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-- saw the movie a while ago and I was really surprised by how good this movie was, It was very entertaining throughout the whole movie. It had a great and original story and the movie had great character development and great action scenes.... deathtifying stunts and a whole lot more....! Chris Evans was great in this movie and he proved how great of an actor he was. There's also something after the credits and its worth staying for.... Captain America definitely one of my favorite superhero movies of all time...! hehehe.... am giving 9.5 for this movie... love it....!

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DesignedbyItem's concept design for a future iPhone. Credit: designedbyitem.com Rumours and speculation are flying thick and fast over the iPhone 5; apparently "sources" have leaked details and rough release dates for the new Apple product. Until Apple actually confirms or denies these rumours, we can't give any details on the phone itself … but here is a list of the top features we hope to see included in the iPhone 5. Enhanced voice control Apple didn't show off any new voice-control features as part of its iOS 5 preview. But rumour has it that those features weren't quite ready to be shown off at Apple's WWDC in June, so we may very well get them. We do expect that Apple will continue to flesh out the voice controls for the iPhone with significant enhancements. It would be cool to be able to compose and send e-mails or text messages by just using your voice, no? *Micro HDMI out In March, Apple finally announced support for full 720p o...

Quirky pop star Lady Gaga has added real tears and shoe throwing to her attention-grabbing repertoire this week, even though she wasn't the one performing. The ' Born This Way ' singer was moved to tears as she watched two contestants performing during the US TV-show 'So You Think You Can Dance.' Appearing as a guest judge on the show, Gaga (aka Mother Monster to fans), was overcome with emotion when dancers Marko and Allison performed their routine to Jeff Buckley's 'I Know It's Over,' as it reminded her of her youth. Gaga told the performers: "I'm just so proud of you. You really love to dance. There were so many things I did wrong when I was younger and so many things I wish I could take back. "I felt every moment of that in your dance tonight. You are absolutely incredible. Whether you are number one, three or ten, you have it," she added. And what of the shoe throwing? Gaga was so impressed by performers Sasha and Me...

    VATICAN CITY, 28 JUL 2011 (VIS) - At 12.30 p.m. tomorrow in the Holy See Press Office a press conference will be held to present the new "iGPII" application for World Youth Day (WYD), which will be held next month in the Spanish capital Madrid. The application works on iPhones, iPods, iPads and devices which run the iOS operating system.   The new application, an initiative of the John Paul II Youth Foundation, has been developed by Futurtech & Adv Production and is available in five languages (Italian, French, English, Spanish and Portuguese). A communique released today explains that it will provide WYD participants with documents relating to the history of previous World Youth Days, an events programme and timetable, GPS positioning, and information on accommodation, food and drink, etc. Although it is principally aimed at participants in WYD, it will also be very useful for journalists.   Tomorrow's presentation will be presided by Marcello Bedeschi...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Massive downpours in South Korea -- the heaviest rains in a century -- are blamed for 51 deaths, the country's Central Disaster Relief Agency reported Friday. One person is also missing, the agency said. Conditions improved Friday morning when the Seoul Gimpo International Airport reported light rain and mist with overcast skies, according to the U.S. National Weather Service's international weather conditions website. On Thursday, rain fell in some areas around Seoul at a rate of 50 millimeters an hour (two inches an hour). The most recent numbers released by the Central Disaster Relief Agency indicated that much of the death toll comes from landslides triggered by the rain. In Chuncheon, 13 people were killed by landslides, while 16 were killed by the same phenomenon in Seoul. Another 18 died in Gyeonggi province. Five neighborhoods on the outskirts of Seoul had been under evacuation orders Thursday. But officials were able to restore ele...

by Harmeet Shah Singh India's Supreme Court received an appeal challenging the death sentence of the only surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai, authorities said Friday. The plea filed on behalf of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, was "under process," Supreme Court registrar Pukhraj R. Bora said. It was sent in by the authorities of the Mumbai jail where Kasab is being held, Bora said. No date has yet been set for hearing, he added. A trial court handed down the death sentence last year for Kasab, a Pakistani, on charges of murder, conspiracy and waging war on India. Mumbai's High Court upheld his conviction and sentence in February this year. Convicts on death-row in India reserve the right to challenge the sentencing in the nation's Supreme Court. They can also file a mercy petition with the country's president if the Supreme Court also turns down their plea. During the November 2008 raids, 10 men attacked Mumbai landmarks, including the ...

  VATICAN CITY, 28 JUL 2011 (VIS) - Following are highlights of the activities of Pope Benedict XVI and of the Holy See for the months of January to March 2011. Another summary, covering the period from April to July, will be published tomorrow.   JANUARY   14: Benedict XVI authorises the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decree of the miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Servant of God John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla).   15: In accordance with the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution "Anglicanorum coetibus" of Pope Benedict XVI (4 November 2009), the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith erects a Personal Ordinariate within the territory of England and Wales for those groups of Anglican clergy and faithful who have expressed their desire to enter into full visible communion with the Catholic Church. The Decree of Erection specifies that the Ordinariate will be known as the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingha...

ROME, ITALY, July 27 (CNA/EWTN News) - An extensive online book written by Anders Behring Breivik criticizes Pope Benedict XVI for defending the rights of immigrants, especially Muslims. In his manifesto, "2083-European Declaration of Independence," Breivik calls Benedict XVI "God's Rottweiler," and accuses him of "embodying elements of the sensible and the silly Christian ways of treating the Islamic threat. "Although Benedict has stressed the need for 'reciprocity' in Christian-Muslim relations and urged Islamic countries to ensure religious rights for Christian migrants, he has also said that Christians should continue welcoming Muslim immigrants with open arms," Brievik wrote. Breivik was arrested for detonating a car bomb at the government headquarters in downtown Oslo on July 22. That attack took the lives of eight people and injured many more. Hours later he appeared at a youth camp for the children of the political Labour ...

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial) First Reading: Psalm: Gospel: Sirach 44:1, 10-15 Psalm 132:11, 13-14, 17-18 Matthew 13:16-17 She was full of faith, yet all her life had been tormented by thoughts against it. While apparently enjoying the peace and easiness of mind of souls who have reached a high state of virtue, she suffered such interior trials that she often told me her mind was so filled with all sorts of temptations and abominations that she had to strive not to look within herself...But for all that suffering her face never lost its serenity, nor did she once relax in the fidelity God asked of her. And so I regard her as one of he holiest souls I have ever met on this earth. -- St. Francis de Sales (speaking of St. Jane Frances de Chantal)

DENVER, COLO., July 21 (CNA/EWTN News) - Archbishop Charles Chaput said on July 20 that he was "very grateful" for his time in Denver, and that it would be "very difficult" for him to leave the city for his new post in Philadelphia. "I have a great love for the people of the Archdiocese of Denver," Chaput said at Wednesday's press conference, one day after his new appointment was announced. "It's going to be hard-very, very hard for me to leave." Two weeks before the public announcement, Chaput received notification that Pope Benedict XVI was appointing him the next Archbishop of Philadelphia. His installation will take place September 8, the date on which the Church commemorates the birth of the Virgin Mary. In the meantime, Archbishop Chaput said he would continue to lead the Archdiocese of Denver "in a limited kind of way." The archbishop reflected on his 14 years in Denver, saying he was most grateful for the openin...

KOLKATA, INDIA, July 21 (CNA) - Elizabeth Anikuzhikattil, a Catholic mother whose 15 children included five priests, a bishop, and four religious sisters, died at the age of 94 on July 14. "We mourn the death of a holy mother," said Fr. Augustine Kootala, a family friend, in an interview with India's Bosco Information Service. Elizabeth Anikuzhikattil and her husband Luke, who died in 2006, raised eight boys and seven girls. Four of her daughters became religious sisters. Two joined the Sacred Heart Sisters in Kerala, one is a Salesian Sister, and another is a Franciscan Missionary of Mary. Six of her sons have become priests, with the oldest going on to become the current bishop of the Diocese of Idukki in southern India. "Don Bosco's promise of heaven for her is surely fulfilled," said Archbishop Dominic Jala of the Diocese of Shillong. St. Don Bosco taught that a priest is the single greatest blessing to a family, and those who give their sons ...

MADRID, SPAIN, July 22 (CNA) - In August Pope Benedict XVI will visit a Spain that faces aggressive secularism and controversies concerning abortion, sexual ethics and marriage. But World Youth Day organizers hope the event can trigger a revival of faith. In May Archbishop Jose Ignacio Munilla Aguirre of San Sebastian, Spain said he hopes Bl. John Paul II will inspire the young people of Spain to attend the global youth gathering this August. "In recent years they have endured years of secularization," he said of Spain's youth. "We are praying to John Paul II for his intercession, that he touch the hearts of those who need to be touched so that they will come." Pope Benedict XVI, during his two-day November 2010 pilgrimage to Spain, drew on the country's Christian roots and noted the need "to hear God once again under the skies of Europe." That need could be met at the upcoming World Youth Day, where over 420,000 young people from around...

By Abbey Goodman , from CNN   When the tragic news of Amy Winehouse's death broke on Saturday, most stories focused on Winehouse's troubled personal life as much as her brief-but-luminous musical career. While it's true that since her award-winning multiplatinum album "Back to Black" was released in 2007, her tabloid antics have overshadowed her musical output, it's impossible to deny Winehouse's impact on music. Think about it: Would Adele's track "Rolling in the Deep" from her album "21" be as ubiquitous as it is today without Winehouse paving the way? It was Winehouse's combination of smoky-voiced retro '60s soul flavor and unabashed grittiness that opened the floodgates for British chanteuses like Duffy, Lily Allen, Florence Welch of Florence & the Machine, Estelle, Eliza Doolittle and even Winehouse's own goddaughter, 15-year-old Dionne Bromfield, to break into the U.S. music scene. Despite producing o...

by David Ariosto CNN Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An 8 year-old boy was hanged by militants in Afghanistan's Helmand province after the boy's father -- a police officer in the southern city of Gereshk -- refused to comply with militants' demands to provide them with a police vehicle, officials said. Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the hanging, saying "this action is not permitted in any culture or any religions," according to a statement Sunday, which provided details of the incident. Karzai said he has ordered local authorities to root out the militants and arrest them "as soon as possible." The boy was kidnapped Friday. It was unclear when he was killed. The incident comes amid a recent wave of attacks on local officials who are considered anti-Taliban. Less than two weeks ago, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Karzai's half-brother and a provincial council chief in neighboring Kandahar, was killed in his home by a longtime bodyguard. Elsewhere...

The coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI soon after the papal election. Benedict's coat of arms has omitted the papal tiara, which traditionally appears in the background to designate the Pope's position as a worldly ruler like a king, replacing it with a simple mitre, emphasising his spiritual authority! Scallop shell: The symbolism of the scallop shell is multiple,while it represent the pilgrim church(as II Vatican COuncil formulates)being a symbol for pilgrims for Santiago de Compostela , the other meanings is thought to represent Saint Augustine.The legend tells,that St Augustine was humilated in his scholastic thinking when he met the child Christ on the shore with a shell digging a hole to place the entire ocean in it!! Moor of Freising: The Moor's head is an heraldic charge associated with Freising, Germany where Benedict first serve as Archbishop.It deplicate an african slave with a crown in his head,meaning a freed one out of bondage from sin!! Corbinian's b...

  Pope to Visit Berlin, Erfurt, Freiburg im Breisgau   VATICAN CITY, JULY 20, 2011 (Zenit.org).- This September, Benedict XVI will travel to Germany for the third time during his pontificate, and he will visit the Marian shrine at Etzelsbach and the cities of Berlin, Erfurt and Freiburg im Breisgau.   The Vatican published the official program of the Pope's Sept. 22-25 trip to his native Germany, during which he will preside at more than two dozen events, in addition to participating in several other private meetings and lunches. He will deliver 18 addresses.   The 84-year-old Pontiff is scheduled to meet with the chancellor and president of Germany, leaders of the Jewish, Islam, Orthodox and Evangelical communities, as well as preside at a youth gathering and a public Mass in the nation's Olympic stadium.   Thursday   Upon arriving in Berlin on Thursday, Sept. 22, the Holy Father will be greeted at the Berlin-Tegel International Airport.  ...

  The Korean Bishops’ Conference has denounced the South Korean government’s decision to permit the sale of the emergency-contraception drug Ella (Ulipristal), which can act as an abortifacient.   “It is very regrettable, and the government is extremely irresponsible,” the bishops’ pro-life committee said in a statement.

  Survey Reveals Positive Experiences of Participants   MADRID, Spain, JULY 20, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Nine out of ten youth interviewed by a Spanish research institute consider World Youth Day to be an "experience that changes your life."   Gabinete de Análisis Demoscópico (Office of Analysis of Public Opinion), known by the acronym GAD, surveyed 1,800 youth from around the world that follow news about World Youth Day. The project was directed by sociologist Gonzalo González Sanz.   The results are of two types: analyzed on one hand are young people's reasons for participating in the youth day, and on the other, the expectations that this participation generates. Observed from the data is that nine out of 10 young people are looking to "have a new experience" (93%), to "spread the message of Jesus Christ" (92%), to "express their commitment to the Church" (90%), and to "satisfy their own spiritual anxieties" (90%).   Of those ...

  The aging population of the United States and European nations is the “true origin of the current economic crisis,” according to the president of the Vatican Bank.   “The ever-increasing percentage of people who retire from their productive phase becomes a fixed cost which is impossible to absorb and sustain by those who produce,” writes Ettore Gotti Tedeschi. “The costs of an aging population cannot be sustained by young people, who, in addition to being fewer, might also ask themselves why they should do so, especially if they are immigrants.”   “Faced with this reality, it is indispensable to have the courage to address the theme of births and aging of the population,” he continues, adding   To ignore it is dangerous and it has become unavoidable to define a strategy to concretely support families in their natural vocation to have children. Only in this way can real economic recovery be triggered. A two-income family today earns less than the same family ...

by raijin Singer Amy Winehouse has pronounced dead by the British police after she was seen in her flat lying with no life last Saturday. The cause of death is still unknown as the police are still searching for enough evidence to explain the singer’s death. It was around 3:54 PM (1454 GMT) when the London ambulance has received a report that a dead body has been found in a flat at Camden Square. Police were also called to investigate whether there is foul play in the singer’s death. Before this incident, Amy has already a record of addiction in drugs and alcoholic drink and so authorities are studying whether this has contributed to her early death. Amy Winehouse has undergone to a rehab treatment early before this incident as suggested by her father, Mitch to prepare for her comeback in the spotlight. However, the singer’s European tour which started on June 18 in Serbia has been cancelled as requested by Amy due to her poor performance. Fans has booed Amy during the...

by ehdumbao Philippine Azkals had lost to Kuwait Al-Azraq with the final score at 3-0. The Azkals were not able to depend the midfield and the back line due to the absence of Azkals two reliable defenders, Borromeo and Shrock. Another factors that really affects the performance of the Azkals was the scourging heat reaching at least 44 degrees centigrade although they were playing at night. The Philippine Azkals played a 4-5-1 formation with Chieffy Caligdong playing at center midfield and the team captain. Angel Guirado moved to the left wing. The 4-5-1 formation uses 4 defenders, 5 midfielders, and lone striker. It is a tactics that will make the offensive team to having difficulty to attacked. During the first half of the game the Azkals have shown a heart of a tough team to beat. Their determination and good defence was enough to contain the more talented Kuwaitis to only one goal. The Kuwaiti’s have scored from a counter-attacked. Yousef Nasser had scored for Kuwait during the 1...

taken from : Quinzo Nahariya, Israel (LifeNews.com) –  An unborn child who became a victim of abortion in Israel reportedly came back to life hours later despite spending five hours in a freezer following the abortion. The incident points to the humanity of a baby before birth and the frequent cases of botched abortions. Following the abortion, the father of the child asked to see the baby girl. After officials pulled her body from a cooler at the Western Galilee Hospital where the abortion was done, they discovered she was still alive. “I’ve been a doctor for 35 years and this is the first time I’ve ever seen such a thing happen. This is somewhat of a medical miracle,” Dr. Moshe Daniel, deputy chief of staff at the hospital, told the Jerusalem Post. The incident could prompt both an internal hospital and external governmental investigation into the failed abortion. “We’ve informed the Health Ministry and I guess they’ll appoint a commission of inquiry. The hospital will ask ...

"Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith" (cf. Col 2:7). This is the theme of Pope Benedict XVI's Message for the 26th World Youth Day that will be celebrated in Madrid in August 2011. In his Message, the Holy Father emphasizes the importance of our personal relationship with the living Christ. The following is the Pope's Message.   Dear Friends, I often think back on the World Youth Day held in Sydney in 2008. There we had an experience of a great festival of faith in which the Spirit of God was actively at work, building deep communion among the participants who had come from all over the world. That gathering, like those on previous occasions, bore rich fruit in the lives of many young people and in the life of the whole Church. Now we are looking forward to the next World Youth Day, to be held in Madrid in August 2011. Back in 1989, several months before the historic fall of the Berlin Wall, this pilgrimage of young people halte...