Monthly Archives: February 2010

Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged~ Tiger Woods Apologizes,Now Lets Move On..Jeez

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Tiger Woods has emerged from seclusion. After the golf star was spotted jogging, playing golf with friends and leaving his Florida home with wife Elin, he appeared this morning in front of the media, for his first public statement since the Thanksgiving episode. His beautiful wife, Elin, was not by his side, and he stood at the podium solo, while his mother sat front row. Here are some highlights from his emotional speech:


“I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. What I did was not acceptable.”


Tiger Woods mom Kultida has her son’s back 100%. After Tiger’s apology speech, she told reporters she’s “so proud to be his mother. Period”.According to Kultida, Tiger’s a good man who just happened to make a mistake: “He didn’t kill anybody. He didn’t do anything illegal … People don’t understand that Tiger has a very good heart and soul.”


Tiger Woods has returned to his home in Windermere, Fla. — and his wife Elin Nordegren is there too … according to an eyewitness.


Tiger has apologized, looks like his wife is with him, his mom still loves him,its time for us to move on. I am so over this Tiger’s story.


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FollowFriday ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 "There’s A Time For Everything"

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To everything there is a season, and
a time to every purpose under heaven:

A time to be born, and
a time to die;
a time to plant, and
a time to pluck up
that which is planted;

A time to kill, and
a time to heal;
a time to break down, and
a time to build up;

A time to weep, and
a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and
a time to dance;

A time to cast away stones, and
a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and
a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to get, and
a time to lose;
a time to keep, and
a time to cast away;

A time to rend, and
a time to sow;
a time to keep silence, and
a time to speak;

A time to love, and
a time to hate;
a time of war; and
a time of peace.
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Mxdthingz ~ One Of The Top 100 Entertainment Blogs Award From The Daily Reviewer

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I would like to take this opportunity to thank The Daily Reviewer for nominating Mxdthingz as one of their Top 100 Entertainment Blogs! I’m truly delighted, it’s such an honor to be recognized in this way.

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Gabourey Sibide Talks About Being Left Out From March 2010 Vanity Fair Cover

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Vanity Fair’s March issue came out a couple of weeks ago with a fold-out cover featuring nine young actresses to represent ‘The Fresh Faces of 2010.’
Abbie Cornish, Kristen Stewart, Carey Mulligan, Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Hall, Mia Wasikowska, Anna Kendrick, Emma Stone, and Evan Rachel Wood all had some sort of breakout year, some with more memorable performances than others.
Not pictured was Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe, even though she was interviewed inside the magazine and has the most compelling breakout story of all…
“At first I thought, ‘Hmm, should I be there?” she told Access Hollywood. “Then I very quickly got over it. I think if I were a part of that shoot I would have felt a little left out anyway.”Gabourey Sidibe said as she sat down with Access Hollywood..
My reaction when I saw this Cover was…. WTF!! I think Talent should be the “New Hollywood” and talent is blind to race, size and any other subcategory people use as a medium to gauge success or potential success!

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Congratulation 2010 Winter Olympics USA Gold Winners ~ Shaun White,Shani Davis and Lindsey Vonn

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Shaun White~ Wins halfpipe Gold
Snowboarding superstar and defending champion Shaun White won the Olympic men’s halfpipe gold today (Wednesday), finishing ahead of Finland’s Peetu Piiroinen and Scott Lago of the United States.



Shani Davis~Speed Skating Davis defends men’s 1,000m title
Shani Davis of the United States became the first man to win back-to-back 1,000-metre Olympic speedskating gold medals, defending his title on Wednesday at the Vancouver Winter Games.Davis won in 1min 8.94secs with South Korean Mo Tae-Bum, Monday’s surprise 500m champion, second in 1:09.12 and American Chad Hedrick third in 1:09.32.
Davis, who set the world record of 1:06.42 last March in Salt Lake City, became the first black Olympic champion in an individual event when he captured 1,000m gold at Turin and celebrated his repeat with a victory lap.



Lindsey Vonn ~ Alpine Skiing Vonn Wins women’s downhill Gold
Alpine speed queen Lindsey Vonn lived up to expectations by winning the United States’ first ever Olympic gold in the women’s downhill on Wednesday.

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WoofWednesday ~ Microchip Your Dog

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Having your pet microchipped can be the fastest way of having your puppy/dog returned to you, should he or she become lost. Most lost pets are picked up by good Samaritans who see them wandering alongside the road or coming into their yards, while others are picked up by local Animal Control officers. In most cases, if the pet is not wearing a collar with ID tags containing the owner’s contact information, found pets are brought to either the pound or a local veterinarian’s office to be scanned for a microchip so that they can be returned home safely.
Most veterinary offices, shelters, and humane societies have microchip scanners that can detect a chip underneath the pet’s skin. In the United States, the most commonly used chips, from AVID and HomeAgain, broadcast on a 125 mHz frequency. When a compatible scanner is passed over the chip, the chip receives the scanner’s radio signal and sends back the chip number, which is then displayed on the scanner. This gives the vet or Animal Control officer the ability to call the company with which the chip is registered, which will put them in touch with the registered owner.


Above Photo~ our Puppy Coco






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Anisa Mpungwe;Tanzanian Designer Of Loin Cloth and Ashes~Showcased At New York Fashion Week

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First off, Congratulation to Anisa Mpungwe for being  the first Tanzanian designer to showcase at New York Fashion week. Tanzanian born Mpungwe launched her label Loin Cloth and Ashes in August 2008. Anisa trained at the Midrand Graduate Institute before completing a course in Creative Pattern Construction at the London College of Fashion.

This year is big for Anisa Mpungwe, but then, she’s had a big year every year for the past three years.In 2008, she won the Elle New Talent competition which attracts young design talent from around the country. Mpungwe’s fresh, unique and meticulously presented garments won her the coveted prize of “Young Designer of the Year”.Anisa has also shown at South Africa Fashion Week, Mozambique Fashion Week and Sweden Fashion Week.

Anisa Mpungwe is one of the three African designers who showcased last Saturday night at Bryant park Arise Magazine African Fashion Collective show.Her designs for the New York show are mathematically draped and she says that much of her inspiration was taken from the Japanese art of origami.

Arise is the only showcase for African talent during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and is one of the week’s hottest events.The only three talented African designers featured were Black Coffee of South Africa,Deola Sagoe of Nigeria and Loin Cloth & Ashes of Tanzania.

Loin Cloth& Ashes Fall/Winter Collection ~ Photo via Anisa’s Facebook Page


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Life In Color-Orange

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Giraffes, Botswana 


Photograph by Chris Johns @  National Geographic

A balance of playful yellow and passionate red, orange commands attention without overwhelming. This often flamboyant color brings to mind citrus and sunsets, fall leaves, and jack-o’-lanterns. Orange has even been found to stimulate appetite and creativity in humans. Here, three giraffes in Botswana’s Okavango Delta stretch their necks above the horizon before a glowing orange sky.



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TechTuesday ~ Window Phone 7 Series Is Here!

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Microsoft has finally launched its long awaited Windows Mobile 7 Series operating system, promising a unified interface no matter which telco you buy your phone from, a totally fresh new user interface with graphical pizzazz and wow, Zune and Xbox Live integration and more – but we still don’t know if there’s “true” multitasking. 

Today, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft  publicly previewed Windows Phone 7 for the first time,but if you wanted to buy a Windows 7 phone now, or even in “60 days”, you’re out of luck and will have to persevere for some months longer.You won’t be able to buy the brand new totally fresh operating system or any new 7 Series models until the holidays ~ around 9 months away, and likely 4 to 5 months after the expected birth of the iPhone 4.0 hardware and OS.

Video and Photos ~ Source Gizmodo

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MusicMonday ~ Jai Ho(You Are My Destiny) By PCD and Rahman

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I love this song! It is a very nice song! So I am dedicating this to my Valentine ..my husband.. (You are the reason that I breathe,You are the reason that I still believe, You are my destiny, No there is nothing that can stop us, Nothing can ever come between us, So come and dance with me)




JAI HO LYRICS

(Jai Ho) (2x)


I got (I got) shivers (shivers),
When you touch my face,
I’ll make you hot,
Get all you got,
I’ll make you wanna say
(Jai Ho) (2x)
I got (I got) fever (fever),
Running like a fire,
For you I will go all the way,
I gonna take you higher (Jai Ho)
I keep it steady
‘Cause steady is how I do it.
This beat is heavy, so heavy,
You gonna feel it.
(Jai Ho) You are the reason that I breathe,
(Jai Ho) You are the reason that I still believe,
(Jai Ho) You are my destiny,
Jai Ho! Oh-oh-oh-oh!
(Jai Ho) No there is nothing that can stop us,
(Jai Ho) Nothing can ever come between us,
(Jai Ho) So come and dance with me,
Jai Ho! Oohh oh
Catch me, catch me, catch me, c’mon catch me,
I want you now,
I know you can save me, come and save me,
I need you now.
I am yours forever, yes, forever,
I will follow,
Anywhere in anyway,
Never gonna let go.
(Jai Ho) (2x)
Escape (escape) away (away),
I’ll take you to a place,
This fantasy of you and me,
I’ll never lose the chase. (Jai Ho)
Yeaahhhh (Jai Ho) Yeaahhhh
I can (I can) feel you (feel you),
Rushing through my veins,
There’s an notion in my heart,
I will never be the same.
(Jai Ho)
Just keep it burnin’, yeah baby,
Just keep it comin’, (Jai Ho)
You’re gonna find out, baby,
I’m one in a million.
(Jai Ho) You are the reason that I breathe,
(Jai Ho) You are the reason that I still believe,
(Jai Ho) You are my destiny,
Jai Ho! Oh-oh-oh-oh!
(Jai Ho) No there is nothing that can stop us,
(Jai Ho) Nothing can ever come between us,
(Jai Ho) So come and dance with me,
Jai Ho! Oohh oh
Catch me, catch me, catch me, c’mon catch me,
I want you now,
I know you can save me, come and save me,
I need you now.
I am yours forever, yes, forever,
I will follow,
Anywhere in anyway,
Never gonna let go.
Jai Ho (Yeeeaaahh), Jai Ho (Yeeeaaahh), Jai Ho
I need you,
Gonna make it,
(Jai Ho)
I’m ready,
So take it!
(Jai Ho) You are the reason that I breathe,
(Jai Ho) You are the reason that I still believe,
(Jai Ho) You are my destiny,
Jai Ho! Oh-oh-oh-oh!
(Jai Ho) No there is nothing that can stop us,
(Jai Ho) Nothing can ever come between us,
(Jai Ho) So come and dance with me,
Jai Ho! Oohh oh
Jai Ho!
Baila baila!
Jai Ho!
Baila baila!
Jai Ho!
Baila baila!
Jai Ho!

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The Fashion Week Storm Has Hit New York City ( NYFW 2010)

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It’s the time of the year again, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (NYFW) showing Fall 2010 collections. New York Fashion Week started February 11-18, 2010 and it will be memorable since it will be the last week at Bryant Park’s iconic Tents before MBFW re-locates to Lincoln Center in September.

Thanks to my girl Kokuhilwa Rosemary for updating us through  her tweets @fashionjunkii and her blog Fashionjunkii (FJ)  by letting us know what’s going on over there, since some of us cant be there. 

Super Models and fashion divas have come together in New York as the New York fashion week rolls out in the big city. The shows selling point is Naomi Campbell who had a Haiti fundraiser fashion event on Friday.The show also had a tribute to Alexander McQueen – whose suicide death has loomed large in fashion circles across London where he died a day before.
 
The models Campbell, Helena Christensen, Karen Elson and other showcased seven of McQueen’s outfits in the Fashion for Relief show.Other highlights of the event were icons like Lady Gaga, Heidi Klum, Anna Wintour, Gwen Stefani, Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian.  
 

Designers showing at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week are: BCBGMAXAZRIA, Richard Chai, Duckie Brown, Toni Maticevski, Ports 1961, Anne Bowen, La Perla, Farah Angsana, The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2010, Cynthia Steffe, Project Runway, Yigal Azrouёl, Michael Angel, Christian Siriano, Nicole Miller, Charlotte Ronson, Venexiana, Lacoste, Georges Chakra, Andy & Debb, Adam, Academy of Art University, Prabal Gurung, ARISE Magazine African Collective – III, Lela Rose, Luca Luca, Malandrino, DKNY, Rebecca Taylor, Calvin Klein Men’s Collection, Hervé Léger by Max Azria, Diane Von Furstenberg, TonyCohen, Y-3, Tuleh, Custo Barcelona, Vassilios Kostetsos, Carolina Herrera, Carlos Miele, Jill Stuart, Donna Karan Collection, Tracy Reese, Monique Lhuillier, Yeohlee, Tadashi Shoji, Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation, Perry Ellis, Elie Tahari, Badgley Mischka, Vera Wang, Pamella Roland, Max Azria, Dennis Basso, Diesel Black Gold, Thuy, Tibi, Narciso Rodriguez, Toni Francesc, Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Milly by Michelle Smith, Alexandre Herchcovitch, Anna Sui, Brian Reyes, Ralph Lauren, Isaac Mizrahi, Trias, Calvin Klein Women’s Collection, Naeem Khan, J. Mendel and Tommy Hilfiger.
Photos~Credits to FashionRules,Fashionjunkii & Exposay 
Nicole Miller
Carolina Herrera Autumn-Winter 2009/2010
DKNY Autumn-Winter 2009/2010
Lamb Show at Milk Studio
BCBG MaxAzria
Richard Chai
Port 1961 Fall
Vera Wang
Preen
Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection-Runway 
Jordin Sparks
Kimora Simmons
Robin Roberts
Heidi Klum
Kim Kardashian
Bethenny Frankel

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Celebrate Black History Month~ February 2010

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In honor of Black History month, I bring to you the people who made the impossible, possible.Discover more on Black History with timelines, trivia, famous African American biographies, and more at Biography.com

The 44th President of the United States.The 1st African-America President of the United States Of America.

One of Africa’s most respected figures, Julius Nyerere (1922 — 1999) was a politician of principle and intelligence. The 1st President Of Tanzania.
 

Nelson Mandela
Anti-apartheid activist and former President of South AfricaMandela served 27 years in prison(Robben Island) 
Martin Luther King Jr
 American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he has become a human rights icon
 
Kwame Nkrumah
Became the first prime and later president of Ghana
Oprah
American television host, producer, and philanthropist, best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century and beyond, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was once the world’s only black billionaire
Maya Angelou
Bob Marley
Nat King Cole
W.E.B.Dubois
Malcom X
Rosa Parks
Muhammad Ali
Madame C.J.Walker

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Flaviana Matata Finally Hits The Runways Of NYC

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Finally , the former Miss Tanzania hit the runways of NYC.I can see her hitting the runways around the world!She is a great role model and  I wish her all the best. Below is some of the photos from a shoot she did and wanted to share with all of you.


Source ~Flaviana Matata@Global Grind

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FollowFriday ~Remembering Alexander McQueen~

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While the fashion world is mourning the loss of one of its greatest, Alexander McQueen, we are comforted in knowing that his creative legacy will forever live on.His countless fans will never forget the projection of an ethereal Kate Moss hologram at the Fall 2006 presentation, nor his last show, Spring/Summer 2010, in which he sent dozens of futuristic models in pod-like mini-dresses and insect-inspired shoes down the runway.

Saks Fifth Avenue, which has long been a supporter of Alexander McQueen, recently opened a new in-store boutique for McQueen, one of its best-selling British designer labels, along with Burberry, on its refurbished third floor.Saks is now in the process of designing a “memorial window” for the renegade designer who revolutionised fashion in the last two decades. 

Boitano, one of many senior American retailers trying to come to terms with the designer’s suicide, recently returned from Milan where he saw McQueen’s new menswear collection and also previewed his pre-collection for autumn.“The pre-collection is gorgeous, just gorgeous; the most beautiful cocktail and evening gowns. We were planning to do a series of special ‘trunk’ shows in the store for special customers, but that won’t happen now.”

 
 
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Snowpocalypse ~ Is It Global Warming or Global Warning?

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As I sit here watching the snow coverage, it becomes clear to me these recent snowstorms are evidence of global warming.This is the worst snowstorm that I have ever seen in my life.It looks like 63% of the country (USA) is blanketed with snow (DC,Philadelphia,New York). The rest is getting either too much rain, mudslides, flooding or nothing at all.Who can forget last year’s floods in the Phillipines and  Tanzania, the unexpected earthquakes in Haiti and last night’s earthquake in Illinois and yet some places like Vancouver, the Canadian city still has not seen any snow, and it is the host city for the Winter 2010 Olympics.

Have we been warned? Is it  global warming? Looks like there have been hints that it was coming. The 2009 U.S. Climate Impacts Report found that large-scale cold-weather storm systems have gradually tracked to the north in the U.S. over the past 50 years. While the frequency of storms in the middle latitudes has decreased as the climate has warmed, the intensity of those storms has increased.That’s in part because of global warming – hotter air can hold more moisture, so when a storm gathers it can unleash massive amounts of snow.Climate models also suggest that while global warming may not make hurricanes more common, it could well intensify the storms that do occur and make them more destructive.

The nor’easter began blanketing the Washington area overnight and strengthened as it continued to move northward through Baltimore, southeast Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, where 10 to 17 inches could fall by evening. The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings across the region, warning that wind gusts exceeding 45 mph could prompt dangerous whiteout conditions later in the day and snow drifts of up to 4 feet.

Snow Photos ~ Credits AP and Reuters
 
Jim Rohacik skies in front of the White House
  Snow piled on a bench in a Washington park illustrates perfectly how much has fallen
A woman shields herself from the snow as she walks near Franklin Park
A workers clears snow in front of the National Cathedral
 
 
Pedestrians tread carefully on Wisconsin Avenue in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington,

 
  
The Capitol Building, WA D.C.
  
Hundreds braved the blizzard to take part in a massive snowball fight at Dupont Circle
 
 Beautiful House White..is all white covered with snow..
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DSM IV ~ The Ultimate Encyclopedia Of The Mind/The Bible Of Psychiatric Treatment Is Being Revised~

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If you’ve been doing research and reading about  pretty much any mental illness, you’ve probably seen phrases such as, “According to the DSM-IV …” or “The guidelines in the DSM-IV state …” But just what is this DSM-IV? ~It is the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association. In the United States, it is the primary system used to classify and diagnose mental disorders.The DSM-IV is an important tool for clinicians. It provides a standard for diagnoses to be standardized across psychology; however, the DSM-IV is not as precise for diagnosing personality disorders as some psychologists would like.

For the first time in over a decade, the go-to manual for diagnosing and treating mental illnesses is being revised, and the committee tasked with the job has released its suggested amendments to the public.The draft criteria for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders are available online at www.dsm5.org. The site provides a forum to accept comment on proposed changes. Comments will be accepted through April 20. Update to the draft criteria will be made based on comments and field trials before DSM-5 is published in 2013.As part of the development process, the preliminary draft revisions to the current diagnostic criteria for psychiatric diagnoses are now available for public review and comment. “The publication of the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in May 2013 will mark one the most anticipated events in the mental health field”~ APA. 

The DSM was first published in 1952. At that time, it contained only 66 disorders with short lists of symptoms for each and some discussion of the believed cause of the various disorders (Holmes). In 1968, the number of disorders was expanded to just over 100 with the publication of Edition II. Edition III of the Manual (1979) introduced a multiaxial diagnostic system of five scales.The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the ultimate encyclopedia of the mind, and the primary resource for physicians charged with assessing mental ailments such as clinical depression, eating disorders and autism. Despite advances in genetic screening and brain scans, mental illness diagnosis still relies on written descriptions, which makes the DSM immeasurably influential.
Sources: AOL & APA

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