To view the manga of Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden go:
http://www.mangapark.com/manga/rock-lee-no-seishun-full-power-ninden - will pop out page
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden
This is so cute! Chibi / SD drawing style
To view the manga of Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden go:
http://www.mangapark.com/manga/rock-lee-no-seishun-full-power-ninden - will pop out page
To view the manga of Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden go:
http://www.mangapark.com/manga/rock-lee-no-seishun-full-power-ninden - will pop out page
Friday, November 9, 2012
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Being guys we can't help but we're just attracted to nice flashy cars.
After I saw this commercial for "Need for Speed: Most Wanted" , I had to share this:
Need for Speed Most Wanted | Live Action TV Ad
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted Announce Trailer -- Official E3 2012
Need For Speed Most Wanted | Gameplay Feature Series #1 - Singleplayer
After I saw this commercial for "Need for Speed: Most Wanted" , I had to share this:
Need for Speed Most Wanted | Live Action TV Ad
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted Announce Trailer -- Official E3 2012
Need For Speed Most Wanted | Gameplay Feature Series #1 - Singleplayer
Friday, November 2, 2012
Young kids learn better through play? So do teens: Study
Secondary students did better in tests when made to solve maths problems on their own.
Babies and pre-schoolers learn through play - and teenage students can benefit by doing the same, a new study has found. Research led by Associate Professor Manu Kapur from the National Institute of Education (NIE) found that students learn better when they "play" with ideas before being taught.
Prof Kapur, who heads the NIE's learning Science Lab, calls this technique "productive failure". Such a process leads to "failure" but it is precisely at this point that students start to learn, he said. Speaking to Straits Times, Pro Kapur said:"We all know we learn from failure, so why don't we design failure to happen first?" The study, believed to be the first of its kind to test this teaching method, was funded by the Education Ministry through grants totalling about $1.1 million.
More than 5,500 students aged 13 to 18 from 14 schools were tested over the past five years. Some 81 teachers were trained in this method. In each school, students were divided into two groups to learn a new mathematical topic such as fractions, ratios or statistics. For the first group, a teacher would use the traditional method of "direct instruction" and set aside time for practice. The second group worked on their own in teams without help from the teacher. They had about an hour to think of ways to solve new problems. When this was over, the teacher went through their methods and taught them the correct way to solve the problems. The students were tested before and after the classes.
The study found that 76 percent to 92 percent of those in the second group outperformed their peers in the first. "The focus is not on getting the correct answer but letting them play with ideas first," said Pro Kapur.
"Learning through play" has become a catchphrase in pre-school education, especially in the last year with the release of the revised kindergarten curriculum framework.
"But why just pre-school?" asked Pro Kapur. He said he believed "play" can be implemented even at the later stages of learning. "Play is a very powerful mechanism of learning across all ages. We think of it as just unproductive fun but it involves challenge, frustration and failure, if you examine how children play."
Play is not unproductive fun but involves challenge, frustration and failure - Manu Kapur
"Research in this area is fairly new and we are trying to understand how play works and build a science around it." He said he hopes the study's findings can be used to bring about change in the classrooms, although he added that it will not be easy. "Students are used to being told what to do and schools and parents need to be convinced that it works", he added.
Since April 2012, Pro Kapur has trained more teachers in this method, starting with 18 maths teachers from primary and secondary schools and junior colleges.
Some students, however, are yet to be convinced about his method. Victoria Junior College student Cheryl Koo, 18, said:" It sounds effective but as students we need efficiency and this sounds quite time-consuming."
Babies and pre-schoolers learn through play - and teenage students can benefit by doing the same, a new study has found. Research led by Associate Professor Manu Kapur from the National Institute of Education (NIE) found that students learn better when they "play" with ideas before being taught.
Prof Kapur, who heads the NIE's learning Science Lab, calls this technique "productive failure". Such a process leads to "failure" but it is precisely at this point that students start to learn, he said. Speaking to Straits Times, Pro Kapur said:"We all know we learn from failure, so why don't we design failure to happen first?" The study, believed to be the first of its kind to test this teaching method, was funded by the Education Ministry through grants totalling about $1.1 million.More than 5,500 students aged 13 to 18 from 14 schools were tested over the past five years. Some 81 teachers were trained in this method. In each school, students were divided into two groups to learn a new mathematical topic such as fractions, ratios or statistics. For the first group, a teacher would use the traditional method of "direct instruction" and set aside time for practice. The second group worked on their own in teams without help from the teacher. They had about an hour to think of ways to solve new problems. When this was over, the teacher went through their methods and taught them the correct way to solve the problems. The students were tested before and after the classes.
The study found that 76 percent to 92 percent of those in the second group outperformed their peers in the first. "The focus is not on getting the correct answer but letting them play with ideas first," said Pro Kapur.
"Learning through play" has become a catchphrase in pre-school education, especially in the last year with the release of the revised kindergarten curriculum framework.
"But why just pre-school?" asked Pro Kapur. He said he believed "play" can be implemented even at the later stages of learning. "Play is a very powerful mechanism of learning across all ages. We think of it as just unproductive fun but it involves challenge, frustration and failure, if you examine how children play."
Play is not unproductive fun but involves challenge, frustration and failure - Manu Kapur
"Research in this area is fairly new and we are trying to understand how play works and build a science around it." He said he hopes the study's findings can be used to bring about change in the classrooms, although he added that it will not be easy. "Students are used to being told what to do and schools and parents need to be convinced that it works", he added.
Since April 2012, Pro Kapur has trained more teachers in this method, starting with 18 maths teachers from primary and secondary schools and junior colleges.
Some students, however, are yet to be convinced about his method. Victoria Junior College student Cheryl Koo, 18, said:" It sounds effective but as students we need efficiency and this sounds quite time-consuming."
Monday, October 29, 2012
Remember Me - The Game
Remember Me provides a vision of the world where personal memories have become a
real world commodity that can be bought, traded and sold. Take on the role of our heroine, Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to
break into people's minds and steal or even alter their memories. Arrested, and
with her memory wiped clean Nilin must now set out on a mission to rediscover
her identity.
(I was captivated by these cool images - Nilin, a former memory hunter with the ability to break into people's minds, check out the hand which is able to hack and steal memories...cool huh! )
Cyberpunk is back - Be it Total Recall 's Cinematic remake or last year's blisteringly good Deus Ex: Human Revolution, stories of a technologically redesigned human experience have never been more popular. Take those influences and add a dash of Mirror's Edge-inspired city-running, and it's tempting to write off Capcom's new title "Remember Me" as an attempted cash-in. Thankfully, it's shaping up to be something far greater than the sum of its parts.
Set amid the electric hum of Neo-Paris in 2084, the game's future is a place where memories are bought and sold. Want to win Olympic gold, or bed your favourite star? Someone's probably selling their recollection. The ambitious title casts you as Nilin, an elite memory-hacking saboteur employed by the omnipresent Memoreyes Corporation, which facilitates the thoughts-for-sale society. Rewiring her target's minds to enhance the company's power and political influence, Nilin is its top agent - until her sudden but inevitable betrayal, of course.
Gameplay is a mix of open city exploration and real-time combat, through the real spark of ingenuity is in its puzzle missions. Players must figure out the best way to change people's recollections, altering how they'll react in the here-and-now. Excitingly, one mission, with Nilin making a target believe he killed his girlfriend, leading him to commit suicide, causes potentially the only death in the entire game. With the exception of some unforgivably shoddy dialogue and Nilin's over-sexualised catwalk strut, Remember Me is looking to be a cerebral gaming experience in every sense.
Remember Me Official Trailer UK
Remember Me Memory Remix Gameplay - Gamescom 2012
The biggest hook with Remember Me though is the ability to enter a target's mind and "remix" their memories. In the above example shown, Nilin messes with the memories of a target to make him think he killed his wife during an argument four days prior which leads him to commit suicide.
(Game producer explains story)
Capcom Gamescom Event - Remember Me Press Conference, 14 August 2012
(I was captivated by these cool images - Nilin, a former memory hunter with the ability to break into people's minds, check out the hand which is able to hack and steal memories...cool huh! )
Cyberpunk is back - Be it Total Recall 's Cinematic remake or last year's blisteringly good Deus Ex: Human Revolution, stories of a technologically redesigned human experience have never been more popular. Take those influences and add a dash of Mirror's Edge-inspired city-running, and it's tempting to write off Capcom's new title "Remember Me" as an attempted cash-in. Thankfully, it's shaping up to be something far greater than the sum of its parts.
Set amid the electric hum of Neo-Paris in 2084, the game's future is a place where memories are bought and sold. Want to win Olympic gold, or bed your favourite star? Someone's probably selling their recollection. The ambitious title casts you as Nilin, an elite memory-hacking saboteur employed by the omnipresent Memoreyes Corporation, which facilitates the thoughts-for-sale society. Rewiring her target's minds to enhance the company's power and political influence, Nilin is its top agent - until her sudden but inevitable betrayal, of course.
Gameplay is a mix of open city exploration and real-time combat, through the real spark of ingenuity is in its puzzle missions. Players must figure out the best way to change people's recollections, altering how they'll react in the here-and-now. Excitingly, one mission, with Nilin making a target believe he killed his girlfriend, leading him to commit suicide, causes potentially the only death in the entire game. With the exception of some unforgivably shoddy dialogue and Nilin's over-sexualised catwalk strut, Remember Me is looking to be a cerebral gaming experience in every sense.
Remember Me Official Trailer UK
Remember Me Memory Remix Gameplay - Gamescom 2012
The biggest hook with Remember Me though is the ability to enter a target's mind and "remix" their memories. In the above example shown, Nilin messes with the memories of a target to make him think he killed his wife during an argument four days prior which leads him to commit suicide.
(Game producer explains story)
Capcom Gamescom Event - Remember Me Press Conference, 14 August 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Asura's Wrath - All Cutscenes [English Dub]
Asura
Asura's Wrath - All Cutscenes {English Dub] by Zeitvy
http://youtu.be/Zb74QqLfdxw
Asura's Wrath - All Cutscenes {English Dub] by Zeitvy
http://youtu.be/Zb74QqLfdxw
Monday, October 15, 2012
The most important job interview question
At venture capital firm, CueBall, we seek out great talent with whom we can partner, invest and grow exciting new ideas and businesses.
My Colleagues and I try to stay true to the principle of a founding figure of venture capital, George Doriot, who was fond of saying that it's always better to back an A team with a B plan than a A plan with a B team. In other words, people always trump ideas. That's because while top talent can improve misguided ideas, the best ideas can't improve mediocre talent.
Cue Ball's philosophy, therefore, has always been that the ultimate customer in venture capital isn't the venture capitalist but the entrepreneur. If you are doing your job right and attracting the best talent, then it's the entrepreneur who will be choosing you as opposed to you choosing the entrepreneur.
This should be the case in job interviews as well. Too often, employers forget that they need the candidate as much as the candidate needs them. Perhaps out of arrogance, interviewers tend to spend most of their time asking the candidate questions and only reserve the last couple of minutes for the candidate to ask any questions of them. You only need to survey a handful of recent job candidates or sit in on a few job interviews to conclude that there's usually too little interactive dialogue and too much one-way questioning of the candidate: Why are your skills right for this position? What was your last job like? How are you going to add value to the company? What is your work ethic? What are three adjectives that describe your attitude? What are your weaknesses?
All of these questions are variations on a theme: Why should we care about you? And they generally fit into the "skill" and "will" buckets. Yet if you want the best talent, then almost by definition you should want talent that is in demand and has options. Your mindset therefore needs to be that of both job evaluator and talent scout. And as with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, it is the talent that is the ultimate customer. The power always rests with the candidate, not the employer.
This has big implications for job interviews. Employers should think about how often they've asked the most practical and important of all job interview questions: If you were given this opportunity, would you take it? Firms often neglect to ask this question because they're so focused on a job candidate's skills. But the first 15 to 20 minutes of an interview is usually plenty of time to determine someone's capabilities.
The next time you finish an interview, ask yourself if you have a sense of whether the candidate would actually join your firm if given the chance. If you have no idea - which is the answer I hear far too often - then you've failed to take full advantage of the interview. Understanding whether the candidate - the customer - really wants the job you're offering or is just "shopping around" should be a goal of any good interview and evaluation process. With that goal in mind, you should ask the candidate some practical questions: Where do you want to eventually live and settle? What other firms are you looking at and why does ours stand out? Are there any reasons why you wouldn't take this job if it were offered to you?
Having a sense of the candidate's motivations for interviewing and whether there are any obstacles to his accepting the job are among the most important goals of an interview. Remember that the balance of power isn't necessarily with you just because you're the one offering the job. If you forget this, you might end up wasting a lot of time and be disappointed when the best candidate turns you down. Or worse, you might end up with a less talented employee than you deserve.
As soon as you feel confident that you're dealing with a qualified candidate, start selling him the job. Explain why you and your firm make sense for the candidate - why you're the natural choice. Then ask the most important question: Would he choose you?
Commentary by: Anthony K Tjan, CEO, managing partner and founder of venture capital firm Cue Ball, Vice-Chairman of advisory firm Parthenon, and co-author of the New York Times best-seller Hearts,Smarts,Guts and Luck.
My Colleagues and I try to stay true to the principle of a founding figure of venture capital, George Doriot, who was fond of saying that it's always better to back an A team with a B plan than a A plan with a B team. In other words, people always trump ideas. That's because while top talent can improve misguided ideas, the best ideas can't improve mediocre talent.
Cue Ball's philosophy, therefore, has always been that the ultimate customer in venture capital isn't the venture capitalist but the entrepreneur. If you are doing your job right and attracting the best talent, then it's the entrepreneur who will be choosing you as opposed to you choosing the entrepreneur.
This should be the case in job interviews as well. Too often, employers forget that they need the candidate as much as the candidate needs them. Perhaps out of arrogance, interviewers tend to spend most of their time asking the candidate questions and only reserve the last couple of minutes for the candidate to ask any questions of them. You only need to survey a handful of recent job candidates or sit in on a few job interviews to conclude that there's usually too little interactive dialogue and too much one-way questioning of the candidate: Why are your skills right for this position? What was your last job like? How are you going to add value to the company? What is your work ethic? What are three adjectives that describe your attitude? What are your weaknesses?
All of these questions are variations on a theme: Why should we care about you? And they generally fit into the "skill" and "will" buckets. Yet if you want the best talent, then almost by definition you should want talent that is in demand and has options. Your mindset therefore needs to be that of both job evaluator and talent scout. And as with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, it is the talent that is the ultimate customer. The power always rests with the candidate, not the employer.
This has big implications for job interviews. Employers should think about how often they've asked the most practical and important of all job interview questions: If you were given this opportunity, would you take it? Firms often neglect to ask this question because they're so focused on a job candidate's skills. But the first 15 to 20 minutes of an interview is usually plenty of time to determine someone's capabilities.
The next time you finish an interview, ask yourself if you have a sense of whether the candidate would actually join your firm if given the chance. If you have no idea - which is the answer I hear far too often - then you've failed to take full advantage of the interview. Understanding whether the candidate - the customer - really wants the job you're offering or is just "shopping around" should be a goal of any good interview and evaluation process. With that goal in mind, you should ask the candidate some practical questions: Where do you want to eventually live and settle? What other firms are you looking at and why does ours stand out? Are there any reasons why you wouldn't take this job if it were offered to you?
Having a sense of the candidate's motivations for interviewing and whether there are any obstacles to his accepting the job are among the most important goals of an interview. Remember that the balance of power isn't necessarily with you just because you're the one offering the job. If you forget this, you might end up wasting a lot of time and be disappointed when the best candidate turns you down. Or worse, you might end up with a less talented employee than you deserve.
As soon as you feel confident that you're dealing with a qualified candidate, start selling him the job. Explain why you and your firm make sense for the candidate - why you're the natural choice. Then ask the most important question: Would he choose you?
Commentary by: Anthony K Tjan, CEO, managing partner and founder of venture capital firm Cue Ball, Vice-Chairman of advisory firm Parthenon, and co-author of the New York Times best-seller Hearts,Smarts,Guts and Luck.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Hiruko from Naruto
Hiruko (卑留呼, Hiruko) was the main antagonist of Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire. He was a missing-nin of Konohagakure who wished to plunge the world into a Fourth Shinobi World War, and then conquer it.
Hiruko (蛭子) can be translated to "leech child", a possible connection
to his Chakra Absorption Technique as well as the Chimera Technique's
ability to "leech" the bloodline from his enemies, as well as his
youthful appearance despite his age.
A contemporary and former friend of the Sannin, Hiruko wished to become a strong shinobi, yet was born with no natural special abilities. To overcome this disadvantage, he developed the Chimera Technique, a kinjutsu which would allow him to obtain the kekkei genkai of other ninja by fusing their bodies with his own. Some time after the Third Shinobi World War, Hiruko's research and findings on the technique were discovered. He claimed the Third Hokage ordered the Sannin to assassinate him, forcing him to leave the village as a missing-nin.
Though he was born with no natural special abilities, Hiruko compensated by using the Chimera Technique, a kinjutsu which he developed, allowing him to obtain physical abilities, such as kekkei genkai, by integrating the bodies of other ninja with his own. Having already stolen four kekkei genkai from the other Great Shinobi Countries, Hiruko possesses other abilities and physical traits from his victims, such as enhanced strength, and seeks to obtain more. Hiruko was able to use them as if they were his own.
In addition to these abilities, Hiruko and his followers were able to use the Chimera Technique to produce creatures that were literal chimeras, including a large, bird-like monster that molts explosive feathers and wolf-like beasts that attack using appendages resembling tentacles, though Hiruko himself has not been seen doing so except in his past experiments.
Nature Transformation
Through his Chimera Technique, Hiruko had acquired four elemental kekkei genkai: Steel, Swift, Dark, and Storm Releases. Hiruko also had a section on the palm of his hand where he can literally "absorb" the technique being thrown at him, this being a dark release attribute. With dark, steel and swift natures, he was immune to ninjutsu, kenjutsu and taijutsu, respectively.
In terms of offence, Hiruko can use his Storm element to create thunderclouds that can electrocute his opponents or drain them of chakra. With the Swift element, he can move at superhuman speed and strike at various angles quickly, rendering all power-users useless against him. He can also use the bandages wrapped around him as tendrils, strong enough to slice or smash through rocks.
Having absorbed earth chakra from some Konoha ANBU, he has gained the ability to control the ground to devour and crush his opponents akin to a giant jaw, and after absorbing Kakashi's Lightning Cutter, Hiruko gained the technique for himself, and altered it to a mid-range weapon by having the electricity jolt off to slash his distance targets. He also has Naruto's Big Ball Rasengan, and it is larger than normal, as he absorbed a mass amount produced by multiple shadow clones.
Other Skills
Aside from absorbing chakra and synthesising creatures, Hiruko can also put a seal of sorts onto his victim, allowing him to take control of the person anytime after that akin to a puppet, even if the curse is placed for nearly two decades ago. He can also project an image of himself at a large scale in order to convey messages to the Five Great Shinobi Countries at once, and summon his subordinates to his location to fight on his behalf.
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http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120928001960/powerlisting/images/thumb/3/31/Hiruko_1_Naruto_Movie_6_by_Hiruko93.jpg/640px-Hiruko_1_Naruto_Movie_6_by_Hiruko93.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/362/d/a/Hiruko_7_Naruto_Movie_6_by_Hiruko93.jpg
http://obdpictures1.wikispaces.com/file/view/Hiruko.png/329851444/Hiruko.png
http://i47.tinypic.com/wumm3l.jpg
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/Inheritor_Of_The_Will_Of_Fire/Hiruko/Hiruko56960457.png
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101111163310/naruto/images/thumb/e/e4/Dark_release_mark.png/300px-Dark_release_mark.png
Chimera Tecnique - http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2009/362/a/1/Kimera_no_Jutsu_by_Hiruko93.jpg
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hiruko_(missing-nin)
http://narutofanon.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Release
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Release:_Judgment
A contemporary and former friend of the Sannin, Hiruko wished to become a strong shinobi, yet was born with no natural special abilities. To overcome this disadvantage, he developed the Chimera Technique, a kinjutsu which would allow him to obtain the kekkei genkai of other ninja by fusing their bodies with his own. Some time after the Third Shinobi World War, Hiruko's research and findings on the technique were discovered. He claimed the Third Hokage ordered the Sannin to assassinate him, forcing him to leave the village as a missing-nin.
Though he was born with no natural special abilities, Hiruko compensated by using the Chimera Technique, a kinjutsu which he developed, allowing him to obtain physical abilities, such as kekkei genkai, by integrating the bodies of other ninja with his own. Having already stolen four kekkei genkai from the other Great Shinobi Countries, Hiruko possesses other abilities and physical traits from his victims, such as enhanced strength, and seeks to obtain more. Hiruko was able to use them as if they were his own.
In addition to these abilities, Hiruko and his followers were able to use the Chimera Technique to produce creatures that were literal chimeras, including a large, bird-like monster that molts explosive feathers and wolf-like beasts that attack using appendages resembling tentacles, though Hiruko himself has not been seen doing so except in his past experiments.
Nature Transformation
Through his Chimera Technique, Hiruko had acquired four elemental kekkei genkai: Steel, Swift, Dark, and Storm Releases. Hiruko also had a section on the palm of his hand where he can literally "absorb" the technique being thrown at him, this being a dark release attribute. With dark, steel and swift natures, he was immune to ninjutsu, kenjutsu and taijutsu, respectively.
In terms of offence, Hiruko can use his Storm element to create thunderclouds that can electrocute his opponents or drain them of chakra. With the Swift element, he can move at superhuman speed and strike at various angles quickly, rendering all power-users useless against him. He can also use the bandages wrapped around him as tendrils, strong enough to slice or smash through rocks.
Having absorbed earth chakra from some Konoha ANBU, he has gained the ability to control the ground to devour and crush his opponents akin to a giant jaw, and after absorbing Kakashi's Lightning Cutter, Hiruko gained the technique for himself, and altered it to a mid-range weapon by having the electricity jolt off to slash his distance targets. He also has Naruto's Big Ball Rasengan, and it is larger than normal, as he absorbed a mass amount produced by multiple shadow clones.
Other Skills
Aside from absorbing chakra and synthesising creatures, Hiruko can also put a seal of sorts onto his victim, allowing him to take control of the person anytime after that akin to a puppet, even if the curse is placed for nearly two decades ago. He can also project an image of himself at a large scale in order to convey messages to the Five Great Shinobi Countries at once, and summon his subordinates to his location to fight on his behalf.
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111208054116/naruto/images/thumb/0/0d/Hiruko_new.png/631px-Hiruko_new.png
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120928001960/powerlisting/images/thumb/3/31/Hiruko_1_Naruto_Movie_6_by_Hiruko93.jpg/640px-Hiruko_1_Naruto_Movie_6_by_Hiruko93.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/362/d/a/Hiruko_7_Naruto_Movie_6_by_Hiruko93.jpg
http://obdpictures1.wikispaces.com/file/view/Hiruko.png/329851444/Hiruko.png
http://i47.tinypic.com/wumm3l.jpg
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/Inheritor_Of_The_Will_Of_Fire/Hiruko/Hiruko56960457.png
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101111163310/naruto/images/thumb/e/e4/Dark_release_mark.png/300px-Dark_release_mark.png
Chimera Tecnique - http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2009/362/a/1/Kimera_no_Jutsu_by_Hiruko93.jpg
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hiruko_(missing-nin)
http://narutofanon.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Release
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Release:_Judgment
DD Hokuto no Ken ＤＤ北斗之拳
I've always loved Hokuto no Ken ever since I've watched it when I was a teenager when I was at my friends place. Now that there's a "Super Deformed" version of it, and I've always like "super deformed" characters as I find that particularly cute and funny..... How not to spread the word about it?
DD Hokuto no Ken (ＤＤ北斗之拳) or (ＤＤ北斗の拳) is a parody of Hokuto no Ken, ( 北斗之拳 )
The premise takes place in an alternate universe more like our own in which the nuclear holocaust in the 1990s didn't happen and the characters are forced to take menial jobs.
DD Hokuto no Ken Episode 1 : Anime
Manga: Unavaible yet
Hokuto No Ken Universe:
http://www.hokutonogun.com/?page_id=6
Super-deformed version of Buronson, Hara Tetsuo's post-apocalyptic fighting manga.
Note: The "DD" stands for "Design Deformation," since the characters are only "two-heads-tall.
Some images of DD Hokuto No Ken images below:
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Legendary Gambler Tetsuya 勝負師伝説哲也
Legendary Gambler Tetsuya
哲也 新宿ｖｓ上野【PV】
勝負師伝説哲也 Last Scene
勝負師伝説RAVE (Song)
REACH OUT / by 和田アキ子
http://youtu.be/Q7ZZBXiyp6w
カイジの代わりに哲也が船に乗ってみた ニコニコ転送 (Parody)
CR哭きの竜・確変中BGM / 藤商事 (Game)
CR哲也〜雀聖と呼ばれた男〜
http://youtu.be/m6BU6aeq21c [パチスロPV] 哲也 〜新宿vs上野〜
http://youtu.be/ObZVBuw3TFU
【MAD】スーパーヅガン＋スーチーパイ＋哲也＋哭きの竜 (Parody)
Naki no Ryuu, Shoubushi Densetsu Tetsuya, Super Zugan, Idol Fight Suchie-Pai.
Legendary Gambler Tetsuya
哲也 新宿ｖｓ上野【PV】
勝負師伝説哲也 Last Scene
勝負師伝説RAVE (Song)
REACH OUT / by 和田アキ子
http://youtu.be/Q7ZZBXiyp6w
カイジの代わりに哲也が船に乗ってみた ニコニコ転送 (Parody)
CR哭きの竜・確変中BGM / 藤商事 (Game)
CR哲也〜雀聖と呼ばれた男〜
http://youtu.be/m6BU6aeq21c [パチスロPV] 哲也 〜新宿vs上野〜
http://youtu.be/ObZVBuw3TFU
【MAD】スーパーヅガン＋スーチーパイ＋哲也＋哭きの竜 (Parody)
Naki no Ryuu, Shoubushi Densetsu Tetsuya, Super Zugan, Idol Fight Suchie-Pai.
Legendary Gambler Tetsuya
Saturday, September 1, 2012
2012 Singapore Toy Game & Comic Convention
Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention 2012 is here again on 1 to 2 Sept (Sat & Sunday)
If you're into Toys, Games and Comics be sure to head down and join fellow lovers to enjoy this event held once a year.
2) The Exhibitors & Artist Alley
Here are some of the illustrators who's going to be there: Sonny Liew, Dave Chua, Koh Hong Teng, Gilamon, Rocketraygun, Keatopia, and IFS (and many, many others) – there’s a lot to do just on the floor itself. Let’s not forget Invasion! Comics who loves surprising with they own crowd of guests (on top of the ones they’re already sponsoring), so get your sketchbooks ready!
Tristan Eaton, street artist and STGCC 2012
http://gordonator.com/2012/06/01/singapore-toy-game-comic-convention-stgcc-2012/
http://www.herebegeeks.com/
http://www.singaporetgcc.com/
http://www.facebook.com/singaporetgcc
http://www.facebook.com/singaporetgcc/timeline
http://www.herebegeeks.com/singapore/singapore-events/why-should-you-get-your-stgcc-2012-tickets-now-we-tell-you-why/
http://www.herebegeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/UncannyXForce.jpg
super alloy 1/6 scale collectible figure "Batman by Jim Lee
If you're into Toys, Games and Comics be sure to head down and join fellow lovers to enjoy this event held once a year.
2) The Exhibitors & Artist Alley
Here are some of the illustrators who's going to be there: Sonny Liew, Dave Chua, Koh Hong Teng, Gilamon, Rocketraygun, Keatopia, and IFS (and many, many others) – there’s a lot to do just on the floor itself. Let’s not forget Invasion! Comics who loves surprising with they own crowd of guests (on top of the ones they’re already sponsoring), so get your sketchbooks ready!
Tristan Eaton, street artist and STGCC 2012
http://gordonator.com/2012/06/01/singapore-toy-game-comic-convention-stgcc-2012/
http://www.herebegeeks.com/
http://www.singaporetgcc.com/
http://www.facebook.com/singaporetgcc
http://www.facebook.com/singaporetgcc/timeline
http://www.herebegeeks.com/singapore/singapore-events/why-should-you-get-your-stgcc-2012-tickets-now-we-tell-you-why/
http://www.herebegeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/UncannyXForce.jpg
super alloy 1/6 scale collectible figure "Batman by Jim Lee
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Raoul
Raoul is, without a doubt, the crown jewel of the FJ Benjamin business.
This is clear the moment you step into the company's office in Science Park Road. The walls are lined with press clippings and blown-up magazine covers of celebrities dressed in Raoul and editorial coverage featuring the home-grown brand.
The latest addition to its hall of fame is possibly its biggest coup yet: A large photograph of Kate Middleton in a printed blouse and skirt from its pre-fall 2012 collection. The Duchess of Cambridge wore the outfit when she visited Singapore last month as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
That was probably the best birthday present for Raoul, which marks its 10th anniversary this month. The brand which started as a men's shirt brand in 2002, has grown into one of Singapore's biggest womenswear exports. Speaking to Urban last week, Raoul's creative directors, the husband-and-wife team of Douglas and Odile Benjamin, say they found out about the Duchess of Cambridge's choice of outfit when they were in New York presenting Raoul's spring/summer 2013 collection at Fashion week.
"There was a huge picture of her in our New York showroom and our staff were telling the buyers and press who came, 'See, even Kate Middleton wears Raoul' says Mr Benjamin, 48 who is the chief operating officer of the FJ Benjamin Group. His wife adds:" She really put us out there on the map as a Singapore brand." Mr Benjamin quips:"At least people are not asking me anymore if we are a brand from Spain".
For the record, Raoul is the name of the couple's 17-year-old son. They also have two daughters - Lara,18 and Dalia, 13. Mrs Benjamin, 41, gave birth in April to the couple's fourth child, a girl named Rayna.
HOW IT STARTED
The name Raoul was chosen at the last minute when the original name Mr Benjamin wanted - which he declines to reveal - was taken by a luxuary Swiss watch brand. He admits that most international buyers are surprised when they realise that Raoul is a Singapore Label. "They don't think of Singapore as an incubator of creativity and design. They think of us more as a centre for banking, manufacturing and all the hard stuff," he says.
"But they also equate Singapore with quality and good business practices. This reputation has helped us". Mr Benjamin decided to create Raoul after being frustrated by the disappointing quality of designer men's shirts he had bought in London. The first store in Millenia Walk has since closed and the label now has three outlets in Singapore: at Marina Bay Sands, Raffles City and Paragon. The couple decided to branch into womenswear in 2005 as it is the cash cow of most fashion businesses.
Today, Raoul employs 50 people in Singapore and abroad, including an international team of consultants, designers and stylists. There are now six other stores in three South-east Asian countries: Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
There are also more than 150 concessions around the world, including Europe, the Middle East and the United States. These include those at upscale department stores such as Bloomingdale's in New York and Printemps Haussmann in Paris. To increase its reach overseas, it opened a showroom in New York in 2009 and in Milan last year. Although the brand stilll sells men's shirts today, its focus is on the more lucrative womenswear segment. In late 2007, an accessories and leather goods line was launched. Raoul sources for most of its fabrics from Europe but manufactures its design in Asia, including China and India.
CELEBRITY POWER
FJ Benjamin, which distributes a stable of 27 brands, including Guess and Gap, declines to reveal the revenue figures for Raoul. For the financial year ending June this year, its operating expenses increased by $19.1 million, of which some was spent on opening a new showroom in Milan as well as a logistics and warehousing centre in Shenzhen for Raoul. The company declines to reveal exact figures.
The brand really took off when Australian model Elle Macpherson became the first celebrity to be spotted carrying its clutch in 2010. Thereafter, Hollywood stars Rebecca Romijin, Freida Pinto and Viola Davis also appeared in Raoul. Mrs Benjamin reveals that three Hollywood actresses have since become private clients of the brand, ordering custom-made clothes for their personal wardrobes. She declines to name them but says:"Our seamstresses and pattern-makers get so excited when they know who they are making the clothes for". Could the increasing presence of eveningwear in recent collections be the reason for this celebrity patronage?
"There's an element of that", she concedes. "But we are also very much demand-driven. As we expand into the Middle East and Eastern European countries, there is a very big demand for eveningwear and we are fulfilling that."
NO TIME TO REST YET
As it becomes more well-known, the brand has also recieved some flak - most notably for its apparent similarity to the pared-down aesthetic of luxury fashion labels such as Celine and Chloe.
This, says Mr Benjamin, is inevitable, and he sees it as a compliment. "We've been compared to Celine, Prada, Lanvin, Chloe and Stella McCartney. It's flattering to be compared to all these labels. "The press is merely trying to define our niche in the fashion market. It's just another way of saying we do very clean lines at a good price".
Mrs Benjamin adds:" I don't think there's anyone who can point to a piece from Raoul and a piece from Celine and say they look the same." Work remains a top priority for the couple, who have not planned any special bash to mark Raoul's 10th birthday. "We haven't reached a point where we feel that we can pop the champagne yet," says Mrs Benjamin, who is booked on a flight to London for a design meeting the day after this interview.
The Benjamins first met at a house party in London in 1989 and tied the knot three years later. The Lebanon-born Mrs Benjamin, a London School of Economics graduate who once worked as a buyer and brand manager for FJ Benjamin, is a workaholic and brings a sharp eye for detail to the design table, says her husband.
He recounts how she was working on her Blackberry five hours after giving birth to their fourth child. A week after that, she was involved in a 12-hour design meeting. He is pulling his weight too. Last friday, Mr Benjamin was named one of the five winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
The distinguished business award honours top entrepreneurs for their contribution to the economy and society. Asked to grade her husband's work, Mrs Benjamin replies:"9.5 well, he has just won an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, how can I grade him anything less?"
http://www.raoul.com/
http://www.fjbenjamin.com/brands-raoul.html
article on Strait Times Urban
This is clear the moment you step into the company's office in Science Park Road. The walls are lined with press clippings and blown-up magazine covers of celebrities dressed in Raoul and editorial coverage featuring the home-grown brand.
The latest addition to its hall of fame is possibly its biggest coup yet: A large photograph of Kate Middleton in a printed blouse and skirt from its pre-fall 2012 collection. The Duchess of Cambridge wore the outfit when she visited Singapore last month as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
That was probably the best birthday present for Raoul, which marks its 10th anniversary this month. The brand which started as a men's shirt brand in 2002, has grown into one of Singapore's biggest womenswear exports. Speaking to Urban last week, Raoul's creative directors, the husband-and-wife team of Douglas and Odile Benjamin, say they found out about the Duchess of Cambridge's choice of outfit when they were in New York presenting Raoul's spring/summer 2013 collection at Fashion week.
"There was a huge picture of her in our New York showroom and our staff were telling the buyers and press who came, 'See, even Kate Middleton wears Raoul' says Mr Benjamin, 48 who is the chief operating officer of the FJ Benjamin Group. His wife adds:" She really put us out there on the map as a Singapore brand." Mr Benjamin quips:"At least people are not asking me anymore if we are a brand from Spain".
For the record, Raoul is the name of the couple's 17-year-old son. They also have two daughters - Lara,18 and Dalia, 13. Mrs Benjamin, 41, gave birth in April to the couple's fourth child, a girl named Rayna.
HOW IT STARTED
The name Raoul was chosen at the last minute when the original name Mr Benjamin wanted - which he declines to reveal - was taken by a luxuary Swiss watch brand. He admits that most international buyers are surprised when they realise that Raoul is a Singapore Label. "They don't think of Singapore as an incubator of creativity and design. They think of us more as a centre for banking, manufacturing and all the hard stuff," he says.
"But they also equate Singapore with quality and good business practices. This reputation has helped us". Mr Benjamin decided to create Raoul after being frustrated by the disappointing quality of designer men's shirts he had bought in London. The first store in Millenia Walk has since closed and the label now has three outlets in Singapore: at Marina Bay Sands, Raffles City and Paragon. The couple decided to branch into womenswear in 2005 as it is the cash cow of most fashion businesses.
Today, Raoul employs 50 people in Singapore and abroad, including an international team of consultants, designers and stylists. There are now six other stores in three South-east Asian countries: Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
There are also more than 150 concessions around the world, including Europe, the Middle East and the United States. These include those at upscale department stores such as Bloomingdale's in New York and Printemps Haussmann in Paris. To increase its reach overseas, it opened a showroom in New York in 2009 and in Milan last year. Although the brand stilll sells men's shirts today, its focus is on the more lucrative womenswear segment. In late 2007, an accessories and leather goods line was launched. Raoul sources for most of its fabrics from Europe but manufactures its design in Asia, including China and India.
CELEBRITY POWER
FJ Benjamin, which distributes a stable of 27 brands, including Guess and Gap, declines to reveal the revenue figures for Raoul. For the financial year ending June this year, its operating expenses increased by $19.1 million, of which some was spent on opening a new showroom in Milan as well as a logistics and warehousing centre in Shenzhen for Raoul. The company declines to reveal exact figures.
The brand really took off when Australian model Elle Macpherson became the first celebrity to be spotted carrying its clutch in 2010. Thereafter, Hollywood stars Rebecca Romijin, Freida Pinto and Viola Davis also appeared in Raoul. Mrs Benjamin reveals that three Hollywood actresses have since become private clients of the brand, ordering custom-made clothes for their personal wardrobes. She declines to name them but says:"Our seamstresses and pattern-makers get so excited when they know who they are making the clothes for". Could the increasing presence of eveningwear in recent collections be the reason for this celebrity patronage?
"There's an element of that", she concedes. "But we are also very much demand-driven. As we expand into the Middle East and Eastern European countries, there is a very big demand for eveningwear and we are fulfilling that."
NO TIME TO REST YET
As it becomes more well-known, the brand has also recieved some flak - most notably for its apparent similarity to the pared-down aesthetic of luxury fashion labels such as Celine and Chloe.
This, says Mr Benjamin, is inevitable, and he sees it as a compliment. "We've been compared to Celine, Prada, Lanvin, Chloe and Stella McCartney. It's flattering to be compared to all these labels. "The press is merely trying to define our niche in the fashion market. It's just another way of saying we do very clean lines at a good price".
Mrs Benjamin adds:" I don't think there's anyone who can point to a piece from Raoul and a piece from Celine and say they look the same." Work remains a top priority for the couple, who have not planned any special bash to mark Raoul's 10th birthday. "We haven't reached a point where we feel that we can pop the champagne yet," says Mrs Benjamin, who is booked on a flight to London for a design meeting the day after this interview.
The Benjamins first met at a house party in London in 1989 and tied the knot three years later. The Lebanon-born Mrs Benjamin, a London School of Economics graduate who once worked as a buyer and brand manager for FJ Benjamin, is a workaholic and brings a sharp eye for detail to the design table, says her husband.
He recounts how she was working on her Blackberry five hours after giving birth to their fourth child. A week after that, she was involved in a 12-hour design meeting. He is pulling his weight too. Last friday, Mr Benjamin was named one of the five winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
The distinguished business award honours top entrepreneurs for their contribution to the economy and society. Asked to grade her husband's work, Mrs Benjamin replies:"9.5 well, he has just won an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, how can I grade him anything less?"
http://www.raoul.com/
http://www.fjbenjamin.com/brands-raoul.html
article on Strait Times Urban
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Batman Unmasked - The Psychology of the Dark Knight
Batman Unmasked - The Psychology of the Dark Knight
Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked
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Comic Book Superheros Unmasked is a special on The History Channel about the history of the comic book industry from its origins in the 1930's to the present day, and how comic books have mirrored and affected the society around them. It featured traditional historians, people from inside the industry such as Stan Lee, and people who grew up reading comic books.
People featured in the documentary were Frank Miller, Denny O'Neil, Jim Steranko, Michael Chabon, Will Eisner, Kevin Smith, Neil Gaiman, Avi Arad, Joe Quesada, Paul Levitz, Mike Richardson, Stan Lee, and Bradford Wright.
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Comic Book Superheros Unmasked is a special on The History Channel about the history of the comic book industry from its origins in the 1930's to the present day, and how comic books have mirrored and affected the society around them. It featured traditional historians, people from inside the industry such as Stan Lee, and people who grew up reading comic books.
People featured in the documentary were Frank Miller, Denny O'Neil, Jim Steranko, Michael Chabon, Will Eisner, Kevin Smith, Neil Gaiman, Avi Arad, Joe Quesada, Paul Levitz, Mike Richardson, Stan Lee, and Bradford Wright.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
10 hidden controls of the iPhone headphones
It's never too late to discover that those boring, all-white headphones Apple
threw in with your iPhone
can do a lot more than adjust the volume.
In fact, any headphones that include a remote (or have a remote adapter attached) can be used to control your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch in up to 10 ways.
Thanks to this post by Business Insider, here are all the ways you can use your headphones as a remote controller, allowing you to perform useful functions without taking your iDevice out of your pocket.
In fact, any headphones that include a remote (or have a remote adapter attached) can be used to control your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch in up to 10 ways.
Thanks to this post by Business Insider, here are all the ways you can use your headphones as a remote controller, allowing you to perform useful functions without taking your iDevice out of your pocket.
- If you're listening to music, toggle pause or play by tapping the center button once.
- To fast-forward a song, tap the center button twice and long-press on the second tap.
- To rewind a song, tap three times and long-press on the third tap.
- To skip a song, double tap.
- To go to the previous song, triple tap.
- If you have an incoming call, tap the center button once to answer. Tap again to hang up.
- To ignore an incoming call, long-press the center button. You'll hear two beeps to confirm that the caller was sent to voice mail.
- If you're on the phone and you get a new call, tap the center button once to switch calls. To end that new call, hold the center button down for 2 seconds.
- You can achieve supersteady shots by using your headphones as a shutter release. Tap the volume-up button to capture a photo.
- For iPhone 4S owners: prompt Siri by long-pressing the center
button.
Video included: From: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ten-hidden-controls-of-the-iphone-headphones.html
Buddha Animation
I was watching the story of Buddha yesterday and it compelled me to write this post.
LEARNING
Life Doesn't Stand Still For Even a moment;
Live to Learn, Not Learn to Live
Life is all about lifelong learning. It's about learning the skills, knowledge, values and mindset to happiness, well being and inner peace. Everyone wants to be happy. Nobody wants to suffer.
The Buddha had expounded on numerous texts of the 32 kinds of benefits and merit of listening to teachings on wisdom, compassion and on the true nature of life. These teachings, or what Buddhists called the Buddha-Dharma, help open one's heart and mind. Studies have proven that meditative practices bring immense benefits to a person's well-being.
To attain complete awakening, noble being strive for transcendental wisdom in order to be of utmost benefit to all.
《地藏王菩薩的故事》3D 動畫 The Sutra of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbhas
佛典故事024地藏菩薩的故事--目蓮的故事
http://youtu.be/egdyAMBrCvE
The Life of Buddha: (BBC): 1/5
http://youtu.be/aZQ9OZ_JACA
Visit http://kmspks.org/events/learning-dharma for more information
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery.
LEARNING
Life Doesn't Stand Still For Even a moment;
Live to Learn, Not Learn to Live
Life is all about lifelong learning. It's about learning the skills, knowledge, values and mindset to happiness, well being and inner peace. Everyone wants to be happy. Nobody wants to suffer.
The Buddha had expounded on numerous texts of the 32 kinds of benefits and merit of listening to teachings on wisdom, compassion and on the true nature of life. These teachings, or what Buddhists called the Buddha-Dharma, help open one's heart and mind. Studies have proven that meditative practices bring immense benefits to a person's well-being.
To attain complete awakening, noble being strive for transcendental wisdom in order to be of utmost benefit to all.
《地藏王菩薩的故事》3D 動畫 The Sutra of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbhas
佛典故事024地藏菩薩的故事--目蓮的故事
http://youtu.be/egdyAMBrCvE
The Life of Buddha: (BBC): 1/5
http://youtu.be/aZQ9OZ_JACA
Visit http://kmspks.org/events/learning-dharma for more information
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Yu Wenxia Miss China crowned Miss World 2012
On Saturday Aug 18 2012, Miss China won the coveted title of Miss World,
triumphing on home soil in a mining city on the edge of the Gobi desert.
Yu Wenxia, ( 于文霞 ) The mostly Chinese audience erupted in cheers when it was announced that the home candidate, Yu Wenxia, (于文霞) had been awarded the title. This is the second time Miss China has been awarded the title. The last time was in 2007 when Zhang Zilin took the honour. She is also the second Miss World titleholder of East Asian origin.
"When I was young I felt very lucky because so many people helped me and I hope in the future, I can help more children to feel lucky," said Yu, who was wearing a glittering blue dress, after the result was announced. Last year's Miss World Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela handed over her crown in the futuristic Dongsheng stadium in the northeastern city of Ordos. Ordos, around 700 kilometres (440 miles) from the nearest beach, is an unusual venue for the world's biggest beauty pageant.
A total of 116 contestants -- the highest number ever -- took to the stage during the contest, watched annually by about a billion people around the globe.
Some images of Yu Wenxia below:
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Cheer Leaders
Cheer Leaders, Here's our compilation of some of the hottest cheerleader outfits we've seen from across every sport we could go through. Enjoy!
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