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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Gem, the Real-time Effecting Stones.

Stone wise Effects:

AMETHYST: a stone to lift your spirits and help you meditate. Wear it to heighten your natural intuition and help you get in touch with your inner self.
OPAL: the healing stone, Carry one for strength and courage and to help guard against stress and disease. Good for marriage.
DIAMOND: the king of gems. One of the most powerful stones, it can help you achieve material wealth and prestige.
EMERALD: a precious gem that promotes creativity and perception. It also acts as a natural tranquilizer!
GARNET: the perfect stone for the executive woman. This red gem can encourage success in business and business relationships.
LAPIS LAZULI: the stone used by the ancient Egyptians to symbolize universal truth. Wear your, lapis jewelry to enhance your judgment and wisdom.
TOPS: the stone to carry if you’r trying to lose weight! Carry it to increase your self-esteem and self-acceptance.
MOONSTONE: the softly beautiful stone. It can help you fine love.
PEARL: the gem from the sea. It stimulates femininity and can also protect agaist colds.
RUBY: one of the most precious gems. Wear it to Promote your Physical beauty!
SAPHIREthe gem of destiny. It can bring out the best within you and help make your dreams come true.
Across the Pakistan discovering the phenomenal energy inducing properties of gems and stones. In stone power, dorothee Mella tells you how 52 different gems and minerals from agates to zircon can help you physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
(Note: If you are interested in getting these Gem, you may contact at (for Pakistan): “INTEKHAB E NAGINA” Phone: +92-21-36683990, +92-300-2306177. )

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Hollywood Movies Box Office March 2010

Box Office Charts

Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.)
Mar 19 - 21 weekend
This WkLast WkTitleDist.Weekend GrossCumulative
Gross
Rlse
Wks
# of
Theaters
11Alice in WonderlandWalt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Distribution$34,500,000$265,800,00033739
2-Diary of a Wimpy Kid20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Distribution$21,800,000$21,800,00013077
3-The Bounty HunterSony Pictures Releasing$21,000,000$013074
4-Repo MenUniversal Pictures$6,151,000$6,151,00012521
53She's Out of My LeagueDreamWorks, Paramount Pictures$6,015,000$19,954,00022958
63Green ZoneUniversal Pictures$5,963,000$24,702,00023004
74Shutter IslandParamount Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)$4,755,000$115,770,00052704
84Avatar20th Century Fox$4,000,000$736,881,000141236
96Our Family WeddingFox Searchlight Pictures$3,800,000$13,668,00021609
105Remember MeSummit Entertainment, LLC$3,300,000$13,900,00022215

Muraqbah or Meditation


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Friday, March 12, 2010

Oscar 2010 Winners



Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges
  • Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
  • George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
  • Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
  • Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
  • Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role

Christoph Waltz
  • Matt Damon in “Invictus”
  • Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
  • Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
  • Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
  • Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock
  • Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
  • Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
  • Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
  • Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
  • Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Actress in a Supporting Role

Mo'Nique
  • Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
  • Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
  • Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
  • Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film

Pete Docter
  • Coraline” Henry Selick
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
  • The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
  • The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
  • Up Pete Docter

Art Direction

Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg and Kim Sinclair
  • Avatar Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
  • Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
  • Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  • The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography

Mauro Fiore
  • Avatar Mauro Fiore
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
  • The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
  • Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
  • The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Costume Design

Sandy Powell
  • Bright Star” Janet Patterson
  • Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
  • Nine” Colleen Atwood
  • The Young Victoria Sandy Powell

Directing

Kathryn Bigelow
  • Avatar” James Cameron
  • The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
  • Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
  • Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
  • Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)

Fisher Stevens and Louie Psihoyos
  • Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
  • The Cove Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
  • Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
  • The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
  • Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)

Elinor Burkett and Roger Ross Williams
  • China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
  • The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
  • The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
  • Music by Prudence Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
  • Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing

Chris Innis and Bob Murawski
  • Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
  • District 9” Julian Clarke
  • The Hurt Locker Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
  • Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
  • Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film

Juan José Campanella

Makeup

Mindy Hall, Barney Burman and Joel Harlow
  • Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
  • Star Trek Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
  • The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)

Michael Giacchino
  • Avatar” James Horner
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
  • The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
  • Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
  • Up Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)

T Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham
  • Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
  • Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
  • Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
  • Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
  • The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Picture

The cast and crew of “The Hurt Locker”
  • Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
  • The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
  • District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
  • An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
  • The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
  • Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
  • Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
  • A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
  • Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
  • Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

Nicolas Schmerkin
  • French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
  • Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
  • The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
  • Logorama Nicolas Schmerkin
  • A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)

Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
  • The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
  • Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
  • Kavi” Gregg Helvey
  • Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
  • The New Tenants Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing

Paul N.J. Ottosson
  • Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
  • The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson
  • Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
  • Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
  • Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing

Ray Beckett and Paul N.J. Ottosson
  • Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
  • The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
  • Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
  • Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects

Andrew Jones, Richard Baneham, Joe Letteri and Stephen Rosenbaum
  • Avatar Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
  • District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
  • Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Geoffrey Fletcher
  • District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
  • An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
  • In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
  • Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
  • Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Mark Boal
  • The Hurt Locker Written by Mark Boal
  • Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
  • The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
  • A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

FIFA World Cup 2010




2010 FIFA World Cup
South Africa 2010

2010 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates11 June – 11 July
Teams32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)10 (in 9 host cities)
← 2006
2014 →
The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international footballtournament. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the culmination of a qualification process that began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams. As such, it matches the 2008 Summer Olympicsas the sports event with the most competing nations.
This will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa beat Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process. This decision left the Oceania Football Confederation as the only confederation yet to host the FIFA World Cup. Italy are the defending champions. The draw for the finals took place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town
 

                                                          Jabulani, the official match ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup



Zakumi, the mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Venues





In 2005, the organisers released a provisional list of thirteen venues to be used for the World Cup: BloemfonteinCape TownDurbanJohannesburg (two venues), KimberleyNelspruit,OrkneyPolokwanePort ElizabethPretoria, and Rustenburg. This was narrowed down to ten venues[17] which were officially announced by FIFA on 17 March 2006:


Saturday, March 06, 2010

Movies Award History and all time awarded movie


English Movies Award History and all time awarded movie details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture

en.wikipedia.org
The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry. ...