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August 11, 2009

CHEVY VOLT: ELECTRIFYING VERSION

 General Motors Corp. stated Tuesday that the Extended Range Electric Vehicle is no longer a rumor but soon to realize and will be launched to the automotive world industry  in its remarkable vision to drive your own car into a zero-gas driving. 

Chevy Volt is an electrifying car  with a zero gas and zero emission production in a drive of less than 40 miles a day or 230 miles per gallon (98 kilometers per liter) of gasoline within city driving. 

The Chevy Volt car is designed to answer the needs of daily commuters including 75 percent America's daily commuters to drop  zero-gas drive during commutation. It has a revolutionary propulsion system that takes you beyond the power of the battery.

Chevy Volt will be launched next year  and this innovation is a good  news to commuters.

TWITTER ATTACKS CAUSED BLOGGER CYXYMU

The attacks that outage Twitter and left millions collateral damage around the globe was traced several hours ago that it was an attacked intended to a lone blogger in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.

The attacks which started Thursday in Facebook, LiveJournal and several Web sites including Twitter that caused the site to crash out because of its denial of a service-attack commanded by hackers toward a single site to prevent legitimate traffic from getting through on a targeted blogger "Cyxymu", who bears a twitter id of twitter.com/cyxymu. Cyxymu is a Cyrillic spelling of Sukhumi, a city in the breakaway area of Abkhazia, Georgia.

Ray Dickenson, Chief Techonology Officer at Authentium, a computer security firm said, "A denial of service attack like this one is a very blunt instrument. It's as if a viewer who didn;t like one show on a television channel decided to "knock out the whole station." Or just like fishing with dynamite catching and killing all the other organisms including dolphins and sharks.

The source of the attacks was not known yet and who was behind it, but seems the dispute was related to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia.

Beijing (Aug 5) - Sunday, typhoon Morakot (emerald) in Thai, devastated the entire east coast of China carrying heavy rain and winds of 74 miles or 119 kilometers per hour, China Meteorological Administration said.

Nearly 1 million residents evacuated from their place and several were missing. So far, 31 were missing, 4 confirmed dead and some were buried.

Rescuers were still on their rescue operation while government officials including volunteers were providing shelter, food and relief goods to the evacuees.

Affected areas Zhejiang province with 490,000 evacuees while 505,000 in the neighboring are of Fujian.

Domestic flights were canceled and suspended.

Typhoon Morakot was the first powerful typhoon that lambasted China in 50 years. Hundreds of houses and buildings collapsed, some residents were buried while a large acre of farmland was destroyed by the flood.

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SOTOMAYOR TAKES OATH AS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

Washington(Aug 8) - Sonia Maria Sotomayor takes her judicial oath Saturday morning before Chief Justice John Roberts at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court.

Chief Justice John Roberts presided two ceremonies in officially installing Sotomayor to the High Court with a lifetime appointment. The administered private ceremony was an oath before the Constitution requiring all federal officials to support and defend the Constitution.

The second oath which was administered through public ceremony was a pledged to administer justice fairly and impartially in accordance and in consonance of the 220-year old Federal Law.

Sotomayor, 55, who rose from humble roots in a Bronx, New York having a high-calibered legal career was the first Hispanic and third woman, to sit on the United States Supreme Court. She was the first High Court appointee of President Barack Obama and becomes the 111th Supreme Court Justice. She succeeds to liberal Justice David Souter, who has retired.

Sotomayor has been a federal judge for 17 years. She was nominated by Barack Obama and the Senate confirms her nomination Thursday by a 68-31 vote.

Sotomayor was a daughter of a Puerto Rican parents who came to New York during the second world war. Her father worked in a factory who did not speak English well and died when she was 9. Her mother, whom she described as her biggest inspiration, worked 6 days in a week as a nurse to supprort her and her younger brother. She graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and attended in Yale Law School.

Her mother Celina held a Bible during the oath taking ceremony.

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WATCH LIVE ONLINE: UFC 101 WEIGH-IN RESULTS WORLDWIDE

Since Mix Marital Arts is now considered as one of the hottest sports worldwide, the Ultimate Fighting Championship in its debut is now open and live pay-per-view directly from Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The two best 155-pound fighters UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn finally met his number one contender Kenny Florian to defend his crown.

Floyd Mayweather who seems remained unbeaten in the ring, would be on his comeback and play the biggest challenge in his life on September for UFC 103 against Juan Manuel Marquez while Dana White, the UFC President is going to push through said event.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship® makes its Philadelphia debut on Saturday, August 8th for UFC® 101: Declaration. In the main event, the two best 155-pound fighters in the world finally meet when UFC® lightweight champion BJ Penn looks to defend his crown against number one contender Kenny Florian. Penn has never lost at 155-pounds, and Florian is looking to change that stat this summer.

While Middleweight Champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva battrles Former Light Heavyweight Champion and Ultimate Fighter Forrest Griffin.

For everyone of you who are interested in Mix Martial Arts, watch the game live directly from UFC.com. Just click the widget embedded below just after this line.

WATCH LIVE: 2009 WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

The World Golf Championship Bridgestone Invitational is now on the go.  Top players around the globe were among  the players playing this championship event including Woods, of course. The 7-day championships event which is held in Reno, Nevada, Firestone Country Club Akron, Ohio is the most popular and 34th series event in golf history.

The WGC Bridgestone Invitational is one of the four yearly World Golf Championships which was organized and well sanctioned by the International Federation for PGA Tours.  The money prize of this event will be awarded in Euro and is offered both the PGA European Tour as well as the normal PGA Tour.

So don't fail to watch the biggest event of the World Golf Championships R1, R2, R3, and R4 at 2:00 PM ER till 6:00 PM ET from August 3-9, 2009 live online.

POST OFFICE CLOSING HUNDREDS OF OFFICES

This is no longer a joke. The nearly 700 possible closures of Postal Service across the US including 53 in the five boroughs is an indication that the Postal Service incurred losses. This would immediately followed by downsizing workers and employees.

The Government Accountability Office which is the investigative arm of Congress, added Postal Service among the list of federal agencies for an urgent reconstruction. The estimated net loss for this fiscal year is $7 billion and believed to increase much in 2010.

Said losses accelerated rapidly in effect of e-mail and other alternatives whereby people nowadays rely on it.

The two hardest hit boroughs are Manhattan with 25 closures and Queens with 11.

Have you seen the joker posters of President Barack Obama spreading throughout Los Angeles?

Early Saturday morning joker posters of Barack Obama was circulating throughout Los Angeles bearing the caption "Socialism." What is worse is that, the posters were now circulating throughout the Internet. What is the logic behind?

Speculations may summarized that the author of this craft might be an adversary of the Obama Administration if not he was just trying to have funny things around to enjoy his mood.

Well, whatever may the logic behind, the designer should be investigated to hold him responsible of his acts. Whom do you think is the author?

HONDA RECALLS 440,000 VEHICLES

Honda Motor Co. said Friday has expanded its previous announcement to recall additional 440,000 vehicles having a lethal airbag defect. Affected models will include the 2001-2002 Honda Accord, 2001 Civic and 2002-2003 Acura TL.

According to Honda Spokesman Chris Naughton, the defect had caused 6 known injuries and one known death that would necessarily requires replacement of the driver's side steering-wheel-mounted airbag inflator.

In some cases, the airbag inflators may over-pressurize the inflator mechanism tending the airbag to deploy which would also cause rupture of the inflator. As a result metal fragments could pass through the cloth airbag cushion material, that may likewise cause death or injury to the vehicle occupants.

Registered owners of the vehicles in question will be notified through mail in the next few months for the schedule of the repair while registered owners with similar problem will also be first contacted.

In the meantime, Honda owners may log in to www.owners.honda.com/recalls and click "Owner Link" while Acura owners should visit www.owners.acura.com/recalls and click "My Acura Link" for them to know the status of their recall.

Good news to hear. Did you know that the Government increased their budget for cash of the clunkers program from $1 billion to $2 billion? The cash for clunkers program becomes more popular than anticipated which is an environmental friendly so, the program was extended. You may trade your old cars now and get a rebate of $4500.

Below are the list of requirements to qualify the program:

1.) Have been manufactured less than 25 years before the date of trade in;
2.) Have a "new" combined city/highway fuel economy of 18 miles per gallon or less;
3.) It must be in a drivable condition;
4.) It has been continuously insured and registered to the same owner for the full year preceding the trade-in; and
5.) In the case of a category 3 vehicle, the vehicle must have been manufactured not later than model year 2001.

Take advantage of this opportunity, don't miss! For more details and information visit cars.gov FAQ Section.

MADONNA'S BIONIC BICEPS AND PHOTOS

Look at Madonna in her 50. She has still that great body but what is strange is her biceps. She looks like an athlete of her lifetime. The muscle tone and her veins are visibly seen. You could only see biceps like that to those who goes with bodybuilding. Does Madonna went to bodybuilding through all her years so that she could have such kind of arms and biceps?

If you've been with body weights and body building through your lifetime, you would definitely obtain a great and optimum muscle tone with your body more particularly your biceps and triceps. Yes, you could have that bionic biceps or bionic body. What is totally different and strange to her is her veins were over sized and protruding that are visibly seen.

No doubt, there is something wrong with her veins. Based from my own experienced, as I have been with bodybuilding especially body weights since my earlier age until now, one reason that my veins were not visibly seen or protruding or over sized it's because I carefully protect it not to become a paralytic veins. Not only that, no matter what kind of physical fitness you've gone through in a lifetime, skin texture also speaks according to your age.

Well, anyway, this is Madonna's aimed figure, optimum body and muscle toning including a protruding veins, so, let it be and our modern technology has a lot to do in order to transform your personality through surgery.

VERNON FORREST WAS SHOT TO DEATH

ATLANTA - Saturday, 11 p.m., Vernon Forrest, 38, was shot to death while putting an air on the tires of his Jaguar in a gas station, White Hall St., McDaniel Boulevard, Atlanta. He was shot by two identified black men who were on board of a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo attempting to carnap his vehicle.

When the victim noticed the suspects who were attempting to carnap his vehicle, he chased them and a shootout occurred which resulted to his death thereafter by a gunshot wound on his head.

Vernon Forrest was a former World Champion in Boxing who defeated Mora and Hawkins and a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic.

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WATCH USA VS. HONDURAS LIVE GOLD CUP 2009

Watch the semi final online streaming football game between USA and Honduras at Soldier Field hosted by a TV telecast CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009.

The United States men's national soccer team will play with Honduras tonight to advance the Sunday's Gold Final at Giants stadium. More than 30,000 tickets have been sold and a large number of fans are expected to watch.

Don't miss to watch. Game time 7p.m. E.D.T. at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois.

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President Barack Obama congratulates Mark Buehrle through phone call after tossing a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on the South Side of Chicago Thursday afternoon. Obama is a noted White Sox and baseball fan.

"I'm still in shock. Thank you, sir," Buehrle told Obama over the phone.

Buehrle who is a White Sox pitcher and the 26th pitcher who throw a no-hitter and tossed a perfect game. He made in major league history to record multiple no-hitters, and just a second to accomplish the feat multiple times. It was the only the 17th perfect game of all time in the regular season.

He was also congratulated by Manager Ozzie Guillen in the concourse outside the team locker room after tossing the game.

The perfect game helped the White Sox move into a de facto tie against the Detroit Tigers for the first place in Al Central with two teams to open for a four-game series on Friday in Detroit.

USAMA BIN LADEN SON DIES

Late Wednesday, it was reported through National Public Radio and was confirmed to FOX News that the son of Usama Bin Laden was killed. Saad Bin Laden has been killed by an American missile in Pakistan.

Saad Bin Laden reportedly spent years under house arrest in Iran before traveling to Pakistan last year and is believed to have been killed by Hellfire missiles fired from a US predator sometime this year. Saad who was in his late 20's though active in Al Qaeda, was a collateral damage of the airstrike.

A Senior US Counterterrorism Official said to NPR that without the dead body of Saad it's hard to ascertain that he is dead however, US Spy Agencies characterized that Saad is 80 to 85 per cent dead.

Few days ago, we have learned that the City Hall of Mountlake Terrace has been impassable due to the collapsed ceiling. In the meantime, the City Hall is temporarily housed at Redstone Building, 6100 219th St., SW, Suite 200 where the City Government has to signed a five-year lease contract for the space.

A new project proposal has already been planned for a new City Hall however, it has been quite delayed due to the unavailability of funds. There was even an endorsement of $40 Million Civic Center Complex made by the City Facilities Task Force in December which include a new police station and a new community center however, the same were still in the list of priorities.

The Yankees who played against their football opponent made high remarks during the game held Wednesday. It was a terrific game because the 20-games-over-500 Yankees ended with leaping, twisting, pirouetting circus catch up against the wall to rob Ty Wigginton that made the Yankees wins.

While The Boston Red Sox traded Pittsburgh first baseman Adam LaRoche and St. Louis Cardinals slugger Chris Duncan to garnered a possible winning over the game but the Yankees spent the good times and sweeps it. They won against the Twins, Tigers and Orioles, losing the Angels.

APOLLO 11: A LANDMARK MOMENT

President Obama paid a worthy tribute on the 40th Anniversary of the first mission to the moon, Apollo 11 and welcomed at the White House Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins calling them as the "three genuine American heroes" which inspired a generation of scientists and engineers.

Forty years ago, July 20, 1969, the world was sparkled with the news of the first landing to the moon. It was the landmark moment in history when Apollo 11 led by Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. The event was the most remarkable achievements which captured the imagination of the Nation and the World.

The President also said, "I think that all of us recall the moment in which mankind finally was untethered from this planet and was able to explore the stars, the moment in which we had one of our own step on the moon and leave that imprint that is there to this day."

He also added, "We are - all of us, thankful and grateful to all of you for what you've done and we expect that there's, as we speak, another generation of kids out there who are looking up at the sky and are going to be the next Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin. And we want to make sure that NASA is going to be there for them when they want to take their journey."

Watch the timeline video of the First Mission to the Moon:

The Asian continent, India, Japan, China particularly the Southeastern section of China and much of the Pacific Ocean will going to experience a total solar eclipse on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.

Scientists say, it will be the longest solar eclipse in the 21st century and it will last for 6 minutes and 39 seconds. The best viewing area will be the coast of China, near Shanghai and Hangzhou, where an estimated 30 million people will watch the solar eclipse.

Everybody is now eager to watch the total solar eclipse on Wednesday especially people in the Asian continent.

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