--New Reborn Piaggio Vespa 1946-2012--

--Manchester City (1968~1969)--(2011~2012)--

~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1069374/premier-league:-man-city-clinch-title,-bolton-relegated?cc=4716

--UEFA Champions League round of 16 2011--

The remaining four UEFA Champions League round of 16 ties concluded this week and UEFA.com has all the action as Manchester United FC, Chelsea FC, Real Madrid CF and holders FC Internazionale Milano who earned a famous win at FC Bayern Munchen booked their quarter-final berths. Our video reviews of the last seven days also looks back at the UEFA Europa League last-16
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~http://www.uefa.com/video/weeklyedition/index.html?emv_mid=1107315731&emv_rid=1000855933274
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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/897184/uefa-won%27t-change-ticket-pricing-for-wembley?cc=4716
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~http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2011/round=2000119/index.html
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~http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2011/round=2000120/index.html

--Liverpool 3-1 Manchester United--

Kuyt derails bid for 19th title
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Liverpool's fully deserved 3-1 victory over Manchester United at Anfield may not ultimately prevent their arch-rivals surpassing the Reds' 18 league titles at the end of the season.
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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/292981?cc=4716
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~http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/

--Internazionale 0 - 1 Bayern Munich--

Champions left in perilous position
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Mario Gomes gained a small measure of revenge for Bayern Munich as his late winner earned the German side a valuable Champions League win against Inter Milan.
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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=310998&cc=4716

--Shaolin Poem--

--Chelsea 0 - 1 Liverpool--

FULL TIME!!! A very professional job from Liverpool, who closed Chelsea down efficiently, including Torres, and took their chance when it came. Chelsea's title race is run and Liverpool move into sixth.
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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/commentary?id=293136&cc=4716

--Apollo 11 30th anniversary 1969~1999 --

Apollo 11 is the designation of the space flight that landed the first humans on Earth's Moon on July 20, 1969. The mission, carried out by the United States, is considered a major accomplishment in the history of exploration and represented a victory for the U.S. in the Cold War Space Race with the Soviet Union.
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Launched from Florida on July 16, the third lunar mission of NASA's Apollo program (and the only G-type mission) was crewed by Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin landed in the Sea of Tranquility and on July 21 became the first humans to walk on the Moon. Their landing craft, Eagle, spent 21 hours and 31 minutes on the lunar surface while Collins orbited above in the command ship, Columbia. The three astronauts returned to Earth with 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar rocks and landed in the Pacific Ocean on July 24.
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Apollo 11 fulfilled U.S. President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon before the Soviet Union by the end of the 1960s, which he had expressed during a 1961 mission statement before the United States Congress: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

Five additional Apollo missions landed on the Moon from 1969–1972.

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
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~http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_11_30th.html

--25 years later....The Challenger....1986...and The "Journey Continues........" A Challenger's"..--

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For many, no single word evokes as much pain.
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Challenger.
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A quarter-century later, images of the exploding space shuttle still signify all that can go wrong with technology and the sharpest minds. The accident on Jan. 28, 1986 — a scant 73 seconds into flight, nine miles above the Atlantic for all to see — remains NASA's most visible failure.

It was the world's first high-tech catastrophe to unfold on live TV. Adding to the anguish was the young audience: Schoolchildren everywhere tuned in that morning to watch the launch of the first schoolteacher and ordinary citizen bound for space, Christa McAuliffe.

She never made it.

McAuliffe and six others on board perished as the cameras rolled, victims of stiff O-ring seals and feeble bureaucratic decisions.

It was, as one grief and trauma expert recalls, "the beginning of the age when the whole world knew what happened as it happened."....

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~http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41296542?GT1=43001

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~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JKIZ7j20EA&feature=related

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~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQL0NWS1Rc&feature=related

--Lionel Messi--

Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi]; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team as a forward or winger. He also holds Spanish citizenship, which makes him eligible as a EU player. Considered one of the best football players of his generation and frequently cited as the world's best contemporary player, Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21 and won both by the age of 22. He also won the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or at the age of 23. His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi his "successor".

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Messi began playing football at a young age and his potential was quickly identified by Barcelona. He left Rosario-based Newell's Old Boys's youth team in 2000 and moved with his family to Europe, as Barcelona offered treatment for his growth hormone deficiency. Making his debut in the 2004–05 season, he broke his team record for the youngest footballer to score a league goal. Major honours soon followed as Barcelona won La Liga in Messi's debut season, and won a double of the league and Champions League in 2006. His breakthrough season was in the 2006–07 season; he became a first team regular, scoring a hat-trick in El Clásico and finishing with 14 goals in 26 league games. Perhaps his most successful season was the 2008–09 season, in which Messi scored 38 goals to play an integral part in a treble-winning campaign. In the following 2009–10 campaign, Messi scored 47 goals in all competitions, equalling Ronaldo's record total for Barcelona.

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Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six goals, including two in the final game. Shortly thereafter, he became an established member of Argentina's senior international team. In 2006, he became the youngest Argentine to play in the FIFA World Cup and he won a runners-up medal at the Copa América tournament the following year. In 2008, in Beijing, he won his first international honour, an Olympic gold medal, with the Argentina Olympic football team.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_messi
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~http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/6008287/lionel-messi-selected-again-fifa-player-year
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~http://www.lionelmessi.com/
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~http://messi.com/
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~http://www.lionel-messi.eu/
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--Last 16 set for 17 December draw UEFA Champions League 2010--

Published: Wednesday 8 December 2010, 23.00CET

The lineup for the round of 16 draw on 17 December is complete with the eight group winners seeded and the runners-up pot including holders FC Internazionale Milano.
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The lineup for the UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw in Nyon on 17 December is complete – featuring a mix of seven former competition winners, nine teams that made it this far last season, and three clubs new to the knockout stage.
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There will be two pots when the draw ceremony begins at 12.00CET next Friday: one of group winners and one of runners-up. The winners will be away in the round of 16 first legs on 15/16 and 22/23 February and at home in the return matches on 8/9 and 15/16 March. No team can play a club from their group or any side from the same association.
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Group winners

A: Tottenham Hotspur FC
Can play: Lyon, Valencia, København, Roma, Marseille, Milan
Qualified as: fourth place, England / began in play-offs
Last season: did not enter
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 1
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: semi-finals

B: FC Schalke 04
Can play: Inter, Valencia, København, Roma, Marseille, Milan, Arsenal
Qualified as: runners-up, Germany
Last season: did not enter
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 3
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: quarter-finals

C: Manchester United FC
Can play: Inter, Lyon, København, Roma, Marseille, Milan
Last season: quarter-finals
Qualified as: runners-up, England
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 16
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: winners (three times)

D: FC Barcelona
Can play: Inter, Lyon, Roma, Marseille, Milan, Arsenal
Qualified as: champions, Spain
Last season: semi-finals
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 15
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: winners (three times)

E: FC Bayern München
Can play: Inter, Lyon Valencia, København, Marseille, Milan, Arsenal
Qualified as: champions, Germany
Last season: runners-up
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 15
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: winners (four times)

F: Chelsea FC
Can play: Inter, Lyon, Valencia, København, Roma, Milan
Qualified as: champions, England
Last season: round of 16
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 9
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: runners-up

G: Real Madrid CF
Can play: Inter, Lyon, København, Roma, Marseille, Arsenal
Qualified as: runners-up, Spain
Last season: round of 16
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 15
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: winners (nine times)

H: FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Can play: Inter, Lyon, Valencia, København, Roma, Marseille, Milan
Qualified as: champions, Ukraine
Last season: UEFA Europa League round of 32
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 6
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: group stage

Runners-up

A: FC Internazionale Milano
Can play: Schalke, Man United, Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea, Madrid, Shakhtar
Qualified as: holders / champions, Italy
Last season: winners
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 10
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: winners (three times)

B: Olympique Lyonnais
Can play: Tottenham, Man United, Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea, Madrid, Shakhtar
Qualified as: runners-up, France
Last season: semi-finals
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 11
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: semi-finals

C: Valencia CF
Can play: Tottenham, Schalke, Bayern, Chelsea, Shakhtar
Last season: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals
Qualified as: third place, Spain
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 7
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: runners-up

D: FC København
Can play: Tottenham, Schalke, Man United, Bayern, Chelsea, Madrid, Shakhtar
Qualified as: champions, Denmark / began in third qualifying round
Last season: UEFA Europa League round of 32
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 2
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: group stage

E: AS Roma
Can play: Tottenham, Schalke, Man United, Barcelona, Chelsea, Madrid, Shakhtar
Qualified as: runners-up, Italy
Last season: UEFA Europa League round of 32
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 7
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: runners-up

F: Olympique de Marseille
Can play: Tottenham, Schalke, Man United, Barcelona, Bayern, Madrid, Shakhtar
Qualified as: champions, France
Last season: UEFA Europa League round of 16
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 7
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: winners (once)

G: AC Milan
Can play: Tottenham, Schalke, Man United, Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea, Shakhtar
Qualified as: third place, Italy
Last season: round of 16
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 14
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: winners (seven times)

H: Arsenal FC
Can play: Schalke, Barcelona, Bayern, Madrid
Qualified as: third place, England
Last season: quarter-finals
Seasons in UEFA Champions League: 13
Previous European Champion Clubs' Cup best: runners-up

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~http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1574979.html

--中国-嫦娥二号卫星发射--

嫦娥二号卫星简称嫦娥二号，也称为二号星，嫦娥二号是嫦娥一号卫星的姐妹星，由长三丙火箭发射。但是嫦娥二号卫星上搭载的CCD照相机的分辨率将更高，其它探测设备也将有所改进，所探测到的有关月球的数据将更加翔实。嫦娥二号卫星有望在2010年国庆节期间发射。
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~http://baike.baidu.com/view/1220064.htm

--2010 FIFA World Cup--

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations; in 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals.

The matches were played in ten stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg. Thirty-two teams were selected for participation via a worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These sixteen teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final.

In the final, Spain, the European champions, defeated third-time finalists the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time, with Andrés Iniesta's goal in the 116th minute giving Spain their first world title, the first time that a European nation has won the tournament outside its home continent. Host nation South Africa, 2006 world champions Italy and 2006 runners-up France were eliminated in the first round of the tournament.

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup
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~http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html

--FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010--

The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the culmination of a qualification process that began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams. As such, it matches the 2008 Summer Olympics as the sports event with the most competing nations.
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his will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa defeated Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process. This decision left the Oceania Football Confederation as the only confederation yet to host the FIFA World Cup. Italy are the defending champions, after winning the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The draw for the finals took place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town.








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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_2010
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~http://www.fifa.com/index.html

--Bayern Munich 0 - 2 Internazionale--

Milito's magic gives Inter the Treble
Updated: May 23, 2010, 8:50 AM UK
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Diego Milito scored both goals as Inter Milan sealed an historic treble and ended a 45-year wait to be crowned kings of Europe after defeating Bayern Munich in the Champions League final in Madrid.
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• Jolly: No Hollywood ending for Bayern
• Gotta: tactical triumph for Mourinho
• Hero Milito revels in victory
• Van Gaal: Inter deserved win
• Jose: "My work here is done"
• Champions League final pics
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Milito struck in the 34th and 70th minutes as Inter became the first Italian team to win the treble of league, cup and European Cup in the same season, whilst ending German double-winners Bayern's hopes of doing likewise.



~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=292088&cc=4716&league=UEFA.CHAMPIONS
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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=292088&cc=4716&league=UEFA.CHAMPIONS
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~http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/index.html

--Clash Of The Titans 22nd May 2010 Madrid--

Madrid opens arms to football festival
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UEFA.com looks at the week's events in Madrid ahead of Saturday's UEFA Champions League final, including the conclusion of the inaugural UEFA Women's Champions League.

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With Club Atlético de Madrid's celebrations following their UEFA Europa League triumph still fresh in the memory, the Spanish capital is ready for another football fiesta as the countdown commences towards Saturday's UEFA Champions League final between FC Bayern München and FC Internazionale Milano at the Santiago Bernabéu.
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Both sides travel to Madrid on a high after completing their domestic doubles at the weekend and with local issues now decided, attention turns to Europe with both looking to complete memorable campaigns by winning Europe's biggest club prize of all.
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~http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1488329.html
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~http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/index.html

--Thomas and Uber Cup 2010--

The 2010 Thomas & Uber Cup is the 26th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 23rd tournament of the Uber Cup, the most important and most prestigious badminton tournaments in men's and women's team competition, respectively. The 2010 championships marks the Thomas & Uber Cup's 10 year return to Malaysia which has always seen great fan interest in the sport.
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The final rounds are being held from May 9 to May 16 at Putra Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which was also the same venue of the 2000 Thomas & Uber Cup.
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China won the Thomas Cup after defeating Indonesia with 3-0 score. While Korea won the Uber Cup after defeating China with 3-1 score.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Thomas_%26_Uber_Cup
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cup
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber_Cup

--Boeing 797 Giant "Blended Wing" Passenger Airliner--

The story says that the Boeing Company is developing a radical new passenger jetliner that will carry 1,000 passengers. It's designated the 797 and is a "blended wing" design looking a lot like the old flying wing experiments of the 50's.
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What is true, according to Boeing, is that Boeing Phantom Works, the company's advanced research and development organization, is doing research on the blended wing body design as a potential military aircraft. Boeing has built a scale model to test its low-speed flying characteristics in a wind tunnel. There are also plans (as of 7/13/07) to flight test a scale model.






~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/797

--Mercedes-Benz CLS Class--

The Mercedes-Benz CLS is an executive-size sedan based on the W211 E-Class platform. Marketed as a 'four door coupe,' the CLS recalls the fastback saloon designs of Robert Opron in the 1970s. According to a Mercedes-Benz press release, the CLS-class was produced to combine the "strong, emotive charisma" of a coupe with the "comfort and practicality" of a saloon. Save for its four-door design, the CLS's design tends towards a coupe, as its sleek roofline reduces the rear passenger room to a 2+2 arrangement, and it offers a smaller selection of engines tending towards high powered of the range, compared to contemporary sedans such as the E-Class.

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The current iteration of the CLS is internally designated as the C219 and it was first offered for sale in Europe in autumn 2004. It is assembled by Daimler AG in Sindelfingen, Germany and Mercedes-Benz-Valdez in Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico.

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_CLS-Class

~http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdom_website/en/home_mpc/passengercars/home/new_cars/models/cls-class/c219.flash.html#chapter=1

~http://www.edmunds.com/mercedesbenz/clsclass/review.html

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