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Sep 13th
Miss Angola, Leila Lopes was crowned as Miss Universe 2011 on Monday night. The 25-year-old Leila Lopes is Angola’s first winner ever in this 60 year old beauty pageant. Miss Angola emerged as Miss Universe for the year 20ll beating contestants from 88 countries. She replaces last year’s winner, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.
When asked what physical trait she would change, Lopes replied, “Thank God I’m very satisfied with the way God created me, and I wouldn’t change a thing.” She added, “I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty. I have acquired many wonderful principles from my family, and I intend to follow these for the rest of my life.”
Contestants from 89 nations on six continents spent the past three weeks in Sao Paulo, trying to learn samba dance steps, visiting impoverished children and kicking a football around for cameras as the globe’s biggest beauty contest is held in Brazil for the first time.
The first runner-up was 23-year-old Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine and the second runner-up was Priscila Machado of Brazil. The third was Miss Philippines and the fourth Miss China.
Paula Shugart, president of the Miss Universe organization said “It’s our 60th More >
Sep 12th
NASA finally launched its moon research mission, after a couple of weather delays. The launched twin satellites named Grail A and Grail B short form for Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory took off on Saturday morning at 0908 EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to unveil the inner secrets of the moon. The two probes will study the moon’s internal structure in unprecedented detail, shedding light on whether a second moon crashed into it long ago.
GRAIL will study how the moon was formed. It will explore “the structure of the lunar interior, from crust to core… to advance understanding of the thermal evolution of the moon,” NASA said.
The first of the two robotic spacecraft separated from the Delta II upper stage 1 hour and 21 minutes after launch at 10:28 a.m. ET and the second spacecraft separated eight minutes later.
Even though the spacecraft duo was launched on the same day, they will arrive at the moon one day apart. The first orbiter, GRAIL-A arrives on 31 Dec 2011 and GRAIL-B arrives 25 hours later on 1 Jan 2012. More >
Sep 12th
US Open semi-final: World No.1 Novak Djokovic beats swiss star Roger Federer by saving two match points and got to win semi-finals in New York.
Federer had won two sets before Djokovic roared back to win 6-7, (7-9), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5. Federer seemed in complete charge when he broke Djokovic at love to go up 5-3 in the final set. Federer went up 40-15 with double match point
Djokovic, the Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, has now taken his 2011 record to 63 wins against just two defeats, and stands one win from a fourth Grand Slam title.
“It was definitely the biggest win of this year, one of the biggest wins of the career, under the circumstances,” the BBC quoted Djokovic, as saying. More >
Sep 6th
Japanese Honda Motor Co stated that they are to recall 72,115 of its City sedan cars from India inorder to replace a power window switch. This is Honda’s second recall since 2010. ”Honda Siel Cars India Ltd is carrying out the part replacement as part of a global exercise by Honda Motor Company to ensure stringent quality standards for its products,” a company statement said on Monday. The recall affects cars manufactured between 2005 and 2007. The company recalled 8,532 City cars in January last year that had been manufactured in 2007, it said in the statement. More >
Sep 6th
Droid Bionic is one of the most anticipated Android handset whose release is confirmed on 8th September after so many delays Droid Bionic was officially announced back in January during the CES event along with the Motorola Atrix. We have heard a lot about it in the last few months and now Motorola has revealed that this smart phone is going to be released on September 8.
Then Motorola decided to redesign it and we saw the new version which is really good looking. Motorola Droid Bionic is going to be the first 4G LTE dual-core smartphone coming from Motorola. The processor was upgraded to a new one and the software was updated from More >
Sep 4th
Oregon Ducks Football 2011 Schedule is as follows
Date | Opponent | Place | Time | TV |
Saturday 09/03/11 | LSU Tigers | Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX | 5:00 p.m. PT | ABC |
Saturday 09/10/11 | Nevada Wolf Pack | Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR | 12:30 p.m. PT | FX |
Saturday 09/17/11 | Missouri State Bears | Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR | 12:30 p.m. PT | TV TBA |
Saturday 09/24/11 | Arizona Wildcats | Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ | 7:15 p.m. PT | ESPN or ESPN2 |
Thursday 10/06/11 | California Golden Bears | Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR | 6:00 p.m. PT | ESPN/ESPN 3D |
Saturday 10/15/11 | Arizona State Sun Devils | Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR | TBA | |
Saturday 10/22/11 | Colorado Buffaloes | Folsom Field, Boulder, CO | TBA | |
Saturday 10/29/11 | Washington State Cougars | Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR | TBA | |
Saturday 11/05/11 | Washington Huskies | Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA | TBA | |
Saturday 11/12/11 | Stanford Cardinal | Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA | TBA | |
Saturday 11/19/11 | USC Trojans | Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR | 5:00 p.m. PT | ABC |
Saturday 11/26/11 | Oregon State Beavers | Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR | TBA | |
Friday 12/02/11 | Pac-12 Championship Game | 5:00 p.m. PT | FOX |
Sep 2nd
Tennis ace Venus Williams, 31, the seven-time Grand Slam champion is diagnosed with Sjogren’s syndrome and pulled out of the US Open yesterday. Sjogren’s syndrome is one of the most prevalent autoimmune diseases. It’s a chronic condition in which the person’s white blood cells attack the body’s moisture-producing glands. The syndrome often strikes in tandem with other autoimmune conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. This disease left Williams so weak that she can barely raise her arms. “I enjoyed playing my first match here, and wish I could continue but right now I am unable to,” Williams said in a statement, reported by the Associated Press. “I am thankful I finally have a diagnosis and am now focused on getting better and returning to the court soon.”
Williams suffered from symptoms for years without knowing what was wrong, but hopes that the treatments she’s now receiving will take effect within three to six months. More >
Sep 2nd
Alaska Earthquake: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports says the earthquake of magnitude 6.8 hits Alaska, southeast of Atka, in the north-Pacific island chain at about 6:55 a.m. ET.
The tsunami warning is in effect for coastal areas of Alaska from Unimak Pass to Amchitka Pass. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it did not see a threat of a Pacific-wide destructive tsunami from the quake.
The tsunami warning was canceled after only a small wave was recorded near Atka, Alaska, the Associated Press reports. “In Atka, they had a little bump of a More >
Aug 30th
A rumored line up for the Dancing with the stars 2011, season 13 is online. ABC will officially announce the 2011 cast of “Dancing With the Stars” by Monday night. But fans are speculating a list of celebs and others. Names include Chaz Bono, Ron Artest, Snooki, Rob Kardashian and Tiffani Thiessen, though some have offered quick denials.
Kristin Cavalleri, Ricki Lake, Chynna Phillips, Hope Solis, Elizabetta Canalis, David Arquette, Rob Kardashian, Ryan O’Neal, J.R. Martinez, Chaz Bono and Ron Artest/Metta World Peace are supposed to round up the lineup. CNN’s Nancy Grace is supposedly getting ready to tango.
Kristin Cavallari, “The Hills” protagonist and ex-fiancee of quarterback Jay Cutler
Ricki Lake, actress and former talk show host
Chynna Phillips, singer and actress
Hope Solis, U.S. women soccer team’s goalkeeper
Elisabetta Canalis, model and George Clooney ex-girlfriend
David Arquette is an actor and frequent Howard Stern guest More >