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Revealed: Dubai builds floral life-size version of Emirates A380

A new botanical wonder has taken root at the heart of the world’s largest natural flower garden in Dubai. Emirates airline has teamed up with Dubai Miracle Garden to construct the world’s largest floral installation through a life-size version of the Emirates A380, covered in more than 500,000 fresh flowers and living plants. When in full bloom, the aircraft structure will have an unprecedented total stem count [...]

Is "Fake News" The New 'Conspiracy Theory'?

Via The Daily Bell, Barack Obama on fake news: ‘We have problems’ if we can’t tell the difference The US president denounced the spate of misinformation across social media platforms, including Facebook, suggesting American politics can be affected. -Guardian Is fake news the new “conspiracy theory.” We’ve read that it may be, and it seems likely to us. That’s because “conspiracy theory” has seemingly lost credibility as [...]

Batman: The Telltale Series – Episode 4 Review

Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 4 Review Nov. 22, 2016Episode four of Telltale's Batman series, Guardian of Gotham, does add a small amount of tension to an already very dramatic, multi-faceted series, but doesn't make much story progress while doing so. Source link

Feature: Billionaires vs. the Press in the Era of Trump

This kind of manipulation of the law is unfolding at a keen moment of weakness for the press, which has already been buffeted by falling revenue and mounting public disaffection. Only 40 percent of the public — the lowest rate since at least the 1990s — trusts the media “to report the news fully, accurately and fairly,” according to a Gallup survey conducted in September 2015. This [...]

US equities push further into record territory

Investors pushed US equity benchmarks further into record territory on Tuesday, buoyed by expectations of a hefty economic spending plan by the incoming Republican administration.The S&P 500 rose 0.2 per cent to 2,203 in the opening minutes of trading while the Dow Jones Industrial Average popped above 19,000 for the first time. That came a day after Wall Street set a quartet of records, with all four [...]

Renzi’s reform fails to resonate in Italy’s south

Sitting on a bench outside a butcher’s shop in Bagnoli, a gritty Naples suburb, Emanuele Fusco can only speak scathingly of Matteo Renzi and his referendum to change Italy’s constitution that will be put to a vote on December 4. The 25-year-old barman says the prime minister’s government has been no different to those previously that failed to regenerate the area after the demise of the steel [...]

Feature: The Passion of Martin Scorsese

The film had been pilloried by conservative Christians for a dream sequence in which Christ has sex with Mary Magdalene. In depicting Christ’s life as a doubt-ridden struggle between his human and divine natures, Scorsese had intended to make a film that was at once an act of doubt and an act of faith. In the novel he was reading, the priest was shown profaning an image [...]

Michael Flynn chastised by former military boss

Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has voiced concerns about the temperament of Michael Flynn, the controversial retired army general who Donald Trump has chosen for national security adviser.Mr Mullen said Mr Flynn, who served as his top intelligence officer at the Pentagon, had been “highly regarded” in the military. But speaking at the Aspen Institute, he said he was less impressed by the [...]

10 things to do today: Take a Mexican cooking class, see the Saturns Neckless exhibition, and more

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 22, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun.Abu DhabiArt exhibitionIn celebration of Lebanese Independence Day, which is today, La Parole gallery presents 12 Voices, a group exhibition in collaboration with the Lebanese Embassy. The artworks, which vary in size and medium, invite the [...]

Olympics History Rewritten: New Doping Tests Topple the Podium

Sitting at home last week, Ms. Lowe received a curious Facebook message from a German athlete against whom she competed in 2008: “Congratulations, bronze medalist,” it read.After three women who finished ahead of Ms. Lowe were disqualified for doping — Anna Chicherova and Yelena Slesarenko of Russia, and Vita Palamar of Ukraine — she moved up to third place, newly successful in a jump she took when [...]

Sneakers show limits of trade policy in reviving jobs for Trump

By Timothy Aeppel and Mai Nguyen American companies from appliance makers to auto parts suppliers have lined up to offer a quiet caution to President-elect Donald Trump as he considers pulling the United States from trade deals: most lost manufacturing jobs aren’t coming back, but higher costs for consumers could.Consider the sneaker industry, one of the first to move to Asia because of the sharply lower cost [...]

Damascus Diary: A City Filled With Life, and Hints of Brutal Death

Downtown Damascus feels busy and alive, with people boarding vans and buses to get to work as in any other city. But the heavy traffic is partly a result of the security checkpoints that have proliferated. Continue reading the main story We were forbidden to photograph checkpoints, but they are ubiquitous. Our government-required minder alternately castigated, teased and charmed the soldiers and militiamen to speed our passage. [...]

May sets out grand bargain with business

Theresa May has set out the terms of a new grand bargain with business, where the government invests to boost productivity and cuts corporation tax, in exchange for help tackling the worst excesses of capitalism.Setting out her business strategy, the UK prime minister proposes in the Financial Times a pact with corporate Britain to work together to defend capitalism, free markets and free trade from populist attacks.She [...]

Oil prices climb on expectation of OPEC-led production cut

By Henning Gloystein | SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Oil prices rose around 1 percent on Monday as OPEC moved closer to an output cut to rein in oversupply that has pressured prices for over two years.Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading at $47.31 per barrel at 0743 GMT, up 65 cents, or 0.96 percent, from their last settlement.U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) CLc1 was up 0.9 percent, or 41 [...]

Sweden's Henrik Stenson tops European Tour's money list

Sweden's Henrik Stenson has won European Tour's Order Of Merit for the second time after none of his challengers could replace him at the top of the money list on the final day of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday. Matthew Fitzpatrick holed a nerve-shredding four-foot putt at the 18th to win the season-ending tournament at Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai. The 22 year trailed [...]

N.F.L. Scores: With Elliott Slowed by Ravens, Cowboys Lean on Prescott

Stay here for live scores and updates from N.F.L. Week 11.Photo The Cowboys’ Dak Prescott, right, rushed for yardage in the second quarter against the Ravens. Credit Tom Pennington/Getty Images After looking lost amid a sea of fast-approaching purple jerseys for much of the first half, Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys faced one of the tougher situations of his young career. He responded by showing exactly [...]

From Holly to Bolly: Kung Fu Panda fraud charges, Sonakshi Sinha's father very proud and more

newslide Man convicted of fraud over Kung Fu Panda drawingsA Massachusetts man has been found guilty of backdating drawings he relied on as evidence in his lawsuit against DreamWorks Animation. It was claimed he had invented the title character in the 2008 film Kung Fu Panda and a jury in Boston convicted 51-year-old Jayme Gordon on four counts of wire fraud and three counts of perjury. Prosecutors [...]

Boehringer Ingelheim and Medtronic shed light on Atrial Fibrillation 360 treatment solutions

Regional experts meet to discuss holistic approach to atrial fibrillation from diagnosis to treatment United Arab Emirates, Dubai – 20th November 2016Boehringer Ingelheim and Medtronic have collaborated recently to develop a holistic approach to Atrial Fibrillation (AF) treatment solutions. Both Boehringer Ingelheim and Medtronic organized a two-day program which integrated both current evidence and clinical practice. The program, which has been certified and accredited by the European [...]

10 things to do today: Ladies' Day at Yas Waterworld, Star Wars screening and more

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 19, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun.newslideAbu DhabiLadies’ eventHead to Yas Waterworld today for Ladies’ Day and enjoy access to more than 40 rides, slides and attractions in a private setting staffed entirely by women. Today, 10am to 7pm, from Dh250, females [...]

PS4 Pro Owners Are Getting $10 In PSN Credits Out Of Nowhere: Did You Get Yours?

Sony's recently launched PlayStation 4 Pro promises to bring 4K gaming to more players, as the updated video game console expands the capabilities of the original version. It seems that the technology is not the only thing being offered to PlayStation 4 Pro owners, as those who purchased the console are said to be receiving credits for the PlayStation Network worth $10 out of nowhere. This is [...]

The Interpreter: How the Iranian-Saudi Proxy Struggle Tore Apart the Middle East

1979: A threatening revolutionSaudi Arabia, a young country pieced together only in the 1930s, has built its legitimacy on religion. By promoting its stewardship of the holy sites at Mecca and Medina, it could justify its royal family’s grip on power. Continue reading the main story Iran’s revolution, in 1979, threatened that legitimacy. Iranians toppled their authoritarian government, installing Islamists who claimed to represent “a revolution for [...]

5 Times When The Mainstream Media "Created Fake News"… And People Died As A Result

As SHTFPLan.com's Mac Slavo notes... While the powers that be are determining the fate of alternative media voices that are now branded under the dubious label “fake news” and blacked out from online search results, it is worth keeping in mind all the disinformation and downright lies that have been perpetrated by the corporate news media – typically hand in hand with a political agenda.   Whether [...]

Dishonored 2 Getting New Game Plus, Custom Difficulty Settings

Dishonored 2 will be getting a New Game Plus mode and new custom difficulty settings in a free update next month, Bethesda announced today. Although no other details about the difficulty settings or an exact release date are known, the two new options are part of expanding Dishonored 2's "play your way" philosophy. More details on the content of the update will be revealed in the coming [...]

Adam Ondra Expected a Short, Hard Climb. Now He’ll Be Happy Just to Finish.

Adam Ondra, a 23-year-old from the Czech Republic considered by some to be the world’s best climber, thought he might cruise up the Dawn Wall of El Capitan.Following the free-climbing route that Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson blazed over 19 days nearly two years ago, having received advice and support from both men, Ondra hoped to complete the nearly 3,000-foot ascent in five or six days.For two [...]