Craziest Shoes

These are the best 21 weird shoes I found in the past 2 hours. You might discover something you like… that is, if you enjoy nails, breaking your feet in half, wearing a bishop’s hat on your ankle, looking like a cartoon, playing with dogs, getting sweaty, being chained up, or having bird of paradise shins. There.

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Charice Pempenco

The Filipina 15 yr. old talent with a great voice!

Ellen DeGeneres invited Charice Pempengco to sing on her show last December 19, 2007, after discovering the young sensation on YouTube. The girl can SING - I thought it was Whitney Houston herself when I found her other videos.

As a biography, Charice Pempenco was born on May 10, 1993 in Cabuyao, Laguna in the Philippines, so her age is 15. She is known as the “Young Diva” but also goes by “Cha”.

Charice made a name for herself in 2005 on a show called “Little Big Star” where she came in third, and she’s been heating up YouTube ever since. She’s set to release a few songs digitally one of these days.

Charice has been featured on the E! network, once on the Daily 10 with a headline reading “A Star Is Born”. The other time they named her Hollywood Royalty.

There’s nothing but more big things to come from this tiny girl with a huge voice.

Check out this video of Charice Pempengco. She recently appeared on Ellen. Charice Pempengco is a 15-year-old Filipino singer whose YouTube videos impressed audiences worldwide.

Arnel Pineda

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ARNEL PINEDA

(Singer-songwriter) is the newest member and lead singer of the popular American rock band Journey . Pineda has enjoyed a successful musical career in Asia for the last 25 years. His singing style has been influenced by Steve Perry (Journey), John Farnham (Little River Band), Freddie Mercury (Queen), Sting (The Police), Survivor, Heart, The Beatles, Van Halen, Aerosmith, U2, Warrant, Deep Purple, and other bands from that genre.(wikipedia)

In 2006, Pineda moved back to the Philippines along with Monet Cajipe, the guitarist who has been in all Pineda’s bands during the last 24 years. They formed the Zoo Band. The Zoo Band has performed several nights a week at clubs in Manila and Olongapo during 2006 and 2007. Shows regularly spanned 3-5 hours. The Zoo’s first album “Zoology” was released by MCA Universal in September 2007 featuring 13 original tracks, several of which were penned by Pineda.

Here's youtube video:

JOURNEY WELCOMES ARNEL PINEDA
WITH “OPEN ARMS” TO THEIR FAMILY
AS THE BAND’S NEW LEAD SINGER
Official Site

December 5, 2007 -- After much speculation…the wait is finally over.

JOURNEY--Neal Schon (guitar), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Ross Valory (bass), Deen Castronovo (drums)--is proud to introduce fans all over the world to their new lead singer, Arnel Pineda (“pin-eh-da”). He replaces Jeff Scott Soto, who parted ways with the band earlier this year after stepping in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave the band in 2006 for medical reasons.

Arnel hails from Quezon City in the Philippines and has been singing Journey songs--in addition to original material--with his band, The Zoo, for the past couple of years in clubs all over his homeland. Joining the legendary band is a dream come true for him.
“It’s so exciting to sing with one of the best bands in the world. It’ll be a lot of hard work on my part and I’m actually looking forward to the scrutiny I’ll get from the hardcore JOURNEY fans. I know they’ll expect me to sound exactly like ‘the voice’ (Steve Perry), but that will never happen. I know there's only one Steve Perry in this world.”

When it was time for JOURNEY to look for a new lead singer, the internet came to their rescue. Guitarist Neal Schon wanted someone new to the music business, so he turned to YouTube. After finding Arnel singing “Faithfully,” he knew he had found the perfect frontman.

“I was frustrated about not having a singer,” explains guitarist Neal Schon, “so I went on YouTube for a couple of days and just sat on it for hours. I was starting to think I was never going to find anybody. But then I found The Zoo and I watched a bunch of different video clips that they had posted. After watching the videos over and over again, I had to walk away from the computer and let what I heard sink in because it sounded too good to be true. I thought, ‘he can’t be that good.’ But he is that good, he’s the real deal and so tremendously talented. Arnel doesn’t sound synthetic and he’s not emulating anyone. I tried to get a hold of him through YouTube and I finally heard from him that night, but it took some convincing to get him to believe that it really was me and not an imposter.”

Arnel Pineda picks up the story: “My friend Noel picked up the message on YouTube and told me it was from Neal. I thought it was a hoax so I ignored it. Noel said, ‘what if it really was Neal and he wanted to offer you the chance of a lifetime?’ So I e-mailed Neal back and the rest is history.”

“Arnel brings a soulful and passionate voice to JOURNEY,” continues keyboardist Jonathan Cain. “His personality is very well-suited to our music. He’s a sincere, authentic person with a great smile and a big heart. I think fans are really going to love him. With Arnel’s soaring tenor, Journey returns to our heritage sound.”

Schon agrees, “We feel reborn. I think there’s a lot of chemistry between the five of us. At first we were going to go into the studio and just write 4 songs, but now it’s escalated to a lot of great new and diverse material. The stuff sounds tremendous. Everyone’s so stoked about it. We feel very fortunate to have found Arnel.”

JOURNEY is currently working on a new album with legendary producer Kevin Shirley, which they hope to release by spring/summer 2008. Details will be announced early next year.

How to Install a TV Tuner Card

As requested by McArthur on baDudOodz xXx (http://profiles.friendster.com/taokappabha) profile @ friendster.com, here's how to:

Video courtesy of CNET

1. Here is the abbreviated step-by-step process to install and configure the TV tuner card.
2. Unplug everything from the back of the pc, so you can move it to a table or so where you can get comfortable, unlike holding it on you lap or so.
3. Unscrew both screws(top and bottom), on the back-left side of the pc. To find it, you can follow the cover on the side of the pc.
4. Slide out the case cover and put it aside.
5. Touch the power supply. This discharges the static electricity from your body that might be harmful to the computer.
6. Look for an empty PCI slot and insert it gently into it.
7. Make all proper cable connections. No coaxial cables are included with the card, so make sure to have some prior to beginning installation. The manual should provide the procedures on how to connect the cable TV input, FM antenna, sound cable and IR remote receiver and so on.
8. Before closing the case, ensure that a screw is put to hold down the card, just like all other cards in the machine.
9. Close up the PC case and screw back in the both screws.
10. Plug back all cables and cords.
11. Power on the computer.
12. Log in once the boot process completes.
13. It will detect a new hardware, so you insert the CD that came with the Card and follow the instructions from the Manual.
14. Complete it and install whatever software you are given.
15. You have now installed your Tv Tuner Card!!!
16. Give your self a round of applause!!!

::wikihow