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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

The Victoria’s Secret Angels Took Their Wings to Paris

Culture&Arts Nancy Frank
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World’s most famous top models have arrived in Paris, where the Victoria’s Secret show will take place.


This year’s edition marks the 20th anniversary of the first Victoria Secret major show, so we should expect huge surprises.


The most beautiful women gathered in the French capital, where the American lingerie brand will throw a major spectacle.


The famous angels – Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Lily Aldridge – already arrived at the scene.


Alongside them, there will be some women who have recently entered the world of modeling but they found fame pretty quickly: Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner.


50 models will participate at the event broadcasted by numerous worldwide televisions on 5th December. The show is expected to be watched by hundreds of millions of people from all over the world.


While waiting to walk on the podium, the models were photographed together, dressed in matching outfits. All the angels were wearing white pants, a black shirt with the ‘Victoria’s Secret Paris’ logo.


Playful and sexy, as always, the young women flirted with the cameras, offering a taste of what will happen during the presentation.


Besides the memorable appearances set to light-up the stage, the show from this year will include artistic moments offered by Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and The Weeknd.


Kendall Jenner, Jasmine Tookes, Bella Hadid and some of their colleagues arrived in Paris in style. The girls landed on the Paris airport with a pink-clad private jet, clutching French flags.

The country that closed all their McDonald’s, Starbucks and other foreign restaurants

World News Nilgun Salim
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Iceland is an island country situated between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. Iceland was ruled by Denmark until 1st December 1918.


Recently, Iceland came into limelight due to its impressive football team that made wonders at the UEFA EURO 2016.


The national team of Iceland managed to get in the quarterfinals, where it was defeated by the host of the tournament, France’s national football team.


The country overcame bankruptcy eight years ago and recovered spectacularly. Despite the fact Iceland is not a member of the European Union, the northern state has a very good economic strength (growth of 3.5% and an unemployment rate of 4%).


The solution was the ‘austerity diet’, but unlike countries like Greece or Spain, Iceland offset taxes increased the value of its currency, factor that boosted exports.


Historically, most regions of Iceland are depending on the fishing industry, which still provides 40% of the export earnings and implies 7% of the workforce, according to Wikipedia.


Iceland has no army and is the most peaceful country in the world, due to lack of armed forces, low crime rates and high levels of sociopolitical stability.


However, Iceland is a country where people rarely lock their homes and cars, according to a tourist who recounted his experience on the site googlygooeys.com.


Iceland has no local McDonald’s. All the restaurants owned by the American fast-food chain were closed during the 2009 crisis.


They are also free of casinos, they do not have Starbucks or any other foreign restaurant, according to economist Magnus Sveinn Helgason.


Iceland is experiencing a vigorous growth, the unemployment rate is almost nonexistent and the public debt registered astonishing numbers.


Today, 90% of the homes in Iceland are heated with geothermal water. In addition, Iceland is the third happiest country in the world, according to the latest UN study.

A good man helped a woman who was beaten in the parking lot. Now he is dead.

U.S. Marion Schneider
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A man, aged 39, from San Antonio, California, died after he intervened in a fight, in an attempt to save a woman who was physically aggressed.


He was waiting in the car as his wife went into the store when Isidro Zarate noted that somewhere in the parking lot, there was a very intense discussion between a man and a woman.


Soon, Isidro saw the man as he grabbed the victim by the hair and began to beat her. Isidro headed to the spot and told the man to take his hands off the woman, but the aggressor removed them only to take his gun, according to The Washington Post.


‘Zarate only told the man to take his hands off her. Immediately after, the man took his gun and started shooting’, said the police chief officer in San Antonio, McManus.


A bullet perforated Zarate’s neck and killed him.


The woman who was in the car with Zarate was also wounded after the fire. Another woman, who was in the parking lot at the time of the incident, was also wounded. They had serious injuries but will recover quickly.


The suspect was identified by the police as Teles Mandan Juarez, aged 21-years-old. Despite running from the crime scene, Juarez was pursued by police helicopters and arrested about 16 km away from the parking lot of Walmart. He was convicted for assault and murder.


On the other hand, Zarate’s wife, Lisa Benavides had no idea what was happening outside the shop. When she returned to the parking lot and saw the crime scene, she was led by the police to the car to be told what happened.


Through tears running down her face, Benavides told The Washington Post that she was shocked by her husband’s violent death, but she was not surprised by his gesture of helping out that woman: ‘He always encouraged people to be good’.

A group of hackers attacked a bank in Liechtenstein, blackmailing customers

Economy Jamie Simon
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A while ago, some of the largest banks in London began to take special measures to protect themselves from online attacks, concerning the fact that hackers have access to more and more dangerous tools.


More specifically, they buy Bitcoins to be able to pay those who threaten producing cyber attacks and those using ransomware.


But not all banks have prepared to deal with online attacks. Those at Valartis Bank from Liechtenstein seem to have huge problems now, giving the fact that a group of hackers managed to enter the bank’s security systems.


According to The Register website, hackers started blackmailing customers, telling them that they will disclose their account information and various banking transactions if they do not pay a certain amount of money.


The bank has been sold earlier this year by Valartis Group to Citychamp Watch & Jewelry Group Ltd, a company in Hong Kong.


Apparently, hackers have required about 10% of the amount of money in each bank account of every client, to be delivered as Bitcoins until December 7. Bank officials have not yet offered an official statement, but they have already informed the authorities about the gravity of this situation.


From October until now, the criminals managed to steal a large amount of information about customers. Hackers claim that could reveal big cases of tax evasion and paying them Bitcoins will protect both themselves and the victims of blackmailing.


For the moment, we have no information whether the payments have been already made or not.

Nerds in childhood, sexy and famous now!

Culture&Arts Nancy Frank
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Now exceptionally good looking, but they were not always so. These celebrities have aged spectacularly over time, although they were nerdy looking during childhood.


Even if most celebrities nowadays come close to looking perfect, in adolescence they had complexes and fears caused by their physical appearances.


People who laughed then, are now certainly jealous of their progress and success. Brightside presented a series of photos on how celebrities looked like before and after they became famous.


Robert Downey Jr.


Actor, producer, writer, songwriter and comedian. Double Oscar nominee (1993, 2009), double Golden Globe Award winner (2001, 2010) and BAFTA award winner (1993). He made his debut in acting in fis father’s movie – ‘Pound’.


Catherine Zeta-Jones


Catherine Zeta-Jones (b. September 25, 1969) is a British movie actress, playing mainly in the United States. She is the winner of the Academy Award for female performance for the musical ‘Chicago’.


Matthew David Lewis


English movie actor, theatre and television actor, best known for playing Neville Longbottom in ‘Harry Potter’ movie series.


Ryan Rodney Reynolds


Born October 23, 1976, he is a Canadian movie and television actor, best known for his performances in movies such as ‘Definitely, Maybe’, ‘The Proposal’, ‘The Change-Up’ and ‘Deadpool’. Reynolds begun his career in 1990, when he starred as Billy Simpson in ‘Hillside’ Canadian series, produced by Nickelodeon.


Eminem


Marshall Bruce Mathers III, better known by his stage name ‘Eminem’, is a rapper, artist, songwriter and American actor. Eminem is the artist with the highest sales in 2000 in the United States.


Rolling Stone magazine has ranked him # 82 among its ‘100 Greatest Artists of All Times’ top and called him ‘The King of Hip Hop music’.


At least 22 Brazilian journalists were in the place that crashed in Colombia

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At least 22 Brazilian journalists were in the plane that crashed Monday night in Columbia, reports EFE agency.


Most journalists were employees of Fox, TV Globo and other radio and television networks.


They were traveling to Colombia to transmit the first competition of Copa Sudamericana, set to take place at the Atletico Nacional Medellin.


The football competition was supposed to take place between the local team and the Brazilian team Chapecoense.


The aircraft, a British Aerospace 146, owned by Bolivian airline Lamia, crashed about 50 kilometers from the Medellín airport José María Córdova.


On board, there were 81 people: 72 passengers and 9 crew members. There are five or six survivors, one of whom is a journalist.


The Colombian forces confirmed on Tuesday that 75 people died and six survived the plane crash from Monday from Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia.


The aircraft crashed in a mountainous area near Medellin. The Chapecoense football team was traveling in the Colombian city to attend the Copa Sudamericana final match against local team Atletico Nacional.


The six survivors are three Brazilian football players from Chapecoense – Danilo, Alan Jackson Follmann and Ruschel, two crew members and a journalist. The plane took off from the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo and made a stopover in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, before heading to Colombia.


Elkin Ospina, the mayor of La Ceja, a village located near the area of the accident, told AFP that the tragedy occurred because the plane ran out of fuel.

This Is What 50-year-old Michael Jackson Would"ve Looked Like Without Plastic Surgery

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With the help of a special program, a group of specialists reconstituted Michael Jackson’s face if he would’ve reach the age of 50 without having any plastic surgery.


It is said that the King of Pop went through 50 cosmetic surgeries, while others claim the figure might be even bigger.


Around the age of 30, Michael Jackson revolutionized the music industry with his unique talent and he always tried to achieve perfection. His only frustration was the bad opinion he had about his physical appearance.


It all started with a nose reduction, which left the star dissatisfied. At 20-year-old, Michael Jackson already had several plastic surgeries, writes Daily Mail.


His obsession to look perfect determined the King of Pop to continue with a major series of other surgeries.


His last interventions changed his physiognomy shockingly. The picture generated by a special program that reconstructed the face of Michael Jackson as he would have look in 2009, at the age of 50, represents the most eloquent proof that Michael Jackson was truly obsessed with plastic surgery.this-is-what-50-year-old-michael-jackson-wouldve-looked-like-without-plastic-surgery


Michael Jackson died at the age of 50, in 2009, following a ‘severe drug intoxication’ with Propofol, a powerful anesthetic used in hospitals and medical clinics. The star was using the medicine as a soporific.


Michael Jackson was one of the artists with the highest record sales of all times. He began his musical career with his brothers in Jackson 5.


His album ‘Thriller’ won eight Grammy awards. Seven of these awards were granted for the hit ‘Thriller’. Jackson has not released any song since 2001.

Humanity might disappear by 2100

Science Jeanette Walsh
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Bad news for humanity: researchers believe that it’s 13% – 50% chances that our race is likely to be extinct by 2100.


A mathematician at the University of Barcelona has estimated that there are 13% chances that mankind fails to arrive at the end of the 21st century, due to a catastrophic event.


Dr. Fergus Simpson, a mathematician at the University of Barcelona’s Institute for Cosmic Sciences, said that there were 0.2% chances that a ‘global catastrophe’ occurs, during any year until the end of the 21st century.


The Apocalypse calculation is based on the argument which can predict the future number of members of the human species, based on estimating the total number of humans born so far.


‘Our key conclusion is that the annual risk of global catastrophes now exceeded 0.2%’, said Dr. Simpson in an academic paper called ‘Apocalypse now? Reconsidering argument Apocalypse’.


According to Dr. Simpson’s calculations, around 100 billion people were already born and a similar number will be born in the future, before the disappearance of the human race.


However, he estimated that there are 13% chances that mankind will not arrive until the end of the 21st century.


This is a friendly and more optimistic conclusion than the previous studies have reached. For example, those of the British astronomer Sir Martin Rees, suggested that there is a probability of 50% that extinction of mankind will occur before 2100, as he describes in his book, published in 2003, entitled ‘Our final Hour’.

Taxi drivers declared war to Uber!

World News Rudolph Rodriquez
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The serious competition Uber makes to usual taxi companies determined the taxi drivers to make a radical decision that will mainly affect the clients.


Taxi drivers who have contracts with the airports will retire next week, if the advertisements that encourage travelers to use Uber taxis are not eliminated.


Taxi drivers argue that the amount they are obliged to pay to the airports for the right to operate in the area is about € 220,000 per year.


Moreover, the airport has allowed the placement of  billboards, so travelers who need transportation understand that Uber is an accredited company and can make transfers from the airport to any destination.


Perhaps they forgot the case of the Japanese girl who was brutally murdered a few years ago by an illegal taxi driver, who kidnapped her.


Allowing Uber airport transfers could encourage taxi piracy, with all the consequences this activity involves: tax fraud, undermining the national economy, and even criminal assaults, kidnapping and robbery.


Recently, Uber service representatives said they are open to cooperate with authorities in for developing digital ways to simplify the declaration of income for people who are self-employed and they claim that the service is 100% digital and fully taxed.


However, to facilitate declaring earnings, Uber provides a detailed income report, generated by the Uber platform.


It has been reported that an Uber taxi driver in New York, who works full time, earns on average $ 90,000 per year.


Drivers have responded and confessed to Business Insider they do not win so much. Their earnings are somewhere between $10 000 – $41 000 per year.

The classiest and most elegant floating ladle: ‘Swanky’

Culture&Arts Nilgun Salim
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‘Swanky’ will steal the smiles of your family members at every single meal!


Its ‘gracious’ shape, which portrays a swan, made this kitchen tool the ‘star’ of this Christmas season. Its unique appearance and the fact that floats above any liquid dish turned ‘Swanky’ into the perfect Christmas gift for a housewife.


The credit for the unique design was assumed by an Israeli company, also known as OTOTO Design. The Israeli brand created this special kitchen tool for all those who are tired to get their hands dirty every time they are pouring soup in bowls using an average ladle.


‘Inspired by the elegant silhouette of a swan, ‘Swanky’ can float smoothly, avoiding unpleasant situations’, said a company spokesman.


The unique ladle is available in several colors: black, white and pink.


The classiest and most elegant floating ladle: ‘Swanky’


The idea behind this project is to transform purely functional objects in decorative and also practical pieces.


The ladle is available on the online market for $19.


‘Sitting around the table with friends or family is all about sharing quality time, good food and of course, enjoying a well-dressed table. Thinking about these things we’re the starting point of the development of a unique piece of design we proudly bring before you’, is the description of the product online.


‘Growing up, I was really interested in science. Buoyancy, the ability of an object or substance to float on water or air or some other fluid, fascinated me. I was always experimenting at home with my siblings seeing which common household items would sink or float. Fast forward 15 years later and the idea of a floating ladle is now a reality.’, revealed Dikla, the inventor of ‘Swanky’.

The official column of Rodrigo Duterte attacked by terrorists

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President Rodrigo Duterte encountered serious problems during an official visit in the southern region of Philippines.


The president’s official column was attacked in Manila by a group of militants.


At least seven bodyguards and two officers were wounded during the attack, reports the Daily Mail.


‘My guards represented a target for an ambush from a while now. The presidential security group was hit by an improvised explosive device’, stated the Tagalog state leader.


According to AFP, Duterte’s security team headed towards the town of Marawi to secure the area before the president’s arrival.


The attack occurred in an area where a group of militants who swore allegiance to the terrorist organization Islamic State established its headquarters.


‘I’m still heading towards there. The advice was to postpone (visit – n.r.), but I said no. We will travel on the same way if possible’ said Duterte.


Following the attack, members of the press office of the presidency were also wounded. This summer, the terrorist organization from Philippines threatened to attack the Miss World pageant, set to take place in 2017, in Philippine.


The appeal was initiated by one of the militants and it also included the most unusual guide. The instruction manual was teaching people how to make a DIY bomb.


Just like an aggressive form of cancer, the Islamic terrorist organization ISIS, deepens its roots in Central Asia through the passages from Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Americans assaulted gun shops for Black Friday

Economy Jamie Simon
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FBI calculated that arms sales in the US reached a new record on the most important sales day of the year, known as ‘Black Friday’.


The number of criminal records verified by the federal agency increased by 0.2% over the last few days, EFE transmitted.


A spokesman of FBI, Stephen Fischer, declared that the feds reviewed the criminal records of 185 713 prospective guns buyers.


This fact turns this year’s Black Friday the day with the highest sales of carbines and guns in the US in the last decades.


The 2016 records exceed the previous year when 185 345 people took advantage of the Black Friday discounts to buy weapons instead of toys and Christmas gifts.


Both 2015 and 2016 exceeded the record sales of weapons from December 21, 2012, when the feds checked 177 170 criminal records.


The trend of buying weapons continued this year, despite the fact sales decreased when Donald Trump won the presidential elections. He is known to be a tough supporter American’s rights to own and bear arms, backed by the powerful lobby group National Rifle Association.


Before the elections, the number of purchased guns raised because the Americans feared that Hillary Clinton would restrict the right to bear arms if she would win the elections, even if it is highlighted in the Second Amendment of the US Constitution.


The very permissive gun system in America lead to an increased crime rate, especially murders and armed robberies.


In the US occur 20 times more murders by shooting than in any other developed country.


Australia had a similar system to the US until 1996 when 35 people were killed in an armed attack. Since then, Australia has imposed a strict regime of weapons, that resulted in a 35% decrease of the crime rate in only 5 years.

The football world, devastated by the plane crash from Colombia

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The entire football world was shocked by the news that the plane carrying the Brazilian football team Chapecoense crashed on the night of Monday to Tuesday. Several players and international clubs expressed their regret on Twitter.


‘My love goes to the families and friends of those who perished in this terrible tragedy’ – David Beckham.


‘This morning I woke up with the sad news. My thoughts are @ChapecoenseReal and the family and friends of those involved’ – Wayne Rooney.


‘My condolences following the plane crash that involved Chapecoense team! It’s a hard time for football! Courage and strength’ – Iker Casillas.


‘Devastating news in South America. A lot of power, Chapeco!’ – Javi Martinez.


‘My thoughts are @ChapecoenseReal and all those affected by this tragedy. I am speechless! More power!’ – Sergio Ramos.


‘Real Madrid CF expresses grief following the tragic plane crash in which the Brazilian club football Chapecoense was involved and condolences to the family and friends of the victims. Meanwhile, the club wishes a speedy recovery of the survivors’, said in a press release, Real Madrid.


‘All our support and solidarity goes to the victims and families affected by the tragedy from Columbia @ChapecoenseReal’ – FC Barcelona.


‘Sincere condolences to the families of those who died in the plane crash @ChapecoenseReal. Rest in peace!”’ – Atletico Madrid.


‘Our thoughts are all @ChapecoenseReal and those affected by the tragedy of Columbia’ – Liverpool.


Among the teams that have expressed regret after the tragedy that involved football team Chapecoense were numerous football clubs from Brazil and others from Europe such as Benfica, FC Sevilla or Watford.

One in Seven Europeans are not aware of the fact they are carrying the HIV virus

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One in seven Europeans carrying the HIV virus is not aware of his condition. The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the record numbers in the contamination sector registered only in 2015, in Europe due to increased incidence of the virus in Russia.


‘HIV / AIDS remains a serious health problem in Europe (…) ECDC estimated that a person carrying HIV in seven, doesn’t know this is particularly worrying’, said European Commissioner for Health, Vytenis Andriukaitis, quoted in a press release.


The proportion of one in seven is related to the 28 EU countries including Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.


‘Those who do not know they are infected cannot get treatment meant to save lives and may continue to transmit the virus to others’, said the Commissioner.


Almost half of the cases (47%) from these countries are diagnosed at a late stage of contamination. According to the center, most times, the virus is detected four years after the contamination.


In the 31 surveyed countries, sexual relations between men and women represents the first way of transmission (42%) and also, the most common one.


On the European continent a pooled analysis of WHO based on data from 53 countries, shows that 2015 represents a new record of contamination: 153.407 compared to 142.000 from the previous year.


Regarding the new cases detected in the central region 5297 new cases we’re identified, which means a contamination rate of 2.8 per 100.000 inhabitants.


Most likely to be infected with HIV in the Central region were those aged between 30 and 39 years (33% of cases) and those between 15-24 (15%).

Fidel Castro left behind an impressive wealth

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The head of the former regime in Havana had a fortune of nearly $120 million dollars.


According to the same sources, Castro owned 20 luxury villas, in which he lived during his last years of life.


Also, Fidel Castro’s impressive wealth includes an ultra-performant yacht and a private island. Despite Fidel Castro’s lavish lifestyle, the average Cuban is still living in poverty, exactly as in the period in which Fidel Castrol led the Cuban stat with a firm fist.


The former communist dictator admitted one flaw: cigarillos


Fidel Castro took advantage of every single occasion to deny that he is rich. His entire life, Castro told the press that he spent an entire month with only $25 in his pocket. The only guilty pleasures acknowledged by the Cuban leader were the popular cigarillos. He also was very candid about the beautiful ladies from his life.


Ten years ago, ‘Forbes’ placed the ‘El Comandante’ in Top 20 of the wealthiest political leaders. Fidel Castro surpassed Queen Elizabeth II.


Fidel Castro’s former bodyguard Juan Reinaldo Sanchez wrote a book about his boss secret life. In the book, Sanchez estimated Fidel’s wealth at 100 million pounds and compared his ‚fishing trips’ to the hunts organized by the French Sun King. These so-called fishing trips were, in fact, lavish events predominated by glamorous outfits and lavish meals.


Fidel Castro will be cremated on the first Saturday of December in Havana, after nine days of mourning declared by the government.

Science Jeanette Walsh
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We all yawn when we’re tired, when we watch boring movies or when we’re engaged in meaningless conversations.


But scientists say it’s more than that!


Did you ever yawned, apparently without a reason, and felt ashamed for having to cover your mouth that doesn’t want to remain closed anymore, although you don’t have the slightest reason to feel tired or bored?


Yawning it’s easily transmitted


Perhaps you have heard about the contagious effect of yawning, but you considered it a popular superstition. Apparently, it’s not!


Scientists have discovered that when a person close to us yawns, we feel the need to follow his example, not because we’re bored or sleepy, but because we subconsciously want to strengthen our relationship with that person.


This theory applies more to family members and friends and less to strangers.


Your brain needs more oxygen


Scientists have noticed that we tend to yawn more frequently when it’s cold outside and correlated this with the function of filling the lungs with more oxygen.


Yawning occurs when our brains need to cool down. That is why we tend to yawn in the middle of an exciting action: we are not bored but rather our brain is working at full speed and wants an oxygen break.


You’re smarter than average people!


Are you the one that yawns the most during a meeting? Next time your boss gives you that reproachful look, tell him this: discoveries have shown that mammals with a more developed brain tend to yawn more frequently because they need more oxygen.


You may have a serious illness


You may start worrying only if you are yawning very often and you cannot stop!


It looks like myocardial infarction and cerebral stroke have this symptom, among other things.


Also, diseases that involve poor oxygenation of the brain, such as epilepsy or multiple sclerosis can cause frequent episodes of yawning, in order to ventilate the body.

Apple might unveil a terminal with a flexible display earlier than we expected

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The rumors regarding the next phone from Apple continue to emerge and some of them are quite interesting.


The latest information was published by the Wall Street Journal. The American publication mentioned very interesting things about the display that the new iPhone will feature in August.


Apparently, the curved OLED display might appear on the market next year.


Allegedly, the American giant sent a very interesting message to its partners regarding the production of OLED displays.


The Cupertino CEO required Apple to submit the screens prototype with a resolution ‘better than those made by Samsung’.


For now, we are not aware if Apple will introduce other models of efficient terminal screens, but most likely we’ll find out more soon.


If Apple opts for OLED displays, a substantial part would be manufactured by Samsung.


Of course, there are numerous chances to not see an iPhone with a curved screen in 2017. The Americans had about 10 prototypes now, and the one with curved OLED display is just one of them.


Other data suggest that the new iPhone would be manufactured exclusively by glass, to allow wireless charging.


As you may already know, smartphones made of metal can be uploaded wirelessly, but manufacturers must accept some limitations.


Apple, on the other hand, wants to avoid all these limitations and if that includes wireless charging technology, chargers would be supplied exclusively by Pegatron.

Reheated foods that become poison

Science Jeanette Walsh
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We are living in the era of speed, so even eating has turned into an extreme sport.


The lack of time often forces us to opt for an easy way to prepare our food, so we got used to reheat them regularly.


Experts warn us, however, that not all foods should be reheated because they lose their nutritional values or can even become a real poison for the body.


Here are five of the most harmful products after reheating:


  1. Beets

The nitrate content is beneficial for our body, but never warm beet two or more times if you want to maintain your health.


  1. Potatoes

Potato starch content is beneficial to our health, but when heated a few times, it loses its nutritional and medicinal properties and turns into poison that can damage the body.


  1. Eggs

Exposing eggs to high temperatures can have deadly effects. Eating eggs after boiling is beneficial, but it is very harmful if you heat them the next day.


  1. Chicken

Chicken is tasty, but you must eat it immediately after preparation. Heating the meat the next day changes the structure of proteins, which leads to digestion problems. The chicken contains more proteins than red meat and it’s highly recommended to consume it cold.


  1. Mushrooms

Repeatedly exposed to heat, lipids, phosphatides and essential oils contained in mushrooms, can turn themselves into a real poison for the intestines. Eat them immediately after preparation in order to obtain the maximum benefits. If you want to eat them later, you should never reheat them.

Saudi Arabia is covered in a warm blanket of snow

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Extreme weather in Saudi Arabia


Several areas of the country were covered by snow, a rare phenomenon in this country, reports Russia Today.


The freezing temperatures and the snow are two totally unexpected things for the central and northwestern regions of Saudi Arabia because during this period the temperatures do not drop below 20 degrees Celsius.


Despite these problems, the Saudis expressed their amusement on social media. Many of them made jokes about the snow that covered the sand, while others have posted pictures of snowmen.


However, drivers were not too excited about these changes. Many of them preferred to pull their cars on the right side of the road.


Drivers in Saudi Arabia did not seem too excited or confident about hitting the road in the morning, so they preferred to leave their cars at home.


The dunes were covered in snow after a cold wave moved over the entire Saudi Arabia. The Middle East is facing a phenomenon that brings joy to the locals and also discontent to drivers. According to locals, palm parasites die at extremely low temperatures.


In just four hours of snow, a significant layer of snow set on the golden sand. Various areas of the country were covered in snow and social media was flooded by pictures and videos with the rare weather phenomenon. Fortunately, the awkward weather did not cause any car crashes.

The first Miss Minnesota contest to wear a hijab

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The world of beauty contests is known for its strict rules, but a competitor in the Miss Minnesota competition managed to break some major barriers.


Halima Aden is the first beauty pageant contestant in the U.S. who chose to wear a ‘hijab’, the traditional Muslim veil, reports metro.co.uk.


Halima Aden is the first Muslim woman competing at Miss Minnesota, wearing a hijab. At the swimsuit section, Halima chose to make her appearance in the traditional Burkina Faso, a Muslim swimsuit that covers the entire body.


The young woman managed to reach the semifinals of the competition and she made to Top 15. Despite the fact she failed she go further, Halima Aden is glad that she got that far.


The 19-year-old Somali-American teenager is from St. Cloud Minnesota and the competition was held during the weekend.


Despite her excellent performance, Aden revealed ABC that her main purpose was not to win the beauty contest. Her main concern is to fight against the poisonous Islamophobia that currently run rampant across the United States.


‘This pageant is so much more than just beauty. [The] whole message [of Miss Minnesota USA] is being confidently beautiful, so I didn’t think that I should allow my hijab to get in the way of me participating.’, stated the student.


‘This is a great platform to show the world who I am…just because I’ve never seen a woman wearing a burkini [in a pageant] it doesn’t mean I don’t have to be the first’, added Halima.

Get rid of back pain in less than 1 minute!

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Back pain is a common symptom nowadays, that we no longer give importance to until it becomes too strong.


Most jobs involve sitting at the office for 8-9 hours a day. The rest of day they we are not very active either. More and more young people are suffering from back pain and the problem continues to worsen as we age, because of our sedentary lifestyle.


There are several ways you can get rid of back pain, but most people do not solve the symptoms. Fortunately, it has been discovered a method that relieves pain in just a minute.


The principle underlying this method is simple. Our body is made up of three main pillars that must be aligned properly to avoid back pain: the abdomen, the back and buttocks muscles and shoulders.


  1. Stand with your feet at a distance of 20-30 cm and look forward.

  2. Inhale, then pull your belly inside when you exhale, straining your abdominal muscles.

  3. Tighten your buttocks muscles. Bring the coccyx inwards as much as possible to alleviate your spine.

  4. For as long as you stay in this position, pull your shoulders back, then down.

This position will seem extremely uncomfortable and even more painful, but this is a sign that it’s really working.


Correcting our postures is very difficult because we are too accustomed to the incorrect position  that causes deformities.


Experts say the method above should be performed several times a day until your body regains its correct posture.


An even better news is that such a posture can determine weight loss. When the body is in an incorrect position, it automatically produces hormone cortisol, which further contributes to fattening.

Tragedy: Plane crash in Colombia kills 75

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A plane crashed in Colombia this morning. Among the 72 people on board, the Chapecoense football team was traveling abroad.


UPDATE 11.03: Officials in Colombia announced they have suspended the searchings, due to the massive rains.


‘The search and rescue operations of the airplane with the Chapecoense team on board are suspended due to heavy rain’, announced an official of the Medellin airport on social media.


UPDATE 11.00: The police chief, Gen. José Acevedo Ossa, announced that that the total number of the victims is 75 and there are only six survivors.


UPDATE 10.55: Former CFR Cluj player, Rafael Bastos is stable. On October 11, the Brazilian footballer transferred to Chapecoense Hatta Club.


UPDATE 10.50: According to official figures, so far 25 people were recovered from the wreckage, five of whom are still alive.


UPDATE 10.35: The Confederation of South American Football has announced the suspending of all activities until further notice. Immediately after hearing the terrible news, CONMEBOL president, Alejandro Dominguez, flee to Medellin.


UPDATE 10.30: According to some sources, the pilot managed to rescue some people after the plane emptied its tanks. On the other hand, there are voices claiming the accident occurred due to a technical problem.


UPDATE 10.12: Intervention teams arrived at the scene and found alive three football players: Jakson Follmann, Alan and Danilo Ruschel. They were transported to the emergency hospital San Juan de Dios in Medellin.


UPDATE 10.00: Immediately after she found out that Alan Ruschel is alive, the wife of the footballer reacted immediately on a social networking site. ‘Thank you, God!’.

The Japanese efficiency lesson failed

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The Japanese efficiency lesson lasted only two weeks. The huge pit that swallowed an intersection from Fukuoka appeared again, reports CNN.


Recently, the worldwide media wrote that this huge hole was repaired in just 48 hours.


Traffic was blocked, once again, at the intersection of the Japanese city this weekend, when the asphalt sank about seven centimeters. Meanwhile, traffic was resumed.


Just weeks ago, a huge pit with a length of about 30 meters and a depth of 15 meters was formed out of the blue. But everything was repaired in just two days, and this was listed as an example of Japanese efficiency.


Following recent incidents, the mayor has apologized to locals because he was not warned that the earth might crumble again. However, officials have explained that the land could sink again.


A huge 30-meter pit that formed in the middle of a crossroad in Japan was repaired impressively in just 48 hours and the traffic was reopened in just one week, reports The Guardian.


A significant part of the street that included five lanes situated in the central Japanese city of Fukuoka was collapsed.


The pit with a depth of about 30 meters caused mayhem in the Japanese city and endangered the surrounding buildings.


Surprisingly, the Japanese workers have demonstrated extraordinary efficiency. They succeeded in just 48 hours to stop the sandbox and asphalt the road. Their rapidness surprised even the locals, who documented their success on social media.

Donald Trump threatens to end the historical bond between Cuba and the US

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Donald Trump recently announced that he wants the United States of America to end its agreement with Cuba.


The US President-elect launched this warning just a few days after the death of former communist leader Fidel Castro, as Reuters reported.


‘If Cuba is not willing to come up with a better proposal for Cuban citizens, for US-Cuban ones and for the United States, then I am going to end this agreement’, wrote the Republican leader on Twitter.


Bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States, that were former Cold War enemies, were significantly improved in recent years, under the leadership of Raul Castro and Barack Obama. Moreover, US President Barack Obama also attended an official visit to Cuba in March.


Lately, there has been more progress considering the relations between the two countries. In August, JetBlue company operated the first flight between the US and Cuba, after a break of more than five decades – between Fort Lauderdale and Santa Clara.


On board of that plane there were several businessmen, journalists, and also American citizens of Cuban origin.


Donald Trump’s threat comes a few days after the death of Fidel Castro.


On Saturday, the President-elect said that Fidel Castro was a ‘brutal dictator’ who ‘oppressed his people’, affirming that he only leaves behind ‘a legacy of executions, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and violation of fundamental human rights’.


In 1960, Washington presidential administration imposed an embargo on Cuba. In December 2014, Obama announced that he will normalize the relations with the Cuban state after a period of over 50 years of hostilities.


In July 2015, the two countries have reopened embassies, but the blockade remained in force. On the first day of Trump’s campaign, has went to Miami, where he talked to a group of Cubans settled in the US and promised to maintain the embargo on Cuba.

Model Diandra Forrest, the first African-American designer muse

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Model Diandra Forrest is a literal gem for the fashion industry due to her unique and exotic look. At first, her fleshy lips and her ‘milky’ white complexion leave you breathless.


Despite the fact her complexion is white, her eyes are green and her hair is blonde by nature, Diandra’s nose and lips are specific to Africans.


Diandra’s surprising ascension


The model was born in Bronx, New York on October 22, 1989, from African-American parents. Apparently, she is not the only albino from her family. Diandra’s has three brothers and sisters and one of them has the same condition as her.


Due to the fact she was bullied in school, she never imagined that she will become a famous supermodel.


‘I used to come home crying’, revealed Diandra.


Traumatized by her colleagues


Diandra’s parents chose to move their daughter to a special school, where plenty of albino colleagues became her friends.


One day, she was noticed on the street by photographer Shameer Khan, who suggested Diandra a modeling career.


‘You are beautiful. You should be a model’, told Shameer


Since her debut into the world of modeling, Diandra is one of the most popular models. Coveted by companies and famous designers to present their clothes or to pose beside their products, everybody wanted a piece of Diandra. She is now ‘the rare pearl’ of the modeling industry. Diandra is also a mother.


Several companies and famous designers are struggling to offer their clothes or to ask Diandra to pose beside their products. Basically, everybody wants a piece of Diandra.


Now, she is ‘the rare pearl’ of the modeling industry. Diandra is also a mother. Little Rain loves that her mother is a modeling icon.


Diandra Forrest‘s seven-week-old daughter Rain made her runway debut at the show, bundled up in her mother’s arms.

Skittles rainbow turns yellow

Science Jeanette Walsh
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We are all familiar to this famous quote: ‘Taste the rainbow’.


This sentence is part of all Skittles commercials and lately, Skittles fans are have been wondering why has the rainbow turned yellow.


Why does a Skittles box contains more yellow candies than red, orange, green or violet ones? Here is the explanation of the mystery, according to delish.com.


A series of images testify that the color distribution of packets is not necessarily equal, as lemon flavored candies dominate each package.


This theory was recently confirmed by consumers obsessed with Skittles, by analyzing the rainbow-colored boxes.


The reason behind this inequality?


A video filmed inside Wrigley factory in Yorkville, Illinois, shows that the sweets are sorted by color in individual vats. However, during the production process, yellow candies often slide inside other colors, too.


Dissatisfied with this technical explanation, Reddit users have given other explanations.


‘More yellow brings more brightness to the mixture and makes you want to eat more candy’, said one user, while another suggested that the imbalance may help cutting costs:


‘Yellow is predominant and orange is created by mixing yellow with red, instead of buying orange paint’.


Wrigley representatives have not yet commented on this matter, but whatever the reason, all candy fans have clearly expressed their strongest desire:


They want the rainbow back!


The bright colors of Skittles candies are made from synthetic chemical dyes, which are based on nitrogen.


Skittles is a nutritionally unbalanced product and should not be abused because its excess of carbohydrates with a high glycemic index.


Moroccan TV network teaches women how to cover bruises

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A Moroccan TV network has apologized after they broadcasted a TV material in which they advised women how to hide the signs of domestic violence with makeup, reports BBC News.


TV network Channel 2M sparked a wave of criticism after it was aired last week. The show featured a clip in which women are advised how to hide their bruises with makeup.


In addition, the channel admitted that the material was ‘completely out of place’. The reaction of the TV network came after many people have criticized this segment and they even launched a petition, in which the required sanctions against the television station.


During the show produced in Sabahiya, a makeup artist is filmed while she is covering traces of bruises with foundation and other cosmetic products.


‘We hope these beauty tips will help many of you to continue your life’, said the host of the show. Meanwhile, the recording was deleting from the official website of the TV channel.


The reaction was harsh and immediate. A group initiated a petition signed by hundreds of women, who want the station to apologize publicly and to be sanctioned, including male viewers who reacted on social networks.


Despite the fact, the issue was removed from their website the clip can be found on social media.


Meanwhile, the TV network wanted to make a ‘clarification’ on its Facebook page, conveying the show on 23rd November was ‘completely inappropriate’ and the subject was an ‘editorial error’.


Vladimir Putin’s spokesman refused to comment on his wife’s performance

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Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, did not comment on the criticism his wife aroused a few days ago.


Former Olympic ice skater Tatiana Navka, performed a show picturing the Holocaust, as Tass agency website informed.


The show was inspired by the Italian movie ‘La vita e bella’, in which a father of Hebrew origin pretends, for the sake of his son, that the deportation of their family in the Nazi camp is only part of a strategic game.


‘I do not think that this is a problem that can be associated with Kremlin. Because of my position and responsibilities I am restricted to make further comments on my wife’s performance’, Peskov told the journalists.


‘I am proud of my wife, that’s all I have to say’, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman added.


Tatiana Nakva and her partner, Andrei Burkovski, sparked controversy for wearing during a Russian TV show, costumes inspired by the uniforms worn in the concentration and extermination camps of the Holocaust, according to The Guardian.


The performance was harshly and intensely criticized in the media and also on social networks. The producers of the Channel One television station, that broadcasted the ‘Ice Age’ show were also harshly criticized.


Many Twitter users published acid comments on their social media accounts and sent angry messages to the Russian Embassies all over the world.


During the performance, Navka and Burkovski smiled and mimed as they pretended to shoot each other in front of an imaginary child. Burkovsky left the scene as the sounds of shooting weapons continued.


 

Who will attend Fidel Castro’s funeral

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Despite the fact, he was a legendary figure, the absence of several heads of state at his funerals illustrates the discomfort of some governments regarding the legacy of the former Cuban President. Nearly 20 state leaders confirmed their attendance at the ceremony set to take place on Tuesday in Havana.


The funerals were scheduled at 19.00 (00.00 GMT) in the Revolution Square, in downtown Cuba. The Sunday ceremony organized in Santiago, in the eastern part of the country will be attended by a smaller group of guests.


Among the absentees is also the American President Barack Obama, who approximated the historic approach between US and Cuba. The Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau, criticized for paying homage to Castro, French President Francois Hollande, his personal envoy Ségolène Royal, and president of the Senate Jean-Pierre Bel will not be able to travel in Havana.


Also, Theresa May will not make the trip to Havana. Downing Street announced without specifying who will attend that socialist president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, will be represented by one of her ministers. China and Iran, friendly countries of Cuba, will be represented by their VP’s.


Also, according to Reuters, Russian President is not planning to travel to Cuba for the funerals of Fidel Castro, indicated on Monday the spokesman of Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, adding that the delegation of Moscow will be led by Vyacheslav Volodin, a close ally of Putin and chairman of the State Duma.


Among other  heads of state who will attend the ceremony in Havana, AFP reminds the ex-German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who met Fidel Castro five times and will replace Chancellor Angela Merkel, as announced by the government in Berlin. The former king of Spain, Juan Carlos will represent his son, king Philip VI.

AMAZING: What does it feel a minute before dying

Science Jeanette Walsh
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Death is a phenomenon that arouses both fear and curiosity, so it is impossible not to think of the states through which a person goes when facing it.


Over the time, researchers have been trying to find out what happens during the last minute of life and the conclusion they reached is incredible.


According to the American Society of Chemists, the sensation people feel a minute before dying is the same as when watching a horror movie. The brain reacts the same in both cases.


Fear has an interesting effect on the body. When you have this feeling, your senses send signals to the thalamus, a brain area involved in the takeover of all your nerve impulses.


The body tries its best to survive, but it cannot find the solution to cling onto.


Adrenaline significantly increases in the last 60 seconds of life, especially when a person has an accident or is attacked by someone.


Yelling would be the first reaction of the body in such moments. Just like in horror movies. The characters threatened by the killer start screaming, although they are aware that this reaction will not save them.


To reach a better understanding of this phenomenon, researchers have provided an example.


When a person is hit or even killed, the heart and breathing stop, but the brain is still functioning.


Apparently, this is why those who have returned from clinical death said they saw a saving light. If doctors intervene at this stage, the person can be revived.

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, Ready to Surrender the Power

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South Korean president Park Geun-Hye, involved in a resounding corruption scandal, stated that she is ready to surrender the power before the end of her presidential term, planned for early 2018. In addition, Park Geun-Hye announced that she will leave her fate in the hands of the South-Korean Parliament, informs AFP on Tuesday.


‘When the parliamentarians will set the conditions for the transition to reduce the impact of the power and the chaos in management sector, I will leave’, said the state leader during a televised speech.


The corruption scandal, which in the last two weeks caused major public demonstrations, in which the participants demanded the resignation of Park Geun-Hye , because she helped her close friend Choi Soon-Sil to benefit from government services.


The South Korean investigators want to find out if President Park Geun-Hye has obtained prescription drugs under the name of Choi Soon-Sil in private clinics, without the knowledge of the medical staff.


Authorities are investigating whether South Korea’s president interfered in one way or another to influence the merger between Samsung and its close friend.


Samsung is accused of financial favors, while Choi Soon-sil was accused of attempted fraud and charged for having a beneficial relationship with President Park.


The scandal has generated numerous protests and demands for the resignation of the president, but Park Geun-Hye claims the allegations are unfounded.


Moreover, President Park is accused by the Korean authorities of sharing classified decisions and government policies with friend Choi. The South-Korean state leader acknowledged some mistakes, apologizing on public television twice.

Monday, November 28, 2016

Galaxy S8 will be safer, more expensive and more efficient

Hi-Tech Silvia Meyer
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After losing the leading position in its fight in the top of smartphone manufacturers, Samsung has many sins to wash with the imminent Galaxy S8.


For a top phone to be impressive enough, manufacturers are investing significant sums in research and development. For this reason, we have already seen several prototypes of flexible panels and transparent screens in recent years, even if they haven’t reached the market.


But manufacturers have to reduce production costs. If a phone is difficult to assemble it cannot be reproduced in a large number during a short period of time, which cause sales decrease.


That is why Apple cannot produce iPhones as fast as they could sell them.


Because Samsung Galaxy S8 will integrate a number of new technologies and will be much more efficient than the previous phones, the manufacturer confirmed that the phone will be more expensive.


Another reason for the higher price is that S8 can be connected with the standard hardware configuration. Depending on the budget, it seems that we will be able to purchase the device up to 256GB of storage space and 6GB RAM. There were some rumors about a version with 8GB RAM, but those seem to have been abolished.


Finally, the investment in each copy of Samsung Galaxy S8 will be approximately 28% of the value related to an S7 Galaxy. However, users do not have to worry. Prices in shops for S8 will likely be the same to the actual top sales South-Korean device.

The world’s most powerful supercomputer is built in Japan

Hi-Tech Silvia Meyer
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The Japanese will create the fastest supercomputer in the world, standing out once again among the most advanced countries in terms of technology.


Japan wants to reinforce its pioneering position when it comes to technology. Researchers have started working on a supercomputer that aims to become the fastest in the world.


The goal, according to digitaltrends.com, is to create a machine powerful enough to be useful for the development of technologies such as autonomous cars, but also to contribute to progress in medicine and robotics.


However, such a supercomputer is not cheap. The Ministry of Economy is planning to invest around $173 million to initiate the project. Meanwhile, Japan is planning to stand out among the regional technological superpowers, South Korea and China.


How fast will be this supercomputer, though? It should have a computing power of 130 petaflops, being able to perform 130,000,000,000,000,000 operations per second.


Thus, this Japanese machine would be considerably faster than the most powerful supercomputer in the world, that currently has a computing power of 93 petaflops – Sunway Taihulight, designed in China.


The new supercomputer will not only be extremely powerful but will also be functional very soon. Japan hopes that the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology would be able to reveal the computer in 2017.


One of the key areas in which researchers hope that the supercomputer will excel is that of artificial intelligence. As a computer calculates increasingly faster, scientists hope that it will become more similar to our own brains, opening new horizons in the field of advanced learning.

The first real size Transformer can turn into a BMW Series 3 in less than 30 seconds

Hi-Tech Nilgun Salim
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If when you were little, you dreamed about receiving a Transformers toy and you desire was not materialized, you will be happy to find out that the first Transformer in real size was unveiled for the public eye.


The ‘Transformers’ franchise is one of the most profitable of all times. Each movie from the popular series generated astronomical gains, even if the reviews were not necessarily positive.


However, these toys made all of us dream of a machine capable of turning into a robot. Despite the fact the technology from the movie is not at the same pace with the current possibilities from the industry, that did not prevent a group of creative and rich engineers to create a real size Transformer.


After they invested eye-popping amounts of cash into this project, a team which included mechanics, engineers and technicians became the proud investors of the first Transformer, based on a real car.


The model can be purchased by any interested individual who wants to get its hands on the overly expensive ‘toy’.


The Transformer Prime was called ‘Antimon’ and it will be sold in Abu Dhabi, during an auction. The ginormous robot can turn into a BMW series 3 in about 30 seconds.


The innovative team behind the project was formed by 12 engineers from Turkey and four technicians, who spent 11 months to finalise the Transformer.


‘Antimon’ is not as flexible as the characters from the movie, but he is able to move his hands and head. Also, ‘Antimon’  cannot be driven on the streets. Instead, you can play and control the robot by using a remote.  The starting price will be $600,000.


Colors of 2017, reflected in fashion: from kale-green to yellow-primrose

Culture&Arts Nancy Frank
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Every year, Pantone US Institute announces the top ten shades which will be found in areas ranging from fashion to interior design during the next year.


The predictions were reflected in international presentations of most famous brands for spring-summer 2017. They are mostly natural tones like khaki, kale or primrose.


The trends in colors are set by the American Institute Pantone every year and they are not only influence fashion and interior design but are reflected in architecture, as happened during 2016.


Pantone Fashion Color report provided an overview of how the great fashion designers will use colors to produce the creations for the seasons that follow.


Designed as an essential guide dedicated to those who want to be fashionable, the report nuances the essential colors in the fashion industry. Described as a mix of vitality, relaxation and extraordinary natural landscapes, the best colors next year cover an extensive variety of tones.


‘One of the things I noticed this year was a revitalized sense of imagination, far from the traditional’, Leatrice Eiseman, the executive director of Pantone said.


‘Reminiscences of nature nuances that surround us evoke a whole spectrum of emotions and feelings. From the warmth of sunny days found in the primrose yellow to the refreshing shade of kale, and the desire to escape the pure waters of Paradise Island, the designers applied all of these colors in a playful manner, but at the same time they made well-thought and precise combinations in order to capture the promises of hope and transformation we long for every spring’, Leatrice added.


The Japanese love to beat their own records: How fast is the train designed for 2020

Hi-Tech Silvia Meyer
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When the Japanese launched the supersonic Shinkansen train in 1964, the timing was perfect: Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympic Games and the whole world could see the innovations of Japanese technology.


In 2020, Tokyo will once again be the host city for the Olympic Games, so the Japanese decided to seize the moment and put into circulation a new high-speed train, called maglev, which reached during a test the speed of 603 km/h, writes the Business Magazine.


The new speed record was set at less than a week after the maglev train reached a speed of 590 kilometers per hour, surpassing the previous record of 581 mph set in 2003.


The name ‘maglev’ refers to the operation system it has and is derived from the phrase ‘magnetic levitation’. So, maglev trains use magnetic fields in order to move and they are able to reach much higher speeds than all ordinary trains.


The first cities in Japan that will adopt the latest invention and will be connected through the line will be Tokyo and Nagoya, and the duration of the trip will be off approximately 40 minutes.


But the train made by Japanese is not the fastest in the world. The Hyperloop train, announced this year by Elon Munsk, will run between Los Angeles and San Francisco with a speed of 1 200 km/h.


Maglev trains float 10 centimeters above the tread and are powered by electromagnets.


By 2045, maglev trains should cross the 410 km of distance between Tokyo and Osaka in just one hour and seven minutes, halving the travel time today.


It has been estimated that the cost of building the necessary infrastructure would go up to $ 100 billion just for the Tokyo-Nagoya line, with over 80% of the route passing through tunnels carved into the mountains.

Samsung is no longer the leader in the Android industry

Hi-Tech Nilgun Salim
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Since the emergence of the first Android smartphones, Samsung set the tone in terms of sales, but at the end of this year, the situation has changed.


In the last two years, numerous Chinese phone makers have managed to generate waves in every corner of the globe.


This performance was obtained with the help of hi-tech smartphones at more affordable prices. Subsequently, there were models with an innovative design that managed to compete directly with products from Samsung or Apple.


Huawei is the most eloquent example. The efforts made by the technology giant Samsung dethroned the South-Korean producer, managing to become the most appreciated Android smartphone in the world.


When it comes to production and marketing of Android phones, Huawei generated a bigger profit, in comparison to Samsung.


This information was confirmed by an independent study conducted by Strategy Analytics. This is the same company which, a while ago, drew attention on the fact that most profits reported by the smartphone market went to Apple.


In the top five, when referring to profits from the smartphone industry, Vivo and Oppo reported encouraging numbers in the last quarter.


This analysis included the profits of companies listed in the third fiscal quarter of 2016 before paying their taxes.


In these circumstances, Huawei has achieved a net profit of $200 million, 2.4% of the global market for smartphones.


As described in the report, the dethroning of Samsung by Huawei occurred because the Chinese market has an effective system of suppliers, appealing products and effective marketing campaigns.

8 things smart people would NOT do

Science Jeanette Walsh
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Intelligence often varies from one human being to another, but it’s highly associated with the education received in schools.


Experts believe that this value is directly proportional with the experience and ability of an individual to adapt to the realities of life on the go.


‘In literature, what we call IQ is nothing more than reporting the mental age of an individual to his biological age, all multiplied by 100. The mental age of a child, for example, can not keep pace with his biological age, if the child does not implement what he is learning.


Researchers admit that intelligent people would never do the following things:


Do not let past mistakes interfere with the present. Intelligent people know that success in life is not possible without making mistakes. However, they do not allow themselves to be affected by past mistakes, they simply learn from them and evolve.


Do not focus on the negative sides. If you only have negative thoughts in your mind, your life will be equally negative. Intelligent people know that life is much better when you learn to use your skills to dream, to create, to build, to be surprised and, of course, to love.


Do not run away from problems. Smart people confront with the problem and seek the best methods to solve it. When you fall, you rise back up and move on.


Do not care what others think. Intelligent people do not let the negative opinions of other people to stop them from living a happy life, full of success and joy.


Do not lose time. Intelligent people develop their productive habits that help them work faster and better. They also know that they cannot work all the time, the brain often needs a good rest.


Do not focus on what you cannot control. Every day we face the things we cannot control: traffic, uneducated people, etc. Smart people stay calm in these situations because they know that negative emotions will do only harm.


They are not arrogant. You will never hear them boosting with their intelligence.


Do not forget to thank. Intelligent people know that the world does not revolve around them. They believe in the power of goodness and they know that the good always comes back.

‘Willkommen bei den Hartmann’, a light comedy about the refugee crisis from Germany

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‘Willkommen bei den Hartmann’ (Welcome to the Hartmann’s) grossed over 240 million at its premiere launching on 3rd November. The impressive numbers turned the German comedy into the best box hit of this year, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


The movie, which focuses on the refugee crisis from Europe was directed by Simon Verhoeven and scored $2.1 million dollars only in the last weekend, with almost 230,000 tickets sold.


The film is just about to exceed the success reported by Verhoeven’s previous film ‘Männerherzen’ (2009), which grossed 20.3 million dollars only in Germany.


The main role is portrayed by actress Senta Berger, who plays the role of a wealthy woman from Munich (Angelika Hartmann) who decides, following the open-policy promoted by German chancellor Angela Merkel, to ‘adopt’ an African refugee portrayed by Belgian actor Eric Kabongo.


After obtaining her object, despite her husband’s disapproval and other issues of cultural differences, including the xenophobic reaction of the couple’s frightened neighbors, Angelika manages to bring Eric home.


The combination of the current political topic, the ‘light’ humor and the star-studded distribution, which also includes Elyas M’Barek and Florian David Fitz, Simon Verhoeven’s film is a genuine blockbuster, says The Hollywood Reporter.


‘Willkommen bei den Hartmann’ is the only German movie ranked in the top ten box office from Germany, dominated by American blockbusters.


The migration topic is not easy to talk about in Germany and to use this topic for a film is certainly a courageous gesture.


The story behind Princess Diana’s iconic hairstyle

Culture&Arts Nilgun Salim
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If in the 90’s the main source of inspiration for women when it came to ‘hair’ was Rachel (played by Jennifer Aniston) from ‘Friends’,  in the early 90’s, Princess Diana represented a fashion icon for women worldwide.


Princesses have always been admired for their spectacular outfits and impeccable hairstyles. Princess Diana was also the most beloved and appreciated royal member, not only for her fashion style but also for her kindness. Due to her pure soul and the desire to spread kindness, she was dubbed the ‘Princess of Hearts’.


Since she passed away, in her place we admire her daughter-in-law, the Duchess of Cambridge, who is always a charming appearance.


But what is the story behind Diana’s iconic hairstyle, which became extremely popular in the early 90’s.


Sam McKnight was the stylist responsible for Princess Diana’s hair, and he recently released a book entitled ‘Hair by Sam McKnight’.


‘Mary Greenwell and I were told it was someone important, but we had no idea who’, writes Sam McKnight in his new book. ‘We guessed it might be Margaret Thatcher, and then Diana walked in.’, added the stylist.


Recently, he told Daily Mail that he met Princess Diana at a photo shoot in 1990, where Patrick Demarchelier was the photographer. For that pictorial, Sam McKnight styled Diana’s medium length hair, giving her a shorter cut.


Diana loved the hairstyle so much, she asked Sam to fix her hair in the exact same style.

Putin’s spokesman in trouble: his wife ice skated wearing a concentration camp uniform

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Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, is apparently ‘on thin ice’ after he found himself dragged in a media scandal, which was caused by his wife, a former Olympic ice skater.


She sparked controversy for wearing during a Russian TV show, a costume inspired by the uniforms worn in the concentration and extermination camps of the Holocaust, according to The Guardian.


Tatiana Nakva and her partner, the actor Andrei Burkovski, appeared in striped uniforms, with yellow stars, during the television show ‘Ice Age’, where celebrities are supposed to ice skate.


The song on which the two skated, entitled ‘Beautiful That Way’, written by the Israeli singer Achinoam ‘Noa’ Nini, is inspired by the Italian movie ‘La Vita e Bella’, that won an Oscar.


In the movie, a father of Hebrew origin pretends for the sake of his son, that the deportation of their family in the Nazi camp, is only a part of an elaborate game.


During the performance, Navka and Burkovski smiled and mimed as they pretended to shoot each other in front of an imaginary child. Burkovsky left the scene as the sounds of shooting weapons continued.


The performance was harshly and intensely criticized in the media and also on social networks. The producers of the Channel One television station, that broadcasted the ‘Ice Age’ show were also harshly criticized.


Many Twitter users published acid comments on their social media accounts and sent angry messages to the Russian Embassies all over the world.


While Angelina is consoled by Johnny Depp, Brad found happiness in Kate Hudson’s arms

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The divorce of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt was the most unexpected news, but it seems that the two have found solace in the arms of other partners.


If the actress began a romance with Johnny Depp, whom her children call ‘dad Johnny’, Brad has found happiness next to fellow actress Kate Hudson.


American tabloid ‘National Enquirer’ wrote that Angelina began a relationship with her current partner while they were filming for ‘The Tourist’, who recently divorced from Amber Heard.


The star from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ approached Angelina Jolie immediately after the press announced her divorce and even hired a lawyer to represent Jolie in court.


According to inside sources, it seems that both Angelina and Johnny are getting along just great and she is fascinated by the famous actor. Moreover, her six children with Brad Pitt consider Johnny their ‘father’.


The publication suggested that a marriage between Jolie and Depp is not an excluded option. Deep is making frequent visits to Angelina’s place and he spends a lot of his time with her children.


Brad Pitt is not that miserable either. A close friend of the actor revealed that the blonde found his happiness in the arms of Kate Hudson.


American magazine ‘Woman’s Day’ wrote that Hudson is the mystery woman from the actor’s life, who managed to make him smile again.


‘Kate is Brad’s mystery woman. They became very close in these recent weeks after several secret meetings’, revealed the source.

Prince Harry will not be able to contact Meghan Markle for the next two weeks

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Prince Harry of Great Britain was embarked on the Fleet Auxiliary Wave Knight vessel. Harry will sail for two weeks and the strictness imposed by the crew will force the prince to not make any contact with his American girlfriend Meghan Markle.


The communication on board is limited and phone calls are available only for emergency situations. Meanwhile, the ‘Suits’ star spent her Thanksgiving holiday with the fam in Castries, Santa Lucia. Meghan posted a photo on her Instagram account, in which a well-browned turkey make’s one appearance in the background.


Harry and other 73 crew members embarked on the ship on Wednesday. A source close to the Royal family said the prince enjoys sailing and he loves to reminisce about the days he served in the armed forces.


However, this time, Harry is traveling like a total VIP. He will spend the voyage in the captain’s cabin. Meanwhile, the officers will spend their next 14 days in regular cabins, with a bed, a desk, a chair, a cupboard, small TV and, of course, a bathroom.


The only difference between a normal cab and the one occupied by the captain is quite larger and has more chairs, reserved for the meetings with the officers.


The trip includes visits to seven island countries: Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Barbados and Guyana. This voyage marks the second official visit by Prince in the Caribbean region after the first in 2012. Over this itinerary, the prince has provided more stops, most recently at the center of preservation of turtles ‘Nevis Turtle’ in an initiative dedicated to saving these marine animals.