed to get cancer. And they are the only known vertebrates that are not bothered by acid. A report in this week's Science explains the molecular basis underlying this acid insensitivity, and suggests that it might be an adaptation to their oxygen-poor living conditions..

Acid causes pain by activating nociceptors, proton-triggered ion channels that activate neurons. This recent study compared acid receptors from naked mole rats and mice, and found that they were not all that different. Similar numbers of each receptor were found in the respective animals, and acid evoked similar levels of current through them.

Voltage gated sodium channels, which function in the propagation of nerve signals, are known to be inhibited by protons. It turns out that voltage-gated currents in the naked mole rat are much more susceptible to acid inhibition than those in mice. At pH6.0, the naked mole rat neurons exhibited a 63 percent reduction in conductance, which was significantly greater than the 42 percent reduction observed in the mouse neurons.

Mild acidification shuts down both mouse and naked mole rat channels, preventing them from opening when confronted with a much lower pH. But this inactivation happens much faster in the naked mole rat.

How and why does acid inhibit naked mole rat nociceptors so potently? The threshold for triggering a nerve impulse by nociceptors is determined by a specific sodium gated channel. In humans, genetic mutations disabling the gene encoding this channel lead to complete insensitivity to pain, whereas activating mutations cause extreme pain disorders.

Within the pore of this channel, there is a string of positively charged amino acids that controls acid sensitivity. In naked mole rats, these are replaced by negatively charged amino acids. The amino acid changes in the naked mole rat cause an increased proton sensitivity in their sodium channel, providing an inhibition too strong for acid to overcome. Thus acid cannot evoke nociceptor firing like it can in other animals.

Naked mole rats live in large colonies in underground burrows, which incidentally is why they are naked—they don't need any fur. But their subterranean environment is very high in CO₂, which can lower the pH of tissues.

There is also a species of microbat that lives in small caves and is therefore also subjected to a high CO₂ environment. Its sodium channel has a negatively charged motif in it like the naked mole rat's, instead of a positively charged one like ours. Convergent evolution thus may have selected for these genetic variants to reduce acid sensitivity in these very different species that share similar extreme living conditions.

Science, 2011. DOI: 10.1126/science.1213760 (About DOIs).

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Week in gaming: Bioshock Infinite goes spiritual, Nerf review, RAAM's Shadow

2011-12-19T04:48:00.000-08:00

By Ben Kuchera | Published December 17, 2011 10:00 AM

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This was a great week for interesting stories, including a review of an impressively small but powerful Nerf gun and thoughts on the lyrics of a hymn used in the latest Bioshock Infinite trailer. We also revisited our Child's Play drive, with some impressive results. Come inside and see what you might have missed.

Oh, Lord: Ken Levine didn't remove religious lyrics from Bioshock Infinite trailer: The new trailer for Bioshock Infinite is beautiful, but some are taking offense to a change made to a beloved, and religious, American song. The truth is much simpler: the song used is accurate to the time period of the game, and no lyrics were changed.

The "best" of the VGAs: new Mass Effect 3, Bioshock Infinite trailers, and Tony Hawk HD: While the Video Game Awards may be painful to watch, the actual trailers and news that come out of the show are always exciting. Come inside and take a look at some of the games we're looking forward to—without the hateful awards show wrapped around them!

The latest Humble Bundle offers amazing games, promotes multiplatform releases: The latest Humble Bundle may offer the best series of games yet, including both Super Meat Boy, and Shank, and the "Bundle Advocate" hints at what's coming in the future for the Humble team.

The Nerf Jolt EX-1 is small, concealable, accurate, and it stings a little : The newest Nerf gun goes simple, small, and satisfying. This gun may look tiny, even cute, but its range and power are nothing to laugh at.

RAAM's Shadow DLC adds context, richness to world of Gears of Wars: RAAM's Shadow, a $15 content pack for Gears of War 3, shows what Sera looked like before the war destroyed much of the planet's elegance, and it puts you in control of one of the most powerful characters in the series.

Judge dismisses "Other OS" class-action suit against Sony: A class-action lawsuit against Sony for removing the "Other OS" features of the PlayStation 3 has been dismissed. The Judge noted that while the move may not have been the best thing for customers, there was no legal argument against Sony's actions in the current suit.

Free, high-quality updates are the key to Jetpack Joyride's success: Jetpack Joyride is an amazing game, but the quality and number of its free updates made us wonder about the business model. According to Halfbrick Studios, this approach requires a light touch, but the rewards can be great.

The Ars Technica 2011 Child's Play Drive has raised over $17,000! Let's keep it going: Our 2011 Child's Play drive has smashed our initial goal, so it's time to go after last year's total. Come inside to see where we're at, and where we need to be. This has been a great year already, so let's continue to make it better.

Real Big Shootin' add-on for the Gunstringer lets you live gaming's greatest fantasy: The Real Big Shootin' DLC package for the Gunstringer is only $3, offers limited gameplay, but the novelty of the shooting galleries and the fun of the "final boss" make it worth your time and money.

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Corel. VideoStudio X4 crack

2011-12-18T06:52:00.001-08:00

From KelvinZD Author: zhangdi5604

Activation method:
        1 complete "VideoStudio X4" After installation, click on the desktop "VideoStudio" icon, the "Welcome to free 30-day trial" interface, click "Continue" and necessary "account" registration;
         2 Close "VideoStudio X4", a "remaining 30 days" interface, click the lower left corner "has purchased" button, activate the interface: "Please enter your serial number";
         3 Run "VideoStudio X4 RI" in the Program drop-down bar, select the item "CorelVideoStudio ProX414.0", click "Serial" and enter the registration code generated "Please enter your serial number." option box;
         4 Click the "Call" (should not click "Connect") to: Write down the active interface to generate the "install code" five of 20 letters or numbers; in RI in the "Installation Coda" item type and click "Activation ";
        5 to RI "activation code" to generate the five items were 20 letters or numbers, fill in the "VideoStudio X4" active interface on the "activation code" box, click "continue" that is successfully activated!

Note: false positives will kill soft, soft kill operation can be temporarily shut down, in fact, the software I used, non-toxic and do not poison your ease of use.

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Small but powerful plug-in software Image Eye

2011-12-18T06:41:00.001-08:00

from KelvinZD Author: zhangdi5604

If the best charting software, everyone will think of "ACDSee", right? But, for now, ACD appears to be some "fat", his image adjustment function, for someone like me who simply plug-in, the function some "more" the ... ...
However, recently, I found a quite good and the small, fast plug-in software: ImageEye.

Here I talk about the characteristics of his
1 compact.
Size is only 700K or so, relatively ACDSee, is indeed some "small point" feeling ~
2 Image loading speed.
She opened the picture in the rate of no less ACDsee, or even worse -
3 appearance.
If you like the Aero Windows7 style, this little guy decided to be your best choice. She supports a transparent background ~
Moreover, she also supports "drag and drop screen" function - that is, click on the screen Oh, you can drag and drop functionality. (Technical terms I do not know how to say, anyway, certain used PotPlayer know, click on the screen you can drag ~)

4 supported formats.
Common image formats are supported, for example, Png, jpg, gif and also supports Photoshop's psd, tiff and other formats. Although it can not support the format and types of ACDSee comparison, but daily use is no problem.

5 basic image editing functions.
She supports some basic image editing functions. For example, set as wallpaper, picture color, brightness, size adjustment. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that, she also supports screen snapshot features ~ hehe ~

6 Support slide show function. Shortcut functions (note this is not the official website, completely on my own.)
For example, above a key, is double the scale, 2 is twice the scale, and so on. Ctrl + mouse wheel for image resizing, you can press up and down arrow keys to zoom; left arrow keys to flip; PageUp is on a picture, Page Down of course, is under a slightly ~ It is also worth mentioning that she supported the final a beep function. When the picture to the last one, it will prompt ~ (Of course, with a long Acdsee, some shortcuts that some "good use", but the familiar down, really very're wrong ~)
7 supports multi-window browsing patterns and indexing.
What? Do not know what "index" feature? See below ~

A software, it is inevitable that some shortcomings and inadequacies. Here I found a "flaw" and inadequate.
1 pop-up menu function "Some ugly"
For me this pursuit of "simple" people, right-click menu some of her and her simple "alien" and even I think that the author draws on the menu at the right effort is superfluous ... ...
Keke ~ But the author is also a reason to do so ~ ~ hehe ~ Well personal preferences (see figure above ~)

(2) of the original installation package does not support simplified Chinese features.
However, users have the Almighty translated for us, and I have provided to us, compressed package in there, that time can be copied to the installation directory.
3 icon is not very good looking.
As for how to look good, I want to say, before I have been using ACDSee4, she's really good file format icons, and icons in various formats in different style, but this little guy is somewhat monotonous, and only the yellow " little eyes. "

For more features, you need to be slightly - to discover we had a good like ACDSee, but since met "her", I really like her "small, simple."
I introduced her to everyone, so more and more people know her to understand her ~ O (∩ _ ∩) O ~
Meanwhile, we hope to beautify her master ~

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Surfing access the DNS

2011-12-17T22:10:00.001-08:00

Most airports, hotels and the like places, when you enter a URL such as www.google.com, it will pop up a page to enter your account password to access. DNS can be resolved correctly this time, but the Internet to pay for certification.

DNS tunneling can be achieved through free Internet access. Specifically:

(1) try to get a domain name DNS resolution, and now many of these free domain name, such as the tk, co.cc's. Assuming that the domain name is abc123.tk.

(2) the registration of institutions in tk, set abc123.tk the NS server for your own host (preferably Linux VPS), for example:
abc123.tk. IN NS ns.abc123.tk.
ns.abc123.tk. IN A 74.81.81.81

(3) 74.81.81.81, and as root run a Perl script (the script from Dan Kaminsky's OzymanDNS package):
. / nomde.pl-i 0.0.0.0 abc123.tk
The script listens on UDP 53 port, accept DNS requests, and only resolved abc123.tk domain.

(4) on the client machine (requires ssh, preferably Linux), run the following command:
ssh-ND 7070-o ProxyCommand = ". / droute.pl sshdns.abc123.tk" user @ localhost
The ssh command,-ND 7070, said the local open port 7070 for socks 5 proxy. droute.pl is a DNS tunnel client tool, also from OzymanDNS package. sshdns is fixed host name, domain name abc123.tk added to the front. user is your login name on the 74.81.81.81, @ localhost is fixed, do not change (because the tunnel is over, the machine is 74.81.81.81).

After running the ssh command will prompt for a password. Enter the correct password, you and the remote host established ssh connection, access to an SSH terminal. And, in 7070 opened the machine's socks 5 proxy port. Configure your browser to use this proxy port, began to enjoy free surfing it!

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• tsunagarumon - Japan will provide free small PPTP VPN

2011-12-17T21:07:00.001-08:00

Application is very simple, open their website

Fill in their email, will receive an activation letter

Will then receive your account and password

VPN Address: vpn.tsunagarumon.com

VPN account: your email address

vpn password: password for mail received

Application address:

http://tsunagarumon.com/

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How to Calculate GPA

2011-12-17T03:23:00.001-08:00

The online GPA calculator is a tool to calculate grade point average based on a typical high school system. GPA is calculated by dividing the total amount of grade points earned by the total amount of credit hours attempted.

Cumulative GPA calculator - keeps track of your GPA and due dates

as a public service to the public, HERE is a FREE GPA Calculator. Now calculate your little hearts out!

Simple College GPA Calculator

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The Flowers of War- The Hollywood Reporter

2011-12-16T22:55:00.001-08:00

Based on Yan Geling's novel "13 Flowers of Nanjing," the Nanjing massacre plays front and center in director Zhang Yimou's tale.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/flowers-of-war-film-review-christian-bale-272125
It's something you'd think only the crassest of Hollywood producers would come up with — injecting sex appeal into an event as ghastly at the Nanjing massacre — but it's an element central to The Flowers of War, a contrived and unpersuasive look at an oft-dramatized historical moment. One of the first Chinese-financed features to topline a major American star (Inseparable, with Kevin Spacey, debuted at Pusan in October), Zhang Yimou's elaborately produced drama automatically will draw attention due to the presence of Christian Bale atop the cast but has the misfortune of coming so close on the heels of a truly outstanding film with the same setting, Lu Chuan's City of Life and Death. After a Dec. 16 commercial launch on home turf, Wrekin Hill has set one-week runs beginning Dec. 23 in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, with a wider release to follow next year. But commercial prospects, at least in North America, look very limited.

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The Flowers of War

2011-12-16T03:28:00.000-08:00

The Flowers of War

金陵十三钗抢先版看与不看它都在那里

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　　1937年的南京，日军残暴，满目疮痍，但由国际友人主持的一个教堂暂时还是一方净土。几个神职人员收留了一群躲在教堂里的金陵女大学生、13个躲避战火的秦淮河上的风尘女子，以及6个从死人堆里爬出来的国军伤兵。共同面对有史以来最惨绝人寰的大屠杀的故事，结果竟然是那13个最"下贱"的女子成了保护众人的英雄。在这个相对封闭的空间里，他们共同面对有史以来最可怕、最没有人性的屠杀，产生了各种各样奇妙的感情。然而，教堂也不是永远的净土，日军终于冲进了这里。伤兵被杀，女大学生则眼看就要被日军掳走凌辱。在这个时刻，这13个平日里被视为下贱的女子，在侵略者丧失人性的屠刀前，激发了侠义血性：她们身披唱诗袍，怀揣剪刀，代替教堂里的女学生参加日本人的圣诞庆祝会，去赴一场悲壮的死亡之约。

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以后宿舍被子就这么叠了，气死查房的

2011-12-15T22:03:00.001-08:00

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微博，就是一门新语言

2011-12-15T21:52:00.001-08:00

公关业，传统公关在向互联网公关转，费用也在增长;互联网公关，微博营销增长迅速;微博是电子商务的主要入口之一。电子商务是中国企业未来迈不过去的一个坎，扼住微博，就是扼住电子商务的关键环节。现在就是站队、圈地。

蘑菇街的数据显示，有三分之一的流量来自于新浪微博，微博营销在将来是有可能量化的。还有美丽说也是得益于微博的一家公司。一旦这条路打通，微博营销将呈现放量增长。这样一来，那些水军假营销就不再成立了，将来是电商唱主流的微博营销。

在国外，八成的企业己经在用推特做营销，大力削减传统营销的费用。很简单，因为我们知道，推特的另一端就是一个活生生的用户。

我们上央视，是因为我们不知道哪一半广告费浪费了;微博不同。现在当然由于企业还不懂，所以有很多水军，很多乱做的微博营销，而且也可以赚钱。

但是，一旦出现一个样板，这个市场就会改变，就象封杀王老吉事件之后，中国网络营销得到了启蒙一样!直至大众在2010年投入一个亿在网络营销上。真正的稳定是什么，是能力，是对自己的投资，是对市场的捕捉。

我们不能错过时代给我们的机遇——传统时代，成就一个企业要几十年，互联网时代，可能就是十年，今天微博来了，速度越来越快，推特，脸书这些企业，都是迅速崛起的。上面说的，是行业方向。

具体到企业来看，真正看懂这个市场的，看懂趋势，找到商业模式的，还真的不多。我们看很多大企业，进去了，如果碰到象朱总这样懂微博的，还会受重视。但往往很多大企业，老总根本不懂互联网，比如立白。连网络都不重视，何谈更进一步的网络营销，对网络营销人才的重视呢?

再说公关公司，某些大型公关公司，他们都在互联网方面做得不是很精到，原因是什么?原因是互联网在他们的主业中，所占比例不高。公关公司还有很多停在发稿赚钱的阶段。

再说网络公司，蓝门互动，还有好耶、新意互动等等，这些公司呢，应该说比较有优势。但他们的生意多得接不过来，不过营业额高的主要还是以广告投放、广告创意为主。因为他们生意太好了，不需要在这方面下大力气也是可以理解的。就象电商托管企业的前些年的一些企业，他们现在有名了，往往接了单，直接外包，坐享其成。这样，对互联网前沿的触觉不够敏锐。就象很多大品牌，外包给HTC，结果，最终HTC取代了他们。

在以微博为代表的社会化营销上，体量大的网络广告公司做的不好，和大型公关公司一个道理，社会化营销这一块占到的收入比重还是大小了。

所以，社会化营销这一块，在新锐新媒体公司，是最重视的，也在形成核心竞争力。比如，我们就与华讯通联合，今年业务在互联网推广和微博推广方面增长非常迅猛，超过了以往十年的任何一年，是几何级数的增长。而且，这一块，别看小。大公司看不上，但是一旦做起来，就是有门槛的。

网感，非常重要。再有才华的人，没做过微博，网感不足，是做不好的。很多传统公关的人，很多营销人，就被隔绝了。也有很多人，看得懂，但是做不到。这是一个新的时代，一种新的语言的诞生，很多人木有意识到。

在微博上，很多人操着生活中的中规中矩的语言，己经不好交流了。消费者己经这样了，90后己经这样了，企业怎么办，将来必然是一批新营销力量的起来。你看轻品牌怎么出来的呢?淘宝体是怎么诞生的呢?

这块做好不容易，与传统的互联网营销方式不一样。你可以把互动做起来，效率提高。有一天，客户自己拿回去做，就发现，效率马上掉下来。

而且，从人力成本来说，客户自己运营，专人负责，一个人估计不够，一个资深的人，那么加上周边成本福利等，比如你是4K，公司开支至少在2万左右，按5倍往上算。因为旅游，假期、奖金，福利，请假，等等。那么，交给专业的公司来做，会是比较好的选择。而在专业的公司，资源方面也有优势。

一个人是有学习曲线的，微博专员也是如此。一个人，接触微博一年，做一个帐号，是一个水平。如果一个人，接触微博半年，但先后经营过六个帐号，并在一个团队中互相促进，他的学习曲线会明显提高。一个成功运营过10个以上微博帐号的人，并有三年资历，这样的人将来是抢手的人才。比如，我给不少企业推荐过微博专员，一个刚毕业的大学生，也不是很会做，进去都有4K，

当然这是大企业开出的薪水。电商人才现在待遇虚高也是同样的问题，一个成功操盘过几个项目的电商经理，可以去到1.7、8万。这些，是谈个人的发展，职业发展。

当然，再进一步说。微博营销也有很多人才，甚至是应届毕业生，我公司现在就有一个同事，还在学校的时候，就做了一个本地号，十几万粉丝，全是真的，互动效率相当的高。但，我还要说，光靠一个人打拼，是拼不出未来的。需要一个团队，在团队的平台上，可以承接更多的客户，把流程理顺。

我现在有几个人，其中有个女孩子还相当厉害，经验丰富，得到很多客户的表扬。无论是本土的万家乐，还是香港的周大福，还有外资的imax，她都可以处理得不错。象你们这样年轻的后起之秀，应该更多的是需要经验。

这个时代有很多努力的人。比如你在XX大企业，可以慢慢经营一个微博帐号。但是，你知道吗?短短几个月，外面我们己经经营和尝试了微博与电商的整合，做了浙江卫视中国梦想秀的APP，做了几十场微博活动，以及多种不同类型企业微博帐号的有限试水。把触角伸到了运营之外，活动、平台、应用、游戏以及微博外的全网推广。这些经验，是很宝贵的。

如果你在两年间，经历了这些，你的身价就倍增了。包括手机平台的应用，我们给某品牌还策划了AR互动的应用，也策划了多种LBS夺宝达人的活动。很多在国外操作过的微博营销活动，我们还有很多去尝试的空间。包括我们还有供应商是做汽车的AR技术，现在有些户外广告，是二维码技术与广告相结合，这些也完全可以跟微博相结合。这些，我觉得都是激动人心的应用，而且，将来会越来越多。

在当下，了解，懂得这些的人，会把握住机会，通过团队的力量，拿下更多的客户，为自己创富。技术与营销的结合，这间公司将来会非常有价值!技术驱动，人文传播。virture这间美国的公司，掌管着2500家企业的社会化媒体帐号，其中也包括了全球的500强中很多企业。今天，麦当劳们，己经不在广告后面打.com，而是打.Facebook。

从另一种角度来看，微博也是很多企业不敢忽视的。微博业务，又是很多市场总监要看住的，因为老板有微博。老板检查起来非常容易，手机看一下。金额又小，很多企业并不是支付不起，领导又重视，还不能不做。

那么，找专业的公司就是必然的。一个大公关公司的总监跟我说，他们一般都是外包。为什么，一个六百万的项目，微博才十来万，做不做，做坏了，给客户坏印象，影响六百万的印象;不做又不行，只能外包。

作者快刀洪七

来源 http://wqadwy.blog.techweb.com.cn/archives/158.html

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新家居室内装修书房位置的确定

2011-12-15T21:46:00.001-08:00

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书房是我们读书学习的地方，也是我们陶冶情操、提高文化修养的空间，因此在选择确定书房的位置我们要注意和谨慎着。书房的位置选择住宅中的书房，最好选择一处远离干扰的宁静...
一、书房的位置选择
住宅中的书房，最好选择一处远离干扰的宁静空间，使人能够心平气和，专心阅读。因此书房应设置在离客厅、餐厅、厨房、卫生间较远的地方，这样就不至于受到打扰。
二、书桌摆放有讲究
书房中，书桌的摆放至关重要，我们要注意以下几点：
1、书桌要面向门口，这样会使人头脑清晰。

2、书桌的背后要有实墙为靠方。

3、书桌背后不宜靠着住宅的窗户。如靠窗是背后无靠的不良格局。

4、书房门及书桌不宜与宅门、厨厕门正对，否则会令学习的人思想不集中，以至影响工作与学习成绩。

5、书桌不宜背门而放，此同为靠山失空的格局，属于不利因素应该避免。

6、书桌不宜放在房屋的中央，此为四方无靠，无论在精神、学业、事业上，都属不利格局，应该避免。

7、书桌不宜放在门边，否则同样会令人精神不易集中。

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2011-12-15T21:33:00.001-08:00

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周五啦：性感印第安

2011-12-15T21:25:00.001-08:00

于 11-12-15 通过煎蛋作者：生抽

无惊无险又到周五，这次分享印第安美女：

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《龙门飞甲》：《2012》版《新龙门客栈》

2011-12-15T21:21:00.001-08:00

故事一开篇就让人感觉真正的武侠片又回来了，故事一落幕给人的感觉却是不伦不类，就其原因，我觉得问题出在两个方面，一是运用了过多的电影CG特效，尤其是摧枯拉朽的"龙卷风"一段，简直堪比大漠版《后天》；二是片尾的拖沓，即影响了片长（我觉得2个小时剪到1个半小时才理想），又影响了观众的观影情绪——最后的大决战已经结束，还扯了一段"长长的尾巴"，这就好比"高潮"过后，再来一段"前戏"，反而让人想让人早早入睡。
整体上本片的视觉效果、跌宕情节、武侠风味，应该说当下华语影坛，恐怕还难找到能超过徐老怪的高手。本片的亮点颇多，首先就是3D效果，据我个人主观判断，本片恐怕是迄今为止3D立体效果最棒、色彩最鲜锐的国产电影，从技术上讲本片几乎已经无懈可击。其次是武侠气质，民乐与戏曲结合的配乐为全片赠分颇多，声色各异的小配角、偶尔的小幽默、男性化的女侠角色（徐老怪有此偏好）都使得本片武侠味道十足。最后一点就是几场3D的武打戏，确实让人眼前一亮，从这个层面讲，恐怕武侠片的打戏将要开启新时代了！
本片具有以上这么多优点，可还是毁在了拖沓的结尾。片尾处，春哥这个不信感情只信钱财之徒，怎么会选择拿着别人的信物（笛子）而独守沙漠呢，她又在等着谁？（她的表演和形象印证了一句计划生育宣传词：生男生女都一样！）陈坤选择和"外国妞"离开，为何要到皇宫去？若为钱财，为何要毒死王妃？
如果这些只是为了"故事收尾"，那么也显得过于突兀，且不符合人物内在的性格逻辑！
周迅为何要离开？台词里交代是"最后时刻"，可她上马离去时的勃发英姿显然说明身体还行，若行，为何不留在她苦寻三年的恋人身边？
应该说故事的"起承转"都非常精彩，而在"合"时却掉了链子，白白可惜了这么好的本子和团队！
当然，这一切都是对于徐老怪的强烈期待下的责难，事实上我真正敬佩老徐还是从《七剑》开始，这六年来一直没有真正武侠片问世，过高地掉起了我个人对于《龙门飞甲》的期待！
客观的说，《龙门飞甲》虽然不够绝对经典，但还是比较好看！
尽管我还是会更推崇老板《新龙门客栈》，也能够理解曾拍摄《蜀山奇侠传》、刚刚通过《通天帝国》证明自己票房本领的老徐对于3D的向往与需要……但老徐把《龙门飞甲》拍成了一部《2012》版的《新龙门客栈》，我个人还是不能够满意。
在片中，徐老怪隐隐约约地表达了他对于这个时代的讽刺——几路人马为地下宝藏而短兵相接——人人为财而搏命，这或许正是《新龙门客栈》之类的经典作品，再也无法复现的原因吧！

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Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – Review (F)

2011-12-15T08:23:00.001-08:00

Adam Mason

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Cinema's funniest franchise returns once more, continuing on its seemingly unstoppable rampage to corrupt all the young women it can wrap its tendrils around. This time, however, the story is gearing up for its climax, chopping the pointlessly long novel into two halves to allow for, um, maximum adaptation, or something. Let's be honest, it's probably got more to do with money.

The movie kicks off with eighteen year old Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) marrying the man of her dreams in the shape of one hundred year old vampire Edward Cullen (Cedric Diggory). Then they go on a honeymoon. Then they have sex. Then she gets pregnant. Then she dies. Then she gets made a vampire. Then the credits roll, signalling an end to the longest two hours of your life.

If that plot summary seems ridiculous, that's because the film feels like it has been stretched out by the filmmakers. The writer is trying to construct an elaborate and engaging story with a narrative that evolves and grows with the passing of time. Stephanie Meyer is sitting somewhere off to the writer's side reading the plot points aloud, saying, 'and then she gets pregnant and then they don't know what to do and then the werewolves threaten to attack and then…'

It may please some to note that absolutely nothing has changed in the franchise. Bella is still a hateful moron, Edward still a whiny douche and Jacob is still –impossibly – the most likeable character, owing to his tendency to get crapped on from a great height and take it all in stride. Amusingly, Bella's human friends – the ones she made who stuck by her throughout her difficult transition to a new school – appear to have completely given up on her, preferring not to try and talk her out of this nonsense. Bella's dad continues on top form, also appearing to have given up on his daughter, choosing to deliver the film's funniest intentional humour by threatening to shoot Edward.

However, that's not what this film is about. No, no, dear friends, Breaking Dawn Part 1 is pure fan service through and through, seeing Bella and Edward finally throw caution to the wind and have some of the most awkward sex in the history of bump and grind. Their honeymoon – shaggery and all – takes up roughly twenty minutes, which, interestingly, is the same length as an actual sex scene in a triple X porn film. The fangirls will undoubtedly go nuts for this, but anyone watching this film in theatres would do wise to bring non-slip footwear to combat the moisture that builds up on the floor.

But here's where things get weird – the symbolism. The Twilight franchise has never been subtle in the message it wants young, inexperienced girls to absorb and this time is no exception. The difference is that this time the message is deeply, deeply disturbing.

First up, the film once again defends domestic abuse by having Bella tell Edward that it's okay that he bruised her during their first attempt at lovemaking. This has been an ongoing issue for the franchise, the idea that IT'S OKAY IF HE BEATS YOU, AS LONG AS YOU LOVE HIM (capitals for emphasis on how utterly ludicrous that sentence is.) Edward abuses her physically during sex and emotionally when he frequently storms out on her while she's having a crisis, but it's okay because she loves him. It's also fascinating to note that Edward gives Bella what she wants (i.e. sex) once and then spends the rest of the honeymoon slowly breaking her heart by holding that against her. Remember girls, if you think you love him, you'll stand by him no matter what.

Secondly, the film puts forward the idea that young girls should throw away their virginity on their first crush EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT READY FOR IT. Seriously, there's a scene where a panicked Bella attempts to get ready for her first intimate moment with her husband. The moment almost borders on being touching – the young lover, brushing her teeth, shaving her legs, picking out appropriate underwear – but is then swiftly ruined, as though Stephanie Meyer herself had written all over the script, by ending with Bella clearly not being emotionally ready for sex but choosing to go ahead and do it anyway. Remember girls, if he says he loves you, bend over and take it.

The third point of symbolism is probably the most contentious, but worth bringing up. This film is actually an allegory for a young Christian girl being gang-pressed into joining a Satanic cult.

No, really.

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A young girl is bewitched by a strange young man. She falls in love with him and enjoys spending time with his friends, who, like him, are a gang of bloodsuckers. Then he issues an ultimatum to her – to marry him or leave. Being young, inexperienced and naïve, she agrees to his unreasonable demands and marries him. Then he impregnates her with his demon seed – a phenomenon nobody can understand – and the only way she can stay alive is by drinking blood. Giving birth to the monstrous baby ultimately kills her, so she is forced to become a bloodsucker herself in order to survive.

These are all events from the franchise. Is that third point so crazy now?

As a film, Breaking Dawn Part 1 doesn't work on any level. There is no story, no drama, no conflict, the protagonist doesn't lead the story, the protagonist doesn't make decisions to keep momentum going, the climax is laughable beyond belief and the idea that there is – somehow – another two hours of narrative yet to tell is mystifying. The story is over. Bella has achieved everything she wanted, without ever actually having to earn it.

So Breaking Dawn is far from the laugh riot of the earlier films and a far cry from the film that it believes itself to be. In fact, it's pitiful in a way that makes this writer sad that so many unfortunate young women have been caught up in its spell. Never mind, it's almost over. Once this is done the next fad will roll in and hopefully that one will be a little better.

Grade:F

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Top 10 Animated Movies Of 2011

2011-12-15T08:03:00.001-08:00

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2011 was a good year for animated film. Not a great one. Just good. Pixar fumbled and

Dreamworks upped their game. Winnie the Pooh and The Lion King 3D brought a strong old-school flavour. As did Tintin, in a different way. And once again the sheer number of animations crept up, slowly consuming the family film genre. Next year there are significantly more. These are Movie-Moron's top 10 animated movies of 2011.

10. Puss in Boots

This mixture of the fairy tale and the western flushes the memory of Shrek the ~~Turd~~ Third, rediscovering the heart, charm, and wit of the first two movies. Suave Puss (Antonio Banderas) is paired with Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek) against Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis) in this tale of what the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw did before he met Shrek. It may be the greatest cinematic outing for a cat since Mr. Bigglesworth in Austen Powers.

9. Winnie the Pooh

One to make the adults dewy-eyed with nostalgia, this animated revival of A.A. Milne's much-loved creation was short, yes, but also as sweet as the honey which that ponderous ol' bear loves so much.

8. Arthur Christmas

Likely that avid followers of Aardman Animations are mainly looking forward to next spring's Pirates!, a return to the claymation format that first made the studio's name. However this seasonally-themed adventure marked a critically-approved return to CG animation for Bristol-based Aardman, following the disappointment of Flushed Away five years previously.

7. The Adventures of Tintin

Baffling how Spielberg's knack for character has so comprehensively deserted him over the course of the last decade or so, as his sense of jeunesse has metamorphosed into an almost pitiful childishness – exemplified by the endless chases, scrambles and scrapes that wearyingly dominate this first instalment in he and Peter Jackson's proposed Tintin trilogy.

Perversely, it is the oft-maligned mo-cap animation which actually proves to be the saving grace of Secret of the Unicorn, with the Beard delivering some individually magnificent shots, such as when Tintin and Captain Haddock's ocean rowing transmutes into a puddle on the street down which Thomson and Thompson are bumbling.

6. Rio

The makers of Ice Age this year delivered another anthropomorphic animal – a macaw voiced by Mark Zuckerberg. Is this a good thing? Really, is it?!

5. The Lion King (3D)

Any Disney classic rereleased onto the big screen is never likely to struggle to find an audience (witness the success this year in the UK of the BFI's 'Disney 50' programme of screenings). But when you take The Lion King – one of the House of Mouse's biggest-ever blockbusters – and give it a shiny new 3D makeover, the results are sure to be spectacular, no? And so it proved, certainly at the US box office, with nearly $100m duly coined in.

4. Cars 2

The critics might worship the likes of WALL-E, but Pixar are smart enough to know that sometimes the li'l uns who form the core audience of any cartoon movie just want a bunch of really cute characters and some madcap antics – which is roughly what they got from the second Cars, an improvement on the original thanks to a dose of espionage-spoofery.

3. Rango

After Zack Snyder delivered the owl-trocity of The Legend of the Guardians last year, this desert creature western was a much happier animated outing for a big-name live-action director – in this case, Pirates of the Caribbean's Gore Verbinski. Any animation which features the legendary Harry Dean Stanton is more than okay in my book.

2. The Secret World of Arrietty

If Studio Ghibli seems to be treading water to an extent following the start-of-the-century triple-headed enchantment of Spirited Away, The Cat Returns and Howl's Moving Castle, then this lush-looking take on enduring kids' fave The Borrowers was still a bewitching animated treat.

1. Kung Fu Panda 2

Whisper it quietly but after so many years of trailing hopelessly in Pixar's dust, DreamWorks Animation is now hot on the trail of the current leaders of the cartoon pack.

While last year's How to Train Your Dragon amply demonstrated that DreamWorks could deliver the cute characters and the spectacular showpiece scenes, Kung Fu Panda 2 was even better – with a touching origin tale for Jack Black's Po, and top-notch baddies in the shape of the nefarious Lord Shen (voiced by Gary Oldman) and his awesomely block-headed gorilla henchmen.

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2011-12-15T07:23:00.001-08:00

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近日，著名设计师Karl Lagerfeld为怀孕中的Claudia Schiffer拍摄了6月号的德国版Vouge封面，在镜头前Claudia Schiffer骄傲的露出她高耸的腹部。

今年39岁的Claudia Schiffer在1月份宣传了她怀孕的消息，她将和丈夫——导演Matthew Vaughn迎来小女儿的诞生。这将是这对夫妇的第三个孩子。

以家庭为重的Schiffer如今严格按照时间表工作。她告诉英国《每日邮报》的记者："我过去每一天都要工作，在世界各地飞个不停，甚至周末也是，从来不曾休息过。"

但是现在，这位世界顶级模特将重心转向了家庭，她说，"当我遇到我丈夫的时候，我说'你知道吗，我要告诉你一件重要的事，我以后周末再也不工作了！'尤其在我有了孩子之后，我就更加严格地管理好自己的时间。"

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Five Reasons To See 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'

2011-12-14T21:51:00.000-08:00

Posted 12/9/11 12:03 pm ET by Kevin P. Sullivan in Five Reasons, Reviews

Spies have had it bad as of late. If they aren't the hollow centers of this week's generic action movie, they're one half of an on-screen couple in a shallow quadrant-hitting action comedy. James Bond may be the only redeeming representative left from the shadowy profession, and even he can err on the side of dumb on a bad day.
Just when it seems like the glory days of shadowy figures in trench coats, listening in on tapped phone conversations are long gone, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" comes along. It's a slow, nuanced and complicated film that most people wouldn't classify as a thriller, but don't let that fool you. Gary Oldman and his legion of brilliant supporting British actors, along with the Swedish director Tomas Alfredson, have crafted a brilliant, suspense-filled tale worthy of your money and attention.

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Here are five reasons to check out "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy."

The Story
Based on the classic book by spymaster John le Carré, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" weaves a complex hunt for a Soviet mole in British Intelligence, or "The Circus," as it's called in the film. Gary Oldman plays le Carré's most iconic character, George Smiley, who is tasked with discovering which of the Circus' top four men has been leaking intel to the Communists and sabotaging British operations. It may sound like standard espionage fare, but le Carré fills out the boilerplate spy plot with textured and sad characters that put the legend of James Bond super-spy to bed.
"Pay Attention!"
When was the last time you felt genuinely confused during a movie? Usually when some uncertainty about the story, its characters and their motivations arises, people will scream "bad film making." It's a mistake too regularly made, but in the right hands, in this case those of Alfredson and the screenwriters Peter Straughan and the late Bridget O'Connor, confusion is a storytelling element. They use it purposely to paint a more vivid, lifelike landscape. There is a rather clear, straightforward story here, but just like Smiley, it takes concentration and time to sort the red herrings from the answers.
The Setting
All of this unravels in a time that's been mostly left behind by the genre. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" takes place at the height of the Cold War, and the locale becomes so much more than just another detail of the film. Production designer Maria Djurkovic deserves an Academy Award for the beautiful, detailed and cold world she built for the spies of British Intelligence. It may seem like a minor contribution to praise, but the look of this film is a character unto itself, adding to the suspense and overall effect of the film.
Gary Oldman
Known for his over-the-top villains and more recently, kindly wizards and police commissioners, Gary Oldman turns in a staggeringly understated performance as George Smiley. He is as effective as ever, but uses an entirely different set of tools to get his character across. This is the kind of performance that should earn an Oscar, but won't because its successes so seamlessly blend with the quiet of the role and the character.
Everyone Else
There is not a weak link in the bunch: Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds. This is British acting royalty, and each one of them turns in a controlled, menacing performance that will keep the audience on edge and questioning throughout the entire film. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" features one of the best performances by an ensemble of this and any year. The acting meets the general quality of the filmmaking here, and the result is one of the year's best films.

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