Friday, June 26, 2015

SEE VIDEO: Selena Gomez drops a new single ''Good for You''

She's been teasing fans for weeks, and on Friday Selena Gomez finally debuted the sultry music video for her new single Good For You.
The 22-year-old strips down to a wet T-shirt - and in one clip, her birthday suit - as she writhes around in the brooding, seductive video. 
And much like the star herself, Selena tweeted on Friday that video's song was a 'stripped down version,' as she shared the Vevo link with her 30M followers.
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Stripped down: Selena Gomez bared her skin in broody new video for Good For You, which the singer shared on Vevo on Friday 
Stripped down: Selena Gomez bared her skin in broody new video for Good For You, which the singer shared on Vevo on Friday 
The video begins with Selena rocking a patterned magenta-coloured robe opened up to show off some of her cleavage as she sprawled out on a bright green couch.
The Heart Wants What It Wants hitmaker looked restless as she tossed and turned while showing off her toned torso and svelte legs.
The former Disney Channel star looked gorgeous as her raven-coloured locks are disheveled and she sported natural, complimentary make-up on her face finished off with a swipe of shiny pink lip.
Sultry: Selena danced in the shower for the newly released video directed by Sophie Muller
Sultry: Selena danced in the shower for the newly released video directed by Sophie Muller
Brooding: The dramatic video had Selena expressing her appreciation to an unnamed beau
Brooding: The dramatic video had Selena expressing her appreciation to an unnamed beau
As the music began to pick up and head toward the chorus, Selena could then be seen sporting an over-sized wet, white T-shirt, before shedding all clothes for a steamy shower scene.
The stars sings: 'I just wanna look good for you, good for you. Let me show you how proud I am to be yours,' as the camera shifts between the star's shy smile as she sits on the couch, and her running her fingers through her hair in the shower.
She then embodied the image from her new single's cover art, as she sits on a stool against a white wall, sporting the wet T-shirt.
Showing some skin: At one point Selena posed in seemingly just a wet, white T-shirt 
Showing some skin: At one point Selena posed in seemingly just a wet, white T-shirt 
Seductive: Selena sported a deeply plunging pink ensemble as she writhed around on a bright green couch
Seductive: Selena sported a deeply plunging pink ensemble as she writhed around on a bright green couch
Selena danced on the stool, accentuating the lyrics she was singing, before tugging down on the over-sized shirt to protect her modesty.
She then showed off a third look, with her Pantene-approved tresses styled straight as she modeled a lacy brown camisole underneath a gold patterned cardigan.
The actress looked down on the camera for these scenes, moving in and out of close-up shots that were so near to the camera that the image would get blurry.
Next, Selena sported a fitted white T-shirt with a pair of distressed, light wash jeans while writhing around on a hardwood floor.
Relaxed: The 22-year-old singer looked stunning - though a bit broody - in the dramatic video
Relaxed: The 22-year-old singer looked stunning - though a bit broody - in the dramatic video
Revealing: The clip showed off plenty of cleavage and leg
Revealing: The clip showed off plenty of cleavage and leg
Pretty in patterns: At one point Selena could be seen rocking a patterned magenta robe
Pretty in patterns: At one point Selena could be seen rocking a patterned magenta robe
The fitted shirt rose to reveal the star's toned midriff as she could be seen moving around on the ground to her latest single.
Lastly the hitmaker is pictured sporting a sleeveless white dress while lounging on a leather chaise lounge as the song neared its end.
Her make-up was a bit more dramatic for this scene, with the star donning a smoky eye look with a pink lipstick.
Brunette beauty: Her raven-coloured locks were disheveled in the clip
Brunette beauty: Her raven-coloured locks were disheveled in the clip
Gorgeous: The Heart Wants What It Wants singer had natural, complimentary make-up on her face finished off with a swipe of shiny pink lip during segments of the video 
Gorgeous: The Heart Wants What It Wants singer had natural, complimentary make-up on her face finished off with a swipe of shiny pink lip during segments of the video 
Confident: Selena showed that she pays no mind to body shamers as she flaunted her trim figure in the seductive video
Confident: Selena showed that she pays no mind to body shamers as she flaunted her trim figure in the seductive video
Selena took to Instagram on Friday to share her excitement about her fans finally getting to see the Sophie Muller-directed video.
'I’m so happy to finally share the official video for “Good For You" featuring the initial stripped down version of the song! I hope you enjoy it!' she wrote.  
The actual song was released on Sunday for download on Apple Music, the same day the audio was put up for listening on her Vevo page as well.
Selena also shared a tweet promoting the single for download, excitedly writing: 'It’s here!!! You can finally get #GoodForYou ft. @asvpxrocky on @AppleMusic!'
Natural: The brunette beauty showed off her Pantene-approved tresses as she sprawled out on a hardwood floor 
Natural: The brunette beauty showed off her Pantene-approved tresses as she sprawled out on a hardwood floor 
Showing off her pearly whites: Selena smiled as she sported a more casual look in one of the shots, donning a fitted white T-shirt and distressed jeans 
Showing off her pearly whites: Selena smiled as she sported a more casual look in one of the shots, donning a fitted white T-shirt and distressed jeans 
Quick change: Selena showed off more dramatic make-up later in the video, as she danced in a loose-fitting gold-embellished cardigan and a brown lace camisole 
Quick change: Selena showed off more dramatic make-up later in the video, as she danced in a loose-fitting gold-embellished cardigan and a brown lace camisole 
Making an appearance on the track is New York rapper ASAP Rocky, who gives his own lyrical stylings over the slow-paced song - thought this is not featured in the video. 
Last Friday, the art for the single was released featuring Selena with slicked back wet hair while appearing to wear nothing more than an over-sized white T-shirt.
The songbird raved in the caption: 'So excited to finally show you guys the art for #GoodForYou ft. @asvpxrocky coming 6/22!'
'So excited': The former Disney Channel star unveiled the sultry single cover art for Good For You on Instagram last Friday, ahead of sharing the full-length video
'So excited': The former Disney Channel star unveiled the sultry single cover art for Good For You on Instagram last Friday, ahead of sharing the full-length video
Pretty flacko: Rapper ASAP Rocky is featured on the song, as he was pictured at the MOSCHINO fashion show in Florence, Italy on Friday
Pretty flacko: Rapper ASAP Rocky is featured on the song, as he was pictured at the MOSCHINO fashion show in Florence, Italy on Friday
Seated on a rusted stool, Selena flattered her dewy skin with silver eye shadow and bare pink lips.
The pop star perched one foot upon her stool while draping the other towards the floor.
She later excitedly posted a picture of an advert promoting the release in front of the Marriott Marquis at Times Square in New York City. 
'Look who's in Times Square!': Selena tweeted her excitement at her brand new advert on Friday
'Look who's in Times Square!': Selena tweeted her excitement at her brand new advert on Friday

































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Meet the robot that can build a house in two days!

See the ully automated bricklaying machine can create an entire house in just two days

FACTS ABOUT THIS

-The robot, called Hadrian, was developed by an Australian inventor
-It can lay 1,000 bricks an hour and work around the clock, 24 hours a day
-A robotic 'hand' lays the brick, and it can also apply mortar
-It 3D scans its surroundings to work out exactly where to place bricks

For 6,000 years, bricklaying has remained largely the same - it still relies on slow, methodical placements by humans.
But one inventor wants to turn the world of bricklaying on its head with his robot, which can out-perform even the most motivated of builders.
Called Hadrian, it can lay 1,000 bricks and hour and work around the clock - and could apparently build 150 homes a year.
The robot (pictured), called Hadrian, was developed by an Australian inventor. It can lay 1,000 bricks an hour and work around the clock, 24 hours a day. A robotic 'hand' lays the brick, and it can also apply mortar. It 3D scans its surroundings to work out exactly where to place bricks
The robot (pictured), called Hadrian, was developed by an Australian inventor. It can lay 1,000 bricks an hour and work around the clock, 24 hours a day. A robotic 'hand' lays the brick, and it can also apply mortar. It 3D scans its surroundings to work out exactly where to place bricks
Called Hadrian - named after the wall - the fully-automated robot was created by Australian inventor Mark Pivac, who founded Fastbrick Robotics.
‘People have been laying bricks for about 6,000 years and ever since the industrial revolution, they have tried to automate the bricklaying process,’ he told Perth Now.
‘We’re at a technological nexus where a few different technologies have got to the level where it’s now possible to do it, and that’s what we’ve done.’ 


The robot has a boom 92ft (28 metres) long that is connected to its main body.
At the end is a robotic ‘hand’ that can grab bricks, pick them up, and place them down in sequence. 
A 3D computer-aided design (CAD) is used to work out the shape of the house or structure required, and the robot then calculates where each brick should go.
Mortar or adhesive is also deliver under pressure to the hand of the arm and applied to the brick, so no external human element is required.
It can even leave spaces for wiring and plumbing, and scans and cuts the bricks if they need to be re-shaped. 
The robot has a boom 92ft (28 metres) long that is connected to its main body
At the end is a robotic ‘hand’ that can grab bricks, pick them up, and place them down in sequence
The robot has a boom 92ft (28 metres) long that is connected to its main body, seen left. At the end is a robotic ‘hand’ (right) that can grab bricks, pick them up, and place them down in sequence
The project, ten years in the making and with $7 million (£4.5 million) spent on it so far, would supposedly be able to create a house in just two days
It could work by itself 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and although other aspects of the house would require human intervention, it is perhaps a sign of things to come
The project, ten years in the making and with $7 million (£4.5 million) spent on it so far, would supposedly be able to create a house in just two days. It could work by itself 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and although other aspects of the house would require human intervention, it is perhaps a sign of things to come
The project, ten years in the making and with $7 million (£4.5 million) spent on it so far, would supposedly be able to create a house in just two days.
It could work by itself 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and although other aspects of the house would require human intervention, it is perhaps a sign of things to come in construction.
The product will be marketed first in Western Australia, before expanding to the rest of the country and ultimately the whole world.
Mr Pivac noted that he had 'nothing against bricklayers', and simply wanted to improve the process in which houses were made.
He says his robot could help attract younger people to the profession. 

BUILDING THROUGH THE AGES: HOW DID EGYPTIANS MAKE THE PYRAMIDS? 

There are conflicting theories as to how the ancient Egyptians constructed pyramids.
An illustration of the 12th Dynasty Tomb of Djhuihotep shows 172 men pulling a statue along on a sledge, leading some experts to suggest huge blocks needed for the pyramids were transported using the same technique.
This theory has been built on, with some experts suggesting roads were coated in a layer of water to make them slippery.
Other experts have suggested that workers rolled stones along.
Alternative, a cradle-like machine could have been used, while another expert suggested wooden curves could have been fitted to each block to make cylinders.
Historical accounts suggest ramps were built for workers to carry blocks up the structure, but an engineer recently suggested the structures were built from the inside out. 


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Thursday, June 25, 2015

SAD: Whitney Houston's daughter, Kristina goes back to God

She and her mother Whitney

Her aunt Pat Houston released a statement saying the 22-year-old's condition has worsened.

"Despite the great medical care at numerous facilities, Bobbi Kristina Brown's condition has continued to deteriorate," it read.

"As of today, she has been moved into hospice care."

Ms Brown, the only child of the late singer Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub at her home near Atlanta in January.

She had surgery to replace her breathing tube with a tracheostomy tube in February.

The statement said the Houston family thanks "everyone for their support and prayers. She is in God's hands now."

Bobby Brown and Pat Houston, Whitney's sister-in-law and manager, were appointed co-guardians of Brown last month.

Ms Brown's famous mother, a six-time Grammy Award winner and actress who battled substance abuse, was found unresponsive in a hotel bathtub in Beverly Hills, California, in February 2012.

Saturday, June 20, 2015

You won't Text while Walking after reading this

You do it, I do it, we all know is a bad habit, but how do we stop? Read this story and see how bad this is.

This happened in China where a slim teenager got her entire leg stuck in a storm drain while walking and texting.

The girl who is still unnamed was paying rapt attention to her mobile phone while walking down the street in Mianyang City, in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. While she was busy texting a friend, she wasn’t paying attention to the pavement and when she stepped on a drain, her slim leg went right through the bars putting her left foot in a tight wedge.

A good Samaritan had to call the fire brigade before she could be rescued after a 45-minute wait.

Friday, June 19, 2015

Justin Bieber and Usher sued for copyright issues

Justin Bieber and his mentor Usher are being sued for $10m (£6m).
R&B singer De Rico, real name Devin Copeland, and his songwriting partner Mareio Overton claim that three versions of Somebody To Love recorded by Bieber, Usher or both share the beat pattern, time signature and similar chords and lyrics with their song with the same name.
The news came to light on Thursday (June 18) after a US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, received a lawsuit from May 2013, saying a lower court judge was wrong and it shouldn't have dismissed it.
"After listening to the Copeland song and the Bieber and Usher songs as wholes, we conclude that their choruses are similar enough and also significant enough that a reasonable jury could find the songs intrinsically similar," judge Pamela Harris wrote for the appeals court.
Duncan Byers, who is a lawyer for the claimants, said that the panel have expressed that they "recognise what my clients have said all along: it's the same melody and the same chorus".

Among the other defendants were publishers such as Vivendi SA's Universal Music Publishing Group and Sony Corp's Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Defence lawyers have not commented on the case.
The lawsuit will return to the lower court.
Ms Harris, though, said even the lyric "somebody to love" was delivered in an "almost identical rhythm and a strikingly similar melody".

One version of Somebody to Love, recorded by Bieber and credited to him as a co-writer, peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2010.

The plaintiffs alleged that music scouts had played their song, which was written in 2008, for Usher, who liked what he heard and then brought it to Bieb's attention.

District judge Arenda Wright Allen dismissed the lawsuit in March 2014, saying no reasonable jury could find copyright infringement.

Earlier this year Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke were ordered to pay Marvin Gaye's family millions after a jury ruled that their hit Blurred Lines infringed the copyright of Gaye's Got To Give It Up.

Monday, June 15, 2015

Jurassic World tops the Box-office

Not only has Universal's Jurassic World brought the franchise back from near extinction, it chewed up and spit out every box office prediction to come in vastly ahead of expectations.

It pulled in $511m (£329m) globally as it opened in cinemas, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations - eclipsing Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ($483m in 2011) and becoming the first film to ever cross $500 million in one weekend. That includes $204.6 million in North America, the No. 2 showing behind The Avengers ($207.4 million). And if Sunday is stronger than expected, Jurassic World could even beat Avengers.

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The unprecedented haul for the blockbuster, which has had largely good reviews, was boosted by the $100m earned in China alone and it topped the box office in 66 countries.

Co-produced by Steven Spielberg, who directed the first two of the four films, Jurassic World returns to the island theme park where scientists first revived T-Rex and other dinosaurs for paying customers over 20 years ago.

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Paul Dergarabedian, a media analyst, said the film benefited from something of "a perfect box-office storm".

"Nostalgia, legacy, pedigree: Three things that can make a newly updated franchise a monster," he said.

"There are many reasons Jurassic World is eating box office records like a hungry Indominus Rex: the original Jurassic Park was the second coming of Jaws and was for many the film that defined in the psyche their personal definition of the summer movie experience.

"At the time 1993's Jurassic Park was released it was the first film to ever open with over $50m and as such was seen and loved by a massive audience that were at once repelled and thrilled by its science-run-amok premise, its homage to the dinosaurs that everyone grew up learning about and were intrigued by.

"And not least of all, the collective movie theatre popcorn experience that the iconic superstar director Steven Spielberg delivered."

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Christopher Lee dies at 93

The British actor became a star in 1957 when playing the creature in The Curse Of Frankenstein.

Sir Christopher appeared in numerous other Hammer horror films, most notably playing Count Dracula, and was the villain Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun.

He cemented his fame when he starred as Saruman in Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit films, and appeared as Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequels.
He never stopped working and only last year marked his 92nd birthday by releasing a heavy metal version of the Frank Sinatra classic My Way.

A spokeswoman for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea confirmed that a death certificate had been issued for the star, who died on Sunday at a local hospital.

His agent declined to confirm the news, saying only that his family wished to make no comment.

Tributes have been paid to Sir Christopher who had fans all over the world.

Sir Roger Moore, who starred as 007 alongside Sir Christopher's Scaramanga, tweeted: "It's terribly (sad) when you lose an old friend, and Christopher Lee was one of my oldest. We first met in 1948."

London mayor Boris Johnson tweeted a photo of him holding a light sabre while posing with the actor.

He wrote: "Really sad to hear about the death of Christopher Lee, one of the greatest British actors and a master of the macabre."

Film critic Jonathan Ross wrote: "So sad to hear that Sir Christopher Lee has died. A great actor, a great star, a surprisingly good singer and a lovely lovely man."

His Lord Of The Rings co-star Dominic Monaghan paid tribute, saying: "So, so sorry to hear that Christopher Lee has passed away. He was a fascinating person. Threw a Bic pen into a tree in front of me."

Actor Mark Gatiss wrote: "The great, always criminally underrated Sir Christopher Lee has left us. A Titan of cinema and a huge part of my youth. Farewell."

Sir Christopher was awarded with a BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 and two years ago his friend Johnny Depp presented him with one from the British Film Institute.

Depp, who worked with the veteran on several Tim Burton projects including Sleepy Hollow, sneaked into the awards ceremony to surprise his friend.

Sir Christopher is survived by his wife of over 50 years, Gitte, and daughter Christina

Wiki details
Born Christopher Frank Carandini Lee
27 May 1922
Belgravia, London, England

Died 7 June 2015 (aged 93)
Chelsea, London, England

Occupation Actor, singer, author
Years active1946–2015
Spouse(s)Birgit Krøncke (m. 1961; his death 2015)
Children1

Military career
Allegiance Finland
 United Kingdom

Service/branchFinnish Army (1939)
British Home Guard (1940)
Royal Air Force (1941–46)
Years of service1939–1946
RankFlight Lieutenant
Battles/wars
Winter War
World War II
North African Campaign
Allied invasion of Italy
Battle of Monte Cassino

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Google Prepares An App That Can Scan Your Meal Photos For Calorie Count

Instagram food


A new Google app could be able to tell you how many calories is in your meal just by analysing a photo of it.

Im2Calories uses advanced image-recognition technology to work out what food you're eating, and what the estimated calorie count adds up to.

The size of each piece of food is worked out by comparing it to the rest of the plate - and even condiments spotted by the app are included in the calorie calculations.

A report in Popular Science says that the app will learn over time, with users being asked to input food details for any items that the app cannot recognise.

Google research scientist Kevin Murphy said the calorie count could be off by up to 20%, but said the technology will improve the more times its used.

"If it only works 30% of the time, it's enough that people will start using it, we'll collect data, and it'll get better over time.

"To me it's obvious that people really want this and this is really useful.

"Ok fine, maybe we get the calories off by 20%. It doesn't matter.

"We're going to average over a week or a month or a year. And now we can start to potentially join information from multiple people and start to do population level statistics.

"I have colleagues in epidemiology and public health, and they really want this stuff."

The app cannot identify the attributes of particular ingredients, so if a low-fat alternative ingredient is used in a dish the app will likely overestimate the calories.

It is still in development and has not yet been released.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

STRANGE: Saw Fish Survive Extinction Through 'Virgin Birth'

Can one cheat nature? Is nature dynamic?
A juvenile smalltooth sawfish in a Florida estuarine system


Biologists have for long tried to explain the functional make up of nature. They have tried to understand how things work. Now some creature have now slipped through the hands of extiction


Scientists say a series of "virgin births", reproduction without mating, in a critically endangered Florida sawfish species marks the first time the phenomenon has been seen in a vertebrate in the wild.


The researchers say the female smalltooth sawfish are resorting to asexual reproduction because their numbers are so low mating opportunities are fewer.


They have been pushed to the brink of extinction by over-fishing and habitat destruction.


In parthenogenesis, a female's egg cell can develop into a baby without being fertilised by a male's sperm cell.
A juvenile smalltooth sawfish in a Florida estuarine system

The 'virgin birth' sawfish amounted to about 3% of all those examined


This "fertilised" egg retains about half the mother's genetic diversity, a trait allowing parthenogenesis to be traced through genetic testing.


"It really surprised us," said Kevin Feldheim, manager of the Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution at Chicago's Field Museum.


"It is possible that numbers are so low that females have a hard time finding mates.


"In such a situation, parthenogenesis can be used as a last-ditch effort for a female to pass on her genes."


The researchers were investigating sawfish inbreeding when they discovered seven, all healthy, born via parthenogenesis.


The 'virgin birth' sawfish amounted to about 3% of all those examined.


Such births have only previously been witnessed in certain reptiles, birds and sharks in captivity, according to Stony Brook University marine biologist Andrew Fields.


The research appears in the journal Current Biology.


The sawfish - which grow up to 18ft (5.5 metres) long - dwell in southwest Florida estuaries and ocean coastal habitats.