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Happy New Year to All

December 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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We here at Phatforums.com wish you and yours - a Very Happy New Year!! May all that you wish for come true!! May the new year bring you immense joy and prosperity and when you need news - Adult, Relationship Advice, Pornstar Highlights, Amateur Introductions and Current Mainstream News, we are the one you can count on... Phatforums.org - Your Adult News Source!!! We will be off tomorrow to enjoy family, friend and football!!!! Be safe, don't drink and drive, and have one for me!!! Please visit our sponsors - we just added a couple of new ones!! Welcome www.Porned.com and www.redlightcenter.com to the Phatforums family. We continue to search the net to find products, materials and clients that our fan base will enjoy!!!!! Cheers, The Phatforums Family … [Read more...]

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Spy agencies failed to collate clues before flight

December 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Eavesdropping evidence was not synthesized with other intelligence By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC LIPTON updated 30 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency four months ago intercepted conversations among leaders of Al Qaeda in Yemen discussing a plot to use a Nigerian man for a coming terrorist attack, but American spy agencies later failed to combine the intercepts with other information that might have disrupted last week’s attempted airline bombing. The electronic intercepts were translated and disseminated across classified computer networks, government officials said on Wednesday, but analysts at the National Counterterrorism Center in Washington did not synthesize the eavesdropping intelligence with information gathered in November when the father of the would-be bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, visited the United States Embassy in Nigeria to express concerns about his son’s radicalization. The father, a wealthy businessman named Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, had urgently sought help from American and Nigerian security officials when cellphone text messages from his son revealed that he was in Yemen and had become a fervent radical. A family cousin quoted the father warning American officials in Nigeria: “Look at the texts he’s sending. He’s a security threat.” The cousin said: “They promised to look into it. They didn’t take him seriously.” Intelligence breakdown The new details help fill in the portrait of an intelligence breakdown in the months before Mr. Abdulmutallab boarded a plane in Amsterdam with the intent of blowing it up before landing in Detroit. In some ways, the portrait bears a striking resemblance to the failures before the Sept. 11 attacks, despite the billions of dollars spent over the last eight years to improve the intelligence flow and secret communications across America’s national security apparatus. One day after President Obama delivered a blistering indictment of “human and systemic failures” leading up to the foiled attack, the battle to assign blame for these failures escalated on Wednesday. Some government officials blamed the National Counterterrorism Center, created in 2004 to foster intelligence sharing and to serve as a clearinghouse for terrorism threats, for failing to piece together information about an impending attack. Others defended the center, saying that analysts there did not have enough information at their disposal to trigger a broad investigation into Mr. Abdulmutallab. They pointed the finger at the Central Intelligence Agency, which in November compiled biographical data about Mr. Abdulmutallab — including his plans to study Islamic law in Yemen — but did not broadly share the information with other security agencies. The environment in Washington was further charged by a barrage of partisan attacks revolving around whether Mr. Obama bears ultimate responsibility for the security lapse, including a statement by former Vice President Dick Cheney that … [Read more...]

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U.S. Embassy warns of possible New Year's attack on Bali

December 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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More than 200 people were killed in the Bali bombing in October 2002. STORY HIGHLIGHTS * U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, warns of an indication of an attack on Bali on New Year's Eve * Embassy said warning initially came from Bali governor * Terrorist groups have carried out repeated attacks on Bali and elsewhere in Indonesia since 2002 RELATED TOPICS * Bali JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, warned Thursday of an indication of an attack to Bali on New Year's Eve. The Embassy said the warning initially came from the Bali governor, Mangku Pastika, and that it passed on his alert verbatim. The governor, however, said there was no information about a new terrorist threat. "We never release(d) any warning related to terror on New Year's Eve," the governor's office said in a statement after the Embassy released the warning. "We however encourage both domestic and foreign tourists to be cautious," the governor's office said. "The terrorists hit Bali twice. Who knows what they will do next." Pastika's office said there was only a general alert on the island because of the holiday. Terrorist groups, including Jemaah Islamiyah, have carried out repeated attacks in Bali and elsewhere in Indonesia since 2002. The Embassy did not elaborate on the governor's message, but the United States has a standing warning to U.S. citizens in Indonesia that extremists may target both official and private interests, including hotels, clubs, and shopping centers. "In their work and daily living activities, and while traveling, U.S. citizens should be vigilant and prudent at all times," the U.S. State Department warning states. "We urge U.S. citizens to monitor local news reports, vary their routes and times, and maintain a low profile. U.S. citizens must consider the security and safety preparedness of hotels, residences, restaurants, and entertainment or recreation venues that they frequent." Unknown attackers shot at foreigners in Banda Aceh, in northern Sumatra, last month, wounding a European development worker, the Embassy said. The attackers also targeted a house occupied by American teachers, but no U.S. citizens were hurt, it said. The most major recent attack was in July, when suspected Jemaah Islamiyah elements bombed two western hotels in Jakarta. The blasts at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels killed nine people -- including at least two presumed suicide bombers -- and wounded more than 50, including U.S. citizens. Also in July, armed assailants in Papua killed several people, including security personnel and one Australian national, the Embassy said. Jemaah Islamiyah, said to have links to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network, is blamed for the 2002 Bali bomb attacks in which 202 people, mainly foreign tourists, were killed. More than 300 people -- many of them young Australians on vacation -- were wounded by the massive blasts in the town of Kuta. Dozens of victims were burned beyond … [Read more...]

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New Year's Eve Info

December 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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"New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual." -Mark Twain New Year’s Eve is one of the biggest parties of the year. In addition to partying, many celebrators take the time to look back on the past year, and decide on their goals and hopes for the coming one. Modern New Year’s Eve parties typically feature dancing, drinking and a countdown to midnight. Cheering, the singing of "Auld Lang Syne," kissing on the stroke of midnight, and the use of loud noisemakers and fireworks to ring in the new year are all common ways of celebrating in Western culture. New Year's Eve on AM Whether you’re staying in to watch the ball drop or heading out on the town, count on a good time. It’s the only party so wild the country takes a day off to recover from it. It’s also the perfect time to set your goals for the coming year, and look back on what you accomplished in the past 365. And do we need to mention it’s an opportunity to drink champagne with beautiful women? Asking about new year’s resolutions is a surefire conversation starter. New Year's Eve fact The new year’s celebrations in Sydney, Australia are some of the biggest in the world. Sydney is a major city in one of the first time zones, so its celebration is one of the first. Over two million people gather around Sydney harbor for an acclaimed fireworks presentation, which is broadcast internationally. … [Read more...]

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Top 5: Date Ideas You Can Do Naked

December 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Well, if you believe that old Seinfeld episode, there’s good naked and there’s bad naked. Frankly, we’re pretty happy with any kind of naked we can get! All of these date ideas will require you to be sans clothing to make it work, and we think you’ll be pretty happy with the ultimate results. Just to lay it bare from the start, these are not by any means date ideas you can use to impress a lady on the first night. Similarly, if you two haven’t rolled in the sack yet, it’s probably not a good idea to force nudity. For long-term couples, however, we say go for it and get into it! Compiled by $30 Date Night, here is a list of the top five date ideas you can do naked. No.5 - Life drawing/photography session at home Pick up some art supplies or whip out your digital camera, if you’re handy with it, and have a night at home learning something new while also posing for each other. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never tried drawing or photography before; the internet is a great place to start for tutorials. If you’re trying photography, you’ll need the right lighting. Shooting in black-and-white will also hide a multitude of technological sins. For life drawing, a large sketch pad and some graphite pencils will serve you well. Make sure the room temperature is comfortable and that your partner can hold her pose for awhile. Then, all that’s left is to convince your sweetie to pose. No.4 - Treat her to a massage Spread an old sheet or towel out on your bed and tell your sweetie you’re going to give her a sensual massage. Gather everything you will need, massage oil (sweet almond oil from the health food store is best), a hand towel for wiping off and turn off the phone. Leave the room while she strips off and covers herself with a towel and then come back in and begin. Make sure you indulge her with a good 15 to 20 minutes of massage before you put the moves on and "accidentally" knock her towel off. No.3 - Skinny dipping There’s nothing quite like the feeling of splashing around in cool water in the nude. If you have a private pool in your backyard, then you’re already sorted. Otherwise, be very sneaky and find a quiet pool or waterway after hours so you can indulge in a late night skinny dip under the stars with your sweetheart. Make sure you’re all alone before you dare your date to jump in nude. Let her get in the water first if she's a bit shy, then strip off and join her. Pack a picnic blanket and some towels so you can chill out afterward while you dry off. No.2 - Take a private bath The ritual of bathing has long been a decadent and romantic pursuit. Book a luxury hotel room with a gorgeous marble bathroom -- the tub will have to be big enough for two -- and surprise your date with a flawless setting for a bathtub date. Think scented candles, soft music, a bottle of bubbly, and luxurious handmade bath products. Splurge on some premium moisturizer and massage each other with it afterward. Then, jump into … [Read more...]

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China Shutters Over 13,000 Sites in Desperate Crackdown on Porn

December 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Wall Street Journal says that despite draconian measures, the Chinese government is losing the war against internet censorship BEIJING—China’s relentless purge of websites that contain pornography may be awakening a sleeping giant—namely, China. In the wake of the news that more than 13,000 websites have been shuttered by the Chinese government in its ongoing campaign to restrict access to porn, a story Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal titled “China is Losing a War Over Internet” argues that such draconian measures will surely backfire and that the censors are already in a fatally defensive posture. “In 2009, Beijing lost a big battle, too, in the so-called Green Dam episode,” the paper reports. “It was the most dramatic illustration of the limits of the censors' power. The government's plan to quietly compel all personal-computer makers put Web-filtering software known as Green Dam-Youth Escort into new PCs shipped into China was indefinitely shelved, amid anger from global technology companies and Chinese citizens alike.” That said, the war continues in earnest. The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) has announced that since Dec. 9, 3,015 websites were turned in by reports and 10,160 others were caught by the screening of the register agencies. The center is screening the 13 million .cn domains, of which 2618 have already been closed, accused of containing pornography. The illegal application rate of CN domains has narrowed down from 25 percent to 15 percent, an official said. Indeed, China is engaged in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game with its own citizens. As it pursues its aims, an increasing number of tech-savvy internet users have been able to access blocked social networking sites such as Twitter, to express defiance over Beijing's web restrictions and share prohibited information. More broadly, says the Journal, the internet has given citizens a chance to discuss and organize action on sensitive issues. Significantly, the war over free access to the internet is being fought without the assistance of the largest internet portals and search engines in the world, which have consistently bowed to pressure not only from the Chinese government, but other governments as well. Most recently, it was revealed that Flickr, Bing and Yahoo! are all censoring sexual content in India, Singapore, Korea and Hong Kong, and of course, Australia has announced its intention to filter certain sexual content at the ISP level. The war is not all about access to pornography, either. The Journal recounts the story of a man whose attempts to bring attention to the tainted milk scandal in China landed him in jail. “After his young son was sickened by tainted milk in 2008, [Zhao Lianhai] started a website to help other families and share experiences,” reported the paper. “From a dimly lighted office in his home, Mr. Zhao compiled information from around the country into a database of children affected by the tainted formula, … [Read more...]

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A Few Questions About This ‘Sex Doesn’t Sell’ Study

December 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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CHATSWORTH, Calif.—The media has been tickled pink by a certain counterintuitive CNN headline: “Does sex sell movies? Uh, not really.” But few are looking behind the article to ask tough questions about the report that spawned the story. The study, "Sex Doesn't Sell—nor Impress! Content, Box Office, Critics, and Awards in Mainstream Cinema," looked at 900 films released between 2001 and 2005, and concluded that graphic sex in mainstream movies, such as it is, does not guarantee either box office or critical success. But from where I’m sitting—in Porn Valley, at AVN, surrounded by hundreds of videos of real sexual content—the underlying premises of the study are suspect. First, the message that sex alone will sell something is assumed to be a truism, but has been proven false before. In 2007, for instance, research carried out at the Department of Psychology at University College London came to the exact same conclusion, but with respect to television advertising. People did not remember the brand if the ads contained a lot of sexual activity, they found, especially when compared to ads with no sexual content. So where does this idea come from that graphic sex alone will make a motion picture either successful for popular with the critics? One answer to that might be the co-author of the study. According to CNN, ‘The study was prompted by an experience almost a decade ago of its co-author, Anemone Cerridwen. “Cerridwen had been taking acting classes and increasingly became uncomfortable with some of the sexualized content she was encountering. That led her to consider the work experiences of film actresses and the pursuit of data about the lucrativeness of sex in movies.” "I assumed sex sold, and wanted to know by how much," Cerridwen said. "I braced myself for the worst, and got quite the surprise." Forgetting for the moment that “lucrativeness” is not a word, what is clear from the quote above is that Cerridwen has a sex-negative bias and should probably not have been part of such a study. Had she no bias, she would hardly have felt the need to “brace for the worst.” The results would have been whatever they were, with no value judgment attached. Unfortunately, however, most of the quotes from the authors of the study, as well as others, are replete with value judgments. The authors also contend that the fact that the top-grossing films in the study included movies like Shrek 2, Spider-Man, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King—all of which contained mostly minor to mild sex and/or nudity—helps to make the point that sex does not sell. But that is ludicrous. For years, and especially during the years of the study, Hollywood has turned its back on movies with mature themes in favor of films that target teenagers and, if you will, families. They have done this for a very good reason: Older viewers go out to the movies less frequently than they used to. But … [Read more...]

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Top 10: Ways To Get Her Thinking Of You

December 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Every guy wants to make a lasting impression on the woman he’s into. If she’s not thinking about you when you’re not around, then odds are she’s thinking about some other guy. Here are 10 tips you can use immediately to stand out from the crowd of men hitting on her every day. No.10 - Use "little things" to woo her There are a ton of “little things” that women look for to help them make big decisions about what kind of man you are. They instantly tell women whether or not you are worthy of a second thought. Maintaining eye contact, strong posture, not fidgeting; all of these are great things for you to pay attention to. By the way, women make these decisions on a subconscious level. They don't look at a guy, then say to a friend: "Well, he maintained eye contact when I first looked at him, then he held his head up high in a dominant posture, so, I'm going to give him a chance." Practice these simple steps and a woman will naturally want to spend more time with you. No.9 - Break the ice online Women aren't interested in being bored to tears by some guy who says: "Hi, here's my profile, please let me know if you're interested in knowing more." They want a challenge, they want electricity and they want someone who can hold their interest. So, be cocky, funny and playful. Say something like: "Saw your profile and I think you deserve a chance to get to know me. I think we could get along well. If you are interested, (which I know you will be) drop me a line, and if you sound as interesting as your profile says I might write back. " Women aren't interested in finding another friend when it comes to dating and romance. They want someone who makes them feel attraction. No.8 - Get tons of dates When guys get a woman’s number, we often start to feel weird about turning right around, talking to another woman, and getting her number too. We don't want to be seen as a "player" or insincere. My advice? Get over it. If you enjoy talking to a woman, and you'd like to get her number and go talk to other women, just say: "Here, write down your e-mail and number. I'm going to get back to being social." Women will see you as more interesting if you are talking to all of the women at the party. No.7 - Get her number easily Most guys are very nervous about approaching and starting conversations with women. However, if you can just realize that women want to meet men, and that they want men to approach them, it makes you consider that women probably want guys who aren't acting nervous and insecure. So, be direct and use what I call the "One Compliment" approach. Try saying, "Hi, you are... [pause]... beautiful and I had to take a moment and meet you." The pause is priceless. Look directly into her eyes as you talk -- and as you pause. This communicates that you're not afraid of her. Make small talk for a minute, then ask for her number. Easy. No.6 - Go to a physical level It’s important that you learn how to go from one stage to the next with … [Read more...]

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XBIZ Premiere Magazine Names Top Newsmakers of 2009

December 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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LOS ANGELES — XBIZ Premiere magazine, the adult industry’s leading source for trusted business news and information, has published its annual list of Top 50 Newsmakers, which features a roundup of the year’s biggest stories. To view the 2009 list, click here. The annual roundup provides readers with an inside look at the year’s most discussed and compelling news stories, noteworthy industry developments, legal issues and spotlights companies from across a broad spectrum of adult business sectors including production studios (straight and gay), toy and novelty companies, web-based companies and porn stars. XBIZ Premiere magazine provides producers and distributors of adult videos and novelties, and the retailers who sell their products, with up-to-the-minute news, resources and information essential to operating their businesses. The Top 50 Newsmakers list was published in the December issue of XBIZ Premiere, which was released earlier this month. The digital edition of December’s XBIZ Premiere is available here. Additionally, XBIZ provides access to digital editions of all its back issues here. Adult industry professionals may receive a complimentary subscription to the print edition of XBIZ Premiere by visiting the subscription link at XBIZPremiere.com. … [Read more...]

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Google Phone Poised to Debut Jan. 5

December 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google has announced a press conference discussing Android for Jan. 5, the same day reports indicate a launch of the Google Phone. Invitations were sent to the news media Tuesday. Google's invitation doesn't divulge many specifics about what's in store at the Mountain View, Calif., conference. Another conference is planned for CES in Las Vegas. The invitation, titled "Please join us for an Android press gathering," states the following: "With the launch of the first Android-powered device just over a year ago, we've seen how a powerful, open platform can spur mobile product innovation. And this is just the beginning of what's possible." Mobile tech blog TmoNews released a document said to be from T-Mobile's upper management on the sale of the phone. It said: "Google, with support from T-Mobile, is scheduled to launch a new Android device in early January. The Google Android phone will be sold solely by Google via the web. Support for this device, including troubleshooting and exchanges, will be managed by Google and HTC. T-Mobile will offer service support, including billing, coverage, features and rate plans." HTC reportedly is building the Google handset, called Nexus One. Information Week reported that Nexus One will cost $530 for an unlocked handset or $180 with a T-Mobile two-year contract). According to Engadget, the Nexus One measures a little over 0.45 inches thick, and has a 3.7-inch OLED touch screen. It possibly runs Qualcomm's 1GHz QSD 8250 Snapdragon processor and has 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM and a 4 GB microSD card included, expandable to 32 GB. The camera has a 5-megapixel sensor, mechanical auto focus and LED flash, and could also include 2x optical zoom. It also has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, accelerometers and a compass. So far, the Android operating system has exceeded the 20,000 app milestone and is seen as a vital revenue stream in the future for mobile adult companies. Last month, Seattle-based MiKandi.com rolled out what it calls the world’s first adult mobile app store. MiKandi is a white label developers portal for free and paid-for apps, allowing developers to upload more content around porn. … [Read more...]

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