A1GP Mexico City Cancelled

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has been forced to cancel round eight of the 2008/09 season, A1GP Mexico City, Mexico on 22-24 May after the recent outbreaks of swine flu and the advisory from the UK Foreign Office to cancel non essential travel to the country.

“To say we are disappointed to have to make this call is an understatement,” said A1GP Chairman, Tony Teixeira. “When the news of the health problems broke last week we made sure we kept ourselves up to date with the latest information. It soon became obvious this was not an isolated health risk, and when the UK Foreign Office put out its advisory and the World Health Organization raised the level of influenza pandemic alert that was when we had to make our decision. We must have the safety of all members of the A1GP community as well as the thousands of loyal fans in Mexico City as our prime concern,” he added.

The cargo was due to be flown out to Mexico directly after the Brands Hatch race and so this was another factor in the decision. “If we had flown our cars out and not been able to send the teams to run them it would have been a waste of time and money. However, this cancellation does not impact on the future of the series and once Brands Hatch is over we shall be concentrating on Season Five, for which plans are already well advanced,” said Teixeira.



Now this weekend’s race A1GP Brands Hatch, Great Britain will be the final round of the championship. Going into this race there are three teams A1Team Switzerland, A1 Team Ireland and A1 Team Portugal who can still win the coveted trophy. This will mean the title race will go down to the wire as none of these teams can win the title in the Sprint race.

The permutations are numerous and complicated meaning it will be a real cliff hanger and are as follows:

Switzerland will win the title if the following cases BOTH happen
* Ireland scores less than 3 points or Switzerland outscores Ireland by at least 2 points
+ Portugal scores less than 7 points or Portugal doesn't outscore Switzerland by more than 2 points
+ if scores are tied Switzerland need to maintain its better tie-break results – presently Switzerland has four wins to Ireland’s three and Portugal's one

Ireland will win the title if the following ALL happen
* Ireland scores at least 3 points
+ Ireland doesn't lose more than 1 point to Switzerland
+ Ireland doesn't lose more than 4 points to Portugal
+ if scores are tied Ireland needs to have better tie-break results – presently Switzerland has four wins to Ireland’s three, and Portugal's one

Portugal will win the title if the following ALL happen
* Portugal scores at least 7 points
+ Portugal outscores Switzerland by at least 3 points
+ Portugal outscores Ireland by at least 5 points

La primera foto de Alicia

Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas de Tim Burton



Esta es la primera imagen de esta película que dirije Tim Burton.



Estreno tentativo: 19 de marzo de 2010.

Director: Tim Burton
Actuan: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Michael Sheen, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman y ia Wasikowska

La verdad es que no puedo ser objetivo con el trabajo del buen Timoteo y ya me muero de ganas que se estrene esta movie.


Fotografía: Leah Gallo
© 2008 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Mexico’s Next Top Model

Es un hecho. El formato creado por Tyra Banks tiene una nueva región en su lista de cazadores de bellezas: México.

Sony Entertainment Television trae este año Mexico’s Next Top Model, una producción original que complementa a la pionera en Latinoamérica Brazil’s Next Top Model y al reality que logró descubrir algunos de los talentos más espectaculares de Estados Unidos: America’s Next Top Model.

La búsqueda de la nueva supermodelo comienza ya: a partir de mayo las inscripciones estarán abiertas en www.canalsony.com y muy pronto Sony Entertainment Television estará en varias ciudades de México buscando a las 20 participantes que formarán parte de la selección final de la primera temporada de Mexico’s Next Top Model.

La nueva supermodelo esta en México y Sony Entertainment Television llevará a más de 34 millones de hogares en América Latina todos los detalles de su formación como el nuevo talento del fashion internacional.

The Audi Q7 V12 TDI

The world’s cleanest diesel technology



When it was first rolled out three years ago, the Audi Q7 performance SUV immediately achieved a leadership position – as a sporty, comfortable as well as high-performance recreational and business vehicle on a grand scale. Now Audi is making it even better – more elegant and more efficient, with lower emissions: the Q7 3.0 TDI consumes only 9.1 liters per 100 kilometers (25.85 US mpg). And now it’s also available in a new version as a TDI clean diesel, with the world’s cleanest diesel technology and even lower fuel consumption of only 8.9 liters/100 km (26.43 US mpg).

The Q7 is the large Audi for sporty individualists, for people who are seeking a vehicle that will take them anywhere they want to go for sports, recreation, and business. Its dynamic proportions and distinctive lines express this character, and subtle modifications endow its styling with even more elegance.

The design: The language of dynamics
At the front end, the large single-frame radiator grille has been redesigned. Vertical chrome bars contrast with its black high-gloss finish. The bumpers too have been restyled. Their lower section is now painted in a contrasting black or gray, depending on the body color. The newly integrated underbody protection in the center section of the bumper has a distinctive ribbed design.

As alternatives to the standard halogen headlights, Audi offers a xenon plus variant and a new adaptive-light system that integrates not only low-beam, high-beam and a special superhighway beam but also turning and cornering lights. In conjunction with the xenon headlights, light-emitting diodes assembled to form U-shaped bands provide the daytime running lights. The front blinkers are also composed of LEDs as straight-line arrays, located at the upper edge of the air intakes.

The side view too, with its coupe-like roofline, low window area and tautly curved body surfaces, reinforces the dynamic look of the Q7. Door moldings have been modified to add interest. The lightweight alloy wheels are size 7.5 J x 18, the wheels size 235/60. In the V6 vehicles they have seven spokes, in the V8 versions they have six.

At the rear end, the bumper has also been given two-tone paintwork; the tailgate, which includes a portion of the rear pillars in an S-shaped contour, has been given a new and distinctively 3D shape in the vicinity of the license plate bracket. To reduce the weight of the Q7, the tailgate has been made of aluminum, as have the engine hood and the fenders. Standard LEDs in the tail lights create a distinctive lighting pattern.

Eleven paint finishes for the Audi Q7 include four new shades: Ibis White, Graphite Gray, metallic, Teak Brown, metallic, and Orca Black, metallic. An aluminum exterior package is optionally available from Audi: gleaming chrome bars in the bumpers and door moldings; the lower portion of the bumpers is painted in the body color; the center portion of the front apron and the diffuser are painted in a contrasting shade.

GREEN DAY ANUNCIA LA SALIDA DE SU NUEVO ÁLBUM

Green Day lanza su muy esperado octavo álbum de estudio, titulado 21st Century Breakdown, el próximo 15 de mayo de 2009. Éste es su primer disco desde su ópera de punk-rock, American Idiot, el cual debutó en #1 de las listas de Billboard, obtuvo 2 premios Grammy, promocionó 5 sencillos, y vendió más de 12 millones de copias a nivel mundial.
21st Century Breakdown está divido en tres actos: Heroes and Cons, Charlatans and Saints, y Horseshoes and Handgrenades, y acompaña a una joven pareja, Christian y Gloria, a través del desastre de este siglo hasta el momento. El repertorio de canciones incluye Know Your Enemy, 21 Guns, East Jesus Nowhere, Before the Lobotomy y Restless Heart Syndrome. En una reciente publicación, Rolling Stone se refirió al disco como más ambicioso que American Idiot y un disco de ideales hard punk con la emoción del rock clásico continuamente en ascenso.
El cantante y guitarrista Billie Joe Armstrong, el bajista Mike Dirnt, y el baterista Tre Cool han estado preparando 21st Century Breakdown desde principios del 2006, y actualmente están dando los últimos toques con el productor Butch Vig, reconocido por su trabajo con Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, entre otros.
El primer sencillo de 21st Century Breakdown es “Know Your Enema”, el cual saldrá a la radio y estará disponible en tiendas online este mes de Abril.

X-MEN ORÍGENES: WOLVERINE

Me muero por ver esta película

La historia principal de comienza con Logan en busca de consuelo, de un pasado lleno de oscuridad, trabajando como leñador en las remotas montañas rocosas de Canadá. Logan, quien encuentra el amor y la felicidad por primera vez en su muy prolongada vida, lleva una existencia aparentemente idílica con la profesora de escuela Kayla Silverfox.
Víctor Creed, también conocido como Sabretooth, posee poderes similares a los de Logan. Ambos son virtualmente indestructibles y tienen una fuerza sobrehumana y feroz. La bestialidad de Víctor abarca un estilo de pelea parecido al de los felinos, así como habilidades para saltar; en ocasiones, puede arrancarse a atacar sobre sus cuatro extremidades.
Como nos enteramos en flash-backs, Logan (nacido bajo el nombre de James Howlett) y Víctor no supieron que eran hermanos hasta que alcanzaron la adolescencia, en la secuela de lo que fue una tragedia familiar, que es cuando se materializan las distintivas furia berserker y garras de Logan. Estas últimas salen a través de su carne como hojas afiladas, convirtiéndolo en algo más y algo menos que humano. Logan y Víctor huyen de su hogar para formar un vínculo que trasciende incluso la hermandad. Como guerreros indestructibles que son, pelean juntos a través de importantes conflictos que abarcan dos siglos, incluyendo la Guerra Civil Estadounidense, la Primera y Segunda Guerra Mundial y Vietnam.
Pero Víctor aprecia la lucha mucho más que Logan. El salvajismo de Víctor en una pelea lleva a ambos a enfrentarse a un pelotón armado —pero, desde luego, simples balas no pueden detenerlos. Al reconocer sus singulares habilidades, un oficial militar, el Coronel William Stryker, les pide que se unan a un equipo especial que está conformando —una unidad militar que opera de manera clandestina conocida en los cómics como Equipo X, compuesta por mutantes con poderes que hacen al equipo invencible.
El personaje de Stryker fue presentado a las audiencias cinematográficas en “X2”, donde intenta destruir a todos los mutantes que hay en el mundo. Esa película dejaba entrever una larga historia entre Logan y Stryker, pero sólo a través de destellos rápidos en los recuerdos perdidos de Logan. Ahora, con X-MEN ORÍGENES: WOLVERINE, el impacto total que Stryker tuvo en Logan, Víctor y otros mutantes es detallado completamente.

Wolverine: Weapon X Marks The Spot This April!

The snikt hits the fan as Wolverine’s past comes back to haunt him in all new ongoing series beginning with April’s Wolverine: Weapon X #1! The fan favorite creative team of writer Jason Aaron and artist Ron Garney, who blew away readers with their previous Wolverine collaboration “Get Mystique,” reunite for one of 2009’s biggest launches! Who are the Adamantium Men? What does this have to do with Wolverine’s past? You can bet that Logan will unleash a berserker barrage on anyone who tries to create the perfect killing machine…especially if Roxxon is behind it! Acclaimed artists Olivier Coipel (Thor), Alan Davis and Adam Kubert each present stunning new variant covers you can’t miss!
Written by JASON AARON
Pencils & Cover by RON GARNEY
50/50 Variant Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Sketch Variant Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Variant Cover A by OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant Cover B by ALAN DAVIS

First images of the Murciélago LP 650-4 Roadster

Automobili Lamborghini has released the first photographs of a limited edition Murciélago LP 650-4 Roadster.

The Roadster version of the Murciélago will offer an uprated 6.5 litre V12 engine that produces 650 hp (478 kW) along with permanent four-wheel drive: hence the model’s LP 650-4 moniker. With 660 Nm of torque, top performance is at 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in 3.4 seconds. The top speed is around 330 Km/h (205mph).

The special edition model will be produced in a limited volume (50 units only), with a Grigio Telesto exterior that combines grey bodywork with a special bright orange Arancio LP 650-4 featured on the front spoiler and sills. The LP 650-4 logo applied to the car’s exterior is recognition of the car’s increased power. The car features orange brake calipers and a transparent V12-engine cover, which shows off the V12 engine behind the driver.

Interior features echo the car's striking grey-and-orange exterior: besides the orange touches, there is an asymmetric dash design, with black Alcantara Nera on the driver's side, including door panel and central tunnel, and black leather Nero Perseus on the passenger's side.

The increased power of the Murciélago engine, from 640 to 650 hp, will be unique to the Murciélago LP 650-4 Roadster: it demonstrates even further the developments that Lamborghini is able to offer from a current engine, and creates the exclusive characteristic of the Murciélago LP 650-4 Roadster.