Tribal tattoo

When the first European explorers came into the Pacific, they were stunned by the patterning they saw on the faces and bodies of the island peoples, from Rapanui in the east, to Hawaii in the north, the westward islands of Samoa and Tonga and in the temperate south of Aotearoa - the Maori word for New Zealand.

Of all the tattoos in the world, the tribal tattoo is by far the most popular. This is an especially common request in the Pacific Islands - as it is heavily viewed as being of significant cultural importance. Maori and Polynesian designs are most common, followed through in Native America by designs passed down through generations.

Even the most recognized actor and Smack Down Star, the Rock, Dwayne Johnson loves tribal tattoos. He traveled to Hawaii to have his family history tattooed on him-a Samoan tradition. There are sacrificed meanings of his tattoo, which make the popularity of tribal tattoo goes up and more valued.

Without changing the essential part, tattoo artists break the old color by giving attractive shading and effects. It attracts many people. Instead of lessen it, the new look of the tattoo makes Tribal Tattoos even more meaningful and artistic. No wonder, millions of people love this kind of tattoo.

Kyna Treacy and Alex Rodriguez

Looks like instead of the Detroit Tigers, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez had his attentions focused on Australian bikini model Kyna Treacy during Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. Maybe A-Rod's flirtatious glances towards the brunette bombshell sitting in the Yankee Stadium stands on Saturday evening (Oct. 13) is what led to the Yankees loss in Game 1? (and Game 2, and Game 3...). Either way, A-Rod has been continuously benched in the Series (as the Yanks continue to falter), but at least he managed to get Kyna Treacy's digits, and in a very baseball-esque fashion, nonetheless.

With his team struggling in the playoffs, the New York Yankees' highest-paid benchwarmer Alex Rodriguez was certainly not feeling the pressure as he flirted with two women in the stands.

One of them clearly caught A-Rod's attention at at time when Yankee fans would have preferred he be more focused on baseball.

Treacy who currently resides in New York City -according to her Facebook page- was sitting right behind the Yankees dugout with a female friend at the Yankees' game against the Detroit Tigers Saturday night. Rodriguez reportedly spotted the Australian brunette (and Yankee fan) and got her phone number, according to the New York Post.

Rodriguez, who is the highest paid Yankee, openly flirted with both blondes, who were sitting above the team’s dugout at Saturday’s American League Championship series opener.

A source confirmed that while his team was trying to beat the odds and make a comeback, the Dominican-American player was using extra baseballs to send his phone number to the beautiful admirers.

Ford Focus Review

There isn't a bad engine among the ones in the Ford Focus range that we've tried, but we reckon the best is the 123bhp 1.0 Ecoboost. This turbocharged 1.0-litre, three-cylinder engine is smooth, quiet and gives you enough pace with which to exploit the car's brilliant handling. Also, running costs are impressively low.

The 1.6 turbodiesel will be popular, too, because it's incredibly efficient.

Similarly, all the trims are pretty generously specified, so there's no bad choice there, either. All versions come with air-conditioning, electric windows, DAB radio and Bluetooth. We prefer Titanium trim, though, thanks to the posher-looking stereo that gives the cabin a real lift.

The 2012 Ford Focus is offered in two body styles and four trim levels. The 4-door sedan is available in S, SE, SEL and Titanium trims, while the 4-door hatchback comes in all but the S trim.

The $16,270 S trim is reasonably equipped, with air conditioning, power front and manual rear windows, AM/FM/CD stereo and P195/65R15 tires on steel wheels with wheel covers. Starting at $17,270, the SE trim adds fog lights, automatic headlights, Ford MyKey, power rear windows and P215/55/R16 tires. The $20,270 SEL gets the MyFord driver connect system, Ford Sync entertainment and communications system, dual-zone automatic climate control, universal garage-door opener, ambient interior lighting, cruise control and alloy wheels. Topping the line is the new $22,765 Titanium trim, which adds keyless access and starting, MyFord Touch, Sirius and HD radio, sport seats, 10-speaker Sony audio system, sport suspension, rear spoiler and P215/50R17 tires.

Always its strong point, the new model sets a new high-bar for providing the right balance between comfort, compliance over broken tarmac and gravel, and handling performance.

Turn-in is very sharp, and, thanks to a superbly engineered front-end and torque vectoring control, the new Focus can carry higher speeds into a corner and hold very tight lines through it. On a winding road, even a slippery one, it is very sharp and very quick.

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Wedding Dress Tips

Buy 2 or 3 bridal magazines (you really don't need more – they are expensive, and flip through more than 3 and you'll just keep seeing the same styles over and over).Tear out pictures of the dresses you like – you'll start to notice you are drawn to certain skirt or bodice styles, necklines and details -- and write on the picture the magazine name and page number it came from so that you can contact BestBridalPrices.com later for pricing and availability -- as an authorized retailer of many lines, we can tell you exactly which dress is in their ad.

You know your body best. If you have what may be considered a "rectangle" figure, the proportions of your chest and hips are similar with minimal waist definition, thus creating the 'rectangle' silhouette.

Keep in mind: Love your body because we are all unique. Use these suggestions as guidelines since many wedding dress designers have full liberty to create, invent, and mix and match styles.

Will you be married at your family church in Chicago in December, or at the Garden Club in New Orleans in July? One dress would not likely suit both weddings – think of your church decorated for Christmas with the icy Chicago wind blowing off Lake Michigan versus the sultry, hot, humidity of a lazy New Orleans July day.

Almost 80% of LearnVest readers said they'd at least consider a used wedding dress on the big day. Yes, someone else wore it already. But only once. You can have it professionally cleaned, and may be able to afford a higher end designer this way. Many sites use a peer-to-peer model, so you contact the seller directly. You can ask all kinds of questions (see below) and arrange shipping and return logistics. Pro: Because you're dealing directly with the seller, you can negotiate the price. Con: You're dealing with an individual as opposed to a business, so build in the unpredictability factor.
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Blackberry Curve 9320 Review

Despite the budget price tag, this is the first BlackBerry to arrive with BlackBerry 7.1 which allows BBM to integrate with other apps like Facebook. Preceding the revolution that RIM is promising with BlackBerry 10, it’s a minor overhaul but important and a welcome addition that gives the BlackBerry 9320 kudos for upgrading BBM fans.

The 3.2 megapixel camera is average but does feature a flash which isn’t guaranteed at the price point. Inside, a 1450mAh battery is a welcome bonus and the MicroSD slot means adding a cheap MicroSD card (up to 32GB) is a no-brainer upgrade for music fans.

RIM has included the excellent Amazon MP3 store in the BlackBerry Curve 9320, which provides a credible alternative to iTunes (and is often cheaper). But be warned, if you use it, your purchases aren't backed up by Amazon like they are with Apple, so if you lose them, you'll have to pay to download again. We learned this the hard way.

However, music can be synced straight back to your PC or Mac using the excellent sync software provided, so pain should be avoided easily. Speaking of the software, it also syncs iTunes playlists perfectly. This shouldn't be undervalued, since lots of other non-Apple handsets struggle.

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Biodata Cherry Belle

cherry belle ChiBi yang satu ini kayak nya akan jadi saingan baru si 7 icons grup ini beranggotakan   9 cewek-cewek  cantik, manis, imut, pintar bernyanyi pintar ngedence disatukan menjadi Girlband, wah tentu nya ini akan menjadi saingan  7 icons girlband, lucu juga ya kalo isi di blantica musik indonesia adalah Girlband  dengan Boyband.

Cherry Belle (disingkat ChiBi) adalah sebuah grup musik asal Indonesia yang dibentuk dari sebuah audisi, yang mengedepankan talenta serta kualitas suara, kemampuan dance dan tentu saja penampilan rupawan alias cantik dan enak dipandang. Grup musik ini didirikan pada tanggal 27 Februari 2011 dan beranggotakan 9 orang: Angel, Anisa, Cherly, Christy, Devi, Felly, Gigi, Ryn, dan Wenda. Semua personelnya berusia sekitar 20 tahun dan berbakat menyanyi serta menari.. Pada tanggal 12 April 2012, Devi dan Wenda dinyatakan hengkang dari grup ini oleh Dino Raturandang dan Teguh Sanjaya, produser Cherry Belle.

Margareth Angelina adalah nama lengkap dari Angel ChiBi. Angel merupakan lead dancer dalam grup Cherry Belle. Tinggi badannya 158 cm dan beratnya 42 kg. Angel beragama Kristen. Hobinya adalah menari, main game, membaca komik, dan membaca novel. Warna favoritnya adalah pink, putih, dan hitam. Hewan favoritnya adalah puppy. Makanan favoritnya adalah nasi goreng spesial. Tokoh idolanya adalah Doraemon dan Hello Kitty. Angka favoritnya adalah 5. Awalnya pada bulan Desember 2010, ia mengikuti seleksi pemilihan anggota Cherry Belle, dan pada bulan Februari 2011 ia terpilih bersama 8 kontestan lainnya dari 400 calon. Angel merupakan seorang mahasiswi jurusan akuntansi di Universitas Tarumanegara angkatan 2008. Sebutan bagi para fans angel yaitu Angelous atau ada juga yang menyebutnya dengan My Angel.

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Mantra Tantra Untuk Yaris - Media Indonesia

TOYOTA Yaris sejak awal kemunculannya telah diposisikan sebagai kendaraan anak muda. Untuk semakin memperkuat citra tersebut, berbagai kegiatan yang sifatnya menantang kreativitas anak muda selalu digelar, seperti pada kontes modifikasi Yaris Show Off 2010 awal Desember lalu.

Pada perebutan mahkota raja modifikasi Yaris tahun ini, terdapat suatu desain imajinatif, kaya dengan inovasi dari sang pemilik. Lihat saja Yaris lansiran 2006 milik Tantra, finalis asal regional Jakarta.

Desain mobil kompak ini telah diubah dari empat pintu menjadi dua pintu, kemudian dari empat tempat duduk menjadi hanya satu tempat duduk. Sesuatu yang berbeda dari kontestan lainnya sehingga pantas menyandang King of Yaris Show Off 2010.

Dari sisi dapur pacu, mesin hatchback Toyota itu sudah dilengkapi turbo. HKS Garett T3 Series Turbo Charger, HKS Super Sound Blow Off Valve, dan Cam Shaft TRD 262 jadi penopang kekuatan luar biasa saat Yaris milik Tantra ini berakselerasi dan melesat kencang.

Tak sekadar unggul di sektor mesin, tapi memang modifikasi yang diterapkan pada Yaris Tantra ini sesuai dengan tema yang diusung tadi, Its all about fun modification. Hal itu dapat dilihat dari bagian dalamnya yang telah berisikan full entertainment, tapi tak lupa aroma sport juga tetap diterapkan.

Oleh karena itu, hanya ada satu bangku khusus pengemudi dan juga perangkat audio di bagian belakangnya yang membuat pengemudi bisa betah di dalamnya. Prosesnya terbilang sulit karena pengerjaannya hanya 14 hari, ujar Tantra.

Selain itu, seperangkat personal computer (PC) disematkan pada ruang kabinnya, tepat di sebelah kursi pengemudi. Sebuah peranti komputer yang spesifikasinya tidak main-main, harga sekaligus instalasinya saja sampai sekitar Rp50 juta.

Dengan begitu, segala macam kegiatan yang berkaitan dengan hiburan kabin, seperti musik, bisa terakomodasi. Kehebatan modifikasi Tantra ini tidak hanya dikagumi pengunjung, tapi juga Presiden Direktur Toyota Astra Motor Johnny Darmawan.

Saya lihat di dalam (Yaris) hanya satu tempat duduk, sesuatu yang luar biasa dan kreativitas yang tinggi dari seorang anak muda, ujar Johnny.

Sebagai jawara Yaris Show Off 2010, Tantra berhak mendapatkan satu Toyota Yaris dan menonton pameran Tokyo Auto Salon 2011.

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Cerpen

Cerita pendek bermula pada tradisi penceritaan lisan yang menghasilkan kisah-kisah terkenal seperti Iliad dan Odyssey karya Homer. Kisah-kisah tersebut disampaikan dalam bentuk puisi yang berirama, dengan irama yang berfungsi sebagai alat untuk menolong orang untuk mengingat ceritanya. Bagian-bagian singkat dari kisah-kisah ini dipusatkan pada naratif-naratif individu yang dapat disampaikan pada satu kesempatan pendek. Keseluruhan kisahnya baru terlihat apabila keseluruhan bagian cerita tersebut telah disampaikan.

Fabel, yang umumnya berupa cerita rakyat dengan pesan-pesan moral di dalamnya, konon dianggap oleh sejarahwan Yunani Herodotus sebagai hasil temuan seorang budak Yunani yang bernama Aesop pada abad ke-6 SM (meskipun ada kisah-kisah lain yang berasal dari bangsa-bangsa lain yang dianggap berasal dari Aesop). Fabel-fabel kuno ini kini dikenal sebagai Fabel Aesop. Akan tetapi ada pula yang memberikan definisi lain terkait istilah Fabel. Fabel, dalam khazanah Sastra Indonesia seringkali, diartikan sebagai cerita tentang binatang sebagai pemeran(tokoh) utama. Cerita fabel yang populer misalnya Kisah Si Kancil, dan sebagainya.

Selanjutnya, jenis cerita berkembang meliputi sage, mite, dan legenda. Sage merupakan cerita kepahlawanan. Misalnya Joko Dolog. Mite atau mitos lebih mengarah pada cerita yang terkait dengan kepercayaan masyarakat setempat tentang sesuatu. Contohnya Nyi Roro Kidul. Sedangkan legenda mengandung pengertian sebagai sebuah cerita mengenai asal usul terjadinya suatu tempat. Contoh Banyuwangi.

Bentuk kuno lainnya dari cerita pendek, yakni anekdot, populer pada masa Kekaisaran Romawi. Anekdot berfungsi seperti perumpamaan, sebuah cerita realistis yang singkat, yang mencakup satu pesan atau tujuan. Banyak dari anekdot Romawi yang bertahan belakangan dikumpulkan dalam Gesta Romanorum pada abad ke-13 atau 14. Anekdot tetap populer di Eropa hingga abad ke-18, ketika surat-surat anekdot berisi fiksi karya Sir Roger de Coverley diterbitkan.

Di Eropa, tradisi bercerita lisan mulai berkembang menjadi cerita-cerita tertulis pada awal abad ke-14, terutama sekali dengan terbitnya karya Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales dan karya Giovanni Boccaccio Decameron. Kedua buku ini disusun dari cerita-cerita pendek yang terpisah (yang merentang dari anekdot lucu ke fiksi sastra yang dikarang dengan baik), yang ditempatkan di dalam cerita naratif yang lebih besar (sebuah cerita kerangka), meskipun perangkat cerita kerangka tidak diadopsi oleh semua penulis. Pada akhir abad ke-16, sebagian dari cerita-cerita pendek yang paling populer di Eropa adalah "novella" kelam yang tragis karya Matteo Bandello (khususnya dalam terjemahan Perancisnya). Pada masa Renaisan, istilah novella digunakan untuk merujuk pada cerita-cerita pendek.

Pada pertengahan abad ke-17 di Perancis terjadi perkembangan novel pendek yang diperhalus, "nouvelle", oleh pengarang-pengarang seperti Madame de Lafayette. Pada 1690-an, dongeng-dongeng tradisional mulai diterbitkan (salah satu dari kumpulan yang paling terkenal adalah karya Charles Perrault). Munculnya terjemahan modern pertama Seribu Satu Malam karya Antoine Galland (dari 1704; terjemahan lainnya muncul pada 1710–12) menimbulkan pengaruh yang hebat terhadap cerita-cerita pendek Eropa karya Voltaire, Diderot dan lain-lainnya pada abad ke-18.


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Ujian Pendidikan Kesetaraan Tidak Jelas

Penyelenggara pendidikan nonformal dan informal mengeluhkan kurangnya perhatian pemerintah pada pelaksanaan ujian nasional (UN) pendidikan kesetaraan.

"Mengherankan, bertahun-tahun ujian paket kesetaraan selalu diremehkan bahkan oleh Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan (BSNP) dan Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan selaku penyelenggara negara. Jika UN formal, kisi-kisi, prosedur operasional standar, dan peraturan menterinya sudah keluar sejak tahun lalu, tetapi UN Pendidikan Kesetaraan atau Program Paket, sampai sekarang pun belum jelas kapan akan dilaksanakan," kata Sekretaris Asosiasi Sekolah Rumah dan Pendidikan Alternatif (Asah Pena), Budi Trikorayanto, Minggu (25/3/2012), di Jakarta.

Peserta UN Pendidikan Kesetaraan meliputi anak-anak sekolah rumah, orang dewasa, siswa putus sekolah, hingga siswa yang tidak lulus UN formal.

Menurut Budi, untuk UN Pendidikan kesetaraan Paket A,B, dan C (setara SD, SMP, dan SMA/SMK) hanya ada berbagai perkiraan yang beredar. Kisi-kisi pun tidak ada.

Selain waktu penyelenggaraan yang tidak jelas setiap tahun, pengumuman kelulusan peserta juga lamban dan tidak sesuai jadwal. Kenyataan ini merugikan peserta.

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Angry Birds Review

With more than 700 million downloads to its name, Angry Birds is as much a part of pop culture as the Big Mac, The Beatles, or Justin Bieber. But such popularity poses a problem: how to create a sequel that feels fresh, yet still appeals to avian aficionados around the world. For developer Rovio, the answer is gravity, or rather, the lack of it. Angry Birds Space takes the fundamental physics-based flinging of the original and turns it on its head--sometimes literally--by playing with the gravity simulation that powers it. You're forced to think in new, creative ways to solve puzzles, using the pull of planets to slingshot your birds over greater distances and at previously impossible angles. It's satisfying, yet completely familiar, and is heaps of pig-smashing fun.

The basics of Angry Birds remain unchanged in Space. You smash cute green pigs that have neatly placed themselves atop, or in, precarious-looking towers made of wood, steel, and ice. To do so, you're armed with birds, which you fire out of a slingshot by dragging your finger over the screen to pull it back in an effort to knock over the towers and crush the pigs within. It sounds simple, but there's a surprising amount of depth to the action. Different materials smash at different rates, so while wood is easily smashed with a single bird, steel requires several hits before you can smash through it.

Likewise, there are different types of birds for you to use. There's the standard red bird, which acts like a simple missile. The other feathered projectiles include blue birds, which act like cluster bombs; black birds, which explode with a tap; and green birds, whose hefty size makes them ideal for smashing through larger structures. New to Space are purple birds, which can be targeted like a homing missile with a tap, and ice birds, which let you freeze parts of a structure, making it easier to destroy. New birds are introduced gradually as you progress, creating interesting challenges that tax the brain in new and exciting ways. While your choice of birds is predetermined, the progression is excellent, so you never feel overwhelmed by a sudden influx of unfathomable avians.

The twist in Space comes from an inventive use of gravity. Rather than lounging on a simple surface, the pigs are spread across different planetoids in space. Each planetoid has its own gravity field, highlighted by a blue aura, which affects the movement of your birds. This results in some incredibly inventive and often challenging puzzles. You might have to use a planetoid's gravity field to curve the angle of your bird to reach pigs nested on the far side, or make use of two nearby fields to send a bird one way, only to have it join the other field and slingshot around to hit pigs floating outside the atmosphere.
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