Video Trailer The Hobbit

The Hobbit Movie Video Trailer

For anyone who is a fan of The Lord of the Rings series, this is going to be big. Warner Brothers has released the trailer for the new Hobbit.
The Hobbit is, of course, the book that started it all. And it’s nice to see Gandalf the Grey leading the cast for what is sure to be a blockbuster release. I for one will definitely go to the theatre to see this movie. How about you?


See The Movie Trailer :

The Hobbit Pictures

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Winter Solstice - Longest Day for The Solstice

Winter Solstice – Longest Day for The Solstice

Stonehenge Winter Solstice Credit: telegraph.co.uk

Depending on how the calendar falls, the December solstice occurs annually on a day between December 20 and 23. This year, the December solstice will occur at 05:30 UTC (12:30 a.m. EST) on December 22, 2011. While the southern hemisphere is experiencing the long days of summer, the northern hemisphere will have the “winter solstice” – often called the shortest day of the year. Conversely, six months ago the northern hemisphere experienced the longest day with the summer solstice, with the southern hemisphere having their winter solstice. This is part of a never ending cycle and is at the heart of our seasons.
So, why do we call it the shortest day of the year for the winter solstice and longest day for the solstice in the summer? Do we lose some time off the clock in winter, and in summer do we miraculously gain time on the clock in a bizarre cycle that is imposed by old men in charge of calendars and times around the world? (I used to think this as a small boy…)
The fact is we don’t lose or gain any time; what we actually gain or lose is hours of sunlight. During the winter solstice we receive the least amount of sunlight of the year on that day.
To understand the winter and summer solstices we need to recognize a fundamental fact about the Earth. Earth’s axis of rotation is tilted approximately 23.5° from a vertical axis. This means that as the tilted Earth orbits the Sun during the year, the different hemispheres receive varying amounts of sunlight, as this tilt causes sunlight to strike the surface of Earth at different angles at different times of year.
In the summer, we see the Sun for longer periods of time and it appears high in the sky; the Sun’s rays are more direct and the heat energy is more abundant. In the winter, when the Sun is low in the sky and appears for less amount of time; there is less energy and the Sun therefore heats less efficiently.

If you live near the equator, you won’t notice much difference in the amount of sunlight you receive throughout the year. The biggest noticeable difference is at the poles, where each solstice brings an extreme in the hours of sunlight you receive; in summer the Sun never properly sets for weeks, and in winter it never rises, creating some of the most inhospitable environments on Earth.
I always find the solstices to be magical times of year and look forward to either the longest or shortest days as they are the bringers of seasons, darkness and light.

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Mega Millions From Wikipedia

Mega Millions is a US multi-jurisdictional $1 lottery game. Since it replaced The Big Game in May 2002 (see below), Mega Millions' advertised jackpots have started at $12 million, paid in 26 yearly installments (unless the cash option is chosen), increasing when there is no jackpot winner.

Reflecting common practice among American lotteries, the jackpot is advertised as a nominal value of annual installments. A cash value option, when chosen by a jackpot winner (see below), pays the approximate present value of the installments. Mega Millions currently uses a 5/56 (white balls) + 1/46 (the Mega Ball) double matrix to select its winning numbers. Each game costs players $1; in most of the 42 Mega Millions jurisdictions, players may opt to pay an extra $1 per game to multiply their non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3, or 4 with the Megaplier. (The Megaplier was made available to all Mega Millions players in January 2011; it began as a Texas-only option.) Mega Millions is drawn at 11pm Eastern time Tuesdays and Fridays, including holidays. The drawings usually are held in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mega Millions' second largest annuity jackpot ($380 million)

and largest cash jackpot ($240 million), was for the January 4, 2011 drawing; two tickets, one each from Post Falls, Idaho, and Ephrata, Washington, matched all six winning numbers, winning $190 million (annuity) each. The holders of each ticket chose the cash option.
Mega Millions' largest annuity jackpot, of $390 million, was for the March 6, 2007 drawing. Two tickets also won this jackpot; one each from Georgia and New Jersey; both sets of winners chose the cash option, splitting $233 million. (As noted below, interest rates change, resulting in different ratios between the cash values and annuity values of jackpots.)

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Download Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Review

"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," finally hits theaters Tuesday on December 21, and critics have applauded both director David Fincher for bringing his signature style and Rooney Mara's performance. This is the second time we're seeing a big-screen adaptation of the über-popular Stieg Larsson novel, and opinions vary on whether the latest version brings much that's new to the battle.
Check out what the critics are saying about "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."

The Story
"Craftily condensed into 158 minutes, the adaptation by Steven Zaillian maximizes the relationship, first as wary colleagues, then, briefly, as lovers, between Blomkvist and Salander. They go about nailing a killer of women, and solving the riddle of a teenaged girl's disappearance decades earlier. All roads, icy and grim, lead to a rich extended family led by Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer), whose relatives, living on the same remote island, have a tremendous amount to hide including Nazism, neo-Nazism and hideous personal peccadillos. By the end, 'Silence of the Lambs' style, we're trapped in the lair of the worst of the worst." — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
The Direction
"Sometimes, but not often enough, American directors get European remakes right. Such is the case with 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,' in which filmmaker David Fincher revisits twisted serial-killer turf in a hypnotic land of ice and snow. Fincher's electrifying storytelling makes the most of unsettling visuals, large casts, complex plots and sharp dialogue. His fascination with dark material and masterful technical skills [serves] him well in the remake of 2009's Swedish-language 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,' based on the popular pulp thriller. Even though the story is familiar — the book sold 65 million copies — Fincher's take on the creepy yarn has his unmistakable stamp, starting with the opening credits." — Claudia Puig, USA Today
Comparisons to the Swedish Film
"The resulting film is neither better nor worse than the Swedish film, but it's more cinematic. The Swedish version was originally made for television and seen in installments. Fincher's movie is 158 minutes and meant to be seen in one shot — and that's precisely how those 158 minutes go by, in a shot. There is not a wasted scene or a single minute where the movie drags. 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' harmonizes the languor of television with the urgency of cinema, an achievement in itself." — Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Rooney Mara
"As Lisbeth Salander, the sullen 24-year-old waif hacker who's the story's spectacularly outlandish heroine, Rooney Mara is a revelation. She sports the spiky black plumage of a punkette peacock, with oversize earrings tightened onto her lobes like gears, pale-gray skin set off by barely perceptible eyebrows, choppy bangs, and piercings she wears like scars. ... Mara acts with a quiet power — a rage chilled into silence — that is almost ghostly." — Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
The Final Word
"In the end, there's not much extra even David Fincher can bring to 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.' This fastidious, technically stellar Hollywood telling of one of the great literary sensations of recent times is highlighted by a bewitching performance from Rooney Mara as the punked-out computer research whiz Lisbeth Salander and remains an absorbing story, as it was on the page and in the 2009 Swedish screen version." — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

Check out everything we've got on "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."

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Klasemen Liga Spanyol Update 19 Desember 2011

Klasement Laliga ( Liga SPANYOL )

Klasement Liga Spanyol Update 19-12-2011				Pertandingan				Kandang			Tandang			Gol
			P	Ma	M	I	K	M	I	K	M	I	K	GM	GK
Keterangan: P: Jumlah Poin    M: Jumlah Kemenangan    I: Jumlah Hasil Imbang    K: Jumlah Kekalahan    Ma: Total Main    GM: Gol Memasukkan    GK: Gol Kemasukan
1		Real Madrid	40	16	13	1	2	6	0	1	7	1	1	56	15
2		Barcelona	37	16	11	4	1	8	1	0	3	3	1	50	8
3		Valencia	33	16	10	3	3	6	2	1	4	1	2	26	16
4		Levante UD	29	16	9	2	5	6	0	1	3	2	4	25	19
5		Osasuna	25	16	6	7	3	5	3	0	1	4	3	21	28
6		Sevilla	24	16	6	6	4	5	1	3	1	5	1	18	17
7		Málaga	24	16	7	3	6	5	1	1	2	2	5	20	22
8		RCD Espanyol	23	16	7	2	7	4	1	2	3	1	5	17	20
9		Athletic Bilbao	22	16	5	7	4	3	4	2	2	3	2	23	19
10		Atlético Madrid	19	16	5	4	7	5	3	1	0	1	6	23	27
11		Real Betis	19	16	6	1	9	3	1	3	3	0	6	17	22
12		Getafe	19	16	5	4	7	4	3	1	1	1	6	17	23
13		Granada	19	16	5	4	7	3	4	2	2	0	5	10	16
14		RCD Mallorca	18	16	4	6	6	3	3	3	1	3	3	15	22
15		Real Sociedad	17	16	4	5	7	2	3	2	2	2	5	16	23
16		Rayo Vallecano	16	16	4	4	8	2	1	4	2	3	4	17	25
17		Villarreal	15	16	3	6	7	3	3	1	0	3	6	13	23
18		Sporting Gijón	15	16	4	3	9	2	2	5	2	1	4	16	27
19		Racing Santander	14	16	2	8	6	2	4	2	0	4	4	11	21
20		Real Zaragoza	10	16	2	4	10	2	2	4	0	2	6	13	31

Menurut Daftar Klasemen Sementara Laliga 2011 di urutan pertama kini Di singgahi oleh Real Madrid,
Setelah posisinya tergeser oleh Barcelona minggu kemarin, Kini Real Madrid berhasil mereburt tahta nya kembali di laliga 2011.
Hasil ini masih sementara dan dapat berubah, Bisa jadi kedudukan Real madrid akan tergeser kembali oleh Barcelona di  Klasemen akhir.

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