Pacquiao named fighter of the decade

Source : www.reuters.com

(Reuters) - Manny Pacquiao has been named fighter of the decade by the Boxing Writers Association of America on top of his third fighter of the year award.

SPORTS

The newly elected Philippines congressman was the overwhelming winner of the annual award after a year in which he sealed a record seventh weight division world title.

"I overflow with joy and gratitude," said Pacquiao in his acceptance speech in New York on Friday. "I am thankful that like Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier and others I got into boxing.

"I confronted poverty by trusting God and dreaming big. I was convinced I could succeed in boxing. The boxing ring could be the breeding ground for my dreams."

Pacquiao produced a devastating second-round knockout of Briton Ricky Hatton in May last year to win a light welterweight belt and stopped Miguel Cotto in November to win become world welterweight champion.

Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum said he was working toward securing a blockbuster fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr to decide the unofficial title of world's best pound-for-pound boxer.

Talks between the two camps broke down earlier this year following Pacquiao's refusal to agree to Mayweather's demands for Olympic-style random drug testing.

The Filipino said he did not want blood drawn from him too close to a fight but has since relaxed his stance, saying that he would be willing to take a blood test 14 days before the bout.

Arum said the fight would likely take place in Las Vegas in November.

"Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas is Frank Sinatra times a hundred," Arum said. "Nobody else can bring in the highest of the high-rollers."

(Reporting by Alastair Himmer in Tokyo. Editing by Dave Thompson)


My Opinion:

A well deserved award for the pride of the Filipino's. As no one has done what Manny Paquiao has done. Being a world champion on 7 weight class. Included on the hall of fame in boxing history. And had fought every fight given to him without hesitation.

Thumbs UP to Manny Paquiao and a standing ovation....

Photography : Infrared Photography

In infrared photography, the film or image sensor used is sensitive to infrared light. The part of the spectrum used is referred to as near-infrared to distinguish it from far-infrared, which is the domain of thermal imaging. Wavelengths used for photography range from about 700 nm to about 900 nm. Usually an "infrared filter" is used; this lets infrared (IR) light pass through to the camera, but blocks all or most of the visible light spectrum (the filter thus looks black or deep red).
When these filters are used together with infrared-sensitive film or sensors, very interesting "in-camera effects" can be obtained; false-color or black-and-white images with a dreamlike or sometimes lurid appearance known as the "Wood Effect," an effect mainly caused by foliage (such as tree leaves and grass) strongly reflecting in the same way visible light is reflected from snow[1]. There is a small contribution from chlorophyll fluorescence, but this is marginal and is not the real cause of the brightness seen in infrared photographs. The effect is named after the infrared photography pioneer Robert W. Wood, and not after the material wood, which does not strongly reflect infrared.
The other attributes of infrared photographs include very dark skies and penetration of atmospheric haze, caused by reduced Rayleigh scattering and Mie scattering, respectively, compared to visible light. The dark skies, in turn, result in less infrared light in shadows and dark reflections of those skies from water, and clouds will stand out strongly. These wavelengths also penetrate a few millimeters into skin and give a milky look to portraits, although eyes often look black.

T.V. : Ghost Whisperer Season 5 Episode 14

Title : Dead to me

As Ned's occult Anthropology professor is haunted by a mysterious ghost. Ned is trying to help his professor by communicating with the Ghost by Quija boards. Ned suspects that the ghost was the dead boyfriend of his professor.

As Ned becomes more involved on the haunting experienced by his professor. Avery Grant Ned's professor was getting the wrong impression that all the weird things that happens to her was all Ned's doing. But as Melinda intervene Avery was able to understand clearly that she may be haunted by his dead boyfriend. Avery attempted to communicate with the ghost with the Quija board given by Ned but she was not able to communicate.

Ned is getting obsessed on communicating with ghost as he was able to get a tool to communicate with them. Eli also tries to solve the mystery but only added to the equation by adding Avery's grandmother to be the possible ghost.

Melinda got a message from the ghost to stop intervening with Avery's issues. Aiden gave Melinda a very helpful information by sensing the girl ghost who's communicating with the Quija Board. This girl is the daughter of the Video rental shop owner. They soon to find out that the girl who's haunting Avery was also involve on Avery's dead boyfriend cause of death.

Madison the ghost is trying to have her father and Avery get closer. But a very shocking revelation was unveiled when Avery found out that Madison's father is the driver of the car involved on Avery's boyfriends death. Full of hatred Avery almost got killed on an accident but she got sparred got to live another day. And she's able to accept the lost of her previous boyfriend. And she's now open to have a another relationship.

This episode has many twist and turns involved which added more confusion to its viewers. Without this it would not be an episode of Ghost Whisperer. It adds up to the spice of each episode. The more characters involve the confusing it gets. But int the end it all boils down to a single solution. This is why I love watching each episode of Ghost Whisperer.

To rate this episode I'll give it an 8, for having a lot of twists on the story line.

T.V. : Ghost Whisperer Season 5 Episode 13

Episode Title: Living Nightmare

A very confused man named Robert is being haunted to death. Melinda came across Robert while visiting her husband at work. Melinda got an early premonition wherein she saw a women got slashed on the arm.

This got them very concern that someone got hurt and trying to find out if it's Roberts fault. Jim also uses his access to the Hospital to gather more information on Robert who is confined on the Hospital. Detective Blair also got involved on this as Robert arrived at the hospital with bruises and blood on his clothes and screaming that someone is following him with a knife.

Melinda saw a very disturbing image of Robert while they are in the hospital which adds up to the Mystery of the of this episode. It was a representation of Robert with a goats eye holding a knife. Ned started investigate on his own and giving false information to Melinda which added confusions to her investigations. As Jim also helped on solving this mystery he lets Melinda verify a dead body with cuts on the arms. But the ghost of the dead body only added confusion to the mystery but left a very helpful information to Melinda.

Melinda saw the ghost who is haunting Robert but has no idea who the Ghost is. This is when Melinda starts her investigative skills to find out the ghost identity. Melinda started working with Jim and Detective Blair to gather information. As she finds out the history of Robert's family, the is Robert's father making all the illusions on Robert's mind believing that Robert is like him.

Robert believing that he's like his father decided to end it by committing a suicide. But his soon wife to be cooperate with Melinda to unravel the mystery of Robert's family. Robert's father want's the generation to stop by having his son dead. But all the while he's wrong it was just a disease wherein medically curable. Melinda and Robert's girlfriend just in time to stop Robert committing suicide. A very emotional scene and realization with Robert's father. As all fairy tales end Robert and his girlfriend live happily ever after.

A very confusing episode as there are a lot of information and twists on the story line. But I find it exciting to watch. It will not be an episode of Ghost Whisperer if it doesn't have twists and turns on the storyline. That's why I love watching Ghost Whisperer episodes it makes the viewers analyze as well.

Technology: Apple's iPad

The iPad is a tablet computer developed by Apple Inc. It is scheduled to be released in March 2010 (WiFi-only models) and April 2010 (WiFi + 3G models). It will feature multi-touch interaction with print, video, photo, and audio multimedia, internet browsing, and will run apps designed specifically for the iPad as well as most iPhone OS apps. The device will have an LED-backlit 9.7-inch (25 cm) color IPS LCD display and use a virtual keyboard for text input.

Specs:
Manufacturer:
Apple Inc.

Type:
Tablet media player/PC

Release date:
Wi-Fi model: March 2010
3G model: April 2010

Operating system:
iPhone OS 3.2

Power:
Internal rechargeable non-removable 25 wHr lithium-polymer battery;
iPod Dock Connector

CPU:
1 GHz Apple A4

Storage capacity:
Flash memory
16, 32, and 64 GB

Display:
768 x 1024 px, 9.7 in (25 cm), 132 ppi,
3:4 aspect ratio,
XGA,
LED-backlit IPS LCD display

Input:
Multi-touch touchscreen display,
headset controls,
proximity and ambient light sensors,
3-axis accelerometer,
digital compass

Camera:
None

Connectivity:
Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n),
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR,
USB 2.0/Dock connector

3G model also includes:
A-GPS, micro-SIM slot,
Quad-band GSM 850 900 1800 1900 MHz GPRS/EDGE,
Tri-band UMTS 850 1900 2100 MHz HSDPA

Online services:
iTunes Store,
App Store,
MobileMe,
iBookstore

Dimensions:
9.56 in (24.3 cm) (h)
7.47 in (19.0 cm) (w)
0.5 in (1.3 cm) (d)

Weight:
Wi-Fi model: 1.5 lb (680 g)
3G model: 1.6 lb (730 g)

Photography: Monochrome Photography

Monochrome photography is photography where the image produced has a single hue, rather than recording the colours of the object that was photographed. It includes all forms of black and white photography, which produce images containing tones of grey ranging from black to white. Most modern black and white films, called panchromatic films, record the entire visible spectrum. Some films are orthochromatic, recording visible light wavelengths shorter than 590 nanometres.

Black and white photography is considered more subtle and interpretive, and less realistic than colour photography. Monochrome images are not direct renditions of their subjects, but are abstractions from reality, representing colours in shades of grey. In computer terms, this is often called greyscale.

Monochrome images may be produced using black and white film or paper, or by manipulating colour images using computer software

T.V. : Ghost Whisperer Season 5 Episode 12

Title : Blessing in disguise

A very angry Ghost haunting the whole family and chasing them where ever they go. As Ned fall in love with the daughter of this haunted family. This family buy a new house and lot from Delia. Ned shows concern with regards to every time he gets involve with a girls it always turn out the girl is haunted or involved on a haunting.

Initially Melinda suspects the son was the one who is haunted by the ghost as Melinda sees premonition involving the son. But it turns out to be a misleading information. As Aiden was a sensitive he can sense all the feelings around him and pass it through his mother Melinda.

As I've mentioned from my last review from the previous episodes. A help from detective Blair will come in handy on solving Melinda's cases. As the family has no other records or background. Melinda and Delia got concern when they learned that this family might be hiding from the authorities. Ned decided to help by getting more closer to the daughter and getting her real identity. This information helps a lot on pin pointing the real identity of this family.

As the ghost was helping them to escape on time whenever authorities are about to help them, this is his way of making the whole family suffer. At the end when the family got pursued by an officer. A very intense scene by having the father sacrifice himself to be caught and have his whole family runaway. But the mother and daughter got tired of running away and decided to end their suffering by surrendering to the authorities.

When the ghost finally got a chance to confront the father of the family the truth about his death was known. For years of haunting the family the ghost believed that he was left for dead by the father of the family. But that was not the real story behind his death.

Very few intense scenes on this episode which will make you glued to your seats. The involvement of detective Blair is another key on revealing the truth.

Fine episode, but some dull moments here and there.