Longines welcomes Top Russian Tennis player Nikolay Davydenko
July 29, 2007 | Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Photo: Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko and his wife Irina presenting their new Longines watches.
Top Russian Tennis player, and member of the winning Russian Davis Cup team 2006, Nikolay Davydenko visits Longines during the Gstaad Swiss Open Tennis Tournament to discover the heritage of the brand and the new Longines Sport Collection.
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster
July 28, 2007 | Filed Under New Cars | Leave a Comment
New high-performance roadster for exclusive open-top motoring. The new Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster combines high-tech from motor racing and the power of a top high-performance sports car with the long-distance attributes and sophisticated atmosphere of a classic Gran Tourismo car. In common with Formula 1 vehicles of today, it too is made of carbon fibre, a material that endows the vehicle with a very high degree of safety as well as extreme torsional stiffness at the same high level as the coupé. In combination with the racing-type chassis this gives rise to outstanding ride characteristics. Although the Roadster offers undiluted open-top driving pleasure in the highest performance class thanks to its fully retractable top, the occupants in no way lose out in terms of comfort or the vehicle’s suitability for everyday use. Consequently, the new Roadster opens up a new dimension in refinement for open-top super sports cars.
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2008 TALLEST AND SMALLEST LIVING HORSES
July 26, 2007 | Filed Under Animals, Records | Leave a Comment
Radar, a Belgian draft horse and reigning Guinness World Record holder as the “Tallest Living Horse,” at 19 hands 3.5 inches (6ft 6in), and Thumbelina, a miniature sorrel brown mare and the world’s “Smallest Living Horse,” 17.5 inches, are united for the first time for a photo shoot that will appear in the Guinness World Records 2008 edition, on sale August 7th.
Female Team to Participate in “The Great AIR Race”
July 22, 2007 | Filed Under Adventure | Leave a Comment
Beginning August 5th, a team of female pilots — Team Skychick — will participate in an unparalleled air race which will pit 50 teams against each other flying through 35 states, touching all four corners of the US.
The race will last 13 days, cover 10,000 miles and require 100 hours of flight time. Participants are racing in many different types of certified and experimental aircraft. Dubbed “The Great Air Race,” this event will become a 13-week reality television series filmed by Papillon Productions.
Daniel E. Diaz, a Latin American writer/producer of true life dramas, and Director Donna Brown set out to create a race like no other with $1 Million in cash and prizes. Notably the longest air race in US history, pilots will compete both in the air and on the ground and be presented with real risks and unprecedented challenges.
Team Skyckick is an all-female team consisting of pilot Ramona Cox, aka SKYCHICK, and co-pilot Pia Bergqvist. Both are aircraft owners and their love for aviation and adventure led them to enter the race. “Unlike many of our competitors, we have never air-raced,” said Cox. “We will be competing against top racers and even military jet pilots.”
CHRYSLER GROUP: BUNDLE OF JOY
July 20, 2007 | Filed Under Winners | Leave a Comment
Riley Scott Rosario Monohan is a natural born winner. At just two months old, he has already won an all-new 2007 Chrysler Sebring for his family. Riley, the son of Jeremy Monohan and Maria Rosario of Palo Alto, Calif., was born at a historic moment in time — 2:03:04 a.m. on 05/06/07 — at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif.
REALIZING THE DREAM
July 19, 2007 | Filed Under Leadership | Leave a Comment
Sons and Daughters of World Leaders Sign Declaration of Interdependence at Global Peace Meeting in London. Left to Right: Dalia Rabin, Justin Trudeau, Naomi Tutu, Martin L. King, III, Christine Chavez-Delgado, Nadim Gemayel. Photo Credit: Rune Hellestad.
The signing represented the first time the progeny of world-renown names gathered collectively to continue the work of their family name. The group of leaders delved into several humanitarian crisis areas, including Burma, Darfur, North Korea and the Middle East. Over the next 30 days, the Gen II Peace Team will consider each of these areas and develop a specific plan on how to take action to aid distressed places around the world. In an extraordinary effort the peace-keepers created and agreed on their Declaration of Interdependence. Their mission: “is to use our collective strength to take action through non-violent, tangible steps to address instances of conflict and injustice worldwide.”
HSBC WOMEN’S WORLD MATCH PLAY LPGA
July 19, 2007 | Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Three of the top LPGA players are ready to tee off at the HSBC Women’s World Match Play tournament, Thursday through Sunday at historic Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, N.Y. Defending champion Brittany Lincicome is joined by LPGA Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam and current world number one LPGA golfer Lorena Ochoa on the club house steps. The HSBC Women’s World Match Play tournament is a seeded, head-to-head competition with 64 of the top ladies golfers in the world competing for a purse of $2 million.
THE ELDERS WORLD LEADERS
July 19, 2007 | Filed Under Leadership | Leave a Comment
“The Elders” Announcement, Johannesburg, South Africa. Graca Machel, Mary Robinson, Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela, Li Zhaoxing, Kofi Annan, Muhammad Yunus, Desmond Tutu.
The Elders will use their unique collective skills to catalyze peaceful resolutions to long-standing conflicts, articulate new approaches to global issues that are or may cause immense human suffering, and share wisdom by helping to connect voices all over the world. They will be working together over the next several months to carefully consider which specific issues they will approach. The Elders’ criteria are not only the magnitude and importance of the challenge, but a deliberate view that their role could contribute significantly to solving the problem.
In addition to working independently, The Elders will work to complement, not duplicate or compete with the efforts of other organizations. They will seek opportunities to partner with established groups in ways that help shine a light on work already underway or to assist in bringing the group’s efforts to another level.
Sea Ray Boats Hosts the World’s Largest On-the-Water Boating Celebration
July 17, 2007 | Filed Under Outdoors | Leave a Comment
Enthusiasts Gather at More Than 130 Locations to Celebrate Boating Lifestyle.
Imagine cruising on a lake, river or harbor on a sunny July Saturday and happening upon hundreds of boats tied together just off the shore. You see people listening to live music, swimming from boat-to-boat, passing hors d’oeurves from one deck to the other, exchanging stories and experiences, and sharing a common passion. Welcome to Aquapalooza 2007.
Touted as the world’s largest on-the-water party, the 2nd Annual Aquapalooza is designed to showcase and celebrate the boating lifestyle. Sea Ray, the world’s largest manufacturer of superior quality pleasure boats, and Sea Ray dealers will host more than 120 Aquapalooza celebrations at marinas, lakes, rivers and harbors so boaters and boating enthusiasts around the world can join in the festivities.
Originally created in 2006 as a Sea Ray Owners Club event, Aquapalooza has quickly grown into a boating celebration welcoming all boaters, regardless of the boat brand they own.
MGM CAST MEMBERS
July 15, 2007 | Filed Under Entertainment | Leave a Comment
Cast members of MGM’s upcoming movie Stargate: Continuum shot scenes on location in the bone chilling temperatures of the Arctic. Pictured (top left to right): Executive Producer John Smith, Director Martin Wood Pictured (bottom left to right): Stargate SG-1 Actors Richard Dean Anderson (General Jack O’Neill), Amanda Tapping (Lt. Col. Samantha Carter) and Ben Browder (Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell).
