Friday, June 24, 2011
Weird GOTW
Tomorrow we are going to the Pirates/Red Sox game. In my weird twisted way, I wanted to honor this by making Daisuke Matsuzaka's wife as my GOTW. For some reason I thought she was really hot and had huge boobs. I was wrong, she is a journalist in Japan and she is attractive, but not what I was thinking. Instead, I found a picture of Yoko Matsugane. I have no clue what she does and I am too lazy to check into it. Instead I will put a bunch of pictures up of her. Enjoy!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Road safety, Chinese style
As the World Health Organization puts it in their 2004 World report on road traffic injury prevention:
Road traffic injuries are a major but neglected public health challenge that requires concerted efforts for effective and sustainable prevention. Of all the systems with which people have to deal every day, road traffic systems are the most complex and the most dangerous. Worldwide, an estimated 1.2 million people are killed in road crashes each year and as many as 50 million are injured. Projections indicate that these figures will increase by about 65% over the next 20 years unless there is new commitment to prevention. Nevertheless, the tragedy behind these figures attracts less mass media attention than other, less frequent types of tragedy.
It's true: despite great improvements in car safety over the years, road accidents are still a major cause of death everywhere in the world that has cars. So it's a subject worth taking a look at. And because that news item on Chinese prisoners being forced to play World of Warcraft got me thinking about China, we'll take a look at Chinese road safety.
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The Euro NCAP does crash tests of commercially available cars and posts the results online, so we can see what we're getting into when we buy a car. As a starting example, here's the crash test video from a Volvo V70 estate. My dad drove one, or something very similar to it, and even though it was never crashed properly, one of the near-death situations in my life did occur in it when a lunatic in Finland ran a red light at very high speed, nearly hitting us.
To get an idea of how things are supposed to work, here's the Euro NCAP video of a Volvo V70 crash test:
As you can see, the essential features of modern car safety are functioning. There's airbags to cushion the impact, and most of the force of the collision is absorbed by the crumple zones of the car while the passenger compartment stays intact. The V70 got a five-star rating, out of a possible maximum of five.
Here, on the other hand, is a Chinese-made Brilliance BS6 in an Euro NCAP crash test.
As you can see, well, yeah. It got one star. In case you're wondering what you have to do to get no stars, here's the Jiangling Motors Landwind:
And if that wasn't frightening enough, here's an inside view:
And finally, an unidentified Chinese car being crashed into a barrier at 64 km/h in Russia.
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I'm not in a position to offer any kind of advice on buying cars, but I will say this: there seems to be a rather large difference between a five-star rating and a no-star if-you-drive-this-you-are-going-to-die rating.
New Movies Playing!
Bad Teacher
What's It About?
A "bad" middle school teacher who hates teaching--- finally shows interest in her job--- when a cute new teacher arrives at school.
Trailer:
PREDICTION:
"It looks pretty hilarious--- but I have a feeling the best comedy bits are in the trailer. Diaz is a fun choice to be a sexy 'bad teacher'--- but it would be even more fun and funnier if the 'bad teacher' was an older actress. Singer turned actor Justin Timberlake makes a cute love interest for Diaz's character--- but it's cute only because they used to be a couple. Bad Teacher is seemingly unnecessarily R-Rated--- but at the same time rightfully R-Rated. Since Diaz's teacher character doesn't give an F--- there should be a lot of swear words and skin showing from her bad teacher role."
"It looks pretty hilarious--- but I have a feeling the best comedy bits are in the trailer. Diaz is a fun choice to be a sexy 'bad teacher'--- but it would be even more fun and funnier if the 'bad teacher' was an older actress. Singer turned actor Justin Timberlake makes a cute love interest for Diaz's character--- but it's cute only because they used to be a couple. Bad Teacher is seemingly unnecessarily R-Rated--- but at the same time rightfully R-Rated. Since Diaz's teacher character doesn't give an F--- there should be a lot of swear words and skin showing from her bad teacher role."
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Turtle:
The Incredible Journey
What's It About?
Documentary of a loggerhead turtle swimming around different parts the world.
Trailer:
PREDICTION:
"It looks fascinating--- but at the same time--- boring. Turtles aren't the most exciting animal characters to rush to watch on the silver screen."
"It looks fascinating--- but at the same time--- boring. Turtles aren't the most exciting animal characters to rush to watch on the silver screen."
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A Better Life
What's It About?
An illegal alien and his son in L.A. work together to locate the father's stolen gardening truck.
Trailer:
PREDICTION:
"It looks pretty good due to the father-son aspect of the plot--- that looks extremely touching."
"It looks pretty good due to the father-son aspect of the plot--- that looks extremely touching."
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Cars 2
What's It About?
The second installment of the animated, talking Cars series.
Trailer:
PREDICTION:
"I'm sure only fans of the first Cars will find this cool."
"I'm sure only fans of the first Cars will find this cool."
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Conan O' Brien:
Can't Stop
What's It About?
Documentary on comedian Conan O' Brien's recent comedy tour.
Trailer:
PREDICTION:
"It doesn't look very interesting or funny to me--- but I'm not a Conan O' Brien fan. For O' Brien fans, it probably will be interesting and funny."
"It doesn't look very interesting or funny to me--- but I'm not a Conan O' Brien fan. For O' Brien fans, it probably will be interesting and funny."
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Worst New Movie Poster of the Week
(Official movie poster for upcoming movie Bad Teacher.)
WHY THIS POSTER SUCKS!:
*Great tagline, but Cameron's Diaz's character doesn't look "bad" enough sleeping in sunglasses with her stilettos up.
**A better poster would be her sticking up her middle fingers to a classroom of students. The classic teacher's apple is cool but instead of the post-it being tame and saying 'Eat Me!' it should be more daring and say, 'F**k you!'
**A better poster would be her sticking up her middle fingers to a classroom of students. The classic teacher's apple is cool but instead of the post-it being tame and saying 'Eat Me!' it should be more daring and say, 'F**k you!'
(Alternate poster for upcoming movie Bad Teacher.)
WHY THIS POSTER SUCKS!:
*Diaz's character still doesn't look "bad" and Justin Timberlake and Jason Segel's characters look out of place and with awkward looking expressions.
**A better poster would be her in the short shorts and midriff top she wears in one scene of the movie enticing the two male characters.
**A better poster would be her in the short shorts and midriff top she wears in one scene of the movie enticing the two male characters.
(Alternate movie poster for upcoming movie Bad Teacher.)
WHY THIS POSTER SUCKS!:
*The chalk board-esque poster is creative but saying simply 'Bad Teacher' isn't saying anything.
**A better poster would be a bunch of expletives or naughty drawings along with the title. Or a naughty chalkboard drawing of Diaz's character.
**A better poster would be a bunch of expletives or naughty drawings along with the title. Or a naughty chalkboard drawing of Diaz's character.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Hello Sunny Leone!
Here's the incredibly hot Sunny Leone, an Indo-Canadian porn star.
I mean, wow.
I'm a sucker for a girl wearing sunglasses, by the way:
Here's my favorite bit from the Wikipedia page:
Though she was raised as a sikh, her parents enrolled her in a Catholic school, as it was felt to be unsafe for her to go to public school. There she had her first kiss at 11, lost her virginity to a basketball player at another school at 16, and found out she was bisexual at 18.
On top of which, of course, she became a porn star.
Imagine what would have happened if she went to public school!
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