Sunday, May 29, 2011

The Tudors Going Strong with Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day

If one liked the Showtime's first season of The Borgias, Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day. They're offering The Tudors: The Complete Series on DVD for $64.99. That's a 50% savings for four seasons of Showtime's acclaimed historical drama, plus a nice array of bonus features.

Created by Michael Hirst, The Tudors stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII, he of the many wives and the fondness for beheading. Since the show begins early in his reign, don't expect to see Meyers wandering around in a fat suit to match the portraits of Henry you remember from History class. The show follows Henry as he struggles under the weight of the crown and attempts to bang everything in England with breasts.

Here's what the 15-disc set includes as far as extras:
Hirst's Castle
Reviving History
Royal Manners
Poetic License
Henry's Wives Club
History of the Tudor Rose
Medieval Arms
Tracking the Tudor Dynasty
Wheel of Misfortune
Deleted Scenes
Bloopers
Tudors 500th Anniversary: Hampton Court
Tudors 500th Anniversary: Tower of London
Tudors 500th Anniversary: British Library

Blue Angels air squadron has been temporarily grounded

The most famous and famed Blue Angels air squadron has been temporarily grounded after a serious technical glitch at a show in Virginia last week. Many of the jets were flying at a below normal altitude during the widely seen show. No injures has been reported however due to the mistake, that their commander made the decision to leave the unit. Four shows have already been reduced from the earlier announced schedule.

Every year, thousands of people come to the Quad Cities Air Show, crane their necks, and focus their eyes on the sky. They pay good amount for tickets to get a peek at the risky maneuvers performed by flying teams like the Blue Angels.

This year, the Blue Angels are the QC Air Show headliners; 45,000 spectators are predicted to attend daily but this glitch can dampen the sentiments about the show. The founder of the show, Ken Hopper, tells the media that he's optimistic the Blue Angels will show up with some adjustments. But there's always a chance that could change.

The Quad City Air Show web page has this disclaimer posted:
"All performers, acts, static display subject to change without notice and all aircraft listed have been requested, but are not all confirmed as of press date, thank you for your understanding."It's unclear right now if a different flying team would take over if the Blue Angels decided to cancel. But for now, the squadron is expected to appear June 18 and 19.

A tamed Cane Corso Mastiff killed a 4-year-old kid named Jayelin Graham in Brooklyn

Most likely people around the globe keep pets to protect their homes and property, however not always but sometimes those same pets can turn against you. A 4-year-old innocent boy named Jayelin Graham was killed by his family dog, after being attacked inside his own home. The dog was a Cane Corso Mastiff and according to its owners, it had been tamed and used to live with the family.

Jayelin Graham was attacked and bitten several times by the Cane Corso Mastiff. Most of the bites were around his neck, head and torso, from heavy bleeding took place. The deadly attack occured on Friday night, when most of the family members were present at home. Jayelin Graham was rushed to the nearest hospital but by the time he had reached, he was dead.

The boy was pronounced dead at the Brookdale Hospital according to spokesman Andrew Rubin.
According to sources, there were two other small children in the house, a 2 and 5-year-old boy, but they were not harmed by the Cane Corso Mastiff. The New York Animal Care and Control agency have removed the Cane Corso Mastiff as well as a German Shepard from inside the apartment and investigation is going on as to what might have caused the Cane Corso Mastiff to attack the child.

UFC 130 Fight Card Results: Roy Nelson Vs Frank Mir

A heavyweight fight between former champion of UFC heavyweight Frank Mir and Roy "Big Country" Nelson was the co-main event for the UFC 130 fight card.Prior to the fight a great deal had been made about these two friends, a fact that the fighters said, was just not true. So, the opinion that both would be reluctant to go after each other went out the window when that talk went by the wayside.
Nelson get into the fight to the strains of Weird Al Yankovic's "Fat," a tribute to his own physique. The aim in this fight was for Mir to solidify his position in the heavyweight fight division, while Nelson looked to get in the top.
Nelson bum interred Mir against the cage and Mir then looked for a single leg which he was not able to stick there. Nelson then held Mir against the cage for a short time with Mir delivering a knee and then a head kick to Nelson.Mir looked very, very relaxed and at ease early in the first round. Mir landed a number of knees to Nelson with the iron chinned Nelson eating all of them.
Mir then came back in the game with a nice throw, but he was not able to keep Nelson on the earth. The spectators were happy with the first round; applauding strongly as the fighters walked to their stools. Mir started the second round gaining a single leg takedown. Nelson was able to get back to his feet without sustaining damage on the ground. Mir gained another takedown halfway through the second round, but Nelson was once again able to get back to his feet. Nelson looked completely gassed as he looked for his stool between rounds and while Mir looked tired, he did not look like he was anywhere near the Nelson’s level.
Nelson had nothing to offer Mir who looked so much better than he did in his last fight with Cro-Cop. If Mir goes into his next bout with the same style as this fight he could be in line for a title shot.
Nelson was quite slow as the third rounded begun; he was looking more like a drunken bar fighter than an MMA fighter. Mir took Nelson down easily at the 1:30 mark of round three. Nelson will require to go back to the drawing board after this fight because he looked completely out of his league in this bout.

CSAT 2011 Pattern / Format Comprehension


In this section, questions may be based on certain real-life situations. The aim will be to test how good a candidate is at fact-finding, sifting through information, interpreting text, predicting and inferring events and recognising implied meanings.

Inter-personal skills
Inter-personal communication implies face-to-face communication involving few people (typically two) rather than large groups. This section is aimed to test the candidate’s ability to understand and manage the dynamics of social interaction.

Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Logical reasoning measures your ability to understand, analyse and evaluate arguments. Each question is based on a short passage, graph, table or a set of conditions. Analytical ability questions are aimed at measuring your ability to analyse a given structure of arbitrary relationships and to deduce new information from that structure.

Decision-making and Problem-solving
This section measures your ability to use logic in solving problems. The question will generally relate to situations that require you either to take some action, to explain why an action has or would be taken or interpret what the action implies. Questions based on some law and order situations or administrative deadlocks also can be expected.

General Mental Ability (GMA)
In the old pattern, General Mental Ability (GMA) Tests were included in the General Studies Paper. Now it has been shifted to Paper-II. The aim of the GMA Test is to evaluate your cognitive abilities — how proficient are you at learning and finding solutions.

Basic Numeracy
This section includes numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc, which are of class X level. The questions will test your ability to use numbers and solve simple numerical problems. The numerical knowledge you need for these tests is school level mathematics.

Data Interpretation
Data Interpretation (DI) questions tests one’s ability to interpret data presented in tables, graphs and charts. It usually requires two basic steps. First, you have to read a chart or graph in order to obtain certain information. Then you have to apply or manipulate the information for an answer.

This section also includes data sufficiency. Each question is followed by two statements — (1) and (2). Your task is to analyse each of the two statements to determine whether it provides sufficient data to answer the question.

Comprehension: This section tests your ability to read and understand written material. Questions in this section will be of class X level and will be tested through passages. The Reading Comprehension test requires a good grasp over the English language. The passage will be followed by multiplechoice questions