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

The big news today!

1) Superstorm Yolanda update

DOST's Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) released the list of municipalities seen to be affected by superstorm Yolanda (world name: Haiyan). Most of the areas from the Central Visayas, including Bohol, which was stricken by the October 15 earthquake, will be affected but some parts of Luzon and Mindanao, especially Metro Manila might be affected as well.

For details: http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/11/07/1254016/list-areas-be-affected-monster-typhoon-yolanda

Oh yeah, in case where will this superstorm headed for, here's the video done by the UK's National Weather Office showing Yolanda's expected path through Sunday.



Here's the list of class suspension so far: http://www.interaksyon.com/article/74318/walang-pasok--class-suspensions-for-friday-november-8

Stay safe, everyone.

2) Bee and PuppyCat Kickstarter update

With just a week away from the deadline, backers all had the hammer down because as of now, about 12,397 backers pledged $574,512 out of the $600,000 target. Just about 30,000 left and Bee and PuppyCat finally have its series after all. Don't forget to back this project while you still can! PuppyCat needs you!

3) Ascari Race Resort to hold GT6 launch event

Ascari Race Resort

Top Gear fans will recognize this place as the Ascari Race Resort, the place where in the Series 10 finale of BBC Top Gear, the boys test the C63, M3, and the RS4 round the track. Not only that, this track appears in Jeremy Clarkson's DVDs such as Supercar Showdown and Duel. With the Ascari Race Resort now included on the upcoming Gran Turismo 6 video game on the PS3, reports confirmed that Ascari will host the launch party here.

Despite that GT6 no longer has Top Gear because of Forza 5, at least I now have the next best thing!

Report: http://www.gtplanet.net/gt6-ascari-race-resort/

4) iM@S CHANNEL adds G4U Vol. 4 and Mini Album 05 "Windy" at Shiny TV

What's new on the PS3's iM@S CHANNEL? Well, in THE iDOLM@STER SHINY TV, the Mini Album 05 "Windy" Hibiki friends contents pack is now available for 1,500 Yen. Also on iM@S CHANNEL, G4U Vol. 4 is now available for 1,500 Yen.

5) Hammond in the Beano

Hammond in The Beano

After Doctor Who, Top Gear's Richard Hammond makes a comic appearance in this issue of The Beano, on sale now.

Report: http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2013/11/06/richard-hammond-edits-the-beano/

6) Panoz considers suing Nissan over the ZEOD RC

Dr. Don Panoz, one of the people responsible on the DeltaWing project considers suing Nissan over the ZEOD RC's similarity to the DeltaWing and he's assigning somebody to investigate patent infringements. Did you know that both of the DeltaWing and the Nissan ZEOD RC were penned by Ben Bowlby and the Deltawing had Nissan branding and power for a short moment? Find out as the drama unfolds soon...

Report: http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/17/panoz-suing-nissan-over-zeod-rc-deltawing-likeness/

And BTW, Nissan DeltaWing removed from GT6 website & car list.

Report: http://www.gtplanet.net/nissan-deltawing-removed-from-gt6-website-car-list/

TTFN!!!