Air France Flight 477 crash victims to be gone for good?

Hope is fading for families and friends of the now notorious 477 passengers. More and more facts point to the dark truth: victims of the Air France flight crash AF 447 will probably never return. I wish that this time tomorrow I’ll come back here and edit this post with a “I was wrong” update… On [...]

Air France Flight 477 crash victims to be gone for good? Air France Flight 477 crash victims to be gone for good?

GM Filed For Bankruptcy Today Under Chapter 11 Protection

After Chrysler filed for bankruptcy one month ago, it was the turn of General Motors to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 protection. Today at 8 A.M. local time, General Motors declared bankruptcy at the federal court in Manhattan after they reported $81 billion losses in the last four years. GM is the biggest car [...]

GM Filed For Bankruptcy Today Under Chapter 11 Protection GM Filed For Bankruptcy Today Under Chapter 11 Protection

Air France Flight Status: Still Missing. Where Is The Airbus A330-200?

Today, the Air France flight AF447 left the Rio de Janeiro airport, and it should have landed at the Paris airport at 09:15 GMT, however, the plane is missing. The pilots of the Airbus A330-200 plane reported a technical fault at the electric circuit, and that they are experiencing turbulence. After that, the AF447 flight [...]

Air France Flight Status: Still Missing. Where Is The Airbus A330-200? Air France Flight Status: Still Missing. Where Is The Airbus A330-200?

Chelsea Appoints Carlo Ancelotti As Manager

Carlo Ancelotti, 49, has been officially appointed as the Chelsea FC manager. Ancelotti left AC Milan yesterday after a 2-0 win away at Fiorentina, and today he was confirmed as Chelsea coach. Although the Italian manager had one more year contract at Milan, he decided that it was the perfect time to leave Milan after [...]

Chelsea Appoints Carlo Ancelotti As Manager Chelsea Appoints Carlo Ancelotti As Manager

New Lethal Virus Found In Africa Named Lujo

Travellers to African countries will have to worry for another virus called Lujo. According to a team of scientists, the Lujo Virus is very similar to the Ebola virus as it’s lethal and it causes massive bleeding to infected people. The Lujo Virus infected five people from Zambia and South Africa as of September last [...]

New Lethal Virus Found In Africa Named Lujo New Lethal Virus Found In Africa Named Lujo

Barcelona Goes Past Manchester United To Win Uefa Champions League

What a great game tonight! Although it wasn’t the best Uefa Champions League Final, Manchester United and FC Barcelona put it  a good display in order to please fans from all over the world. Long story short, Barcelona won 2-0 in a game they dominated and therefore it was a deserved win. The Manchester-based team [...]

Barcelona Goes Past Manchester United To Win Uefa Champions League Barcelona Goes Past Manchester United To Win Uefa Champions League

Zune HD with Xbox Live connectivity

It seems like the competitors for iPod Touch/phone’s throne are multiplying. Until now there was Palm Pre but it seems that from this fall another gadget will be joining the duo. Zune HD is produced by Microsoft and it is, of course, yet another touch-screen enabled device. Aside from being just another nit gadget device, the [...]

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Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, WW II ship soon to be one of world’s biggest reefs

Apparently not everything that we do is harmful for our planet and gets in the way of its delicate ecological balance. Furthermore, one huge ship that served the U.S. Air Force in the World War II is going to be sunk to become one of the planet’s biggest manmade coral reefs. The Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, [...]

Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, WW II ship soon to be one of world’s biggest reefs Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, WW II ship soon to be one of world’s biggest reefs

Lucy Gordon (Spider-Man 3, Frost), brit actress killed herself

Lucy Gordon (not to be confused with the writer), British actress and model of considerable fame, hung herself two days ago, on May 20th 2009. She committed suicide, as is believed at this point with some certainty and probably will remain the verdict. Her 29th birthday would have been today – she killed herself just [...]

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Do you think the 2010 Olympic Torch looks like a joint?

It’s not even winter, not to say 2010, and the long waited Winter Olympics have already started to cause controversy among people. Latest scandal gravitates around the 2010 Olympic Torch which for many viewers apparently looks like a joint. I agree! The Olympic officials of course deny all these accusations and it seems that the desired [...]

Do you think the 2010 Olympic Torch looks like a joint? Do you think the 2010 Olympic Torch looks like a joint?
Paris Hilton Was Arrested Again In Las Vegas Under The Suspicion Of Marijuana Possession

Paris Hilton Was Arrested Again In Las Vegas Under The Suspicion Of Marijuana Possession


Publicity is a good thing, even the bad one. Or so Paris Hilton thinks.

She was arrested (we lost count on how many times it happened) Saturday night in Las Vegas because of the suspicion of cocaine possession.

The event occurred while she was driving a black Cadillac Escalade. She was pulled over in front of Wynn Hotel from Las Vegas at about 11:30. When the police approached they could sense the smell of marijuana coming from the SUV.

This happens not long after Paris was accused of smoking marijuana at the World Cup from Africa. At that time she escaped prosecution because her publicist told the media that it was all a “a complete misunderstanding,”.

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Paris Hilton

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The Online Banking From Bank Of America Was Down For About 4 Hours

The Online Banking From Bank Of America Was Down For About 4 Hours


For about four hours the Bank of America Corp site was down but now it is up and running.

The motive seems to be a “temporary system” issue Tara Burkle declared. Also she declared that further investigation is in progress to see the source of the problem and that they will make adjustments that this kind of thing never happen.

It all started at 1:25 p.m and lasted until 5:15 p.m.. It seams that there are still people that can’t access their accounts but this is happening because of the amount of users that are trying to connect to the website. The same spokesman said the ATMs were not affected in any kind and that the customers can use them with confidence.

Bank Of America

Bank Of America

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The Seaswarm Robot Could Cure The Mexico Golf

The Seaswarm Robot Could Cure The Mexico Golf


Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has just invented a device that can absorb very efficient and with low cost the petrol that is floating into seas.

The Seaswarm robot is composed from a long band that has 5 m in length and 2 m in width covered with a network of nano-filaments that are capable to absorb 20 times its one weight of petrol and at the same time no water molecule. After the job is done the material can be heated and the oil will fell. So the robot can be used again.

The MIT engineers are thinking of an army of such robots that can coordinate themsefls with wireless technology and GPS.

It is estimated tat with 5000 robots the Golf of Mexico could be cleaned up in about one month from the oil disaster that is happening these days.

Seaswarm

Seaswarm

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La Tomatina Is Held Every Last Wednesday Of August In Spain

La Tomatina Is Held Every Last Wednesday Of August In Spain


A massive festival is held in Spain every last Wednesday of August. The location is Buñol at 40 KM west of Valencia. We are speaking about La Tomatina. No less then 100 tones of tomatoes are used every year in this frenzy festival. When the 1st rocket is launched into the air the battle begins. Everyone on the streets will take a tomato and throw it at each other.

It appears that the 1st tomato attack was in 1945. No one knows the real reason why. Some people say that that year town people attacked the councilmen regarding some issues. . Other people say that it 1st begun as an anti-Franco protest. The simplest of all theories is that it was started by some friends and a food fight. Who knows?

In 1952 the festival was publicly announced and was held almost every year. Late in the 70s it was stopped for a brief period of time but was started again shortly.

The festival is now held in honor of the town’s patron saint, St Louis Bertrand, and the Mare de Deu dels Desemparats (Mother of God of the Defenceless).

La Tomatina Festival In Spain

La Tomatina Festival In Spain

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Toyota Makes Another Car Recall From The US Market; It’s Number 14 This Year

Toyota Makes Another Car Recall From The US Market; It’s Number 14 This Year


Yet another car recall from Toyota happened today. This time it involves 1 million cars in the US. The main reason seams faulty engine control systems. If you remember last month another 700,000 cars were brought back to the constructor. We are talking at the moment of about 10 million in the past year. Things like sticking accelerator pedals, bad steering and even some engine problems are giving Toyota some bad headache.

This time the engine was the car part that failed at tests. Some officials declared that “in limited instances, the engine could stop while the vehicle is being driven”. Another problem is that sometimes the engine will not star from the 1st try.

“This recall is an example of our commitment to standing by our products and being responsive to our customers,” said Steve St Angelo, Toyota’s chief quality officer for North America.

“Our goal is to help ensure that Toyota drivers are completely confident in the safety and reliability of their vehicles.”

Toyota was fined $16 million so by the US authorities. With this one the number now reached 14 and we are talking only about 2010.

Toyota And It's Number 14 Recall This Year

Toyota And It's Number 14 Recall This Year

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The Poor Position From Miss USA On The Miss Universe Contest Brings Up Some Questions

The Poor Position From Miss USA On The Miss Universe Contest Brings Up Some Questions


This won’t be the 1st time that Miss Universe will bring controversies and scandal. USA’s  Rima Fakih was considered one of the favorites but she didn’t manage to reach the semi final round. There are many questions from the public to the judges of the contest and the main one will be: WHY?

One of the motive for such a poor qualification could be her declaration regarding planning of a mosque near Ground Zero. We hope this wasn’t the motive because free opinion is not a degree in this contest. Also the religion could be a little reason to concern. As we all know she is muslin and the bikini contest made some bad attention from her religion practitioners.

Another issue that this contest popped up was the body painting part.

In related news we would like to congratulate Miss Universe 2010 winner : Jimena Navarrete from Jamaica and hope that she will wear the crown with pride


Miss Universe 2010 Winner: Jimena Navarrete From Jamaica

Miss Universe 2010 Winner: Jimena Navarrete From Jamaica

In related news we would like to congratulate Miss Universe 2010 winner: Jimena Navarrete from Jamaica and hope that she will wear the crown with pride.

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The Divorce Between Tiger Woods And Elin Nordegren Has Reached The Last Step

The Divorce Between Tiger Woods And Elin Nordegren Has Reached The Last Step


No surprise on Tiger Woods divorce. People just wanted to know how much his former wife will get. And the sum is $100 million according to Daily Mail. The Sun has a bigger one: $500 million. Nordegren could have taken half of Tiger’s money that is around £650 million but she but she settled for a lower sum.

After the divorce settlement the golfer had this to declare: “We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future,”.

According to some sources the golfer has cheated his wife with no less than 20 mistresses. Talking about infidelity then this is the guy you are looking for.

Tige Woods And His Former Wife Elin Nordegren Last Year

Tige Woods And His Former Wife Elin Nordegren Last Year

Woods will keep the family waterfront estate, even though she has reportedly bought a multi-billion shilling holiday home at an island in her native Sweden.

In return for the massive financial pay-out, Ms Nordegren has allegedly agreed to stay silent about her marriage.

Woods will however not be allowed to expose the children to any of his girlfriends and only his future wife will be allowed near the children, daughter Sam, three, and 18-month-old son Charlie, Daily Mail reported.

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20 Things You Didn’t Know About Our Planet


Here are 20 things about our planet I bet you don’t know

  1. Ants never sleep and in the morning they stretch out just like humans.
  2. Almost 90% of the world population lives in the North hemisphere
  3. The Hoover den in USA was build to last 2000 years. The cement that was used to build it will completely dry out in the next 500 years
  4. Despite the appearance 2/3 from the African Continent is in the North hemisphere
  5. Ireland is the only European country that has no snakes
  6. The eye of an ostrich is bigger than the bird’s brain
  7. For each man on Earth there are about 200 millions insects. The termite population outrun us by 10/1
  8. A Boeing has enough fuel on board to last a car to circle the Earth four times
  9. The Irish are the biggest Coca-Cola consumers of the world
  10. The African and-eater can consume about 30.000 ants a day
  11. The youngest mother on Earth is from China and has 9 years
  12. Quebec from Canada has the lowest crime rate in the world (almost 0)
  13. On Earth there are 1000 million cattle from which 200 millions leave in India
  14. On the human body leave more animals then all the human in the world
  15. The duck is the only animal that doesn’t have an echo
  16. The owls are the only animals that can see the blue color
  17. Chicago is closer to Moscow then it is to Rio de Janeiro
  18. A human forgets about 80% from what he learns in one day
  19. In Santa Fe pets need to wear the seatbelt
  20. One cow can produce in one year more milk that a human can drink … about 200.000 glasses of milk
EARTH

EARTH

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228 Million Eggs Are Infected With Salmonella


No more than 228 million eggs appear to be infested with Salmonella. The eggs are dated between May 16 and Aug. 13 in these states: Colorado, California and Minnesota. Some of the symptoms of salmonella are fever, diarrhea and cramps .

If you have such symptoms run to the nearest doctor for a consultation.

Please check your eggs and make sure you are not affected. Again, if you have any more questions or concerns regarding your eggs, call the local supermarket where you purchased the eggs and feel free to ask them questions.

The company from where the infested eggs came is Wright County Egg and the most big brands that  bought them are the following : Lucerne (Safeway), Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph’s, Boomsma’s, Sunshine, Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms, and Kemps.

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Eggs

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Federer The Ex ATP Number 1 Still Amazes Us This Time Outside The Tennis Field


Supeeeerb… That is all we can say for Federer. After he managed to amaze us so many times in his tennis tournaments it’s time for some outside play.

In the break of a Gillette commercial he tried a few serves. The victim this time wasn’t Nadal or another tennis player. It’s a simple bottle that is standing on top of his friend. No arrow from Robin Hood. Just a tennis ball traveling at great speed. Good job Fed.

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