Let's Do The News! (October 21, 2013)

The big news today...

- In cased you missed it; there's a bunch of Gravity Falls shorts called Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained. In the first short, Dipper and Mabel chases a monster who ate their Summerween leftovers. In the second short, Dipper tries to investigate Grunkle Stan's tattoo, no matter what it takes! In the third short, Dipper and Soos investigate a mystery mailbox that holds the answers to their questions. In the fourth short, Dipper and Mabel investigates a lefty. In the fifth short, Dipper investigates a giant tooth. And in the sixth short, Dipper is searching for a creature that hides behind.

Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained

- BMW will be revealing a new sportscar this week and it's based on the 1-Series. The new 2-Series coupe will serve as a replacement to the 1-Series Coupe because of BMW's new naming structure that they'll be using odd numbers for sedans and even numbers for coupes.



- Mercedes-Benz showcased a teaser of a new model coming soon. What could this be?



- As of now, about 171 people died, 375 people hurt, and 20 more missing from the October 15 disaster in Bohol, Philippines. An estimated 3.4 million people were affected. Tens of thousands of families are displaced as aftershocks continue. Around 20,034 families are currently staying in evacuation centers in Bohol.

Here's how you can help as I just read a message from Tulong Kabataan.

For donations via Paypal, you can send them via a dedicated page:

Tulong Kabataan page for Bohol and Cebu (http://links.causes.com/s/clM1xw?r=OEKD)

For bank donations, you can send them via: 
National Union of Students of the Philippines 
Branch: China Bank Quezon Avenue-D. Tuazon 
Peso Checking Account No: 107-248551-3

For dollar transactions: 
League of Filipino Students Landbank Dollar Account 
Account Number: 3074-0011-72

Food, medicine, school supplies can also be sent via the following drop-off points:

Quezon City 
· UP Diliman: UPSCA Tambayan, inside Parish of the Holy Sacrifice 
· Kabataan Partylist HQ: #5 Palosapis St., Brgy Amihan, Proj 3 Quezon City
· CEGP National Office, 37-C Yale St., Cubao, Quezon City

Manila 
· LFS HQ, 1650 Sisa St., Sampaloc Manila 
· Lyceum: Sentinel Office, contact Andrea at 09165657795 
· DLSU: contact Orion at 09274563876

Cebu 
· UP Cebu: AS Kubo/ Catwalk via Angel Trocio 09233287390 

Panay 
· UP Visayas USC via Keysie Gomez 09498001644 

- Also, there's going to be a benefit gig called "Paglaum" (meaning hope in Bisaya) held on November 8, 2013 in Crystal Ship Bar in Matalino, Quezon City.

- Honda revealed their replacement to the Life kei-car called the N WGN, which will be on sale this November 2013. The N WGN is part of Honda's N-series of kei cars which began in 2011 via the N BOX.

2014 Honda N WGN

- Lamborghini revealed an open-top version of the Veneno hypercar, known as the Veneno Roadster. Only 9 models will be made and each costs a mega-high £3.3 million.

Lamborghini Veneno Roadster

- The normal Daihatsu Move gets a turbo model for the 2014 model year under the X Turbo banner. The turbocharged model is likely to have a fuel economy, based on JC08 mode standards, of about 25.2km/L.

2014 Daihatsu Move

- British funny woman Miranda Hart is starring on her fitness DVD, due on November 18th. It's called Maracattack and this DVD combines laughter and fitness courtesy of hers truly. Read more here...

TTFN!