Chick Fil A Did WHAT After Gay Club Shooting? Why Isn’t This Viral?

Chick Fil A has made national news for its owner’s stance on gay marriage. Anytime they do something even remotely non-PC, their supposed slip up goes viral. Hash tags pop up all over the place.

So why is that what they have done in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting, hasn’t received a single mention on the mainstream news channels?

It’s probably because people like New York City Mayor, Bill DeBlasio, might have to eat crow instead of chicken. DeBlasio has said that Chick Fil A spreads a message of hate.

Not so yesterday. In a shocking move the Orlando location, at University and Rouse Road, fired up its grills on Sunday. The chain is notorious for not being open—ever—on the first day of the week. Employees cooked up hundreds of their famous chicken sandwiches. They brewed dozens of gallons of sweet tea.

Then, instead of making a single dime, they crated the product of their labor to the One Blood donation center. The food and drinks were handed out, free of charge, to all the people who had lined up to donate blood.

So far, the only mention of the incident has been from individuals on Facebook. They have posted photos thanking the restaurant for their thoughtfulness and generosity.

But wait, those people were waiting to give blood to victims that were mostly gay. Doesn’t Chick Fil A hate gays? That’s what we keep being told.

Turns out that while the founders definitely don’t approve of the gay lifestyle, they believe in compassion. Who knew? A bunch of people claiming to be Christians, caring about others even when they don’t agree with them. These employees took time out of their personal schedules, volunteering to feed those who were donating blood, that was desperately needed by the hospital to treat the severely injured survivors.

On top of that, the franchise located on Wells Road in Orange Park is even offering coupons for a free frosted lemonade. The coupon will be available to anyone who donates blood on June 14, 2016 while the One Blood mobile unit is at their location.

So much for "Chick Fil hAte" becoming a thing.

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A former building superintendent working for the Trumps explained that he was told to code any application by a black person with the letter C, for colored, apparently so the office would know to reject it. A Trump rental agent said the Trumps wanted to rent only to "Jews and executives," and discouraged renting to blacks.

Donald Trump furiously fought the civil rights suit in the courts and the media, but the Trumps eventually settled on terms that were widely regarded as a victory for the government. Three years later, the government sued the Trumps again, for continuing to discriminate.

In fairness, those suits date from long ago, and the discriminatory policies were probably put in place not by Donald Trump but by his father. Fred Trump appears to have been arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in 1927; Woody Guthrie, who lived in a Trump property in the 1950s, lambasted Fred Trump in recently discovered papers for stirring racial hatred.

Yet even if Donald Trump inherited his firm’s discriminatory policies, he allied himself decisively in the 1970s housing battle against the civil rights movement.

Another revealing moment came in 1989, when New York City was convulsed by the "Central Park jogger" case, a rape and beating of a young white woman. Five black and Latino teenagers were arrested.

Trump stepped in, denounced Mayor Ed Koch’s call for peace and bought full-page newspaper ads calling for the death penalty. The five teenagers spent years in prison before being exonerated. In retrospect, they suffered a modern version of a lynching, and Trump played a part in whipping up the crowds.

As Trump moved into casinos, discrimination followed. In the 1980s, according to a former Trump casino worker, Kip Brown, who was quoted by The New Yorker: "When Donald and Ivana came to the casino, the bosses would order all the black people off the floor. ... They put us all in the back."

In 1991, a book by John O’Donnell, who had been president of the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, quoted Trump as criticizing a black accountant and saying: "Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. ... I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control." O’Donnell wrote that for months afterward, Trump pressed him to fire the black accountant, until the man resigned of his own accord.

Trump eventually denied making those comments. But in 1997 in a Playboy interview, he conceded "the stuff O’Donnell wrote about me is probably true."

The recent record may be more familiar: Trump’s suggestions that President Obama was born in Kenya; his insinuations that Obama was admitted to Ivy League schools only because of affirmative action; his denunciations of Mexican immigrants as, "in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists"; his calls for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States; his dismissal of an American-born judge of Mexican ancestry as a Mexican who cannot fairly hear his case; his reluctance to distance himself from the Ku Klux Klan in a television interview; his retweet of a graphic suggesting that 81 percent of white murder victims are killed by blacks (the actual figure is about 15 percent); and so on.

Trump has also retweeted messages from white supremacists or Nazi sympathizers, including two from an account called @WhiteGenocideTM with a photo of the American Nazi Party’s founder.

Trump repeatedly and vehemently denies any racism, and he has deleted some offensive tweets. The Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi racist website that has endorsed Trump, sees that as going "full-wink-wink-wink."

(Update: After this column was published, the Trump campaign emailed me the following statement: "Donald Trump has a lifetime record of inclusion and has publicly rebuked groups who seek to discriminate against others on numerous occasions. To suggest otherwise is a complete fabrication of the truth.")

My view is that "racist" can be a loaded word, a conversation stopper more than a clarifier, and that we should be careful not to use it simply as an epithet. Moreover, Muslims and Latinos can be of any race, so some of those statements technically reflect not so much racism as bigotry. It’s also true that with any single statement, it is possible that Trump misspoke or was misconstrued.

Here we have a man who for more than four decades has been repeatedly associated with racial discrimination or bigoted comments about minorities, some of them made on television for all to see. While any one episode may be ambiguous, what emerges over more than four decades is a narrative arc, a consistent pattern — and I don’t see what else to call it but racism.

Clues come from decades of words and actions.

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Pewdiepie kicked out of his recording studio due to this outrageous reason

YouTube’s most successful celebrity, PewDiePie, is to be evicted from his apartment, amid neighbors’ complaints of excessive noise and anti-social behavior.

Uploaded on Friday, PewDiePie created a video discussing the events leading up to the eviction notice. The video in question contains footage of his landlord calling him a "faggot," which PewDiePie further clarified in the following tweet.

To be clear: I made a video, landlord thought I was having gay sex. Comes down to call us faggots. Next day evicted w/o previous notice. — Felix Kjellberg (@pewdiepie) June 17, 2016

It wasn’t long after that he was given an official eviction notice, requiring his departure by the 29th of June. Funnily enough, he actually received a noise complaint after the eviction notice.

Usually, PewDiePie creates his content in a soundproof room, built specially to withstand all his screaming and shouting. Sometimes he’ll need more space, though – like the kitchen, where neighbors’ can hear him just fine.

Speaking about how his landlord handled the situation, he said:

If you’re gonna be a landlord in Brighton, the gay capital of UK, maybe try not be a fuckin’ prejudiced piece of shit, how bout that?

Landlord, fuck you. Luckily for us, it’s really easy to move. It’s not a problem. We have the resources, and we can just do it. I imagine for another normal person this would throw them out on the streets.

And seemingly, it was really easy to move. PewDiePie can be seen in his new place at the end of Friday’s video, which you can check out below. He predicts that "so much shitty content is going to be made" there, so fear not, Bro Army.

YouTube's most successful celebrity, PewDiePie got kicked out of his recording studio because of this.


'I've looked at over 40,000 résumés, and these are the 3 most annoying things I've seen'

"I realized people simply did not know how to market themselves or their achievements," Nicolai tells Business Insider. "And that's how I knew there was a market to educate job candidates at all levels and in all industries."

"Since launching my company, I've read over 40,000 résumés," she says. And there are a few things she's seen over and over again that are "pretty irritating."

She says: "These are the three most annoying things I've seen: Summaries that are way too long; overused résumé jargon; and appearing too formal and rigid."

Summaries are annoying, she explains, when they are written in a formal tone and include too many adjectives. "After a while, the summaries can read like a lengthy chapter in a book. It's better to list a few bullets with pointed achievements and a branded tag line stating, 'known for achieving XYZ.'"

Meanwhile, résumé jargon such as "out-of-the-box," "team player," and "exceptional communicator" are "baseline expectations in today's market," Nicolai says. "A person who truly is a 'unique problem solver who works well in teams' will convey this succinctly and creatively on their résumé through a combination of few words and imagery."

Lastly, she says she finds overly formal résumés annoying, because they're not engaging and don't allow the reader to get a good sense of the applicant's personality.

The next time you go to submit your résumé, make sure it's clear of these three things.

When Tina Nicolai began working as a recruiter for Walt Disney World in the late 1990s, she noticed that many job seekers were submitting flawed résumés.

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Medical marijuana dispensaries in this city say they're losing money

"All medical marijuana businesses are operating at a loss," D.C. dispensary Capital City Care's general manager David Guard told the Washington Times.

"So far, all we have been doing is bleeding cash," Bob Simmons, with one of D.C.'s six approved cultivation centers, Alternative Solutions, said to the paper.

D.C.'s medical marijuana program has been operational for some three months now. In that time, only 59 patients have been added to the registry of legal buyers, reports the Washington Post:

The city’s pioneering dispensaries say they are losing money; doctors remain fearful to write prescriptions; and patients with HIV or cancer who may legally obtain the drug say they have been stymied by lengthy applications and warnings that the purchases remain illegal under federal law. Those were among the many warnings that advocates for a robust medical marijuana program ticked off Monday at a hearing, as they urged D.C. council members to relax the city’s strict medical marijuana standards.

Advocates are asking that the District's program be expanded, since current regulations allow medical marijuana to be prescribed only to patients with cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS or a condition that causes severe muscle spasms. D.C.'s program is among the country's most restrictive; other jurisdictions are far more expansive, allowing marijuana to be prescribed for such conditions as anorexia and migraine, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, nausea and Hepatitis C.

Another limitation: Few doctors in the nation's capital are now able to prescribe medical marijuana. Via Washingtonian:

Najma Roberts, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health, said that since the program launched, only 62 physicians of the approximately 1,400 accredited by the city have picked up the recommendation forms. And of those, only 39 have actually filled them out.

The low participation is said to be at least partly due to doctors' fears of breaking federal law.

D.C. Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander (D-Ward 7), who chairs the Council's health committee, said she was amenable to growing the District's medical marijuana program -- with reservations.

"We already have a lot of HIV, cancer, glaucoma -- there are thousands in the district," she said, according to the Washington Post. "We’re talking about expanding, but we’re not really utilizing it to the full extent currently."

"The reality is that it just takes time to get all the pieces in place and build a sustainable model for medical marijuana in D.C.," says Capital City Care spokesperson Scott Morgan. "I think everybody understood it would take time for the businesses to become profitable. What we didn't necessarily expect was that patient participation would be as low at this time."

Morgan, who tells HuffPost that his dispensary services 33 -- more than half -- of the District's current medical marijuana patients, is heartened that stakeholders are working together to "come up with solutions" to the problems now restraining the program's growth.

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The one marriage rule you absolutely positively must follow

If there was one piece of marital advice I'd want to give you, I still wouldn't. Not because I want to keep you from the "Top 20 Ways to Improve Your Marriage!" or the "3 Tricks Guaranteed to Keep Him Happy in the Bedroom!" I wouldn't share it with you because, like your preferred brand of no-cal sweetener, we all have our own preferences and some of them cause tumors in rats.

I don't know -- the yellers, the cuddlers, the daters who never talk about the kids when they go out for dinner and the couples with separate bank accounts -- they all freak their own freak and seem to have just as much success (or failure) as anyone else. So spoon in your sleep, if you must, if that keeps you and your partner bonded. I'd knee Tim in the groin if he tried to fling a leg over me while we slept, but maybe you're into that sort of thing.

I base a lot of my approach to commenting on other people's marriages on something my mother once told me when I was about to meddle with a friend's dating life in high school. She said, "Don't." She was right. After months of knowing a girlfriend was seeing someone else on the side, I spilled the secret to her boyfriend, assuming I'd saved him a lot of heartache. Turns out he'd been cheating on her as well and both of them -- their delicate balance disrupted -- hated me for getting involved.

"I wouldn't even meddle in my sisters' marriages," my mother explained. What we outsiders think we understand about what's going on in someone else's relationship is often a far cry from reality.

So, be the couple that eats off of each other's forks, if that works for you. Be the couple that fights over money or politics or favorite brand of laundry detergent. Be swingers, for all I care; I will sit back and judge you in silence, like God intended.

Except that if there's one rule you absolutely, positively must follow, it's this: Don't let your spouse be your everything. No one person can be your everything. No, no one person should have to be your everything. That's a hell of a lot to ask.

That's all I have to say about that. I mean, I won't tell you what you should do because this is 'Merica --

But, you should also avoid saying the first thing that comes to mind in the event that you find yourself in an argument with your spouse. If you're arguing over who needs to scoop the dog poop in the backyard, it is not the time to say, "I've always hated your mother!"

But that's it. Two pieces of advice. Not really advice, common sense.

You should have a will. I know that seems morbid, but have you talked with your spouse about what will happen when you die? Or when he dies after you smother him in his sleep for saying your homemade fruit leather was "just OK"?

That's not me telling you what's what, that's just sound planning, that. You need nothing else, really, for a successful marriage. Don't make your spouse your everything; try not to fight dirty; make sure you have a will. Just a suggestions, is all.

If there's just one more thing you really, absolutely ought to do? It's share your story and listen to other stories. Marriage is a marathon and telling your marriage tales and hearing about others is like bringing along a fanny pack full of Power Bars for the slog.

That's why Jen of People I Want to Punch in the Throat, the writer behind the best-selling parenting-humor anthology I Just Want to Pee Alone, has compiled another book of hilarious essays for her follow-up, I Just Want to Be Alone. It's a book about relationships, namely, how husbands are ruining them.*

How do I know it's a great book? Because I'm in it with over 30 other Super Cool Lady Bloggers. And for my very last bit of non-advice, I think you should pre-order I Just Want to Be Alone right now on Amazon.com.

*Well, it's not like it's my fault he doesn't know I'm always right.

This post originally appeared on Moms.FortWayne.com.

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You Won't Believe How Many Bodyguards Mark Zuckerberg Needs When Jogging

When Mark Zuckerberg goes for a run, he’s not alone.

The 31-year-old Facebook mogul was spotted going for a jog in Berlin this week — along with five bodyguards.

But five is only a small portion of his security team.

Page Six recently reported that Zuckerberg has a 16-person team protecting his $10 million home in San Francisco because of all the threats he receives from angry Facebook users.

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This Is When Cristiano Ronaldo Will Return To The Pitch

Although Cristiano Ronaldo was very happy that Portugal beat France to win Euro 2016, he'll be disappointed to have picked up an injury in the first half.

The Real Madrid star did try to carry on injured but it was simply impossible for the forward, who left the pitch in tears. There had been rumours that Ronaldo would be out for 'four to five' months, however, we've today been given an injury update.

According to Spanish paper Marca, Ronaldo will be out for a month but will not play for Madrid under after the first international break.

Ronaldo is expected to return for Madrid against Osasuna on September 11, missing the whole of pre-season.

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The Reason Why Zlatan Ibrahimovic Has Delayed Manchester United Move

Zlatan Ibrahimovic hasn't stopped teasing us about his move to Manchester United and yesterday at his clothing brand launch the Swedish international revealed we would have to be patient.

The 34-year-old is available on a free transfer and it was reported that a number of clubs from the Chinese Super League and MLS were interested. However, it appears his next destination will be the Premier League with Jose Mourinho's Manchester United. But what's holding up the move?

According to The Telegraph, United are prepared to delay the signing until next month so that the striker can collect a large loyalty bonus from Paris St-Germain.

Ibrahimovic is expected to sign a one year deal with Manchester United worth £220,000-per-week, with the option of a further 12 months.


@TheEllenShow gives a grateful formerly homeless man check for huge amount

Every Monday night, Derrick Walton shuts down his Iowa restaurant to feed people in need -- no matter how much the generous deed costs him.

It’s a hefty sacrifice, but one he always vowed to fulfill if he had the chance, because Walton knows what it’s like to go without.

The Des Moines, Iowa, pizza shop owner was once homeless after making a series of "poor choices" as a teen, and slept in abandoned cars and houses, he told DeGeneres on Wednesday. While trying to lift himself out of poverty, he pledged to help others if he ever had the means to do so.

"I made a promise that if I ever got in a position where I could help somebody, I would give something back," Walton told Yahoo’s Good News blog.

So when Walton opened Chef D's Pizza House earlier this year, one of the first ideas he put into practice was closing the shop on Monday nights to give free food to anyone who needs it -- even if he can’t always afford to do so.

When DeGeneres caught wind of Walton’s story, she decided to step in and help.

The talk show host invited Walton on her show on Wednesday and presented him with a $10,000 check. She also urged her viewers to patronize the giving pizza parlor.

"My hope with having you on is to have lines around the block and have it so packed that you can afford to close on Monday nights," DeGeneres said, "and do what you’re doing because it’s such an amazing gesture."

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Does Hillary Clinton really hate water? Or does she?

Politico came out on Monday with at tick-tock of Hillary Clinton’s big sick day. There didn’t seem to be too much new to report about the Democratic presidential candidate’s case of pneumonia, her overall health, or what it might mean for her campaign.

Clinton’s pneumonia isn’t severe, according to two people with direct knowledge of the candidate’s condition, and she is expected to return to the campaign trail as early as this week. The real issue is chronic dehydration, exacerbated by her lung problem and Clinton’s reluctance to drink water, which has become a source of tension with her staff.

"She won’t drink water, and you try telling Hillary Clinton she has to drink water," said a person in her orbit—who described a frenzied rehydration mission that included multiple bottles of water and Gatorade.

But wait, isn’t water the source of all life and how we replenish our precious bodily fluids? And as a human, wouldn’t Clinton be a regular consumer of water out of pure necessity?

It turns out that, as of 2008 at least, yes, Hillary Clinton did drink "tons of water." This was according to an interview she gave to Katie Couric the last time she was running for president (italics mine):

I take—I take vitamins. I—I drink tea, not coffee anymore. I have really stopped drinking diet drinks. Because I found that they gave you a jolt, but they weren’t good over the long run. I used to drink a lot of them. I drink tons of water. Just as much water as I can possibly drink..

I suppose it’s possible that Clinton’s water consumption habits have changed in the last eight years, possibly due to a change in bladder proportions or some other unforeseen factor. But given campaign’s oft-criticized penchant for obfuscating the truth on issues of great controversy, isn’t it possible that her staff is lying—or that Hillary was lying in 2008?

Here is some startling evidence that it was the former:

Video footage of Hillary drinking water, apparently from 2013.

Video footage of Hillary possibly drinking water, from a debate with Bernie Sanders earlier this year.

Finally, Hillary drinking water after suffering from coughing fits within the last week.

Whatever the real truth, this scandal needs a name. I propose "Waterghazi" or "Wetwater" because nothing more obvious comes to mind.

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And the most Googled reality TV star of 2013 is...

"Teen Mom" star Farrah Abraham has had quite the year, between shooting a sex tape with James Deen, casting molds of her privates for a line of sex toys, and auditioning for "Days of Our Lives" on two separate occasions. She received plenty of criticism for her choices and, along with that, lots of media coverage. All of the attention has made her the most Googled reality TV star of 2013, according to Google's metrics and end of year lists. She beat out Kim Kardashian, Lamar Odom, and Honey Boo Boo for the top spot, as well several other hot names.

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Kevin James has the best career switch in mind

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Kevin James, who has four kids with wife Steffiana de la Cruz, can imagine his life if the whole acting thing ended tomorrow.

"I'd spend time with the family. What other job would I get? Depends on what I was capable of doing. I'd be a bat boy for the Mets. I'm a Mets guy," says the comedian, who starred in "King of Queens" from 1998 to 2007.

"I guess I would do whatever it takes to get things done. You pick up these side gigs. I'd go into some bad investments, like a deli."

Now, he's back on primetime in "Kevin Can Wait," playing a newly-retired police officer who has restart his professional life. The show airs Mondays on CBS.

His return to TV wasn't anything complicated. "I wanted to come back and do it on Long Island and do it the right way with the right team. That's it," says James.

"A lot of my buddies from Long Island are retired New York cops and firefighters. They retire and they're younger than me. They're pressing reset on their life. They're trying to enjoy their retirement and life gets in the way. A lot of them get side jobs, too. That appealed to me, too," he says.

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Someone asked Rachel McAdams about her favorite "Mean Girls" quote

Rachel McAdams was at the Sundance Film Festival this year to support "A Most Wanted Man," Anton Corbijn's slow-burn espionage thriller with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright in starring roles. But why talk about that film when the "Mean Girls" anniversary is happening soon? Chelsea Briggs from HollyWire TV spoke to McAdams on the red carpet at Sundance and was able to ask Regina George to reveal her favorite quote from the 2004 teen classic.

"I guess, I like the toaster strudel part. I thought that was pretty funny," McAdams said during the interaction with Briggs, a reference to Gretchen Wieners' father, the inventor of toaster strudel. The star also singled out "Is butter a carb?" as another classic. No mention of that disgusting vest, however, so McAdams can't sit with us, but we'll do an awesome shooter in her honor anyway.

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Michelle Obama's movie request might surprise you

As if Carine Roitfeld needed more validation of her fashion world prominence, the former Paris Vogue editor has just received the ultimate validation, courtesy of Michelle Obama.

The first lady reportedly requested a copy of "Mademoiselle C," the new documentary chronicling Roitfeld's CR Fashion Book launch, to watch privately at the White House. The film's director, Fabien Constant, confirmed the news to Fashionista.

We knew Mrs. O was chummy with American Vogue's Anna Wintour, but who knew her love of fashion industry insiders extended across the pond? Unlike Wintour, Roitfeld hasn't talked politics much or courted her country's first ladies quite as fervently as her American counterpart has. (Though Roitfeld once remarked of then-first lady Carla Bruni: "She is very glamour. She can fit in the clothes.")

As for FLOTUS, it's not really a mystery why she would want to catch all of the behind-the-scenes style action in "Mademoiselle C" -- judging by the way she dresses, the woman clearly has a keen interest in fashion.

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The 10 most valuable brands in the world

According to Wikipedia, the brand is a manufacturer's mark and a trademark having a high reputation among consumers.

We should note that the concept of the brand is much narrower than that of a company

a company may possess several brands, for example, Google is a brand, and Alphabet Inc. is the company owning that brand.

In this article, we collected the current information on the most valuable global brands as of 22 May 2020.

We suggest you have a look at it and compare it with our list of the largest companies by market capitalization.

Industry: Electronics, information technology.

Products: Personal computers and tablets, mobile phones, audio players, and others.

Apple is the most valuable brand in the world. Today the company's logo is recognized by a lot of people, as Apple truly became the most successful and powerful brand ever. Its value is estimated at $205.5 billion by rating agencies experts.

The company was established on 1 April 1976 by Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Jobs. The trio initially engaged in the assembly of home computers and the production of proprietary models of PC. But their greatest success came in recent years when Apple introduced its line of mobile products to the world — iPhone smartphones and iPad tablets.

Nowadays, the range of Apple products is wide and includes smartwatches, computers and laptops, tablets, smartphones, and more. However, the hallmark of "apple" gadgets' popularity is high quality, stylish design, and a brilliant marketing program by Steve Jobs..

Today the company has thousands of offices, brand stores, and service centers worldwide with a staff of nearly 132,000 employees.

The headquarter is located in Cupertino, California, USA.

As it is the most used search engine on the internet, probably all users of the global network know Google. That is why the "Google" brand is one of the most expensive in the global ranking.

The experts estimate its value at $167.7 billion, which makes it the second most expensive brand in the world.

The company was established in 1993 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. It provides the search service that processes billions of queries per day. Because of its advanced search engine, the Google creators managed to implement one of the most powerful advertising aggregates on the Internet, which generates the single largest share of the revenue for the company.

However, it is not the only product of the company. Alphabet Inc. constantly develops new projects. For example, Google currently releases mobile gadgets of its own making, creates software (e.g., Android OS) intended to work with them, and owns many popular Internet services such as YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, Google AdWords and so on.

Headquarter is in Mountain View, California, USA.

Products: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Xbox.

The internationally famous Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates. At that time, Microsoft was the first software developer that suggested using packaged software for personal computers (PC) that would thereby make the PC experience user-friendly and intuitive. This software – the Windows operating system – was a real breakthrough since it allowed ordinary users to master PC skills easily. The system brought the company an incredible success and huge profits.

Today Microsoft is one of the leading companies in the PC software market as well. It releases the new-generation Windows operating systems, a set of applications to work with documents called Microsoft Office, and many other software programs. Besides, Microsoft produces own mobile devices and accessories, video, audio, and office equipment.

The headquarter is in Redmond, Washington, USA.

Being the 4th largest brand in the world, Amazon also ranks fourth as the most expensive company by market capitalization.

Amazon is the American biggest retail company selling and delivering various goods over the Internet.

Internet users, suppliers, and producers can sell any goods on their own by using Amazon’s website as an online platform. So, the company’s major business line is the sale of products. The popularity of the service soared due to high-quality goods, low prices, prompt delivery, and a wide assortment.

The company was established in 1994 by Jeff Bezos. Amazon is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

According to overall estimations, the company employs about 647,500 employees and has more than $162 billion in assets. Its annual turnover amounts to approximately $232 billion.

Facebook was developed by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004. The Facebook social network is currently being visited by more than 2 billion people every day. The value of $88.9 billion is simply an astronomical indicator of the popularity and demand for an Internet project.

Today Facebook yields more than $22 billion net yearly profit thanks to online advertising.

The headquarter is in Menlo Park, California, USA.

Coca-Cola is the most famous worldwide carbonated soft drink that brings more than $6 billion in net profit for its company per year.

The famous beverage brand was established in 1882. Today the company’s product suite also includes Fanta, Sprite, Diet Coke, and Schweppes.

Due to the large value of its assets, high profitability, a huge staff, and high profits, the value of the "Coca-Cola" brand is estimated at $59.2 billion.

The headquarter is located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Products: Electronics, household appliances, shipbuilding, aircraft engineering, finances, chemicals, and entertainment.

Samsung is globally known as a consumer electronics producer.

The company was established in South Korea in 1938. In 1969 Sanyo merged with Samsung, which gave birth to Samsung Group and changed the marketing approach and company mission.

In 1980, the first models of Samsung air conditioners appeared in the market. This was the beginning of the successful development in the European and Asian markets of climatic equipment.

In 1983, the Samsung company started the production of personal computers. By 1991-1992 the development of the first product line of mobile phones was completed. And in 1999, Samsung Electronics won the Forbes Global award in the category of consumer electronics manufacturing.

Nowadays, Samsung Group has plenty of lines for various kinds of products.

The company is headquartered in Suwon, the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, Republic of South Korea.

Industry: broadcasting, animation, movie-making, and theme parks.

Products: feature-length animated cartoons.

The brand was created back in 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy Disney. The brand started as a small animation studio and is now one of the largest in Hollywood.

The company also owns 11 entertainment parks, two water parks, and ABC – the major television and radio broadcasting network.

The headquarters and primary production facilities are located in Burbank, California, USA.

Toyota is a Japanese company founded in 1924 by Sakichi Toyoda. It is interesting that initially he didn’t even engage in the manufacturing of automobiles, but was producing weaving looms.

His son, Kiichiro Toyoda, took an interest in automobile manufacturing and established the division with the funds received from selling a patent on an intelligent production machine..

Global annual sales of Toyota cars almost reached $272 bln. in 2018. And, as car sales in Japan declined significantly, it is a testimony to the company’s activity in the global market.

The headquarter is in Toyota, Aichi, Japan.

McDonald's is a worldwide chain of fast-food restaurants that places 10th in the ranking of the most valuable brands. The company’s current estimated value is $43.8 billion despite its capitalization decreased in 2015 by 11% as a result of a series of incidents.

The company was founded in 1940 by two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonalds, who opened their first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.

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Sick of excessive traveling for work? Perhaps you have a case in court

Quietly dreading your next business trip? You're not alone. A recent study found that employees who frequently travel may be sick of their "hypermobile" work lives, but don't address the issue because they feel powerless.

The new research from England's University of Surrey determined two types of employees: the flourishing hypermobile and the floundering hypermobile.

"Those 'flourishing' viewed business travel as a source of happiness and a valued part of their identity," said Dr. Scott Cohen, lead author of the research and head of the department of tourism and events at the University of Surrey. "Those 'floundering' saw it as a source of unhappiness, and a danger to their health and family/social life."

Frequent travel can take its toll on anyone, so it's no wonder that employees may be struggling with it.

"Business travel can be disruptive to employees' regular sleep, exercise and eating — all of which can take a toll on their overall health and well-being," said Dr. William Siegart, medical director at travel risk management provider On Call International.

What's more, when you're on the road, the concept of a 9-to-5 day goes out the window.

"Working long hours well beyond the typical 9-to-5 are par for the course, and flight delays and logistics compound the stress," said Joost Schreve, co-founder and CEO of the travel platform kimkim, adding that even ostensibly glamorous trips, like a week in Tokyo, can be exhausting and "wreak havoc on everything from your sleeping and eating habits to relationships with friends and family."

Employees who feel they're spending too much time on the road, and/or that their health is at stake from frequent business travel, could have a case in court.

"Litigation is certainly possible," said Thomas Joo, a law professor at University of California, Davis. "It's well accepted that air travel has possible health effects. Starting about 10 years ago, we saw some lawsuits including class action [concerning] deep-vein thrombosis against airlines. There were a lot of settlements, and it was a big deal. If you see that there's a health problem association with flying, and that your bosses are exposing you to a health hazard, [that can serve] as logic to sue an employer."

But we have yet to see lawsuits filed against companies specifically based on the accusation of excessive business travel. This is because there's no law against such travel.

"There is no U..S. law that in general places limits or conditions on the travel associated with work," said Richard Reice, partner at Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP. "Even in this day where there is greater awareness of a positive work-life balance, there is no cause of action for 'excessive business travel' and determining how much is 'too much' in order to establish a violation."

What's more, the health hazards associated with flying are still controversial. Reice notes that there is "an absence of definitive research on the negative health impacts of excessive travel."

And then of course there's the problem that the study noted: the floundering hypermobile is unlikely to confront his or her employer.

"People see themselves locked into business travel as part of the job, and speaking out might put them in the 'slow lane' to job progression," study author Cohen told NBC News.

So, what's going to happen? Those of us who aren't suited for or are worn down by frequent business travel are just going to stay miserable? Or look for work that doesn't require so much time on the road? Possibly. But we should also put the pressure on companies to do right by us. This doesn't necessarily mean reducing our travel; it can simply mean improving the conditions of our travel.

"Companies should consider ways to make traveling for their road warriors more palpable," said Craig Fichtelberg, president and co-founder of AmTrav. "Many companies require tight travel polices that limit the amount that can be spent on an airline or hotel stay. The more rules they pile on, the more stress and strain this puts on the traveler."

Loosening up the reins, allowing for flexibility in schedule, and springing for upgrades can make a positive difference.

"Consider allowing travelers to be bumped up to economy-plus seating or even business class depending on the length of the flight," suggested Fichtelberg. "Consider four-star hotels as opposed to two- or three-star hotels, [and] even allow for an extra personal day on the road for the traveler to get acclimated. The old school mentality was to tighten the rules to save money on travel, when in essence it makes more economic sense to loosen the rules. Business travel should be perceived as a company benefit — not a liability."

Let's be realistic though, what average company is going to spring for fancy hotels and personal days abroad when it's flying people out on a routine basis? And what already inhibited employee is going to step up and ask for more? Something's got to give, and it's probably going to give in the courtroom.

Since there's no law against excessive business travel, an employee would need to show proof in the courtroom of the negative effects of excessive business travel, which could then lead to a law against it.

"The tipping point for employers will be when there is successful litigation causing an employer to pay out for damaging the health of an employee by forcing him or her to travel too frequently," said Cohen. "Then we'll begin to see the rush by employers to put safeguards in place, so that it doesn't happen to them."

Could There Be a Law Against Excessive Business Travel?

Could employees who feel they spend too much time on the road, or that their health is at stake, have a case in court?


Singapore beats NYC Paris for this distinction

Singapore has been named the "best-value city for foreign business" by Bloomberg this week, after a new report revealed the Southeast Asian city-state offers businesses the best property-rental value compared to other major business hubs around the world..

The report, put together by global real estate company Savills, involved calculating total costs to set up a business in 10 major cities, dividing that number by the per-capita gross domestic product of each city or country, and then comparing each location on a "value for money" scale.

Of the 10 cities measured, Singapore had the best -- and lowest -- score (16.1), while Mumbai had the worst (74.7). Sydney and Moscow also fared well.

"The value of real estate is higher where more corporate revenue can be generated," Yolande Barnes, director of Savills world research, said in a news release. "It is worth paying more to accommodate an executive team in Singapore with its high GDP than in the low GDP Mumbai."

For years, Singapore has been recognized as a great place to do business. According to Singapore's Economic Development Board website, the island nation has, for 16 consecutive years, ranked second in the world as the city with the "best investment potential." It is also said to be the world's easiest place to do business, as well as Asia's "most network-ready" and "most transparent" country.

Go to Bloomberg to see how all 10 cities placed on the scale.

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Yes! In fact, North America, including United States, Canada, Mexico, and Greenland, could easily fit inside Africa with plenty of room left to add Central America, Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia too.

Most of the maps we use day to day distort the relative sizes of countries, making countries near the equator look relatively small and countries near the north and south pole look relatively huge. However, we can compare the true sizes of countries by using a different type of map.

Sweden vs Madagascar Australia vs Antarctica Europe vs Brazil United States vs Australia South America vs Greenland Brazil vs United States Africa vs North America Africa vs Russia Saudi Arabia vs Alaska Europe vs Antarctica

Drag on the small world maps to compare different parts of the world.


It Started As Just Another IRS Scam, But Then Something Wonderful Happened!

It’s bad enough that we have to pay taxes, but who has time to suffer through a phone call with a tax scammer?

One man knew exactly what to do when a tax scammer called him to say he still owed the IRS over $3,000. He went on to tell him that his property was going to be seized, including his home and other additional penalties, if the man did not pay this debt immediately over the phone with his credit card.

Now, most of us probably wouldn’t be able to sit on the other end of the phone and play it cool like this guy did. But hats off to him for pulling it off. He knew the IRS doesn’t ever call people like this and ask for payments over the phone. So maybe he just wanted to see what kind of crazy things they would tell him so he could catch them in a lie.

Charlie, the man who posted this video is a born-again Christian. He says that he’s not known for his eloquent speaking, but that sometimes God just takes over a situation.

When the man on the other end of the phone, who calls himself "Kevin Smith", asks for Charlie’s credit card information, Charlie suggests that he might try and contact his father who handles all of his legal matters.

"I think it’s possible that there’s a mistake in the name. I think it’s possible that you’re looking for my Father."

Kevin thinks that he’s just not being clear enough and reiterates the proposition to Charlie, to which Charlie replies by saying that Kevin is actually looking for his Father who goes by the name, "El Shaddai."

Although it’s clear that being comical isn’t Charlie’s intent, you can’t help but laugh a little when Kevin thinks Charlie’s just trying to put off his responsibility to pay taxes onto someone else.

"Are you familiar with ‘El Shaddai?'" He begins to switch gears on Kevin, "My Father has already paid all of my debts for me, and you can find that under ‘El Shaddai.'"

Kevin is beginning to get frustrated and states that he needs to talk to him and not his ‘Father.’ But Charlie reassures him,

"You will talk to my Father at some point."

It ends up being a beautiful exchange. Charlie lets Kevin know that he’s on to his scam, but that he can change his ways. He tells him about the love of the Father, and the saving power of Jesus. He actually gets Kevin to pray the "Sinner’s Prayer."

It goes to show that just because you don’t like who’s calling you, it doesn’t mean that they have to ultimately dictate how the conversation goes. It’s awesome how the Lord can take over a situation if we surrender it to Him.


They Wanted A Girl, So They Tried A 4th Time. But Then Mom's Belly Got Much Bigger Than They Expected

She already had three sons, and all she wanted was a little girl.. But she got much more than she bargained for...

At first, everything seemed to go as planned. Chloe got pregnant, and everything appeared to be healthy.

But her belly size soon got out of control. It was clear to the couple that this was no normal pregnancy. Perhaps they were about to get a little more than they expected to.

Chloe and her husband went for an ultrasound, expecting multiples.

And they were right! Chloe was expecting triplets. However, it wasn’t that simple.

Chloe was expecting two boys and one girl. But the girl was having her oxygen supply cut off by the two boys.

So she was given a choice. Let her daughter die in order to let the two boys grow stronger, or induce an early birth to save the daughter, risking death for all three of them.

Chloe made the tough decision to try for her unborn daughter. She was hesitant, but she said, "I knew she was strong because she was still alive at 28 weeks." The babies were delivered a few days following the 28-week mark.

All three had to spend several days In the hospital, and received blood transfusions. Luckily, all babies appear to be growing strong and healthy. All three are at home now, and have met their three brothers.

And they’re such an adorable, picturesque family of eight! These six siblings are going to have a crazy, wonderful life.

Chloe and Rohan Dunstan were a sweet family of five when they decided to try for their fourth child. Their sons, aged 1, 2, and 3, are all lovely, but the couple wanted a daughter. So they try again. At first, everything seemed to go as planned. Chloe got pregnant, and everything appeared to be heal


A Tesla Model S drove itself under a parked trailer, but whose fault is that?

No one is questioning the fact that Utah resident Jared Overton’s Tesla Model S drove itself under a parked trailer, according to a report on KSL. What is in question is whether Overton inadvertently activated the car’s "Summon" function, as Tesla says, or if the car malfunctioned and started moving slowly on its own, as Overton claims.

The Tesla Model S’s Summon function is an autopilot mode for finding and parking in spaces and garages. In a response to The Drive’s inquiry and article about this incident, Tesla said the Model S travels at a maximum speed of 1.06 mph while in Summon mode.

Overton said he had driven to a business and parked well behind a trailer that was also parked on the same side of the street. Someone from the business came outside to see the car and that after a while — at least 20 seconds — they both went inside.. When Overton came back outside he saw the car had driven underneath the back of the trailer, causing what turned out to be $700 in windshield damage..

After reporting the incident to Tesla, Overton received a letter from a regional service manager that read in part, "Tesla has reviewed the vehicle’s logs, which show that the incident occurred as a result of the driver not being properly attentive to the vehicle’s surroundings while using the Summon feature or maintaining responsibility for safely controlling the vehicle at all times." The letter also said the Summon feature, "was initiated by a double-press of the gear selector stalk button, shifting from Drive to Park and requesting Summon activation." The Tesla response said the Summon feature activated three seconds after Overton got out and closed the door.

Overton has said he and the employee from the business he visited were outside much longer than three seconds and would have noticed if the vehicle was moving. And even had they not, they would have heard the car hit the trailer in the time it took to walk to and enter the business.

After KSL’s initial report on this incident, Tesla got in touch and told them that the Summon feature is in "beta" (development) mode but added, "This feature will park Model S while the driver is outside the vehicle. Please note that the vehicle may not detect certain obstacles, including those that are very narrow (e.g., bikes), lower than the fascia, or hanging from the ceiling. As such, Summon requires that you continually monitor your vehicle’s movement and surroundings while it is in progress and that you remain prepared to stop the vehicle at any time using your key fob or mobile app or by pressing any door handle. You must maintain control and responsibility for your vehicle when using this feature and should only use it on private property."

Tesla is sure that Overton activated the Summon function based on its review of the vehicle’s data (cars have accessible "black boxes" just like planes). Overton believes they’re dismissing his version of what happened, even though he and the workman from the other company agree. He also said his concern is not the money, but that in a similar situation someone might be injured.

An unoccupied Tesla Model S drove itself under a parked trailer. Who’s at fault?

A Utah man's Tesla Model S drove under a parked trailer with the Summon feature. Tesla's records show the man activated Summon; he says the car went rogue.


The country with the most plentiful healthy food is...

NEW YORK, Jan 14 - The Netherlands nudged past France and Switzerland as the country with the most nutritious, plentiful and healthy food, while the United States and Japan failed to make it into the top 20, a new ranking released by Oxfam on Tuesday showed.

Chad came in last on the list of 125 nations, behind Ethiopia and Angola, in the food index from the international relief and development organization.

"The Netherlands have created a good market that enables people to get enough to eat. Prices are relatively low and stable and the type of food people are eating is balanced," Deborah Hardoon, a senior researcher at Oxfam who compiled the results, said in an interview.

"They've got the fundamentals right and in a way that is better than most other countries all over the world."

Oxfam ranked the nations on the availability, quality and affordability of food and dietary health. It also looked at the percentage of underweight children, food diversity and access to clean water, as well as negative health outcomes such as obesity and diabetes.

European countries dominated the top of the ranking but Australia squeezed into the top 12, tying with Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Luxembourg at No. 8.

The United Kingdom failed to make the top 10, tying for the 13th spot, because of the volatility of its food prices compared to other goods, which Oxfam said is on a level with Peru (51), Malta (33) and Kyrgyzstan (65).

African nations, along with Laos (112), Bangladesh (102), Pakistan (97) and India (97), were predominant in the bottom 30 countries.

Although the United States has the most affordable and good quality food, high levels of obesity and diabetes pushed the nation into 21st place in the ranking, tying with Japan, which scored poorly on the relative price of food compared to other goods.

The Netherlands got top marks for its low food prices and diabetes levels, while Chad had the worst score for the cost of food in the country and the number of underweight children - 34 percent. The only countries where food is more expensive are Guinea and the Gambia, which were both at the lower end of the ranking.

Burundi (119), Yemen (121), Madagascar (122) and India have the worst rates of nutrition and the most underweight children, according to Oxfam.

Oxfam said the latest figures show 840 million people go hungry every day, despite there being enough food for the hungry. It called for changes in the way food is produced and distributed around the world.

The causes of hunger, it added, include a lack of investment in infrastructure in developing nations and in small-scale agriculture, security, prohibitive trading agreements, biofuel targets that divert crops from food to fuel and the impact of climate change.

Research suggests that climate change could raise the number of people at risk of hunger by 20 to 50 percent by 2050, according to the group.

"This index quite clearly indicates that despite the fact of there being enough food in the world we are still not able to feed everybody in all the countries around the world," said Hardoon.

"If we had a more equal distribution of wealth and resources, and particularly food, this wouldn't be a problem," she added.

Oxfam compiled the data between October and December 2013 using the latest information from the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Foundation, the International Labour Organization and other international organizations.

The index provides a snapshot based on the relative differences in various countries based on the number of factors. But Hardoon said it is not the comprehensive picture of any one nation. (Editing by Eric Kelsey and Cynthia Osterman)

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'Game of Thrones Season 7 Will Be Delayed For The Worst Reason

I really thought this short week of work was going to be easier than most, but after learning season seven of "Game of Thrones" will be delayed, well, I’m just not so sure anymore.

According to reports, the rest of your summer is now ruined due to the fact "GoT" has to delay the filming of season seven as a result of... wait for it... the WEATHER.

Though the HBO hit has traditionally debuted each new season in April, showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss have reportedly revealed we’ll have to wait for a later start date in 2017.

Speaking on the "UFC Unfiltered" podcast, the minds behind the television adaptation of George RR Martin’s novels said,

We don’t have an air date yet, but this year will probably be a little bit later.

We’re starting a bit later because at the end of this season, ‘Winter is here’ — and that means that sunny weather doesn’t really serve our purposes any more. So we kind of pushed everything down the line, so we could get some grim grey weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot.

Ned Stark was right all along, and now Westeros’ winter has ruined our summer. I can’t even.

‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Will Be Delayed For The Worst Reason

According to reports, the seventh season of "Game of Thrones" will be delayed because "winter is here" on the show, but it's too warm to shoot on location.


Study after study has proven what we already assume is true: Living in Hawaii is wonderful. It already boasts beautiful beaches and America's most livable city (Honolulu), and now, a new report finds it's the healthiest state in the union.

The United Health Foundation released its 25th annual America's Health Rankings, a report compiled by public health experts who analyze each state's healthcare, environment, social, and economic data.

And for the third year in a row, Hawaii has come out on top. But that's no big surprise. Since the rankings began in 1990, Hawaii has always been in the top six, with low smoking, obesity, and childhood poverty rates, and low rates of cancer and cardiovascular deaths.

Want to see how the rest of the country stacks up? Here are the top 10 healthiest states, according to the report:

A new report finds Hawaii is the healthiest state in the union.


The Galaxy Note 7 gets frozen in a block of ice and dropped from 100 feet – guess what happens!

Equipped with Gorilla Glass 5 and IP68-certified for protection against water and dust, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is a phone to be reckoned with. However, it was yet to prove itself in the ingeniously cruel hands of YouTubers GismoSlip!To really see what the Note 7 is made out of, they encased the phablet in a bowl of ice, then threw the lump of ice with the Note 7 still in it from as many as 100 feet high! We think you will be surprised by the outcome. Not only did the Note 7 withstand over 23 hours of being fully submerged in ice-cold water (that eventually froze), it also managed to get away from the improvised accident without a single scratch. Yes, the smartphone remained fully functional.Well, too bad the software part doesn't stand quite so firm against the strong hardware part. With Note 7's bricking left and right, we can imagine owners of the new handset getting angry enough as to attempt GismoSlip's antics on their own. This is something we strongly advise against, though. You might end up hurting passerby as you drop all that ice from above. And besides, you can always replace your smartphone! We reckon the Note 7 deserves a second chance.Anyway, watch the hilarious video below and let us know what you think!

To really see what the Note 7 is made out of, GismoSlip encased the phablet in a bowl of ice, then threw the lump of ice with the Note 7 still in it from as many as 100 feet high! We think you will be surprised by the outcome...