China Max !!!

Maxmium Produtciton +
Maximum Potiential +
Maximum Population =  China Max!

In centries past China was a land of Dynasties.; Shang Dynasty (1700 BC), Zhou Dynasty (1045 BC),
Qin Dynasty (221 BC), Han Dynasty (202 BC), Sui Dynasty (589 AD), Yuan Dynasty (1271 AD), and Ming Dynasty (1368 AD).
Today though, the country is a republic: The People's Republic of China, formed in 1949, and includes the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as well.

China has become the giant that we all new she was.  No longer a sleeping giant, but a wide awake giant that is poised to take it's rightful place as a leader on the world stage. It's currency, the yuan, is  probably the most important currency in the world.
Chinese production has allowed consumers around the world to enjoy bargain priced goods. China was the country that invented paper making, the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

As the world economy has severly stumbled China has managed to maintain a continued growth.
Chinese consumers continue to drive demand for imports from around the world and sales in China for some companies have surpassed their domestic sales.

The new $100's

First was the Quarters and then the fives, the tens, and the twenties.

 Now we have the all new redesigned One hundred!

It looks a lot better but America still has the ugliest and maybe worthless* money in the world.

*National Dept as of July 12, 2010: $13,235,874,176,528 Trillion

 

Lebron, welcome to MIAMI!!

It’s Official.

 Lebron James has decided to go to MIAMI.

It’s about time.  Those lame duck Cleveland Cavaliers and Shaq (a.k.a. Fake Superman), need to go back to Basketball Fundamentals 101 class and the team owner needs to check into rehab.

Question: Will the Miami Heat make it to the playoffs?

Answer:  You bet they will!

Question: Will the Miami Heat Win the Championship?

Answer:  Maybe yes maybe no.

Question: Who is now the Best team in the EAST?

Answer:  It’s a toss up between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat.

2010 Worldcup: South Africa!

O.K. all you crazy Soccer fans!

 The World Cup is finally here in spectacular fashion!

This is Africa’s first ever World Cup event and everybody is just ecstatic.

South Africa’s new Green Point Stadium in Cape Town is hosting the 2010 World Cup’s most exciting semi-final games.  The stadium can seat up to 56,000 people.  The tournament is going on now and will end on July 11^th. 

There was some controversy leading up to the tournament surrounding the new tournament ball which is produced by Adidas.  There were some who said that the ball had very unpredictable curving trajectories toward the end of its flight.  The ball has a new type of construction method and appears to be performing normally.

Interestingly the first two matches of the tournament ended in a draw, with the match between South AfricaMexico and the United States vs. England concluding with a 1 to 1 score. vs.   So far the highlight of the tournament came when South Africa’s Siphiwe Tshabalala scored the first goal of the competition.

Foxconn under fire!

Foxconn Tecnology Group, is the world's largest contract  manufacturer of  electronics .Instead of being another “Silicon Valley”, Foxconn is quickly becoming Taiwan’s “Suicide Alley”.  Over the past few months a total of 10 employees of the company have apparently taken their own lives. 

Suicide is a very sad human situation that takes its toll on both friends and family.

It’s understandable that working a repetitive job for most of the day can become mundane and help create a dull and boring existence, but a persons self worth in Jesus not in a Job.  Why do we attempt do define ourselves by our occupation? Jobs are good and are a necessary part of life, but we are more than a job.

Terry Gou, Foxconn’s Chairman and President, who happens to be the wealthiest man in Taiwan, has decided after much outcry and negative media coverage, to double the wages of all Foxconn workers. 

Mr. Gou blamed personal  issues of employees  for many of the deaths.  He  has been accused  by labor groups of   running a sweat shop, which he denied.

Foxconn has recently decided to install anti-jump nets along dormitories at its production facility in Hebei Province.
Let’s just hope this action works. 

Introducing iPhone 4!

Well folks, Apple has done it again!  Apple has managed to improve its already dominant smart phone.  As it turns out, the prototype model that the popular web site Gizmodo obtained and then leaked several weeks ago was the new iphone 4.

The new phone is noticeably thinner and reportedly has an even higher resolutions screen than the current version. Wow!





The phone is 0.37" inches deep versus the 3G's 0.48" inches and is slightly narrower.  It weighs approximately 4.8 ounces and the overall design screams elegance.

It also appears to have a front facing camera which can be increased.

The iPhone 4 will be available in two colors: black and white.

The phone will be available for sale at the end of June.

The competition just never has a chance to catch up!

 Recently there has been a revelation along with several complaints about loss of the calling signal and dropped calls in the the device.  Apple responded by offering an explanation of the antenna's perimeter design as well as a possible flaw in the strength signal bar display.  At a special media conference Steve Jobs assured customers and offered full return amounts as well as free plastic casings that should elevate the problem.
The iPhone 4 is still a big hit, but because of production issues the white version of the handset won't be available until later this year

"Predators" is Pathetic!!!!

“Oh my Gosh……. I just wasted 6 dollars”!

Wow, what a disappointment.  I’ve been a huge Predator fan ever since the first Predator movie which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by John McTieranan and written by Jim & John Thomas hit the big screen in 1987.  It was a good movie and had the coolest and most technologically advanced alien ever in the history of Hollywood.

All the Predator movies that followed the first film rather interesting including the Aliens vs. Predator movies (Alien vs. Predator & Alien vs. Predator: Requiem), but this last Predators production not only missed the mark by a mile but managed to give the entire franchise a black eye.

Of course a movie franchise as vast as this one is bound to have different teams of producers, writers, and directors for the various films. The goal for each franchise should be to continue the honored tradition while making worthy advancements, but this last group of franchisees; Robert Rodriguez( Producer), Nimrod Antal( Director), and Michael Finch & Alex Litvak(Writers), should have their franchisee license revoked.

“Predators” is so horrible that I don’t know where to start in analizing its various shortcomings.  First of all, the movie is surprisingly similar to the first movie and was meant to be a kind of prequel to that movie.  Like the first movie the main characters are in a jungle, heavily armed and from various backgrounds, but this is where the similarites end.  The plot for this Predators movie manages to go beyond silly by having a group of professional killers from around the globe dropped on some alien planet without any solid explination of how they got there. There were no flashbacks or minor scenes revealing how they were captured and transported.  Instead the movie just begins with the lead actor(Adrien Brody) unconscious in freefall trying to open a primitive looking parachute.

Interesting enough is the fact that Jim & John Thomas who were the character writers for the first film also this movie’s characters, but the difference is as clear as night and day.  The actors in the first film while limited a least made you believe in their characters but the actors is this film were so one-dimensional that it was like watching a boring stage play.  The plot, characters, and action never managed to sync up. 

Arnold Schwarzenegger, with his thick acsent and limited range, managed to out perform the miscast Adrien Brody.  Brody lacked the ability to project leadership as well as portray a strong physical presence, both of which his predecessor excelled. The only really strong performance was by Lawrence Fishburne  who played a mentally ill survivor.

The movie tried desperately to capture the essence of the original but lacked the excitement and quality of choregraphy .

In this movie the Predators seemed slower, smaller, and less stronger than any of the previous Predator aliens.  Their was one enhancement though in one of the Predator aliens that involved a exaggerated  facial structure and jaw line compared to previous Predators.  One of the characters briefly mentioned that there are apparently two types of Predator spiecies and they are in conflict with each other.  Perhaps this development is a clue to plot of a future Predator movie.  In fact, at the end of the movie the two lone survivors are still stuck on the alien planet with numerous parachutes of potiental hunting victims descending from the sky.

Suprisingly “Predators” was not shot as a 3D movie, which is shame because this format would be a great way to further show case the Predator alien’s technology like the inferred vision and projectile weapons.  I had expected to see more of the Predator’s spacecraft, and home planet, but neither was the case.

Unfortunatley I cannot recommend this movie even as a DVD rental and therefore did not include a movie clip.