Tuesday, October 8, 2013

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: North Korea threatens to attack USA


North Korea warns that they will attack the USA ever since the US battleships arrived in South Korea. According to South Korean authorities, the arrival of US battleships in South Korea is all part of their Maritime Search and Rescue Exercises. They will continue monitoring the situation from the Peninsula at any time.

Mutya Datul, IHAW NA!

On the October 7, 2013's Banana Nite's IHAW NA segment, the guest of the day is none other than the beauty queen who won 2013 MISS SUPRANATIONAL, Mutya Datul.

Meanwhile, Tunting faces off with...Adele in TNT: Tapatan Ni Tunting!

What's in our Car Town garage today? (October 8, 2013)

What's in our Car Town garage today?

1974 Lancia Stratos Rally Edition

The Stratos has been proven to be a rally legend in its own right and with the Ferrari engine mounted in the middle, the Stratos managed to win the World Rally Championship in 1974, 1975 and 1976. In fact, it became so successful, Lancia managed to create 500 road-legal models for people to buy. This Stratos shown here replicates the most successful WRC machine that won 3 WRC seasons on the trot. from the Rallye Sanremo of 1974 to the Tour de Corse of 1981.

1974 Lancia Stratos Rally Edition

1974 Lancia Stratos HF

With the rally-machine Stratos became successful, Lancia agreed to produce up to 500 road-legal versions of the Stratos under the HF banner. For a bit of a trivia though, the Stratos is well known to be Lorna Endou's car of choice in the 6-part OVA ex-Driver, where a group of professional drivers roaming around futuristic Japan, saving people from autonomous cars gone haywire.

1974 Lancia Stratos HF

1993 Subaru WRX

The WRX STi model was made to be a limited edition for the first-generation Subaru Impreza from the 90's. The WRX models can be easily traced back to the Impreza's successful rally career, especially for the likes of Colin McRae. For a bit of a trivia though, this Scooby went round the Nurburgring in 8:28.93, making the WRX not just a rally-born legend but also a track weapon in its own right.

1993 Subaru WRX

Monday, October 7, 2013

The geekdom's guide to Peanut Butter Squares

"Your mom said to say I can have just one
peanut butter square but only after they're cooled down"

Now, as I'm sure you know there's one Catbug dialog from Bravest Warriors that you're particularly fond of and yes, you get that right, it was the Peanut Butter Squares. Here in the world where fangirling and tumblr is what comes in mind for a geek or nerd, we believe we want to make some peanut butter squares but as a general rule; you can have one only after they're cooled down.

After raiding through websites for some research about recipes for Peanut Butter Squares, there's a simple one that can really get you started and become BAKING BUG. Sorry about the Breaking Bad parody, someone had that shirt with the words BAKING BUG on it. Anyway...

You'll need...

  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs (about 12 squares)
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Cooking procedures:

- Mix powdered sugar and cracker crumbs in medium-sized bowl.
- Heat butter and peanut butter in 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted.
- Stir into crumb mixture.
- Press in ungreased square pan with a dimension of 8x8x2 inches.
- Heat chocolate chips in 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted.
- Spread over crumb mixture.
- Refrigerate after 30 minutes
- Cut into 6 rows by 6 rows
- Store loosely covered in refrigerator

And there we go. Your mom's peanut butter squares. You can have one but only after they're cooled down. 

The Geekdom's Guide to Peanut Butter Squares. Delicious.

Source: Pillsbury

Driving Music (What is the name of the song on car commercial?) Vol. 57


On today's DRIVING MUSIC segment, let's list down another set of five DRIVING MUSICS (car commercial songs) as heard from car TV commercials from past to present. Armed with science and technology, this segment will determine what is the name of the song on a certain car commercials.

Anyway, the list...

5) The Look of Love by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - From the Kia Optima Regal Korean TV commercial.

4) One Way Or Another by Blondie - from the latest VW Golf VII Variant "Ben and Tom" commercial.

3) Libertango by Yo-Yo Ma - from a Toyota TOYOTOWN Commercial

2) Make You Happy by MIKA - from Renault Samsung Motors Art collection commercial.

1) Limbo by Lord Tickler, The Jamaican Calypsonians - from Toyota Canada 2014 Toyota Corolla "Like You've Never Seen Before" commercial.

DRIVING MUSIC from Leopaul's Blog, where this segment solves every car enthusiasts' questions about the title of the song of car commercials...with the risk of MATCHED THIRD PARTY CONTENT on their status. Acknowledge or dispute, it's your choice.

SYRIA UPRISING: Dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons begins


Experts from the Hague-based OPCW and UN personnel assisting them begun the process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons. All eyes are on the process despite the lingering civil uprising.

Story: NHK WORLD

Wow Mali Pa Rin - 10/6/13

On the October 6, 2013 episode of Wow Mali Pa Rin...

- In this episode's OH CAM ON, PRETTY BOY's hiding from the DADDY! Do you see him?

- Job hiring - the WOW MALI way!

- Joey de Leon asks...Bakit ba elephant, tiger at lion ang ginagamit na mascot para sa pamatay ng lamok? Dapat kwago at pusa para CAT-OWL!

- Interviewer gets slapped in the face in front of celebs!

- Interviews get messy by someone messes with interviews.

- In CALL NI IDOL, Joey de Leon makes a prank call about recipe called CHICKEN ALA WOW.

- WOW BLOOPERS featuring the outtakes of Misibis Bay

Let's Do The News! (October 7, 2013)

Inside the test tube tonight or today or this morning when you woke up this morning...

- Some Bulgarian news saying that Megan Young stripped off her Miss World 2013 crown and Miss France Marine Lorphelin is the new winner. Is this true or is it just a ruse? We really don't know, neither is Megan Young who was busy in her London trip.

- 44 people died as clashes between the Muslim Brotherhood and security forces occurred on the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1973 Middle East War against Israel.

- After wars, there are floods and yes, torrential rains triggered floods in Maguindanao and North Cotabato.

- Last week, Muling Buksan ang Puso concluded but feel free to watch the outtakes from the recently ended TV drama from ABS-CBN.

- In case you missed it, actor Derek Ramsay guested on THE MEGA AND THE SONGWRITER last night.

- San Mig Coffee Mixers advanced through the PBA Governors' Cup finals!

- After the whole CASINO QUEEN involving LTO chief assistant Secretary Virginia Torres, it's official. She's retiring for good.

- Channel 4's new reality show, Sex Box, garnered tons of numerous complaints because of this different kind of concept of this show. This reality show pits couple to have a relationship in 35 minutes in front of live studio audience.

- Study shows that one-third of French companies of less than 250 employees have bin hit by cyber-attacks and number of incidents has risen by 42% since last year.

TTFN!

Super GT 2013 Round 7 Autopolis

#4 GSR HATSUNE MIKU Z4

Round 7 of the 2013 SUPER GT season was held in Autopolis Circuit and yes, despite the wet condition due to the rainy weather, there's no stopping the racers aiming for the win, especially for No. 36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 (driven by Kazuki Nakajima and James Rossiter) gunned to win at the GT500 class while No. 4 GSR HATSUNEMIKU BMW driven by Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka achieved the GT300 victor.

PRESS RELEASE:

PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 scores big come-from-behind win!
GSR HATSUNEMIKU BMW takes a second consecutive GT300 win

The SUPER GT IN KYUSHU 300km race, Round 7 of the AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, was held at the AUTOPOLIS Circuit (lap = 4.674 km x 65 laps) in Oita Pref. on Oct. 6. With unpredictable rain falling on and off there were frequent changes in the order of the cars as the race progressed, but with three laps remaining the No. 36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 (driven by Kazuki Nakajima and James Rossiter) came from behind to claim the GT500 class win. The GT300 class winner was the No. 4 GSR HATSUNEMIKU BMW driven by Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka.


With yesterday's qualifying having been cancelled due to rain and fog, the official qualifying was held this morning and the results saw the No. 38 ZENT CERUMO SC430 (Yuji Tachikawa/Kohei Hirate) win the GT500 class pole position and the No. 3 S Road NDDP GT-R (Kazuki Hoshino/Daiki Sasaki) take the GT300 class pole.

The afternoon brought the start of the race at exactly 14:00 under cloudy skies. From pole position the ZENT CERUMO SC430 (Kohei Hirate) made a good start and began to steadily open up a margin of lead over the pack. Behind it the followed two NISSAN GT-R cars, the No. 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (Ronnie Quintarelli) and the No. 1 REITO MOLA GT-R (Satoshi Motoyama), and behind them came the No.18 Weider Modulo HSV-010 (Naoki Yamamoto), the No.12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R (Tsugio Matsuda) and the No.36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 (James Rossiter).
In the middle stages of the race light rain began to fall on and off, causing parts of the track to become very slippery and the presence of scattered bits of rubber from the tires made for very difficult conditions that caused some spinouts and machine collisions. Despite this, the No. 38 ZENT CERUMO SC430 continued to run at a steady pace in the lead until the wheel was turned over to Yuji Tachikawa for the second half of the race. Meanwhile, behind the leader the order of cars was changing constantly.
In the latter stages of the race, the No. 36 PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 (Kazuki Nakajima) and the No. 17 KEIHIN HSV-010 (Koudai Tsukakoshi), having emerged from the battle for survival in the pack, were chasing the ZENT CERUMO SC430 in the lead.
However, with about eight laps remaining in the race, the pace of the ZENT CERUMO SC430 began to slow until the top three machines were all within one second of each other and battling fiercely. Finally, having the fastest pace, Nakajima in the PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 managed to pass Tachikawa in the ZENT CERUMO SC430 with three laps remaining. Once in the lead the PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 ran on to win the race and claim its second victory of the season following the one in Round 2 at Fuji Speedway. This win moved the Nakajima/Rossiter pair up into 2nd position in the season standings. By finishing 2nd in this race, the ZENT CERUMO SC430 pair of Tachikawa/Hirate moved into 1st position in the standings.

In the GT300 class race, the No. 4 GSR HATSUNEMIKU BMW (Tatsuya Kataoka) starting from 8th position on the grid ran strongly to rise to 3rd position in the early stages of the race and then moved into 2nd position after the routine pit stop. With Nobuteru Taniguchi now at the wheel, he charged on steadily despite the slippery track and was able to catch and pass the leading No. 50 Exe Aston Martin (driven first by Hideto Yasuoka and then Masaki Kano) and went on to win the race. This was the second win in a row for Taniguchi and Kataoka, having won Round 6 at Fuji, and it moved them up to 2nd position in the season standings. After starting from pole position, the No. 3 S Road NDDP GT-R (Daiki Sasaki to Kazuki Hoshino) had to retire from the race eventually with machine trouble. The No.16 MUGEN CR-Z GT (Hideki Mutoh to Yuhki Nakayama struggled to finish in 8th position and add two season points to their total, which kept them in the Mutoh/Nakayama pair on top in the standings and poised to take the first championship title ever for a hybrid machine in the final round.

Source: Super GT

This has got to be a record breaker! The 2013 SUPER GT Season is on the finale and it all ends November 2 to 3 at Twin Ring Motegi!

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.


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.

Sunday, October 6, 2013

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!