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Monday, 31 December 2012
Friday, 28 December 2012
Gang-rape victim dies, PM says death won't go in vain
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Gang-rape victim dies, PM says death won't go in vain
Today early at 4.45 a.m A young woman who was
gang-raped and tortured in the capital of India .She was died in Singapore early
Saturday. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it was up to "us all to
ensure that her death will not have been in vain".
The victim, whose name has not been revealed, "passed away peacefully at 4.45 a.m. with her distraught family and Indian diplomats by her side, Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital's Kelvin Loh said.
The victim, whose name has not been revealed, "passed away peacefully at 4.45 a.m. with her distraught family and Indian diplomats by her side, Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital's Kelvin Loh said.
The 23-year-old woman she was suffered from multiple-organ failure
after she was raped by six males, including a juvenile, in a moving bus
in Delhi for around 40 minutes Dec 16 and dumped her by a roadside.
The six accused have been arrested and now they are in Delhi's Tihar Central Jail.
Authorities in India shifted the
woman, who had been on ventilator support since her rape, to Singapore
Thursday in a last ditch attempt to save her life.
"Despite all efforts by a team of eight specialists
in Mount Elizabeth Hospital to keep her stable, her condition continued
to deteriorate over these two days," Loh said.
"She had suffered from several organs failure due to the rape and also following serious injuries to her body and brain.
"She was courageous in fighting
for her life for so long against the odds but the trauma to her body was
too severe for her to overcome."
B.D. Athani, medical
superintendent of Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, said the woman had been
speaking to her mother and other family members earlier, giving the
impression that she would somehow survive.
But her condition deteriorated
rapidly after a third operation, with a fatal infection spreading to her
chest, lungs and intestine, he said.
Expressing his deepest
condolences, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it was up to "us all to
ensure that her death will not have been in vain" and India becomes "a
demonstrably better and safer place for women to live in".
He said he joined the nation "in conveying to her family and friends" his deepest condolences at this "terrible loss".
"I want to tell them and the
nation that while she may have lost her battle for life, it is up to us
all to ensure that her death will not have been in vain.
India's High Commissioner to Singapore, T.C.A. Raghavan, said the woman's family was "shattered".
"It was very trying for the
family. The girl of course was unconscious," he said. "I must say they
(the family) bore the entire process with a great deal of fortitude and
courage."
He said her body would be flown to India Saturday afternoon.
The prime minister said already we have seen the emotions and also energies this incident has been generated and now these are perfectly understandable reactions from a young India and an
India that genuinely desires change.
"The need of the hour is a dispassionate debate and inquiry into the critical changes that are required in societal attitudes.
"The government is examining, on
priority basis, the penal provisions that exist for such crimes and
measures to enhance the safety and security of women."
The horrific gang-rape, in which
the crucial gang rape they used an iron rod to torture her, triggered angry
demonstrations across india against growing sexual crimes against women.
A policeman died in one such protest in Delhi.
The Indian government vowed to fast track the trial of the accused.
Android (operating system)
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Galaxy Nexus, a phone recommended by the Android Open Source Project for software development
Android (operating system)
Android is the world's most popular mobile platform. With Android you can use all the Google apps you know and love, plus there are more than 600,000 apps and games available on Google Play to keep you entertained, alongside millions of songs and books, and thousands of movies. Android devices are already smart, and will only get smarter, with new features you won't find on any other platform, letting you focus on what's important and putting you in control of your mobile experience.
Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices.Initially developed by Android.Inc., whom Google financially backed and later purchased in 2005.Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance: a consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. The first Android-powered phone was sold in October 2008.
(R)Evolution
Android is open source .Additionally,Android has many developers that extend the functionality of devices, written primarily in a customized version of the Java programming language.In October 2012, there were approximately 700,000 apps available for Android, and the estimated number of applications downloaded from Google Play, Android's primary app store, was 25 billion.
These factors have allowed Android to become the world's most widely used smartphone platform and the software of choice for technology companies who require a low-cost, customizable, lightweight operating system for high tech devices without developing one from scratch.
Android had a worldwide smartphone market share of 75% during the third quarter of 2012 with 500 million devices activated in total and 1.3 million activations per day.
The World’s Most Popular Platform
Millions of people already use Android because it makes your mobile device so much more powerful and useful. On Android, the home screen, web browser, email and everything in between are designed to make your life easier. And because Android is open, you can create a unique mobile experience that’s just right for you.
Application
with every Android smart phone you get the "essentials" that I call bloatware. As you all know, it comes with a default music, camera, gallery, GPS, and other apps that you can find replacements of in the Android Market app store. It is from my personal experiences that I have found the 10 best apps (most of which are free) you wont want to be caught dead without.
Thursday, 27 December 2012
Nelson Mandela Recover from hospital
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Nelson Mandela Recover from hospital
Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a two-week spell in hospital after he was admitted for treatment for a lung infection and gallstones.
The former South African leader is to receive treatment at his home in Johannesburg after he was discharged on Wednesday night, a government spokesman said.
South Africans began praying in earnest for Madiba, the clan name by which he is affectionately known, after he was admitted on December 8. The 94-year-old's time in hospital is the longest since he was released from jail in 1990 after 27 years behind bars.
He was taken into hospital for routine tests which revealed he was suffering from a lung infection and gallstones. He then underwent surgery to have the gallstones removed.
"He is not yet fully recovered, but he has sufficiently moved forward so that he can be discharged," Mac Maharaj, a government spokesman, told the local broadcaster, eNCA. "He is sufficiently well to be home."
Mandela has a history of lung problems dating back to the days during which he was in jail as a political prisoner.
He was visited on Christmas Day by South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, who said he was in "good spirits" and looking "much better".
But this Christmas was his first away from home since he was released from jail.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner, and South Africa's first black president after the end of apartheid when he was elected in 1994, he retired from public life in 2004 due to his fragile health.
Before his retirement, he used to host a Christmas feast for poor children in his home village of Qunu.
Despite this, however, he has continued to receive high-profile domestic and international visitors, including former US president, Bill Clinton, in July.
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Tsunami Disaster & Tamil Nadu
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Tsunami waves do not resemble normal sea waves,
because their wavelength is far longer. Rather than appearing as a breaking
wave, a tsunami may instead initially resemble a rapidly rising tide, and for this
reason they are often referred to as tidal waves. Tsunamis generally
consist of a series of waves with periods ranging from minutes to hours, arriving in
a so-called "wave train".Wave heights of tens of metres can be
generated by large events. Although the impact of tsunamis is limited to
coastal areas, their destructive power can be enormous and they can affect
entire ocean basins; the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
was among the deadliest natural disasters in human history with over 230,000
people killed in 14 countries bordering the Indian
Ocean.
Tsunami Disaster & Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu suffered a loss of Rs.47 billion, accounting for two thirds of the total losses suffered in south India, followed by Kerala (Rs.13 billion), Pondicherry (Rs.5 billion) and Andhra Pradesh (Rs.3.4 billion).
Tsunami waves do not resemble normal sea waves,
because their wavelength is far longer. Rather than appearing as a breaking
wave, a tsunami may instead initially resemble a rapidly rising tide, and for this
reason they are often referred to as tidal waves. Tsunamis generally
consist of a series of waves with periods ranging from minutes to hours, arriving in
a so-called "wave train".Wave heights of tens of metres can be
generated by large events. Although the impact of tsunamis is limited to
coastal areas, their destructive power can be enormous and they can affect
entire ocean basins; the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
was among the deadliest natural disasters in human history with over 230,000
people killed in 14 countries bordering the Indian
Ocean.
The Greek
historian Thucydides
suggested in 426 BC that tsunamis were related to submarine earthquakes,
but the understanding of a tsunami's nature remained slim until the 20th
century and much remains unknown Major areas
of current research include trying to determine why some large earthquakes do
not generate tsunamis while other smaller ones do; trying to accurately
forecast the passage of tsunamis across the oceans; and also to forecast how
tsunami waves would interact with specific shorelines.
Over 6,500 killed by tsunami in south India
"Sunday's deadly tsunami waves have now claimed almost 6,500 lives on India's southeastern coast. In India, Tamil Nadu is one of the worst affected states where 3,000 people are reported dead. In Andaman & Nicobar Islands as well, 3,000 people have been killed. In Pondicherry, 337 people have died and hundreds of fishermen are still missing. 97 casualties have been reported from Andhra Pradesh, while the toll in Kerala has touched 150... More than 300 people have died in Cuddalore too while the death toll in the state capital Chennai is 200...."
Facebook takes FIRE in UK over' disingenuous' accounting
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Facebook takes FIRE in UK over' disingenuous' accounting
Facebook takes FIRE in UK over' disingenuous' accounting
Just how much tax should Facebook pay in Europe? In 2011, the
social network skated away with a tax bill of just €3.2 million (about
$4.7 million) in Ireland despite garnering gross profits of $1.35
billion there — an effective rate of less than half a percent. UK Labour
MP John Mann is calling the company’s actions "disingenuous" and
"immoral," as the continent-wide debate about how to tax multinationals
continues to build steam. Earlier this year, Mann had similar words for Google,
which he said should be brought before the country’s Treasury Select
Committee "to justify their failure to pay proper taxes." And that
company, along with Amazon and Starbucks, ended up facing questions from UK legislators last month about their tax practices.
Forbes insists that the system is working just as politicians intended — the EU’s single market structure demands that multinationals set up shop in one location in order to do business across the whole continent, and it makes sense for them to set up where tax treatment is most favorable. But what’s actually happening isn’t so cut and dried. The accounting technique that Facebook and others are using is called "Double Irish" and it lets Facebook lower its tax bill by paying itself royalties that it can write off as business expenses. Here's how it works: Facebook sets up two Irish subsidiaries, the first of which owns the non-US rights to its intellectual property, but is a tax resident of the Cayman Islands, which charges no tax. This Cayman Islands-based Irish company then licenses its intellectual property to the second Irish company. These royalty payments are subtracted from the second (Irish Irish) company’s revenues before it gets its tax bill, letting it book much lower income than it would otherwise be able to. In Facebook’s case, The Guardian reports that it paid nearly $1.2 billion to itself in licensing and royalties. So despite bringing in gross profits of over $1.35 billion for the year, the impoverished Facebook Ireland actually recorded a $24 million loss.
The fact that companies are going to try to maximize profits and minimize expenses, including taxes, goes without saying, but recent evidence shows that public pressure can force them to pay their fair share. Starbucks agreed to voluntarily pay £20 million (about $32 million) in taxes in the UK over the next two years to avoid a country-wide boycott. The next question: is Europe ready for a boycott of Facebook? So far, the social network has been banking on a "no."
Sunday, 23 December 2012
CHOOSE PRIVACY SETTING ON YOUR FACEBOOK
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CHOOSE PRIVACY SETTING ON YOUR FACEBOOK
Remember those privacy controls Facebook announced last week, alongside the rather less friendly news that you would no longer have the option to hide when Facebook users are searching you?
Well, those changes are finally here. As of 10pm ET, you should start seeing a small symbol with a lock in the top right hand corner of your screen. Click on it, and you've got a list of "Privacy Shortcuts" in plain English -- namely, Who Can See My Stuff, Who Can Contact Me, and How Do I Stop Someone From Bothering Me.
That's a whole lot better than what used to be in that spot -- a dizzying array of privacy options in a control panel that was hard for the average user to decipher.
"We believe that the better you understand who can see the things you share, the better your experience on Facebook can be," writes Samuel Lessin, a product manager at Facebook, in a blog post. All users will see the new shortcuts by the end of Friday, presuming the end of the world doesn't intrude.
More plain English changes are rolling out across the site. For example, when you want someone to remove a photo you've been tagged in, here's the dialog box you're presented with:
Given the abundance of holiday parties, this is the time of year when such changes are most welcome. Facebook handy five-step guide to making it better when your drunken blunders end up splashed across the social network:
1. Visit the updated Activity Log to see what you are posted in
2. Use the new filters to see what photos are still out there that you may have hidden from your timeline
3. Use the multi Report and Remove tool to select those that you don't want tagged and click untag with one simple click
4. If you really don't want them on Facebook, use the new tool to ask whoever posted them to take them down, again with one click
5. Still have questions? Use the new privacy shortcut tool to type a question and get straight into the help center answers
Do you have the new privacy controls yet? Do they make more sense than their predecessors? Let us know in the comments.
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