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US Open Grand Slam Tournament will still be Held

Hurricane Irene was passing through New York does not cause significant damage in the arena of the ongoing U.S. Open grand slam tournament. The last Grand slam of the year will still take place as scheduled on Monday (29 / 8). Although back two hours, the first match will take place at Arthur Ashe Stadium at 1pm. While the entrance of Billie Jean King tennis center will be open to the public at 10 am. Several seeded players who will play there the first day include eighth seed Mardy Fish who face Tobias Kamke and third seed Roger Federer will play Colombian Santiago Giraldo. Schedule of matches: Arthur Ashe Stadium: Tobias Kamke (GER) v Mardy Fish (USA x8) Heather Watson (GBR) v Maria Sharapova (RUS x3) Vesna Dolonts (RUS) v Venus Williams (USA) Roger Federer (SUI x3) v Santiago Giraldo (COL) Louis Armstrong Stadium Ryan Harrison (USA) v Marin Cilic (CRO x27) Petra Kvitova (CZE x5) v Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM) Stephanie Foretz-Gacon (FRA) v Vera Zvonareva (RUS x2)

Irene Hurricane Disrupt Flight Schedules

Hurricane Irene which hit the east coast of the United States impact on the closure of a number of the busiest airports in the country. As a result, there was a cancellation of about more than 8 thousand flight schedule this weekend. As reported by AFP on Sunday (08/28/2011), along the U.S. east coast region suffered power outages after the hurricane Irene. As many as 2 million people forced to evacuate, where the half comes from the state of New Jersey. Also quite a large impact on the operational means of mass transportation. In addition to the subway and the bus is not enabled, the airport also closed. Super busy airports in New York City, like John F. Kennedy International (JFK) Airport, LaGuardia and Newark have stopped the activity of its flights since Saturday (27 / 8), at 22.00 local time. All three airports are declared to be closed until Monday (29 / 8). To quote site that tracks the arrival and departure of each flight in the U.S., flightaware.com,on Saturday (27

Irene Hurricane Sweeps New York

Irene hurricane finally hit the state of New York on Sunday (28 / 8) morning local time. Skyscrapers buildings in Manhattan, New York City, hit by a super strong winds, and even floods threaten the financial area of the 'Big Apple'. Accompanied by heavy rain, thunder and high winds, Irene storm strucks New York with an ever-increasing speed. From the initial speed of 80 km / h, the speed of hurricane Irene continues to rise at dawn to 128 km / hour. New York which is known as the 'city that never sleeps', this time just like a ghost town. Because, as many as 370 thousand citizens have been evacuated to avoid flooding will occur. Region office on Wall Street and Coney Island was deserted and silent. The whole mass transportation is also not operating. Subway, bus, and even ferry to the famous Staten Island also have not operated. Not behind airports in New York- JFK airport - which has been notoriously busy, also closed due to hurricane Irene. Not visible act

Virginia Earthquake

An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale Tuesday afternoon local time, August 23, 2011, rocked the territory of the United States, ranging from Anderson in South Carolina to Toronto, Canada. The shock of earthquake was also felt in the White House, the Pentagon (U.S. Defense Department), and Capitol Hill (Congress Building). Furor occurred when thousands of workers in the White House, Pentagon, and various skyscrapers buildings in New York City run came pouring out. In fact, employees at the Pentagon had thought there were terrorist attacks. United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake was centered Louisa, about 64 kilometers north of the City of Richmond, Virginia State, with a depth of nearly 3.7 miles. Two old nuclear reactor that is not far from the epicenter immediately turned off. There is no tsunami early warning as a result of this earthquake. USGS spokesperson said that this is the strongest quake that struck Virginia since 1897. This is one of

M 5.8 Earthquake Rocks Virginia

Magnitude 5.8 Richter scale earthquake occurred Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51 PM at 38 miles outside of Richmond, Virginia. Earthquake rocked the East Coast United States, from Virginia to Boston on, as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey . The quake centered in Mineral VA, located 135 km (84 miles) from Washington DC. Its depth reaches 3.7 miles or about 6 km. Until this news was revealed there has been no reports of casualties or damage. However, the Pentagon and the Capitol building immediately evacuated, as well as buildings in the City of New York. Meanwhile, people were seen running into the street to save themselves. Magnitude 5.8 Richter scale Date-Time Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:04 UTC Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:04 PM at epicenter Location 37.936°N, 77.933°W Depth 6 km (3.7 miles) Region VIRGINIA Distances 8 km (5 miles) SSW (195°) from Mineral, VA 11 km (7 miles) SSE (148°) from Louisa, VA 29 km (18 miles) NE (45°) from Columbia, VA

9 Types of Attacks That Most Common On Facebook

Facebook is the most popular social networking site today. With the popularity of Facebook that crisscross around the world to various groups, the fraudsters also use it for profit. Facebook is now filled with various scams and viruses, with the increasing number of reports of people fooled. If you are a loyal user of Facebook, the following is the ninth most common type of scam is found in Facebook to watch. 1. Clickjacking Ever seen an application that asks you to write html code in the browser url address? It's called clickjacking. This code makes you grant access to foreign applications for entrance to your Facebook profile, one of their misleading claims such as "Find Out Who's Spying You!" 2. Fake Friend Request Have got friend requests from strangers who do not you know? This may be due to a bot that is programmed specifically to expand the fraudsters social network for its own purposes. You may think no problem to add new friends, but you do not know i

Kim Kardashian Wedding

After had passed through the journey of love with Ray J, Reggie Bush, and several other men, and the last Kris Humphries, who managed to walk the aisle with Kim Kardashian. They both were married on Saturday (20/08/2011) night in Montecito, California. Kim's stepfather, Bruce Jenner to accompany the bride to the altar while the Mason to be the ring bearer for them. Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian to be a bridesmaid along with Kendall, Kylie Jenner, and Humphries' sister, Kaela. While Rob Kardashian attend as bridesmaids men. Kim Kardashian wore a wedding dress designed by Vera Wang. The dress is ivory colored with a tile as a skirt and lace accents are made by hand. While Kris is wearing a tuxedo and black trousers with shirt and white bow tie from Ermenegildo Zegna. For the reception, Kim replaced by two other dresses which both are designed by Vera Wang. While Kris wore a black tuxedo, white shirt and black bow tie. Similarly, as reported by Aceshowbiz Sunday (08/21/

Rosanne Coker, Daniel Radcliffe's Girlfriend

Are you Harry Potter fans? of course you familiar with Daniel Radcliffe, starring Harry Potter. There is latest news about the star, he just showing off his new beautiful girlfriend! Recently, Daniel Radcliffe looks a walk and took a tenderly hand of a brunette haired girl in New York. And the pretty girl is certainly not just friends! The name of a very lucky girl to be 'Harry Potter' girlfriend is Rosanne Coker, as reported by Dailymail.co.uk. Rosanne is the daughter of a painter and decorator in the set of Harry Potter. The couple first met in the movie HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE at 2007, where Rosanne worked as a production assistant. Since then, both recorded already worked together in four films, including the last three Harry Potter films, and 'The Woman In Black'. In fact they will once again scheduled to meet in 'HAMMER', the film will be released next year. Daniel Radcliffe - Rosanne Coker Couple began to close and dating la

Let Us Playing Games in Google +

Google adding game service on Google+ . Like the Facebook social media, games on Google + can also be played in groups. Although the number of games in the Google + is still small, but the kind of games provided quite interesting. For example, Angry Birds from the Rovio, Blitz Bejeweled from PopCap Games, and Zynga Poker Yes, Zynga Poker made by Zynga game developer who had established strong ties with Facebook through the game Farmville, CityVille, and Mavia Wars. Zynga name became popular because of various widely used game on Facebook. The company has also been made ​​square off to go public claimed to have earned a profit of U.S. $ 90 million from total sales of U.S. $ 597 million throughout 2010. Why is Zynga now want to put the game on Google +, which obviously is a Facebook rival? Quoting New York Times report, Google has invested in Zynga. Google puts the game application at the top of the newsfeeds feature. Here, the user can choose a circle of friends which they woul

Chinese Aircraft Carrier

China's first aircraft carrier, Shi Lang, which conducted its first sea trial to simulate landing fighter jets on Saturday (13 / 8) The Global Times reported. Landing fighter jets carried out when weather conditions allow, but fighter jets take off in a moment near the aircraft carrier replaced the real landing, according to trusted sources quoted by The Global Times, Friday (12 / 8). The source adds jet fighter that used the local production of J-15 Flying Shark. This simulation aimed to test the radar system and an optical landing aircraft carrier, after leaving the Dalian shipyard to begun sea trials. A Public Relations staff of the Ministry of National Defense declined to comment on the news the Global Times, he said there was no news about the aircraft carrier. Liaoning Maritime Safety Administration made announcement Wednesday (10 / 8), prohibiting navigation and radio communications at a radius of 31.5 miles on Saturday (13 / 8) around the Bohai Sea Northeas

Face in the Clouds in New Brunswick

Contents in this video will look like the special effects of Hollywood. But this phenomenon does occur in Grand Falls- New Brunswick, Canada. In the video uploaded by 'denisfarmer' on on Aug 1, 2011 at YouTube which is also uploaded to accuweather.com, it appears the clouds are moving fast as they are commonly occurs in a big storms. At that moment, a facial profile appeared...OMG Even, it resembles the face of the President of the United States, 16 Abraham Lincoln. Clouds that are rapidly changing and growing up to bring those face. In addition, it takes a little luck to see these clouds as the face. Because, for people with Pareidolia, the technical trend of the same brain looks for patterns in random objects, will not recognize the face. However, humans are generally accustomed to seeing the face. How do you think? Very interesting, right?

Jennifer Aniston is Planning to Get Married

Jennifer Aniston and her boyfriend, Justin Theroux is planning to get married. They also want to have children soon. This idea came upon their return from a vacation in Kauai, Hawaii. A source quoted from the pages of Us Magazine, Wednesday, August 10, 2011 said that They are planning a family. She (Aniston) is to feel anxious about life after this. She felt this was the right time to make it happen. They both wanted to make it happen. Her desire was welcomed by her partner. Theroux agreed Aniston idea to have a baby. To realize her dream; Aniston ensure that her body in prime condition to conceive. She doing detoxification with frequent yoga also employs a cook, said the source. The friends of Aniston are not surprised by the idea that seemed in a hurry to become a mother. She never felt like this against a man before, since splitting from Brad Pitt. Many times dating a guy, always ended in separation. They seem in a hurry, but each knew that they loved each other, added

The Deadliest Crash Killed 25 Navy SEALs

Mystery of the fall of U.S. helicopters in Afghanistan, which killed 38 people in it, began to lift. Local government spokesman and commander of Afghan forces in the area said the helicopter crashed after being hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) fired by Taliban. The incident is the deadliest single incident for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. NATO claimed that the cause of crash has still under investigation. But it is believed the helicopter was shot down The death toll was composed of 31 U.S. soldiers and seven Afghan soldiers. Overall inside the Chinook helicopter that would take them home after an operation to complete. According to ABC News, as many as 25 U.S. soldiers who were killed were members of the elite Navy SEALs. a U.S. official said, some U.S. soldiers who were killed are members of Navy SEALs Team 6. None of those killed were part of the troops who carried out attacks against Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan in May. According to the Taliban before, they were running the op