BIzzare emergency plane landing

Watch emergency plane landing on highway. a small traffic plane made an emergency landing on the New Jersey Turnpike, about five miles east of Philadelphia.

The bizarre landing caused a snarl of Web searches. Immediately, online lookups soared for “emergency plane landing,” “plane lands on highway,” and “traffic plane on highway.” At this point, details are a bit sketchy. However, the AP reports that the landing was precautionary because of a low oil-pressure indicator.

Halo Cloud Over Moscow

Watch the mysterious glowing cloud shape like halo over moscow. Its a cool phenomenon seeing the clouds form like an alien ship hovering above the city. Others likened this halo clouds to an alien ship from the movie Independence day.
This halo cloud is so good that it seemed like it has been photoshoped. But meterologists has spoken and refute that it has been digitally altered. Also an article from the Daily Mail explains that the "luminous ring-shaped cloud" was simply an optical illussion.
Here's a video of this mysterious clouds. You can also watch this on youtube.

Robots Dance, Fight and Transform at Robo One Competition

Mind controlled, Dancing and Fighting bots these are simply the things featured on this year Japan's Robo-one Competition. There is also on a mini Gundam that gets acts some of the simple gundam actions. Also the mini Gundam won the "best demonstration" award at robo one.

Watch the videos listed below and see how awesome these robots are.
RobotVideo #1:


Robot Video #2 - Gladiator Robot Match


Robot Video #3


Robot Video#4 - Gladiator Robot Match


Robot Video#5 -

Worlds Longest Basketball Shot - Fake or Not?

Here is the "worlds longest Basketball shot". This shot was taken off the third deck of Texas A&M's football stadium down to the field below. Judge for your self if its fake or not.





So? how was it? Was it edited or was it true.

Maywearther wins over Marquez

Mayweather was able to gain more than his $600,000 penalty, after defeating Juan Manuel Marquez on their fight night.

LAS VEGAS (AP)—Money came back with a guarantee. Floyd Mayweather Jr. told the world he was still its best boxer despite taking 21 months off, and he backed up every boast with every jab in an impressive victory.

Although next time out, hopefully he’ll pick on somebody his own size.

Mayweather overpowered the smaller, lighter Juan Manuel Marquez for an unanimous decision Saturday night, maintaining his perfect record in his comeback from retirement.

Mayweather knocked down Marquez in the second round and then peppered him with countless damaging shots to remain unbeaten (40-0, 25 KOs). Still, his impressive effort couldn’t be viewed without weighing the obvious disadvantages in height and strength faced by the talented Marquez, a 130-pounder just 18 months ago who moved up two weight classes for this once-in-a-career payday at the MGM Grand Garden.

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ap-mayweather-marquez&prov=ap&type=lgns

Marquez gains Extra bucks

Here is an excerp from Dan Rafael's post from Espn.

LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. weighed in at 146 pounds on Friday afternoon, two pounds heavier than the weight stipulated in the contract for his comeback fight against lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The excess weight will cost Mayweather $300,000 per pound, meaning Marquez will get an additional $600,000 on top of his $3.2 million guarantee, a source told ESPN.com. Mayweather's minimum guarantee is $10 million, a figure likely to dramatically increase after the pay-per-view receipts are counted.

Marquez, who has never fought heavier than 135 pounds, comfortably made 142 pounds, two less than the 144-pound contract weight.

Maywearther Vs. Marquez

The highly anticipated showdown for the welterweight fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez is about to begin. So who do you think will win? Stay updated for this event or watch it live on your pc to see the final results.

The undefeated six-time champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) takes on Mexico City’s Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs) at a catchweight of 144 pounds in a non-title fight Saturday night (Sunday in Manila) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The fight is dubbed “Number One vs Numero Uno” and the live streaming of the fight will be aired on ABS-CBN on Sunday, 10AM. The winner of the Mayweather vs Marquez fight could possibly forge a match up with our very own Filipino boxing superstar Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao.

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AMD to release 6 core Opteron - June and 16 core chip by 2011

Posted late last month from computerworld.com

AMD is trying to get ahead of Intel Corp., which released its six-core Xeon 7400 server chip last September and plans to add an eight-core processor code-named Nehalem EX next year, Insight64 analyst Nathan Brookwood said.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. last week said it will release a six-core Opteron processor in June, five months ahead of schedule. And it detailed plans to add chips supporting up to 12 cores next year and 16 in 2011.

AMD, which reported a $416 million first-quarter loss last week, said the six-core server chip, code-named Istanbul, will provide up to a 30% performance boost over current quad-core Opterons while using the same amount of power.

Istanbul will be followed early next year by a chip code-named Magny-Cours, which will ship in eight- and 12-core models, AMD said. And in 2011, the company plans to release a processor called Interlagos, which will be offered with 12 and 16 cores.

Vista will not be ditched until atleast 2011

Microsoft Corp. will not dump Vista when Windows 7 launches and plans to keep selling it to computer makers, system builders, volume licensees and consumers at retail until at least January 2011, a Microsoft spokesman said, citing long-running policy.

The company, however, will drop support for the three consumer editions of Windows Vista in less than three years.

source:computerworld.com

Best Job won by British Man

Ben Southall (L) of Britain and James Hill of Australia

A British citizen charity worker was announced as the winner of what's been called as "Best Job in The World" — to takecare of a tropical Island of Australia under the contract of 6 months for 150,000 Australian dollar ($111,000).

Ben Southall, 34, beat out nearly 35,000 applicants from around the world for the dream assignment to swim, explore and relax on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef for six months while writing a blog to promote the area.

Southall will live for free in an airy, three-bedroom oceanfront villa with a private pool and sweeping views of the surrounding islands.

Pacquiao vs Hatton

Arriving at vegas. The two fighter has been welcome by their supporters waiting for the May 2 Fight Night.

"I may be fat. I may be round. But guess who is going to be the best pound-for-pound?" Hatton

"I don't want to talk too much before the fight," Pacquiao said. "I want to let my fists do the talking in the ring."

Pacquiao Vs. Hatton Update - “The East vs the West”

Manny Pacquiao has realized one of his long-cherished dreams: To breathe the moist air in faraway England.

“My dream was to come here to England and it has come true,” Pacquiao told the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph. “I also have the desire to take the light welterweight title, and it’s a big honor to be in another fight which the fans want to see.”

Manny Pacquiao arrrived at london for a press conference-cum-fan rally for the “The East vs the West” title clash to be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with his opponent Ricky Hattonm, come May 2.

Manny Pacquiao will be after Hatton's International Boxing Crown on the May 2 - “The East vs the West” slugfest. Having the winner of the said match the chance of being the light welterweight kingpin of the Ring Magazine.

“Every time I fight, I have to win because millions of Filipinos are hoping for victory,” said Pacquiao, who wore a suit. “Millions of people look to me to win. I have to go out and give everything.”

Hatton was more optimistic in front of his countrymen who naturally made up majority of the estimated 6,000 fans.

“On May 2, I’ll be the new pound-for-pound king,” Hatton vowed. “I’ve never been beaten at 10 stone (140 lb). This is my weight. This is where I do best. I promise all my fans I’ll win for Manchester!”

To which Pacquiao retorted: “Good luck but I’m going to win it for the Philippines.”

Baby Bull to Pacman

Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz a former world lightweight championon an interview with one of the leading Phil. news papers said,
“It’s going to be two great guys going against each other,” “Pacquiao has improved, as far as boxing skills are concerned. We all know he has the power to knock a guy out, but throughout the years, his boxing skills have improved a lot.”

Hatton, whose success in boxing is attributed to his swarming style, may find this formula a bane in his quest to unseat Pacquiao as pound-for-pound king.

“It’s a fact that Hatton is just a one-dimensional guy who comes forward and gets hit a lot,” He also added. “I think Manny’s going to expose that and beat him. That’s what will lead him to a win over Ricky Hatton.”

Collission on space

Earlier this morning i have read regarding this news of 2 large communication satellites have collided with each other. It was said that this was the first occurrence of this incident having 2 intact spacecraft in orbit to collide as what NASA have said last Wednesday. The said incident occurred last February 10, 2009, producing a pair of massive debris cloud 500 miles Over Siberia. With still uncertainties on the magnitude of the situation for at least a week as reported by NASA.

for the full story read
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_sc/satellite_collision

LONGEST FOOTBALL GAME

Philippines, specifically Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo was aiming to set a world record for Playing a straight 35hrs 20minutes of playing football.

A town 30kms northeast of the city of iloilo. was aiming a new Guinness record for playing the longest Football Game equivalent to 35hrs 20 minutes with a total of 9 games and a score of 136 - 133 from the two teams representing Iloilo State College of Fisheries (ISCOF) team and Barotac Nuevo Comprehensive High School (BNCHS) team with their score respectively presented. The game has been played starting last January 16, 2009 at 8:35 am until 8:15p.m. the next day on the Football field at the public plaza of Barotac Nuevo.

“We believed we have set a new world record and the players are happy despite the fatigue,” Duffie Botavara, general secretary of the Barotac Nuevo Football Club and the Iloilo Football Association, said in a telephone interview.

Botavara said the previous record for the longest football game played was 31 hours in Australia. Aside from aiming for the record of the longest game played, Botavara said they also wanted to set the record for the most number of games played continuously.

Cheered by their town-mates, the two teams composed of 18 persons each played nine 90-minute games. Each game has two 45-minute halves with a 10-minute break between halves.

Nine referees working in three shifts officiated the game.

Botavara said because of the duration of the game, they slightly modified the rules and a “floating substitution” format was adopted. This allowed the unlimited substitution of players who returned to the game even after they have been substituted.

Football regulations allow only two substitutions per game and players who have been replaced cannot return to the game.

“We ensured that at any given time, nine to 10 players from each team were on the field while the others rested,” said Botavara.

The players did not sleep and only rested at the players’ quarters where they also ate, said Botavara.

The BNCNHS was composed of players 17 years old and below while the ISCOF players belonged to the collegiate division. Each team had a member of the national team.

“Many wanted to join the game but we had to turn them down because of the limited number of players allowed,” said Botavara.
The organizers of the event will send a video of the game to the Guinness World Records to authenticate and make the new record official.
source: inquirer.net

Mumbai Attacks

Gunmen armed with AK-47 attack Taj Mahal and Oberoi Trident hotels, and eight other locations, including the main train station, a hospital and an up-market restaurant. Reports said that they are searching for British and U.S. tourist.

The attack which resulted to about 100 dead is being claimed by the Islamic Security Force-Indian Mujahedeen.

Xbox gamer found dead: media

I have read this story from a local newspaper-site here in Philippines.

By Agence France-Presse

OTTAWA — A Canadian boy who ran away from home after his father took away his Xbox game console has been found dead in a cornfield, local media said Wednesday.

Brandon Crisp, 15, took off on his bicycle from his Barrie, Ontario home on October 13, provoking a massive police search with help from 1,600 volunteers that turned up no clues except for his abandoned bicycle with a flat tire.

Xbox-maker Microsoft and others had offered a 50,000-dollar (39,000-dollar US) reward for information on his whereabouts.

Wednesday, police said only that hunters had found a body in the search area.

The daily Toronto Star said on its website Brandon’s parents had been notified it was their son, and students at his school were told the sad news at an afternoon assembly.

Brandon’s father previously said he had removed Brandon’s Xbox after noticing changes in his behavior since Brandon started playing “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” online.

The boy started skipping school, stealing money and ignoring his studies, his father said.

In an interview with the daily Globe and Mail, the boy’s father, Steve Crisp, said he had not known how important the gaming system was to his son and how he would react when it was taken away.

Experts commented that gamers may form bonds with fellow online players.

“This had become his identity, and I didn’t realize how in-depth this was until I took his Xbox away,” Steve Crisp told the Globe and Mail. “That’s like cutting his legs off.”

“This is such an issue that hits every parent out there, with video games that are starting to control our kids’ lives,” he said.

“I just took away his identity, so I can understand why he got so mad and took off. Before, I couldn’t understand why he was taking off for taking his game away.”

As for me, this is not the fault of the kid or the console. This is due to lack of supervision or a parent-child interaction.