Who knew that’s how to win a bet

What a way to win a bet: When Uruguyan striker Luis Suarez apparently bit Italian defender, Giorgio Chiellini, a man living more than 5300 miles was awoken from a deep sleep. The man named Thomas Syverson, a Norwegian living in Trondheim, the country’s third largest city. Syverson saw that Betsson, an online gambling site based in Malta was offering 175-1 odds that Suarez who had bitten other players before would bite someone during the world Cup and on a hunch placed the equivalent of $5.25(3.85 euros) on the first day of action in Brazil. When Suarez took the apparent bite in the 79th minute, Syverson said he was awoken by a friend who texted him what has just happened. Sure enough, he checked and the equivalent of $916(673 euros) was deposited into his account for winning the bet. Andreas Bardum, sportsbook manager for the gambling site Betsson, where Syverson placed the bet, said 167 gamblers placed bets on the prop. The biggest winner he said was also a Norwegian who won $3300 but he cited that the company policy is not to disclose any of the names of its bettors. The VAMPIRE bite has won this much for the Norwegians. HAHAHAHAHA

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The 2013/2014 EPL

What a joy in the Blue part of Manchester as Manchester City won their second Premier League title in three seasons. As the EPL has always gone down to the wire to decide the winner, Manchester City made comfort of themselves as they won 2-0 to move two points ahead of second place Liverpool who came from a goal down to record a 2-1 win over Newcastle. A goal in each half by Samir Nasri and Vincent Kompany were enough to clinch the title for City and their delighted manager, Manuel Pellegrini. As referee Martin Artkinson blew his whistle for full time, it was all joy as the Citizens fans came onto the pitch to celebrate with the players and staff. The joy was multiplied as Premier League Chairman, Richard Scudamore handed over the trophy to Manchester City skipper, Vincent Kompany after the players have received their league medal. The victory at the Etihad does not mean that was the only game this weekend. Nine other EPL matches went on at the same time City were clinching the 2013/2014 league title. At the Hawthorns, WestBromich Albion lost 2-1 to Stoke City but still kept their premiership status next season. Goals from Charlie Adam and an own goal by Gary Maculey gave Stoke the win despite a consolation from Stephane Sessegnon. In the other games, Fulham drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace with Cauley Woodrow and Chris David netting for Fulham and Dwight Gayle after netting a brace against Liverpool on Monday continued with a brace against Fulham. Swansea saw off Sunderland 3-1 at the Stadium of Light. Fabio Borini netted for the host but goals from Nathan Dyer, Marvin Emnes and Wilfried Bony sent Swansea to 12th on the log. At the KC stadium, Hull city succumbed to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Everton. James Maccarthy and Romelu Lukaku did the damage for the Toffees. Also, Aston Villa was hammered by Tottenham Hotspurs by 3-0 with Paulinho, Emmanuel Adebayor and an own goal by Nathan Baker doing the hammering. Manchester United hopes of a place in the Europa League were vanished as they drew 1-1 with Southampton at the St. Mary’s. A Rickie Lambert first half goal was cancelled out by a Juan Mata clinical executed free kick. In the other three games, Norwich City joined Cardiff City and Fulham as relegated clubs as they lost 2-0 to Arsenal. Goals by Aaron Ramsey and Carl Jenkinson sent Norwich City to the drop. Chelsea came from a goal down to beat relegated bound Cardiff City 2-1. A powerful deflected strike by Craig Bellamy was cancelled out by Andre Schurrle after just a minute of entering the pitch and a goal by Fernando Torres in the space of three minutes to hold the grip of third place finish. In the last game, Liverpool came from a goal down to beat Newcastle United 2-1 to stay second. A first half own goal by Martin Skrtel was overturned by goals from Daniel Agger and Daniel Sturridge in three minutes all coming from free kicks effected by Steven Gerrard. Congratulations to the Blue part of Manchester for winning the title. And to the relegated clubs, better luck next time.

The chapter of the EPL 2013/2014 closes.

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World AIDS Day

The red ribbon is the global symbol for solidarity with HIV-positive people and those living with AIDS.

World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December every year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. Government and health officials observe the day, often with speeches or forums on the AIDS topics. Since 1995, the President of the United States has made an official proclamation on World AIDS Day. Governments of other nations have followed suit and issued similar announcements.

AIDS has killed more than 25 million people between 1981 and 2007,^[1] and an estimated 33.2 million people worldwide live with HIV as of 2007,^[2] making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. Despite recent, improved access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic claimed an estimated 2 million lives in 2007,^[3] of which about 270,000 were children.^[4]

 

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International Internet Day

International Internet Day is celebrated worldwide, every year on 29th of October. Since the year 2005 the International Internet Day has been famously celebrated to commemorate a momentous day in the history of telecommunications and technology. This was the event of the sending of the first message, first electronic message which was transferred from one computer to another in 1969. This was situated in California, in the USA. Today the International Internet Day is also an on-line project germinating from the society, of the society and for the society. The International Internet Day project is open to everyone and anyone just as access to the internet is open and free for everyone. The International Internet Day thus celebrates this grand democratic fervor which in essential is linked to this idea of liberation, where everyone is afforded an equal opportunity and an equal advantage to share of services, which connect the world to each other.

Gleaning back at the history of the event would inform us that the journey to this era of easy communication wasn’t exactly as simple as surfing up information on Google. For starters it the present scenario has been preceded by years of attempts including failed attempts to render digital data visible to everyone, instead of using teleprinters and other devices. At the time when history was being made, Internet was known as ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network). This was the year of 1969 when Charley Kline, a student programmer at the UCLA transmitted the first ever message on 29th of October in 1969. This event was to follow only few months after the first man landed on the moon. Great things were happening in the world, and this was one of it. Charley Kline, working under the supervision of Professor Leonard Kleinrock, transmitted a message from the computer housed at the UCLA to a computer positioned at the Stanford Research Institute’s computer. The two computers, one at the UCLA was the SDS Sigma 7 Host computer and the receiver was the SDS 940 Host at the Stanford Research Institute. Interestingly enough the message was a text message comprising the word ‘login’. But as it would transpire only the letter L and O could be transmitted across, because following the initial transmission the system collapsed and the transmission crashed.

The Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching, using standard IP (Internet Protocol). Now Internet has become one of the most important part of our life. Most of us cannot think of spending one day without internet. Internet has made our lives much easy.

 

so what did you do on International Internet Day

In Ghana, the management of various ISPs joins the working stuff to communicate with their customers, to know how comfortable their service is to them

I believe Busy Internet in Ghana demonstrated that!!

Children of the modern era are also not left out of this day celebration, because the youth spend most of their time surfing the net.

 

reference: http://www.calendarlabs.com/holidays/international/international-internet-day.php

Photo Tour: Inside Facebook’s New High-Tech Cold Storage Data Center

source : http://readwrite.com/2013/10/16/facebook-prineville-cold-storage-photos#awesm=~oksTEuMAimIyeu

Facebook (arguably) owns more data than God.

But how to store a cache of user data collected at the scale of omniscience? If you’re Facebook, just build another custom-crafted server storage locker roughly the size of the USS Abraham Lincoln on top of a breezy plateau in the Oregon high desert. The company’s newest Prinveville, Oregon data center employs an ultra-green “cold storage” plan designed from the ground up to meet its unique—and uniquely huge—needs.

In the collaborative, open spirit of its Open Compute Project, a server hardware hacking collaborative that grew out of the company in 2011, Facebook invited us to tour its new cold storage data complex, which just blinked live last week. Yes, your old, seldom-accessed Facebook photos live there and no, we didn’t look at them. But we did get to see plenty else.

A solar array takes advantage of Prinveville’s 300 days of sunshine per year just beyond the gates.

One of Facebook’s “hot” servers. By design, a technician can repair any part of these lightweight units within two minutes, no downtime necessary.

 

The elegant, simple design of this platform server was born out of Facebook’s Open Compute Project.

A warm air corridor whisks heat away from the servers.

The cooling “penthouse” is actually part of the roof, designed explicitly to put the high desert’s cool air to good use.

Outside air directed into the data center goes through extensive filtering, making it both cool and clean.

Special louvers naturally direct cool air into the server room.

Outside on the roof, a faulty backup generator spins up for a test (and it’s really, really loud).

A labeled corridor of server racks points technicians in the right direction.

 

A rack of Facebook’s new cold storage servers, already storing users’ older Facebook photos. The design is tailored to data that is less “hot”, meaning it isn’t accessed nearly as often as something like the News Feed or Profile page.

The cold storage racks are few and far between now, but Facebook expects to fill a cavernous hall with them by 2017.

The cold storage design, like many of the data center’s innovations, is an iteration of an Open Compute project.

Two Wal-Mart supercenters would fit inside each of Prineville’s data centers. Hence, scooters.

Ken Patchett, a former Googler turned regional director of Facebook’s data centers, talks about the big picture behind Prineville’s designs.

source :  Taylor Hatmaker October 16, 2013

Facebook’s new data center in the Oregon high desert is cutting edge—and custom-built for the social network’s unique needs.