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<title><![CDATA[Weekend fun!]]></title>
<link>http://sgarciadiaz.wordpress.com/?p=119</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rena</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sgarciadiaz.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/weekend-fun/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We had a loooong weekend, but it was so much fun&#8230;it&#8217;s be awhile since we&#8217;ve had th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We had a loooong weekend, but it was so much fun...it's be awhile since we've had that much fun! So, new camera and lots of pics to show you!:)</p>
<p>Chanttelle w/ baby Savonah:<img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-120" title="Baby Savonah" src="http://sgarciadiaz.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/picture-030.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="202" /></p>
<p>Noah (Emarie's baby brother): <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124" title="Noah" src="http://sgarciadiaz.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/noah3-copy1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="194" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-123" title="Noah" src="http://sgarciadiaz.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/noah2-copy.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></p>
<p>And my babies, Killer &#38; Nila:<img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-126" title="Nila" src="http://sgarciadiaz.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/nila-copy.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-125" title="Killer" src="http://sgarciadiaz.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/killer2-copy.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[mosquito killer]]></title>
<link>http://joerhko.wordpress.com/?p=45</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rhko Joe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://joerhko.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/mosquito-killer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[날이 쌀쌀해지면서 모기가 줄어들거라 생각했지만
요근래 며칠간 나는 모]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>날이 쌀쌀해지면서 모기가 줄어들거라 생각했지만<br />
요근래 며칠간 나는 모기 덕분에 잠을 설쳐야만 했다.<br />
정말 방 어딘가에 물웅덩이라도 있어서 계속해서 생겨나는 것 같았다.<br />
알고보니 방충망이 없는쪽 창문이 1cm정도 열려있던것...<br />
이런 썁쌰롱.<br />
<a href="http://joerhko.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/mosquito-killer/dsc079461/" rel="attachment wp-att-49"><img src="http://joerhko.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/dsc079461.jpg?w=500" alt="" title="mos" width="500" height="375" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-49" /></a><a href="http://joerhko.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/mosquito-killer/dsc07864/" rel="attachment wp-att-48"><img src="http://joerhko.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/dsc07864.jpg?w=500" alt="" title="mos" width="500" height="375" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-48" /></a><a href="http://joerhko.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/mosquito-killer/dsc07862/" rel="attachment wp-att-46"><img src="http://joerhko.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/dsc07862.jpg?w=500" alt="" title="mos" width="500" height="375" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-46" /></a><br />
<a href="http://joerhko.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/mosquito-killer/dsc07899/" rel="attachment wp-att-50"><img src="http://joerhko.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/dsc07899.jpg?w=500" alt="" title="mos" width="500" height="375" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-50" /></a><br />
<a href="http://joerhko.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/mosquito-killer/dsc07842/" rel="attachment wp-att-51"><img src="http://joerhko.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/dsc07842.jpg?w=500" alt="" title="burn" width="500" height="375" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-51" /></a><br />
he burned</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Especial KILLER]]></title>
<link>http://flecheros.wordpress.com/?p=2040</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>flecheros</dc:creator>
<guid>http://flecheros.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/especial-killer/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Capitulo 2. An Animation Framework - parte 3]]></title>
<link>http://julioc182.wordpress.com/?p=110</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>julioc182</dc:creator>
<guid>http://julioc182.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/capitulo-2-an-animation-framework-parte-3/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Bueno ha pasado mas de 1 semana desde mi ultimo post, y es que he tenido bastantes cosas que hacer]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&#62;  Normal 0 21       MicrosoftInternetExplorer4  &#60;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]&#62; &#60;!   /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable 	{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; 	mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; 	mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; 	mso-style-noshow:yes; 	mso-style-parent:""; 	mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; 	mso-para-margin:0cm; 	mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:10.0pt; 	font-family:"Times New Roman";} --> <!--[endif]--></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bueno ha pasado mas de 1 semana desde mi ultimo post, y es que he tenido bastantes cosas que hacer, pero lo bueno ha sido que tuve una clases dictada por una empresa colombiana dedicada al desarrollo de juegos, <a href="http://www.etherealgf.com/">The Ethereal Game Factory</a> , donde aprendi hacer el juego pong con Java ME, con un poco de tiempo lo podre subir al blog y explicar un poco de como usar el framework para celulares de java.</p>
<h3 class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;">5. FPS and Sleeping for Varying Times</span></strong></h3>
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<p>Una debilidad en el bucle de animación, es la velocidad, por ejemplo en una maquina lenta un bucle se ejecuta 20 veces en un segundo pero en una maquina rápida serán 80 veces, siendo 4 veces más rápido y a veces injugable.</p>
<p>Ahora, recuerdan que les explique sobre FPS, bueno ahora se los explicare un poco mejor, un frame es una iteración del bucle de animación, es decir, una vez que pasa por las funciones de renderizado, actualización y siesta, es decir, si queremos que nuestro juego corra a100fps cada iteración del bucle debería tomar 1000/100 = 10ms (1000 = 1 segundo), el tiempo que tome la iteración deberá ser guardado en la variable "period".</p>
<p><span><span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;"> [sourcecode language='java']</p>
<p>public void run()<br />
/* actualiza, renderiza y duerme constantemente*/<br />
{<br />
/* Reptidamente: actualiza,renderiza, duerme, */</p>
<p>    long beforeTime, timeDiff, sleepTime;<br />
    beforeTime = System.currentTimeMillis();</p>
<p>    running = true;<br />
    while(running) {<br />
        gameUpdate(); // Actualiza el estado del juego<br />
        gameRender(); // renderiza en un buffer</p>
<p>        paintScreen(); // dibuja el buffer en la pantalla</p>
<p>        timeDiff = System.currentTimeMillis() - beforeTime;<br />
        sleepTime = period - timeDiff; // timepo que deberia faltar en el bucle<br />
        if (sleepTime <= 0) // si actualizar/renderizar toma mas de lo que deberia<br />
            sleepTime = 5; // igual duerme un ratito<br />
        try {<br />
            Thread.sleep(sleepTime); // en ms<br />
        }<br />
        catch(InterruptedException ex){}<br />
            beforeTime = System.currentTimeMillis();<br />
    }<br />
    System.exit(0); // cierra JFrame o JApplet si existen<br />
} // fin de run()<br />
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<h3>5.1. Timer Resolution</h3>
<p>Tambien llamado Granularidad, es la cantidad de tiempo que deberia separar a 2 temporarizadores, es decir ¿cuanto daria la resta de 2 variables con informacion de  System.currentTimeMillis() ?</p>
<p>Bueno el valor de esta resta depende del sistema operativo (<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897569.aspx" target="_blank">the resolution of the standard clock interrupt</a>), por ejemplo en windows 95/98 la resolucion es de 55 ms lo que significa que los valores de System.currentTimeMillis() cambiaran cada 55ms, y esto, en un bucle de animacion significa que correra más lento de lo esperado, por ejemplo imaginemos que un bucle de animacion toma menos de 55 ms, que hacemos despues? ¿esperamos a que termine el bucle? Bueno eso daria como resultado que el juego tenga que parar un momento dando sensacion de lentitud.</p>
<p>¿Que hacemos al respecto? Bueno tendremos que ver la forma de hacer demorar a nuestro bucle mas 55ms pero lo que daria como resultado un FPS de 18, un numero bastante inadecuado para un juego.</p>
<p>Este propblema no se percibe apartir de las versiones de windows NT en adelante, tampoco en macintosh, ni en linux, ya que System.currentTimeMillis() en XP toma de 10-15ms, haciendo posible obtener entre 67-100 FPS, en Linux y la MAC OS X el temporarizador es cada 1ms, lo que es perfecto para un juego</p>
<h3>5.2. What is a good FPS?</h3>
<p>En mis posts de <a href="http://julioc182.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/juego-en-java-2d-4to-dia/">Invaders</a> explique de una forma bastante entendible lo que es FPS, pero aca toma una version mas teorica, segun el libro:</p>
<p>El limite inferior es dictado por el ojo humano, y el <a href="http://www.efdeportes.com/efd66/fcf.htm">critical flicker frequency (CFF)</a>, en resumidas es la frecuencia de una fuente luminosa fluctuante a la cual se la ve como contínua, debido a que los elementos fotoconversores (fisiológicos), no tienen tiempo para seguir el ciclo de frecuencia. En TV, esta frecuancia es de 50 Hz. A menos frecuencia el ojo percibiría un efecto extraño en la imagen, denominado efecto Flicker ó de parpadeo, es este efecto Flicker el que queremos evitar en los juegos, como antes les enseñe, un monitor va entre 70-90 hz (70-90 FPS) y no hay razon alguna para enviar mas FPS a la tarjeta de video, porque no van a ser mostradas, en cambio consumimos mas recursos de CPU</p>
<h3>5.3. Are We Done Yet?</h3>
<p>Bueno este librito hace incapie en los problemas de windows 98 en esta parte, pero, obviamente, windows 98 ya no es un SO a considerar sino chequen lo que dice <a href="http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist/zeitgeist-jun04.html">Google</a> y eso que es del 2004, imginense ahora en el 2008...</p>
<h3>5.4. Improved Standard Java Timers and Counters</h3>
<p>Mencionan algunos problemas de los java timers, pero que son solucionados por J2SE 1.5 (codenamed ‘Tiger’), osea que ya estamos en el 1.6 por ahora asi qeu no se preocupen ^_^</p>
<h3>5.5. High Performance Counters - 6.1. Handling Sleep Inaccuracies</h3>
<p>Estas partes tratan sobre Java 3D, por favor recuerden que este blog tratara solo y exclusivamente de Java 2D y hacer un juego en 2D, a mi ni siquiera me gusta mucho jugar en 3D xD, si uds gustan pueden leerlo, yo salteare esa parte y seguire en mi sgte post con la parte 7</p>
<p>Nos vemos</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia set to unveil ‘iPhone killer’ in Nov]]></title>
<link>http://tryandtest.wordpress.com/?p=30</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Try And Test</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tryandtest.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/nokia-set-to-unveil-%e2%80%98iphone-killer%e2%80%99-in-nov/</guid>
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Nokia has decided to launch its first touchscreen phone in India in the third week of November. The]]></description>
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<p>Nokia has decided to launch its first touchscreen phone in India in the third week of November. The Finnish handset major will position the phone-Nokia 5800-under its music platform XpressMusic series and is likely to price it at sub-Rs 20,000. The model has just been unveiled globally and pegged by analysts as the iPhone killer.</p>
<p>The Nokia 5800 features a 3.2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, a virtual QWERTY keyboard and offers all the music essentials-graphic equaliser, 8GB memory, supports all digital music formats with built-in surround sound stereo speakers.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lying, Murdering, Leftist To Remain in Jail]]></title>
<link>http://coloradoright.wordpress.com/?p=2360</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>coloradoright</dc:creator>
<guid>http://coloradoright.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/lying-murdering-leftist-to-remain-in-jail/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court decided today that the lying cop-killer (who happens to have skin with dark pigmen]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Supreme Court decided today that the <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081006171757.7qv4f9rb&#38;show_article=1" target="_blank">lying cop-killer</a> (who happens to have skin with dark pigments) and his lying lawyer didn't have any proof that he was conviced based on the color of his skin, but on his murderous actions.</p>
<p>And Nelson Mandela and the Europeans can go suck eggs.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Viktor Yushchenko a Killer?]]></title>
<link>http://miragep.wordpress.com/?p=44</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Vito</dc:creator>
<guid>http://miragep.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/is-viktor-yushchenko-a-killer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The Ukrainian president went to power thanks to the orange revolution in Ukraine, since then the]]></description>
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<h4 class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">The Ukrainian president went to power thanks to <a title="Orange Revolution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Revolution" target="_blank">the orange revolution</a><span> </span>in Ukraine, since then the Ukrainian government is experiencing a period of instability.</h4>
<h4 class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">Viktor Yushchenko has supplied the Georgian president <span lang="EN">Mikhail Saakashvili with tanks and army artillery that have been used to invade South Ossetia on the 08 August 2008, also there are voices that Georgian tanks pilots have been trained in Kiev Ukraine.</span></h4>
<h4 class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">Recently a Ukrainian cargo ship named Faina loaded with 33 tanks and other weapons was hijacked by pirates off Somalia last week.</h4>
<h4 class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">So does the Ukrainian president intends to help the Ukrainian economy selling weapons around the world and encouraging wars?</h4>
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<title><![CDATA[Need of time management training.]]></title>
<link>http://managepresent.wordpress.com/?p=3</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>saletelephony</dc:creator>
<guid>http://managepresent.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/need-of-time-management-training/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So little time so much to do, a line that sounds all too familiar for almost everyone whether you ar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So little time so much to do, a line that sounds all too familiar for almost everyone whether you are an employee or a housewife. It gives you the feeling to add more hours in the day just so you can accomplish everything. Can time really be managed when you can't control its movement? Time management training is more of being able to manage the time that you actually have; the ability to make the most out of your time or your day. It is not just about having a day-to-day plan, time management training lets you learn the ability to prioritize things and be able to maximize time to improve productivity whether at work or at home. </p>
<p>If you are still wondering what you need time management training for, below are the things considered to be a waste of your precious time. <br />
� No set daily plan <br />
� Poor setting of priorities <br />
� Phone calls <br />
� Doing things simultaneously. It may seem like the best thing to do but you might just end up not being able to finish anything by attempting to do things all at the same time. <br />
� Poor task delegation. There are some tasks that can be given to other people. Give yourself a break and give other people a chance to settle things. <br />
� Cluttered desk. Having a disorganized desk is already stressful especially when you can't find what you are looking for. Clean desk saves you a lot of time and visual stress. <br />
� Procrastination. You know you lack time, don't waste it by doing nothing. </p>
<p>Once you undergo time management training, you will have a totally different outlook on how you work and on how you spend your day. Time management training will give you basic steps on how to combat time stealers. <br />
� Clear your desk. Clear your mind Philosophy. <br />
� Have a daily plan and incorporate your daily priorities and objectives. <br />
� Stick to deadlines so you won't have to adjust everything. <br />
� No procrastination <br />
� Do not entertain non-important calls. If you must, make phone calls very brief. <br />
� Delegate tasks <br />
� Perform the most difficult job when you are at your best. <br />
� Learn how to say no to tasks that you think will accumulate too much of your time. <br />
� Give yourself a time to take a breather especially when you feel you are not functioning well enough to perform. You might just ruin your work more. By taking breaks, you also avoid stress to come over you. Stress is not a time-killer but a mind-killer.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Killer heels]]></title>
<link>http://feelfabulous.wordpress.com/?p=84</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>natalya matthew</dc:creator>
<guid>http://feelfabulous.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/killer-heels/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors warn women over dangers of high heels
By Simon Creer
Saturday, 4 October 2008
  Doctors are ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Doctors warn women over dangers of high heels</h1>
<p class="info">By Simon Creer<br />
<em>Saturday, 4 October 2008</em></p>
<div class="photoCaption" style="width:294px;margin-left:10px;"><a href="//www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/doctors-warn-women-over-dangers-of-high-heels-13992864.html?action=Popup','',%20652,%20800,%20true,%20true,%20true,%20false);"> <img src="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00031/heel_31227t.jpg" alt="Doctors are concerned that women could be damaging their health by wearing high heels" width="294" height="247" /> </a>Doctors are concerned that women could be damaging their health by wearing high heels</p>
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<p>Doctors are increasingly worried about the damage women are doing to their    feet in the name of fashion.  Killer high heels have become everyday footwear and health practitioners are    seeing younger and younger girls presenting symptoms such as bunions and    disjointed toes as a result. Dr Brian Dunn, a Northern Ireland GP, said:    “I’m sure you don’t have to suffer for fashion.”</p>
<p>The Belfast Telegraph took to the streets and asked women whether they were    worried they may be putting themselves at risk of future injury.</p>
<p>Suzanne (22), a student who works at the House of Fraser in Victoria Square,    said: “I usually wear them to work but my feet are too sore from wearing    them last night. They just make my feet sore and working in the shop I see    some people’s feet change. I notice younger women coming in with feet that    have changed shape.</p>
<p>“But I think you do have to suffer to be fashionable. It can be exhausting but    we do it for fashion. Girls have to look good.”</p>
<p>Shopping in heels, law student Nikki Bell (22) said: “I don’t wear them that    often because they are not practical but today I thought I would make an    effort.</p>
<p>“I wear them on nights out and just can’t wait to get them off. The problem is    you just don’t look as good when your legs look stumpy and short.</p>
<p>“Sometimes I don’t want to wear them because I don’t want to look too tall. It    can put men off. To be honest I don’t worry about what they do to my feet. I    can worry about that when I’m older.”</p>
<p>Out in the afternoon in heels that were easily six inches high Karen Niblock    (22) said: “I wear them all the time and I don’t worry about what they do to    my feet. They are not that sore because I am so used to wearing them.    Although, sometimes they get a bit sore.</p>
<p>“I always wear really high heels and I haven’t really thought about what they    can do to my feet.”</p>
<p>Respiratory nurse Rosemary McCoubry (36) from Downpatrick looked in pain when    the Belfast Telegraph spoke to her.</p>
<p>She said: “You asked me because I look like I’m in pain. Didn’t you?</p>
<p>“I normally just wear them when I’m out. I don’t usually wear them shopping    but today I did. I don’t wear them for work at all.</p>
<p>“I have to try them on first and I tend to buy expensive shoes for comfort. I    think it is the back you have to worry about more than the feet.”</p>
<h2>'I’ve worn high heels for as long as I can remember'</h2>
<p><strong>Student Suzanne Crawford, 22, is surrounded by high heeled shoes thanks to    her job in Belfast's Victoria Centre </strong></p>
<p>When it comes to the lofty subject of high heels, my feet are firmly planted    in the Victoria Beckham camp.</p>
<p>The Queen of Jimmy Choos knows a thing or two about stilettos.</p>
<p>After all, the fashion bible she published - That Extra Half An Inch - proves    what us girls have known all along - that size really does matter.</p>
<p>Admittedly, those killer heels can give us bunions and corns and in my case,    contribute to a sore lower back. And yes, that’s an official diagnosis from    a hospital specialist.</p>
<p>He admired my high heeled boots and opaque-clad legs.</p>
<p>But here’s the thing - heels also elongate our legs, tone our calves and make    us feel oh so sexy. Flatties just can’t compete.</p>
<p>I’ve worn high heels for as long as I can remember, though I have a sizeable    collection of Converse trainers which I tend to wear while slobbing around.</p>
<p>But I would never consider dressing up for an evening out, without slipping    into a pair of four, five or even six inchers. Quite literally, I walk tall    when I’m in my skyscrapers.</p>
<p>My most recent shoe purchase got their first outing this week at the Fall For    Fashion event at St George’s Market. Five inch heels, leopard print, with    red Christian Louboutin-type soles - they drew lots of admiring glances and    plenty of compliments too. Who cares if I had a slight case of vertigo, they    looked good and as we all know, beauty is pain.</p>
<p>Shoes to me are the ultimate accessory and are the finishing touch to a    well-groomed look. One pair of my heels threw Dolly Parton into a frenzy    when I interviewed her in Dublin, while Shirley MacLaine liked a pair of my    Minette platforms so much, the designer posted her out a pair to LA.</p>
<p>And high heels give you a certain sense of power over men as well.</p>
<p>Last year, I was approached by a strange male in Royal Avenue, who walked    alongside me as I tried to get away.</p>
<p>He admired my high heeled boots and opaque-clad legs and asked if he could    accompany me to wherever I was going.</p>
<p>That would never have happened if I’d been wearing a pair of brogues.</p>
<p>On second thoughts though, maybe that’s reason enough to bin the stilettos!</p>
<p>This news is taken from Belfast Telegraph.</p>
<p>thanks.</p></div>
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Night Kills
978-0-7860-1844-4
Author: John Lutz
 Pub Date                        : September 30, 2]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:black;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Night Kills</span><br />
<span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">978-0-7860-1844-4</span><br />
<span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"><strong>Author:</strong> John Lutz<br />
</span> <span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"><strong>Pub Date                        :</strong> September 30, 2008<br />
</span> <span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"><strong>Imprint                                 :</strong> Pinnacle<br />
</span> <span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"><strong>Format                                  :</strong> Paperback</span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:black;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"><strong>On The Trail Of A Bloody Killer...</strong></span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Frank Quinn is sure he is hunting for a madman: someone who is shooting young women in the heart, defiling their bodies, leaving only the torsos to be found. Quinn, a former NYPD detective, is called into the case by an ambitious chief of police and mobilizes his team of brilliant law-enforcement misfits. But in the concrete canyons of New York, this shocking serial murder case is turning into something very different...</span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"><strong>A Cop And A Victim Fight Back....</strong></span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Jill Clark came to the city with too many hopes and too little cash. Now a seemingly deranged woman is telling her an extraordinary story. New to an exclusive dating service, Jill is warned that other women have died on their dates-and that she could be next. Struggling against a death trap closing in around her, Jill has a powerful ally in Frank Quinn. But no one knows the true motives behind a rampage of cold-blooded murder-or how much more terrifying this is going to get...</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">"Lutz is one of the masters."--Ridley Pearson </span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">"A major talent."--John Lescroart</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"> "I’ve been a fan for years."--T. Jefferson Parker </span></p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">A multiple Edgar and Shamus Award winner—including the Shamus Lifetime Achievement Award—<strong>John Lutz </strong> is the author of over forty books. His novel <em>SWF Seeks Same </em>was made into the hit movie <em>Single White Female,</em> and <em>The Ex </em> was a critically acclaimed HBO feature. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">(source : http://www.kensingtonbooks.com)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">VIEW CHAPTER :</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:black;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"><strong>Chapter One</strong></span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Madeline was on the run. </span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">She should have known better. She really should have. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">An insect—a large bee or wasp—whizzed past close to  her ear as she skidded around a corner, her right foot almost  slipping out of her low-cut sneaker. An instant later came a  flat Blam! She knew he was shooting at her. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">No doubt now as to what he’d had in mind in the car. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">He’s trying to kill me! </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Why? What did I do? </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">She was gasping for breath now, beginning to stumble  from exhaustion as she ran down the dark street. Even late as  it was, even in this neighborhood, somebody must be awake  who would help her. Anyone! </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Terror propelled her. Terror and the steady, relentless  pounding of his footsteps behind her. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">What caused this? </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">What’s this about? </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">If he gets close enough to take another shot... </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Her right side was aching now. The pain was an enemy  trying to bend her body forward so she could no longer run,  no longer live. Her legs weren’t merely tired. They were be coming so numb that she could hardly feel any contact with  the sidewalk. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Madeline was ready to surrender to the inevitable, and  then she saw a shifting of shadow and a brightening at the  next dark intersection. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">A car’s coming! </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Behind her, closer, the gun fired again. It sounded like the  flat of one huge palm slapping against another. There was a  finality to the sharp report. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">It signaled the end of something. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"><strong>Chapter Two</strong></span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Retired homicide detective Frank Quinn was having  strong black coffee after his breakfast at the Lotus Diner on  Amsterdam when a saggy-jowled man who looked like a  well-tailored bloodhound sat down opposite him. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“I know I’m late,” the bloodhound growled. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“How so?” Quinn asked, sipping his coffee. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“If it were up to you, I’d have been here much sooner.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Quinn didn’t answer. Overconfident people bored him. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">The two men were almost exact opposites. The bloodhound,  who was New York Police Commissioner Harley  Renz, was not only saggy jowled but saggy bodied. He’d put  on about forty pounds in the past few years, and the expensive  chalk-stripe blue suit didn’t disguise it as workable  muscle. All vertical stripes did for Renz was zigzag. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Quinn, on the other hand, was tall and rangy, with a firm  jaw, a nose broken once too often, and disconcerting flat green  eyes. His straight, gray-flecked dark hair was cut short, and  recently, but, as always, looked as if a barber should shape it  to suit a human head. If Renz was the bloodhound, there was  something of the wolf in Quinn. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“You’re glad to see me,” Renz went on, “because you  don’t like rotting in retirement at the age of fifty-five.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Thel the waitress came over and Quinn said, “A coffee for  my antagonist.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“I haven’t had breakfast,” Renz said. “I’ll have a waffle,  too. Diet syrup.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Stuff tastes like tree sap,” Thel said. She was a dumpy,  middle-aged woman who’d never been pretty, so substituted  being frank. It worked pretty well for her. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“The real stuff, then,” Renz said, grateful to be nudged  off his diet. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Quinn listened for a moment to Upper West Side traffic  flowing past on Amsterdam. Somebody just outside shouted  an obscenity. Somebody leaned on a car horn and shouted  back. New York. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“I’m rotting fast,” he said. “Why don’t you get to the  point?” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Sure. I need you and your team again.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Quinn and the two detectives Renz had assigned to him  on his last case had become media darlings by tracking  down a serial killer aptly called the Butcher. Their success  had also resulted in Renz’s swift climb up the promotional  ladder to commissioner. He was, in fact, one of the most  popular commissioners the city had ever known. In New  York that meant he could do just about as he pleased, including  yanking three detectives temporarily back into the  NYPD as long as they were willing. He knew Quinn would  be willing. And if Quinn was willing, so would be his two  detectives. Like Renz, Quinn was a hard man to refuse. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Why do you need us?” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Renz smiled. Still looked like a bloodhound. “In this city,  Quinn, you’re Mister Serial Killer.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“I’m not sure I like the way you put that.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“You know what I mean.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Last time we went to work for you, you got promoted all  the way to commissioner.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"> “And you got your good name back and became a big  hero. There’s something in this for both of us, Quinn. This  for that. Tit for tat. That’s how the world works.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Your world.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Well, that’s the one I live in.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“What’s next for you, Harley, mayor?” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Renz shrugged. “Who knows?” He seemed serious.  Quinn couldn’t see Harley as mayor. But then he hadn’t been  able to see him as police commissioner, and there he sat. Police  commissioner. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“What are the terms?” Quinn asked. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Work for hire. It won’t interfere with your settlement or  interrupt your retirement pay.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Quinn wasn’t worried about the pay. Soon after the Night  Prowler case, he’d gotten a large settlement from the city  after having been falsely accused of raping a fourteen-yearold  girl. Another cop had done it, and Quinn proved it. There  was noplace Quinn could go to get his reputation back, so he  settled for enough money to pay his attorneys and support  himself comfortably with or without his pension. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“If I’m going to do it,” he said, “it’s got to interest me.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Oh, it will.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Thel came over with Renz’s coffee and waffle, and maple  syrup in a container that looked like one of those little liquor  bottles the airlines give you. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“This,” Thel said, tapping the bottle’s cap with a chipped,  red-enameled nail, “is good stuff. Straight from the tree.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“I believe you, sweetheart,” Renz said. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">When she’d walked away, he slathered his waffle with  butter, then poured the little bottle’s entire contents over it. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“We’ve got us a serial killer,” he said to Quinn, “but the  media’s not onto it yet. Except for Cindy Sellers, who’s sitting  on it.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“How many victims?” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Two women.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Doesn’t sound like enough to make a serial killer.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;"> “They were both killed in identical, distinctive ways.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Then you have the bodies.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">It wasn’t a question. Renz picked up knife and fork and  attacked his breakfast. “Parts of them,” he said. “Well, that’s  not quite accurate,” he amended through a mouthful of waffle.  “We’ve got just their torsos.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">He swallowed, then smacked his lips together in appreciation.  “This stuff is yummy.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Which seemed a strange thing for a bloodhound to say,  especially one who was police commissioner, but there it  was. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Thel sashayed over with some more coffee immediately  when Renz had forked in his last bite of waffle, probably because  he’d called her sweetheart. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">She returned to behind the counter. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Shot with the same gun,” Renz said, pushing away his  empty plate. He dipped a finger into the residue of syrup and  licked, then took a sip of coffee. Not in a rush. Relishing his  tale. “Twenty-two-caliber hollow point, through the heart.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Small gun.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Big enough. The M.E. says the wounds were fatal, but  the victims might have taken a while to die. Could be they  were finished off with shots to the head. Not having the  heads, we wouldn’t know.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Professional?” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Nah. Pro wouldn’t go to all the trouble of dismembering  the bodies.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Quinn figured that was true. Then he cautioned himself  not to come to any conclusions so soon. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“The other thing,” Renz said, “is that both women were  sexually violated by a long, sharply pointed instrument. Not  a knife, more like a stake.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Tell me that happened after they died,” Quinn said. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“It did according to Nift.” Nift was Dr. Julius Nift, a skillful but verbally brutal medical examiner. “Nift seemed disappointed by this glimmer of mercy in the killer.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“More like convenience,” Quinn said. “Easier to bring  down a victim with a bullet before going to work with a  sharp instrument.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“That’s why you the man,” Renz said. “You can slip right  into the minds of these sick creeps.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“Into yours, too.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“You figure he does that thing with the sharp stake or  whatever ’cause he can’t get it up?” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“There you go.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Renz licked some more syrup off a finger and smiled at  Quinn. “So whaddya say?” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">“We’re on,” Quinn said. “I’ll call Feds and Pearl.” </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Feds was retired homicide detective Larry Fedderman. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">Pearl was...well, Pearl. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:black;">And that could be a problem.</span></p>
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The new Nokia 5800 xpress music tube to become the iphone killer? The new nokia xpress touch screen]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">The new Nokia 5800 xpress music tube to become the iphone killer? The new nokia xpress touch screen phone will soon be released in the UK very soon. The amazing looking phone has GPS navigator, wi-fi, Bluetooth, video playback, an FM radio, and an accelerometer. Sounds similar to the iPhone huh? Well it doesn't have any internal memory but does support up to 8GB micro SD which is good but still doesn't compare the iPhone 16GB. Looks great and does have some cool features and will keep you up to date with the dates of release and all that.</p>
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<guid>http://glareading.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/presi-due-killer-di-colturani-sono-i-capi-del-commando/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[L’uccisione di Marzio Colturani, il medico milanese assassinato durante una rapina nel novembre 20]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>L’uccisione di Marzio Colturani, il medico milanese assassinato durante una rapina nel novembre 2007, non fu un delitto improvvisato, ma il salto di qualità di una gang criminale organizzata e ramificata. Finora, per quel delitto, c’era in carcere solo il «pesce» più piccolo della banda, la badante Tatiana Mitrean, basista del colpo in casa Colturani. Ieri invece una nuova ondata di ordini di custodia ha cambiato radicalmente il quadro. Il giudice Paolo Ielo ha ordinato l’arresto per omicidio volontario aggravato di Iure Popescu e Serghiei Dragan, 33 e 29 ani, entrambi moldavi. C’erano anche loro il 13 novembre a irrompere nella casa del ginecologo, a imbavagliarlo fino a soffocarlo e a svuotare la cassaforte.Popescu - dicono le indagini del Nucleo Investigativo dei carabinieri - era il cervello dell’organizzazione dedicata a traffici di ogni genere sull’asse tra Milano e Chisinau: droga, soldi, donne e soprattutto automobili. È nel milieu della criminalità moldava a Milano che nasce il progetto del colpo a casa Colturani, quando uno della banda - Vasile Cogeban, oggi latitante in patria - raccoglie dalla sua vecchia fiamma Tatiana Mitrean la «dritta» sui gioielli e i quadri custoditi nell’abitazione del medico.Per mesi, dopo l’uccisione del professionista, le indagini hanno scandagliato l’universo dei clan moldavi e lituani. Centinaia di telefoni vengono messi sotto controllo. Che Iure Popescu sia stato l’ideatore dell’impresa i carabinieri iniziano a sospettarlo quasi subito, ma mancano le prove. <br><br>Fonte: http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=295534</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tranny killer on the loose]]></title>
<link>http://jaredinnakano.wordpress.com/?p=388</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jaredinnakano</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jaredinnakano.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/tranny-killer-on-the-loose/</guid>
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It&#8217;s easy to think Tokyo is safe. This little reminder in the Tokyo Metro alerts me that pote]]></description>
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<p>It's easy to think Tokyo is safe. This little reminder in the Tokyo Metro alerts me that potential tranny killers are on the loose. This man of several hair colors and genders is suspected in the murder of a European lady. Where's my panic button?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Presi due killer di Colturani  sono i capi del commando]]></title>
<link>http://httearch.wordpress.com/?p=33</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>httearch</dc:creator>
<guid>http://httearch.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/presi-due-killer-di-colturani-sono-i-capi-del-commando/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[L’uccisione di Marzio Colturani, il medico milanese assassinato durante una rapina nel novembre 20]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>L’uccisione di Marzio Colturani, il medico milanese assassinato durante una rapina nel novembre 2007, non fu un delitto improvvisato, ma il salto di qualità di una gang criminale organizzata e ramificata. Finora, per quel delitto, c’era in carcere solo il «pesce» più piccolo della banda, la badante Tatiana Mitrean, basista del colpo in casa Colturani. Ieri invece una nuova ondata di ordini di custodia ha cambiato radicalmente il quadro. Il giudice Paolo Ielo ha ordinato l’arresto per omicidio volontario aggravato di Iure Popescu e Serghiei Dragan, 33 e 29 ani, entrambi moldavi. C’erano anche loro il 13 novembre a irrompere nella casa del ginecologo, a imbavagliarlo fino a soffocarlo e a svuotare la cassaforte.Popescu - dicono le indagini del Nucleo Investigativo dei carabinieri - era il cervello dell’organizzazione dedicata a traffici di ogni genere sull’asse tra Milano e Chisinau: droga, soldi, donne e soprattutto automobili. È nel milieu della criminalità moldava a Milano che nasce il progetto del colpo a casa Colturani, quando uno della banda - Vasile Cogeban, oggi latitante in patria - raccoglie dalla sua vecchia fiamma Tatiana Mitrean la «dritta» sui gioielli e i quadri custoditi nell’abitazione del medico.Per mesi, dopo l’uccisione del professionista, le indagini hanno scandagliato l’universo dei clan moldavi e lituani. Centinaia di telefoni vengono messi sotto controllo. Che Iure Popescu sia stato l’ideatore dell’impresa i carabinieri iniziano a sospettarlo quasi subito, ma mancano le prove. <br><br>Fonte: http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=295534</p>
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<title><![CDATA[		Google blog search into a Techmeme killer]]></title>
<link>http://ld624.wordpress.com/?p=194</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ld624</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ld624.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/google-blog-search-into-a-techmeme-killer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[         Search Google for its search service has recently carried out a major upgrade for ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>         Search Google for its search service has recently carried out a major upgrade for the first time. After the upgrade of the Google blog search home page did not Google search page in line with its style is similar to Google News. After the revision of the Google blog search technology will be well-known news aggregation site Techmeme challenge.</p>
<p>         After the upgrade of the Google blog search home page, users can choose different types of capacity, including business, science and technology, video games, entertainment, television, sports, and so on. To specific search results, Google blog search home page and the page is very similar to Techmeme. And other blog search services and news aggregation site, Google blog search has its own advantages.<!--more--></p>
<p>        Another well-known and Technorati blog search, Google blog search for a more concise and less spam. Yahoo Buzz rating with the news service, Google blog search covers a wider range. It was not immediately clear but with Techmeme, Google blog search crawling the content of the response speed is faster.</p>
<p>       Techmeme technology news aggregation service by the world's hot pursuit of Internet users, but Google has a view of the higher profile, an upgrade of its blog search, most likely in the hands of Techmeme away from the large number of users. Under normal circumstances, Techmeme index the contents covered by a limited number of blog sites. The Google blog search will be crawling all the world's blog site.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pumpkin serial killer]]></title>
<link>http://redriverpak.wordpress.com/?p=1254</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>redriverpak</dc:creator>
<guid>http://redriverpak.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/pumpkin-serial-killer/</guid>
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  In honor of this month of Halloween, I will be posting occasional pictures and stories to get yo]]></description>
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<p>  In honor of this month of Halloween, I will be posting occasional pictures and stories to get you in the mood for that horrific night when every drooling street urchin on your block invades your front porch.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Boy fed zoo reptiles to crocodile]]></title>
<link>http://mattawesome.wordpress.com/?p=94</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mattcole.org/2008/10/03/boy-fed-zoo-reptiles-to-crocodile/</guid>
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A seven-year-old boy has been filmed going on the rampage at a popular zoo in Australia, killing ra]]></description>
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<strong>A seven-year-old boy has been filmed going on the rampage at a popular zoo in Australia, killing rare reptiles and feeding live ones to a crocodile.</strong></p>
<p>Footage from the security cameras at Alice Springs Reptile Centre caught the child smiling as he killed a total of 13 animals.</p>
<p>During his 30-minute spree, he was seen hurling the animals over the security fence into the crocodile enclosure.</p>
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<p>Zoo officials described the boy's actions as "unbelievable".</p>
<p>They are considering suing the parents as the boy is too young to be prosecuted.</p>
<p>'Difficult to replace'</p>
<p>The attack happened on Wednesday morning after the boy entered the zoo by jumping over the security fence and evading sensor alarms.</p>
<p>Over the next half hour, he bludgeoned some of the animals to death with stones and hurled others over the two fences surrounding the crocodile enclosure.</p>
<p>At one point, he tried scaling the outer enclosure himself to get to "Terry", the 11ft (3.3m) saltwater crocodile.</p>
<p>A turtle, four Western blue-tongued lizards, two bearded dragons, two thorny devil lizards and the zoo's 20-year-old goanna were among those killed.</p>
<p>Zoo director Rex Neindorf said many of the animals were rare or mature and would be difficult to replace.</p>
<p>"The fact a seven-year-old can wreak so much havoc in such a short time, it's unbelievable," he told Reuters news agency.</p>
<p>Mr Neindorf said the boy had "clammed up" when questioned by police.</p>
<p>As children under the age of 10 cannot be held accountable for their actions in the Northern Territory, the zoo would be seeking to take action against the parents.</p>
<p>"We'll be looking at suing the parents, who were supposedly in control of him at the time," he said.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Piazza Armerina: Giovane ucciso in un agguato]]></title>
<link>http://tvpolitica.wordpress.com/?p=1192</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rickisl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tvpolitica.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/piazza-armerina-giovane-ucciso-in-un-agguato/</guid>
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In un agguato a Piazza Armerina, EN, un uomo è stato ucciso a colpi di pistola. La vittima, con nu]]></description>
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<p>In un agguato a Piazza Armerina, EN, un uomo è stato ucciso a colpi di pistola. La vittima, con numerosi precedenti penali, ha tentato la fuga tra i veicoli del centro, ma è stato raggiunto dal killer e ucciso. Sul posto sono al lavoro per i rilievi, polizia e carabinieri, allertati da una telefonata anonima.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mit einem Wisch ...]]></title>
<link>http://alfredopernucci.wordpress.com/?p=174</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alfredo Pernucci</dc:creator>
<guid>http://alfredopernucci.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/mit-einem-wisch/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[- Eine neue Killer-Serie über einen symphatischen Serienkiller. Respekt.
- In der Werbepause als le]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>- Eine neue Killer-Serie über einen symphatischen Serienkiller. Respekt.</p>
<p>- In der Werbepause als letzter Spot vor der Rückkehr zum Blutbad eine Zewa Wisch und Weg Werbung. Fetter Respekt !</p>
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<title><![CDATA[New Denial-of-Service Attack Is a Killer]]></title>
<link>http://tpspace.wordpress.com/?p=207</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nolimit974</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tpspace.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/new-denial-of-service-attack-is-a-killer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hacker RSnake blogs about a newly discovered and deadly denial-of-service attack that could w]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>"Hacker RSnake blogs about a newly discovered and deadly denial-of-service attack that could well be the next big threat to the Internet as a whole. It goes after a broadband Internet connection and KOs machines on the other end such that they stay offline even after the attack is over. It spans various systems, too: the pair of Swedish researchers who found it have already contacted firewall, operating system, and Web-enabled device vendors whose products are vulnerable to this attack."</p>
<p><a href="http://www.darkreading.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=403&#38;doc_id=164939&#38;WT.svl=tease2_2">Read More...</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Drive-Thru from one of the Producers of the SAW Series.]]></title>
<link>http://midnightshowing.wordpress.com/?p=179</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bulldozer86</dc:creator>
<guid>http://midnightshowing.ar.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/drive-thru-from-one-of-the-producers-of-the-saw-series/</guid>
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Need i say more?

And his name is Jason Constantine.  I mention him because on one of the DVD cove]]></description>
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<p>And his name is Jason Constantine.  I mention him because on one of the DVD covers, it makes mention that this slasher comes to us from the producer of SAW 1 and 2.  What a hollow and shameless marketing ploy that turned out to be.  Most fans of the genre would see that, and be intrigued.  Sad for us however, that instead of even getting a passable slasher that could at least be considered a guilty pleasure, we served a hot steamy pile of poo that even the Sci-Fi channel would be embarrassed showing at 3 am on a Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>Even if you were stoned and drunk, hanging with your best buds and doing a bad movie marathon, you might want to overlook this.  I'm a very tolerant horror fan, and one things I'm even more lenient toward are slashers.  Why?  Because slashers are very difficult to make.  Pacing, a clever heavy (bad guy), a descent motivation for the killer, a good gimmick for your killer in the way he kills or where and how, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.  Then you have to make sure you have somewhat likable characters that have to face-off against your villain, and somehow mix all this up and create tension and atmosphere on top.</p>
<p>It's a tall order, and that's why we see so many fail.</p>
<p>But even the "bad" ones still seem to have something offer.  Exceptional special effects, gore, and innovative kills can carry an entire movie, or even a series, to becoming successful.  Sometimes a great twist about who or what the killer is can make watching 90 minutes of "bleh" cinema completely worth it.  Or having a killer that the audience roots for instead of fears to make your film rise above it's competitors.  Drive-Thru delivers none of these characteristics, and fails at following the tried and true formula of slasher movie making in general.</p>
<p>The plot concerns a vengeful guy (or spirit, were never told of course) in a "Horny the Clown" costume, fully imagined with a mouthpiece that distorts his voice just like those talk boxes in old run down burger joints, running around killing the children (all teenagers, how original) of the people who wound up killing him when he was a teenager when a prank went horribly wrong 20 years ago.</p>
<p>On paper, this isn't exactly crippled from the start, but you got to expect that a sense of humor would be included to make such a plot, and such a ridiculous gimmick for a killer, easily digestible.  Wrong.  Besides a few stabs at republicans, the American government, epically failed pot and pot head humor, and trying to shit on the "O.C." California lifestyle, Drive-Thru tries to play it straight.  None of the humor comes off as genuine, original or funny, and seems to be there just to fall in line with flavor of the week politics, trends, and habits that the youth they hope will buy this piece of shit will relate with.  Its obvious their target audience was the the anti-establishment kids, the kids who are sick of the "McWorld" we live in, but instead of making astute observations about how, fast food for instance, is a microcosm of our whole country and even world today, we are instead treated to one liners like "Fast food kills, fucker."</p>
<p>How incredibly enlightening.</p>
<p>Delivering this poignant dialogue is a cast and crew full of nobodies, with the exception of Morgan Spurlock who has that "30 Days" show on F/X and did that "I'm gonna eat McDonalds every day for a month" or whatever movie.  Either the actors are to young and talentless to handle even these see through characters, as the case is with the main friend group who is terrorized by the killer clown, or they are just "I'm here for the paycheck" older actors and actresses who you probably have never seen before, and hopefully will never see again.  Throughout the whole ordeal, either over-acting or just not giving a shit is the two varieties of acting we get.  Great.</p>
<p>All this is nothing compared to the directing though.  It makes rap videos look like Titanic.  Every time someone is killed, the director feels its necessary to speed up and slow down the kill, seemingly at random, and BLAST really bad hard rock/heavy metal over top of it.  This means once you hear the butt rock kick in, any suspense and tension has been removed, as the fact that someone will die in the next few seconds is announced.  Not like the director has enough skill to even TRY to create tension and atmosphere.  Nowhere in Drive-Thru is their even an attempt at a stalk and kill sequence.  Sometimes people walk into a room and Horny the Clown pops out and kills them, but that's about it.  Awesome job.</p>
<p>The kills and "gore" are all very poorly done.  Good violence can help almost any movie out, and apparently that memo wasn't passed on to these filmmakers.  The kills just make you shake your head in how they are terribly executed and how talentless you have to be to not even be able to give your audience a serviceable pay off for sitting through your dreck.  Speaking of pay offs, the ending is so mishandled, it hurts to think about it.  It makes no sense, but does...somewhat...answer the "is it a man or a spirit" question, because somehow even though Horny the Clown is killed at the end, one of our main characters takes up the reigns and continues the slashing.  How they came to this conclusion I have no idea.  Unless there's some brilliant plot revelation they will reveal to us in the sequel.  Have no doubt folks, someone will ressurrect this, and I'll die a little inside when they do.</p>
<p>I could go on for a few pages slamming this film, but I won't.  I honestly wanted to like this movie.  I want to like pretty much everything I see.  And indeed I did actually finish watching this movie, however much I now regret that decision.  If you are the most passionate and fanatical slasher freak out there, I still don't suggest you even download this movie for free.  It's not even worth the look to say "Yeah, I saw that."  Avoid it like you would avoid watching a porno with a family member in it.</p>
<p>As for Jason Constantine, hopefully the paycheck for this was worth it, because he's seriously got to redeem himself after allowing his name to be put on a movie he had know was this bad.</p>
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