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Inspirational | It’s all about the WHY, TED Talk with Simon Sinek

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Have you ever wondered why some people overcome obstacles and achieve enormous success despite that, in the beginning they were under qualified and had no resources. Well, Simon Sinek shows you how great leaders inspire. Watch the short video of Simon Sinek giving a TED talk. After watching this video you will be amazed by what the Golden Circle can do to help you think differently and achieve success in your life. He also has a book called “Start With Why”. Enjoy the video.

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May 5, 2011 at 6:23 PM

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Anime | Summer Wars

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I think this anime is colorful, fSummer Warsull of life, lot’s of characters. Some humor and romance mixed in the picture. Some action, nerdiness and family feuds. This is not your regular Saturday morning cartoon. It’s straight forward one of the best animated movies to watch. Very entertaining. You should watch it..

Summer Wars, focuses on an 11th grade student that’s amazing at math. Kenji is a part-time coder for a massive virtual simulation world called Oz. People don’t know, but Oz is connected to the real world more than they think.

Kenji is surprisingly asked to do a job, by Natsuki (pronounced Nots-ski) one of the most popular girls in school. She needs him to help celebrate her grate-grand mothers 90th Birthday, more like a family reunion. Little does he know she’s left out one small detail, that he is to pretend to act like Natsuki fiance. Big surprise to Kenji, he doe not have a clue on how to treat a girl, let alone know he has to deceive her large family that have been around for generations.

Kenji meets the family bunch and gets acquainted on Natsuki family heritage. During his stay he receives a text message which seems to be an extremely long math equation. He spends all night solving the puzzle and submits the answer. The next day his face is all over the news, announcing the crash of the virtual world of Oz and he is the cause of it.

Drama erupts and the world goes crazy. It’s like the Y2K bug, computers and electronic systems go hey wire. Nothings working as it should be. Traffic lights malfunction creating bumper to bumper traffic. Bursting water mains flooding the city. Network crashing causing data loss.

Meanwhile, Kenji discovers from his colleague back in school, that it’s the cause of a virus called the Love Machine that’s crashing and taking over Oz by stealing millions and millions of users profiles. What is Kenji going to do? How is he going to save the world from virtual chaos.

well see for your self Watch Summer Wars Now

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May 4, 2011 at 3:03 PM

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Movie | Green Lantern Premiere Trailer

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The new Green Lantern Premiere Trailer is out. Green Lantern Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) gets a green power ring that can create what ever you can imagine. After watching the trailer I just got the feeling “Hey I want to become  Green Lantern, why not”? You know what I would do with a green power ring. I wouldn’t have to buy any more razors to shave with. My ring would fabricate a razor and it would never go dull. I wouldn’t have to worry about high gas prices, I would fly myself to work. I would rebuild the houses those tornadoes destroyed in the United States. I would have assisted in the rebuilding of Japan after the earthquake and tsunami. Being a Green Lantern would be fun… What would you do if you had a power ring? share your thoughts in the reply box below, after watching the new Green Lantern Premiere Trailer and feel the super hero inside you reach out.

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May 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM

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Movie | Thor playing in theatres this Friday May 6th

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  • Thor Movie Poster 2011Another super hero Marvel comic has come to life this week. The God of Thunder, Thor is playing in theaters this Friday May 6th. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is a hard-headed warrior, wielding a magical skull crushing hammer. After disobeying his father’s orders, King Odin (Anthony Hopkins) had Thor banished out of his home world of heavenly magical Asgard, King Odin strips Thor’s God power and hammer. Thor falls down to earth to live among the humans for his disobedience. Falling through a wormhole Thor lands on the earth surface, Thor is discovered by some scientist in the desert of New Mexico. When Thor wakes up, he meets scientist Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who later becomes his love interests.

While Thor is getting well acquainted with the human world, back in Asgard some one is trying to over throw King Odin throne while he is in Odinsleep. Some of Thor’s close friends discover what has happened and quickly finds away to bring back the Thor from banishment. Thor finds a way back to Asgard with his god powers restored and hammer in hand. He faces the new appointed King which is his dark brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston). And who wins the battle against good and evil. You’ll know when you see the movie this Friday.

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May 2, 2011 at 11:35 PM

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App | Mint.com Manage Your Money the Smart Way

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App-Mint.com

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screen shot of mint.comHello everyone. I want to share with you something that might help you better manage your money. In the past like most people, I kept track of my finance by having a check book or log, writing down everything I purchased. Writing down everyday transaction is a daunting task. Always having to be aware of your spending, balancing your check book, so you know how much you can spend until your next payday. I just wish I could have this process be automatic, because you’re more worried about money then anything else. That’s were Mint.com comes into the picture.

Mint.com is a web site that you sign into, that manages your money through collecting data through your online bank accounts. Mint.com does not alter your bank account and protects your data with the highest encryption. It just downloads your transactions, categories, and other data. Doing this Mint is able to show you your net worth. The difference between what you owe (debt) and how much your earned (income). Show you neat charts and graphs of your earnings and spending. You can also setup budgets and goals. Have weekly alerts sent to you through e-mail or text and a lot more.

Also Mint comes in a mobile app version, you can download it to your iPhone or Android phone. Have it with you on the go. Now your personal phone has now become your handy financial side kick, just one more reason why I can not live with out my Sprint Evo 4 Android phone. There’s more to Mint, but the best way to experience the joy of knowing how you use your money, is to give it a try, its free. Go to Mint.com and sign up.

Written by Gabriel

May 2, 2011 at 2:26 AM

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Movie | Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon New Trailer

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New Transformer 3 Trailer

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I just saw the new updated Trailer for the Transformers 3 movie, the dark side of the moon.

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From what I can gather from watching the trailer. The ship that crash landed on the moon might be the Ark. The Ark was a legendary ship set out on a journey. Ether to search for something or get away from something. Don’t really know. But what I do know is that in the begin of the trailer you saw a Transformer what looks like, sitting in a captains chair, in the ship that landed on the moon. That’s Sentinel Prime. He is much like Optimus Prime. You can say their family and Sentinel Prime is like the big brother.

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The Trailer below sure looks like the humans are fighting a losing battle against the Decepticons. Feel kinda sorry for the Autobots, even thou they saved the humans in the last movie, Transformers 2 Revenge of the fallen. The humans still don’t trust the Autobots. Autobots are fighting against all odds. It looks like an entire moon just gave birth to an army of Decepticons and the earth is being taken over. And It also looks like Optimus Prime is giving up, which does not sound like his character, but I don’t blame him. Humans don’t trust them, Decepticons want to destroy them. I hope they have something to turn this plot around.

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May 1, 2011 at 6:52 PM

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Movie | Fast in the Furious – Five Fast

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Movie: Fast in the Furious: Five FastFast Five Movie Poster

This week I just saw the new Five Fast. I believe that out of all of the Furious movies this was by far the best. The movie brings in some characters from each of the Furious series and also brings in to the picture the electrifying Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. He plays a bad ass Special Agent, who hunts down people who are on the top of the wanted list.

The movie brings a lot of action, fighting, running, cars, sexy babes, more cars, some racing here and there. And a plot where you ask yourself how are you going to do the impossible? All the action takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Oh when you go see Five Fast, you should wait till the end of the credits. There is a short scene you might want to watch. It might just surprise you… Ill just say “resurrection”.

I saw the movie at an AMC Theatre, IMAX style. Picture was crystal clear and sound audio was superb. I still didn’t like paying $14 for a drink and nachos. At the end I felt that I got my moneys worth, not only for the movie, but also for the IMAX experience. If you’re going to watch a movie even if you don’t think the movie is that good, you should still go for the IMAX or may be the 3D experience. It makes a big difference. I know that now.

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May 1, 2011 at 7:28 AM

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