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Saturday, July 28, 2012

2012 Olympics: Theater ceremony

The London Games gave the green light with a very cinematic ceremony. The Olympic Stadium was a stage where 10,000 volunteers performed different representations with a clear nod to British culture. The opening ceremony of the Games in London did not disappoint what is expected of her. Film director Danny Boyle was responsible for directing a show with clear references to British culture. About 10,000 volunteers participated in a stage where music was the theme of a colorful spectacle. The event began with the winner of the Tour de France Bradley Wiggins taking the bell. The stadium became a countryside with animals such as ducks, horses or sheep. The meaning evoked the emergence of the four nations that make up Great Britain: England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Immediately afterwards, the left went green smoke from the chimneys of the time of the industrial revolution. A great cast of actors reprensentaron this important historical era built on British soil. Boyle, director of the Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire', made ​​clear references to the movies with the issuance of a short film starring Daniel Craig. The actor in the role of James Bond , went to Buckingham Palace to visit Queen Elizabeth II and take a helicopter to the stadium. Another actor as Rowan Atkinson, better known as Mr. Bean , enjoyed his coat of prominence with an appearance in other fiction like 'Chariots of Fire'. Atkinson played a role in a scene running down the beach with the usual notes of humor. There were also references to children's literature with characters like Peter Pan or Mary Poppins . These scenes gave way to one of the highlights of the ceremony cĂșlmenes with a carousel of songs that were heard all British musical icons: The Queen, David Bowie, Mike Oldfield, Beatles, Rolling Stones ... Musical notes marked the start of the parade of all delegations. Boyle's talent made ​​his mark in a ceremony with an audience of 4,000 million worldwide. The ceremony continued with the traditional parade of the 205 delegations at the Olympic Games in London.Greece, as originating in the Games, was the first to leave the stadium. To view the Spanish delegation, with Pau Gasol in the head as a champion , it was not until almost the end. No country could boast of the height at which the flag carried the Spanish team. Reach for the sky is what our athletes will try to get these weeks that London will be the Olympic capital.

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Samsung achieved record operating profit of 4,800 million euros


Samsung Electronics reported Friday a record operating profit of 4,800 million euros for the last quarter ended in June due to high sales of mobile phones Galaxy S helped to stretch its lead over its main competitor, Apple. For the September quarter results South Korea expects to launch its next model of the Galaxy family before Apple releases its next model of iPhone , expected for October. Samsung profits reach about 8 trillion won (5,700 million) . The mobile phone business contributes about 60% of the profits from Samsung. Proceeds from the mobile phone division has more than doubled over the previous year and the flat screen business increases profits, as LCD prices have stabilized. Shares in Samsung, which also made ​​televisionsand other appliances , flat screens and chips, rose as much as 4.7% to a maximum of five weeks after the results, outperforming the broader market. "The strong performance of the television division show their resilience to the crisis in the euro area, while the mobile division has become a sack of cash deposit on sales of Galaxy," said an analyst at Korea Investment Won-seok & Securities. "The weakness in the prices of memory chips is still the main concern of Samsung in the third quarter, but again does better than some rivals such as Apple, which tends to squeeze suppliers a bit. It's a small problem compared to the likes of Hynix and Toshiba. going to have less pressure. " The director of Samsung Telecommunication Business, JK Shin, told Reuters on Sunday that sales of the Galaxy S III, the most aggressive competitor of the iPhone, had been better than expected, after its launch in late May. Is also preparing a new model of the popular "smartphone" - "tablet" Note Galaxy later this year to cope with the new Apple product launches. Earlier this year finalizaban 14 year reign of Nokia as the world's largest maker of mobile phones, but Samsung has increased shipments of smartphones to an estimated 50.5 million in the June quarter, almost double the 26 million iPhones sold. Shipments of Apple in the June quarter fell 26% sequentially, while the European economy sank and consumers expect the launch of the iPhone 5. "Regardless of the results of Apple, Samsung will be strong in the third quarter," said analyst Investment & Securities KB Byun Han-joon. "Actually, Samsung, Apple is the stumbling block of a chance." Analysts estimate that Samsung, which now controls more than a third of the world market of "smartphones" will sell for 15 to 20 million units of the Galaxy S III in the September quarter.

Russia wants to build naval bases abroad


Russia wants to set up the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union a new naval base beyond its borders. When sites were Cuba, Vietnam and the Seychelles envisaged the state news agency RIA reported, citing the head of the Navy. In recent years, Russia has the scope of his Navy gradually extended.The ships were sent to distant areas. This should especially be shown more presence in the U.S. military-dominated world. "It is true, we are working to provide the navy with bases outside the Russian Federation", the Vice-Admiral Viktor Chirkov cited. Currently, the Russian Navy only a base outside of its territory, in Syria.Because of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, then the future of the base in Tartus is uncertain. A still from the days of the Soviet Union coming naval base in Vietnam, Russia was in 2002 for cost reasons.

Study reveals why many people see women as sex objects

The fact that many people see women as sex objects led to interest from a group of U.S. researchers who were raised to know the origin of that perception. The researchers concluded that the human brain processes images differently from males and females. If you think that perception is only of men, think again, because women's brains also behaves this way. "Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln believe that men do because they are looking for potential partners. And for women is a way to compare themselves with competitors, "notes the average British. Professor Sarah Gervais, a psychologist who led the research, said the study, involving over 220 men and women, also found that this tendency to "objectify" women with all of them, not just those who are " striking. " "This is not something that only affects the supermodels or porn stars," said Gervais. The researcher says need to focus on local processing (perception by parts) is the basis of how we perceive objects (houses, cars, etc..). "With people should not do this. We should not break people into its parts. But when it comes to women we do, which is really surprising, "he says. "Women are perceived in the same way we see objects," he said.