Sunday 28 February 2016

HUMAN BODY FACTS

1.If a person is struck by lightning, they sometimes vaporize
(evaporate) completely, so that there is nothing
left of them at all.

2.Bacteria trapped inside a salt crystal for
250 million years were revived and
grown by scientists in the USA.

3.An adult human takes about 23,000
breaths per day.

4.It takes less than 0.1
grams (0.004 ounces) of
poison found in parts of the
pufferfish to kill an adult human.
However, some people eat the fish regularly
as they know which bits to remove!

5.Dead bodies can remain perfectly intact after many
years. This can happen when fat in the body turns
into a type of soap that doesn’t rot.

6.An Anglo-American
company will store
samples of your
disease-fighting white
blood cells, so that
more can be made
if you get ill.

7.Malaria is a tropical disease spread by
mosquitoes. Since the Stone Age,
malaria has been responsible for
half of all human deaths
from illness.

8.Each person’s
tongue print
is unique.

9.In ancient times, Indian doctors used
live ants to ‘stitch’ wounds together.
The doctor would hold the edges
together and get the ant to bite through
the skin.The ant’s head would then be
snapped off leaving its jaws as the ‘stitch’!

10Some people are ‘human calculators’ and can do really
complicated sums in their heads instantly – even faster than
someone with a calculator! No one knows exactly how their
brains are different.


Thursday 25 February 2016

Top 10 Iron Man Facts That You Never Knew

10. It Took 20 Years in the Making before the First Iron Man Film
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Iron Man is the film which commenced the Marvel Cinematic Universe; however it was a long way from the first endeavour to convey the then B-List character to the extra large screen. It took more than 20 years. Quentin Tarantino was joined to compose a form path in 1999, while The Avengers chief Joss Whedon likewise played with the thought in 2001.
Some place along the line, Tom Cruise made it clear that he was occupied with the part, and Paramount Pictures were quick to advance with him playing Tony Stark. It never happened however, and different performing artists to have pushed or been considered for the part incorporate Nicolas Cage, Timothy Olyphant, and Clive Owen.

9. He Founded the Avengers

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One of the greatest little-known Iron Man facts is that he was the founder of Avengers. He may have been not able to pen his first enterprise, yet Stan Lee did incorporate Iron Man in the first issue of The Avengers. In the wake of meeting in middle of a conflict with a Loki controlled Hulk, Tony Stark amassed the group (which additionally included Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, and the Hulk) in his house.
Not withstanding, it didn’t take long for the list to change, and Iron Man ventured down for Captain America to assume control. He would obviously return and has regularly driven the group throughout the years adjacent to Steve Rogers. It was in middle of that initially meeting however that Stark stole a bit of Thor’s hair and years after the fact made a clone of him in middle of Civil War.

8. He Joined Guardians of the Galaxy Team

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One of the greatest Iron Man facts is that before Guardians of the Galaxy got to be one of 2014’s most noteworthy earning motion pictures, Marvel relaunched their comic book arrangement following quite a while of keeping them on the rack. On the other hand, detecting that fans won’t be keen on the group without a major name superhero close by them, they added Iron Man to the list.
He didn’t stick around for long, yet his collaborations with any semblance of Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon have left fans frantic to witness them for genuine in the two-section Avengers: Infinity War. There were even bits of gossip for a period that Iron Man 3 should end with Iron Man choosing to launch into space.

7. He Was In The Forbes (In Real Life)

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Its one of the top most little-known Iron Man facts. Precisely how rich is Iron Man? With his own particular chateau and high rise in New York City, also an army of Iron Man suits available to him, he’s not precisely attempting to pay the bills like Peter Parker! Two or three years prior, Forbes positioned Tony Stark as the fourth wealthiest anecdotal character ever in their “Anecdotal 15” list with an expected worth of around $9 billion. Shockingly for the Armored Avenger, he was beaten to the top spot by any semblance of Scrooge McDuck and Richie Rich. The way things are however, fourth place isn’t too awful when you have that much cash in the bank. Gracious, and yes, he is to be sure wealthier than Batman!

6. He Was Iron Lantern

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In middle of one of the uncommon hybrids of Marvel and DC Comics, their characters were joined to make new ones who obtained components from two diverse superheroes. That prompted the formation of Hal Stark, the mogul proprietor of Stark Aircraft.
Gravely harmed in a pilot test program, he utilized bits of outsider innovation from an adjacent accident arriving to manufacture a suit of protection which would spare his life. The turn? It was fueled by a light like battery which then gave him the capacity to make develops simply like Green Lantern does. His miscreants included mashups like Madame Sapphire and the strangely named Mandarin estro.

5. 53 Iron Man Suits Have Been Built Till Date

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Among many little-known Iron Man facts one is that in Earth-616 Marvel Comics progression, Tony Stark has made 53 diverse Iron Man suits! Then again, this number just incorporates reinforces that are implied only for Tony Stark’s Iron Man. Altogether, there are 68 suits of covering! This number incorporates the War Machine coverings and additionally Pepper Pott’s suit named ‘Salvage’, Spiderman‘s Iron Spider suit, and the reinforces of a few of Iron Man’s enemies. (For the individuals who don’t have the foggiest idea, Earth-616 is the fundamental Marvel Comics coherence line). Iron Man protective layer in substitute universes frequently fill the same needs as their Earth-616 partners, and generally have the same name too.

4. He Was Trained by Captain America

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This among most other, often tends to shock fans more than any other little known Iron Man facts. Without one of his Iron Man suits, Tony Stark is clearly only an ordinary man; however that doesn’t mean he’s totally pointless. He’s prepared with a couple of diverse individuals throughout the years to guarantee that he’s not totally powerless when his defensive layer falls flat him, but rather a standout amongst the most huge samples was a fighting session with Steve Rogers.
This went down in middle of the exemplary Demon in a Bottle storyline, and is a minute which fans have been trusting will wind up on the wide screen sooner or later. With any good fortune, it will wind up happening in Captain America: Civil War one year from now.

3. Full Name of Jarvis

Iron Man facts
Tony Stark’s PC collaborator is called J.A.R.V.I.S. In the Iron Man films, and you would surmise that there would be an indulgent, investigative acronym to depict such a perfect work of art of counterfeit consciousness. But, you understand that the virtuoso who made J.A.R.V.I.S. was Tony Stark, and he’s a remarkable whimsical individual. All things considered, J.A.R.V.I.S. is “Just a Rather Very Intelligent System“. In fact it’s not syntactically amended, but rather of course, J.A.R.V.I.S. is a name and J.A.V.R.I.S. isn’t. I think you can twist a couple principles when you’re Tony Star. The actual name of Jarvis is one of the several Iron Man facts you probably never thought of.

2. He Owns Area 51

Iron Man facts
Tony Stark is an extremely rich man. The “very rich person, playboy altruist” as Joss Whedon named him in 2012’s The Avengers clearly possesses a great deal of stuff (well, basically Iron Man suits), however one of his most shocking acquisitions was uncovered indifferently in the pages of Avengers #19. Obviously, he purchased Area 51 from the military! This is probably one of the most unbelievable Iron Man facts but it’s true.
There’s never really been any kind of follow up on this, yet you need to ask why the Armored Avenger would need it in any case. The administration would have got out whatever was there when they sold it so he’s most likely not assembling some kind of odd Iron Man/UFO cross breed suit.

1. Stan Lee Didn’t Write His First Appearance

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Despite the fact that Stan Lee came up with the idea for a “quintessential capitalist” hero and many of the traits which have stuck with Iron Man over the years, he didn’t actually write the story in Tales of Suspense #39 which introduced Tony Stark to the Marvel Universe.
The writer was juggling so many books at the time, he was forced to hand over writing duties to Larry Lieber, so it was him along with artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby who all played a key role in the character’s creation. The latter two are actually credited with coming up with the look of Tony, his armor, and the majority of his supporting cast too

Top 10 Hottest Women in the World 2016

1. Eva Mendes:

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Eva Mendes is now 40 years old, but what a hot and sexy appeal she still has. I must say every woman in the world should try to be as graceful as Eva is even when we get old. The secret behind her grace is the exercise and yoga which keep Eva’s body fit and slim. This golden haired woman is not only a sexy and hot female but also a super talented and highly skilled performer. Sometimes the people even cannot imagine if Eva has touched 40, because she still looks superbly hot and amazingly cool to make the fans crazy about her.

2. Julianne Hough:

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Julianne Hough is a wonderful and gorgeous dancer and a famous singer. She is known for her remarkable beauty and sexy personality which become the secrets behind her success as a dancer. Julianne, more than her look or hot appeal, is known as a successful dancer who has appeared both on small screen and large screen in America.

3. Clair Bidez:

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Clair Bidez she is one of the top 10 hottest women in the world and she is yet another famous athlete player. She is basically from United States of America, but due to her professional purposes she, every now and then, has to travel to different nations of the world. Clair is a young beauty of America and an extremely talented player of the era. Clair’ hot and sexy pictures in swimming suits, bikini and other nud-e photographs are the live prove of her amazing personality. But more than her beauty, Clair focuses on her performance as an athlete and tries to make world records and win gold medals in bulk.

4. Gracie Gold:

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Gracie Gold is a wonderful sparkling women and a famous skater of the world. This American beauty has been in a relationship with Max Aaron. But it is not only Max who is occupied with the spell of her hotness but also are her male fans. Gracie is as beautiful and innocent as her name is. Some people say that she is sparkling like the gold. This young and graceful woman has been able to make some admirable world records in her field.

5. Natalie Portman:

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Natalie, another sexy and stylish woman of the era, is a famous Hollywood actress as well. She has so far given us various successful movies and in every movie Natalie simply looks graceful and sexy enough to keep the men and youngsters crazy about her. Natalie is one of those rarest women of Hollywood who never stop themselves from doing experiment with their haircuts, styles and outlook. Natalie’ success graph is increasing with the passage of everyday and the directors and producers of Hollywood caste her in their movies with proud.

6. Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez, an American diva, was born in July 1969. She is one of the most versatile and talented actresses of Hollywood. She is also an author, singer, songwriter, and fashion designer. Jennifer is one of the highest paid females of entertainment industry ever.
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7. Shakira

Shakira is a remarkable beauty of the era. Do you remember the South Africa’s ” waka waka” song? Well, Shakira got global fame from this song. She is currently one of the most popular musicians. This Columbian beauty is known for her amazing singing and songwriting skills. Due to her dedication, she got a prominent place in Hollywood. Her single ”Waka Waka” was a big success and rocked the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup.
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8. Jessica Alba:

Jessica Alba‘s name needs no introduction. Am I right? Yes definitely she is a highly admirable actresses of Hollywood and a hottie of the era. Jessica’s beauty and her friendly nature add a plus to her level of success and professionalism.
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9. Katy Perry:

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Katy Perry is a hot pop-star and a talented and hard working lady. She is also called Hot California Girl, thanks to her God gifted skills and personality which have made us entitle her a hot beauty of USA. Katy is a well-presentable lady and I can say this with confidence that her name as a hot lady can be taken for many more years.

10. Hilary Knight – Most Hottest Women in the World:

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Hilary Knight is not only the sexiest and hottest women in the world but she is also a well known and amazing ice-hockey player as well. She is not only a perfectionist of her profession but also is a hot and sexy diva of the year. Hilary rarely wears some hot outfits and swimming costumes before the camera, so you will find it difficult to search some hot pictures of Hilary on the Internet. But it is her physic and body which have made us enlist Hilary here as the top hot woman of the world in 201

Top 10 Hottest Modern Fashion Models

Top 10 Hottest Modern fashion Models.
Bar Refaeli
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At top position in our list of Hottest Modern Fashion Models. Bar Refaeli is an Israeli model and occasional actress has topped the 2012 Maxim Hot 100 list. She was the cover model of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and was voted #1 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 list of 2012. This gorgeous model is not only one of the most desired and beautiful women on the earth and a talented model, but also a fashion designer. She certainly looks hot in lingerie, but also designs hot lingerie. Her underwear collection is gaining more and more popularity and it’s quite natural, considering the fact that Bar Refaeli herself promotes her designs. She is also the face of French lingerie label Passionata, with whom she has been working for years already.
Irina Shayk
Modern Models
Irina Shayk is a Russian model best known for her 2007 through 2013 appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was the cover model for the 2011 issue. Irina Shayk is one of the sexiest and most gorgeous women on the planet. She has been the face of Intimissimi lingerie brand for many seasons and has also promoted lingerie designs of other famous names in the industry. No wonder, she is one of the most desired models in the world and rightly takes the first position in our list.
Bianca Balti
Hottest Supermodels
Italian Beauty Bianca Balti was first booked for the cover of L’Officiel, shot by Alexi Lubomirski. Her first notable advertisement campaign came for Dolce & Gabbana. She has appeared on the covers of many fashion magazines, including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, W, Cosmopolitan, and Marie Claire, as well as men’s magazine Playboy. Her campaigns include Roberto Cavalli, Donna Karan, Christian Dior, D&G, Valentino, Armani Jeans, Missoni, Rolex, Guess?, Paco Rabanne, Anna Molinari, Guerlain, Revlon, La Perla, Cesare Paciotti, Mango, and Thierry Mugler.She also appeared in the 2005 Victoria’s Secret fashion show and in their catalogs. She not only has extremely beautiful blue eyes, but also a flawless and hot figure. So far she has worked as a lingerie model for such famous brands as Victoria’s Secret, La Perla, Intimissimi and others. Moreover, She appears in the 2011 Pirelli Calendar photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. In 2012 she was chosen as the new face for Dolce & Gabbana together with actress Monica Bellucci.
Adriana Lima
Hottest Modern Lingerie Models
One of the most Famous and Beautiful, Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model and actress who is best known as a Victoria’s Secret Angel since 2000, and as a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009. She is the passion of many men and one of the sexiest and most beautiful women ever born. Without Adriana our list would be just incomplete. The Brazilian bombshell is a mom of one and is expecting her second child this year, and still her body is flawless and the dream of many women. Good on you, babe!
Nina Agdal
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Nina Agdal is one of those women who can do no wrong in my eyes. She’s stunningly beautiful and has a body that stops someone’s heart. Nina is a new face in the fashion world, yet the Danish model has managed to attract loads of attention. The Sports Illustrated model has a flawless figure and a cute face, for which she has featured in a number of campaigns and lookbooks for Frederick’s of Hollywood lingerie. No wonder, she has a great potential to be an iconic model one day.
Candice Swanepoel
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Candice garnered the star spot in the 2013 Swim Catalog for the third time in a row.The South African hottie is best known for her ideal figure and natural beauty that inspire girls and women all over the world. And of course, it’s hard to imagine Victoria’s Secret without Candice. She is undeniably hot and feminine and we love to see her promoting lingerie. In 2012, she came in 10th on the Forbes top-earning models list.
Lara Stone
Hottest Supermodels
Lara Catherina Stone is a Dutch model. In 2012, she came in 8th on the Forbes top-earning models list. Her weight, body and teeth caused lots of problems on her modeling path, but still Lara has managed to overcome it all and become a real star in the fashion industry. She is now one of the most prestigious models, as she is undeniably fabulous and iconic. Lara is also one of the hottest lingerie models, and this explains why she has been the face of Calvin Klein underwear for a few successive seasons already. Expectant mum Lara Stone is no stranger to shedding her clothes for a photoshoot, She also has posed bold for arty fashion mag i-D.
Kate Upton
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SI Swimsuit Edition’s cover girl Kate Upton, no doubt one of the best Lingerie Models. One of my favorite, most beautiful fashion model. She is an American model and actress, known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue first in 2011, when she was named Rookie of the Year, and again in 2012, when she was announced as the cover model.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Hottest Lingeri Fashion Model
This Victoria’s Secret model, Transformers: Dark of the Moon star got the 9th position in list of hottest Lingerie Models. Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley is an English model and actress. She is best known for her work for lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret and Burberry, and also for her role as Carly Spencer in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the third installment in the Transformers film series.
Natalia Vodianova
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Natalia Vodianova is a Russian model, actress and philanthropist who resided in England from 2001 until 2012, and currently lives in Paris. In 2012, she came in 3rd on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $8.6 million in one year. This Russian beauty is not only one of the most successful and highest paid models in the fashion industry, but also a hot lingerie models, who caught the attention of the designers at French lingerie brand, Etam. Her hotness has helped her a lot to build a long-time collaboration with the brand, and the more she has worked for them, the more they understood that she can be a great lingerie designer too

Top 10 TV Shows of 2014

  • 10. Silicon Valley (HBO)

    HBO
    Why are there so many satires of politics and showbiz when the true center of influence and power in our society is on your smartphone? Mike Judge’s sitcom takes a loaded can of spray paint to software culture–the hungry dreamers, the coddled zillionaires–but also appreciates the adrenaline charge of creating something new. It helps that Thomas Middleditch makes central geek Richard a beta-mogul with a conscience, and he’s surrounded with one of TV’s finest comedy casts. (Including, sadly the late Christopher Evan Welch.) All this, plus a finale involving very likely the most elaborate and mathematically sophisticated dick joke in history, made this one of 2014’s finest startups.
  • 9. High Maintenance (Vimeo)

    Vimeo
    This online anthology is a comedy about pot–specifically, a dealer known as The Guy (Ben Sinclair) and his clients–but it’s not a pot comedy. Instead, it’s a collection of scintillating character stories about why his customers want to buy, which is to say, why they seek escape. Written, directed and edited by Sinclair and wife Katja Blichfeld in artisanal batches–the series released only five episodes in 2014, but each was jewel-crafted–it’s a slice of neurotic Brooklyn life that’s worth deeply inhaling.
  • 8. Louie (FX)

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    Past seasons of Louie have been hilarious, risk-taking, philosophical. Season four was… challenging. Sometimes it seemed to be fighting against itself: against the TV format (one “episode” was 90 minutes long, another a feature-length six-parter); against our identification with its protagonist (whose season-long search for love made him at turns vulnerable and ugly); even against intelligibility (one story involved two characters who literally did not speak each others’ language). But it was also moving, provocative and hard to shake, a haunting study from multiple angles of how the attempt to connect with another person is the banana peel on which we must all slip, stumble, and get up to try again.
  • 7. Broad City (Comedy Central)

    Comedy Central
    This stoner-slacker-striver buddy comedy, birthed from the viral videos of stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, didn’t so much debut on the TV scene as crash it, leaving weed ash stains on the rugs and hazy, hilarious memories in the morning. Starting from a simple premise–two underemployed friends in a Manhattan built from bricks of cash–it was addictively anarchic, powered by Glazer and Jacobson’s alchemic buzz and the belief that life can never get so bad that it can’t suddenly turn into a rap video.
  • 6. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

    HBO
    Last Week Tonight could have been one fauxcast too far. There was already plenty of fake-news comedy on TV and online. And on a weekly schedule–as the title cheekily admitted–the news would be well digested by the British ex-Daily Show correspondent’s teatime. But Oliver turned that into a strength; instead of chasing the same news, he aimed his acid stare on news too wonky or worldly for the media’s attention. He used the commercial-free format for long, viral takes on topics from net neutrality to drone warfare, laced with genuine outrage and actual reporting. How do you revive the fake-news format? By making it real.
  • 5. Fargo (FX)

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    The highest compliment I can pay Noah Hawley’s miniseries is that it made me forget the Coen brothers’ movie. Not that it’s a competition; rather, this oddball drama took the raw elements of the 1996 film–murder, accents, snow–and became its own thing. Its scale was both intimate and Biblical, small town cops (Allison Tolman and Colin Hanks) chasing a nebbish (Martin Freeman) abetted by a Mephistophelian hitman (Billy Bob Thornton), in a glaring northern vista exposed to the eyes of God. In the end, it was less an answer to the movies than to other dark TV dramas: this was not one more dive into the mind of a fascinating antihero, but a story of how the decency of a community can overcome the devilry of a few.
  • 4. Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)

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    If the first season of Netflix’s lockup drama surprised viewers by finding the dark comedy in jail, the second mined its comic darkness. The season-long arc followed a power struggle within the alliances of Litchfield prison, introducing Lorraine Toussaint as a charismatic alpha inmate and forcing viewers to balance empathy for the cons with awareness of the bad things they’ve done–or that they still do. No longer reliant on jailhouse gentrifier Piper (Taylor Schilling) as the viewers’ guide to Litch, OITNB matured into a diverse ensemble drama of state-run dysfunction that can tickle you or punch you in the gut.
  • 3. The Good Wife (CBS)

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    If degree of difficulty were the only measure, The Good Wife would be TV’s best show hands down. It’s made under broadcast content restrictions; it churns out 22 episodes a year; and it’s in its sixth season, long after many dramas go on autopilot. But this drama keeps finding excitement late in life, shaking itself up (using the death of Will Gardner not just as a plot twist but ongoing source of emotional drive) and finding new paths (now, a run for state’s attorney by Julianna Margulies’ Alicia Florrick). Morally complex and a hoot to watch, the seasoned Good Wife keeps up with TV’s hot new things, backwards and in heels.
  • 2. The Americans (FX)

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    Someone must have cracked a code and stolen a top-secret propulsion system, because this ’80s drama about two Soviet spies paired as a suburban-D.C. couple was positively turbocharged. The already sexy and emotional drama gained greater emotional resonance as Philip and Elizabeth Jennings (Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell) found it harder to isolate their children from the repercussions and dangers of their work. The second season was thrilling and deftly plotted, a moody, elegantly crafted Shostakovitch fugue of a show.
  • 1. Transparent (Amazon)


    Jeffrey Tambor gives the performance of the year as Maura Pfefferman, née Mort, a septuagenarian changing her identity from male to female and the “trans parent” of the title. (Don’t worry, it took me a while to get the pun too.) But this richly observed family story from Jill Soloway is about much more than one transition; Maura’s announcement richochets across the lives of her adult children, each facing their own identity crisis. Gorgeous, melancholy and funny, Transparent reveals layer upon rich layer like a noodle kugel at a fractious family dinner.

Wednesday 24 February 2016

Top 10 Video Games of 2014

  • 10. Velocity 2X

    FuturLab
    A shoot-em-up meets a platforming game meets a stopwatch with a stick, Velocity 2X thrills and punishes and ultimately delights. Want to zip a spaceship through vertical obstacle-riddled levels that require precision execution of unique button sequences? Fold those split-second demands into a sidescrolling maze of daises, chutes and teleportation portals? Alternate between both in levels that unfurl like nested lines of code, shifting from one to the other like a crazy interstellar duathlon? Then play Velocity 2X.
  • 9. Sunset Overdrive

    Insomniac Games
    Sunset Overdrive taps the same screwball vein as developer Insomniac’s Ratchet & Clank series, only with a grownup twist. Imagine a punk quasi-parkour game by way of a zany skateboarding simulation by way of a metropolis-sized circus playground that wants you to know it knows it’s a nerd-power fantasy. Think Tony Hawk meets Sam Raimi crossed with Sid Vicious multiplied by pinball.

  • 8. Shovel Knight

    Yacht Club Games
    The best NES game you never played sporting glorious high-definition pixel-block levels and incredible chiptunes and superlative platform-bounding gameplay. Shovel Knight is something like a crowdfunded miracle, the new archetype in gaming (or any other creative medium) for what letting developers who know exactly what they’re doing actually do it, unencumbered.
  • 7. Monument Valley

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    Making the impossible possible, Monument Valley celebrates non-Euclidean geometry, beautifully bizarre architecture and the art of silent storytelling. Combine royalty with optical trickery, trajectory-fiddling with bonsai pruning, aesthetic contemplation with tactile interaction and you wind up with something like designer ustwo’s delightful, enigmatic puzzler.
  • 6. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

    Interactive Entertainment/Warner Bros
    In Shadow of Mordor, developer Monolith fashions a Middle-earth playground that finally works. You play as Talion, an undead Gondorian ranger merged with a wraith-like entity and endowed with supernatural abilities. The game’s unusually clever and hierarchically organized enemy orcs as well as Batman Arkham series-inspired combat dovetail brilliantly, producing something that shines with or without the Tolkien license.
  • 5. Mario Kart 8

    Nintendo
    A carnival of race tropes, a grab bag of driver profiles, tactics and race types, a melange of little gameplay iterations and configuration tweaks and “Holy crap, I’m racing up and down that?” moments jammed into a single game. This is the best of all Nintendo’s Mario Karts to date: lavish, kaleidoscopic, gasp-inducing, ingenious, exotic, balletic and something you’ll be playing for a very long time.
  • 4. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

    Blizzard Entertainment
    Part of the allure of Blizzard rolling its bejeweled carriage through the hoof-tramped mud of a played-out genre (collectible card games) is the Blizzard name. But that names signifies scrupulous playtesting and elaborate design values, all of which converge here to make Hearthstone the quickest, slickest, goofiest, most lavish online CCG around.

  • 3. Dark Souls II

    From Software
    A game that celebrates the notion of death as strategic outlook, Dark Souls II is less an improvement on its predecessors than a superlative alternate take. It rejiggers its rules in ways that echo through its combat subsystems, revitalizing the approaches you can take as you hew to its otherwise familiar approach-study-fight-die-repeat formula.
  • 2. Alien: Isolation

    The Creative Assembly
    You, a derelict space station, platoons of deranged androids and one relentless, homicidal, agile, terrifyingly perceptive xenomorph. Creative Assembly’s hulking orbital haunted house may be the most frightening game of hide-and-seek ever made. It’s also a stunning homage to Alien film artists H.R. Giger and Ron Cobb’s conceptual work, a chance to inhabit and scrutinize the world they and director Ridley Scott created in 1979 as if it in fact existed.
  • 1. 80 Days

    inkle 80 Days
    80 Days is less about gameplay subversion than stylish, thoughtful immersion, employing a beloved genre–interactive fiction–to set you loose in a reimagined, politically contemplative rendering of Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in 80 Days. Here be mechanical golems, underseas trains and steam-powered creatures as you traverse a game world (designed by a British-Indian woman) that doubles as trenchant commentary on the nature of colonialism.

Top 10 Toys

  • 10. Frozen Snow Glow Elsa

    Disney Frozen Snow Glow Elsa
    $34.99 for 3+
    The toy bound to sell out fastest this holiday season is Frozen Snow Glow Elsa. It’s everything a Frozen fan could dream of: She’ll light up, recite lines from the film and—perhaps to the chagrin of parents who’ve heard the song on repeat for the last year—sing “Let It Go.” The Frozen mania will truly never end.
  • 9. LEGO Movie LEGOs

    LEGO The LEGO Movie: Ice Cream Machine
    $12.99 – $249.99 for ages 7-14
    This is meta: Some of the most in-demand toys since The LEGO Movie’s release in February have been LEGOs from that very movie. Characters from the movie like Emmet and Unikitty, along with their toys and vehicles, are all now available from LEGO. The movie revitalized the biggest toy maker in the world, making hands-on play cool again in the era of the iPad.
  • 8. Nerf Rebelle

    Hasbro Nerf Rebelle Rapid Red Blaster Last year, Nerf decided to even the battlefield and create a new line of guns, arrows and crossbows specifically for girls. The resulting Nerf Rebelle line takes a cue from the success of The Hunger Games: The box is covered with tweens styled like that series' hero, Katniss Everdeen.
    $4.99 – $29.99 for ages 6+
    Last year, Nerf decided to even the battlefield and create a new line of guns, arrows and crossbows specifically for girls. The resulting Nerf Rebelle line takes a cue from the success of The Hunger Games: The box is covered with tweens styled like that series’ hero, Katniss Everdeen.
  • 7. Breaking Bad Action Figures

    Mezco Toyz Breaking Bad Heisenberg Action Figure
    $30.00-$40.00 for adults
    The most talked-about toys of the year weren’t even designed for kids. Action figures of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman from the Emmy-winning AMC series Breaking Bad stirred up controversy this year when a Florida mother started a petition to get the toys removed from Toys’R’Us, claiming the action figures that came with detachable bags of money and meth migrated from the adults-only aisle to the kids’ aisle. Toys’R’Us eventually did pull the toys, to the dismay of the show’s stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul who both tweeted their disapproval. Luckily, Barnes and Noble, Walmart and several other retailers still carry the meth-dealing dolls.
  • 6. IAmElemental Action Figures

    I Am Elemental I Am Elemental action figures
    $65.00 for ages 4+
    After realizing that almost all the female action figures on the market were designed for adult male collectors—with hyper-sexual curves and legs that splay out—two mothers decided to create action figures for girls that were both functional and encouraged girls to think of themselves as heroes. The Kickstarter campaign for the IAmElemental action figures reached its $35,000 goal in the first 48 hours. The first set of figures, which each personify values like “persistence,” will be available ahead of this holiday shopping season.
  • 5. Osmo

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    $79.99 for ages 6+
    Tired of seeing your kids staring at screens like zombies? This iPad game brings virtual play to life. A reflector equipped with artificial intelligence snaps over your iPad’s camera and can sense when objects are moving (or being drawn) on a pad in front of it. Osmo comes with three games, all of which promote creativity and—because it’s best played in groups—social intelligence. The best way to understand how Osmo works is by watching the video of kids who have never played with the device before testing it out for the first time.
  • 4. Doc McStuffins Get Better Talking Mobile Cart

    Doc McStuffins
    Amazon
    $44.99 for ages 3-6
    Doc McStuffins, the main character on her eponymous Disney show that ranks No. 1 among kids aged two to five, has become one of the most-wanted dolls in toy stores. She sold $500 million worth of merchandise sales last year, and her new Get Better Talking Mobile Cart will only boost those numbers this holiday season. Dottie ‘Doc’ McStuffins is a young, African-American girl who aspires to become a doctor—just like her mom—and treats her stuffed animals with ailments. (She has a stay-at-home dad.) Not only does she inspire girls and boys to science careers, but children of all races also love McStuffins, a rare trait on the toy market.
  • 3. Leap Band

    Charley Gallay—Getty Images for LeapFrog A general view of atmosphere as Mia Hamm and LeapFrog attempt to become GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS record holders in celebration of the launch of the new LeapBand Activity Tracker For Kids at the first-ever Fit Made Fun Day at Santa Monica Pier on Sept. 6, 2014 in Santa Monica, California.
    $39.99 for ages 4-7
    Fitness trackers aren’t just for adults anymore, as educational company LeapFrog is breaking into wearable tech. This year, it introduced the LeapBand, a watch that tracks kids’ activity. Like the Tamagotchi of yesteryear, kids can choose a pet on their LeapBand to take care of. But here’s the trick: Kids have to get moving in order to earn “joules” (get it?) to feed and care for their virtual friend. The pet suggests activities and challenges like “pop like popcorn” or “crawl like a crab.” The tracker has been endorsed by soccer legend Mia Hamm and aims to help solve the childhood obesity problem.
  • 2. Anki Drive

    Anki Anki's new cars, Corax and Hadion
    $149.99 for children capable of handling an iOS device
    These remote control cars boast artificial intelligence. Created by Carnegie Mellon scientists, the Anki Drive set includes a roll-out race track and the smartest cars you’ve ever seen. The AI-assisted cars can tell when a curve is coming on the track, if there’s a car nearby and how to avoid collisions. The toy plays like a video game: Players can control the car’s movements and even deploy weapons or put up shields using an iPhone or iPad app, competing against AI-controlled cars at three different levels or each other. If they’re feeling lazy, players can also simply watch the cars race on their own.
  • 1. Roominate

    Roominate
    $19.99 – $49.99 for ages 4-13
    Picking up the mantel from GoldieBlox, this engineering toy hopes to inspire girls to aspire to careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Studies show that girls begin to rule out engineering as a possible career path at as young as eight years old, one reason only 11% of engineers are women. Many researchers think that if there were more STEM toys for girls, they might see engineering or science as a viable career path. Created by two Stanford engineers, Roominate is a playhouse you can design, build and wire. Connect the motor and light circuits, and windmills will spin, lamps will light up and elevators will travel up and down. New Roominate toys for the holidays include a helicopter, a studio and a chateau.

Top 10 Most Dangerous Guns in the World

10. Thompson M192 Machine Gun:

Most Dangerous Guns in the World
Thompson M192 is a powerful machine gun. This is one of the most dangerous guns in the world and is capable to shot more than 500 round in a couple of minutes.

9. XM307 ACSW Machine Gun:

Most Dangerous Guns in the World
XM307 ACSW is another wonderful and fully featured machine gun you can have by getting a proper license. What makes this gun amazing is that it has advances shooting power and targets the criminals very quickly.
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8. Heckler and Koch HK MG4 MG 43 Machine Gun:

Most Dangerous Guns in the World
In case some thief has entered your house, then you should make sure that you are having Heckler and Koch HK MG4 gun with you. This is a 5.6 mm caliber gun. It was first created by a famous company of Germany named as Heckler and Koch. This gun was first launched in 2001 and is a highly effective gun.

7. F2000 Assault Rifle:

Most Dangerous Guns in the World
F2000 Assault Rifle is yet another wonderful and automatic gun to have. This was first developed by a famous company of Belgium, named as FN Herstal. The gun was first presented at a display of Abu Dhabi. It comprises of 5.67 mm caliber and effective shooting.

6. Kalashnikov AK-47 Assault Rifle:

Most Dangerous Guns in the World
Kalashnikov AK-47 is one of the most dangerous guns in the world. It was first invented in 1946 for the military trials. This gun is presented by Mikhail Kalashnikov and is inexpensive to have. Its features have been revised and updated to make it much more effective than it was in the previous generations.

5. DSR-Precision DSR 50 Sniper Rifle:

Most Dangerous Guns in the World
DSR-Precision is a heavy weight gun. Its weight is about 10 kg and is one of the high dangerous guns in the world. It is capable to help you target your enemies from a long distance with great comfort.

4. UZI Machine Gun:

Most Dangerous Guns in the World
UZI machine gun is about 3 kg in weight. This is a powerful gun and comes with plenty of irresistible features. You can have this gun but before that proper licensing is needed.

3. MG3 Machine Gun:

Most Dangerous Guns in the World
This is a wonderful 7.6 mm caliber gun. It has plenty of other features like it is able to shot 1000 rounds in one minute. The gun was first introduced in 1950 but then it underwent some revision to make it fully featured and better equipped.

2. Accuracy International AS50 Sniper Rifle:

Most Dangerous Guns in the World
Accuracy international AS50 sniper rifle weighs only 14 kg. This gun is loaded with plenty of features and was launched only a few years ago.

1. Heckler and Koch HK416:

Most Dangerous Guns in the World
HK416 is yet another great and one of the most dangerous guns in the world by the company Hackler and Koch. This Germany’s gun is loaded with 5.5mm caliber and other finest features. It has a stroke piston and is very light weight.