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Friday, May 3, 2013

Chelsea, live Europe! Chelsea 3-1 Basel


Chelsea qualified on Thursday night for the final of the Europa League 2012-2013. The Blues are taxed at Stamford Bridge against FC Basel (3-1), one week after their victory over the wire in Switzerland (1-2). On May 15 in Amsterdam, the team coached by Rafael Benitez will challenge Benfica. Chelsea is a convinced European. Winners last season of the Champions League, which they effectively eliminate from the group stage in December, the Blues will have the opportunity on Wednesday 15 May in Amsterdam (Netherlands) to win the Europa League 2012 -2013. They qualified this Thursday evening for their second continental final in a row, and at the expense of FC Basel, which is still looking for his first victory on English soil. A first victory in which the FCB, highly motivated, he believed staunchly in the half. The Swiss have indeed opened the scoring just before returning to the locker room. Launched in depth, Mohamed Salah, who had been a hit in the quarter-final against Tottenham, appeared alone in front of Petr Cech and deceived the left foot (0-1, 45th). It was almost in line with the choses.Problème: it made no difference to Basel. The first Helvetian club for 35 years to compete in the semi-finals of the European Cup, home of tennis Roger Federer had to score another goal to dream even for qualification. 

Basel l 46'Salah
Chelsea l 50'Torres, 52'Moses and 59'David Luiz

More details about how Google Glass


Although  Eric Schmidt CEO of  Google admitted Glass newly come to mass audiences next year,  the Mountain View company  continues to progress of your new device and generating hype around their means. In mid-April, for example, unveiled some  technical specifications of Glass, which will have 16 GB of storage, 5 megapixel camera, audio direct transmission through the bones, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Now,  Google  reveals a little more of  Glass  to post a video that explains users how to perform some basic tasks with the device. The side of the glasses, promptly the area ranging from the temple to the ear, is the focal point of the device, because there is located the touchpad , which hosts the touch gestures for commands and use the various features. Thus, as the video explains, to "wake" the device to do a soft touch on the touchpad .Once lit,  Glass  shows the home screen, which displays a clock and a timeline , consisting of a series of cards with different information. On the left, the cards are placed with events happening at the time or that will occur in the future, such as climate or an appointment scheduled at which the user must attend. The cards are moving to make a gesture on the touchpad and allow more details by tapping on the same area. On the left, are the items from the past: photos, videos and messages. By two touches on the touchpad , the user can select a photo to share with a contact. To go back and stop the device, you must slide your finger down in that area. The short video of  Google  seeks to be just an introduction to  Glass , and that does not include explanations of other features of the glasses, giving information that will surely go as the company approaches its release. 

LG develops the washer without water

In the times we live in energy efficiency good use of resources and respect for the environment is something that brands are taking great care because they know the importance of looking ahead. LG is working on these lines using different products, and the last of which we have heard is the washing machine ... without water! LG already has surprised on occasion, displaying products like the LG Styler  (you can see the image below), a kind of closet trouser allowing "refresh" and remove the bad smell of our clothes without water or detergent . But in this case, we are talking about a system that not only removes the odor, they actually clean the clothes . In any case LG has not yet confirmed the details of how will this machine, it will work 100% without water or use at least a little. But, in any case, will be an interesting development when saving gallons daily tasks such as washing clothes, while saving on our bill of water. Although, as we say, almost nothing is known about this machine, one of the possibilities that is rumored to be based on a design from 2009 by a group of university students, who presented as a final project of his career Industrial Design waterless washing machine called NIMBUS. This system used for laundry liquid carbon dioxide and detergent recyclable , and these elements to the maximum advantage, always reusing as much as possible. NIMBUS was patented at the time, so if the new technology of LG is the result of that first design, the patent should have acquired, or contracted to its inventors ... but it is also true that it is not the first time we talk about washing machines operating without water or almost no water ... The ecological washing machine is about to arrive.

FOOD CRISIS | Between October 2010 and April 2012 The food crisis in Somalia killed 258,000 people, half of them children


Approximately 258,000 Somalis starved to death between October 2010 and April 2012 during the severe food crisis that resulted in six months of famine in the African country, according to a UN report released on Thursday. "The severe hunger and food insecurity in Somalia has killed about 258,000 people between October 2010 and April 2012, including 133,000 children under five years," according to the report prepared jointly by FAO, the United Nations Organization Agriculture and Alimentation, and Hunger Alert Network (Fews-Net), funded by the United States. According to this "scientific evaluation" of the balance of the food crisis, the 4.6% of the total population and 10% of children under five died in southern and central Somalia. In regions of the lower Shabelle, Mogadishu and Bay, in the south of the country in the Horn of Africa, the hardest hit, the food crisis has caused the death of 18, 17 and 13%, respectively, of children under five. In each of the months of May-August, 2011, famine caused 30,000 deaths, according to the study. "These figures add up to 290,000 deaths, according to the benchmark adopted gotten over that period. A figure that includes war-related deaths in Somalia, representing a mortality rate that is twice the average of sub-Saharan Africa. This balance exceeds the famine of 1992, which killed 220,000 people in twelve months although "that famine was considered more serious as it involved the death of a greater percentage of the population." The famine in Somalia, between mid-2011 and early 2012, affecting 4 million people, half of the Somali populationThe food crisis had its causes in a severe drought that affected the entire region known as the Horn of Africa, Somalia is compounded by living in a state of permanent war and chaos since 1991, when he was ousted dictator Mohamed Siad BarreThe election last September, the Hassan Sheikh Mohamed as the new president of Somalia by the new Somali parliament for a term of four years, ending the political transition began in 2004 with support from the UN, and gives hope to who opt for stabilization of the country. Somalia has been for 22 years without a moderately effective government and into the hands of Islamist militias, warlords who serve the interests of a particular clan and armed gangs. Al Shabab, which in February 2012 formally announced his joining the terrorist network Al Qaeda, combat since 2006 (although not in its current form) the Somali government and allied troops in order to establish a Muslim state in Wahhabi cutting the area.

Facebook Mobile Suits l but does not meet expectations


The world's largest social network Facebook and get 30% of advertising revenues for ads to be displayed on mobile phones. It is a number that is 7 points higher than the last quarter of 2012, which clearly exceeds market expectations. That seems to show that the company is making a successful adaptation to the mobile market. It is a major change for the simple bowl of it on tablets and, above all, on mobile screens are much smaller and more difficult to see advertising. It is also key to Internet companies continue to grow. Between January and February, the number of users who access Facebook on mobile grew by 71 million, reaching 751 million. In total, the social network has 1,110 million people with accounts in it. However, the benefits of Facebook have been disappointed . In the first quarter, the company earned $ 219 million (166 million euros), lean 6.8% higher than the $ 205 million in the same period of 2012. As forearnings per share , which is what worries Wall Street, Facebook earned 12 cents per share. Again, the same as last year. But a penny less (ie 7.7% less) than expected by investors. Facebook, therefore, has a lower profit margin than a year ago, because now their income is 1,460 million, 38% more than a year ago. However, the company founded and directed by Mark Zuckerberg can boast that, even in the more mature markets, such as USA and Canada, the number of users continues to grow, contrary to what some pessimists predicted. Yes, again, the profitability per user in these markets has fallen.

Iraq suffers in April the highest death toll from violence since 2008


The month of April was the bloodiest in Iraq since June 2008, said Thursday the UN mission in the Arab country, UNAMI. In a statement said that only 595 civilians died last month and 117 members of the security forces. As for the wounded, a total of 1,438 were civilians, while 195 belonged to the police or the army. The province with more victims was Baghdad, with 211 dead and 486 injured, followed by Diyala (east), Salahedin (center), Kirkuk (north), Nineveh (north) and Al Anbar (west). Throughout April, Iraq was the scene of chain attacks and armed attacks at various points. Many of these attacks were the days prior to the holding of elections on the 20th provincial. In addition, a wave of violence rocking the country for a little over a week after the assault by the police and army to a square regularly hosts demonstrations of Sunnis in the town of Al Hueiya in Kirkuk (north) which caused 26 dead and 155 wounded. After the assault, the bombings and armed attacks have spread through different areas of the country and left dozens of victims. Iraq is currently experiencing a political crisis caused by protests from Sunni, who complain of discrimination by the government of Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki Shia.