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“A big hit,” is how Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn predicts its all-electric Nissan Leaf will be when it is offered in the US. The Leaf is the first affordable, mass-market all-electric vehicle that will be made available in the US.

Since last month, Nissan has recorded 13,000 reservations in the US. To reserve a vehicle, customers only have to deposit $99 (a refundable amount). In Japan, Nissan has received 6,000 reservations for the vehicle. Ghosn spoke with reporters after a speaking engagement at the Detroit Economic Club at the Cobo Center. He also shared that these reservations are from individuals and not for corporate fleets. Nissan is still taking orders for production in 2011. Pricing for the Leaf, which will arrive in the US in December, starts from $32,780, but after a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 is applied, it could cost $25,280. Electric vehicles figure prominently in Nissan’s strategy. Ghosn said that within a decade, electric vehicles are expected to comprise 10% of global vehicle sales. By 2013, Nissan and Renault expect to reach its goal of producing 500,000 electric vehicles, covering eight models.

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The hit show, Dancing With The Stars, aired the finale show with all eyes on the celebrities. Fans and viewers of great celebrities had their own guesses as who would be the winner. The DWTS show received a great number of viewers worldwide as the show kicked off. The show might have surely given a tough time to the judges as the results were published. A survey or vote count taken from the fans of the show, Dancing With The Stars 2010, most of them were of the view that Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough would be the leader and announced winner.

Scherzinger, from the band Pussycat Dolls and lady of the great F1 Driver, Lewis Hamilton, won the contest easily. Her singing and dancing abilities was always counted as a plus point as the lady outdid others. Critics more announced the contest as one sided as the lady had clear advantage over others.

“Scherzinger was not just the most beautiful woman on the show, but was also the best performer….”, wrote a leading magazine.

Erin Andrews, even being placed number third, she won millions of admirers.

Dancing With The Stars Season 10, was one of the most viewed show this year on television. Nicole Scherzinger and her partner Derek Hough won the contest, prized the Mirror Ball Trophy, with their scores being:

• Nicole and Derek-115

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Google Chrome has come a very long way since it was first released. It’s several times faster, boasts a feature set more than comparable with Firefox and the general level of polish has gone way up. No wonder then that Google believes its browser is ready to shed the beta label on all the platforms it’s available on and has released a stable version fo… (read more)

NOVITEC ROSSO now offers new accessories for Ferrari 612 Scaglietti such as a custom-tailored tire/wheel combination with diameters of 20 and 21 inches, a power increase to 565 hp / 416 kW, a stainless-steel sport exhaust system, new taillight design and upgrades for the interior.

The NOVITEC ROSSO suspension specialists have developed custom versions of the three-piece NF3 alloy wheels for the Italian sports car. The new wheels feature a striking design with five double spokes and polished outer flanges. Contrary to the 19-inch production wheels, the 612 Scaglietti in NOVITEC ROSSO trim sports a combination of size 9Jx20 wheels in front and size 12.5Jx21 rims on the rear axle.

The NOVITEC ROSSO program for the 612 Scaglietti comes with a power increase to 565 hp / 416 kW at 7,290 rpm is the product of a newly calibrated engine management system and the NOVITEC ROSSO stainless-steel high-performance exhaust system. The tuning gives the V12 engine an even crisper response and lets it rev up even faster. Simultaneously peak torque grows to 609 Nm at 5,300 rpm. A top speed of more than 325 km/h and a sprint time for 0 – 100 km/h of just 3.9 seconds make the 2+2-seater an even more dominant sports car.

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Party some more? no more for Lindsay Lohan when she was in Cannes and she should have been in court that trigger the court to put some ankle bracelet called SCRAMx which can supposedly detect any alcohol in her sweat. YES Lohan can party but the question is can the device be tricked and will Lindsay Lohan continue his partyholic well it depends to her. Will Lindsay Lohan do all the tricks to Party without knowing if she is drunk or not?

The ancle bracelet that Lindsay Lohan wear is for alcoholic people which is develop by Breathalyzer Technology. For the time being, the ankle bracelets are only sold to the courts, probation officers and others who want to make sure drunken drivers or anyone involved in alcohol-related offenses don’t drink again.

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Reader jjmsan alerts us to a story that shows that various luxury brands suing service providers rather than those actually responsible doesn’t just happen online, but can happen offline as well. Apparently, luxury goods maker Coach is suing the city of Chicago, because some vendors were selling counterfeit goods at the Maxwell Street Market. I’m at a loss as to why suing the city makes any sense at all. In response to the original complaints, the city sent police officers to the market, and actually arrested those selling counterfeit goods (why this is a criminal, rather than a civil, matter is left as an exercise to the reader). Either way, rather than recognize that the city appeared to be more than willing to work with Coach, the company sent a legal threat letter demanding that the city proactively crackdown on counterfeits. When that failed, Coach sued the city. Hopefully the courts will recognize the ridiculousness of suing the city, rather than focusing on the vendors actually responsible.

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Lindsey Lohan has been ordered by the court to wear an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet called SCRAM.

The actress is obliged to wear the anklet ankle bracelet will monitor the alcohol in her system because she extended her Cannes stay (due to a “missing passport”) and failed to appear at a mandatory hearing five days earlier.

The SCRAM or Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring uses the technology of Breathalyzer. The device measures the alcohol level through the skin. If Lindsay drinks alcohol, a small amount is expelled through her skin once it enters her bloodstream and the device transmits the information to Lohan’s probation officer.

The ankle bracelets are only sold to the courts, probation officers and others who want to make sure drunken drivers like Lohan or anyone involved in alcohol-related offenses don’t drink again.

This is already the second time for Lindsay to wear a SCRAM. Besides the ankle bracelet, she will also be forced to submit to random drug testings. Lohan is scheduled to appear back in court on July 6th.

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Updates in Trina’s Leaked Photos, Trina the Miami rapper, NBA star Kenyon Martin’s Girlfriend has a picture exposing her breasts with a clear shot of her face in one. Many other pictures which has Trina in many different angle and poses. Trina said that the picture that leaked is in her cellphone which she lost several days ago and it might be the reason of her photographs that leaked. There are many other shots with her boyfriend in private, also close up shots of her arms with nasty rash or some sort of allergic reaction.

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The final three contestants of the Biggest Loser 2010 on the May 25th show came down to Ashley Johnston of Knoxville, Tennessee, Michael Venrella of Chicago, Illinois and Daris George of Ardmore, Oklahoma.

George was voted in to the final three by voters over the other option, Koli Palu, 20, of Rohnert Park, Calif., who won the $100,000 prize for biggest percent weight loss of all season.

But who is crowned to be the Biggest Loser? It’s no other than Michael Ventrella who lost 264 pounds with a 50.19% weight-loss percentage. That’s a big loss, but not as big as the grand prize he won which is $250,000!

The 30-year-old from Chicago was crowned The Biggest Loser’s ninth-season champion during last night’s live finale broadcast of the NBC reality weight-loss series.

Ashley Johnston, a 27-year-old manager/esthetician from Knoxville, TN finished as the runner-up. Daris George, a 25-year-old salesman/deliveryman from Ardmore, OK, finished third.

The Biggest Loser does amazing work on these contestants for helping them lose weight without compromising their health. Let’s just hope that the contestants maintain their body shapes and weight.

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Who is Dancing with the Stars 2010 winner? Lets find out, this year the Dancing with the stars, give the audience all the entertainment this season is the shows most successful season this year. The wife of the CEO of the network Leslie Moonves said that although she did not make it, she picked Nicole Scherzinger to be the DWTS (Dancing With The Stars) winner.This season winner finally being announce and the show ending will be tonight.

Celebrity contestant Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls and Derek Hough were consistently at the top of the leaderboard throughout the season. Watch the Season Finale of Dancing With The Stars.

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American rapper Trina has recently spoken out on the ordeal she suffered when her naked photos stored in her phone circulated the web. Her phone was stolen months ago.

Hiphop artist Trina became very upset after finding out her that her private photos were leaked. According to her some jealous people want to disturb her and want ruin to popularity but some people thinks that these photos are planned program to become famous. The culprit uploaded some of her naked pictures in several websites and even tried to ask money.

She was furious about what happened. “You stole my phone, leaked pictures of me and then tried to extort money from me, and that was just taking it too far. I turned it over to the authorities and let them deal with it. I didn’t even want to be a part of it until you tell me that you have a suspect and were ready to prosecute. Actually, it was my lawyer that handled things. He went to all of the websites and sent out cease-and-desist letters. So I let the attorneys and authorities take care of everything and I just stayed out of it,” she said.

Some of the photos were already taken out of the web.

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Size matters in auto company survival, Renault and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn told an audience in Detroit on Tuesday.

To cope with the escalating costs and scope of a global industry, successful automakers must complete a trifecta–be able to compete in every technology, every market and every segment, Ghosn said during a luncheon speech at the Detroit Economic Club

“No 3 million-unit carmaker can make it,” Ghosn said, explaining why his Renault-Nissan alliance forged an alliance with Germany’s Daimler AG.

Competency in one or two of the three skills is not enough, and only very large companies can afford all three, he said.

Technology is getting more expensive. Automakers must simultaneously develop gasoline, diesel, hybrid and electric vehicle technology because they can’t predict which technologies will prevail, Ghosn said.

“You also must be in every market–and it’s not just Japan, Europe and the United States anymore but also Brazil, Russia, China and India. And you better be in Indonesia, too,” he said.

“And you can’t be viable as a niche player, so you need to be in the upper, lower, 4-by-4 and crossover segments.”

‘Technologies are expensive’

France-based Renault and Japan’s Nissan do not consolidate their financial results and in some ways remain separate companies, but they cooperate on platforms and powertrains and some manufacturing. Through a holding company, Renault owns about 42 percent of Nissan.

That type of alliance is more flexible than a conventional merger, Ghosn said. He also cited the new alliance with Daimler–initially to cooperate on developing a replacement small platform for Daimler’s Smart division–as a better way to cooperate.

“Technologies are expensive and you need a partner because nobody can afford to do it all alone.” Ghosn said.

Major players … someday

He predicted that as the Chinese auto market develops, domestic Chinese automakers eventually will emerge as major players.

“Right now, there is not one global Chinese automaker,” he said. “Not one has the scope of a company like Renault-Nissan or Volkswagen.”

But soon, a Chinese automaker–or perhaps an Indian company–will “buy something nobody else wants” and become a worldwide force, Ghosn predicted. “It could happen much faster than everybody expects.”

Much like the Koreans did in recent years, emerging-market automaker powerhouses can develop by constantly “benchmarking and copying best practices,” he said. “Nothing is ever unchanging in our industry.”

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The new Guillotine Control System “PROCUT” from TRM can be installed in Paper Cutting Machines and Guillotine Shears.

PROCUT controls the backgauge by entering the cut distance by using its own screen and keyboard. Users can save in memory up to 100 programs and each program can have up to 1000 cuts.

With many features as label optimization, manual adjustment knob, air control, automatic push out function, fine control of backgauge acceleration and speed by using a servo motor, PROCUT is the most complete and cost effective guillotine controller.

PROCUT is a complete system which makes the installation quick and simple.

The standard element maker Ganter has enlarged its “locking plungers” product range with an innovative product.

The indexing pin of the GN 514 locking plunger is moved by means of a spring-operated cardioid curve. By simply pressing the operating button, this cardioid mechanism causes the indexing pin to extend and retract (PUSH-PUSH locking mechanism). This function is similar to that used in a ballpoint pen.

Please note that the indexing pin cannot absorb axial forces and that it retracts virtually by spring action alone. The indexing pin must therefore remain free and easy to move. The indexing pin is made of nitrided and burnished steel. The mat black knob is made of plastic (polyamide PA).

Instead of the lock nut, the unit can also be fitted using the distance bushings GN 609 (steel) or GN 609.5 (high-grade steel), allowing the threaded length of the indexing plunger to match the thickness of the application in hand. The distance bushings are available in steel or high-grade steel design versions.

Find out more in the internet at www.ganter-griff.com.

The grinding of products, whose dusts are potentially explosive, places particularly high demands on the technology used and the design of a grinding plant with regard to safety. The most frequently used variant is a complete grinding system which is pressure shock resistant up to 10 bar(g). However, this usually means considerable costs for peripheral equipment.

With the new ATEX-compliant plant concept CUM Compact, the installation of a more efficient grinding plant for many products is considerably easier: With this newly developed plant concept explosion protection valves or explosion suppression equipment, explosion-decoupling devices, ventilators and even dust filter systems are no longer required in the classical sense.

The resulting advantages of this are obvious: the integration of the grinding system in existing production systems is possible without any problems thanks to the minimal space required; any cleaning required after changing the product can be carried out quickly due to the compact construction; also, considerably lower investment and maintenance costs are further arguments for this new grinding system.

The well-proven CONDUX Universal Mill is the basis machine in this new grinding system. The grinding of the products within this machine is mainly by impact- and shearing action. By simply selecting different grinding tools, this machine can be used either as a blast mill, pin-disc mill or wing-beater mill, enabling it to process a large variety of products and produce various final finenesses!

The pin disc mill execution, which is without a screen, processes the feed product in one single run. The final size can be determined by the peripheral speed and the arrangement of pins on the discs.

In the blast- or wing-beater mills, the rotating tools principally work against a fixed rotor, which determines the final size and which can be executed either as a screen track, grooved grinding track or screen/grinding track and which even further increases the variety of combinations possible! A repeated mechanical stress of the product within the mill is thus made possible.

Up to the Mountain Crystal Bowersox performance on American Idol Top 2 season 9 Tuesday, May 25, 2010 week finale. It was an outstanding performance is Crystal Bowersox is the winner Up to the Mountain will be he first official single.
American idol judges were amaze in her performance.

Randy Jackson said: “Culminating our 9th season, and Simon’s last, this is what it’s about. Amazing singer. This is one of the greatest songs and your greatest moments. That was incredible.”

Ellen DeGeneres said: “We’re always looking for somebody unique. I can’t compare you to any other contemporary artist. You are in a league of your own. You have a beautiful voice. If you’re making an album I’ll buy it. You’re just so good and I’m so happy to witness the rise of your career.”

Kara DioGuardi said: “This was a very important song for you. At times your wall has been up. But you were completely emotionally invested in this song. You really blossomed. Amazing.”
Simon said: “I thought that was by far the best performance and the song of the night. Since this is the final critique I’m going to give I’d like to say that was outstanding.”
Crystal Bowersox said, to Simon Cowell, “You’ve been amazing this season. Thank you for all the critique and criticism. On all your journeys I hope you do well. Good luck.”

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Last weekend, a brand new Audi A1 that was being driven by a member of Audi’s team crashed while it was cruising up and down a specially-constructed half pipe in the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels as part of the buildup to its public launching in late 2010.

This demonstration was supposed to show the car’s skateboard-like handling and fun-to-drive character but instead, the hatch rolled onto its roof. Fortunately, the car was only barely damaged and nobody got hurt. The car was pushed back onto to an upright position and driver and passenger were freed immediately. Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad reported that Audi tried to keep photographers from taking pictures of the car that crashed but a few pictures still leaked out. The crash is ill-timed but it’s unlikely that the A1 would be subjected to that kind of treatment anyway.

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Long time PlayStation developer Insomniac Games is going multiplatform. Yes folks, you heard it right. Famed for its highly successful Resistance and Ratchet & Clank game series on the PlayStation platform, the developers has officially confirmed that

Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough got perfect scores for their Argentine tango and jive, making them this year’s winner of “Dancing With the Stars”.

Figure skater Evan Lysacek and partner Anna Trebunskaya were second while reporter Erin Andrews and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy landed on the third place.

Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls and partner Derek Hough had dominated the competition throughout because they get perfect scores most of the time.

During the finale, Scherzinger performed a high-energy jive as her final dance that earned a perfect score of 30 and inspired head judge Len Goodman to say, “There can only be one winner of ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ It should be you.”

Judge Carrie Ann Inaba called Scherzinger’s “like a beautiful masterpiece come to life.”

Nicole said that the personal lessons she learned during the season are more important than the trophy. “This has been probably the greatest reward personally, this whole personal journey,” she said. “I’ve learned so much about myself. I’ve learned so much about Derek Hough. He’s made me a better person through this.”

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After a successful season of the series Dancing with the stars”, the show had ended last night having a showdown between the last two performances of Nicole Scherzinger and Evan Lysacek.

Recently Julie Chen, the wife of the CEO of the network stated that although she has not been keeping up with DWTS, she picked Nicole Scherzinger to win it and walk away with victory.

As said, Nicole Scherzinger and her partner, Derek Hough won!

ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews and her dance partner Mark Chmerkovskiy placed third runner up. The couple was eliminated after the first dance when the three finalist couples performed for the night.

Chen also made a comment on the popular singing reality series, American Idol. She said that she has no idea who will be the next judge on the said show. The show’s long time host Simon Cowell will be leaving DWTS and planning to host ang judge another, title “The X Factor”.

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