Miss Venezuela Stefanía Fernández is Miss Universe 2009

Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez, has been crowned as Miss Universe 2009 on the 58th Annual Miss Universe pageant at Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas.

Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez

The newly winner Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez was crowned by reigning Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela. Venezuela defended the crown for the second time.

The Runner-ups are:

1st Runner-up

Miss Dominican Republic - Ada de la Cruz

2nd Runner-up

Miss Kosovo - Marigona Dragusha

3rd Runner-up

Miss Australia - Rachael Finch

4th Runner-up

Miss Puerto Rico - Mayra Matos

Top 10

France - Chloé Mortaud
South Africa - Tatum Keshwar
Czech Republic - Iveta Lutovská
Switzerland - Whitney Toyloy
USA - Kristen Dalton

The 58th Annual Miss Universe 2009 was hosted by Billy Bush and Claudia Jordan.

The top 15 finalists who were vying for the Miss Universe crown were from Albania, Australia, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Iceland, Kosovo, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, the US and Venezuela.

These finalists were selected from among 84 contestants who appeared in cocktail dresses and then reappeared in swim suits.


Miss Venezuela Stefanía Fernández Background


image source: missuniverse.com

Watch Miss Universe 2009 LIVE Online

Watch 58th Annual Miss Universe 2009 competition live online stream from Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas on Sunday, August 23rd on NBC and Telemundo at 9 PM (ET).

This years Miss Universe 2009 a prestigious pageant will be participated by 84 lovely ladies from different countries. The pageant will be watch watch on local tv channel by its official media partner in the Philippines, the ABS-CBN. Live via telecast on Studio 23 on August 25th at 8 pm and August 27th at 10 pm.

Complete list of contestants of the Miss Universe 2009 with their respective countries:

Hasna Xhukiçi ( Albania )
Nelsa Alves ( Angola )
Johanna Lasic ( Argentina )
Dianne Croes ( Aruba )
Rachael Finch ( Australia )
Kiara Sherman ( Bahamas )
Zeynep Sever ( Belgium )
Dominique Peltier ( Bolivia )
Larissa Costa ( Brazil )
Elitsa Lubenova ( Bulgaria )
Mariana Valente ( Canada )
Nicosia Lawson ( Cayman Islands )
Jing Yao Wang ( China )
Michelle Rouillard ( Colombia )
Jessica Umaña ( Costa Rica )
Sarah Ćosić ( Croatia )
Angenie Simon ( Curaçao )
Kielia Giasemidou ( Cyprus )
Iveta Lutovská ( Czech Republic )
Ada de la Cruz ( Dominican Republic )
Sandra Vinces ( Ecuador )
Elham Wagdi ( Egypt )
Mayella Mena ( El Salvador )
Diana Arno ( Estonia )
Melat Yante ( Ethiopia )
Essi Pöysti ( Finland )
Chloé Mortaud ( France )
Lika Ordzhonikidze ( Georgia )
Martina Lee ( Germany )
Jennifer Koranteng ( Ghana )
Clair Cooper ( Great Britain )
Viviana Kampanile-Zagorianakou ( Greece )
Racine Manley ( Guam )
Lourdes Figueroa ( Guatemala )
Jenel Cox ( Guyana )
Bélgica Suárez ( Honduras )
Zsuzsa Budai ( Hungary )
Ingibjörg Ragnheiður Egilsdóttir ( Iceland )
Ekta Choudhry ( India )
Zivanna Letisha Siregar ( Indonesia )
Diana Donnelly ( Ireland )
Yulia Liubianitzki ( Israel )
Laura Valenti ( Italy )
Carolyn Yapp ( Jamaica )
Emiri Miyasaka ( Japan )
Ree Na ( Korea )
Marigona Dragusha ( Kosovo )
Martine Andraos ( Lebanon )
JoannaBelle Ng ( Malaysia )
Anaïs Veerapatren ( Mauritius )
Karla Carrillo ( Mexico )
Anja Jovanović ( Montenegro )
Happie Ntelamo ( Namibia )
Avalon-Chanel Weyzig ( Netherlands )
Katie Taylor ( New Zealand )
Indiana Sánchez ( Nicaragua )
Sandra Otohwo ( Nigeria )
Eli Landa ( Norway )
Diana Broce ( Panama )
Mareike Baumgarten ( Paraguay )
Karen Schwarz ( Peru )
Pamela Bianca Manalo ( Philippines )
Angelika Jakubowska ( Poland )
Mayra Matos ( Puerto Rico )
Elena Bianca Constantin ( Romania )
Sofia Rudieva ( Russia )
Dragana Atlija ( Serbia )
Rachel Kum ( Singapore )
Denisa Mendrejová ( Slovak Republic )
Mirela Korač ( Slovenia )
Tatum Keshwar ( South Africa )
Estíbaliz Pereira ( Spain )
Renate Cerljen ( Sweden )
Whitney Toyloy ( Switzerland )
Illuminata James ( Tanzania )
Chutima Durongdej ( Thailand )
Senem Kuyucuoğlu ( Turkey )
Jewel Selver ( Turks & Caicos )
Kristina Kotz-Gotlib ( Ukraine )
Cintia Dottone ( Uruguay )
Kristen Dalton ( USA )
Stefanía Fernández ( Venezuela )
Võ Hoàng Yến ( Vietnam )
Andella Chileshe Matthews ( Zambia )

More Pinoys having mobile phones

According to the latest Synovate Media Atlas, a study of the behavior of Filipino consumers aged 15-64, mobile phone ownership in the country had risen from 60 percent during the 2007-2008 survey period to 69 percent this year for non-Internet-capable handsets.

More Filipinos now own cellular phones, mostly the low-end and mid-tier varieties that do not have Internet connectivity, according to a market study.

For mobile phones with Internet connectivity, ownership also increased to 31 percent this year from 29 percent during the preceding survey period, the study revealed.

“This increase in ownership is likely due to the sustained release of newer and more affordable cell phone models,’’ Synovate global executive director for media Steve Garton said in a statement.

Ninety-five percent of those polled cited staying in touch as their primary reason for owning mobile phones.

The majority of those surveyed (79 percent) reinforced the country’s ``texting capital of the world’’ title by saying that short messaging service, or text messaging, was their preferred medium of communication on their wireless handsets.

Other popular usage of the mobile phones included playing games (50 percent), taking pictures (40 percent), and listening to music (29 percent).

The Filipinos’ appetite for new information as well as the popularity of social networking sites in the country also helped fuel an increase in mobile phone ownership.

Many news sites, including Inquirer.net, are capable of pushing content to mobile phones. Social networking sites such as Friendster, Facebook, Multiply and Twitter are also able to push content into mobile phones.

“For those who are heavily invested with their mobile phones, the results indicate how they have affected the Filipino lifestyle and how businesses can actually penetrate a huge chunk of the population via cell phones and SMS. Those who invest in understanding their consumers are the ones who will thrive in this increasingly competitive environment,’’ Synovate Philippines managing director Carole Sarthou said.

The country currently has more than 35 million mobile subscribers.

source: technology.inquirer.net

Watch Hard Justice 2009 Live Online Video

Watch Hard Justice 2009 Live Online Stream Video. With the theme "Burn It Down" by F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Watch Hard Justice 2009 will be Live on pay-per-view (PPV). The event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which will take place on August 16, 2009 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It will be the fifth event under the Hard Justice chronology and all matches will take place under hardcore rules.

Watch Hard Justice 2009 Live Online Stream Video:

The event will feature an unknown number of professional wrestling matches that will involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers will be portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that will build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Kurt Angle vs. Sting vs. Matt Morgan in the Three Way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Watch Hook City Jones vs Lacy Live Online Video

Watch Hook City Roy Jones Jr. vs. Jeff Lacy Live Online. On Saturday night, August 15, 2009 in Biloxi, Mississippi, Jones will likely have to rely on that heart and toughness when he faces former super middleweight champ Jeff Lacy. Lacy a 32 tears old, remains a tough, durable fighter but can be outboxed, as he was nearly shut out by Joe Calzaghe and Jermain Taylor in the two biggest fights of his career.

Watch Hook City Live:

Watch Jones vs Lacy Live on Saturday August 15, 2009 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, MS.

Former Eight-Time World Champion Roy "Captain Hook" Jones Jr. (53-5) takes on Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy (35-2) for a scheduled 12 rounds at Light Heavyweight. Roy Jones Jr. once the baddest man in boxing is no longer that super hero. Since 2004 he has gone 3-4 and like Lacy isn’t the same boxer. Jones Jr is now 40 years old ,but cannot be counted out. Lacy started his career off with 21 straight victories then in 2006 went over to England to pick up number 22. But things went terrible wrong when he met Joe Calzaghe and took the beaten of his life. Since then he has only lost once to Jermain Taylor, but hasn’t looked the same. Expect to see a great fight as both fighters look to leave it all in the ring come Saturday night.


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Watch Pinoy Power 2 Nonito Donaire vs Rafael Concepcion Live

Watch Pinoy Power 2 Nonito Donaire vs Rafael Concepcion Live in Pay-Per-View

Watch Pinoy Power 2 Nonito Donaire vs Rafael Concepcion Live in Pay-Per-View.

Nonito Donaire Jr. also known as "The Filipino Flash" is one of the 10 best fighters in the world. He is starting to get his spotlight, headlining his second consecutive pay-per-view card Saturday night. Currently Nonito Donaire Jr. holds the IBF and IBO World Titles in the Flyweight division. Donaire's latest title defense came against Luis Maldonado of Mexico on December 1, 2007 where he scored an 8th round TKO against the tough-chinned Mexican. He is getting busier, fighting for the second time in 2009 after fighting only once in 2008. And he is climbing the weight classes, moving up to junior bantamweight where he will find an opponent, Rafael "El Torito" Concepcion, who is some kind of threat to him, as well as a fighter whose style makes for exciting boxing matches. What he isn't getting: fights that are as big as his talent, on stages that are worthy of his skill.

Watch Pinoy Power 2 LIVE for WBA interim world Super Flyweight title:

The upcoming championship fights on the Top Rank promoted "Pinoy Power 2" on Pay Per View this Saturday, August 15 at the New Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire Jr. battles Rafael "El Torito" Concepcion of Panama for the WBA interim world Super Flyweight title and Luevano defends his WBO world Featherweight belt against No. 1 contender Bernabe Concepcion from the Philippines.

Watch Strikeforce Carano vs. Cyborg Online Fight Video Preview

Watch Strikeforce Carano vs. Cyborg Fight Video Preview:

Watch Strikeforce Carano vs. Cyborg online video

Strikeforce: Gina Caran vs. Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos bout will be live from HP Pavilion at San Jose, California, Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 7:30 PM and will be air live on the Showtime.

The match-up that everyone's been waiting for, Gina Carano and Cris Cyborg will make history as the first women to headline a televised MMA event and the inaugural Strikeforce Women's Championship which is contested at 145 pounds (66 kg).

Watch Strikeforce Carano vs. Cyborg Live Online Video

Watch Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg Live Fight Video Online direct from HP Pavilion at San Jose, California.

Strikeforce female bouts will be 5-minute rounds from now on. The Carano vs. Cyborg fight live online stream on Saturday, August 15, 2009 will inaugural Strikeforce Women's Championship which is contested at 145 pounds (66 kg). Each bout with both be 5-minute rounds, yet they could not guarantee all their women’s bouts from now on would be 5-minute rounds because it would be up to the state athletic commission where the particular event is held.


MAIN CARD (BEGINNING AT 7:30PM):

Gina “Conviction” Carano vs. Cris “Cyborg”– 145lb Female Championship Bout
Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. Gegard Mousasi - Light Heavyweight Championship Bout
Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida – Lightweight Interim Championship Bout
Jay "The Thoroughbred" Hieron vs. Jesse "JT Money" Taylor


UNDERCARD (BEGINNING AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM)

Mike "Mak" Kyle vs. Fabricio "Vai Cavalo" Werdum
Scott Lighty vs. Mike Cook
David "Tarzan" Douglas vs. Justin "The Silverback" Wilcox
James Terry vs. Zac Bucia
Isaiah Hill vs. Alex Trevino


Watch Strikeforce Carano vs. Cyborg Online Fight Video Preview

Perseid Meteor Shower 2009

Earth is entering a stream of dusty debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle on July 31, 2009, the source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Although the shower won't peak until August 11th and 12th, the show is already getting underway.

The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to put on a good show this week for those willing to get up in the wee hours of the morning and wait patiently for the shooting stars.

In North America, the best time to watch will be between midnight to 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, but late Tuesday night and also Wednesday night could prove fruitful, weather permitting.

The Perseids are bits of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, which has laid down several streams of debris, each in a slightly different location, over the centuries as it orbits the sun. Every August, Earth passes through these debris streams, which spread out over time.

Astronomers expect up to 200 meteors per hour in short bursts of up to 15 minutes or so. But many of the fainter meteors will simply not be visible due to moonlight, and rates will go down even more for those in urban areas. More likely a typical observer under reasonably dark skies might hope to see a meteor every couple minutes when the bursts come, and fewer during lulls.

The best time to watch is between midnight and dawn Wednesday. Forecasters say the best stretch could come between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. ET (1-2 a.m. PT), which would be after daybreak in Europe. Some Perseids might be visible late Tuesday night, and Wednesday night into Thursday morning could prove worthwhile, too.

Meteor forecasting is still in its infancy, however, so the best bet for anyone truly hungry to spot shooting stars is to get in as much observing time as possible from around 11 p.m. Tuesday night until dawn Wednesday, and if you miss that show, try the same time frame Wednesday evening into Thursday morning.

Looking northeast around midnight on August 11th-12th. The red dot is the Perseid radiant. Although Perseid meteors can appear in any part of the sky, all of their tails will point back to the radiant. Image copyright: Spaceweather.com, used with permission.

sources: news.yahoo.com & science.nasa.gov

500 Peso bill design with couple Cory and Ninoy

On Monday the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said they are now studying the possible design of a new P500 bill that would feature the late former president Corazon Aquino alongside her husband, the late former senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.

For a person to have his or her image printed on a bill, the person should already be dead, has made a significant contribution to the country, and should embody something unique about the Filipino people.

The BSP Numismatic and Concept Committee said Mrs. Aquino is already qualified to have her image put in a bill or coin.

"To recognize the contributions of President Aquino to the cause of democracy, to the cause of national unity, how do we do that? We intend to put her portrait in the P500 notes," BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Gunigundo said.

The BSP expects to have the lay-out ready by October, and once approved, the first batch of bills with Cory and Ninoy's images will be out early 2010.

Along with this possible new design, the BSP is preparing to include new technologies on the current bills to heighten security and to prevent fraud.

This idea first came out after a possible design of a new P500 bill, made by 22-year-old Reno Naval, came out on the internet.

(unofficial design)

"I posted [the design] as my first post on my website (www.peaceloveandrevolution.com). And then surprisingly, there were a lot of people who saw it, and when the website was [published] on [the newspapers], it spread out like wildfire," Naval said about the spread of his design on the internet.

source: abs-cbnnews.com

Watch Teen Choice Awards 2009 Live Online video

Watch 11th Teen Choice Awards 2009 Show LIVE Online Video



2009 Teen Choice Award nominees will show off on Monday August 10, from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, hosted by Jonas Brothers and Eyed Peas will be there to perform their new single "I Gotta Feeling!"

Everyone from your fave shows, movies, and music will be there presenting including Twilight stars: Ashley Greene and Taylor Lautner, Vanessa Hudgens, Shawn Johnson, Secret Life's Daren Kagasoff, Sean Kingston, and Jennette McCurdy will also be at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards. Scroll down or click here to read the entire list of new categories and nominees and visit www.teenchoiceawards.com to vote!


11th Teen Choice Awards 2009 Nominees

11th Teen Choice Awards 2009 Nominees

List of Nominees in the 11th Teen Choice Awards 2009:

Choice Summer TV
"Make It or Break It"
"Paris Hilton's My New BFF"
"Princess Protection Program"
"The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
"So You Think You Can Dance"

Choice Summer TV Star: Female
Selena Gomez, "Princess Protection Program"
Paris Hilton, "Paris Hilton's My New BFF"
Demi Lovato, "Princess Protection Program"
Anna Paquin, "True Blood"
Shailene Woodley, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"

Choice Summer TV Star: Male
Ken Baumann, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
Adrian Grenier, "Entourage"
Daren Kagasoff, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
George Lopez, "Mr. Troop Mom"
Stephen Moyer, "True Blood"

Choice Summer Movie: Action Adventure
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"Star Trek"
"Terminator Salvation"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
"X-Men Origins: Wolverine"

Choice Summer Movie Star: Male
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Brüno"
Bradley Cooper, "The Hangover"
Johnny Depp, "Public Enemies"
Shia LaBeouf, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Ryan Reynolds, "The Proposal"
Adam Sandler, "Funny People"

Choice Summer Movie Star: Female
Sandra Bullock, "The Proposal"
Cameron Diaz, "My Sister's Keeper"
Megan Fox, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Katherine Heigl, "The Ugly Truth"
Hayden Panettiere, "I Love You, Beth Cooper"
Ashley Tisdale, "Aliens in the Attic"

Choice Summer Movie: Drama
"Angels & Demons"
"My Sister's Keeper"
"Orphan"
"Public Enemies"
"Taking of Pelham 1 2 3"

Choice Summer Movie: Comedy
"Brüno"
"Funny People"
"The Hangover"
"Up"
"Year One"

Choice Summer Movie: Romance
"Away We Go"
"I Love You, Beth Cooper"
"My Life in Ruins"
"The Proposal"
"The Ugly Truth"

Choice Movie Hissy Fit
Jim Carrey, "Yes Man"
Miley Cyrus, "Hannah Montana: The Movie"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Kate Hudson, "Bride Wars"
Hugh Jackman, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"

Choice Summer Song
"I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas
"Knock You Down," Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West and Ne-Yo
"Before The Storm," Jonas Brothers feat. Miley Cyrus
"Fire Burning," Sean Kingston
"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)," Pitbull

Choice Celebrity Dancer
Miley Cyrus
Fergie
Selena Gomez
Shawn Johnson
Lady Gaga

Choice Twitter
Ellen DeGeneres
Kim Kardashian
Ashton Kutcher
MC Hammer
Shaquille O'Neal

Teen Choice 2009 Winners will be announce on Monday, Aug. 10 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

The casts of "Twilight" (Robert Pattison, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed and Kellan Lutz) and FOX's new comedy series GLEE (Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Jenna Ushkowitz, Chris Colver, Amber Riley and Kevin McHale) will appear on the show too!

Also David Beckham, Zac Efron, Megan Fox, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Morrison, Keke Palmer, Alexis Bledel, Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester, Ellen DeGeneres and Ashley Tisdale all be there- so you'd better be there too!

Watch WEC 42 Torres vs. Bowles Online Video Live

Watch WEC 42 Torres vs. Bowles Online Fight Video Live


World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) 42 Torres vs. Bowles will telecast live worldwide at Hardrock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada- U.S.A. by Versus Channel. WEC 42 this August 9, 2009 with main fight event will be Miguel Torres vs Brain Bowles. Torres will be defending its titles against number 1 contender Brian Bowles on a small octagonal cage.

Main Fight Card:

Champion Miguel Torres vs. Brian Bowles (for WEC bantamweight title)
Joseph Benavidez vs. Dominick Cruz
Danny Castillo vs. Ricardo Lamas
Jeff Curran vs. Takeya Mizugaki

Preliminary Fight Card: (non-televised)

Leonard Garcia vs. Jameel Massouh
Fredson Paixao vs. Cole Province
Marcus Hicks and Shane Roller
Phil Cardella vs. Ed Ratcliff
Kenji Osawa vs. Rani Yayha
Rafael Dias vs. Diego Nunes


Watch B.J. Penn vs Kenny Florian UFC 101 Declaration

Watch B.J. Penn vs Kenny Florian UFC 101 Declaration Online Video Preview

Watch UFC 101 Declaration Online Video Preview:

Watch UFC 101 B.J. Penn vs Kenny Florian

On August 8th, and if his first 205-pound bout – a 61 second knockout of James Irvin last July – is any indication, the big boys had better watch out for this lethal “Spider”. As BJ Penn defends his UFC lightweight crown for the second time against number one contender Kenny Florian.

The winner of the first season of The Ultimate Fighter and a man credited by many as one of the reasons for the explosion of MMA in the United States following that TUF finale bout in 2005, Forrest Griffin (16-5) isn’t a fighter who will take credit for such achievements – he just wants to fight, and with UFC wins over Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua under his belt, the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion has more than proved himself in the Octagon. On August 8th, the 30-year old Griffin looks to fight his way back into the title picture after his loss to Rashad Evans last December, and there’s no better way for him to do that than by handing Anderson Silva his first UFC loss.

source: ufc.com

B.J. Penn vs Kenny Florian UCF 101 can be watch online live at Sports.Yahoo.com and www.UFCLIVE.com. Live broadcast will begin 7pm PT / 10pm ET, August 8, 2009.

UFC 101 Official Fight Card here.

Watch G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Online Video Preview

From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.

Watch G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Online Video Trailer Preview:



Genres: Action/Adventure and War
Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min.
Release Date: August 7th, 2009 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout.
Distributors: Paramount Pictures

Starring:
Channing Tatum
Marlon Wayans
Rachel Nichols
Ray Park
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Christopher Eccleston
Sienna Miller
Lee Byung-hun
Saïd Taghmaoui
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Dennis Quaid
Jonathan Pryce

Watch UFC 101 Declaration B.J. Penn vs Kenny Florian Live Online Video

Watch UFC 101 Declaration B.J. Penn vs Kenny Florian Live on Pay-Per-View from the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A previously announced bout between Rousimar Palhares and Alessio Sakara has been cancelled due to a broken leg suffered by Palhares during training. Thales Leites has stepped in to face Sakara. As BJ Penn defends his UFC lightweight crown for the second time against number one contender Kenny Florian, and UFC middleweight boss Anderson Silva jumps back to the 205-pound weight class to take on former light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin.

Watch UFC 101 B.J. Penn vs Kenny Florian Live (video):



UFC 101 Official Fight Card:

Main card

Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian
Light Heavyweight bout: Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks
Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida
Lightweight bout: Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellegrino

Preliminary card

Lightweight bout: Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley
Welterweight bout: Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard
Middleweight bout: Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara
Welterweight bout: Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer
Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. George Roop
Welterweight bout: Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort

B.J. Penn vs Kenny Florian UCF 101 can be watch online live at Sports.Yahoo.com and www.UFCLIVE.com. Live broadcast will begin 7pm PT / 10pm ET, August 8, 2009.

Former President Corazon Aquino Died As a Legend of Democracy

Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a "people power" revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday, her son said. She was 76.

The uprising she led in 1986 ended the repressive 20-year regime of Ferdinand Marcos and inspired nonviolent protests across the globe, including those that ended Communist rule in eastern Europe.

But she struggled in office to meet high public expectations. Her land redistribution program fell short of ending economic domination by the landed elite, including her own family. Her leadership, especially in social and economic reform, was often indecisive, leaving many of her closest allies disillusioned by the end of her term.

Aquino was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer last year and confined to a Manila hospital for more than a month. Her son said the cancer had spread to other organs and she was too weak to continue her chemotherapy.

Supporters have been holding daily prayers for Aquino in churches in Manila and throughout the country for a month. Masses were scheduled for later Saturday, and yellow ribbons were tied on trees around her neighborhood in Quezon city.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is on an official visit to the United States, said in a statement that "the entire nation is mourning" Aquino's demise. Arroyo declared a period of national mourning and announced a state funeral would be held for the late president.

TV stations on Saturday were running footage of Aquino's years together with prayers while her former aides and supporters offered condolences.


source: news.yahoo.com