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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
An incredible powerful seism hit Hoduras and Belize and made at least one victim destroying structures and creating panic in residents. According to deputy director of Honduras’ Permanent Emergency Commission Carlos Gonzalez, the 7.1 quake struck the region of Honduras on Thursday, collapsing homes and making one victim in Pineda de la Lima. The epicenter of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
11 November 2009
Google has unveiled a new programming language called Go, a project which looks very promising judging by the names of the people involved. Rob Pike, Ken Thompson, Ian Taylor, and Robert Griesemer are just a few who worked at Google Go which intends to become one of the most important programming languages ever designed. Rob Pike, [...]
02 September 2009
Cheat mode At the main menu, select “Options”, “Cheats”, “Enter New Cheat”, then enter one of the following codes to unlock the corresponding cheat option. If you entered the code correctly, a message will appear. Unlock All Characters Press Blue(2), Green(2), Red, Green, Red, Yellow. Always Slide Press Green(2), Red(2), Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Blue. This mode turns all guitar notes [...]
11 June 2009
When he was re-elected President of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez promised fans to restore the so-called “Galactic Era” to the most renowned soccer club in the world. Earlier this week, Perez announced that Ricardo Kaka signed a six-year deal with Real Madrid after the club agreed a £56 million fee with the Brazilian’s former club, AC Milan. Well, today Manchester United officially [...]
08 June 2009
Billy Elliot has won 10 Tonys, being the Tony Awards 2009 Winner, along with the Best Musical. First acting award went to Roger Robinson, for August Wilson. He features the black Americans drama back in 1911, Pittsburgh. David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish were the first who won a prize for only one persorm, for the [...]
08 June 2009
A Thai newspaper has made public explicit photos of David Carradine’s naked body in a hotel closet. The pics went directly to the newspapers front page, while other publication published a photo of Carradine’s autopsy. Keith Carradine’s attorney, Mark Geragos, said that ”the family is outraged about the release of these photos.” Geragos also threatened to sue [...]
04 June 2009
David Carradine, well-know actor and Hollywood personality, died yesterday June 3rd. He was found hanging from his wardrobe in a hotel room in Bangkok. Police reports confirm that he has passed away, aged 72 and after acting in more than 100 clips. David Carradine west best know for his relatively recent role in Tarantino’s Kill [...]
03 June 2009
PRINCETON 03 June 2009: Borough and state police inform that juveniles have been taken into custody, and at the time being stay so. They were taken in after the Princeton University gunman fright that happened this morning. This news was already on the lips of locals, students and families after an update posted on the university [...]
03 June 2009
Brazilian military pilots have spotted the possible debris of the missing airplane that was heading from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. They found a life jacket, an airplane seat and signs of fuel in the Atlantic Ocean. They are sure that the debris are fom the Flight 447 which has been missing. Jorge Amaral, Air Force [...]
02 June 2009
Rod Blagojevich’s wife, Patti, stared in the TV adventure-wanna-be show “I’m a celebrity… Get me out of here!”. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. He hails from Serbia, hence the unpronounceable name. On January 8, 2009, the Illinois House of Representatives voted to impeach [...]
02 June 2009
Sunday, at the MTV Movie Awards, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen stole the spotlights while giving an award. No, this time he was not the brit rapper Ali G nor funnyman Borat, but Bruno, the flamboyant Australian gay man. The stunt he pulled took great guts, and a load of imagination (even if some may argue): [...]
