Just wow. What a beautiful Korean girls. Models pose with cars during a the Seoul Motor Show in Goyang, north of Seoul on March, 2011. Auto show is the South Korea’s largest international auto show. Several domestic companies presented the latest eco-friendly cars and Korea showed beauty of its country. About 100 models participated at this main annual event in Korea calendar. There were Kang Yui, Ryu Ji Hye, Choi Byeol Yee, Han Ga Eun, Hwang Mi Hee and tens more models.

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Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano close to Messina and Catania. Mount Etna is located 37.7N, 15.0E on the north east coats of the Island of Sicily, Italy. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and the second largest active volcano in Europe, currently standing 3,329 metres (10,922 ft) high. It is the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of 1,190 km (460 sq mi) with a basal circumference of 140 km. This year, the volcanic eruption and the lava that flown into a valley overnight did not represent a danger to inhabited areas.

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The Brazilian Rio Carnival is celebrated in south american city Rio de Janeiro. It is the biggest and most interesting Carnival. It has long been regarded as the Carnival Capital of the World. Every other carnivals are compared to Rio Carnival. Probably, everyone has heard about the Rio Carnaval. It officially starts on Saturday, 40 days before Easter and finishes on Tuesday.

Rio Carnival 2011 Events

photos by Felipe Quintanilha

One word – amazing! Alfa Romeo GTA 4C Concept was presented in Geneva Motor Show 2011. Despite of expectations is not an open roadster, but a baby version of the beautiful and sinfully expensive 8C Competizione. Carbon fiber and aluminum construction helps keep the weight down to below 850 kilograms (1873 lbs). The 1750cc, direct-injection turbo four from the Giulietta QV mounted amidship drives over 200 horsepower via Alfa’s TCT dual-clutch transmission to the rear wheels. So, we have a car with an extremely high fun factor. Alfa 4C could lead the company’s long-awaited return to the North American market.

The International Geneva Motor Show 2011 takes place from March 3 – 13, 2011 to the public. Motor show Geneva is one of the biggest events and will display various types of car, accessories and parts for motor cars like tyres and rubber products, Fuels, chemicals, mechanical and electronic equipments. You can see world premiere of many cars like Aston Martin V8 Vantage S, Aston Martin Virage, Audi RS 3 Sportback, Bmw 535i xDrive Touring, Ferrari FF, Fiat Freemont, Koenigsegg Agera R, Maserati GranCabrio Sport, Mazda Minagi, Mini Cooper SD Clubman, Peugeot 308 GTi, Renault Wind Grodini, Porsche 911 Carrera Black, Subaru Trezia, SsangYong Q-150 …

Opening times:
Monday – Friday 10 am to 8 pm
Saturday – Sunday 9 am to 7 pm

Price of admission
Adults CHF 16.-
Children from 6 to 16 and pensioners CHF 9.-

Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in Biutiful
Jeff Bridges in True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network
James Franco in 127 Hours
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech

Actor in a Supporting Role
John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner in The Town
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush in“The King’s Speech
Christian Bale in The Fighter

Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine
Natalie Portman in Black Swan

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter in The King’s Speech
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit
Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom
Melissa Leo in The Fighter

Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon – Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich

Art Direction
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 –
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Inception –
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
The King’s Speech –
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
True Grit –
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Alice in Wonderland –
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara

Film Editing
Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter – Pamela Martin
The King’s Speech – Tariq Anwar
127 Hours – Jon Harris
The Social Network – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Cinematography
Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
The King’s Speech – Danny Cohen
The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit – Roger Deakins
Inception – Wally Pfister

Costume Design
I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech – Jenny Beavan
The Tempest – Sandy Powell
True Grit – Mary Zophres
Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood

Directing
Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky
The Fighter – David O. Russell
The Social Network – David Fincher
True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
The King’s Speech – Tom Hooper

Documentary (Feature)
Exit through the Gift Shop – Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Gasland – Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Restrepo – Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land – Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Inside Job – Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Documentary (Short Subject)
Killing in the Name – Jed Rothstein
Poster Girl – Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
Sun Come Up – Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang – Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

Foreign Language Film
Biutiful – Mexico
Dogtooth – Greece
Incendies – Canada
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) – Algeria
In a Better World – Denmark

Makeup
Barney’s Version – Adrien Morot
The Way Back – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Inception – Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours – A.R. Rahman
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)
Coming Home from Country Strong Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light from Tangled Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise from 127 Hours Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together from “Toy Story 3\” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture
Black Swan – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
Inception – Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
127 Hours – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
The Social Network – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson, Producer
True Grit – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
Winter’s Bone – Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)
Day Night – Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo – Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let’s Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) – Bastien Dubois
The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Short Film (Live Action)
The Confession – Tanel Toom
The Crush – Michael Creagh
Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 – Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
God of Love – Luke Matheny

Sound Editing
Toy Story 3 – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit – Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable – Mark P. Stoeckinger
Inception – Richard King

Sound Mixing
The King’s Speech – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Inception – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
Iron Man 2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
127 Hours – Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
Toy Story 3 – Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit – Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone – Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
The Social Network – Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Another Year – Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter – Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception – Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right – Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King ‘s Speech -Screenplay by David Seidler

Nobody expected this. There was no advance notice. There were no empty promises. There is no turning back: the future of motorsports began for Porsche in 2010. After several races we could well say: mission accomplished, theory substantiated. But that’s not enough for us. Our most important finding: Sports car can do more. Porsche is continuing to extend its performance and high efficiency competence via intensive development work in the field of technology. With the Porsche 918 spyder, the manufacturer of sporty premium vehicles is presenting a high-end synthesis of 2010\’s successful concepts. The two-seater mid-engine coupé 918 is transferred to a modern, innovative super sports car. The 3.4 litre V8 engine (500 hp/370 kW) is a development of the engine used in the RS Spyder Le Mans Prototype racing car. This is supplemented by three electric motors delivering an additional 218 horsepower (163 kW). The transmission is a 7-speed gearbox coupled to Porsche\’s own (PDK) double clutch system delivering power to the rear axle. This gives the 918 Spyder a 0–100 km/h time in just under 3.2 seconds and a top speed of over 320 kilometres per hour (200 mph). The energy storage system is a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery positioned behind the passenger cell. In addition to the plug-in recharge the batteries can also be charged by regenerative braking and by excess output from the engine when the car is coasting. CO2 emissions are 70 g/km and fuel consumption is 3 L/100 km (94 imperial mpg/78 us mpg).