I Am Not Speaking Politically Correctly About The Movie Memoirs Of A Geisha

Growing up in Korea, I was simply a woman. However, in the US, most Americans I meet immediately categorize me as an Asian woman. Then often ask me upon first meeting, Where are you from? How long have been in the US? Do you speak English? I get all of these questions due to my Asian look. People even think Im nice or non-confrontational because thats how Asian women are, not because thats how I am as an individual.

The movie Memoirs of a Geisha, based on Arthur Goldens best-selling book, might have teased non-Asian women, making them curious and then mystified, wanting to know more about the secrets of attraction that Asian women possess. The movie also might have boosted or encouraged the stereotype of the Asian womans exotic and erotic beauty.

I took this as a positive stereotype, one that inspired me as an Asian woman (or simply as a woman), to try to somewhat live up to the standard, whether it is fully a true reflection of most Asian women or not. I want to be exotic and at least a bit erotic; and beautiful too. If youre a woman, dont you want at least a little bit of this, as well?

The attraction to Asian women can be so strong that some American men develop a female Asian fetish or yellow fever, the viral cause of this increase in male body temperature and heart rate thought to be the womans great femininity and mysterious Asian look. Of course, there can be negative Asian female stereotypes such as materialistic or haughty that I do not feel either fit me or inspire me to emulate them. Aware of these specific negative generalizations, perhaps Ill be inspired to guard against any excessive materialism or unapproachable behavior.

I am not speaking politically correctly here, am I?

Py Kim Conant, the author of Sex Secrets of an American Geisha: How to Attract, Satisfy, and Keep Your Man, from Hunter House, October 28, 2006. Looking for dating, sexuality, and relationship tips and secrets? Visit her website at http://www.AmericanGeishaHouse.com

Author:: Py Kim-Conant
Keywords:: Geisha, American Geisha, Asian Geisha, Self-help, Self-help book, how-to book, health/fitness and se
Post by History of the Computer | Computer safety tips

Great Things Are Happening At Dish Network

Great things continue to happen at Dish Network! Now more than ever, they are the place to go for the best in television Entertainment. With over 256 channels of clear digital video and smooth sound, TV has never looked better! Everyone is seeing and hearing the Dish Network difference. It is less expensive than cable-you will save money every month-and Dish Network has more programming choices everyday. Imagine over 500 movies delivered every month-all commercial free! From ESPN sports to 24-hour News Networks to local channels, Dish Network Satellite TV has it all. They have the best children's programming, educational programs and adult content; Dish Network has something for each family member and the right packages-right now! They have the best offers to fit anyone's lifestyle and budge t.

HDTV (High Definition Television) is sweeping the country and Dish Network has more super-charged HD programming than their competitors. Get Sports, Movies, Network Programs, Monster Movies and much more in razor-sharp HDTV with an affordable Hi-Def package.

Dish Network provides everything needed to change the television viewing experience for the better. Order now and get Free professional installation of top-of-the-line receivers and Digital Video Recorders (DVR's). See how the new DVR's record and save a private library of favorite shows and movies. Watch them when it is convenient at any time, watch them again, and show them to friends. Record up to 180 hours of prime digital programming! The future of television is here now with Dish Network. Easy to use Parental Controls give peace of mind that the kids will only be able to access what the parent decides. Check out the low priced, but highly loved Family Programming package - it has everything a growing family needs.

See the best and newest movies with premium channels such as HBO, Starz, Showtime and Cinemax. Get going with the blockbusters such as the Sopranos and Deadwood and other commercial free series. New episodes are coming out every week! Don't miss anymore groundbreaking television.

Online ordering is very safe and the easiest way to get started. Click on one of the provided links now. Free professional installation and the free equipment are ready to go. Find out why the discerning consumer goes with Dish Network in the privacy of their home. First time residential customers are signing up everyday, and most apartments are eligible for this great offer as well. Dish Network has complete packages starting as low as $19.99 month!

It is no accident that Dish Network is consistently ranked number one by consumer rating services. Well over 12 million happy customers depend on Dishnetwork everyday to give them the best news, weather, sports, Entertainment and lifestyle programming available. See how to spend less and get more with Dish Network now. Ordering online or with friendly and helpful customer service representatives is just a click away. The top offers of free professional installation and free equipment will not last forever-get started today!

You will find only the best Dish Network deals in J. Hall's articles. Check back frequently for new submissions from Hall about Satellite TV and how you can find the best Dish Network Promotions for your home and family.

Author:: Julia Hall
Keywords:: satellite tv, Electronics, dish network, Enter tainment
Post by History of the Computer | Computer safety tips

Babylon 5 (Season 4) DVD Review

Nominated for 6 Emmys and 3 Hugo Awards in its five-season run, Babylon 5 changed the landscape of the TV science fiction series genre. Following on the heels of hit series such as Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Babylon 5 is unrivaled by any of its peers in its application of special effects. The brainchild of J. Michael Straczynski (writer for such shows as Murder She Wrote and Walker, Texas Ranger), the hour-long sci-fi drama series breaks new ground by deploying a five-season storyline that follows the outline of a traditional novel. As such, Babylon 5 is more like a mini-series that lasts five years instead of the usual three to five nights. And also unlike its predecessors, the series showcases original advanced technologies, believable alien characters (who speak alien and not English), and boasts of superb costume and makeup. Premiering in mid-season 1994, Babylon 5 established a solid audience and continues to inspire new generations of fans via synd icated reruns on cable

The Babylon 5 (Season 4) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere The Hour of the Wolf in which Capt. Sheridan and Garibaldi are both missing and presumed dead in the aftermath of the Z'ha'dum explosion. Meanwhile, Londo has taken on a new job as a security advisor to the emperor of the Centauri Republic Other notable episodes from Season 4 include The Illusion of Truth in which a pack of ISN reporters arrives on Babylon 5, incurring Capt. Sheridan's wrath and later his blessing, and The Face of the Enemy in which Garibaldi betrays the trust of his former commander, Capt. Sheridan, setting a trap for him and using Sheridan's father as the bait

Below is a list of episodes included on the Babylon 5 (Season 4) DVD:

Episode 67 (The Hour of the Wolf) Air Date: 11-07-1996
Episode 68 (What Ever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?) Air Date: 11-14-1996
Episode 69 (The Summoning) Air Date: 11-21-1996
Episode 70 (Falling Towards Apotheosis) Air Date: 11-28-1996
Episode 71 (The Long Night) Air Date: 01-30-1997
Episode 72 (Into the Fire) Air Date: 02-06-1997
Episode 73 (Epiphanies) Air Date: 02-13-1997
Episode 74 (The Illusion of Truth) Air Date: 02-20-1997
Episode 75 (Atonement) Air Date: 02-27-1997
Episode 76 (Racing Mars) Air Date: 04-24-1997
Episode 77 (Lines of Communication) Air Date: 05-01-1997
Episode 78 (Conflicts of Interest) Air Date: 05-08-1997
Episode 79 (Rumors, Bargains, and Lies) Air Date: 05-15-1997
Episode 80 (Moments of Transition) Air Date: 05-22-1997
Episode 81 (No Surrender, No Retreat) Air Date: 05-29-1997
Episode 82 (The Exercise of Vital Powers) Air Date: 06-05-1997
Episode 83 (The Face of the Enemy) Air Date: 06-12-1997
Episode 84 (Intersections in Real Time) Air Date: 06-19-1997
Episode 85 (Between the Darkness and the Light) Air Date: 10-09-1997
Episode 86 (Endgame) Air Date: 10-16-1997
Episode 87 (Rising Star) Air Date: 10-23-1997
Episode 88 (The Deconstruction of Falling Stars) Air Date: 11-30-1997

About the Author

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Babylon 5 (Season 4) DVD.

Author:: Britt Gillette
Keywords:: babylon 5 season 4 dvd review
Post by History of the Computer | Computer safety tips

Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 5) DVD Review

Nominated for 58 Emmys, including one for Outstanding Drama Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation fulfilled all the potential and promise anticipated of a long-awaited successor to the original 1960s series: Star Trek. Created by a former L.A. police officer, Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek TV series morphed into a franchise famous for the unprecedented fanatical devotion of its audience. Lasting only three seasons during its original network run, Star Trek struck gold with its syndicated reruns, launching a number of motion pictures featuring the original cast as well as novels, comic books, collectibles, and reams of Star Trek-related memorabilia. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) became the first TV series to follow on the heels of the original, and its success would spark the creation of three additional series - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Star Trek: Voyager (1995), and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001). But The Next Generation remained the most popular spin-of f. Despite new characters and new episodes, the mission remained the same as before - to boldly go where no man has gone before And to continue the rich tradition of the Star Trek name - a mission Star Trek: The Next Generation accomplishes with relative ease

Star Trek: The Next Generation takes place in the 24th Century, almost one-hundred years after Captain Kirk's crew set out to explore strange new worlds. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart - I Claudius) commands the USS Enterprise-D and its diverse crew of humans, cyborgs, and varying life forms. Accompanying him on his voyage is an entirely new cast of passengers and crew including Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes - North & South), Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby), Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn), Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), and her son Ensign Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) Together, they struggle against numerous obstacl es to carry out the mission of the USS Enterprise: To explore strange new worlds To seek out new life; new civilizations To boldly go where no one has gone before! This pioneering attitude, coupled with imaginative and brilliantly-produced alien worlds, provides Star Trek with its unique allure and special place within American pop culture - especially those episodes from the original series, widely regarded as the most popular of the Star Trek franchise

The Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 5) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere Redemption in which Capt. Picard postulates that the Romulans are behind the recent outbreak of civil war within the Klingon Empire, and he must persuade the Federation to intervene before the war annihilates the Klingon Empire and cripples their ally Other notable episodes from Season 5 include A Matter of Time in which a man who claims to be from the future visits the USS Enterprise, and The First Du ty in which the performance of an outlawed and dangerous maneuver by Starfleet Academy cadets leads to a scandal, with Wesley caught in the middle

Below is a list of episodes included on the Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 5) DVD:

Episode 101 (Redemption) Air Date: 09-23-1991
Episode 102 (Darmok) Air Date: 09-30-1991
Episode 103 (Ensign Ro) Air Date: 10-07-1991
Episode 104 (Silicon Avatar) Air Date: 10-14-1991
Episode 105 (Disaster) Air Date: 10-21-1991
Episode 106 (The Game) Air Date: 10-28-1991
Episode 107 (Unification: Part 1) Air Date: 11-04-1991
Episode 108 (Unification: Part 2) Air Date: 11-11-1991
Episode 109 (A Matter of Time) Air Date: 11-18-1991
Episode 110 (New Ground) Air Date: 01-06-1992
Episode 111 (Hero Worship) Air Date: 01-27-1992
Episode 112 (Violations) Air Date: 02-03-1992
Episode 113 (The Masterpiece Society) Air Date: 02-10-1992
Episode 114 (Conundrum) Air Date: 02-17-1992
Episod e 115 (Power Play) Air Date: 02-24-1992
Episode 116 (Ethics) Air Date: 03-02-1992
Episode 117 (The Outcast) Air Date: 03-16-1992
Episode 118 (Cause and Effect) Air Date: 03-23-1992
Episode 119 (The First Duty) Air Date: 03-30-1992
Episode 120 (Cost of Living) Air Date: 04-20-1992
Episode 121 (The Perfect Mate) Air Date: 04-27-1992
Episode 122 (Imaginary Friend) Air Date: 05-04-1992
Episode 123 (I, Borg) Air Date: 05-11-1992
Episode 124 (The Next Phase) Air Date: 05-18-1992
Episode 125 (The Inner Light) Air Date: 06-01-1992
Episode 126 (Time's Arrow) Air Date: 06-15-1992

About the Author

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 5) DVD.

Author:: Britt Gillette
Keywords:: star trek the next generation season 5 dvd review
Post by History of the Computer | Computer saf ety tips

Friends (DVD) Review

Along with Seinfeld and Frasier, Friends dominated the must-see TV of the 1990's. Winner of innumerable television awards, the show features the lives of six friends in their late-twenties/early-thirties living in New York City - Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), and Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry). The six friends spend the majority of their time in a coffee house named Central Perk or in either Monica's apartment or Joey and Chandler's apartment.

The Friends DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including season premiere in which Rachel leaves her fiance Barry at the altar and moves in with Monica. Without her daddy's credit cards to live off of, Rachel is forced to get a job at the Central Perk coffee house. As the season progresses, we learn that Ross has harbored a life-long crush on Rachel, but he is continually unable to tell her because o f a number of obstacles that get in his way. Season 1 also features the antics of Ross's pet monkey Marcel who would later be fazed out of the show because of the strain an animal placed on the show's production schedule

Below is a list of episodes included on the Friends (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate) Air Date: 09-22-1994
Episode 2 (The One with the Sonogram at the End) Air Date: 09-29-1994
Episode 3 (The One with the Thumb) Air Date: 10-06-1994
Episode 4 (The One with George Stephanopoulos) Air Date: 10-13-1994
Episode 5 (The One with the East German Laundry Detergent) Air Date: 10-20-1994
Episode 6 (The One with the Butt) Air Date: 10-27-1994
Episode 7 (The One with the Blackout) Air Date: 11-03-1994
Episode 8 (The One Where Nana Dies Twice) Air Date: 11-10-1994
Episode 9 (The One Where Underdog Gets Away) Air Date: 11-17-1994
Episode 10 (The One with the Monkey) Air Date: 12-15-1994
Epi sode 11 (The One with Mrs. Bing) Air Date: 01-05-1995
Episode 12 (The One with the Dozen Lasagnas) Air Date: 01-12-1995
Episode 13 (The One with the Boobies) Air Date: 01-19-1995
Episode 14 (The One with the Candy Hearts) Air Date: 02-09-1995
Episode 15 (The One with the Stoned Guy) Air Date: 02-16-1995
Episode 16 (The One with Two Parts: Part 1) Air Date: 02-23-1995
Episode 17 (The One with Two Parts: Part 2) Air Date: 02-23-1995
Episode 18 (The One with all the Poker) Air Date: 03-02-1995
Episode 19 (The One Where the Monkey Gets Away) Air Date: 03-09-1995
Episode 20 (The One with the Evil Orthodontist) Air Date: 04-06-1995
Episode 21 (The One with the Fake Monica) Air Date: 04-27-1995
Episode 22 (The One with the Ick Factor) Air Date: 05-04-1995
Episode 23 (The One with the Birth) Air Date: 05-11-1995
Episode 24 (The One Where Rachel Finds Out) Air Date: 05-18-1995

About the Author

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Friends (DVD).

Author:: Britt Gillette
Keywords:: friends dvd review
Post by History of the Computer | Computer safety tips

Conditional Access Who's on First?

Conditional access (CA) controls access to digital television (DTV) services via encrypting programs people watch. Its like the umpire in a ball game that calls your TV signal safe and lets you watch the show you want to see. There are various conditional access technologies, although they are all based on ATSC and DVB-compliant CA systems.

Conditional access has three basic elements: broadcast equipment, set-top box, and security module. The broadcast equipment generates encrypted programs transmitted to your television or cell phone.

The interactive TV set-top box filters your signals and passes them on to the security module. The security module authorizes these programs for decryption. The programs are decrypted in real time and sent back to the set-top box for display. It's like at the ball game, the pitcher looks at the catcher, the catcher at the batter, the batter at the third base coach and the third base coach at the bat boy. If every one's set, he p itches the ball.

Subscriber Management System (SMS) - Interactive TV The brains of Interactive TV are in the Set-top box on top of your TV set. Your subscriber management system requests the permission to provide the authorization needed to view the programs. Other systems acts as a backup system in case your left stranded on third base..

Subscriber Authorization System (SAS) - Interactive TV The clean up hitter in your access system responsible, waves your signal so you can watch the ball game on TV with your kids. There is also has a security module so you can keep your kids from watching gulls mate and people from charging their TV shows to your account. The Interactive TV wizards thought of everything... they even built a converter to watch digital signal on your old TV set the one had since your team won the World Series twenty five years ago.

Amazing technologies like Interactive TV are costly to develop, operate and upgrade. With out conditional a ccess, the only way many people would see their favorite team is out at the ball park. Also, Believe it or not, many people go to the ball game and watch replays on cell phones powered by Hey, I think he just hit a home run!

NDS is a leading conditional access solutions provider and Interactive TV technology company. For more information, read the NDS conditional access white paper.

Author:: Johnny Mayer
Keywords:: Conditional Access - Interactive TV
Post by History of the Computer | Computer safety tips

The Facts About Online DVD Rental Companies

Online DVD rental is very popular right now for many reasons. Convenience, choice, and cost are only a few of those reasons. Some people still havent gotten in on it yet for one reason or another, but it is probably due to plain old common misconceptions.

One misconception that people have about online DVD rental is that it is way too complicated. Online DVD rental isnt complicated. All you have to know how to do is use your mailbox and navigate a mouse. All you really need to do is pick your company. Compare costs and how many you are allowed to rent at once. Also compare available insurance and costs on the rentals.

After you pick a company, you join. Usually you pay per month or per year. This is usually much cheaper than renting if you rent on a regular basis. It doesnt matter how many you rent because the cost doesnt go up. Of course, if you only rent one or two a year, it might not be cost efficient unless you are ever late returning those Movies. Late fees are usually as much or more as renting the Movie was. This is probably the best thing about online DVD rental there are absolutely no late fees with most of your companies.

When you join a rental club, you make your Movie selections ahead of time. The first selections on your list are sent to you first. If you want to keep that Movie for a while and watch it over and over again, that is okay. It is never deemed to be late with most of online DVD rental providers. You send your first selections back whenever you decide to. After the company gets those selections back, they send the next selections on your list to you.

For those people who dont like getting online very often, this selection procedure can be a real plus. You can make your selections way in advance and only get back online after you have gotten through your entire selection list. But you can still get online and change your list before they are sent to you if you change your mind. Just make sure that you give them a day or two of notice so they are sure to have your selections on hand.

Online DVD rental is a better choice as far as selection goes. Online companies usually have a much greater selection of Movies than your local Movie rental stores do. Also, they are less likely to have all of their new releases checked out when you want them. All in all, online is a pretty good way to go

To get your questions about Online DVD rental answered visit http://www.onlinedvd-rental.info.

Author:: Kenneth Snodin
Keywords:: online dvd rental,dvd rental,renting dvd's
Post by History of the Computer | Computer safety tips