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WATCH VIDEO : a hero child save his brother's life

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"The Sun" British newspaper  on Tuesday




The two brothers were playing in their while a big closet fell down on of them,  and it appeared that the child died.

But in the video you realize that the child was not hurt, he was just crying under the closet.


The other child was stunned and didn't know what he should do, but he quickly grasped the situation and began searching for how to save his brother.

Finally, he saved his brother life with his small hands.


watch cute dog walking on two legs

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In this video, a cute dog walking on two legs wearing a lovely Dress.


I think that this video is the most beautiful video I've seen about humor of dogs.




Lenovo arranging Chrome OS version of its Yoga Book hybrid tablet/portable PC

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Lenovo has a critical darling on its hands with the Yoga Book, a 2-in-1 hybrid that uses a "Create Pad" instead of a traditional laptop keyboard. That feature -- which allows the user to switch easily between typing and pen input modes (including writing directly on paper that's converted to digital data) -- has helped the convertible device receive glowing reviews.
Lenovo arranging Chrome OS version of its Yoga Book hybrid tabletportable PC


The Yoga Book is also a bit different because it not only comes in the expected Windows version, but also a model that runs Google's Android OS. That's naturally led people to wonder why Lenovo hasn't released an edition using Google's other OS -- Chrome -- which is more typically found on laptops. The company's response: Wait a little longer.
Jeff Meredith, general manager and vice president of Lenovo's Android and Chrome Computing Business Group. told Tom's Guide, Lenovo will be launching a Chrome Yoga Book by the middle of next year. And in the future, Meredith says the Yoga Book could evolve to run whatever mashup of Android and Chrome Google is apparently developing as a single OS going forward: "Over time, we probably see the Android and Chrome versions melding together, especially based on the fact that we've now seen Chrome roll out the Google Play store capability into Chrome."
A Yoga Book running Chrome would probably become the most interesting Chromebook on the market. While there are other 2-in-1 Chromebooks, including the Asus Chromebook Flip and Lenovo's own Yoga 11e, none has the Create Pad functionality. Unlike many other Chromebooks, however, it won't be cheap: the Android Yoga Book, for instance, starts at $499, more than $100 pricier than the Yoga 11e Chromebook.
Despite the accolades, Meredith disclosed that sales for the two currently available Yoga Books are "just average," perhaps due in part to Lenovo's decision to sell it exclusively through Walmart in the U.S. The company plans to add more retailers to the Yoga Book mix next year; we'll have to see if that and a Yoga Book Chrome will help to boost sales of a device ZDNet's own Sandra Vogel called "a reinvention of the tablet format."
Source : http://www.zdnet.com/article/lenovo-planning-chrome-os-edition-of-its-yoga-book-hybrid-tabletlaptop/


5 Ways To Get The Lowest Price On Your Next Car Purchase

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We have all been there.  You want to buy your first car, or second or third.  You have no idea what to do.  Maybe you got a really bad deal last time and you are scared. Do you just go to the car dealership and ask for what you want?  Do you lease or purchase a car?  What does APR mean? Residual value?  Do you go through a broker who may or may not have your best interests in mind?  There are several ways to go about car shopping, but once you are in the negotiation room with the sales person there are only 5 easy tactics that will ensure you get the best price.  If you’re in the market for a new car, or just wondering what these tactics are, check them out on the next page.
5 Ways To Get The Lowest Price On Your Next Car Purchase

These 5 Car Negotiation Tactics Will Make Sure You Get The Lowest Price When You Go Car Shopping!

5. Always Low Ball Your Lowest Price

5 Ways To Get The Lowest Price On Your Next Car Purchase


When you first start talking numbers with a car salesman the first thing, they will ask you is.  “What’s your budget,” or “How much are you willing to pay per month?”.  This is an easy way for the salesperson to put the ball in your court and make you tell them a price that they can easily make money off of.
One of the best tactics here is to be vague and tell them something like:
  • “I’m looking for the lowest price you can give me.”
  • “What’s the best sale you have going for this car right now?”
  • “Show me your prices first, and I'll let you know if it fits my budget.”
If you must say a dollar amount, and the sales person is pushing you.  Find an ad in the paper and tell them a number that’s 10% to 20% below that.

4. Don’t Fall For The Extra Features or Options

5 Ways To Get The Lowest Price On Your Next Car Purchase

The extra features in cars these days are where the dealership and car companies make most of their money.  Most options like Bluetooth and Sunroofs may come standard in some models.  But the extra’s like “cooled seats,” or “heated steering wheel” are usually very expensive and rarely used.  Make sure that when you are dealing with salespeople, they don’t “trick” you into getting a car with options you don’t need.  Many car dealerships and car manufacturers give significant discounts on cars with fewer options because they are seen as less desirable.  Go for these cars if you are looking for the lowest possible price.

3. Never Get Additional Warranty or Wear and Tear Programs

warranty-discount

This is by far one of the highest profit margin items a car dealership can sell you.  They make so much money on maintenance packages, wear and tear programs, and additional warranties past the manufacturer warranty.  Most cars come with decent standard warranty programs.  And the chances of you using additional warranty programs is slim to none.  Most times the dealership charges $2000 to $5000 extra for these packaged items which they will discount even further to entice you to bite.  Don’t fall for discounts on these add-ons they don’t cost the dealership anything and are usually pure profit out of your own pocket.

2. Skip The Sales Person And Talk To The Manager

5 Ways To Get The Lowest Price On Your Next Car Purchase

The sales person in a car dealership is usually a middleman going back and forth between the customer and the dealer floor manager.  When you can, ask to speak to the manager directly.  Tell him/her something like “I’m here to buy or lease a car today, let’s deal directly with the manager”. Take our your checkbook, or credit card and place it on the table.  Remember, the salesperson is working for you, to get you to walk out of the building with a new car.  Going straight to the source and talking directly to the manager in charge of the discounts and deals cuts out valuable time wasted and gives you a more powerful contact if you decide you’d like to purchase another car in the future.

1. Do Your Research Before You Go To The Car Dealership


Imagine this.  You did comprehensive research on the car you want to buy before you walk into the dealership.  You know every option, every price, every color, the gas mileage, the engine specifications, even the dimension of the interior cabin.  Now imagine you knew more than the car salesperson knew.  Many car salesmen are new, or work on volume, they don’t have time to know every particular aspect of every car they sell.  You gain instant credibility and the upper hand in a negotiation when you “Know what you are talking about.”  Confidence in a bargaining situation is key, now imagine the kind of deal you will get when you feel like you know more than the person selling you the car!  Keep your chin up, ask for a cup of complimentary coffee, get comfortable, put your feet up on the desk if you can, and watch as you get the car of your dreams for the lowest price.

Source: http://www.womensarticle.com/5-ways-to-get-the-lowest-price-on-your-next-car-purchase/6/
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6 clicks: How to reduce your mobile data usage

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Mobile data is probably more of a commodity than anything else in our tech lives. Here are six ways to drastically reduce your monthly consumption.


Six ways to cut down your data usage

The U.S. cellular industry has been shaken up by T-Mobile, whose chief executive has been on a one-man mission to tear up existing policies towards its customers. Data has been on the top of that list, with the company most recently announcing "data stash," a way to rollover your data each month.
But most other carriers are still charging through the teeth for data, which they see as valuable as gold dust. And as apps, streaming services, and even social media sites become more data hungry, the cost goes up every month.
Here are six ways you can shave those crucial bytes off your bill, so you don't go over your limits.

How to monitor your data

Monitoring your data levels is the easiest way to keep within your monthly allowance. It's different across platforms -- Android is a bit easier for this.


For iPhone:
Go to Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Usage. You will see how much cell data you have consumed for the current period. (These figures may need to be reset at the start of your billing cycle in order to be accurate.) The figures next to the various apps below will also show you how much data they have consumed -- the higher the data consumption, the more careful you need to be with that app.
For Android:
Go to Settings > Data Usage > Select the dates next to 'Data usage cycle' to match your billing cycle. From here, you can "Set Mobile Data Limit" so that it matches how much data you have with your plan. Once you hit this limit, apps will have to use Wi-Fi to download data. You can also see which apps are more data intensive -- expect browsers, and music and video sharing apps to report heavier figures.

Prevent background app, content downloads

Apps can be updated over-the-air with your cellular connection if new versions are available. But often they churn up a considerable amount of data.
For iPhone:
Go to Settings > iTunes & App Store > disable any of the items under "Automatic Downloads." Out of the options, you will have music, apps, books, and updates. You can disable all of these, or you can keep them on but have them update over Wi-Fi, by disabling the "Use Cellular Data" option.
For Android:
Go to Google Play Store (it's in the app menu) > Settings > Untick "Auto-update apps". This will prevent apps from updating over the air. Or, alternatively you can keep this ticked, but ensure that they will only "Update over Wi-Fi only" by selecting the box below it.

Search to find mobile versions of websites

Most websites come with mobile-optimized versions that are designed for smaller displays, like for smartphones and tablets. These sites use fewer ads, fewer graphics, and generally are optimized for lower-bandwidth devices. The end result is that you use less data.
Most websites will redirect to the mobile site when you visit on a mobile device. If it doesn't, you can either add "m." or "mobile." before the domain name. That often works. Failing that, you can always open up Google to search for the site. If you're on a mobile version, Google will ask if you want to view the "mobile optimized" version.

Try a compression-enabled browser

Some mobile browsers (though not all) will have a data compression mode. Opera Mini (available for Android,iOS), for example, is designed to compress data and drastically reduces your overall data usage. Other browsers like Google Chrome (available for AndroidiOS) can save up to 50 percent of bandwidth when you're browsing.
There is, however, an important caveat. Not always, but sometimes your browser will send all of your data through their servers, which often sit in the middle to compress the data. Not everyone will want that (or will find it appropriate).

Use Wi-Fi whenever it's available

It sounds surprisingly simple, but many don't know that when you use Wi-Fi, every bit and byte of data that you use (with the exception of a few cellular-related things) run through that Wi-Fi network. That means you can download large movies and music files without having to compromise your data plan. Wi-Fi should be left on for as long as possible, as it will remind you to connect to a network when one becomes available.

Avoid streaming music, video on the go

One of the most intensive data consumers is music and video. We're talking iTunes Radio, YouTube, and other streaming services. With so many areas and regions having next-generation mobile broadband speeds, it's ever more tempting to stream content on the go. But one video can churn up half of a 1GB monthly data plan.

Digitizing the simple film prepare: Why is this taking so long?

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Digital video is a major driver of storage growth, but it has yet to fully replace film - an analog medium - in many feature films. The holdup? We're replacing human expertise with metadata - which means defining the digital process much more accurately than we ever did with film.
Digitizing the simple film prepare: Why is this taking so long?

Even as a kid, I could see the visual difference between TV sitcoms - shot on videotape - and films. Video had a jarring sharpness that, paradoxically, made the picture less real. Films, with much higher resolution than video, looked more real, even though the motion blur and background softness - among other artifacts - are a clear departure from reality as our eyes perceive it.
Digital video has had an uphill battle in Hollywood because many directors love the look of the film. Quentin Tarantino's latest flick, The Hateful Eight, was shot in Ultra Panavision 70, a super widescreen format rarely used for the last 50 years, and shown in that version in only a few dozen cities.
But other directors and producers are seeing digital's benefits over a film, once the issues of digital sensors are resolved. Among them are:
  • Reproducibility. Printing film positives is an artisanal task, where the tech's eye is critical to producing the director's vision.
  • Cost. Digital is cheap, shoot all you want from multiple cameras, and edit on a PC.
  • High frame rates. Phantom cameras are capable of 1.4 million frames per second!
  • High Dynamic Range. Digital processes can exceed what film and the human eye can do.
  • High resolution. 4k is all the rage right now, but vendors are working on 8k resolutions.


  • DEFINING DIGITAL

    There is an immense amount of work going in the industry to bring the analog world of film into the digital age. For one example, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - the folks behind the Oscars - has developed ACES, the Academy Color Encoding System. The goal is to define every aspect of a digital video image so they can be documented and "the look" reproduced.
    This is more complicated than it might seem. According to the ACES website:
    . . . ACES is becoming the industry standard for managing color. . . . From image capture through editing, VFX, mastering, public presentation, archiving and future remastering, ACES ensures a consistent color experience that preserves the filmmaker's creative vision. In addition to the creative benefits, ACES addresses and solves a number of significant production, post-production and archiving problems that have arisen with the increasing variety of digital cameras and formats in use
    Consider that a digital production may use a half dozen different cameras, with different sensors and file types, and integrate visual effects (VFX) from several sources, edited on multiple platforms, and then compressed with a variety of codecs for delivery on everything from IMAX screens to smartphones. It's a complex task, one that used to be handled on film by the tech printing the film positives.

    SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

    There are many more standards required to make digital cinematography a consistent and reproducible technology. HDR standards are getting hammered out. High frame rates are encountering a severe learning curve as directors seek to preserve the filmic look.
    The Interoperable Master Format is a proposed standard that aims to make a single file type with all the metadata required for all the different processes a movie needs before release. And there's much more technical work going on in the motion picture industry.
    All this has led to a new job title: the DIT or digital imaging technician. Look for it in the credits most major figures this Christmas.

    THE STORAGE BITS TAKE

    I expect that much of this needed digital infrastructure will get sorted over the next decade, so directors and cinematographers can focus on the creative side of pictorial storytelling. But it's a reminder that digital has complicated things precisely because it is so precisely controllable.
    Analog processes of the past didn't need such precision because they substituted a colorist's eye for a detailed metadata description of every variable. But don't worry about this. Just go to the movies and enjoy the show!
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