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Priyanka Chopra, who has ruled and slayed 2016, opened up about a terrible experience in the West during her Koffee With Karan appearance.

According to DNA, Pee Cee will be speaking extensively but only on her Hollywood career. She will also be giving fans a sneak peek into her experience on the set of Baywatch.
Further, the Bollywood diva is also set to open up on her encounter with racism. According to sources, “Priyanka said that whoever goes to Hollywood after her should be careful about the kind of roles they do. When KJo asked if she has faced racism, she shared that she did, but not in the studios.
She described how she became a victim of racism while sat in the airport lounge. One of the ground staff personnel was rude to her, and only after she argued that she was a valid first class passenger, did he apologise.
The Quantico star has also reportedly referred to herself as a game changer and discussed how she created a base and changed the rules in Hollywood.

During winters, health problems like swollen fingers can be taken care of by using lemon, onion and turnip, says an expert.
Here are a few suggestions given by Megha Shah, Cosmetologist at Beauty and Curves Clinic:
Lemon: Apply lemon juice on the swollen part of the fingers and get instant relief.
Onion: Everybody knows that onion improves the blood flow in the body. It has antibiotic and antiseptic properties and hence, if applied on the affected area, gives relief from itching and swelling.
Garlic: Garlic is a powerhouse of antiseptic properties that are great to counteract the problem of swollen fingers.
Turnip: Apart from various health benefits, turnip is also an effective pain killer which reduces the issue of swelling, redness and itching in the fingers.
Home remedies: Apart from these wonder ingredients, there are certain home remedies that are highly effective in the case of swollen fingers.
Add a pinch of powdered black pepper to mustard oil and heat it properly. Once it cools down, apply it on the swollen fingers and see the results.
Cut a slice of potato and add salt, apply it on the affected area. This formula is great to get relief from swelling, redness and itching.
Prepare a mixture of glycerin, porridge, egg and apply it on the swollen area. Cover this paste using a bandage and keep it on for some time. The mixture reduces swelling.

Shortly after the birth of their baby boy, the married couple and former co-stars released the following statement on Kutcher's website:

"We'd like to allow our kids to make their own choices on whether to have a life in the public eye or not. We don't want to make the choice for them."

The site also revealed that baby Dimitri arrived at 1:21 a.m. and weighed in at 8 pounds and 15 ounces.

And now with their new family of four, it seems like the Kutchers have an extra special reason to be smiling (and to be celebrating the upcoming holiday season!).

Kutcher and Kunis became engaged back in February 2014 and then married in July of the following year in front of friends and family at a picturesque ranch just outside of Los Angeles.
The two welcomed their first child in October 2014.

Congratulations once again to the Kutcher family on their latest arrival!

Veteran British character actor Peter Vaughan, who played the enigmatic Maester Aemon in “Game of Thrones,” has died aged 93.

Vaughan’s agent Sally Long-Innes says he died Tuesday, surrounded by his family. Vaughan’s face _ if not his name _ was familiar to generations of television viewers in Britain and around the world. His best-known roles included criminal Harry Grout in 1970s prison sitcom “Porridge.”

Film appearances included “The Naked Runner,” opposite Frank Sinatra, and “The French Lieutenant’s Woman.”
Like many British actors, he gained wider fame through HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” Vaughan played blind scholar Maester Aemon on the hit fantasy series.

Born Peter Ohm in the central England county of Shropshire, Vaughan was married first to the late actress Billie Whitelaw, and then to Lillias Walker, who survives him.

14 Things You’ve Been Doing Wrong All Your Life! We all feel how perfect our lives are and that we all know how to perfectly deal with things and even teach others! But you all better note down everything you’re about to read as you’re going to be shocked how wrong were you till now!

Here are 14 things most of you have been doing wrong all your life

 

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   Wrongly crossing out words while writing

   
   

Instead of crossing them out, it’s better if you write another word on it. This way no one can figure out what it means.

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   Avoiding tangling of chords

   
   

You can avoid tangling of your, earphones, charger, USB cable, etc by making holders from old mouse pads. This way they can last longer, you can save time and finally be hassle free.

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   Opening key rings

   
   

Opening a few key rings can be a difficult thing to do. You can make this job way easier by using staple remover. This way you can save time and avoid getting hurt.

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   Taking out trash bags from dustbins

   
   

At times you find it hard to pull out the trash bags from the dustbin, either it gets stuck or it tears apart. Try drilling holes at the bottom and the middle of the trash can. This will avoid suction.This is one of the most common things you are doing wrong whole life

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   Heating up leftovers

   
   

For effective heating up of the leftover food, try making a hole in the middle of the utensil you are placing inside the microwave, this way the heating will be done from inside out.

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   Eat sticky snacks with chopsticks!

   
   

At times we are in such a hurry and we so much want to have that tasty snack but without getting our hands dirty. Yes, you can! You just have to use chopsticks!

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   Eating chips or popcorn

   
   

We usually tear up the packet from the top, try tearing it up at the centre to avoiding dipping your hand for every pick.

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   Enhance sound of your phone

   
   

Put your cell phone in a cup to increase its sound. It’s free and it works!

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   Drinking a Can

   
   

Ever noticed those extra holes when you open a can? Those are actually meant for inserting straws.

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    Easy way to separate yolk in eggs

    
    

This is my favorite life hack! Use a bottle to suck up the yolk neatly without making a mess!

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    Monkey style peeling

    
    

Peel the banana from the bottom instead of the top side, that’s the monkeys do it!

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    Substitute for butter

    
    

Well, this will definitely blow your mind! You can actually use avocados in case you don’t have butter in any dish! (See I told you!).

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    Best way of making iced coffee

    
    

Instead of putting ice in coffee and diluting it, try freezing the coffee as ice cubes which are even better!



 

 

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    The right way of keeping Ice cream in the fridge

    
    

You are only making the ice cream hard by keeping it exposed, try keeping it in a zip locked pack to keep it soft.

Know What Your Zodiac Says About Your Texting Habits! Whether you believe in it or not, astrology is fun because we all love to read about ourselves. Every time you read your zodiac, it’s like experiencing your birthday. It’s all about you! Your zodiac even says a lot about your texting habits.

Texting doesn’t just communicate a quick thought — the way you text can say a lot about your personality. Do you use punctuation, and if so, do you do it in a way that’s interpreted as passive-aggressive?

All the zodiac signs have different texting habits

Aries:

An Aries zodiac sign shows its love in texting by being consistent. Aries texting habits are that they don’t like to sit on the fence when it comes to romantic matters. An Aries is likely to text you to hang out, make some sarcastic remarks, and keep their grammar on point — why? Because they’re direct.
Texts You Can Expect From an Aries when They Got the Hots For You

1. Compliments. Aries sometimes feel weird putting a compliment out there for the world to see. So if they compliment you, they’re into you. Don’t expect the most Shakespearian messages in your lifetime from an Aries.
2. Text messages inviting you to hang out, be their partner in crime, go to a dance with them, invite you to lunch, invite you to run errands with them. Texting is great, but being with you in person is better. Long drawn out text messages bore the Aries.
3. Text messages of things that need to be cleaned.

Taurus:

When Taurus texts it’s right to the point, which contrasts to how they are in person: their texting habits are that they are extremely friendly and vivacious. Although you might take their texting habit to mean that they’re not interested in talking to you, that’s not it at all; it’s just that their fun personality is hidden under a series of rock emojis.

What Steamy Messages to Expect from this zodiac when They Like You

1. Pictures of places they’ve traveled. Taurus loves to travel. Taurus loves the Earth. So expect a travel log from them.
2. When a Taurus likes you, they’ll get really cute on you.
3. They also try weird sexual stuff
4. K.
5. They’ll have their phone out constantly… and you may never get a text at all. Taurus isn’t as into texting as other signs. They want your physical presence around them. Yet… you will see them with their phone often.
6. They’ll send you a text that’s about a metaphor for life. They’re opening up to you the best way they can.

Leo:

Texting habits of this zodiac are Three to five words at a time max that make the other person think, Oh, damn. This can be a good or bad “oh, damn” but Leo does not need that many words to get someone to sit up and have some #feelings about what you texted. You’re all about getting a reaction. To be fair, yes, this is a pretty bold power move, but that’s what makes people love (and fear) you.
The Way a Leo Texts You “I Like You.”

1. Leo will flat out tell you they like you. They’ll say so in person. They’ll say it in a text. They’re not playing Mr. Mysterious.
2. Leo will do what they can to make you laugh. They’re sweating bullets over whether you’ll laugh or not.
3. Leo will invite you to a number of hang outs, parties — expect sporadic hang out invites that mean they want you, and they want you now.
4. They might text you something really sweet out of nowhere about how they think about you and how it just entered their mind

Gemini:

Gemini, texting habits are that they are full of duality, an aggressive genius, a goal conqueror. Gemini will text you and only you. They’ll focus on you and the entire game. They may come off too intense in the beginning. They may pout in darkness, they may romance you with roses, a serenade, and never ending poetry. Gemini is complex, loyal, and willing to be malleable. If a Gemini likes you, they may easily switch to the kinds of texting tactics you use. Gemini conversations are not all the same

Gemini Texts That Mean They Like You

1.. Gemini might write you something incredibly absurd and meandering.
2. Gemini will text you late at night, into the early morning hours.
3. This zodiac is looking for something happy and lighthearted. They want something that makes them laugh in a little texting.
4. They may send you texts mommy or daddying you. Did you brush your teeth today? Did you sleep okay? When is the last time you went to see the dentist?
5. Angry texts. They couldn’t say it in person, so they’re saying it through text..
6. Gemini may make up something elaborate to get your attention. Hey, what do you want to do? Hey, do you like me? Hey, look at me! I’m awesome. Just thought you should know.

Cancer:

Your texting habits will never really say what you actually want them to say and read more like a series of pleasantries. If you said what you really mean, they’d be the length of a book (your river of feelings is never-ending and runs through multiple counties). Texting habits: novel texters. They need to get everything that they’re feeling out, and texting is as good a way.
Cancer Love Messages — Hey, Hot Stuff

1. Cancer will write you an entire novel and send it to you. 2. Cancer will text you to check on your wellbeing. Did you make it home okay? Would you like some cookies? Would you like this beer?
2. They’ll text you to review their day with someone.
3. They’ll text you about some deep, enriched corner that you have been missing.
4.  This zodiac prefers a lengthy love letter as if you are talking to Romeo himself.

Virgo:

This zodiac is very pragmatic so they’ll look at texting as a necessary evil. More often than not, they’ll respond to your text with a call. their texting habits are that they don’t want the opportunity to misinterpret your text.
Reading Virgo Love in Text Messages

1. You will receive 5,391 questions. It can range from questions about what makes you annoyed, when’s your birthday, to would you like to ride in a hot air balloon shaped like a giant whale? Virgos are questionnaires on crack.
2. Virgo will give you detailed responses to everyday questions. You ask “How are you” and they give you a response as if they’re trying to win a best written essay contest.
3. You’ll get texts like this: “Would you like to go to a wedding with me?” “Will you go to a dance with me?” “Will you go to a gas station to pick up hamburgers with me?”
4. You’ll think the conversation has trailed off with a Virgo, but they’ll pick it up randomly. They’ll tell you exactly how they feel, and that feeling will confuse and bewilder them..
5. this zodiac will compliment you in a number of strange ways… while also slipping in some questions. Honestly, Virgos might like questions more than sex.

Libra:

Peppered with questions.texting habits fill with questions Where are we meeting? With whom??! What? When?! Your need to remain balanced at all times means you want to get all the facts before you can respond to anything, Libras need to know, and yet if you text them something that makes them uncomfortable, they’ll just ignore it
1. Direct texts telling you they want to see you now. They may not expand on those thoughts at all. They may sit in the dark in quiet and pretend they never sent that message.
2. INSANELY EXPLOSIVE AND INTENSE TEXTS BECAUSE THEY ARE DRUNK TEXTING YOU.
3. Consistent and persistent text messaging. Libras text often about everything. Lots and lots of plan making.
4. this zodiac doesn’t send negative texts.
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Scorpio:

texting habits are that they probably don’t text that often, but when you do, the domineering part of your psyche needs everyone around you to recognize that they have been texted by You and that You do not do this for just anyone. Ideally they will bow down before You by writing back and being super-appreciative that You were thinking of them.

The Cryptic Messages You’ll Get When a Scorpio Likes You

1. Something along the lines of, “I have a serious question to ask, and I don’t know when to ask it but…”
2. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and how is work? Yes, they’re being sweet. And also checking in with you, hoping to detect whether or not you’re making out with other people.
3. this zodiac is sexy and they know it. They may fish for compliments to brush their ego a tad.
4. Long texts about something that annoyed them. They’re wanting someone to talk to… they also want you to comfort them.

Sagittarius:

Friendly, affectionate, and a performer. Sagittarius is on the fence as to whether they want a serious relationship or if they just want to date. Sagittarius is a sweet and hospitable sign. texting habits include a decent amount of encouraging texts,
Texts that Sagittarius Likes You
1. Consistency. If you’re getting a lot of messages from a Sagittarius that means you are in good favor with them, whether as a friend or romantically.
2. Desperation. They’ll suddenly beg for you to come over, to marry you, to go on a wild adventure with them across the planet.
3. Sagittarius loves to flirt. Sometimes it’s just for fun, but if you’re not getting any flirty text messages, than they probably only see you as a friend.
4. Sagittarius likes connection in person, so don’t be surprised if they don’t text that much.

Capricorns:

Capricorns aren’t anti-text, they’re just anti-texting first. It’s kind of strange; it’s not like you lose power if you text someone first. However, when they receive a text, Capricorns couldn’t be sweeter, funnier, or more thoughtful. If texting them first is what it takes, it’s well worth it.

Capricorn Love Texts
1. A Capricorn will send you something a little flirty, with some skin, with some sleaziness, or some suggestion. That’s the sensual part of the earth sign.
2. They’ll make plans with you. They are naturally good planners. They like to spend time with people.
3. If they’re willing to take care of something for you then they have a thing for you — kind of like a Virgo. Maybe not that intense though.
4. They’ll take their time, but they are straight forward once they decide they do like you.

Aquarius:

Aquarius  texting habits says that they like to use as a way to send you links for all different kinds of articles. They’re interested in a variety of subjects, and so should you. They also have a tendency to make up their own words, which they think is hilarious but leaves the receiver confused.
Texts that Aquarius Likes You
1. They’re not straight forward. They might not flat out tell you that they like you. They need you to hit on them a lot to see if you like them.
2. Aquarius will try to hang out with you. They’ll use texting to see you in person
3. They’ll creatively figure out things about you and figure out how to get it into conversation. They’ll make a special effort to go toward things you like — what you eat, your favorite music, your favorite movie, etc., etc.
4. Aquarius will want to invite you into their world of eccentric things.
Pisces:

pisces wish they could say you spent hours and hours honing their perfectly worded, borderline poetic texting habit , but actually they flow from they like wine because they love words and honestly they’re just really good at using.
I Love You, Pisces Messages

1. Pisces will text you forever and to the ends of the earth. You’ll always have someone to text with when it comes to a Pisces. You’ll text them the whole entire year, they can keep up with you.
2. this zodiac will write you novels of texts that are impressive, romantic, and somewhat frightening. Pisces love for romance is Shakespearian in size.
3. They’ll text you about their feelings, about what makes you special, about why you are valued. Pisces loves to comfort, encourage, manipulate, and solace.
4. Pisces will text you pictures of everyday things, things they think will make you laugh, things they think will melt your heart.

There is a famous saying that hard work is the key to success although it is true but in my point of view good fortune is also very important with hard work. In this article we will tell you about top ten billionaires of world who have achieved peak of success with good fortune and hardwork, this list is according to American business magazine Forbes. It is said that billionaires control staggering portion of world economy, according to a list compiled and published by wealthx the top 50 richest people of world have total wealth of approximately $1.46 trillion.

Bill Gates an American business man, entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, and computer programmer has been on number 1 position on the top ten richest people list since last 3 years with a net worth of $75 billion. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg an American computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist is one of the luckiest person in this year who has succeed to obtain 8th position on the list, last year he was on number 16 position he is CEO and co-founder of the social networking website Facebook. If we see the list of top ten richest people in the world then we can easily see that men dominate the all tiers of this list, it doesn’t mean that there is no rich woman in the world while there are many female names in top 50 billionaires list.

We can say a person wealthy if the individual has pile of money in bank account and abundance of valuable resources like property and shares etc. Now we are going to tell you about the top ten richest people in the world according to this year.



1. Bill Gates

Bill Gates is the richest person in the world with net worth of $87.4 billion; he was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, United States. He is an American business magnate, entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, and computer programmer, he is son of a prominent lawyer William H. Gates, Sr. He co founded Microsoft and he served as its CEO, Chairman and chief software architect he was the largest shareholder of Microsoft until 2014. He is also a very generous person he and his wife has raised one of the most powerful charities in the world Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, most important aims of this foundations are to lift people out of poverty, eliminating HIV, Malaria and some other infectious diseases.



2. Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega is the second richest person in the world with the net worth of $72.3 billion; he was born on March 28, 1936 in Busdongo de Arbás, León, Spain. He is co-founder and chairman of the Inditex fashion group which is very well known for its largest brand Zara clothing and accessories retail shops, his father was a railway worker this Spanish fashion businessman also served as a delivery boy for a local shirt maker called Gala at young age of 14.



3. Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett got third rank in the list of richest people in the world, this American business magnate, investor and philanthropist was born on August 30, 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He is the third richest person in the world with the net worth of $66.9 billion; he is the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway Company. He is also known as “Wizard of Omaha” he is one of the most successful investors in the world.



4. Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos has third rank in the list of richest people in the world, this American technology entrepreneur and investor was born on January 12, 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. He is the fourth richest person in the world with the net worth of $52.7 billion, he is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Amazon.com, he is also founder and owner of a private aerospace company called Blue Origin.



5. David Koch

David Koch is the fifth richest person in the world with the net worth of $47.4 billion, this American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer was born on May 3, 1940 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. In 1970 he joined his family business Koch Industries which is second largest private company in Unites States of America and he became co-owner of this company with his older brother Charles in 1983.



6. Charles Koch

Charles Koch is the sixth richest person in the world with the net worth of $46.8 billion, this American businessman, political donor and philanthropist was born on November 1, 1935 in Wichita, Kansas, Unites States. He is co-owner, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of his family business Koch Industries, this company has approximately 100,000 employees.



7. Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison was born on August 17, 1944 in Manhattan, New York, United States; he is an American internet entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist. He is the seventh richest person in the world with the net worth of $45.3 billion, he is Co-founder and former CEO of Oracle Corporation which is second largest software maker behind Microsoft.



8. Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984 in White Plains, New York, United States, American computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is on number 8 in the list of richest people in the world; he is chairman, chief executive, and co-founder of the social networking website Facebook. He was student of Harvard University when he launched facebook with his roommates and friends and this website rapidly became very popular in 2012, he is one of the young wealthiest people in the world.



9. Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg is on number 9 in the list of top ten richest people in the world, he was born on February 14, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He is the ninth richest person in the world with the net worth of $42.1 billion, is the founder, CEO, and owner of the global financial data and media company Bloomberg L.P; he also served as 108th Mayor of New York City.



10. Ingvar Kamprad

Ingvar Kamprad is last but not the least on our list he is the tenth richest person in the world with the net worth of $39.3 billion, he was born on 30 March 1926 in Pjätteryd (now part of Älmhult Municipality), Sweden. He started his career at very young age by selling goods like matches and fish to the markets, then he founded IKEA company in 1943 which is now world’s largest furniture retailer, he left the company in 2013 at the age of 87.

The modern world is full of things to learn, adventures to explore, and people to meet. But how can we find time for all that when we are already so busy?
We at Bright Side have a few tips to help you organize your time more effectively and get the most out of each hour, day, week, and month.

Write down all your plans and daily goals even if you’re sure you won’t forget about them

Try making lists of your usual daily tasks, books you want to read, movies you want to watch, work projects, household chores, and so on.
Creating a list of products to buy or even a list of your desires is a simple yet useful habit. It will help you plan your day and ensure you don’t miss out on any important activities.

Use your "dead time" cleverly

"Dead time" is the amount of time between your tasks: train travel, standing in queues, waiting for friends, etc. Don’t waste that time by just playing those stupid games on your smartphone. Instead, use your dead time to read an interesting book, learn a new foreign language, or draw in your sketchbook.

Don’t waste your time watching commercials — rent or buy your favorite films or watch them online

Today, commercials on TV take up so much time that any TV program or series lasts one and a half times longer. To save you precious time, rent or buy your favorite movie or series. If you do so, you’ll spend less time watching commercials and you’ll have more time for other useful things.

Write down and keep track of everything you do during the day

Conduct a small experiment: grab your notebook and spend two or three days writing down everything you do during the day and how long it takes you. A detailed description of your daily life will help you understand where your precious minutes go. You will probably be surprised at how much time you spend on activities that don’t help you reach your goals, like browsing the web or checking unimportant e-mails.

Delegate as many of your duties and responsibilities as possible

Review the list of your daily household chores, and delegate some of them to other family members. Your husband will definitely cope with the task of throwing out the garbage, and your children can do simple and safe tasks at home too.

Don’t be too lazy to do 5-minute tasks throughout the day

Some tasks take no more than 15 minutes to complete. Make a list of these chores, and complete them one at a time. You can sort through the e-mails in your inbox, dust the cabinets, or water your house plants. Doing these small tasks on a day-to-day basis will help you reach your bigger goals.

Take a rest regularly, rather than just when feeling exhausted

Ideally, you should take a 10-minute break for every 50 minutes of work and devote one day a week to yourself only. But if this way of resting is not for you, then try alternating your activities every 20 minutes. If you do so, you’ll feel less tired and have more time during the day. Remember: your productivity at work depends on your physical energy. So don’t deprive yourself of rest and restoration.

They’re turning the web into a cesspool of aggression and violence. What watching them is doing to the rest of us may be even worse

This story is not a good idea. Not for society and certainly not for me. Because what trolls feed on is attention. And this little bit–these several thousand words–is like leaving bears a pan of baklava.

It would be smarter to be cautious, because the Internet’s personality has changed. Once it was a geek with lofty ideals about the free flow of information. Now, if you need help improving your upload speeds the web is eager to help with technical details, but if you tell it you’re struggling with depression it will try to goad you into killing yourself. Psychologists call this the online disinhibition effect, in which factors like anonymity, invisibility, a lack of authority and not communicating in real time strip away the mores society spent millennia building. And it’s seeping from our smartphones into every aspect of our lives.
The people who relish this online freedom are called trolls, a term that originally came from a fishing method online thieves use to find victims. It quickly morphed to refer to the monsters who hide in darkness and threaten people. Internet trolls have a manifesto of sorts, which states they are doing it for the “lulz,” or laughs. What trolls do for the lulz ranges from clever pranks to harassment to violent threats. There’s also doxxing–publishing personal data, such as Social Security numbers and bank accounts–and swatting, calling in an emergency to a victim’s house so the SWAT team busts in. When victims do not experience lulz, trolls tell them they have no sense of humor. Trolls are turning social media and comment boards into a giant locker room in a teen movie, with towel-snapping racial epithets and misogyny.

They’ve been steadily upping their game. In 2011, trolls descended on Facebook memorial pages of recently deceased users to mock their deaths. In 2012, after feminist Anita Sarkeesian started a Kickstarter campaign to fund a series of YouTube videos chronicling misogyny in video games, she received bomb threats at speaking engagements, doxxing threats, rape threats and an unwanted starring role in a video game called Beat Up Anita Sarkeesian. In June of this year, Jonathan Weisman, the deputy Washington editor of the New York Times, quit Twitter, on which he had nearly 35,000 followers, after a barrage of anti-Semitic messages. At the end of July, feminist writer Jessica Valenti said she was leaving social media after receiving a rape threat against her daughter, who is 5 years old.

Ever see harsh comments posted on a YouTube Video, and think, "What a Troll." TIME Reporter Belinda Luscombe takes takes it to the troll and reads her harsh YouTube comments with this Dramatic Reading.
A Pew Research Center survey published two years ago found that 70% of 18-to-24-year-olds who use the Internet had experienced harassment, and 26% of women that age said they’d been stalked online. This is exactly what trolls want. A 2014 study published in the psychology journal Personality and Individual Differences found that the approximately 5% of Internet users who self-identified as trolls scored extremely high in the dark tetrad of personality traits: narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism and, especially, sadism.

But maybe that’s just people who call themselves trolls. And maybe they do only a small percentage of the actual trolling. “Trolls are portrayed as aberrational and antithetical to how normal people converse with each other. And that could not be further from the truth,” says Whitney Phillips, a literature professor at Mercer University and the author of This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship Between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture. “These are mostly normal people who do things that seem fun at the time that have huge implications. You want to say this is the bad guys, but it’s a problem of us.”

A lot of people enjoy the kind of trolling that illuminates the gullibility of the powerful and their willingness to respond. One of the best is Congressman Steve Smith, a Tea Party Republican representing Georgia’s 15th District, which doesn’t exist. For nearly three years Smith has spewed over-the-top conservative blather on Twitter, luring Senator Claire McCaskill, Christiane Amanpour and Rosie O’Donnell into arguments. Surprisingly, the guy behind the GOP-mocking prank, Jeffrey Marty, isn’t a liberal but a Donald Trump supporter angry at the Republican elite, furious at Hillary Clinton and unhappy with Black Lives Matter. A 40-year-old dad and lawyer who lives outside Tampa, he says he has become addicted to the attention. “I was totally ruined when I started this. My ex-wife and I had just separated. She decided to start a new, more exciting life without me,” he says. Then his best friend, who he used to do pranks with as a kid, killed himself. Now he’s got an illness that’s keeping him home.

Marty says his trolling has been empowering. “Let’s say I wrote a letter to the New York Times saying I didn’t like your article about Trump. They throw it in the shredder. On Twitter I communicate directly with the writers. It’s a breakdown of all the institutions,” he says. “I really do think this stuff matters in the election. I have 1.5 million views of my tweets every 28 days. It’s a much bigger audience than I would have gotten if I called people up and said, ‘Did you ever consider Trump for President?'”

Trolling is, overtly, a political fight. Liberals do indeed troll–sex-advice columnist Dan Savage used his followers to make Googling former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum’s last name a blunt lesson in the hygienic challenges of anal sex; the hunter who killed Cecil the lion got it really bad.

But trolling has become the main tool of the alt-right, an Internet-grown reactionary movement that works for men’s rights and against immigration and may have used the computer from Weird Science to fabricate Donald Trump. Not only does Trump share their attitudes, but he’s got mad trolling skills: he doxxed Republican primary opponent Senator Lindsey Graham by giving out his cell-phone number on TV and indirectly got his Twitter followers to attack GOP political strategist Cheri Jacobus so severely that her lawyers sent him a cease-and-desist order.

The alt-right’s favorite insult is to call men who don’t hate feminism “cucks,” as in “cuckold.” Republicans who don’t like Trump are “cuckservatives.” Men who don’t see how feminists are secretly controlling them haven’t “taken the red pill,” a reference to the truth-revealing drug in The Matrix. They derisively call their adversaries “social-justice warriors” and believe that liberal interest groups purposely exploit their weakness to gain pity, which allows them to control the levers of power. Trolling is the alt-right’s version of political activism, and its ranks view any attempt to take it away as a denial of democracy.

In this new culture war, the battle isn’t just over homosexuality, abortion, rap lyrics, drugs or how to greet people at Christmastime. It’s expanded to anything and everything: video games, clothing ads, even remaking a mediocre comedy from the 1980s. In July, trolls who had long been furious that the 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters starred four women instead of men harassed the film’s black co-star Leslie Jones so badly on Twitter with racist and sexist threats–including a widely copied photo of her at the film’s premiere that someone splattered semen on–that she considered quitting the service. “I was in my apartment by myself, and I felt trapped,” Jones says. “When you’re reading all these gay and racial slurs, it was like, I can’t fight y’all. I didn’t know what to do. Do you call the police? Then they got my email, and they started sending me threats that they were going to cut off my head and stuff they do to ‘N words.’ It’s not done to express an opinion, it’s done to scare you.”

Because of Jones’ harassment, alt-right leader Milo Yiannopoulos was permanently banned from Twitter. (He is also an editor at Breitbart News, the conservative website whose executive chairman, Stephen Bannon, was hired Aug. 17 to run the Trump campaign.) The service said Yiannopoulos, a critic of the new Ghostbusters who called Jones a “black dude” in a tweet, marshaled many of his more than 300,000 followers to harass her. He not only denies this but says being responsible for your fans is a ridiculous standard. He also thinks Jones is faking hurt for political purposes. “She is one of the stars of a Hollywood blockbuster,” he says. “It takes a certain personality to get there. It’s a politically aware, highly intelligent star using this to get ahead. I think it’s very sad that feminism has turned very successful women into professional victims.”

Twitter Suspends Account of Conservative Writer Milo Yiannopoulos
Twitter is permanently banning a prominent conservative reporter for starting a Twitter war with Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones.
A gay, 31-year-old Brit with frosted hair, Yiannopoulos has been speaking at college campuses on his Dangerous Faggot tour. He says trolling is a direct response to being told by the left what not to say and what kinds of video games not to play. “Human nature has a need for mischief. We want to thumb our nose at authority and be individuals,” he says. “Trump might not win this election. I might not turn into the media figure I want to. But the space we’re making for others to be bolder in their speech is some of the most important work being done today. The trolls are the only people telling the truth.”

The alt-right was galvanized by Gamergate, a 2014 controversy in which trolls tried to drive critics of misogyny in video games away from their virtual man cave. “In the mid-2000s, Internet culture felt very separate from pop culture,” says Katie Notopoulos, who reports on the web as an editor at BuzzFeed and co-host of the Internet Explorer podcast. “This small group of people are trying to stand their ground that the Internet is dark and scary, and they’re trying to scare people off. There’s such a culture of viciously making fun of each other on their message boards that they have this very thick skin. They’re all trained up.”

Andrew Auernheimer, who calls himself Weev online, is probably the biggest troll in history. He served just over a year in prison for identity fraud and conspiracy. When he was released in 2014, he left the U.S., mostly bouncing around Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Since then he has worked to post anti–Planned Parenthood videos and flooded thousands of university printers in America with instructions to print swastikas–a symbol tattooed on his chest. When I asked if I could fly out and interview him, he agreed, though he warned that he “might not be coming ashore for a while, but we can probably pass close enough to land to have you meet us somewhere in the Adriatic or Ionian.” His email signature: “Eternally your servant in the escalation of entropy and eschaton.”

While we planned my trip to “a pretty remote location,” he told me that he no longer does interviews for free and that his rate was two bitcoins (about $1,100) per hour. That’s when one of us started trolling the other, though I’m not sure which:

We all have a crush on atleast one actress, but have you ever wondered which famous Hollywood actresses are the same age as you? It can be hard to tell, thanks to makeup and lavish lifestyle, but you don’t need to do research on wiki as we have found actresses aged 15 to 65 (as of oct 25). Within each age group there are pretty famous actresses whom we all have seen in movies/TV shows.

Below we are listing famous hollywood actresses aged 15 to 65, i’m happy to see that my favorite actress /crush is of my age:)

1. Rowan Blanchard, 15 years old

2. Kalani Hilliker, 16 years old



3. Joey King, 17 years old



4. Peyton List, 18 years old



5. Maisie Williams, 19 years old



6. Sophie Turner, 20 years old



7. Danielle Campbell, 21 years old



8. AnnaSophia Robb, 22 years old



9. Sofia Carson, 23 years old



10. Shailene Woodley, 24 years old



 

Instagram has been around for a long time and people have really learned how to use it to attract audiences. Some post kittens, birdies and other cute animals, while others focus on their own lives and hobbies. Yet, there are others who use it to promote art and all sorts of crazy and fun ideas. Here’s a list of top 7 weird instagram accounts you should definitely check out.

@Penguin the Magpie

A few years ago Noah Bloom rescued a small bird that fell out of its nest. After finding it lying next to a tree, Noah took the chick home and adopted it into the family. Now the bird named Penguin has its own nest and is an important part of the family. This Instagram is all about love and compassion. And the bird itself is just hilarious!

@Pandemonia99

Can you imagine a 7ft doll becoming more famous than most celebs? Well, meet Pandemonia, a young fashion guru that has millions of followers all over the world. She was initially created to mock the modern day society that’s driven by consumerism, but now she kind of became part of that. Pandemonia was created as a form of art by a journalist from Daily Mail. Follow this doll to find out what she’s up to next!

@Yoyoha

Coffee cups can be incredibly fun if you are an artist with a great sense of humor. Most of us drink coffee every day, but almost none of us use it to create some kind of art. It’s a different story with Josh Hara, who has come up with an idea to draw something funny on his coffee cups. Check out his art, it’s cute and funny!

@Cookingforbae

This one’s definitely not for people with weak stomachs. It seems this is the very place where the so-called ‘food porn’ comes to die. If you think you are a lousy cook, just check out this account and you’ll be put at ease. Just don’t look at it for too long or you might lose all the cooking mojo you have!

@Miserable_men

Guys can be unhappy about all kinds of things, but this reason is just too funny! If you think shopping is fun, check out this IG account and learn about all the hardships and drawbacks that come with this activity. These men are truly miserable!

@Digbyvanwinkle

Meet Digby & Aloysius Van Winkle who live in New Zealand. These two doggies are so ugly they’re cute! Their owners make everything in their power to create the most hilarious situations for Alo and Dibgy. If you need a mood booster – this is it!

@Baddiewinkle

This incredible granny definitely has more fun than most of young people combined together. She’s won the whole world over with her fun and easy-going personality, as well as her active lifestyle. She has 1.6 million followers, and for a good reason! Baddie is the baddest grandma of them all – she was even seen hanging out with Miley Cyrus at one of her concerts!

Preparations are in full swing for the Chinese dog meat festival which is scheduled to be held in the southern city of Yulin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Local residents are waiting for the dogs to arrive, so they can get to work, while traders have their hands full, desperately trying to meet demand.

The first step of the festival has already gone underway: thousands of dogs are shipped from all over the country to Yulin. They are either stolen pets or strays, who traders argue nobody will miss, so why not cook them. The canines are rounded up and crammed in wired cages and left with no food and water and no room to breathe. The journey can take from a couple of hours to two or even three days. Some of the dogs do not survive this daunting experience.

Once the dogs arrive in Yulin, they are sold to restaurants or private cooks. To ensure the freshness of the meat, they are kept in small cages near the main roads, so customers eager to taste dog meat can hand pick the dogs they would like to have cooked.

Residents of Yulin are extremely happy to host the festival – which is celebrated on June 21st to mark the Summer Solstice – and claim they prepare the tastiest dog meat on the market.

Although the number of dogs that are cooked at the festival has decreased each year amid numerous international protests, there will still be over 1, 000 dogs that will perish in the name of culinary tradition next week.

The authorities in Yulin have been turning a blind eye for far too long on this issue. Not only is this immoral, but also illegal: while dog meat can be sold to the general population, vendors must provide provide so-called “health certificates” to prove the origin of the meat; but since most of the dogs from Yulin are either strays or stolen pets, such certificates do not exist. If authorities had actually bothered to verify the vendors in Yulin, they would have noticed that!

Please show your support and help ensure that our pleas for help will finally be heard. Urge the authorities to intervene and do not let this gruesome and horrible gathering take place!

Please make your voice heard, because these dogs need us more than ever! I believe in humanity and I truly hope we will be able to save these dogs.

CLICK HERE to sign the petition and take the action now.

Social media is the intersection of tech and culture, and Instagram happens to be the fastest-growing social media site at the moment with more than 500+ million users.

Here is the follower list of the most popular Instagrams on the planet and my impressions of what makes them effective. Now obviously you have to be pretty famous to be one of the 10 most-followed people on Instagram. The list is updated on 22th October 2016.

1. Instagram

195,435,090 followers
Own your turf and don’t overthink it. You’re a person not a brand, unless you’re a brand marketer in which case take all of this advice to heart.

2. Selena Gomez

101,970,851 followers
Selena’s lesson to the world is to look good all the time and have fun while you’re doing it. Thanks Selena.

3. Taylor Swift

92,444,032 followers
It’s important to show who you ride with. Taylor uploads posts with a bunch of fellow celebrities which enhance her street cred and the reputations of those she’s pictured with.

4. Beyonce

86,905,267 followers
Beyonce has a very normal Instagram. It’s just that her life looks like it rocks, so it comes off a lot more awesome than ours do.

5. Ariana Grande

86,817,808 followers
Ariana engages with her fans really well and reposts fan’s pictures and responds to them. She also posts a lot of downloaded Snapchat videos as Instagrams, which I kind of find odd but whatever.

6. Kim Kardashian

85,637,229 followers
The Kardashians really are insane. They have their own apps, they upload tons of photos every day, they post posts of them posting posts. You can’t just chalk up the fact that they all have some of the most massive followings due to them just being who they are. Instagram was made for the type of culture Kim Kardashian embodies: big visual moments on display.

7. Cristiano Ronaldo

79,905,974 followers
Be honest. He’s one of the most famous football players in the world and he uses his Instagram mostly to show what he does, which is a lot of practice and working out.

8. Justin Bieber

77,865,420 followers
Justin Bieber gets an unbelievably higher amount of likes than almost anyone on this list. If you can cultivate a following as involved as he has, run for the hills.

9. Kylie Jenner

77,111,543 followers
I really can’t talk about the Kardashian clan this seriously anymore, just click to the next one please.

10. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

68,777,594 followers
Nice guys win sometimes. Nobody’s Instagram leaves you with a better impression of the person than The Rock’s. He takes a lot of selfie videos just engaging with his followers and he tends to show off a lot of fan art.

Source: Socialbade

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