Still amazes me how Honda produced such an amazing car. It has a completely timeless look, making the 348 and 964 911 look older.

Sure, it’s a Honda, but you got Motorsport back up like Ayrton Senna for this car. My all time favorite Japanese sports/supercar ever.

I would easily take a used NSX over a brand new R35. The R35 doesn’t have soul like the NSX does.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA’s Dawn spacecraft was captured into orbit around the massive asteroid Vesta after a 1.7 billion-mile journey and is preparing to begin a study of a surface that may date to the earliest era of the solar system, the space agency said Monday.
The entry into orbit occurred while the spacecraft’s antenna was pointed away from Earth, so mission controllers had to wait for Dawn to re-establish contact to confirm its success.
The capture was estimated to have occurred at 10 p.m. PDT Friday, when Dawn was 9,900 miles from Vesta and 117 million miles from Earth in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, according to a statement from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
“We are beginning the study of arguably the oldest extant primordial surface in the solar system,” the mission’s principal investigator, Christopher Russell from the University of California, Los Angeles, said in the statement.
NASA said that after the orbital capture, Dawn sent an initial close-up image taken for navigation purposes. Before the Dawn mission, images of Vesta were obtained by ground- and space-based telescopes but did not show much surface detail.
Vesta, 330 miles in diameter, is the second-most massive object in the asteroid belt and is believed to be the source of many meteorites that fall to Earth.
Dawn will continue to approach Vesta over the next three weeks, search for possible moons and make more navigation images. It begins gathering science data in August. Vesta’s gravitational pull on Dawn will be measured to more accurately determine the asteroid’s mass.
The spacecraft will eventually get as close as 110 miles from the surface.
Dawn was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in 2007 and used an ion propulsion system to reach Vesta. Ion engines provide gentle yet constant acceleration to achieve high speeds.
The spacecraft will study Vesta for a year and then continue on to the most massive object in the main asteroid belt, the “dwarf planet” Ceres. That encounter is scheduled to occur in February 2015.
JPL is managing the $466 million mission for NASA. UCLA is responsible for the mission’s science. The German Aerospace Center, the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, the Italian Space Agency and the Italian National Astrophysical Institute also have roles in the mission.

Shawnee Mission East teen Emma Sullivan insulted Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback over Twitter while on a school field trip to the state capitol last week.

Emma Sullivan, the tweeting high school senior

“Just made mean comments at gov. brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot,” she wrote to her 60 followers who tuned in to her sporadic updates about the Twilight films and Justin Bieber. In fact, Sullivan hadn’t said a word to the governor during his brief speech, and she now says the Twitter comment was just an “inside joke” among her high schol friends who were also on the Youth in Government field trip and disagreed with Brownback’s politics.

But the humor was lost on members of Brownback’s staff, who found the tweet while scouring social media sites for his name and alerted Sullivan’s high school principal. The principal reprimanded Sullivan and demanded she write an apology to the governor.

Sullivan says he better not hold his breath. After originally acquiescing to her principal’s request, the 18-year-old took her story to Kansas papers and news stations–and now to national outlets–and has changed her mind.

“He was very angry, right off the bat,” Sullivan said of her principal, Karl Krawitz. “He was extremely scared about it. He made it very clear that he wasn’t happy.”

Sullivan agreed to write the apology letter “to get it out of the way,” she says. “I didn’t want to deal with it because I’m in the process of applying to school and am trying to keep my reputation good.”

But she soon thought the better of it, after calling her older sister, Olivia, who is a political science major at Wichita State University and is now managing her flood of interview requests. “I wasn’t sorry for what I said because I meant it,” Sullivan says. She disagrees with Brownback, a Republican, on rights for gay couples and abortion rights, among other things.

And while Sullivan’s tweet is still rude, Brownback’s staff response makes him look thin-skinned and unable to take a joke. “I can’t believe they would prioritize that over other issues they have going on now,” Sullivan says. “I can’t believe they take time out of their day to look at social media and Twitter for his name.”

Hundreds of people have left negative comments on Brownback’s Facebook Thanksgiving message. “The imperial Gov needs to go to the school, apologize to the assembled students and then apologize in person to the young lady,” one person wrote.

In a comment to the Kansas City Star last week, Brownback’s communications director stood behind the decision to notify Sullivan’s principal. “That wasn’t respectful,” Sherriene Jones-Sontag told the paper. “In order to really have a constructive dialogue, there has to be mutual respect.”

But Brownback submitted a statement Monday afternoon to Yahoo! News

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback

apologizing to the teen. “My staff over-reacted to this tweet, and for that I apologize. Freedom of speech is among our most treasured freedoms,” he said. Jones-Sontag told Yahoo! that the governor has no plans to personally reach out to Sullivan.

Sullivan, who now has more than 9,000 Twitter followers and has begun quoting Gandhi, says she hopes the principal will accept her decision not write an apology letter. She says the incident has been a “reality check” to her and her friends that their comments on social media sites are not anonymous nor consequence-free.

“It would be nice to kind of talk to the governor and let him know where I’m at and say things, let my opinion be heard and tell him that he needs to listen to more people in Kansas,” Sullivan says. “There needs to be an open door for more people to speak their opinion and be heard by him.”

Update: Gov. Brownback’s statement apologizing to Sullivan has been added to this story. His full statement is below:

“My staff over-reacted to this tweet, and for that I apologize. Freedom of speech is among our most treasured freedoms. I enjoyed speaking to the more than 100 students who participated in the Youth in Government Program at the Kansas Capitol. They are our future. I also want to thank the thousands of Kansas educators who remind us daily of our liberties, as well as the values of civility and decorum. Again, I apologize for our over-reaction”

Isn´t it amazing how fast people try to resind the right of free speech when what you´re saying is uncomfortable or contrary to their beliefs or opinions. She was right to not apologize for her opinion.

The steam-driven 1884 De Dion, capable of 37 miles per hour on a straight, was the most highly valued of 115 cars being offered by RM Auctions at Hershey. The vehicle drew a standing ovation from the audience as it drove onto the auction stage.

The world’s oldest running automobile sold for $4.6 million. The price with fees was more than double the catalog estimate and is a world record for an early motor car at auction.

The bidding started at $500,000 and immediately jumped to $1 million, before climbing to the record. RM didn’t identify the buyer. The four-seater was being sold by the estate of the Texas-based collector John O’Quinn, who died in 2009.

It was originally built for the French entrepreneur the Comte de Dion by the engineers Georges Bouton and Charles-Armand Trepardoux (supply of boiling water paromo-car enough for 32 kilometers way, then you need to re fill wate). Named “La Marquise” after the count’s mother, the quadricycle had only been through four owners.

It was restored in the late 1980s by the U.K. veteran car enthusiast Tim Moore who raced it four times in the annual London-to-Brighton run.

It should be noted, that after 127 years the rarity car is  in very good condition and can ride of course.

Completed in early September announced a competition for best Nokia  ringtone. The winner and author of the most interesting remix are 22-year-old DJ from Italy

. The new tone sounds really modern, but it has features in common with the classical version of the Nokia Tune.

Sizz will receive a cash prize of 10 thousand dollars. The other five finalists will receive incentive bonuses of $ 1 thousand dollars. Also, as promised, Nokia will release about 100 million phones with new tone.

What you think about new tone?

The EN-V, which stands for Electric Networked-Vehicle, is an ultra-compact and futuristic-looking two-seater model that addresses the basic needs for transportation in today’s mega-cities. The Detroit company said that all future concepts of the EN-V will carry a Chevrolet badge.

General Motors said that the next-generation of the Chevy EN-V will be more production ready adding several necessary features such as climate control, personal storage space and the ability to operate in all kinds of weather and road conditions.

Chevrolet EN-V Concept

However, it will keep the original concept’s electric powertrain and lithium-ion batteries that allows the vehicle to travel at least 40 kilometers (25 miles) on a single charge.

“For 100 years, the Chevrolet brand has been focused on making advanced technology that improves customers’ lives accessible and affordable, and the Chevrolet EN-V will continue that tradition,” said Chris Perry, vice president, global Chevrolet marketing and strategy.

“By 2030, more than 60 percent of the world’s 8 billion people will live in urban areas,” he added. “The Chevrolet EN-V represents a possible solution for global customers living in markets where alternative transportation solutions are needed.”

It certainly does not fit the mould of a yacht, the design, called ‘Project Utopia’, was unveiled to stunned onlookers at the glitzy Monaco Yacht Show.

With 11 accommodation decks, a 360-degree observation area, four helipads, its own dock, several swimming pools and as much space as a cruise liner, it’s not so much a boat as a city.

The boat is designed to float on four platforms, each with thrusters to keep the whole yacht island stable, even in the extreme seas.

Just below, the top deck of the main accommodation and service spaces – which could house shops, bars and restaurants – would be covered by a retractable canopy.

'Project Utopia'

In the middle, a large column plunges down into the water, acting as a mooring system and housing a wet dock providing access from the sea.
Yacht Design Director James Roy believes it challenges preconceptions of traditional naval architecture. He said: ‘Visions of the future are often constrained by familiarity with the present or a reflection on the past. Utopia is not an object to travel in, it is a place to be, an island established for anyone who has the vision to create such a place.’

Designer BMT Nigel Gee, of Southampton, Hants, has not yet put a figure on how much the floating island might cost to create or what sort of customer would want to buy it.

Media regularly report on accidents during racing, as a result of which people suffer, but the audience stubbornly continue to ignore warnings and take the most dangerous places – on the corners, next to the road – to get a better look at what is happening on the track.

The last time such an incident occurred during the race Subida Escusa Rally 2011 in Spain, held last week. On the record shows that Porsche Boxster driver made mistake or lost control on a slippery road and crashed into a crowd of spectators.

As a result of the accident suffered few people.

Royal tuning is done with the least expensive serial car in the world Tata Nano, as a result of the Indian compact car price eclipsed the supercar Bugatti Veyron, says Indian Autosblog. The gold car boasts exquisite craftsmanship using 80kg of 22 carat solid gold, 15kg of silver and precious stones including diamonds and rubies. The $4.6 million Goldplus Nano Car was unveiled in Mumbai, India on Monday.

Golden Car

The Goldplus Nano Car is being billed as the world’s first ever gold jewellery car and it commemorated the 5,000 years of jewellery making industry in India.

According to a survey by the Indian Health Ministry in 2007, India has higher rates of poor, malnourished children than sub-Saharan Africa. Almost 46 per cent of Indian children under the age of 3 suffer from some sort of malnutrition.

Indian children

Despite India having sufficient funds to tackle the problem, it seems the wealthy in India would rather spend their money distancing themselves from the problem and letting other countries donate money to feed their starving children.

We’ve all seen the commercials about sponsoring a starving child for as little as $1 per day. At $4.6 million for Goldplus Nano Car, that’s 4.6 million days only one poor starving child could be fed or feed 13,000+ starving children for 1 year according to wealthwatching.com

During races Ferrari Enzo, taken off the road and fell into the Atlantic Ocean. The culprit of this incident became a pilot and owner of the dealership for the sale of luxury exotic machine (ZR Auto) from Calgary, Zahir Rana. When sports car lost control on the highway, the driver dove into the water of the second largest ocean of the Earth.

Neither the pilot nor co-driver in the accident were not injured just got off easy fright. Car received minor damage to front bumper and wing. All this can be repaired, but much harder to properly dry the wet iron horse, says Top Gear Club.

Ferrari Enzo is a two-seater sports coupe, production of which was implemented between 2002 and 2005. A total of 400 such cars produced. Key features of the car are: acceleration to 100 km / h in 3.2 seconds, as well as the maximum speed – 390 km / h.