Bond Girls Throughout The Years

By: Adalbert
From: http://amog.com/

Fans of James Bond can let out a giant sigh of relief because production on the twenty-third 007 film is underway. If you’re not up to date, the franchise was in trouble because its studio MGM was in financial trouble, but Sony looks like it will be footing the bill. Thus far we know that Daniel Craig and Judi Dench will be reprising their roles. It also appears that Javier Bardem will be the villain in the upcoming release.

However, there’s only one casting announcement that we truly care about… the next Bond Girl. Thus far there are rumors of Rachel Weisz and Kim Kardashian in the coveted role. Regardless of who lands the next Bond Girl role she’s going to have some big shoes to fill. Here’s a look at Bond Girls through the years.


Ursula Andress

Honey Ryder in Dr. No (1962)
Born: March 19, 1936
Measurements: 37 1/2-22-35
Only Bond girl that appeared in the Peter Seller’s Bond parody Casino Royale in 1966, as Vesper Lynd, and the Bond novel On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

Eunice Gayson

Sylvia Trench in Dr. No (1962) and From Russia With Love (1963)
Born: March 17, 1928
Initially cast as Miss Moneypenny. Her daughter, Kate, was an extra in 1995′s GoldenEye.

Daniela Bianchi

Tatiana Romanova in From Russia With Love (1963)
Born: January 31, 1942
Won Miss Rome title in 1960. In 1967, starred in the Bond parody Operation Kid Brother with Sean Connery’s younger brother Neil.

Honor Blackman

Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964)
Born: December 12, 1927
Measurements: 37C-23-35
At 38 she was the oldest Bond girl.

Shirley Eaton

Jill Masterson in Goldfinger (1964)
Born: January 12, 1937
Began stage acting at age 12. Her first on-camera appearance was in 1951.

Tania Mallet

Tilly Masterson in Goldfinger (1964).
Born: May 19, 1941
Was originally considered for the lead Bond girl role in From Russia With Love.

Claudine Auger

Domino Derval in Thunderball (1965)
Born: April 26, 1941
Measurements: 36-23-37
Is a former Miss France.

Molly Peters

Patricia Fearing in Thunderball (1965)
Born: 1942
Measurements: 37C-24-37
Began career as a model and appeared in “Playboy,” “Modern Man,” “Cavalcade,” “Beau,” “Ace,” “Parade,” “Best for Men,” “Dapper,” and “Escapade.”

Martine Beswick

Paula Caplan in Thunderball (1965)
Born: September 26, 1941
Was a former Miss Jamaica and had the role of the gypsy Zora in From Russia With Love.

Luciana Paluzzi

Fiona Volpe in Thunderball (1965)
Born: June 10, 1937
She was originally considered for the lead Bond Girl Domino Derval.

Mie Hama

Kissy Suzuki in You Only Live Twice (1967)
Born: November 20, 1943
Was the first Asian Bond Girl and had appeared in almost 70 films before getting hitched to 007.

Akiko Wakabayashi

Aki in You Only Live Twice (1967)
Born: August 26, 1941
Switched roles with Mie Hama because Hama had difficulty with the English language.

Karin Dor

Helga Brandt in You Only Live Twice (1967)
Born: February 22, 1938
First German Bond Girl who appeared as the leading role in the play “Der Neurosenkavalier” more than 500 times.

Diana Rigg

Tracy Draco in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Born: July 20, 1938
Measurements: 34-25-36 1/2
Became a Dame, which is equivalent to Sir, in 1994 for her contributions to film and theater. Was also one of the first major actors to appear nude on-stage in 1970′s “Abelard and Heloise”

Angela Scoular

Ruby Bartlett in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Born: November 8, 1945
Played the part of Buttercup in the Peter Sellers 007 parody Casino Royale in 1966.

Jill St. John

Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Born: August 19, 1940
Measurements: 36-22-35
The first American Bond Girl with an IQ of 162. Was taking classes at UCLA when she was 14.

Lana Wood

Plenty O’Toole in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Born: March 1, 1946
Measurements: 36C-24-35
Sister of the late Natalie Wood who received her Bond role after appearing in Playboy.

Jane Seymour

Solitaire in Live and Let Die (1973)
Born: February 15, 1951
Measurements: 33C-24-36
Does not actually have English ancestry, despite her persona, her father was from Eastern Europe and her mother was Dutch.

Gloria Hendry

Rosie Carver in Live and Let Die (1973)
Born: March 3, 1949
Was the first African-American love interest for James Bond. She gained exposure by working at the Playboy Club as a Bunny.

Britt Ekland

Mary Goodnight in The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
Born: October 6, 1942
Was married to Peter Sellers from 1964 to 1968 and was portrayed by Charlize Theron in the film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.

Maud Adams

Andrea Anders in The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) and Octopussy in Octopussy (1983)
Born: February 12, 1945
This former model is the only actress to play a lead role in two different Bond Films. Her first was in The Man With The Golden Gun and her second was Octopussy in 1983. She’s also an extra in 1985′s A View To A Kill.

Barbara Bach

Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Born: August 27, 1947
Measurements: 35-24-35
This former Playboy regular is married to Ringo Starr.

Caroline Munro

Naomi in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Born: January 16, 1949
Measurements: 36B-25-35
Refused an offer to pose nude for Playboy and even films that called for it, such as Force 10 From Navarone. She also turned down the role of of Ursa in Superman.

Lois Chiles

Holly Goodhead in Moonraker (1977)
Born: April 15, 1947
Was original choice for Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me but turned it down because of her self-imposed hiatus, however, director Lewis Gilbert convinced her to play the part of Holly Goodhead before she left acting.

Corinne Clery

Corinne Dufour in Moonraker (1977)
Born: March 23, 1950
This French actress has remained active in films, although mainly in Europe.

Carole Bouquet

Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Born: August 18, 1957
Was interviewed for the lead in Moonraker. Went on to become a spokes-model for Chanel in the 90′s.

Cassandra Harris

Countess Lisl in For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Born: December 15, 1948
Met her future husband, and future James Bond himself, Pierce Brosnan while on the set of For Your Eyes Only.

Lynn-Holly Johnson

Bibi in For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Born: December 13, 1958
Was a professional ice skater in the 70′s.

Kristina Wayborn

Magda in Octopussy (1983)
Born: September 24, 1950
Was Miss Sweden in 1970.

Kim Basinger

Domino Petachi in Never Say Never Again (1983)
Born: December 8, 1953
Measurements: 35 1/2C-24-35 1/2
First Bond Girl and first woman to pose naked in Playboy to win an Oscar.

Barbara Carrera

Fatima Blush in Never Say Never Again (1983)
Born: December 31, 1945
Measurements: 35-24-34
This former model is rumored to have turned down a role in Octopussy because she wanted to work with Sean Connery was returning as James Bond in Never Say Never Again.

Tanya Roberts

Stacey Sutton in A View To A Kill (1985)
Born: October 15, 1955
Measurements: 34B-21-34 in 1976 and 36-21-34 in 1984
Was not only a Bond Girl but also one of the last original Charlie’s Angels.

Grace Jones

MayDay in A View To A Kill (1985)
Born: May 19, 1948
Lived with Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren for four years, who appeared with her in the Bond film A View to a Kill, though contrary to popular rumor they were never engaged.

Fiona Fullerton

Pola Ivanova in A View To A Kill (1985)
Born: October 10, 1956
Was born in Nigeria.

Maryam d’Abo

Kara Milovy in The Living Daylights (1987)
Born: December 27, 1960
Wrote, produced and hosted the TV special Bond Girls Are Forever in 2002.

Carey Lowell

Pam Bouvier in License To Kill (1989)
Born: February 11, 1961
Measurements: 34C-25-35
Is currently married to Richard Gere and was once married to Griffin Dunne.

Talisa Soto

Lupe Lamora in License To Kill (1989)
Born: March 27, 1967
Measurements: 36B-26-36
Turned down a Playboy spread and is currently married to actor Benjamin Bratt.

Izabella Scorupco

Natalya Simonova in GoldenEye (1995)
Born: June 4, 1970
Measurements: 34-23 1/2-33 1/2
Was originally offered lead role in L.A. Confidential, but turned it down. That role went to former Bond Girl Kim Basinger.

Famke Janssen

Xenia Onatopp in Golden Eye (1995)
Born: November 5, 1964
Measurements: 36-24-36
Gave Conan O’ Brien a demonstration of her character’s signature move while promoting GoldenEye.

Michelle Yeoh

Wai Lin in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Born: August 6, 1962
This former Miss Malaysia is one of the only female stars whom Jackie Chan lets do her own stunts.

Teri Hatcher

Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Born: December 8, 1964
Measurements: 34C-23-34
Was a San Franciso 49ers Cheerleader before acting.

Denise Richards

Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Born: February 17, 1971
Measurements: 36C-24-34
The former Mrs. Charlie Sheen was voted the “Worst Bond Girl of All Time” by the readers of British newspaper Daily Mail.

Sophie Marceau

Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Born: November 17, 1966
Measurements: 36 1/4C-23 1/2- 35 1/2
Began acting at the age of 14. Her first role was in the French film The Party (1980).

Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Cigar Girl in The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Born: July 27, 1968
Measurements: 39D-25 1/2-35 1/2
This Italian hottie has also been seen in The Sopranos and more recently The Rite with Anthony Hopkins.

Rosamund Pike

Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002)
Born: January 28, 1979
Can play the piano and cello and can speak French and German.

Halle Berry

Jinx in Die Another Day (2002)
Born: August 14, 1966
Measurements: 36C-22-37
This former high school cheerleader is the first Oscar winner to become a Bond Girl.

Eva Green

Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale (2006)
Born: July 5, 1980
Measurements: 36-24-35
This French vixen has composed music for the flute and piano.

Caterina Murino

Solange in Casino Royale (2006)
Born: September 15, 1977
Measurements: 36-26-35
Reached fourth place in the 1996 Miss Italy contest.

Gemma Arterton

Strawberry Fields in Quantum Of Solace (2008)
Born: January 12, 1986
Measurements: 34-28-40
Despite beating out 1500 other actresses for her role in Quantum Of Solace, she lost out roles in Iron Man 2 to Scarlett Johansson, and the Dark Knight Rises to Anne Hathaway.

Olga Kurylenko

Camille in Quantum Of Solace (2008)
Born: November 14, 1979
Measurements: 34-23-35
This Ukrainian-born actress trained as a model in Moscow and as a ballerina in the Soviet Union as a child.

These aren't the beers you're looking for: Leia Gets Luke a Beer

by Nattyb

from: http://unrealitymag.com/

I don’t know about you guys but this might be one of the best Star Wars clips I’ve seen in a very long time.    I mean when you really think about it, it’s gotta be tough going up against that Death Star day after day.  Guys must be parched by the time they get back.

However, something tells me that this is before take off so what the hell man?  Are we to believe that Star Wars was promoting drinking and flying?  Not cool Mr. Lucas.  Not cool at all.

For Cold Virus, Zinc May Edge Out Even Chicken Soup

By TARA PARKER-POPE

From http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/

 

Scientists still haven’t discovered a cure for the common cold, but researchers now say zinc may be the next best thing.

A sweeping new review of the medical research on zinc shows that sniffing, sneezing, coughing and stuffy-headed cold sufferers finally have a better option than just tissue and chicken soup. When taken within 24 hours of the first runny nose or sore throat, zinc lozenges, tablets or syrups can cut colds short by an average of a day or more and sharply reduce the severity of symptoms, according to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, a respected medical clearinghouse.

In some of the cited studies, the benefits of zinc were significant. A March 2008 report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, for example, found that zinc lozenges cut the duration of colds to four days from seven days, and reduced coughing to two days from five.

While the findings are certain to send droves of miserable cold sufferers to the drugstore in search of zinc treatments, the study authors offered no guidance on what type of zinc product to buy. The authors declined to make recommendations about the optimal dose, formulation or duration of zinc use, saying that more work was needed before they could make recommendations.

“Over all, it appears that zinc does have an effect in controlling the common cold,” said Dr. Meenu Singh, the review’s lead author and a professor in the department of pediatrics at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India. “But there still needs to be consensus about the dose.”
Zinc experts say that many over-the-counter zinc products may not be as effective as those studied by researchers because commercial lozenges and syrups often are made with different formulations of zinc and various flavors and binders that can alter the effectiveness of the treatment.

“A lot of preparations have added so many things that they aren’t releasing zinc properly,” said Dr. Ananda Prasad, professor in the department of oncology at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and an early pioneer of research into zinc as an essential mineral. Two of Dr. Prasad’s studies were included in the Cochrane report.

“The public is confused because people have used the wrong dose, they have used the wrong sort of zinc or they have not started the treatment within 24 hours of onset,” he said.

Even so, the new report gives credence to the long-debated theory that zinc can be an effective treatment for colds. While it’s not certain how the mineral curbs colds, it appears to have antiviral properties that prevent the cold virus from replicating or attaching to nasal membranes.

The first study to show that zinc might be a useful treatment for the common cold was published in 1984, but the research was criticized for its poor methods. Since that study, 18 more trials of zinc for colds have been conducted: 11 of them showed it to be a useful treatment, while seven of them showed no benefit, according to the review.

Although a majority of trials have shown some benefit from zinc, many of them have been criticized for failing to “mask” the treatment, meaning the participants most likely knew they were using zinc, which may have skewed the results. At the same time, many of the trials that showed no benefit from zinc have been criticized for using formulations that may have contained ingredients that blunted the effectiveness of zinc.

The Cochrane reviewers selected 15 studies that enrolled a combined 1,360 participants. The studies were all considered to have good methodological quality with a low risk of bias, but they were far from perfect. All the studies compared zinc use with a placebo, but in several studies the zinc users complained about the taste of lozenges, suggesting that some people may have known that they were using zinc rather than a placebo.
Even so, when the data was pooled, the effect shown was strong. The review found that not only did zinc reduce the duration and severity of common cold symptoms, but regular zinc use also worked to prevent colds, leading to fewer school absences and less antibiotic use in children. People who used zinc were also far less likely to have a cold that lasted more than seven days.

The studies used various forms and doses of zinc, including zinc gluconate or zinc acetate lozenges and zinc sulfate syrup, and the dose ranged from 30 to 160 milligrams a day. Several studies in the Cochrane review used zinc acetate lozenges from the Web site ColdCure.com, created by George Eby, the researcher who wrote the first zinc study in 1984.

Dr. Prasad said his studies have used zinc acetate lozenges from ColdCure.com that contained about 13 milligrams of zinc. Study participants took a lozenge every three to four hours during the day for four consecutive days, resulting in a daily dose of 50 to 65 milligrams a day, he said.
Some cold sufferers have been wary about using zinc since the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers to stop using Zicam nasal sprays and swabs, which contain zinc, after numerous reports that some users lost their sense of smell after using the product. The Cochrane report did not review any studies of nasal zinc products.

Hear The Flaming Lips "Two Blobs F*#king" on One Page

By Martin Cizmar

From: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/

The Flaming Lips have a cool new YouTube video project.

Picking up where they left off with 1997's odd experimental album Zaireeka, which came on four CDs intended to be played at once, the Okies have a new song called "Two Blobs Fucking," which comes divided onto 12 YouTube videos intended to be played at ounce by a dozen people hanging out together.

I have Zaireeka but I had to hack it by duplicating the discs onto audio cassettes -- this was way before CD plays cost $18 at Big Lots -- since they're definitely weren't three other kids into that sort of weird indie rock at my high school. Now, let's hack this one, too.

Below you'll find all 12 tracks embedded on the same page. If you're quick enough with your fingers you should be able to get them synced up pretty closely. If not, have one or two friends/co-workers join in by taking three or four each.

Enjoy!


UPDATE: My friend Kevin one-upped me. He's awesome with computer stuff and has a site that automatically loads them all simultaneously. Click here.

Michelle Pfeiffer in Talks to Reteam With Tim Burton for 'Dark Shadows'

by Borys Kit
From: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/

Role would cast her opposite Johnny Depp in Warner Bros’ big-screen take on the 1960s gothic vampire TV soap opera.

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Michelle Pfeiffer is in negotiations to reteam with Tim Burton for Dark Shadows, Warner Bros’ big-screen take on the 1960s gothic vampire TV soap opera starring Johnny Depp.

The movie has an April start and has been casting up, with Jackie Earle Haley, Eva Green and Bella Heathcote already on board.

Depp will portray Barnabas Collins, a self-loathing vampire living in a Maine manor who is searching for his lost love.

Pfeiffer would play Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, the reclusive matriarch of the Collins family which runs the Maine town. The character has not left the mansion since the disappearance  of her husband a decade earlier.

Pfeiffer is finding herself very much in demand this new year. The actress is juggling a role in New Line’s all-star New Year’s Eve and shooting Welcome to People, the directorial debut of scribe Alex Kurtzman.

The last time she worked with Burton was as Catwoman in 1992’s Batman Returns.

Pfeiffer is repped by CAA and Management 360.

10 Classic Grammy Performances From The 1980′s

by The Big Ego

Everything was better when we were kids! It wasn’t but that’s the only thing I can say when watching award shows like the Grammys on TV. It all seems like crap. Where are the real stars? Where are the timeless hits? Where the hell is Donna Summer! It all makes no sense.
Instead of watching the Grammys and people arriving in eggs, I spend most of the night checking out some of the shows from when I was growing up. The good old days when music was music and Boy George was considered controversial.
Here are some classic Grammy performances from the Reagan years.

Snow Sculpture - You wish you had this Castle Grayskull snow fort when you were a kid

Cyriaque Lamar — Sculptor Kilroy III built this insane Masters of the Universe igloo in Brooklyn after one of the Northeast's many snowstorms. It took two days of construction and was designed with a Korean soup spoon and bowl. You can check out more photos and information about this project here.

[Spotted on Geekologie]

Surfing and tattoos, a ride culture lifestyle

by Master Trigger
from: http://triggerpit.com/

The recently launched WSTRNCV Magazine concerns itself with "ride culture", featuring the best of "boards & wheels." They cover topics such as surfing, skateboarding , snowboarding, vintage motorcycles, custom cars and the music and art that immerses these cultures.

Included here is a selection of surf culture images from their launch issue. Also check their short video featuring the rather stunning Indonesian actress/designer Fahrani Empel.

WSTRNCV Magazine was kind enough to let us use their images and we thought we should share them with our readers as we think that not only is the imagery stunning but we get to experience a bit of a hidden lifestyle, as we are taken on a wild journey. Enjoy.

1

Actress/designer/tatoo artist Fahrani Empel
shot in Los Angeles. WSTRNCV Magazine photo:
©Kiino Villand.

2

Luke action shot (next to cliff)
ASP world tour surfer Luke Stedman displaying his unique drop in technique. WSTRNCV Magazine photo: ©Nathan Smith

3

Actress/designer/tatoo artist Fahrani Empel
shot in Los Angeles. WSTRNCV Magazine photo: ©Kiino Villand.

4

Board shaper/wetsuit designer Jill Hansen
Shot in Hawaii. WSTRNCV Magazine photo: ©Imani Lanier

5

North Sumatra, Front Side Air
WSTRNCV Magazine photo: ©Steven Brisick

6

Actress/designer/tatoo artist Fahrani Empel
WSTRNCV Magazine photo: ©Kiino Villand.

7

ASP world tour surfer Luke Stedman shot in Hawaii
WSTRNCV Magazine Photo: ©Imani Lanier

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ASP world tour surfer Luke Stedman shot in Hawaii
WSTRNCV Magazine Photo: ©Imani Lanier

9

Board shaper/wetsuit designer Jill Hansen
Shot in Hawaii. WSTRNCV Magazine photo: ©Imani Lanier

10

Actress/designer/tatoo artist Fahrani Empel

©Kiino Villand.

11

Legendary pro skater Steve Olson riding to the beach
WSTRNCV Magazine photo: ©Mike Miller.

12

ASP world tour surfer Luke Stedman shot in Hawaii
WSTRNCV Magazine Photo: ©Imani Lanier

13

Photographer/director/surfer Steven Lippman
shot in Malibu. WSTRNCV Magazine photo: ©Kiino Villand

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The 10 Types Of Bad Girls & Why You Fall For Them

From: http://www.askmen.com/

Which type of bad girl do you go for - and why? Find out the difference between the Sex Siren and the Addict before it's too late.

By Carole Lieberman, Ms. Heidi

Why She Plays The Bad Girl

“Just as little girls are forewarned that they’ll need to kiss a lot of frogs before they find their prince, society forewarns little boys that they’ll need to slay a lot of dragons before they’ll win the heart of their true princess. These men grow up believing they are not entitled to a princess unless they accomplish some death-defying feat equivalent to slaying a dragon, such as making a ton of money, driving a fancy car, living in a mansion, displaying trophies attesting to their prowess in some sport or being able to flash business cards with an impressive title after their name.”

So begins my new book, Bad Girls: Why Men Love Them & How Good Girls Can Learn Their Secrets, a self-help relationship book written to empower men and women to find the love they deserve. In today’s times, true love has become more elusive than ever. Instead, men and women -- fearful of being rejected and abandoned -- end up hurting each other and perpetuating the pattern of “bad” relationships. Bad Girls are on the rise, taking advantage of men’s insecurities to trap them by making them feel like the biggest stud on the planet.

My book continues: “A bad girl is a woman whose heart has been hardened by men who have hurt, abused or abandoned her in her past…. To protect herself, she has taken her heart off her sleeve and locked it away, having given up hope of ever meeting a charming prince who will kiss her and make her feel lovable…. She transforms her pain, fear and anger into a single-minded crusade to get ‘something’… leaving men’s broken hearts in her wake.”

Depending on which of the Dozen Dangerous Damsels she is, that “something” can include money, drugs, sex, protection, an affair, a man to hang in there without a commitment, a husband, someone else’s husband, a lifeline, a toy boy, a yes-man, or revenge. What makes each type of Bad Girl tick and why men are attracted to her have unconscious roots in childhood. Here are 10 examples of these damsels.

The Gold-digger (like Anna Nicole Smith and Oksana Grigorieva) wants a sugar daddy to pamper her because she feels entitled to take from a man what her father couldn’t or wouldn’t give her.

The Addict (like Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Brooke Mueller) not only wants her substance of choice, but also an enabler to help her fill the inner void left over from lack of nurturance as a child.

The Sex Siren wants to be idolized for her sexual powers and uses sex as a weapon to turn men into lapdogs. Marilyn Monroe was sexually abused as a little girl and later used her sensuality as a survival strategy to hide the pain.

The Sexual Withholder wants to avoid having sex or to have sex only under conditions that she imposes because growing up, her femininity was wounded. As a preteen, Brooke Shields played a nude prostitute in reel life, which later caused conflict in real life about her sexuality.

The Husband Hunter & Trapper (like Jessica Simpson and Nadya Suleman) wants the security of being taken care of and the status of being a “married lady.” Since she doesn’t feel love for herself, she resorts to setting traps to catch a husband.

The Husband Stealer (like Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts and Rielle Hunter) wants to prove that her beauty and charm are irresistible, even after a man has pledged his heart to another.

The Ultimate Damsel in Distress (like Blanche du Bois in Streetcar Named Desire and Susan Mayer in Desperate Housewives) wants to be rescued from fire-breathing dragons, which today means anything from loneliness to a low-credit score.

The Cougar (like Demi Moore, Susan Sarandon and Linda Bollea) wants a boy toy to play with, to help her turn back the clock so that she still feels desired and desirable and still has power over men.

The Ball-buster (like Sarah Palin and Kate Gosselin) wants a man to prove he loves her by perpetually scrambling to meet her insatiable demands and surrendering to her so she can feel as though she has control over her world.

The Bad Girl Scorned (like Alex Forrest/Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction and Monica Lewinsky) wants her man to cancel his plans to break up with her. Failing this, she wants to destroy his life by stalking him or extracting revenge.

To uncover the secrets Bad Girls use to make otherwise smart and successful men fall head over heels for them, I interviewed over 100 men who shared intimate details of their Bad Girl experiences. Their stories forewarn male readers and help them heal their wounds by seeing themselves in these similar predicaments. By understanding what makes each of these women tick, a man can crack the Bad Girl code and discover why he gets swept up in the heartbreaking drama, leaving good girls on the shelf who are ready to love him for who he truly is -- not how many dragons he has slain. Happy hunting!



Carole Lieberman, M.D., is a Beverly Hills psychiatrist and three-time Emmy Award winner. You’ll recognize her from her countless TV appearances -- from Oprah to O’Reilly. Bad Girls (Cogito Media Group) is available wherever books are sold. Watch the trailers on http://www.badgirlsbook.com.

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Man and machine tied in 'Jeopardy' game-show match

From: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

$1.5 million at stake as computer takes on two human champs on TV

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Seth Wenig  /  AP

 

"Jeopardy" champions Ken Jennings, left, and Brad Rutter, right, look on as an IBM computer called "Watson" beats them to the buzzer to answer a question during a practice round of the "Jeopardy!" quiz show in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. in January. The real competition is being aired this week on the syndicated TV program.

NEW YORK — In the "Jeopardy" battle of man vs. machine, man and machine were neck-and-neck on Monday. 

Human player Brad Rutter and the supercomputer named Watson ended an initial round tied at $5,000. The other challenger, human Ken Jennings, was in third with $2,000.

Rutter (the show's all-time money-winner with $3.25 million) and Jennings (who has the longest winning streak at 74 games) are the most successful players in "Jeopardy" history. Watson, named for IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, is powered by 10 racks of computer servers running the Linux operating system.
"You are about to witness what may prove to be an historic competition," host Alex Trebek told viewers at the top of the show.

No question, Watson proved to be an amazing competitor — maybe even a little creepy in the speed and accuracy he displayed.

With categories including Beatles People, Olympic Oddities and Name the Decade, the round got started with Rutter choosing the first question, Alternate Meanings for $200: "4-letter word for a vantage point or a belief."

"What is a view?" was Rutter's correct response.

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But Watson took charge with his answer to Alternate Meanings for $400: "4-letter word for the iron fitting on the hoof of a horse or a card-dealing box in a casino."

"What is a shoe?" said Watson in his resonant electronic voice.

His next selection was the game board's Daily Double, and, after wagering $1,000, he correctly named the literary character being sought: "Who is Hyde?"

At one point Watson was dominating to the tune of $4,000, against $200 each for Jennings and Rutter. Then Rutter, giving hope to worried human viewers, began his rally.

Along the way, Watson made a few embarrassing stumbles.

After Jennings incorrectly said the 1920s was the decade in which Oreo cookies were introduced, Watson jumped in with his answer: "What is 1920s?"

"No," Trebek told him. "Ken said that.
"
Rutter got it right when he responded, "What are the 1910s?"

Later, Watson slipped up on the question: "Stylish elegance, or students who all graduated in the same year."
"What is chic?" ventured Watson.

"What is class?" Rutter correctly answered.

The exhibition matches will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday on the popular trivia TV game show. Two complete games will be aired. The contestant with the highest cumulative score collects $1 million. The runner-up receives $300,000, and the third-place contestant gets $200,000.

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IBM has said all of Watson's winnings will be given to charity. Jennings and Rutter plan to donate half of their winnings to the charities of their choice.

The bouts were taped at the IBM research center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., last month. Both men and Watson have managed to keep the final outcome under wraps.

Watson is the result of years of development by IBM researchers. Like human contestants, it has no recourse to the Internet during play. Rather, it draws upon a huge database of information in its 15-trillion-byte memory, and sifts through potential answers with 2,880 processor cores.

The computer can identify the right answer with lightning speed — but it can also misfire badly, as occasionally seen on Monday. The reason is that Watson doesn't always catch the context for "Jeopardy" clues, which often play upon puns or clever word associations with the category titles. Watson's developers say the capacity to learn through real-world experience is something that may be built into future generations of question-answering computers.

Outside observers have estimated the cost of Watson's development in the range of tens of millions of dollars, or even hundreds of millions. Although Watson was optimized for playing "Jeopardy," IBM and its academic partners say Watson's progeny could help answer questions in a wide spectrum of specialized, data-heavy fields, including medicine and engineering.

This report includes information from The Associated Press' Frazier Moore and msnbc.com.

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Play This Holographic "Instrument" Using Your Mobile Phone

Music Boxel from aircord on Vimeo.

by Kevin Holmes

from: http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/

Using smartphones to interact with installations at exhibitions is something we’ll no doubt be seeing a lot more of. Artists Sander Veenhof and Mark Skwarek already used them to launch a guerrilla AR attack on MoMA in their DIY Augmented Reality Art Invasion last October. Not quite as audacious but still thrilling is this collaborative installation, Music Boxel, from Japanese interactive designers Aircord and Uniba.

It’s a multi-user interactive music game which allows people to interact with it using their smartphones. By holding their phone up to a QR code they download the software and can then point it at the 3D hologram and add or remove voxels, changing the graphical interplay of the display and the pixellated sounds it makes.
Aircord have been experimenting with 3D holograms and mobile devices for a while now. Check out the video below, which shows a mobile phone used for 360 degree 3D projection.



N-3D "Mobile Ver." from aircord on Vimeo.

Coca Cola recipe 'discovered'

From: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

A website claims to have uncovered Coca-Cola's top secret recipe.

Coca-Cola's top secret recipe has allegedly been revealed Photo: REUTERS

The ingredients of the drink, created by John Pemberton, a medicinal pharmacist in 1886, have always been a mystery.

However, Thisamericanlife.org claims to have discovered a list in a photograph in a newspaper article giving the ingredients and exact quantities to make the drink.

The Feb 8 1979 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a photo of someone holding open a book with a recipe claimed to be an exact replica of Pemberton's.

The recipe reportedly contains the exact measures of all the different oils needed for Coca Cola's secret ingredient, Merchandise 7X.

Despite making up only one per cent of the drink's total formula, Merchandise 7X is thought to give the popular soft drink its unique taste.

The official recipe is said to be guarded 24-hours a day in a vault in Atlanta, Georgia.

The 'secret recipe'
Fluid extract of Coca 3 drams USP
Citric acid 3 oz
Caffeine 1oz
Sugar 30 (it is unclear from the markings what quantity is required)
Water 2.5 gal
Lime juice 2 pints 1 qrt
Vanilla 1oz
Caramel 1.5oz or more to colour
7X flavour (use 2oz of flavour to 5 gals syrup):
Alcohol 8oz
Orange oil 20 drops
Lemon oil 30 drops
Nutmeg oil 10 drops
Coriander 5 drops
Neroli 10 drops
Cinnamon 10 drops

Apple's iPhone Mini Rumors: Why They Now Make Sense

BY Kit Eaton
From http://www.fastcompany.com/

Numerous rumors have surfaced about Apple's future smartphone plans, and this time they have the ring of authority. If they prove true, an iPhone Mini really is inbound, and--among other news--this tells us Apple's success is only going to intensify, despite strong competition from Android.

We've heard many rumors about an iPhone Mini over the years, some from insiders who even claim to have seen the technology, but the actual device has never surfaced. Presumably that's because Steve Jobs, or someone else high up on Apple's team, decided that the technology (or the market) wasn't yet mature enough to support it. The rumors resurfaced and intensified recently--and peaked this weekend, with an article in the Wall Street Journal that unmistakably suggests a smaller, next-gen iPhone is really en route.

The reason these rumors make sense is clear: The WSJ's headline is all you need to see, really--"Apple Works on Line of Less-Expensive iPhones." Ever since it arrived the iPhone's high unit price has been problematic for many commenters and many consumers. Apple even got it hugely wrong at first in 2007, and had to quickly drop the price and offer a refund to some early adopters. That of course hasn't stopped the device from selling by the tens of millions--even in some overseas markets where its price isn't reduced by carrier subsidies.

But the tide of sales has begun to turn against Apple, and Android phones are now outselling it in many places, including the U.S. This trend is likely to continue because Apple keeps its ecosystem all to itself, whereas Google shares its OS for free to partner manufacturers, its business model relying on income from embedded mobile ads (and thus a broad-spread of devices is in Google's favor). Android phones are available in a diversity of designs and prices, and some even go for free--something Apple simply can't compete with. It's tried, by keeping the previous-gen iPhone alive at a low price while the next-gen one ships, but consumers are aware of Apple's software tricks, and know their cheap devices won't necessarily run the hottest and greatest of apps.

Hence the iPhone Mini (as we'll assume it's called, for now). The WSJ suggests it's about half the size of the iPhone 4, and will cost carriers about half as much--no doubt due to cost savings achieved in its production. This will mean an iPhone for 2011 on contract may be free, although you'll have to accept some limitations imposed by its smaller display compared to the "full size" unit. Assuming the device has all the same design cues that we're familiar with, and Apple doesn't underpower the unit to save a few extra dollars, it may even outsell the full-sized phone because it'll appeal to the masses to whom the iPhone's full price is a barrier. This is precisely the same business thinking that drives sales of the iPod Nano (and the Mini before it). A Mini iPhone would pitch Apple's device into direct competition with Google across the entire smartphone market, and possibly stem the flood of Android phones.

Meanwhile, the WSJ is also reporting Apple's planning a revamp of MobileMe--its cloud-based ecosystem behind the iPhone and iPad--that will make it free, and more powerful. By pulling off this trick, the WSJ suggests the iDevices won't need so much on-board memory, as they'll simply be able to save, share and view content from the cloud (over 3G or Wi-Fi). This could save on unit costs, keeping the price down, and step neatly around the fact that Android phones have expandable memories via SD cards, which appeals to some types of user. If this also implies wireless access to your iTunes library (which may leverage the skills of streaming service LaLa that Apple bought last year, and make use of Apple's enormous, mysterious North Carolina data center) it also transforms the iPhone into the true mobile media device it's always been intended to be, challenging Google, Amazon and the horde of streaming music services that have emerged as competition.

Some additional data on the cloud storage rumor suggests Apple may swap out all of the iPhone Mini's storage memory for cloud-based storage. Since it's the most expensive portion of the phone, and users now expect multiple-gigabytes of storage, this makes good sense, though it may limit the situations you try to use the phone in (in-flight, for one).

Other rumors hint at an improved screen on the new iPhones that has "edge-to-edge" display powers, allowing Apple to compete with some classes of Android phone that have huge displays, and turning it into a portable media consumption device that's much more future-friendly. Lastly there's also a hint that Apple's including voice recognition powers in the phone, competing with Google's technology, appealing to limited-accessibility users and enabling all sorts of advanced gaming and app powers too.

In other words, although Apple does not have a "revolutionary" new product on the table for 2011, it doesn't look like it will lose its smartphone crown any time soon.

AT&T says thank you to iPhone users with 1000 bonus minutes

This Does Work!!

AT&T is continuing to say thank you to their iPhone users who are sticking with them. Last week was a 20% off an accessory coupon and this week is a free extra 1000 rollover minutes. Some readers have sent in screenshots of the above, let us know if you received one, too. Thanks, Vinod.
Update: We are hearing that if you did not recieve the text just send the word “yes” to the 11113020 number and you will recieve a text that says your account has been credited!  Anyone want to verify?
Update 2: Confirmed below!
Update 3: There was some concern it was a scam but we’ve now verified it with AT&T – It’s legit.