Death will come from Antarctica

Death will come from AntarcticaUnder the thick Antarctic ice has accumulated billions of tons of methane
Under the ice of Antarctica is a few billion tons of hydrocarbons. Enormous reserves of methane were "stashed" in deep water by microorganisms that feed on the remains of the ancient trees, writes Live Science.
Hydrocarbons, according to the specialists of the University of Bristol, at a depth of 3 km, so the ice drill to test the theory proved costly undertaking. Instead, scientists have sawed off small pieces from the edges of the glacier, were found in ability to produce methane bacteria. After this two-year microorganisms were placed in a cold environment without light and oxygen.
Measuring the amount of methane they produce, the researchers calculated that its reserves under the Antarctic ice is even higher than the supply at the bottom of the oceans. And if suddenly this methane breaks through fissures in the ice and get into the atmosphere, it threatens catastrophic climate change.

The official told Life News, investigators are only now requested audit materials from the police and, as soon as they arrive in the UK, will begin an investigation.

Investigators learned about the TFR of emergency in Moscow subway from the media. For police will check, they can be punished for being silent about the tragedy
Investigation Department of the Moscow metro will check the actions of police, not to report the death of 63-year old pensioner Ivan Houdini, who got caught train doors and dragged across the station platform "Krasnopresnenskaya".
- Investigators have learned of the tragic death of a passenger only from the media, although such incidents should be investigated by authorities is TFR - Life News reported a source in the SC on the subway. - The idea is that this is a gross violation.
The official told Life News, investigators are only now requested audit materials from the police and, as soon as they arrive in the UK, will begin an investigation.
- In the order of art. 144 of the CPC will be appointed for checking whether there is a driver in the actions of a crime - said the source. - There will also be screened for the actions of the Police Department who are not even called to the scene of the accident investigator TFR, although it is not their jurisdiction.
In turn, Life News Sources at police headquarters in the Metro report that the duty investigator SU informed about the incident, but he allegedly did not go back.
Ivan Goodin died the morning of 12 August due to the fact that no time leave the train departs from the train station. 63-year-old native of Kaluga region went into the last car on the ring station "Krasnopresnenskaya", but suddenly decided to come back. He tried to pry the door leaf hands, but was not able to free his leg.
As a result, the pensioner dragged across the platform. At the entrance of the tunnel a man with great force against the wall, and he fell on the road.
The prosecutor's office will check driver
- The prosecutor's office of the Moscow Metro began checking against train driver over the death of a man - Life News said Senior Assistant Attorney Paul Mastyaev.
Why pensioner arrived in Moscow, is not known. None of his relatives so far been found.
- The body of a pensioner is in the capital trupohranilische, problems arose with its disposal due to the fact that native Ivan Gudina a connection has not yet been reached, - concluded the prosecutor's office.

Weather little or exits of capital Vimpelcom

"Y" found out what specific claims filed Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to one of the major shareholders Vimpelcom - Norwegian Telenor. According to FAS, after a deal with the Egyptian Naguib Sawiris' Weather Telenor, owned by a foreign state, to monitor Russian strategic Enterprise "VimpelCom" and is contrary to the law. The other day was the largest shareholder of Altimo with 40.5% share, but the court is unlikely to take this into account.
FAS filed in the Moscow Arbitration Court lawsuit against Telenor and Weather in April this year. The service requires invalidate the February purchase Telenor 234,000,000 preferred shares of Vimpelcom (11,26% of votes) in Weather. As follows from the text of the claim (there is at the disposal of "b"), FAS Telenor accuses of violating the 2nd part of the 2nd article of the law on foreign investment in strategic community. In her organization under the control of foreign countries (53,97% Telenor owned by the Government of Norway), it is prohibited to establish control over Russian strategic enterprises. Following the transaction, Telenor received 39.5% of the voting shares in Vimpelcom, while the remaining 18.3% of the Weather, while Altimo - 24,99%. FAS refers to the 5th article of the law on which can be controlled by a person who owns at least 50% of the voting shares of the company, provided that the ratio of votes from other shareholders gives that person the opportunity to influence the decisions of the company. "With this the votes ... Telenor has the ability to influence the decisions taken by Vimpelcom, ie controls the" Archive "," - according to the lawsuit.
In the purchase agreement Telenor has committed itself for six months in the case of the meeting of shareholders of Vimpelcom, the agenda of which will include the issue of re-election of the Supervisory Board, to vote for the election of two candidates proposed by the Weather, and to increase the number of members to 11. Based on this, Telenor and Weather indirectly jointly dispose of more than 50% of the vote Vimpelcom, said FAS. By statute, the board of Vimpelcom decisions by simple majority. Service believes that the presence of the representatives on the board of Telenor and Weather allow them full control over decision-making. Total voting share Telenor and Weather before more than 50%, but there were stock transaction agreement under which the supervisory board was to consist of nine members: three from Telenor and Altimo, and three independent members. This guaranteed the balance of the rights of Russian and foreign investors in the "VimpelCom" according to the lawsuit.
In Telenor and FAS refused to comment on the lawsuit.
A hearing on the merits is scheduled for October 17. At this point, Weather little or exits of capital Vimpelcom. August 15, the company sold most of its stake (14.8% of the vote) Altimo. With this share of the Russian investor in the company rose to 40.5% of the shares. The next day, the company notified the Telenor's desire to exercise the option to sell 71 million preferred shares of Vimpelcom (3,44% of votes). Telenor to buy the package before October 1, as a result, its share will rise to 42.9%. In the same time period in which Telenor committed itself to introduce the members of the supervisory board Weather Vimpelcom, has expired, but the board remained unchanged.
However, according to lawyers for the court, these changes will not be decisive when considering the claim of the FAS to Telenor. "The Court considers the question of whether the transaction is consistent with the law, and if not - what effects to use", - said partner Bar Association "Muranov, Chernyakov and Partners" Dmitry Black. Agree with this practice leader for corporate disputes law firm Freshfields Maxim Kulkov. Lawyers say that at this stage it is difficult to predict the development of events in court. "But the fact that the Court has already ruled that the interim measure that seriously changed the plans of shareholders" VimpelCom ", means that the merits should be taken very seriously," - said Dmitry Black. If the transaction is determined to be invalid, Telenor and Weather will have to return to their previous position. Norwegians share could drop to 28.24%, while the proportion was 14.7% Weather.
However, FAS suggested Telenor to conclude the agreement. The main condition - the parity between domestic and foreign investors in the possession of Vimpelcom and its supervisory board. Telenor is ready to accept the agreement, if the FAS will consider at a fraction of Altimo 6% of the voting shares owned by Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk. According to the Norwegians, Mr. Pinchuk "nominee shareholder for the benefit of Altimo", that is, the effective fraction of the company - 46.5%. Representatives of Altimo and Victor Pinchuk deny affiliation.

EO eBay Meg Whitman stood at the head of Hewlett-Packard

The undisputed leadership of Chancellor, the new generation of business women, active social position, 90 million "followers" in Twitter and other parts of the new rating
American Forbes on Wednesday for the ninth time presented an annual list of 100 most powerful women in the world. The magazine includes a list of participants from different areas. The power they gain from high positions in politics and economics, as well as resonant social and cultural projects.
This time, the rating were heads of eight countries, including the permanent over the years leading the list of Chancellor Angela Merkel.Once 25 women from the business community - the total revenue of the companies in which they hold leadership positions, is $ 984 billion in the ranking and there are 11 states and the owners of $ 1 billion or more. At least several dozen participants Forbes list publicly engaged in charitable activities, and use their influence to attract public attention to pressing social problems.
The authors identified several rankings of major trends in 2012.
First, the list was formed a special class of women-CEO. In the past year the chair CEOs of major corporations have taken seven new member rating. Some of them, however, were well acquainted before a wider audience. So, one of the most experienced and respected collaborators Google Marissa Mayer decided to try himself as a savior of another giant of the Internet industry - corporations Former Yahoo! CEO eBay Meg Whitman stood at the head of Hewlett-Packard, and Sheri McCoy moved to Avon from Johnson & Johnson. The other "women's" appointment was made within the company: to improve, in particular, have gone to IBM Rometti Ginny and Maria das Grasas Silva Foster in "Brazilian" Gazprom »- Petrobras.
Another trend of the year was the growing influence of participants ranking in the technology industry. More than 10 women from the list of Forbes working in top management giants of Silicon Valley: Rometti mentioned and Mayer, Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, Susan Voychitski from Google and others
Expanding influence and private entrepreneurs, to build their own business empire. Moreover, many participants rating from their companies are leaders in cutting-edge industries - media, fashion, medicine, etc. Among the most successful business lady list 2012 - Oprah Winfrey, Arianna Huffington, Diane von Fyurnstenberg, Miuccia Prada, the Chinese 'queen estate "Zhang Xin, the founder of the network Zara Rosalia Mera and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, one of India's leading entrepreneurs in the field of biotechnology.
Show business, which in the Forbes ranking is still missing with money, are now trying to fit the new role models - celebrity, not able to stay away from the solution of humanitarian problems. Indifferent singer, TV presenter, actress and model are increasingly using their name as a brand to attract private donations to good causes. Thus, in particular, come Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Shakira, Beyonce Knowles, Angelina Jolie, Gisele Bundchen and other stars.
Almost all the participants in the Forbes rankings or less represented in social networks. The total number of "followers" in Twitter is about 90 million people.Read more on Forbes.ru:

Russian Mail.ru email services and Yandeks

Russian Mail.ru email services and Yandeks.Pochta among the five largest Internet mail resources in Europe. This is evidenced by the results of research conducted by ComScore. In this Yandeks.Pochta, finished in fifth place for the year showed Europe's biggest audience growth - 37 per cent, and the greatest increase in time spent by each visitor on the website - 58 percent.

In first place in the ranking - mail service Hotmail with 108.2 million visitors per month and growing audience of 1 percent / as of June / ranks second mail from Gmail Google / 74,7 million users and 18 percent growth /. In third place was the search engine Yahoo, which increased its audience by 4 percent to 44.3 million visitors. Russian service Mail.ru for the year increased by 22 percent - to 42.3 million users, and Yandeks.Pochta - to 25.1 million, adding 37 percent.

Hollywood director and producer Anthony Scott, best known for his films "Top Gun" (Top Gun), "Spy Game" (Spy Game)

Hollywood director and producer Anthony Scott, best known for his films "Top Gun" (Top Gun), "Spy Game" (Spy Game) and "Crimson Tide" (Crimson Tide), committed suicide by jumping from a bridge near Los Angeles said on Monday, Reuters.

According to the Associated Press, in the car 68-year-old Scott was found a suicide note, the contents of which are not reported.

Biography Anthony Scott >>

Scott was born in a small town in north-east England. His film debut was in 16 years, when his older brother Ridley Scott invited him to star in his short film. Then he focused on advertising, and in the late 70's and 80's of the last century, Scott moved to Hollywood and began working with the company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Anthony Scott has worked with such well-known actors such as David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve, Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman.

Singer Azis proud that his video posted on the website Khamovniki Court

I likeSinger Azis proud that his video posted on the website Khamovniki CourtRelated NewsFlamboyant Bulgarian singer Azis said in an interview with "the first Internet TV" news that hackers posted a clip on his website Khamovniki Court.
"Regarding my songs - I am proud that my clip« Mrazizh »was published as a message of peace and tolerance. I really love Russia and the Russian people, but I hate the communists, "- wrote in a letter to the singer" the first Internet TV. "Recall, for a few hours on the home page Khamovniki Court hanging clip flamboyant Bulgarian singer Azis and music played Pussy Riot - precisely Khamovniki Court last Friday Pussy Riot participants were sentenced to two years in prison.
"I heard about these girls from the news in Bulgaria - said Aziz. - I've seen their performance, including performance in church. I do not think anyone should go to jail for speaking at church. This proves that Russia is still living by the rules of communism, and there is no evidence that anything will change. So, brothers, Russians, you have to flee the country as quickly as possible. You have to go to the more interesting parts of the world. I think what happened to these girls, will open any door for you, you will be well received in any country. This is proof that there is no democracy in Russia, and things only get worse! The whole world should warmly welcomed immigrants from Russia after your country insulted the younger generation. "




1.Do you know about the problem of Pussy Riot in Russia? And what do you think about these girls and their perfomances?
Yes, I know about these girls from the news in Bulgaria. I have seen some of their performances and that's all. I watched their performance in the church.


2. How do you feel about the verdict of the court? Do you agree or not?
I don't think that someone can go in prison for such an act. But it seems that in Russia still rules the communism and has no intent to go away. So, brother Russians, you have to run away from your country as soon as possible. You have to go to other interesting places in the world. I think that now after that what happened with these girls should open every door for you and you have to be welcomed in each country. This is a proof that in Russia there is no democracy and the things are getting even worse! The whole world should greet warmly the emigrants from Russia after that with that spoof (abuse) to the young generation of your country!


3. Do you know that today the site of court was hacked and somebody posted the video "Mrazis" on the home page?
Concerning my song I have to say that I'm very prod that my video "Mrazizh" is published as a message of peace and tolerance. I really love Russia and its people but I hate the communists!

On a mobile YouTube allowed to skip ads

On a mobile YouTube allowed to skip ads 
Owners of mobile devices ranging from August 22, will have the opportunity to skip advertising clips on YouTube, writes TechCrunch.

Earlier refuse to watch ads to only those who have watched YouTube on your computer. "Skipping" ads appeared on video at the end of 2010 as part of TrueView.

All Things Digital blog said that the first access to the new features will be owners of the devices on Android. In YouTube client for iOS advertising is not provided, in addition, the application of video sharing not a part of the new iOS 6.

According to Google, which owns YouTube, is "raw" are 65 percent of the advertisements on video. After five seconds of the ad, the user can either continue its review, or go to the main video.

Opera has extended the contract with Google

Opera has extended the contract with Google 
Norwegian browser developer Opera Software has extended partnership agreement with the Internet company Google, according to MarketWatch.
Under the agreement, Google will be the default search engine in Opera for computers and mobile devices around the world until August 1, 2014. The previous agreement the two companies signed in November 2009.
Opera Software is also committed to promote other products and services Google - which is, MarketWatch not specify.
A similar cooperation agreement Google has with the company Mozilla, creator of Firefox. According to unofficial information, Google paid Mozilla about $ 300 million a year for that it was a full-time search engine in Firefox.
Google has its own browser Chrome. According to the service StatCounter, in July 2012 the market share of Opera was 1.72 percent. Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari web browser ahead of the Norwegian company with a significant margin.
In the field of mobile browser Opera more stable positions: Opera Mini and Opera Mobile took 19.4 percent of the market, second only to the regular browser of Android and iOS.

Facebook's permission to buy Instagram

Facebook's permission to buy Instagram 
Facebook Instagram
Statement made in April to purchase attracted a lot of attention
The Federal Trade Commission has approved the acquisition of social networking company Facebook Instagram, saying that it would not interfere with the transaction.
Thus the world's largest social network a step closer to the acquisition of the popular photo service.ArticleIn April, a month before the issue of shares, Facebook said it would buy Instagram billion dollars.
This proposal includes $ 300 million plus 23 million shares of Facebook.
However, with the fall of Facebook shares declined and the cost of the deal, which to date is estimated at 747 million dollars.Networking giants
Since its launch in 2010, Instagram has attracted more than 50 million users, and up to a recent study found that almost half of the most famous brands in the world use Instagram in their marketing strategies.
Facebook since going public has lost some appeal in the eyes of investors.
The company said it is satisfied the decision of the Federal Trade Commission, but has not said when it intends to close the deal. She originally planned to do so before the end of 2012.

Australian dairy producers profit decreased due to the cost of feed

Australian dairy producers profit decreased due to the cost of feed

20.08.2012 19:00 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) - The average income of a milkman in Australian 2011/12-m marketing year decreased by 21.4% compared to the previous marketing year - up to 228 thousand dollars, writes milkua.info. The reduction in revenue is primarily due to the increase in the cost of feed for dairy cows. "In the north, good rainfall helped farmers to increase the production of milk powder and 192 kg per hectare and reduce production costs by 10%. In the south-west of Australia drought led to an increase of production costs by 12% as farmers spent more on the purchase of food and labor costs, "- said Ian Halliday, Managing Director of Dairy Australia. In connection with the situation Dairy Australia will develop a program to increase the efficiency of milk production.

The U.S. lottery "Powerball" ("Powerball") derailed the third largest jackpot in the history of the game.

The U.S. lottery "Powerball" ("Powerball") derailed the third largest jackpot in the history of the game.
A resident of the State of Michigan has won 337 million dollars.

Winning ticket was bought for two dollars at a gas station in the city of Lapeer. The chances of getting the jackpot are one in 175 million.

The biggest prize in a lottery "Powerball" are 365 million dollars in February 2006, got a group of eight employees of meat processing plant in Nebraska.

Recall that at the end of last week was played one of the largest pan-European lottery jackpots "Euromillions" ("Euromillions"). As recently reported "fact", 190 million won a British couple Adrian and Gillian Beyford of Suffolk County.