THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER 15 Sakura no Koro

Spring has arrived and so is the latest installment of THE IDOLM@STER STARLIGHT MASTER CD range, inspired by THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage app game, where the latest song has the feeling that it's already the dawn of spring.

THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS
STARLIGHT MASTER 15 Sakura no Koro

For this installment, the highlight song is titled Sakura no Koro and it was performed by Yoshino Yorita (CV: Yuuki Takada), Sae Kobayakawa (CV: Rika Tachibana), Karin Domyoji (CV: Hiyori Nitta), Ayame Hamaguchi (CV: Masumi Tazawa), and Tamami Wakiyama (CV: Misa Kayama). This song is the definitive point that Spring is already here and it's the perfect time to listen to this extended version after you spent days mastering it from DEBUT to MASTER.

If you enjoyed this song, you can check out two new songs such as the one made for Frederica Miyamoto (CV: Asami Takano), titled フレデリカ、猫やめるよ, and the last one is キミのそばでずっと by Karin Domyoji (CV: Hiyori Nitta), Ayame Hamaguchi (CV: Masumi Tazawa), and Tamami Wakiyama (CV: Misa Kayama).

Enjoy the herald of spring with the newest additions to your STARLIGHT STAGE playlist and be sure to keep playing THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage for more. Enjoy!

TRACK LISTINGS:

01 桜の頃 (M@STER VERSION)

02 フレデリカ、猫やめるよ

03 キミのそばでずっと

04 桜の頃 (M@STER VERSION) オリジナル・カラオケ

05 フレデリカ、猫やめるよ オリジナル・カラオケ

06 桜の頃 (GAME VERSION)

07 キミのそばでずっと (GAME VERSION)

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: Former president Lee Myung-bak appears before prosecution

Former South Korean leader Lee Myung-bak offered an apology to the people as he appeared for prosecution questioning over corruption allegations that include bribery and abuse of power.

The fifth former South Korean president who will face a prosecution investigation stood before local and foreign reporters. He told reporters "I am deeply sorry for causing concern to the public at a time when our economy is struggling and regional security is at stake."

Lee, who was president from 2009 to 2013, is suspected of taking a total of 10.3 million dollars in bribes from the National Intelligence Service as well as Samsung and others, including from a former chief of a major banking group, around the time of his election win and in the early years of his term in office. He also face suspicions that he was involved in huge illegal funds made through auto parts maker DAS.

Prosecutors believe Lee abused his presidential power and ordered his office and foreign ministry to help the auto parts company recover the money. He has denied all accusations, denouncing the investigation as political retaliation by the current administration of liberal President Moon Jae-in.

Source: Arirang News

Let's Do The News! (March 14, 2018)

- President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his support for Bong Go running for senatorial candidacy even before he Go decides on what to do with his political career in relation to next year's mid-term elections. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar disclosed to DZRH Wednesday morning that during his talk with the chief executive late Tuesday night, Duterte gave his categorical support to his longtime trusted aide, hours before an event dubbed, “Ready, Set, GO!” is held at the Ilustrado Restaurant in Manila to convince Go to run for the Senate.

- Despite proposals to postpone it, the Commission on Elections continues to prepare for the scheduled Barangay and SK elections. According to COMELEC spokesman James Jimenez, as far as they are concern, the election will push through as long as there is no signed legislation for its postponement.

- The United States handed over six surveillance drones to the Philippines yesterday as part of efforts to boost its ability to tackle a growing threat from Islamic extremists and natural disasters.

- US President Donald Trump announced a massive national security shakeup that critics slammed it for being an absolute disaster for the nation and some Democrats may be going along. Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and wants to replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, a Kansas Republican who supports pro-government torture. Also, Trump wants to fill Pompeo's post to Deputy Director Gina Haspel, who ran a Thai prison that routinely waterboarded and tortured prisoners.

- Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76, as confirmed by his family. Hawking was renowned for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books including A Brief History of Time. At the age of 22 Stephen Hawking was given only a few years to live after being diagnosed with a rare form of motor neurone disease. That illness left him wheelchair-bound and unable to talk except through a voice synthesiser.

- Amidst the criticisms being received for her comments to Miss World Philippines 2016 Catriona Gray, who is currently a contestant for the 2018 Miss Philippines, Bb. Pilipinas - Intercontinental 2017 Katarina Rodriguez called Bb. Pilipinas - International 2017 Mariel De Leon as "one of the nices and most passionate ladies".

- Lamborghini produced their 10,000th Huracan after four years.

- Polestar has opened pre-orders for the first-ever Polestar 1 PHEV sportscar in Europe as well as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and China.

- Suzuki stopped the production of their third-generation Jimny mini-offroader.

- Subaru teases their fifth-generation Forester ahead of its New York Auto Show premiere at the end of March.

Teaser for 5th-generation Subaru Forester

- Bandai Namco Rights Marketing will gain full control of Anime Consortium Japan and then dissolves it.

- One of the members of the singing unit Kalafina will leave the group.

TTFN!!!

Stars of 2018 Geneva Motor Show

Toyota GT Supra Racing Concept

The 88th Geneva International Motor Show runs at the Palexpo until the 18th of March, 2018, and there has been a plethora of new and exciting models debuted as well as concepts previewing the future of motoring such as the return of "the sports of Toyota" as well as the sneak preview of the second generation Formula E machine due for next season. So, while you were there to check out the cool cars, let's list down the stars of the show.

2019 Seat Cupra Ateca

2019 Abarth 124 GT Hardtop

2019 Alfa Romeo 4C Competizione

2019 Alfa Romeo 4C Italia

2019 Alfa Romeo Giulia NRING

2019 Alfa Romeio Stelvio NRING

2019 Aston Martin Vantage

2019 Audi A6

2019 Bentley Bentayga Hybrid

2019 BMW 2-Series Active Tourer

2019 BMW 2-Series Gran Tourer

2019 BMW X4

2019 Bugatti Chiron Sport

2019 Citroen Berlingo Multispace

2019 Citroen C4 Cactus

2018 Seat Cupra Ibiza Concept

2019 Ferrari 488 Pista

2019 Fiat 124 Spider S-Design

2019 Jaguar I-Pace

2019 Lamborghini Huracan Spyder Performante

2018 Lotus 3-Eleven 430

2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class

2019 Mercedes-AMG GT 4-door

2019 Mercedes-Benz C-Class

2019 Mercedes-AMG G63

2019 Mercedes-Benz G-Class

2019 MINI Hatch

2019 MINI Cabrio

2019 Peugeot 508

2019 Peugeot Rifter

2018 Pininfarina H2 SHT Concept

2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS

2019 Land Rover Range Rover SV Coupe

2019 Rimac C_Two

2019 Skoda Fabia

2019 Smart EQ ForTwo

2019 Smart EQ ForFour

2019 Volvo V60

2019 Zenvo TSR-S

...and more.

URL: https://www.carscoops.com/2018/03/2018-geneva-motor-show-z-debut-car-guide/

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: Moon says fate of Korean Peninsula on his summits

South Korean leader Moon Jae-in is asked the nation's support for the successful arrangements of the historic summits ahead while his key officials met regional powers in China and Japan.

With the two Koreas' decision to hold a historic summit in late April and the US President Donald Trump's decision to accept talks with Kim Jong Un this May, President Moon remains extra cautious in taking the process forward.

While he pleaded for support for the success of the upcoming talks overseas, his key officials started carrying out President Moon's efforts to bring regional powers on board.

In Beijing, President Moon's National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong sat down with Chinese President Xi Jinping for 35 minutes on Monday as another delegation headed to Tokyo to brief Japanese officials on the attempts to open talks with Pyongyang on its nuclear and missile program.

The Chinese leader told South Korean official that China is "on the same page" with Seoul and that he hopes for a smooth inter-Korean summit while giving credit to the South for great progress in getting North Korea and the US to agree to dialogue.

In Tokyo, South Korea's National Intelligence Service chief Suh Hoon met with the Japanese Foreign minister. Taro Konno said Japan would work closely with Seoul and Washington calling the situation a near "miracle." Chung will travel from Beijing to Moscow later this week to speak to Russian officials.

Suh is scheduled to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga before returning to Seoul on Tuesday.

Source: Arirang News

Let's Do The News! (March 13, 2018)

- Senator Franklin Drilon says that the Philippines' "weak" party system is the main reason behind the deterioration of the Liberal Party and the rise of political butterflies. According to the Senate minority leader, the shrinking number of LP members is a reflection of the weakness of the Philippine political party system that is largely personality-based instead of platform-based.

- An alleged drug pusher, who sells illegal drugs to students, has been arrested in Mabalacat City, Pampanga, last weekend. The suspect is currently in the hospital after resisting arrest during an operation of the PDEA Region 3 on Sunday night.  The suspect tried to ward off arrest in Daang Bakal St., Brgy. Dan Mabalacat City, Pampanga.

- PAGASA could officially declare the start of the summer season by April once the northeast monsoon, known as amihan, no longer affects the Philippines.

- Yesterday, a portion of the Laguna Lake highway is now open for public motoring use. This portion is part of the Duterte administration's BUILD BUILD BUILD campaign. This portion will reduce the travel time from Bicutan to Taytay from an hour to 30 minutes.

- Rescue workers recovered severely burnt bodies from the wreckage of a Bangladeshi aircraft that crashed while coming to land at Nepal's Kathmandu airport on Monday, according to reports. There were 71 people on board the plane and 17 had been rescued so far.

- Senator Elizabeth Warren is under attack for her willingness to fight hard against destroying Dodd-Frank and gutting regulations on big Wall Street banks. She wasn't shy about calling out her fellow Democrats for backing the bill that could set up yet another bailout of the big banks. 16 Democrats voted to move that bill forwards which puts working families and businesses at risk.

- Brabham returns with a teaser of their first vehicle called the BT62.



- Watch what happens when the new Range Rover Sport SVR takes on the Tianmen Road.



- A movie version of the hit Dragon Ball Super TV series is coming this December with franchise creator Akira Toriyama served as the film's writer and character designer.

- Actor Mark Anthony Fernandez returns to ABS-CBN after 12 years and he is set to be part in the upcoming episode of FPJ's Ang Probinsyano.

- Aiza Seguerra steps down from being the chairperson of the National Youth Commission.

- Actress Jodi Sta. Maria congratulates Kapuso actress and former child star Camille Parts on her role in GMA's new late morning drama, Ang Forever Ko'y Ikaw. Sta. Maria played as two protagonists of ABS-CBN's drama series, Sana Dalawa ang Puso, which is the direct competitor of GMA's new series.

TTFN!!!

2018 Verizon IndyCar Series - Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

It's a new season for the Verizon IndyCar Series and it kicked off with a 110 lap race at the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg where spectators are witnessing who will spearhead this new season when the race ends.

This race has been one heck of a accident-prone match, which is quite a messy way to start this season. At the start, we see Robert Wiggins and Will Power gunning for the lead but ended up in a minor accident, then followed by Tony Kanaan got involved in a minor accident as well. Also, Scott Dixon made the unexpected when his passing through Takuma Sato on Lap 35 gone wrong but braved his way through sixth place. In the latter stages of the race, just as we though Robert Wiggins has no problems driving through St. Petersburg but some fender-bender prompted this race for a late race restart, where Alexander Rossi and Wiggins got involved in a fender bender that send the rookie crashing with the wall.

Sebastien Bourdais, the Frenchman, is named the winner of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, followed by Graham Rahal, and Alexander Rossi.

Highlights: https://www.indycar.com/Videos/2018/03/03-11-St-Pete-Remix

Next race is on ISM Raceway for the Phoenix Grand Prix this April 7th.

WRC 2018: Rally Guanajuato Mexico

Out goes the snow, in goes the dust as the 2018 World Rally Championship heads to Guanajuato, Mexico, for their third round of this season and this round packs with surprises. With the legendary Sebastien Loeb returning to Citroen to check things out for the team as well as some bloopers by Kris Meeke while powersliding through a garden pot, this Mexican leg of this season could get even more surprising.

At the first stage of this race, Thierry Neuville of Hyundai spearheads the match through the narrow mining tunnels of Guanajuato but in the next stage, Kris Meeke takes over, and then Dani Sordo on stage 3. Sordo's reign lasted for two stages and ended by Kris Meeke. In Stage 11, meanwhile, it was a shocking turn of events when the legendary Sebastien Loeb charges into Mexico lead but in Stage 14, following punctures from Loeb and Sordo, M-Sport Ford's Sebastien Ogier. In the latter stages of Mexico, Meeke crashes while Ogier netted his fourth win at Rally Guanajuato, his 42nd win of his career.

The overall time Ogier set during the Guanajuato match is 3:54:08.0, 1:03.6 ahead of Hyundai's Sordo, and 1:19.2 ahead of Meeke.

Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FQFJ7FxESc&list=PLODyu6T9_emwQfBLDuxCiyb2jPrDuCZn9

The next race will be at Corsica for the Corsica Linea Tour de Corse on the 5th to the 8th of April, 2018.

2018 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup - TicketGuardian 500

The NASCAR Goes West continues at Phoenix, Arizona's ISM Raceway for the TicketGuardian 500, continuing the epic Wild Wild West shootout of NASCAR's best and wildest stars ever assembled.

So, how are things going along at the ISM Raceway? Well, at Stage 1, Kyle Busch nailed it, but then on lap 121, Kyle Larsen's #42 car thrown caution while Kurt Busch wins Stage 2. On Lap 191, the #21 car's rear got crashed.

Kevin Harvick scored his 40th win of his career, his third win at a row this season, at the end of the TicketGuardian 500 race at ISM Raceway. By winning the race, Harvick is placed with Mark Martin on the all-time wins list with 40.

Next race is at Auto Club Speedway on the 18th for the Auto Club 400.

NatWest 6 Nations 2018: ROUND 4

The NatWest 6 Nations rugby championship is now on its penultimate round and with the season finale draws near, the tension between Europe's best rugby teams continue to heat up as the fight for the title is nearing its climax.

NatWest 6 Nations 2018 ROUND 4

In this fourth round of this season, the match between Wales and Italy is a spectacle to behold as they've scored five tries to move themselves up to second placer after defeating Italy at the score of 38-14. George North scored two victorious tries in the match while Hadleigh Parkes, the man of the match, Cory Hill, and Justin Tipuric contributed the WRU for the win. The Welsh do really are a force to be reckoned with.

Behind the battle, the IRFU defeated Scotland at the score of 28-8 while the FFR beats England at the score of 22-16.

HIGHLIGHTS:

The final round of this season's NatWest 6 Nations Rugby begins on March 17 with Italy vs. Scotland, England vs. Ireland, and Wales vs. France. Who will be this season's winner? Watch for it soon!

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: Trump says North Korea talks could fail or bring ‘greatest deal’

Last weekend, US President Donald Trump said that his planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could fail or result in “the greatest deal for the world” to ease nuclear tensions between the two countries.

“I may leave fast” if progress does not seem possible, Trump said at a campaign rally for Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone in western Pennsylvania. Trump said he believes North Korea wants to make peace and that, “I think it’s time.”

A time and place to meet has not yet been set, although the meeting is supposed to happen by the end of May.

“Who knows what’s going to happen?” said Trump, who added that if the meeting takes place, “I may leave fast or we may sit down and make the greatest deal for the world.”

Trump made the shocking decision on Thursday to meet with Kim after the North Korean leader’s invitation was relayed by a South Korean delegation who visited the White House. The move abruptly reversed decades of U.S. policy aimed at preventing North Korea from developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

Earlier in Washington, Trump sought to rally international support for a potential summit, saying North Korea had agreed to not conduct another missile test until after proposed meetings had taken place.

Source: Reuters

Let's Do The News! (March 12, 2018)

- The Philippine foreign minister condemned last weekend at the United Nations' human right chief for issuing “irresponsible and disrespectful” comments about President Rodrigo Duterte, warning such remarks could set a dangerous precedent. Duterte’s attacks against U.N. human rights activists suggest he needs to see a psychiatrist, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein told a news conference on Friday.

- According to PAGASA, the Northeast Monsoon will last until the middle of the week as the summer season in the Philippines draws near.

- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency encouraged the public not to vote barangay officials and councilors that are involved in illegal drugs operations. According to PDEA Chief Aaron Aquino, the said officials, which include 143 barangay chairmen and 146 conuncilors, do not deserve to be elected again and serve the government.

- Following the attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter with Nerve Gas last week, the health implications of the nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his adult daughter broadened Sunday after British officials said limited traces of contamination were found in a restaurant and a pub in the English city of Salisbury. Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found comatose on a bench near the restaurant and a pub on the 4th of March. Several hundred people would have been in the establishments that day and the day after, according to experts.

- Last weekend, a gunman named Albert Wong, a 36-year-old army veteran, killed three hostages at a Northern California veterans' home and later killed by authorities. In the latest report, the hostage taker in question have suffered from bipolar disorder, various physical ailments, and anger issues.

- The Lamborghini Urus SUV is becoming a strong seller for the Italian sports car brand as 70% of purchasers are new to the brand and more female buyers are attracted to it.

- Mercedes-AMG plans to send their Project One hypercar to the Nurburgring to smash the lap record set by Porsche's 991.2-spec 911 GT2 RS.

- The Camaro ZL1-based Hennessey Exorcist just literally exorcised the Dodge Challenger Demon on a drag strip with a 0-60mph time of 2.1 seconds.

- Actress Jessy Mendiola reveals that she's getting depressed due to body-shaming.

- Frankie Pangilinan, the daughter of Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan and actress Sharon Cuneta,  went to the prom last weekend.

TTFN!!!