F1 2013 Korean GP

F1 2013

Ah South Korea, it maybe in a brink of being nuked by its North neighbor but Yeongam must go on for the F1 racers, even for Sebastian Vettel from Red Bull even though it maybe an incident-filled race, he still managed to beat the odds, surviving two safety-car restarts to lead home the Lotus duo of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean, with Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg a superb fourth.

Story: FORMULA ONE OFFICIAL

With Vettel 77 points ahead of Alonso, this young German might aim for the F1 2013 Champion title at Suzuka Circuit next week but with four more races, the other racers can still win the war.

SYRIA UPRISING: Assad says Turkey will pay high price

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad warns Turkey that they will pay a heavy price for backing insurgents fighting to oust him. It was stated during an interview with Turkish television aired on Friday and he also warned that Islamic extremist groups will eventually turn against Turkey. He also said that he will run for next year's elections if he sees that the Syrian people want him to stay on.

STORY: NHK WORLD

Let's Do The News! (October 6, 2013)

The big science today...

- US Government Shutdown is now on its 5th day and Congress and President Barack Obama have yet to negotiate an end to the government shutdown

- The Olympic flame for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games has been handed over to the Russians at a ceremony in Athens, Greece.

- New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez sues the Major League Baseball over the doping scandal since they suspend him for 211 games from August through 2014 for doping offences. Rodriguez appealed the ban and continued to play until the season ender.

- Happy 50th birthday to the Chevrolet Malibu!

- The second chapter of The Hobbit, titled The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, may not hit theaters until mid-December 2013 but here's the trailer of the said film. Yes, Martin Freeman returns as protagonist Bilbo Baggins and he's facing off against a dragon named Smaug (surprisingly voiced by Sherlock lead actor Benedict Cumberbatch).



- The folks from Rays of Sunshine posted a clip of Top Gear's Richard Hammond granting a wish of a little girl suffered from a certain illness to ride with him on a pink-colored Lamborghini sportscar.



TTFN!

Cars GT6 Should Put (Volume 12)

In a galaxy far far away, just off our backyard, lies Leopaul's Blog; boldly pushing the boundaries of car culture because there's some CARS GT6 SHOULD PUT.



Cars like...

1) Daihatsu Tanto Custom RS '13

WHY: The all new third generation Daihatsu Tanto was recently launched this week and this new version is on a tough battle against the Honda N BOX and the Suzuki Spacia. Even though it's 1km/L less than the Spacia, this new model sells quite well and as of now, it's on the top three best selling cars in Japan, falling behind the Toyota Aqua and the new Honda Fit. The model I'm interested was the Custom version, more importantly the Custom RS version because of its stylish looks and a turbocharged 660cc engine that redefines the KING OF SMALL slogan.



2) Ford Escape Titanium '13

WHY: Possible to call it Escape or Kuga? Don't care which but best to stick with Escape and oh, the EcoBoost engine that powers it provides this crossover with the added power and the added fuel economy it deserves. I sure wanna wish I wanna try this one offroad if GT6 has the chance to give this new Escape a slot on their list.



3) Honda Odyssey Absolute '13

WHY: In the previous installments, the Odyssey we have is a third-generation model but what we really want for a brand new Gran Turismo game is feature the latest installment of the Odyssey minivan. I wanna see how does the new model stacks up against the old one...well sadly, only the third generation Odyssey was featured in the game so...it's less likely to be popped up.



4) Seat Ibiza Cupra '13

WHY: The previous Gran Turismo games only featured the old Type 6L Ibiza but I want GT6 to feature the latest Ibiza Cupra complete with the 1.4 TSi engine which generates 180PS of power. Please GT6, feature the latest Seat Ibiza Cupra in the game!

5) Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG '11

WHY: As of now, the second-generation CLS63 AMG, like any other AMG models with the 5.5L V8 Twin-Turbo engine, remains of the best cars never featured in a video game. Although it attracts huge attention in the motoring press because of its perfect balance of style and performance, so far no video games brave enough to feature it. What's going on with them? But still, GT6, please feature the CLS63 AMG while you can!!!

The results please? So, if Polyphony's still on the rethinking process whether these cars I've mentioned will be featured on Gran Turismo 6, whether in game or as a DLC, you can't say that I didn't had a bit to do with that.

Take that to Kaz Yamauchi!

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: S.Koreans send flyers protesting postponed reunion

A group of South Korean activists released balloons carrying flyers calling for North Korea to resume the postponed reunion originally meant to be started last month. The group released 10 huge balloons with 200,000 flyers attached from a border city near Seoul, carrying messages criticizing North Korea's decision to put off the planned reunion as well as DVDs containing movies criticizing North Korea's human rights abuses.

Story: NHK WORLD

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: N.Korea criticizes S.Korean leader by name

North Korea denounced South Korean President Park Geun-hye by name for a speech she gave at Tuesday's Armed Forces Day ceremony in Seoul. In the address, Park vowed to achieve SoKor's preemptive strike capabilities for defensive purposes and establish its own ballistic missile-defense system at an early date in order to get Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear arms program. The statement from North Korea's National Defense Commission said that Park should brace for a rain of fire from North Korean forces.

STORY: NHK WORLD

Let's Do The News! (October 5, 2013)

The big science today...

- US Government Shutdown continues on its 4th day and the US congressional standoff continues.

- BF, GF, Exes, beware as the Californian government, despite in the US Shutdown, passed a law criminalizing what is known to be as revenge porn, the distribution of private, explicit photos of other people on the net, usually by ex-lovers of spouses, for humiliation,

- Yesterday, there was a massive rally going on in Makati City, in a bid against the controversial pork barrel issue. However, there's one report that really got us into chuckles and it's straight from GMA News TV's QRT where the reporter said..."Dumagsa ang mga tae". I'm sorry but...the poops are rallying? Howdy how...

- The best fan-made Hyundai Maxcruz (Santa Fe LWB) zombie survival machine is going to featured on this year's New York Comic Con this October 10 to 13, 2013 as part of the collaboration between Hyundai Motor Company and The Walking Dead, which the fourth season premieres this October 13 on AMC.

- Nearly 24,000 units of Ford Focus Electric and C-MAX models will be recalled by Ford because of door chime problems.

- Continuing on the Fukushima Crisis issue, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Corporation) resumed operation of a new wastewater treatment system at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant after a half-day suspension. It was reported that a system failure stopped the Advanced Liquid Processing System.

TTFN!