An Apple fan has spotted an ingenious way to speed up any iPhone with one simple trick.
The neat workaround uses just one button press to increase the running speed of the phone, without the the need to reset it.
All
iPhone users need to do is make sure their iPhone is unlocked and hold
down the power button until ‘Slide To Power Off’ appears on the screen.
Then they simply carry on holding the power button down for around five
seconds until the apps screen comes back.
The trick speeds up the phone by clearing out the RAM memory shutting down any processes that may be slowing down the handset.
iPhone enthusiast Marc Forrest explained in a blog post: “A few people have asked about the benefit, and from my understanding it clears the unused RAM on the phone.
“I have done a number of tests to see if it works and I can promise it helps speed the phone up, a LOT!”.
While fans continue to buy up every copy of 25, her first album in four years since the release of 21, they may be surprised to learn that Adele had already kinda, sorta dropped 23.
During
her concert special at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, which
will air on Monday, Dec. 14 on NBC, the singer revealed that "Skyfall"
actually filled the void between albums.
"I was 23 at the time," Adele says, adding that since Skyfall
was the 23rd James Bond film, it made sense for her to write and record
the titular theme song that earned her an Oscar for Best Original Song.
The now 27-year-old also reveals she was pregnant with her son, Angelo,
when she recorded the track -- changing the register in her voice. "My
voice was really low," she says, admitting it's hard for her to perform
the song live. Her son was later born on Oct. 19, 2012, just two weeks
after the song was officially released.
In
fact, the special was only the third time she ever sang "Skyfall" live
following a performance at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013 ("That was a
laugh," she jokes about the ceremony) and another during a BBC concert
special that aired this past November.
The NBC special also features performances of several new songs, including the mega-hit, "Hello," and her latest single, "When We Were Young," which she says is her favorite that she's ever written.
Adele: Live in New York City airs Monday, Dec. 14 at 10 p.m. on NBC.
Most
baked goods (even the healthy looking ones made with nuts and seeds)
are packed with refined flour and sugar—and completely devoid of fiber,
protein, vitamins, and minerals. And the baked goods you get from coffee
shops or restaurants are often far worse than homemade efforts, partly
because they come in enormous portion sizes, but also because they’re
often loaded with additives to improve texture, color, and shelf life.
We
get it, though: Sometimes, nothing will suffice but a warm baked good
straight out of the glass case. But you can still save hundreds of
calories and dozens of grams of sugar by choosing one kind of goodie
over another. Here are 7 treats to avoid and the slightly better swaps
to make in their place.
The setup is a familiar, albeit not unappealing one: Longoria’s Ana Sofia, the titular star of the long-running Las Leyes de Pasion, is thrown a curveball when the network’s new boss (Chuck‘s
Zachary Levi, utilized about as well as a filet mignon at a convention
of vegans) casts her ex-husband as her male lead — without so much as a
word of warning. Despite support from her costume-designer BFF Mimi
(Diana Maria Riva) and insecure gay castmate Gael (Jose Moreno Brooks),
Ana Sofia starts spiraling, flashing back to a breakup that left her in a
bathtub filled with tissues, listening to “All By Myself,”
then eventually throwing a trashcan-overturning tantrum in front of a
wall of autograph-seeking fans.
Trouble
is, there’s not a single surprising twist on any of the threadbare
inside-showbiz tropes, and even worse, every single zinger feels like
it’s from a hastily assembled first draft. “I thought marriage was
between a man and a woman,” Ana Sophia says of her failed union, “not
between a man, a woman and Shakira.” Longoria and her castmates gamely
try to breathe some life into the material, but you can’t inflate a
balloon that’s peppered with holes.
Episode 2 of Telenovela
introduces the evil twin of Ana Sophia’s co-star Isabella — a woman who
returns after years of self-imposed exile with revenge fantasies on the
brain. In my mind, I’m hoping that somewhere out in the world, Telenovela
has a heretofore unseen twin, too, and that perhaps it’ll emerge from
the shadows this time next year, giving Longoria a showcase worthy of
her talents.
The TVLine Bottom Line: Telenovela is a holiday-season preview that’s better left unwrapped.
Late last week, hundreds of Turkish troops and
about 20 tanks made their way across the Iraqi border, and south to the
town of Bashiqa, located just a dozen or so miles northeast of ISIS-held
Mosul. The Iraqi government was caught seemingly totally off guard by
this move. As a result the Iraqis have demanded Turkey pull their forces
out within 48 hours or they will take their case to the United Nations.
Khaled al-Obeidi, Iraq’s defense minister, made it very clear
that Turkey’s sudden escalation into the ground conflict in Iraq was
not invited, planned, nor even announced. He’s quoted in RT.com thusly:
“No matter the size of the force entering Iraq, it is
rejected. It was possible to undertake this sort of prior coordination
without creating circumstances which contributed to a crisis between the
two countries.”
Turkey has ongoing relations with Iraqi Kurds and their “Peshmerga” militia, which are based primarily out of nearby Erbil, in northern Iraq. Kurdish PKK
in Syria and parts of northwestern Iraq are viewed as terrorists by
Turkey and are bitter enemies of the Turkish state. This is the same
Kurdish faction that Turkey has been actively bombing in Syria and Iraq after entering the air war against ISIS. Reuters quoted one Turkish official as saying
“our soldiers are already in Iraq. A battalion of soldiers has gone
there. Training was already being given in that region for the last two
to three years. This (the deployment) is a part of that training.”
Regardless of who is being trained at the complex, the area has been
in flux over the last year and a half, with ISIS holding many nearby
towns at one time or another. How exactly this fits into Turkey’s claim
that the base has been operational for so long is unclear. Even if the
base has been in Turkish hands for even just a matter of months, not
years, the recent arrival of heavy armor and a massive increase in troop
strength at the site is puzzling; for the Iraqis, it is very alarming.
Turkey has responded to Iraq’s claims
that their movement of troops by saying they would not send in any more
forces. Yes, you read that right: they did not say they would withdraw
the forces they just sent into the country, just that they would not
augment this already beefed-up garrison at Bashiqa any further.
This obviously isn’t going to go over great with the Iraqi
government, nor with the ever more powerful Iranian-backed Shiite
militia cohorts also operating in the area (watch this 60 Minutes segment for a quick overview on the Shiite militia situation in Iraq by clicking here).
The U.S. supposedly knew of the training operation and of Turkey’s move
to build-up its end-strength drastically at the site, although
Washington says it had nothing to do with it directly.
Turkey may have decided to add the couple hundred troops and 20 or so
tanks to its Iraqi training operation out of concerns that the looming
“Mosul offensive,” the long-awaited operation by Iraqi allied forces to
take the city back from ISIS once and for all, may push enemy fighters
their way. Under such circumstances a heavy force protection posture may
be a necessity. (Although one would think ISIS fighters would attempt
to run west, toward Syria, not east, deeper into Kurdish dominated
territory.)
Like some of Turkey’s other military moves as of late, namely shooting down a Russian attack jet for straying into Turkish airspace for mere seconds, this latest action, at least at face vale makes little sense and leaves many questions unanswered.
Why would Turkey want to get involved at this level with the nasty
ground conflict in Iraq, especially without coordination with the Iraqi
government? Why is the Turkish training base so close to a massive ISIS
stronghold? What does the Kurdish government in Erbil say about all
this? Additionally, would it not have been far easier and less
politically sensitive to move the relatively small training operation
instead of putting so many forces at risk and causing an international
incident in the process?
Above all else, Turkey’s little excursion into Iraq is just another
reminder of how the whole geopolitical and military situation in the
region has become something of a free-for-all. Without
a plausible and comprehensive strategy, with clear and incremental
goals, put in place by the U.S. to take the fight to ISIS, the situation will only get worse, not better.
As the fight against ISIS in Iraq becomes more complex and the
various players become more deeply entrenched and invested in it, it
will become harder and harder to have peace should it actually end. In
other words, if things don’t change soon, even if ISIS is purged from
Iraq, a bloody civil war would likely follow.
As for President Obama’s Oval Office speech last night (from a lectern in and empty room, in front of an oddly empty Resolute Desk, how strange was that?), we have absolutely nothing new to talk about.
Obama’s “strategy” for defeating ISIS is really just a very expensive
shot clock that will turn blood red and buzz loudly in 410 days. The
worst part is that for every day that goes by where a clear and
plausible strategy is not established, it will be much tougher for the
next Commander-in-Chief to do so.
aylor Swift famously removed her
music from streaming site Spotify after kicking up a fuss about it
preventing fans from purchasing her albums.
Now
it looks as though somebody has managed to find a loophole in Spotify’s
system - uploading Taylor’s music and giving the copyright to another
artist.
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Although
in a rather sinister turn of events, the artist that they have chosen
to credit is convicted paedophile Ian Watkins, who was the frontman of
British rock band, Lost Prophets.
Watkins was imprisoned after
he was found guilty of twelve sex offences and the attempted rape of a
baby, with the rest of Lost Prophets immediately disbanding after they
found out what he had done.
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Now
Taylor’s hit single ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ has been linked back to
the criminal, and a spokesperson for Spotify admitted that they would be
investigating the case very seriously.
Speaking to The Metro,
they explained: “The track in question was delivered to us by a
provider, whose responsibility it is to ensure that content delivered to
Spotify is fully licensed and in compliance with our Infringement
Policy.
“We take the integrity of our catalogue very seriously,
and will immediately remove any content that is found to be incorrectly
licensed or attributed to the incorrect artist or composer.
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“The
track was taken down as soon as it was discovered (3 days after it was
delivered), and we will be taking the matter further with the provider
who delivered this track.”
YouTube user Jared Brown has also
uploaded the single to his YouTube account, again crediting the artist
as Lost Prophets alongside the tagline: “The last song they ever
recorded”.
Taylor Swift has not commented.
In
this age of healthy living, one does a zillion things to stay in shape.
Also, it is not just about being in shape, but living a healthy life
too. Most people, who are very conscious about what they eat, know for a
fact that carbohydrates (carbs) are both a boon and a bane. While you
cannot live without the energy that carbs supply to your body, excess of
carbs is always a bad idea. Thus, people have started looking for
alternatives for high-calorie (READ: 5 Healthy Food Options), carbs-rich foods. So, if you are looking for healthier food options, here are some carbs that are good for your health.
White
bread is extremely delicious. But, it is only refined flour and
definitely high on calories if you compare it with whole wheat bread.
Make your first lifestyle change by shifting to whole wheat and
multigrain bread. Sticking to these breads will also ensure that you
stay on the path of weight loss you have always been yearning for.
#2. Fruits
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Yes,
you read that right! Fruits contain carbohydrates too. But, fruits are
on the lower side of fat and contain more of insoluble fibre, so they
are healthy substitutes to all the unhealthy things that you gorge on.
Some low-calorific, low-carb fruits are citrus ones like apples and
oranges. Dates, apricots, blueberries, kiwis are also good. Being high
in water content and dietary fibre, fruits also help to kill your desire
to binge unnecessarily.
Just
as fruits contain good carbs, vegetables too are loaded with good
carbs. On the lesser side of fat, vegetables should be your prime source
of energy and nutrients. Have four small meals that involve a lot of
cooked and uncooked vegetables for a healthy diet. Veggies like
cucumber, beans, leafy vegetables are very healthy.
Oats
are a healthy substitute for a carbohydrate-full meal, especially
breakfast. You could either mix them with fruits and milk, or prepare
them as a savoury mini-meal. Have it as you like! Some people also like
to mix oats with other ingredients so as to make it a tasty meal. For
example, mixing oats with poha adds a little crunch to the meal
and also makes it healthier to eat. Oats also help to keep your
untimely hunger pangs at bay by making you feel fuller for a longer
time.
Do you know oats are a very healthy breakfast option? See the recipe HERE.
#5. Brown Rice
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Brown
rice is readily available and contains good carbohydrates. You can use
them to prepare your regular rice dishes. They have a little different
texture, but taste almost the same as white rice. Mix your brown rice
with boiled vegetables and a mixture of sauces that you like, to make a
healthy yet mouth-watering meal. Brown rice is also good for diabetic
patients as it helps to keep your blood sugar in check. (READ: 9 Natural Sugar Substitutes)
#6. Whole Wheat Pasta
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Who
doesn’t love to indulge in pasta every now and then? Here is an option
that will make for guilt-free and healthy indulgence. The best thing is
that whole pasta retains all the essential nutrients, fibre, and taste
too!
But remember, excess of anything is harmful! Keri Gans, nutritionist and author of The Small Change Diet,
says that nutrient-rich carbs are part of a balanced meal, not the
entire meal. So, instead of completely shutting the carbs out of your
diet, use these healthier options.
