28.8.09

Rumor Rejected: No Fifth 'Twilight' Film

A day after rumors spread that a fifth "Twilight" film was in the works, producers are flatly denying the story. The vampire series' newest cast member, Disney star Boo Boo Stewart, told an interviewer this week that three more movies were on the way not two.

The 15-year-old actor touched off a flurry of speculation that producers were planning to take the story further than the four-book series written by Stephenie Meyer. But executives at Summit Entertainment insisted the teenager simply spoke out of turn, according to the Daily News.

"We appreciate our young actor's enthusiasm for the franchise and his role," a Summit rep said. "But his comments about the number of films were unfortunately uninformed and not accurate."

"Twilight," the first film in the series, premiered last year and brought in close to $200 million domestically. "New Moon" is set to open in theaters on Nov. 20. "Eclipse" is scheduled for 2010 and "Breaking Dawn" for 2011.

Spending Smart on Eyeglasses

Zenni OpticalZenni Optical is an online optical store with huge collection of affordable yet high quality prescription eyeglasses, you can find from classic to the latest fashionable prescription eyeglasses. These days, fashion wear eyeglasses can be very expensive and for branded product usually will cost you not less than a hundred dollar, then how about branded prescription eyeglasses? The answer is, it definitely will cost you more!

Zenni Optical has been long known as provider of affordable prescription eyeglasses, $ 8 Rx eyeglasses still can be found in this online store, and it come with full guarantee and other benefits. This is one online store where you can shop smart, in the time of crisis like now, people are trying to save money almost from all aspects in life, people are re-budgeting their spending, reduce the cost of life even from the routine spending, and this online store is definitely one place to practice How You Can Start Spending Smart issue, especially it comes to prescription eyeglasses.

Smart shopping means you can get more with less cost and still get great quality product, get more in this case means you can get more pair of prescription eyeglasses, you can match your eyeglasses with your fashion, and this is one of the reason Zenni Optical has been voted by many of its loyal customers as My favorite high fashion eyeglasses. To get more details, please pay a visit to zennioptical.com. Meanwhile here are some pictures of Zenni Optical prescription eye glasses, to get complete collection just browse its website.

25.8.09

Five Effective Relaxation Methods for Restful Sleep

Whatever the reasons specific to the individual, relaxation techniques are a great method of setting your mind at rest for long enough that you can drift into a regenerating and soothing night of sleep. This article looks at 5 effective relaxation methods and discusses the merits of each one.

Counting Sheep / Mental Distraction: The most famous of the counting techniques in sleep relaxation involves counting sheep - usually as they jump over a gate. This is actually one of several related ideas which come under the broad heading of 'engaging your mind'. The idea is that you focus on counting to stop thinking about any of your worries or concerns while you fall asleep.

Abdominal (Deep) Breathing Techniques: Deep breathing can lead to relaxing yourself to sleep very quickly. Like many of the relaxing methods, this can work even better when combining the physical side (the deep breathing) with purely mental treatments such as counting or imagery. With 'Abdoninal Breathing' The focus is on breathing progressively deeper and slower, with the ultimate goal being to draw air downwards towards your abdomen. Those who try this find that it is extremely relaxing and can result falling alseep fast.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Techniques: Another physical relaxation technique, this can also be completed at the same time as mental distraction or visual imagery. The idea is that you tense and then very slowly relax the muscle groups starting at the feet and slowly working your way upward. Controlled slow and deep breathing is required and the process itself involves a certain amount of focus - thus preventing distractions due to a 'busy mind'.

Visual Imagery Techniques: These can be thought of as a more advanced variation of the 'mental distraction' sleeping technique as described above. The idea is to utilize the power of your own imagination - letting your mind wander to tranquil scenes at the same time as relaxing the body. While common choices include beaches and waterfalls, each individual is free to choose their own visual imagery, making this idea entertaining as well as conducive to sound sleep.

Meditation: Mediation is really the opposite of the imagery technique, since it involves 'clearing your mind' of all possible thoughts and mental images. When performed alongside other breathing and relaxing techniques, meditation is a powerful method of falling asleep for those who have been properly trained in how to achieve this tranquil state.

21.8.09

The Best Diet for Life

The Mediterranean diet is among the most highly recommended eating plans. But which of its components brings the biggest benefits? In a recent study in the British Medical Journal, researchers tracked 23,000 adults in Greece.

They found that eating a lot of vegetables, fruits, nuts, and legumes (like beans and peas) had the greatest impact on increasing longevity. Also associated with a longer lifespan: consuming moderate amounts of alcohol and less meat. Surprisingly, a high intake of cereals and seafood had little to no positive effect.

In related research, a study in the Archives of Neurology showed that the Mediterranean diet reduced people’s risk of experiencing dementia or of its progressing.

In a group of adults with no dementia symptoms at the study’s start, those who most closely adhered to the Mediterranean diet had a 28% lower risk of developing cognitive impairment. In a group that already had impairment, the people who best followed the plan had a 48% lower risk of getting full-blown Alzheimer’s disease.

17.8.09

'District 9' lifts off with No. 1 weekend at $37M

District 9, the Sony release produced by "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson led the weekend with a $37 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.

"District 9" is the debut feature from commercial and music-video director Neill Blomkamp, who co-wrote the tale about extraterrestrials forced by humans to live in squalor in a ghetto in South Africa.

The movie built audience interest with a clever marketing campaign playing up the theme of prejudice against aliens, including posters instructing citizens to report non-humans and ads on bus benches stating that the seats are for humans only.

"Everybody was like, 'What is this?' There was a big question mark in people's minds," said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony. "It did really pique their interest and drove them to the Internet and elsewhere to discover what's going on."

3 trillionBus fare in Zimbabwe

A woman pays her bus fare with 3 trillion in old Zimbabwe dollars — the equivalent of 50 U.S. cents. The collector accepts the brick of neatly folded bundles of a trillion each without bothering to count the notes.

"No one seems to worry, and it works," said the woman, Lucy Denya, a Harare secretary who says she's seen police officers using old notes to board buses.

The Zimbabwe dollar is officially dead. It was killed off in hopes of curbing record world inflation of billions of percentage points, and Zimbabwe has replaced it with the U.S. dollar and the South African rand.

Yet the role of the old Zimdollar, as it is known, remains in flux. It is still used, and has become another point of contention for the divided leadership of the country, now one of the poorest in the world.

President Robert Mugabe has called for the return of the Zimdollar as legal tender, complaining that most Zimbabweans lack the hard currency needed to buy basic goods. The central bank under governor Gideon Gono, a Mugabe loyalist, has acknowledged printing extra local money to fund government spending that fueled inflation.

But Finance Minister Tendai Biti, who joined the government as part of a power-sharing agreement between his Movement for Democratic Change and Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, has declared the local dollar indefinitely obsolete. He has threatened to quit if a return to the local currency is forced upon him.

16.8.09

Stay dry and active

Wet season can sometime be very annoying, people just cannot do their activity as usual, but don’t you just let some rainy season to stop you from doing your normal activity, we just need some extra gear and accessories like cloths and boots to cover ourselves, then we are just perfectly fine to continue all our activities. But where to shop all this clothing and accessories when we need one, where is the complete shop, so we do not need to visit several shop!

Introducing constructiongear.com, this one shop as it’s been named after by the owner has already explained what stuff shoppers can buy from it, almost all construction gear that’s include rainy season clothing and all accessories related. Let see, what most people need when facing rainy season, oh yes, rains suit, we definitely need some rains suit especially when we are outdoor workers, and for employers whose core businesses are outdoor services, this online store can be a huge help as you do not need to search around, most of gear you need is almost certain available on this online store.

Online, is another benefit, so you just pick up your phone or just connected to your internet than wait no more, you just look into your shopping list and start shopping, easy right? Buyers can find many model of rain coats made from high quality material, available in various model from classic to jacket style, from normal use to heavy duty rain coats, while for color, the collection is very colorful, just pick your favorite. This online store is as simple as you could imagine yet it offers complete stuff of construction gear, simple as there is no confusing keys, very easy to browse site, visitor just click and here you go, the item is there with picture and price. For an order over $25 there is a free shipping, visit the site to get more details of the free shipping term.

If you turn out looking for coveralls and bibs to keep you stay dry, this store has many collections for you too, they are available in various style and color, and the price is very competitive. Beside of all these rainy season clothing and gear, people can also buy pants, boots, knee pads, gloves, and many others stuff. What other things make this store growing in popularity is this store manufactures or stock most of the products, this is why most orders ship within twenty four hours, and this is far convenience compared to other stores that sometime take even nearly a week to ship the products. For further information about this online store and the products this store is selling, please visit its website and don’t forget to browse every corner, there must be something for you today.

Super-chic Makeover of Susan Boyle

Remember back in April when it seemed like the whole world had Susan Boyle fever? When every news outlet you turned to was practically shouting her praises and the 47-year-old "Britain’s Got Talent" star was being exalted for her unpretentious persona and angelic voice?

Next came the speculation: Would she or wouldn’t she get a makeover? A new jacket for Susan! Today she’s wearing a designer scarf! OMG, are those new eyebrows?! But then things took a turn. After weeks of constant and increasingly nasty media attention, the Scottish singer needed a break.

And, directly after coming in second place in the "Britain's Got Talent" finale, Boyle checked herself into a clinic for exhaustion and kept a low profile. Now she's stepping back into the spotlight in a big way.

Best Buy $9.99 TV offer was too good to be true

Few if any of the deals retailers have offered online during the recession have been as good as Best Buy Inc.'s sale price of $9.99 on a 52-inch TV Wednesday. But it quickly turned out the offer was too good to be true.

The electronics retailer said it will not honor the $9.99 price posted Wednesday morning on its Web site for a 52-inch Samsung flat-screen TV. By early afternoon, the TV was listed at $1,799.99, almost half off the original $3,399.99 price.

Bloggers and Twitterers lit up the Internet with posts about the offer, some insisting Best Buy must honor it, others making jokes.

Best Buy, based in Richfield, Minn., said it has corrected an online pricing error and will not honor the incorrect price. Orders made Wednesday morning at the incorrect price will be canceled and customers will receive refunds, the company said.

8.8.09

Beckham Guest Judges in Abdul's Place

Victoria Beckham was on hand Friday for the first round of "American Idol" auditions in the post-Paula Abdul era. The former Spice Girl arrived at a downtown Denver hotel where call-back auditions were being held as scores of onlookers crowded against rope barriers, many snapping photos.

Fox, which airs the popular singing show, said Beckham and Katy Perry would be guest judges in Abdul's place. But it wasn't immediately clear whether Beckham did any judging Friday, and "Idol" spokeswoman Alex Gillespie declined to say what her role was. Perry was nowhere to be seen.

Abdul announced this week she was leaving "Idol" after eight seasons. She would not discuss details about her "Idol" exit Thursday in a phone interview, nor would she address whether the door was still open

Where to stay when traveling to Moscow?

Russia has become one traveling destination now, number of traveler to this country has increased significantly during this decade, they have almost everything to offer and attract traveler to visit, from art, culture to beautiful places, not to mention business opportunity. Businessmen, holidays travelers, students are just few to mention that have visited this country during this last decade. Perhaps you too have a plan to visit this country.

There are few things one must prepare before traveling, but in this post we are going to focus on accommodation, as where you stay, rest and sleep is certainly affecting the rest of your travel. It is good to stay in hotel or motel, but if you want to have a different experience, apartment is one alternative you should consider.

Apartments rentals services in Moscow is now available for everyone, this type of accommodation has become more and more popular on these days, why? First, it offers you some new experience ones could hardly experience when you stay in hotel. You merge with local people that stay in the same building; you are close enough to experience and observe their daily routine and habit, you could even part of their daily routine if you want to.

Moscow Apartments list for daily rentals is available for travelers with shorter period of visit and when it comes to budget, Apartment rental is a good choice to consider, you can prepare your own meal which is definitely more cheaper compared to having your three times meal at hotel, you can make new friends with locals, go out with them to learn some new custom, invite them and if you love to cook, prepare some new exotic local dishes with your new friends, and if you are traveling within group, Apartment surely a wise choice to save budget.

When your most concern is the view, do not worry, there are many Apartment rentals with great view even when you plan a short visit, Apartment for short term near Kremlin is one of those great view Apartments. Living in Apartment when you are away from your home usually offers more convenience, privacy and more excitement as well, particularly when you love to interact with new people, custom and try to have a more adventurous journey, not some ordinary journey!