Cancelation of the Chess Grand Slam in Mexico As we have informed you several days ago, there will be no Chess Grand Slam competition in Mexico. Today we received the official cancellation letter from the Grand Slam Chess Association. Here is the full unedited text of the letter. Distinguished Members of Chess Grand Slam International Tournament Representatives CORUS of Wijk aan Zee, Holla
Greenspan says credit crisis easing - MEXICO CITY
MEXICO CITY - UNITED States financial markets, roiled by the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market, have shown a ‘pronounced turnaround’ since March, says Mr Alan Greenspan, the former US Federal Reserve chairman.
The worst of the credit crisis is over, or will be soon, and there is now [...]
Aeromexico started twice-weekly flights to Shanghai (PVG) from Mexico City (MEX) this week. The flights leave MEX on Tuesday and Friday as flight AM 98. The return flights leave PVG on Thursday and Sunday as flight AM 99. The flights stop in Tijuana, Mexico (TIJ) both directions. Aeromexico is using a Boeing 777 for AM98/AM99.
The reunited original lineup of PRETTY BOY FLOYD — Steve "Sex" Summers, Kristy "Krash" Majors, Vinnie Chaz and Kari Kane — has scheduled a date in Mexico City in August.The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows:July 11 - South Texas Rock Fest – West Boerne, Texas July 12 - Rocklahoma - Pryor, OK Aug. 02 - X-It - Mexico City, MexicoFor the first time in 17 years, all four original mem
If you want to understand El Zocalo like an insider, then you should know some facts about it. Namely the followings, listed bellow.
First of all, travelling for the first time at Mexico City, probably by air to he Benito Juarez airport, you can see shortly from the plane the mexican flag. There is Zocalo, or [...]
While her hubby Tony Parker is busy with the NBA playoffs, Eva Longoria headed south of the border to promote Holanda’s Magnum Devotion Ice Cream in Mexico City on Sunday (April 27).Wearing a stylish yellow ensemble, the Desperate Housewives actress charmed the crowd at the morning press conference and photocall held at the Four Seasons Hotel.As previously reported by Gossip Girls, the Holanda’s ice cream brand recently launched a $12 million ad campaign for another new flavor, with Longoria appearing in the spot.The TV advert featured Eva in a Mayan temple to mark the launch of the Magnum Mayan Mystica bar - “a ‘decadent’ new flavor, blended with cinnamon, honey and nutmeg, is inspired by chocolate’s supposed origins in the Mayan civilization 2,500 years ago.
Beverage Plus Inc. announces new energy drink product made with fresh organically prepared liquid coffee from Brazil - Strategic alignment with Café Zal– importer of Grade A coffee from Brazil – European expansion advanced through promotion and intensified search for master franchisees - Significant purchase orders from Nigeria and India
Las Vegas, [...]
MacDonald Motorsports and driver DJ Kennington announced that MC2 Energy Drink has partnered with the organization as the primary sponsor for the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Corona 200 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City on April 20th.
“We are really excited to have MC2 Energy Drink on board for [...]
Ron Fellows To Drive Pontiac GXP.R In Mexico City
Le Mans Winner to Partner Leighton Reese
Detroit, Mich., April 8, 2008 — Ron Fellows will partner Leighton
Reese in the No. 06 Banner Engineering Pontiac GXP.R in round three of
the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16
Mexico City 250.
Fellows is a three time [...]
La Plaza de la Constitucion, informally called El Zocalo, is the main square in Mexico City. Located in the historic center of Mexico City, it is one of the largest squares in the world. Plaza de la Constitucion (and the area that surrounds it) has been the center of Mexico City since pre-Hispanic times, when [...]
Tommy Smith e John Carlos alle Olimpiadi di Mexico City alzano il pugno guantato delle Pantere Nere
Via Wikipedia
(Tommy Smith n.d.b.) Nel 1968 vinse la medaglia d’oro sui 200 m nella finale olimpica di Città del Messico con il tempo di 19″83, primo uomo al mondo a scendere sotto il limite di 20″, precedendo l’australiano Peter [...]
Inglaterra | 2008 | Heavy Metal ++ ACLARACION ++ La calidad del audio no es muy buena pero aceptable tomando en cuenta que esta grabado desde un minidisc player del cual no tengo las caracteristicas. ......................................................El día tan esperado llegó y Iron Maiden confirmo el porque es uno de los pilares del Heavy Metal.El Foro Sol lleno en todas las secciones [55,000 almas], se podian ver chavitos de 13 - 14 años con su playera de Iron Maiden y que no sabian que Bruce Dickinson y Adrian Smith alguna vez dejaron la banda, señores cuarentones que se les veia una cara de emocion y nostalgia al recordar esos gloriosos años 80's de su juventud y que tenian la oportunidad de cantar esos himnos con los que crecieron.Como buenos ingleses a las 7 de la noche sal
The Australian Grand Prix isn't the only motorsport event on this weekend, you know. While you're dragging yourself out of bed to fall in front of the telly at silly o'clock, there'll be a tense title fight taking place in Mexico City.
Mexico City abounds with plazas, food markets, and public squares where all manner of handicrafts and other items are on display for sale. The Mercado de los Sabados en San Angel—a Saturday market—features a wide range of clothes, jorongos (a traditional coat), jewelry, handcrafted paper, textiles, and traditional sweets. All of these come from various parts of Mexico, giving you a glimpse of the cultures of the other cities from a single location.As most people find, the prices of most items are quite low compared to the U.S. or Europe. Clothes, for instance, can be found of a very high quality and yet be priced as low as $15. One of the plazas that must be seen by shopping enthusiasts is the Plaza de La Ciudadela. The small stands in this rather large marketplace are overflowing wi
Mexico City evicts 15,000 street vendors(AFP)
AFP - Visitors to Mexico City's historic center were to find it unusually empty this weekend after authorities forced thousands of unlicensed vendors to clear their stalls from its crowded streets.
Cuba releases pictures of recovering Fidel Castro(Reuters)
Reuters - Cuba released two photographs of FidelCastro on Sunday in which the ailing leader looked alert as hestood and chatted with visiting Venezuelan President HugoChavez.
Floods kill at least 31 in Haiti: official(Reuters)Reuters - Flooding triggered by torrentialrains killed at least 23 people in a village in central Haition Thursday, a government official said on Friday.
Costa Rica landslide kills 10 people(Reuters)
Reuters - Ten people were killed andthree others were missing after heavy rains caused an earlymorning landslide that engulfed homes in a small town incentral Costa Rica, the Red Cross reported on Friday.
U.N. force to remain in Haiti(AP)AP - The U.N. Security Co
Siamo vicini al giro di boa al Campionato del Mondo di scacchi che si stà svolgendo a Città del Messico, oggi Runner, ci delizia commentando due partite, Grischuk - Svidler e la Aronian - Kramnik.
La partita che vi commento è molto importante, dato che permette a Gelfand di appaiare Anand al comando della classifica:
Gelfand Boris - Morozevich Alexander
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Ab7 5.Ag2 Ae7 siamo in un Ovest Indiana, le percentuali di patta sono elevate 6.Cc3 Ce4 7.Ad2 f5 se il nero avesse voluto accontentarsi di una posizione equilibrata, avrebbe optato per Af6 invece sceglie di rinforzare il controllo sulla casa e4, permettendo al bianco di spingere in d5 aumentando il proprio vantaggio di spazio 8.d5 Af6 9.Dc2 De7 10.Cxe4 A livello di over 2600 solo Viktor Lvovic Korcnoi ha optato per questo cambio, perdendo con Rozentalis, ma sciupando una buona posizione 10…fxe4 11.Dxe4 Axb2 12.Td1 una novità, Korcnoi giocò Tb1 12…Af6 13.0-0 Ca6 14.Cd4 Cc5 entrambi i
Two months ago I wrote how awful is 2007 World Championship website. I was also complaining that "emails I have sent to Director de Operaciones and Press department are left without reply". Update.
Empty Promises was posted on May 24, I said they didn't reply to my email sent two days earlier....
In the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Tanzanian runner John Stephen Ahkwari was the last runner in the marathon.
He came in about an hour and a half after the winner, practically carrying his leg, as it was so bloodied and bandaged.
Film Director Bud Greenspan asked him, “Why did you keep going?” He said, “You don’t understand. My country did not send me 5,000 miles to start a race, they sent me to finish it.”
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Tanzania’s John Stephen Ahkwari - Click To Play
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Now that's progress. Mexico, the supposed home of millions committed to family values, is considering legalizing prostitution. According to the article, previous to this latest capitulation, Mexico City had already officially recognized gay unions and legalized abortion (It's odd that the least controversial is the last one to appear). I realize that I may be totally over-reacting, but assuming the same pattern evolves in Mexico as in the United States and Europe, Mexico is going to be just like the most most culturally liberal parts of the world, except poorer and more violent. They can now claim no advantage over their Northern neighbor, whereas before one could have said, "we may not have as many things, but we believe in family and tradition."
It's funny how we expend so much effort to capture at least some of the decency of our fathers* while other countries just give up.
They may never have been competitive economically, but Mexicans had many things of which to be proud.
Ariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiba then its off to Mexico we go with the May 28th release of Adam Freeland’s debut CD for GU. Its rammed full of exclusive material including his brand new single for GU “Silverlake Pills” (which is forthcoming in June with mixes from Smash TV and Last Atlant).
From exploring the myriad of historical sites packed into the world-famous Centro neighborhood and dining on Mexican-Asian fusion cuisine to viewing the renowned paintings of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, David Siquieros, and Jose Clemente Orozco, Moon Handbooks Mexico City is the guide to the best the...
Welcome back to the CheapoAir Spring Airline Travel Series!Yesterday we covered Spring Family Travel. If you missed it, check it out. We discussed the top destination for families this spring, and on a budget!Today... Senior Travel to Mexico City, Kingston or Las Vegas. Where should you go? How can you get the most for your money? Is there a preferred destination?Though this may come as quite a surprise, all three destinations are perfectly delightful choices. What it boils down to is what you're looking for in a vacation and who you're traveling with. Each of these wonderful destinations is absolutely within your budget!Traveling to Mexico City or Kingston during the spring is the off-season. That means bigger savings and smaller lines into the most sought after attractions. If you're in need of the three R's (rest, relaxation and romance), Kingston will take your breath away. From all-inclusive resorts, to spa packages and a la carte travel (hotel, airfare and car rental parsed o
Pontiac Teams Head South Of The Border To Mexico City
GAINSCO Returns to Site of First Win
Detroit, Mich., April 15, 2008 — Pontiac Grand-Am teams are headed
to Mexico City for round three of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Mexico City 250.
The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit is 2.5-miles in length [...]
GANASSI, LEXUS EYE THIRD STRAIGHT WIN AS ROLEX SERIES GOES SOUTH OF THE
BORDER - After following up a record third-straight Rolex 24 at Daytona
victory with a dominating win at Homestead, the #01 Ganassi Lexus team
and drivers Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas will head to Mexico City this
weekend looking for third consecutive triumph.
LEXUS TAKES MANUFACTURER’S LEAD [...]
O’Connell Racing (OConnellRacing.com), a southern California based
Grand-Am Rolex Series and NASCAR road racing team announced today that
the team has entered the Rolex Series GT race and the NASCAR Nationwide
series races south of the border in the Mexico City 250 at the famed
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The team will run with drivers Kevin
O’Connell and Kevin Roush [...]
TRG Heads South of the Border with Points Lead and a Pair of Potent
Porsches. The No. 67 TRG Porsche leads the No. 66 machine.
PETALUMA, Calif. - As the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by
Crown Royal Cask No. 16 makes its annual trek south of the border to
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, TRG finds itself in a [...]
DORAN RACING EXPANDS ITS ASSUAULT ON THE 2008 ROLEX SERIES WITH A 2-CAR
TEAM BEGINNING AT THIS WEEKEND’S MEXICO CITY 250
Lebanon, OH (April 14, 2008) - This weekend’s Mexico City 250 marks the
beginning of Doran Racing’s expansion to a 2-car assault on the remainder
of the 2008 Rolex Series season. Joining the team’s #77 Kodak Ford
Doran/Dallara [...]
Segal hopes homework pays off in Mexico City
(Miami, FL) 16 April 08–Talk about doing your homework in
advance–Jeff Segal started his preparations for this weekend’s
Mexico City 250 over a year ago.
In 2007, Speedsource signed Segal for the long-distance Rolex events,
which gave him some useful seat time while also keeping his Rolex Mesco
Building For The Future Rookie [...]
Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team prepares for Mexico City 250
MEXICO CITY - The Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team completes first
day of Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask
No. 16 practice today, in preparation for the Mexico City 250 April
17-19 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
Drivers Joey Hand and Bill Auberlen spent most of [...]
Gurney Sets Fastest Time Thursday in Rolex Series Practice at Autodromo
Hermanos Rodriguez
Rolex Series GT point co-leader Pumpelly fastest after first two sessions
of practice
MEXICO CITY (April 17, 2008) — Alex Gurney set the fastest lap deep
into the second of two Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by
Crown Royal Cask No. 16 practice sessions Thursday, driving the [...]
Last Lap Gives Gurney and GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Fastest Thursday
Practice Time At Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
REIGNING ROLEX SERIES CO-CHAMP SHAKES OFF LINGERING EFFECTS OF A COLD TO
POST TOP TIME
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (April 17 2008) — Alex Gurney didn’t let the
lingering effects of a cold stop him from ripping off a last lap in
Thursday’s final practice session [...]
Segal posts career best Rolex qualifying result in Mexico City
KONI Champ only takes one lap to score second-row starting spot
(Mexico City, MX) 18 April 08–Jeff Segal’s Mesco Building for
the Future Rookie campaign took another positive step forward on Friday
as the Miami resident made the most of his opportunity to qualify the No.
69 FXDD Mazda RX-8, [...]
Ballou paces TRG qualifying effort for Mexico City 250
MEXICO CITY - TRG’s Ted Ballou and Tim George qualified 12th and
13th, respectively for tomorrow’s Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car SeriesAJR
Homestead presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Mexico City 250.
Under sunny skies and temperatures near 70 degrees, Ballou recorded his
fastest time just two laps into the 20-minute [...]
HOME COOKING! ROJAS PUTS LEXUS ON POLE IN HOMETOWN AT MEXICO CITY
TORRANCE, Calif. (April 18, 2008) — Hometown hero Memo Rojas grabbed
the pole by two one-thousandths of a second in Friday’s qualifying
for the Mexico City 250 to give Lexus its first pole position of the 2008
Rolex Sports Car Series.
Rojas’ pole was his first in the [...]
Stevenson Pontiac GXP-R Takes First-Ever Win In Mexico
The #57 Stevenson Motorsports — BryanMark Financial Pontiac GXP-R made
history this weekend at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in
Mexico City, Mexico. Running in just its third race ever, in the
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16,
the Stevenson Pontiac led the GT field [...]
RETIREMENT WITH A FEW LAPS TO GO FOR MATTEO BOBBI IN
MEXICO
The ‘Mexico City 250′, third round of the Grand-Am 2008
championship, showed the first positive notes on the development of the
Coyote-Pontiac of the Team Cheever.
Matteo Bobbi, during Friday’s qualifying, obtained in fact the eighth
position (1:20.890), a result still far from the objectives both of the
driver and [...]
Dirk Werner
driver, Farnbacher Loles Racing No. 87 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
The event started very well, as we were fast right from the beginning. It
was soon clear that my teammate for Mexico — Pierre Kaffer –
was a premium choice. We were on top of the timing lists in two of the
three free practice sessions, and in [...]
RECOVERY
THE MORNING AFTER
It’s really pretty strange to hear Billy Joel’s recorded song, “The Piano
Man,” reverberating throughout the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez’
front-straight grandstands at daybreak, Sunday.
As if to make some sort of point, whoever was making like a DJ immediately
played it a second time.
This old guy prefers to hear the song with an alcoholic beverage in hand [...]
