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Saturday, January 26, 2008

Fashion: Top Men


Let's explore the world of bravery in Men togetheras I bring to you the men I feel are the top ten guys i the world and this is in terms of their bravery, acts, fashion and Money together.


Number 10:


Profession: Acting

Age: 34

Spouse: Sibi Blazic (2000





His person!


His talent and ability to get into role and get the best out of his roles has brought him in line with Hollywood great young actors.

Nominated by the London Critics Circle and Empire Awards for his work in The Prestige. Played one of six variations of Bob Dylan I’m Not There, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Spent the summer shooting the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight, opposite high-profile costars Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Aaron Eckhart.
Generated Oscar buzz for his electrifying work in Rescue Dawn.


Outside Acting:

This young Talent's private life is unknown to anyone has he has kept that to himself and Christian, a staunch supporter of groups like Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund, has deftly managed to voice his concern without coming off as just another celebrity with a pet project. It’s difficult not to admire the actor for the low-key, yet passionate, manner in which he conducts himself.


His favourite quote: ''An actor should never be larger than the film he's in"


This earned him my number 10 position
Who makes Number 9? watch out!

Did You know?


Facts

U.S. residents spent $469.5 million on online dating and personals in 2004, and over $500 million in 2005, the second largest segment of “paid content” on the web, according to a study conducted by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) and comScore Networks.

At the end of November 2004, there were 844 lifestyle and dating sites, a 38 percent increase since the start of the year, according to Hitwise Inc. However, market share was increasingly being dominated by several large commercial services, including Yahoo! Personals, Match.com, and eHarmony. eHarmony CEO Greg Forgatch noted that despite the growing number of sites catering to specific niches, "to become a major player, it still takes a large number of people.". By 2007, many prominent studies show that Baby Boomer interest in online dating had soared.

In 2002, a Wired magazine article forecast that, "Twenty years from now, the idea that someone looking for love without looking for it online will be silly, akin to skipping the card catalog to instead wander the stacks because 'the right books are found only by accident.' Serendipity is the hallmark of inefficient markets, and the marketplace of love, like it or not, is becoming more efficient"
Of late, it is common to see online dating websites providing webcam chats between members to make dating even more convenient than ever. In addition, as the online dating population becomes larger, sites with specific demographics are becoming more popular as a way to narrow the pool of potential matches.

Jokes! Jokes! Jokes!

A Movie Bet

Two fellas were watching an old cowboy movie and it came to the part when the cowboy, on his horse, at full gallop, was headed right towards a cliff। One of the guys said to the other, "Hey, I’ll bet you 10 bucks that he rides over the cliff।" The other said, "Your on!"
Well the cowboy and the horse went right over the cliff. The fella that lost the bet paid up. A while later, the guy who won said, "Hey, I’m feeling a little guilty about our bet and need to make a confession ... I already have seen the movie." The other fella replied, "Well, I have also seen the movie before ... but I didn’t think he’d do it again!"

The Plop
There was once a Canadian bird who decided he didn’t want to fly south for the winter। He decided it was nonsense to go all the way down south when he could just stay right where he was at। So he stayed behind। Well after awhile, it got kind of cold. Finally, he could take it no more and decided to fly south after all. As he was flying through the air, ice began to form on his wings to the point where he could no longer fly so he glided down and landed in a barnyard.
So here is the bird, he’s half frozen in a barnyard and at the point of death. About that time along comes a cow who walks right over the bird and drops a "plop" on him. Now the bird is really disgusted. He’s half frozen, dying, and now he has this "plop" on him. After a short time though, the ice begins to melt off of the bird. He starts to get warm under that "plop." He begins to think to himself, "It’s getting warm. I’m going to live! I’m going to live!" Then right there underneath that "plop" he starts to sing little bird songs> He’s now happy once again.
About that time a cat comes along and hears this noise coming from underneath this "plop." He moves the stuff off the bird and eats the bird.
There are three morals to the story:
1. Not everyone who drops a "plop" on you is necessarily your enemy2. Not everyone who moves it off of you is necessarily your friend3. And if someone does drop a "plop" on you, keep your mouth shut.

The Pirate and Bird Droppings
A pirate had a wooden leg, a hook on one arm, and a patch over one eye. Someone asked him how these things happened. He said that a whale bit off his leg, a crocodile had chewed off his hand, and a bird dropping hit him in the eye. The other guy replied that he understood about the wooden leg having had his original bite off by a whale, and the hook was there to replace the hand the crocodile had chewed off, but a patch over the eye because of a bird dropping ... that he didn’t understand. The pirate said that when the bird dropping hit him in the eye, that was the first day he had had his hook.

Dumb Questions from Lawyers
The following questions by lawyers were taken from actual court documents in America:
"Was that the same nose you broke as a child?"
"Now doctor, is it not true that when a person dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes quietly away and doesn’t know anything about it until the next morning?"
Q: "What happened then?"A: "He told me, ‘I have to kill you because you can identify me.'"Q: "And did he kill you?"
"Was it you or your brother that was killed in the war?
"The youngest son, the twenty year old, how old is he?"
"Were you alone or by yourself?"
"Do you have any children or anything of that kind?"
Q: "I show you exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture?" A: "That’s me."Q: "Were you present when he picture was taken?"
"Were you present in court this morning when you were sworn in?"
Q: "Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated ?"A: "By death."Q: "And by whose death was it terminated?"
Q: "Do you know how far pregnant you are now?"A: "I’ll be three months on November 8th."Q: "Apparently then, the date of conception was August 8th?A: "Yes."Q: "What were you doing at that time?
"So you were gone until you returned?"
Q: "She had three children right?"A: "Yes."Q: "How many were boys?"A: "None."Q: "Were there any girls?"
"Mrs. Jones, how many times have you committed suicide?"
"You don’t know what it was, and you didn’t know what it looked like, but can you describe it?"
Q: "You say the stairs went down to the basement?"A: "Yes."Q: "And these stairs, did they go up also?"
Q: "Do you recall approximately the time that you examined the body of Mr. Edington at the Rose Chapel?"A: "The autopsy started about 8:30 p.m."Q: "And Mr. Edington was dead at that time?"

What is Online Dating?

What is Online Dating?

Online Dating in Three Easy Pieces
Online dating can be a little scary at first. You are jumping onto a website and sharing yourself with thousands and sometimes millions of other people. You are putting yourself out there with the risk of rejection in hopes of finding anything from a date to a spouse. It can be a lot of pressure to put yourself under.
That’s why you need to break online dating down to it’s three basic parts: The profile, the photo, and your strategy. Most people fail because they don’t take the little bit of extra effort that they need to make sure they have these three things. If you have a great strategy, but your profile or photos are not so good, you are probably just wasting your time because you are not going to make a good first impression. But, even if you have a great profile and photo, but have no real strategy, it’s kind of like having bullets without a gun. Throwing bullets will only get you so far. Here are some simple tips to help you out in all three areas:

The Profile:
Focus on the positives!Always try to talk about the things you want in the person you are looking for. Don’t focus on the things that you don’t want, talking about them just makes it sound like you have more baggage than any normal person is going to want to deal with.

The Photo:
Keep the focus on you!A lot of people like to put photos that show them with friends or at fancy functions like weddings. Don’t do it! You want to be the only person in your photo. If you have friends or family in the photo with you, you run the risk of people spending their time trying to figure out if they are just a friend or your ex. Even worse, they might be more attracted to your friend than they are to you. Instead, keep the focus on you and let visual props like a pet or a setting the shows off some of your character. That way people can see you in a setting that makes you look your best.

The Strategy:
Make the first move!Don’t wait for Mr. or Ms. Right to find you. Only you really know what you want anyways, so get out there and start looking for it. Take advantage of the search options on your for your dating site so you can eliminate a lot of the people you aren’t interested in. When you find someone you like, SEND THEM AN EMAIL! Do not wink at them. Winking is for wusses!


Advantages of Online Personals
Online personals are the internet's equivalent of a singles bar with personality. At there most basic level online personals are giant databases of people's pictures and backgrounds that you can scan through like you would scan the faces at a bar. There are a lot of advantages to trying online personals compared to a singles bar. First of all it is convenient. The places you will normally go to meet people are only available to you at certain times and every place you go may only have one or two hundred people of the opposite sex for you to pick through. With online personals all you need is an internet connection and the ability to read. The sites are open 24-7 and are filled with thousands if not millions more people than you would have met if you went out for the evening. Secondly is attire. When you go to a bar you've got to look sharp as Joe Jackson used to say. If you don't look just right when your eyes meet up with those of the babe or beau at a bar, you can forget about the wedding, hell, you won't even make it to the first date. For online personals you don't need make up or cologne and best of all, you can wear whatever you like. You can even be naked if you want, but if it's hot out and your computer chair is leather, you may want to at least throw on some underwear. One of the biggest advantages that people think of when they go into online personals is that you no longer have that moment of terror where you slowly approach that person who has caught your eye in hopes that they might see in you what you saw in them and not shoot you down like a wounded duck. This is true, to a point. You don't have to walk up to someone and ask them out through online personals. You have the personal barrier of email in-between you. This is great if you are a little low in confidence, but it can backfire on you. Many people put up a personals profile and wait for people to contact them. It can be a much greater rejection when millions of people decide not to email you compared to striking out once or twice in person. Also if you are sending emails to people on your favorite online personals site, you have to remember that the need for tact is not a necessity on the net. While in the real world a person may shoot you down and say thanks but no thanks, or possibly something less tactful, their attitude on an online personals site may be to just delete your message without replying, leaving you hanging and with no feedback from them at all.


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