ScrapAlbum making is actually coined from the word scrapbooking, which in the word itself means making a scrapbook. This is an art of organizing a collection of clippings, notes, pictures, poetry, quotations, stories and other things, presented in the most unique way. Many people make keepsakes of family history, photo album of children and personal journals out of these.
When I was small, I remember I used to spend hours cutting small letters and beautiful photos from newspapers and magazines and paste them afterwards in a parchment paper and bind them together with a metal fastener. This is the hobby that I think I haven't outgrown yet and I am still a scrapbooking enthusiast until now.
Definitely, those who share the same passion like me will enjoy using Scrapblog. This is a multimedia program which helps you create a scrapalbum with the use of a bunch of creative elements. The latest was that they have integrated this application to Photobucket, which makes album making quite easier.
Take a look at one of the creations I have made with this program. The photos were actually taken in a garden exhibition at Century Park in Shanghai in 2006. It was a Mosaiculture show that lasted more than a month. About 1/2 of the displays where made by Chinese, and 1/2 by other people from around the world.
Don't hesitate to explore your creativeness with this application because the program is very user-friendly. For those who needs tutorials, please do watch the videos provided.
ENJOY!
Elaine
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Gymnastics is one of the most favorite events in the Olympics wherein young women compete on the balance beam, vault, floor exercises,and uneven parallel bars. Unlike in the men's division of this field where power and strength are measured, women in the artistic gymnastics are judged on grace and movement. Technically that is the principle but literally and realistically speaking, the focus of this game is to be able to jump higher than your competitors and still land gracefully on the floor/beam.
In history, there are three great women gymnasts that had been a pioneer and outstanding in their performances. One was Olga Korbut (1972), a 17-year-old gymnast from the Soviet Union, who captivated everyone with her backward somersault off the uneven parallel bars, the Korbut Salto and the Korbut Flip, which she and her coaches invented. The second one was Romania's Nadia Comaneci (1976), becoming the first gymnast in Olympic history to earn perfect scores. Not only did she become the first gymnast at the Olympics Games to receive the perfect score of ten (a feat she managed seven times), she also won three gold medals; for individual all-around, the beam and the uneven bars; a silver medal in the team all-around, and a bronze for floor exercises. The third was Larissa Latynina (USSR), with 18 Olympic medals. She also holds the joint record for golds, nine, with runners Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis and swimmer Mark Spitz. She also won nine world championship gold medals including two in the individual all-around event, in 1958 and 1962.
Nadia Comaneci: The Perfect 10 - uneven bars
Nadia Comaneci: floor exercises
Nadia Comaneci: balance beam
1981 Interview with Nadia Comaneci
The long-awaited showdown of gymnasts for the Olympic 2008 gold medal in the individual all-around title had come to it's end. Clinching the title was American Nastia Liukin who had a close and stiff fight over China's Yang Yilin in the floor exercises. Shawn Johnson, also an American took the silver medal.
Nastia Luikin in floor exercises
Yang Yilin with same floor exercise at 2008 World Cup Tianjin Finals FX
Shawn Johnson
Cheng Fei (China) may not be far behind the 3 other winners, watch her in this link (click on Highlights by Sports then Gymnastics).
This is the final result of the game:
China Team
There had been an argument that some of the women (girls really) on the Chinese gymnastics team may be underage. Honestly, sometimes looks can be deceiving. You couldn't compare a 16 year old Asian with an American. Asians, for a fact, look younger than their age compared to a Westerner. The argument is, if a 15-year-old gymnast is as good as or better than a 21-year-old, why shouldn't she get to compete?
Elaine
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Please watch one of the incredible performances of the night and ENJOY!
You are jumping out of ecstacy and your face couldn't stop smiling, finally you have hit the trails. Your blog traffic had been making waves and it's all because of your creativity and resourcefullness. You had gained the following you've been dreaming of but it seems that you want more. Everything is not good enough and you've got to hit again the stills over and over and over.
Some god-damned sofware had been released and they call it "CONTENT GENERATORS and REWRITERS". They said it's effective and promises huge REVENUES. Suddenly, your FOCUS is redirected, all because of the promise of a lucrative income. In short...MONEY!
Who wants to think when some small generated software could do it for you, doing work much faster and easier. Forget about creativity, some people just have to fill in the space and get the payback. It seems so easy. Why work hard, life isn't fair sometimes! It's sad to know how DESPERATE we became...money makes the world go round after all!
So they say, it's primetime and the great SEO invention will eventually conquer the web scene. Robots will replace humans and the brain will start to shrink and deteriorate. The argument is, these are robots, they don't have eyes and they have limited brain capacity. Noone can replace the human brain, whose creativity is endless and powerful.
Readers, honestly speaking, want articles with a heart and soul. Powerful and effective articles move people, they INSPIRE, LIFT the SPIRIT and they give LIFE! Is that what you want to achieve? You have the choice...you have to make your stand.
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Harry Potter had made it again! Although J. K. Rowling's final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released last year (July, 2007), the wave of excitement for Harry Potter fanatics is bottling up again. This is due to the upcoming release of the movie, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, this November.
Personally speaking, Harry Potter and his league brings out the child in me. His adventures simply reminds me of my childhood days when you were made to believe in magic, wizards, ghosts, dragons, sorcerers and witches. Well, let's blame it to the media who's responsible for all the brainwashing, but whose blaming. Those were the good old days after all. We all just want to come back and reminisce the old times.
After reading all the Harry Potter book series, I consider Rowling's sixth of seven novels the best. Forget about the fact that the book sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours after it was released last 2005. The point is that the book was well written and a masterpiece by itself. If you haven't read this book yet, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, then you've got to catch up by watching the film. Surely, you would enjoy it! You've got to see the trailer to believe me.
Summary of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
And for those who haven't seen one single Harry Potter film (where have you been anyway?), now is the chance to watch them. Please refer to the links below. Downloading may be slow to those with poor bandwidth connection. Patience is the key, my friends!
Happy viewing!
Harry Potter Films
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Akzaban
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
Note:
There is still something to look forward to this 4th of December, this is J.K. Rowling's first major work after retiring the boy wizard last year, The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
The book is a collection of five wizardry-inspired tales all mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Aside from having it's first commercial publication, proceeds from the sale will go to the Children's High Level Group, Rowling's charity for vulnerable children. We surely would want to contribute to that...all for a good cause and hopefully a worthy collectible book also.
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