Manila Philippines - Meet Alekhine Nouri. At 7 years old, he is the Philippines’ youngest chess master, having won a key World Chess Federation-sanctioned competition for his age group last month in Thailand.
“I’d like to play Sergey Karjakin,” Alekhine told The Wall Street Journal, referring to the world’s youngest child to win a “Grandmaster” title at 12 years and seven months old. “I want to be a super [Grandmaster],” added Alekhine, who was named in honor of Alexander Alekhine, one of the world’s greatest chess players who became the fourth World Chess Champion in 1927.
Alekhine’s father, Hamed, and mother, Roda, decided in December to move their family–Alekhine has an older brother–from Escalante City in the central Philippine province of Negros Occidental to metropolitan Manila to give the 1st grader a better chance at developing his potential. Within six months, Alekhine became a FIDE Master—the highest norm Alekhine can earn in age group competitions–and was granted an athletic scholarship by the Far Eastern UniversityFEU.PH-2.00% in Manila as a member of the school’s elementary chess team.
The video, which racked up more than a million views in its first week, left many viewers wondering if The Hulk really was the world's largest pit bull. While there is no official size record for pit bulls, many aspects of The Hulk's size are truly amazing.
First, Dark Dynasty K9's (DDK9), a specialty breeder of large security dogs, credits The Hulk's massive size to his bloodline. The kennel's web site explains the dog's pedigree and traces the Hulk's ancestry back five generations:
"What is a bloodline?" is a very popular question and one that can be debated. To us at DDK it is the ability to create a consistent look. All bloodlines start off by selectively in and out breeding with a number of other bloodlines to create the style you are looking for. In time you should start to see a consistency in the production of the dogs. Here at DDK we are known for XXXL working style American Bullies that stand from any other bloodline by the look and the drive to work and protect. Like all other creators of bloodlines, we have a vision and started the long selective process to say "I have created a look that is different and distinguished". We give full credit to all bloodlines used to create the DDKLINE: Camelot, Petersons, Mcenna, Razors Edge, Gotti, Watchdog, Grayline, Red Lion, Dagger, Chevy...and the list goes on. In the past 8 years of breeding we could fill a whole page with the direct bloodlines used to create DDK in the past 8 years, as well as the bloodlines used to create those bloodlines; and with the proper research all this information is available. By selectively choosing dogs the DDKLINE was born and is here to stay.
While the video of The Hulk may seem incredible, DDK9 has dozens of additional photographs documenting the pit bull's massive size. This dog is only 17 months old and may still be growing.
The Hulk may look scary, but DDK9 insists he is a sweetheart. The breeder says while its dogs are bred primarily for security, they are also great family dogs.
Japanese fashion magazine model Masako Mizutani is stunningly beautiful.
Her goddess-like appearance and smart style have enchanted people
across Japan and her official blog, where she mainly shares cosmetic
product recommendations, has earned her a steady fan base of both men
and women looking for beauty tips.
What’s really stunning about
this Japanese Aphrodite, however, is that in addition to being a model,
Mrs. Mizutani is a 46 year old housewife with a 23 year old daughter. Mrs.
Mizutani became an instant celebrity in 2009 after appearing on a
Japanese television variety program where she shared the secrets of her
age-defying looks.
Now, it seems like her beauty has led her to a
big international break. After being introduced on a Taiwanese news
site, images of Mr. Mizutani began appearing on Chinese microblogging
sites as “Japan’s Lady of Eternal Youth,” and soon her popularity in the
country exploded to the point where a Chinese fan-made blog about her
has reached over 10,000 followers.
However, it seems that upon
hearing the secret to her eternally young visage—spending roughly 5
hours a day on skin care and makeup—some Chinese internet users were
turned off, citing the peculiarly popular-in-China Helena Rubenstein
quote: “there are no ugly women, only lazy ones.”
Do you still own some old cellphones with brands like Nokia, Motorola,
and Sony Ericsson?
Europeans are willing to buy our old cellphones for
the price of $59. They prefer old cellphones we thought were meant to be
thrown to trash or kept on the drawer because they’re just good enough
for texting and calling.
Old cellphones we first known were obviously durable and can last for
almost 10 years if we take care of them properly. I just thrown 2 old
phones last week because I though they don’t have any value at all.
They’re still functioning but for sure no one on my relatives or friends
would like to adopt them. One of the cellphones was an old Motorola
with flip cover and the other one was an iPhone 3gs replica.
I still have functioning and very old model of Sony Ericsson with camera
and video call on my drawer. I also have another Sony Ericsson with
flip cover that can access the internet via GPRS (For emergency uses). I
just hope I live somewhere in Europe so I can take advantage of selling
it even for a value lower than $59
