RAK Half Marthon 2010

February 19, 2010-Ras Al Khaimah greeted the record field of over 2,000 entrants on Friday for the 4th edition of the RAK Half Marathon. Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya won the men's race with a time of 59:43. Mare Dibaba of Ethiopia finished runner-up with a timing of 1:07:13 as Elvan crowned her arrival in the half-marathon scene. Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia finished third with a timing of 1:07:22.

Happy 20th Birthday Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop, the ubiquitous photo editing tool will turn 20 on February 19, 2010. In those 20 years, the software has had a huge impact on the photography and imaging community. Photoshop is used by photographers, journalists, advertisers and artists around the world and is used by more than 10 million people worldwide.

Dubai Tennis Championship 2010

The Dubai Tennis Championships (12-27 February 2010)...

2010 Men's Line Up Player Name Nat. Rank Roger Federer SUI 1 Novak Djokovic SRB 2 Andy Murray GBR 3 Nikolay Davydenko RUS 6 Andy Roddick USA 7 Marin Cilic CRO 10 Tommy Robredo ESP 15 Gilles Simon FRA 16 Mikhail Youzhny RUS 20 Ivan Ljubicic CRO 24 Viktor Troicki SRB 31 Jurgen Melzer AUT 32 Marcos Baghdatis CYP 34 Janko Tipsarevic SRB 36 Julien Benneteau FRA 38 Feliciano Lopez ESP 39 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP 44 Andreas Seppi ITA 48 Marco Chiudinelli SUI 53 Florent Serra FRA 59 Arnaud Clement FRA 60 Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR 66 Michael Berrer GER 65 Men's ranks as of Feb., 1, 2010

2010 Women's Line Up Player Name Nat. Rank Caroline Wozniacki DEN 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 4 Venus Williams USA 5 Victoria Azarenka BLR 6 Elena Dementieva RUS 7 Jelena Jankovic SRB 8 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 9 Na Li CHN 10 Samantha Stosur AUS 11 Flavia Pennetta ITA 12+ Marion Bartoli FRA 13 Vera Zvonareva RUS 14 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 15 Francesca Schiavone ITA 18 Nadia Petrova RUS 19 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 20SR Jie Zheng CHN 20 Aravane Rezai FRA 21 Shahar Peer ISR 22 Virginie Razzano FRA 24 Sabine Lisicki GER 25 Alona Bondarenko UKR 26 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 27 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP 28 Elena Vesnina RUS 29 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 30 Alisa Kleybanova RUS 31 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 32 Kateryna Bondaranko UKR 33 Maria Kirilenko RUS 37+ Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 38 Sorana Cirstea ROU 39 Vera Dushevina RUS 40 Melinda Czink HUN 41 Iveta Benesova CZE 43 Patty Schnyder SUI 44 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 47 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 48 Shuai Peng CHN 51 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 54 Olga Govortsova BLR 55 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 58# Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 66# Stefanie Voegele SUI 69+ Alberta Brianti ITA 72* Anastasia Sevastova LAT 80# Kirsten Flipkens BEL 81# Regina Kulikova RUS 98# Yung-Jan Chan TPE 100# Vesna Manasieva RUS 123# Alicia Molik AUS 170# Selima Sfar TUN 277+ Women's ranks as of Feb. 1, 2010 + Wild card entry # Qualifier * Lucky loser

MOONSHINE

A band named MOONSHINE is finally releasing their first EP Album tomorrow February 8, 2010 , a dream come true for the four rock musicians, in the band Ryan Noronha (Vocals/Harmonica), Kurt Rozario (Guitar, Back-up Vocals), Quay Evano (Bass), Hisham Ghanem (Drums). Please do support their band and the local original music scene here in the UAE. You can download sample tracks at www.gimmesound/moonshine.



Moonshine Songs on the Album

1) Moonshine

2) Leave the Light On

3) Confusion

4) Addicted to You

5) Guiding Light

6) Why

To get a copy please email Quay at quayevano@yahoo.com

The Songbird and The Songwriter of the Philippine Music visit Dubai

Dubai - "The Songbird and The Songwriter" pre-Valentine's concert at Zabeel Park. Regine Velasquez, dubbed Asia's Songbird, and popular Philippine singer-songwriter Ogie Alcasid, with Velasquez and Alcasid singing a duet of ‘I gotta feeling (Tonight's gonna be a good night)', for their opening. With special guests Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera, two of the hottest "love teams" in Philippine prime-time television and cinema, and veteran balladeer Rico J. Puno.

More Pics Click Here

F-35 Lightning II by Lockheed Martin

F-35A - CTOL
The conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A – designed for the U.S. Air Force – is the primary export version of the Lightning II. The F-35A uses standard runways for takeoffs and landings.


F-35B STOVL
The F-35B is the first aircraft in history to combine stealth with short takeoff/vertical landing capability and supersonic speed. This distinction gives the F-35B the unique ability to operate from small ships, roads and austere bases.

F-35C CV
The U.S. Navy’s first-ever stealth aircraft operates from the service’s large carriers via catapult launch and arrested recovery.

Toyota Recall 8 million cars

Toyota announced it will begin fixing accelerator pedals in recalled Toyota vehicles. Toyota’s engineers have developed and rigorously tested a solution that involves reinforcing the pedal assembly in a manner that eliminates the excess friction that has caused the pedals to stick in rare instances. In addition, Toyota has developed an effective solution for vehicles in production.

In the middle east particularly in UAE only two models are affected. For those affected in the UAE, Al Futtaim distributor of Toyota vehicle in the UAE,plans to follow the same service campaign launched in the USA — for all Avalon and Sequoia vehicles. Full details are yet to be outlined by Toyota.


How Toyota Will Fix Recalled Vehicles

Toyota has pinpointed the issue that could, on rare occasions, cause accelerator pedals in recalled vehicles to stick in a partially open position. The issue involves a friction device in the pedal designed to provide the proper “feel” by adding resistance and making the pedal steady and stable. The device includes a shoe that rubs against an adjoining surface during normal pedal operation. Due to the materials used, wear and environmental conditions, these surfaces may, over time, begin to stick and release instead of operating smoothly. In some cases, friction could increase to a point that the pedal is slow to return to the idle position or, in rare cases, the pedal sticks, leaving the throttle partially open.

Toyota’s solution for current owners is both effective and simple. A precision-cut steel reinforcement bar will be installed into the assembly that will reduce the surface tension between the friction shoe and the adjoining surface. With this reinforcement in place, the excess friction that can cause the pedal to stick is eliminated. The company has confirmed the effectiveness of the newly reinforced pedals through rigorous testing on pedal assemblies that had previously shown a tendency to stick.

Separately from the recall for sticking accelerator pedals, Toyota is in the process of recalling vehicles to address rare instances in which floor mats have trapped the accelerator pedal in certain Toyota and Lexus models (announced November 25, 2009), and is already notifying customers about how it will fix this issue. In the case of vehicles covered by both recalls, it is Toyota’s intention to remedy both at the same time.