Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse

During a Sugarland concert in Indiana yesterday. With winds blowing up to 70 mph. The stage just couldn’t take it anymore and simply gave in and collapsed,  killing 5 people in the process until now and injuring 45 others.

Trailers of 2012 Blockbusters

The Dark Knight Rises:

Tom Hardy (Bane) and Anne Hathaway (Catwoman) are the latest additions Christopher Nolan’s wonderful trilogy as they join Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson and Gary Oldman to conclude the saga.

The Amazing Spiderman:

Its a good thing they decided to reboot the series as it lost its way with the 3rd movie. I’m not sure about the cast though, both cast members and the director (Marc Webb – 500 Days of Summer) never tackled something this big before. But I hope they do well.

The Avengers:

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There isn’t a good copy out yet as the teaser supposed to show right after Captain America’s end credits. But the movie is looking good. With Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Blackwidow and others making an appearance. Directed by Joss Whedon (Thor)

Copa America 2011: Argentina And Brazil Squads

Copa America will be kicking-off in a few days (July 1st). The tournament will be held in Argentina were the hosts and 14-time winners are favorites to win the gold with what on paper seems to be an unbeatable squad.

Argentina:

Goalkeepers: Juan Pablo Carrizo (River Plate), Mariano Andujar (Catania), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar).

Defenders: Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City), Nicolas Burdisso(Roma), Gabriel Milito (Barcelona), Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan), Nicolas Pareja (Spartak Moscow), Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscow).

Midfielders: Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan), Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht), Javier Pastore (Palermo), Ever Banega (Valencia), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid).

Forwards: Sergio Aguero (Atletico de Madrid), Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid), Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Carlos Tevez (Manchester City), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Diego Milito (Inter Milan).

Brazil:
8-time winners and winners of 4 out of the 5 tournaments are entering the competition as second favorites.

Goalkeepers: Victor (Gremio), Julio Cesar (Inter)

Defenders: Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Maicon (Inter), Andre Santos (Fenerbahce), Adriano (Barcelona), Lucio (Inter), Thiago Silva (Milan), David Luiz (Chelsea) Luisao (Benfica)

Midfielders: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool), Ramires (Chelsea), Sandro (Tottenham), Jadson (Shakhtar Donetsk), Elias (Atletico Madrid), Elano (Santos), Paulo Henrique Ganso (Santos), Lucas Silva (Sao Paulo)

Forwards: Robinho (Milan), Alexandre Pato (Milan), Fred (Fluminense), Neymar (Santos)

River Plate Relegated

One of South America’s most famous football clubs, River Plate, was relegated from Argentina’s top division Sunday for the first time in its 110-year history, sparking riots among supporters.
The relegation play-off against Belgrano of Cordoba had to be abandoned in the final minute of the match in the Argentine capital, as police fought back a pitch invasion by furious River fans.

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عطلة الإسراء والمعراج.. الخميس بدلا من الأربعاء

For those who didn’t already know, next Thursday is a holiday.

أصدر ديوان الخدمة المدنية كتابا تم تعميمه على كافة الجهات والهيئات الحكومية، بمناسبة عطلة الإسراء والمعراج، حيث ستكون الإجازة الرسمية في يوم الخميس الموافق 30 يونيو- 29 من رجب 1432، بدلا من يوم الأربعاء والذي يوافق 28 من رجب 1432 هــ، الموافق 29 يونيو.

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Aqua-Tots Swim School Opens First International Branch

Aqua-Tots swim school just opened its first international branch here in Kuwait a few days ago. Aqua-Tots specializes in teaching kids from 6 months to 12 year olds how to swim. I just might enroll my kids there.

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Say Goodbye To Split-Screen Multiplayer

Sony announced a new technology at their E3 conference. A “PlayStation” branded 3D display that has the ability to display to separate images simultaneously at full screen. So multiplayer games will no longer suffer from the cropped up images and each player having just half the screen.

This 24″ display comes with a copy of Resistance 3, a pair of glasses (second set will cost $69) and a HDMI cable. All this for $500.

Sony’s PlayStation Vita

Yesterday during Sony’s E3 conference. The PS Vita (formally known as the NGP) was given a price and release date. It will be available this holiday season (November/December) for and the 3G version will be The 3G version will be exclusively available to AT&T in the US, so not sure how will that workout.

Specs:

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Apple’s New iOS 5 And Other Announcements + Video

If you follow me on twitter I would have bombarded you with tweets yesterday about both the WWDC and the E3 conferences that were taking place at almost the same time yesterday. Both had some exciting news coming out of them.

Notification:
This one was the most anticipated. Apple revamped the notification system on the iOS. making actually getting a notification more tolerable. Again a “borrowing” the idea from Google’s Android. you can slide down the screen a see all you notification and both the weather and stock widgets (and only widget sadly). Also, notifications will show up on your lockscreen. Making if more than just a glorified clock.

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Announcements Week

There are 2 major expos taking place this week. WWDC, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference will kick-off later today with Steve Jobs taking the stage and will announce a few things:

• iOS 5
• OS X Lion
• iCloud

What I hope he will announce:

• A revamped notification and widget system for the iOS 5. Something similar to what the Android has.
• A new Airport/Time Capsule. A lot of theories are built upon a new Time Capsule and it getting either an A4 or A5 chip. I was in the process of getting on till I heard those rumors and decided to hold off for a few days.
• Macbook Air i3/i5 upgrade.
• Mac Mini i3/i5 upgrade.
• Apple TV A5 chip upgrade and the ability to run apps.

The other event that is taking place this week is the Electronic Entertainment Exposition (E3 for short). There are a lot of games that I’m looking forward to playing, so I hope I get more info about them:

• Nintendo’s new console
• Uncharted 3
• Gears of War 3
• Bioshock: Infinite
• Infamous 2
• Need for Speed: The Run
• Forza 4
• Skyrim
• Tomb Raider
• Darksiders ii
• Batman: Arkham City
• Silent Hill: Downpour

And a lot more.