Felipe Massa îşi sărbătoreşte cel de al 100-lea Grand Prix printr-o victorie obţinută în Marele Premiul al Europei.

Se revanseaza astfel după dezamăgirea din Ungaria, o dezamăgire ce nu vine totuşi de la el, ci din partea mecanicilor, având în vedere că problema a fost motorul.

Aceeaşi problemă care a apărut şi astăzi, la Kimi Räikkönen. Motorul cedează şi Kimi este obligat să abandoneze în turul al 46-lea, îngropând maşina, şi poate şansele la un nou titlu de campion mondial, într-un imens nor de fum.

Desfăşurat în premieră pe circuitul stradal de la Valencia, în Spania, Marele Premiu al Europei a stabilit clasamentul astfel:

La piloţi:

1. Lewis Hamilton 70 p.
2. Felipe Massa 64 p.
3. Kimi Räikkönen 57 p.

Şi la constructori:

1. Ferrari 121 p.
2. McLaren-Mercedes 113 p.
3. BMW Sauber 96 p.

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23 august 1944 este o zi controversată din punctul de vedere al semnificaţiei politice.
Timp de peste patru decenii, până la căderea regimului comunist, 23 august a fost ziua naţională a României, marcată cu serbări de stradă în toate oraşele, pionieri şi muncitori scoşi la defilare, flori şi eşarfe fluturate, cântece “patriotice şi revoluţionare”.

Acum 64 de ani, Regele Mihai I, într-o proclamaţie către ţară, anunţa ieşirea României din războiul contra Naţiunilor Unite, în timp ce mareşalul Ion Antonescu şi miniştrii săi erau arestaţi.

La putere era înscăunat un guvern condus de Constantin Sănătescu, format de noua coaliţie Blocul Naţional Democratic, din care făceau parte ţărăniştii, liberalii, social-democraţii şi comuniştii.

La 23 august 1944, România a intrat în sfera de influenţă a URSS, cu urmările ştiute.
Dincolo de implicaţiile politice ale evenimentelor de la 23 august, armata romană a jucat un rol determinant, spun unii istorici, în desfăşurarea celui de-al doilea Război Mondial.
Alături de sovietici, militarii români au eliberat Transilvania şi au ajuns, luptând împotriva armatei germane, până la porţile Berlinului.

Trecând peste partea cu defilările din vremea comunistă, în fond era o zi liberă şi însemna serbări câmpeneşti …
Alţii o privesc însă ca pe începul sfîrşitului, adică momentul intrării României în sfera influenţei sovietice.

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A man-sized grouper that trolls the tropical waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean for octopuses and crabs has been identified as a new fish species after genetic tests.

Called the goliath grouper, the fish can grow to six feet (1.8 meters) in length and weigh a whopping 1,000 pounds (454 kg). Until now, scientists had grouped this species with an identical looking fish (also called the goliath grouper, or Epinephelus itajara) living in the Atlantic Ocean.

“For more than a century, ichthyologists have thought that Pacific and Atlantic goliath grouper were the same species,” said lead researcher Matthew Craig of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, “and the argument was settled before the widespread use of genetic techniques.”

Once upon a time, about 3.5 million years ago — before the Caribbean and the Pacific were separated by present-day Panama — they were, in fact, the same species. Now, DNA tests have revealed the two populations have distinct genes, indicating they likely evolved into two separate species after their ocean homes were divided by Central America.

Scientists disagree about how to define the term “species” and what separates species from one another biologically, though some say that a species is a group that can mate with one another and produce offspring that are not sterile. However, this biological definition doesn’t always hold up, for instance, with coyotes and wolves (considered separate species), which can successfully produce fertile offspring. In this study, the scientists relied on differences in the fishes’ genetic codes to establish the separate grouper species.

The new Pacific species, now designated as Epinephelus quinquefasciatus, is described in a recent issue of the journal Endangered Species Research.

The Atlantic variety, E. itajara, is currently listed as critically endangered by the IUCN, or International Union for Conservation of Nature. Due to its scarcity, E. quinquefasciatus also may be considered critically endangered.

“In light of our new findings, the Pacific goliath grouper should be treated with separate management and conservation strategies,” said researcher Rachel Graham of the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York.

The research was funded by Programa Petrobras Ambiental, Conservation International Brazil to Projeto Meros do Brasil, The Summit Foundation, National Science Foundation and Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.

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Unul dintre actorii mei preferaţi îşi promovează noul său film, Babylon A.D, ce ar trebui să apară într-o săptămână. De abia aştept!

Filmuleţul este simpatic, şi în acelaşi timp parodiază şi filmele din box-office-ul american.

Iar aici aveţi trailer-ul oficial.

Babylon A.D. Official Trailer (2008) with Vin Diesel

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A group of people claiming to be the heirs of the legendary Knights Templar are suing Pope Benedict XVI, seeking more than $150 billion for assets seized by the Catholic Church seven centuries ago.

They also want to restore the order’s good name. Founded in 1119, the Knights Templar was a secretive order of Christian warriors who protected pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem during the Crusades. They fell out of favor years later, and members were accused of denying Christ, worshipping the devil and practicing sodomy. Many Templars were tortured and burned at the stake.

In 1307, Pope Clement V accused the order of heresy and officially dissolved it.

Fiona Govan, who wrote about the lawsuit for London’s Daily Telegraph, tells host Andrea Seabrook the order is believed to have gone underground and continued to practice, but that there is no firm, historical evidence to support it.

Last fall, the Vatican published secret documents about the trial of the Templars in a book called Processus Contra Templarios, Latin for “Trial Against the Templars.” The volume included a parchment apparently showing that, contrary to historic belief, Clement had absolved the order of heresy.

Now, a group called the Association of the Sovereign Order of the Temple of Christ has filed suit in a Spanish court, asking for an apology from the pope and recognition that land and property worth about $150 billion today was seized from the Templars.

The Vatican will never reimburse the group, Govan says, because its members cannot prove that they are descendants of the Knights Templar.

She calls the claim “ludicrous” and says Spanish papers have suggested the issue is something for psychiatrists to decide rather than historians.

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