Fun Facts About One Direction 1D

Fun Facts About One Direction 1D:

1. Louis wants to be able to fly.

2. Niall is a natural brunette.

3. Zayn has a tattoo on his chest which says his Grandfathers name, in Arabic.

4. Liam has a fear of spoons.

5. Louis has 4 younger sisters.

6. Harry came up with the name ‘One Direction’.

7. The producer’s wanted Niall to go on a diet whilst on the X-Factor.

8. Liam cried while watching ‘Toy Story 3′.

9. Niall cried while watching ‘Finding Nemo’. 

10. Everyone in One Direction has one or more sisters except for Niall. He is the only one who has a brother.

11. If Zayn wasn’t in the band he would be an English teacher.

12. If Liam wasn’t in the band he would work in a factory building airplanes.

13. If Harry wasn’t in the band he would be at university studying and would work in a bakery

14. Liam thinks it would be great to employ people to play games with them.

15.Harry’s favorite food is sweetcorn and his fave drink is apple juice.

16.Zayn wants to quit smoking because he knows the fans don’t like it.

17.Most of One Direction’s fan are on twitter NOT facebook.

18.Harry thinks that if he wasn’t in One Direction people wouldn’t like him as much as they do.

19.When Harry was younger he used to write on his toast with food colouring.

20.With all the money Niall has made, he bought his mum a new car.

21. Niall talks about his day in his sleep.

22. Harry thought ‘The Hunger Games’ was about food

23. Louis is 5’9″ or 174cm

24. Zayn is 5’9″ or 174cm

25.  Liam is 5’10″ or 178cm

26.  Harry is 5’10″ or 178cm

27. Niall is 5’7″ or 171cm

28. Zayn’s father is from Pakistan and his mother was born in England 

29. If Niall wasn’t in the band he would be a sound engineer.

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Top 5 most expensive pens in the world

Top 5 most expensive pens in the world

The world’s most expensive pens have such unbelievable price tag that it will be not correct, perhaps “writing devices” fit better and also appear to justify the charges. The rising charges are generally due to the superb material used in making these expensive pens

5. Caran d’Ache Gotica Pen

Price: $1 Million

Caran d’Ache Gotica Pen was launched in China in 2006 and it’s of the most expensive pens in the world. It’s a product made by Caran d’Ache, they’ve also made another most expensive pens.This limited edition from Caran d’Ache, is a miniaturized tribute to gothic art and architecture.Caran d’Ache Gotica Pen has a six-sided rhodium-coated  body and cap and each surface displays a gothic window of rosette in luminous colours,and there are only 1022 pens available in the world. 

4. Limited Edition Mystery Masterpiece

Price: $730,000

The Limited Edition Mystery Masterpiece, a joint creation between Montblanc and Van Cleef & Arpels Two massive names of the luxury industry , If you order this pen you can chose from rubies, sapphires or emeralds, while all three variants are studded with  diamonds.

3. Heaven Gold Pen

Price: $995,510
When it comes about the luxurious instruments to write a gold pen with an amazing design is the perfect one for a rich person who works with it maybe all day. Designed by Anita Tan, this is one of the most expensive luxury pens and it has been covered in 161 brilliant color diamonds, as well as 43 carat Tsavorite gemstones. Heaven Gold Pen has been crafted from pink gold and Tsavorite gemstones embedded in it are said to be about two billion years old. I really want this.

2. Caran d’Ache 1010 Diamonds Limited Edition Fountain Pen

Price: $1 Million

 Caran d’Ache’s it pens are some of the most expensive in the world . This pen is a perfect tribute to the craftsmanship of Caran d’ Ache and it has some of the rarest and costliest stones in the world. Thus in a way this pen is unique due to the perfect amalgamation of exquisite workmanship and the precious stones.

1. Aurora Diamante Fountain Pen

Price: $1,47 Million

The Most Expensive Pen In The World.This pen has a whopping 2000 diamonds in its body and a plethora of other gems. To maintain its exclusivity, Aurora has decided to bring out with one such pen each year.

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16 Amazing Facts About The Beautiful Game

16 Amazing Facts About The Beautiful Game

We finally have another topic to awkwardly talk about besides the weather: it's World Cup time! So instead of standing in the Post Office queue unable to comment on Vanpersie's goal in the previous night's game, why not try to impress your fellow queue-surfers with 16 amazing facts about the beautiful game?

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1.) Football was first played in China

Football, more English than the Queen right? Nope! The game was actually first played in China during the Han Dynasty around 200 BC. Known as 'cuju', the game involved 12 players kicking a leather ball at a rectangular piece of cloth; 2200 years later, not much has changed. [Image Credit: Wikipedia]

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2.) Football or Soccer?

The age old debate, is it called football or soccer? Turns out, the Americans might actually be correct. It was actually us Brits that called the game 'soccer' first. The rules of the game were first established in 1863, and to distinguish it from 'Rugby Football', the new game was called 'Association Football'. Just like rugby to 'rugger', Association Football was shortened by British schoolboys to 'assoccer' or 'soccer'. Rugby and soccer were played solely by the upper classes of society for 18 years; until the working classes began playing the game and it became known as simply, 'football'. [Image Credit: Red Coat Yankee]

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3.) The first World Cup was staged in 1930

Over 80 years ago the first World Cup was held in Uruguay, with 13 teams from around the world taking part. Seven teams from South America played, four from Europe and two from North America. Many European teams declined to take part due to the difficulties of travelling to South America. Host nation Uruguay beat neighbours Argentina 4-2 in the final, becoming the first country to lift the World Cup trophy. [Image Credit: Wikipedia]

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4.) Brazil is the most expensive team in the 2014 tournament

Pluri Consultoria calculated the market value of every World Cup football team, with Brazil costing the most at around £400 million. At number eight on the list, the English team is a relative bargain at £250 million. [Image Credit: World Cup of Joe]

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5.) Cristiano Ronaldo has never scored in the 7th minute

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 400 goals in his professional career, but none of these goals have been scored in the 7th minute -- the only minute he has failed to score in! Ronaldo's favourite time to score is in the 68th, where he has hit the back of the net 11 times. [Image Credit: Shutterstock]

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6.) Guess who was excluded from the World Cup after World War II

After the Second World War FIFA had trouble finding a host nation for the 1950 World Cup. Eventually Brazil placed a bid that was quickly accepted and preparations began for the first post-war Cup. Germany and Japan were not permitted to take part under international sanctions, while the Soviet Union, Hungary and Czechoslovakia all declined to participate. [Image Credit: Wikipedia]

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7.) A 'checkered' history

Have you ever wondered where the classic black and white checkered ball design originated? Well it was first used in the 1970 World Cup, where the design was painted onto the ball in order to make it more visible on black and white televisions. Everybody wanted to buy the checkered balls which professionals used on TV, and thus football merchandising was born, making us poorer ever since. [Image Credit: Shutterstock]

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8.) The most common World Cup scoreline is 1-0

The most common scoreline in international football is 1-0 with 18.8 per cent of World Cup games ending with that result. The second most common result is 2-1 (14.5 per cent) while the third is 2-0 (11 per cent). [Image Credit: The Football Attic]

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9.) Numbers first appeared on shirts in 1954

Although numbered shirts had been used in Association Football since 1924, the first time numbered shirts appeared in international football was thirty years later, in 1954. Numbers were first used to indicate field location. Interesting side fact: players wearing shirt number nine have scored more goals than any other number. [Image Credit: Shutterstock]

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10.) The largest scoreline in the history of the World Cup is 31-0

In April 2001, Australia beat American Samoa 31-0 in a World Cup qualifying match, making it the biggest scoreline in the history of international football. The infamous match also thrust Archie Thompson into the record books; with 13 goals under his belt, Thomson currently hold the record for most goals in a single international match. The highest scoreline ever in an Association Football match is 149-0, when a planned protest by the team SO l'Emyrne saw the team score 149 own goals and fans riot.  [Image Credit:Zimbio]

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11.) Own goals account for 1.6 per cent of goals in the World Cup

There has been a total of 36 own goals scored in the history of the World Cup, accounting for 1.6 per cent of the international goals. [Image Credit: Shutterstock]

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12.) The 1954 World Cup was the first to be televised

But it was in 2010 that the World Cup was the most-viewed sporting event in the world. The South Africa event was shown in every single country and territory on Earth, including Antarctica and the Arctic Circle. [Image Credit: Who Ate All The Pie]

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13.) This year's World Cup is the first to feature goal-line technology

GoalControl has positioned seven high-speed camera around every goal which will be used for World Cup matches. The cameras are connected to a computer which detects with an accuracy of one millimetre, whether a ball passes the goal-line. When the computer detects a goal, a message reading 'GOAL', is sent to the referee's watch. The 2014 World Cup is looking to be the most technologically advanced ever, with connected mobile apps and a number of ways to watch. [Image Credit: Telegraph]

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14.) The World Cup trophy has been stolen... twice

In March 1966, the World Cup was stolen while on public exhibition in London. The trophy was found seven days later by a dog named Pickles, wrapped in newspaper, underneath a hedge in South London. In 1970, Brazil won the cup for a third time, allowing them to keep the trophy permanently. Unfortunately in 1983, it was stolen from the Brazilian Football Confederation's headquarters and never returned. [Image Credit: Eurosport]

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15.) Football Manager was banned in China

It's hard to believe a video game without swearing, violence or sex could be banned, but in 2005 Football Manager was banned in China. The game apparently contained, "content harmful to China's sovereignty and territorial integrity."  The 2005 version of the game included Taiwan and Tibet as separate countries which, "seriously violates Chinese law." [Image Credit: Hardware Heaven]

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16.) Football is bad for the brain

Scientists from the University of Helsinki scanned the brains of players and discovered an elevated number of scar tissue in their brains. They linked this to the number of headers that footballers perform. So next time they mumble their way through a post-game interview, just remember: it's not their fault. [Image Credit: Shutterstock]

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Samsung launches Curved 4K TVs

Samsung has recently announced the launch of its new 4K (UHD) television series in Pakistan. It also includes curved UHD TVs, starting with a screen size of 55-inches.

An event was held at Expo centre Lahore, where John Park, MD Samsung Pakistan, and other officials briefed media about the new devices.

The futuristic curved TV look a little weird, but Samsung claims that it allows for a more realistic viewing experience, even from different angles. Moreover, the curved screen brings the edges closer to you, creating a wider field of vision, which means the screen seems even bigger than it is.

The new curved UHD TVs are bundled with “Depth Enhancer” software feature, which identifies the background from an image and enhance the depth, color and brightness to give you 3D look without requiring glasses.

The PurColor feature reproduces color expressing more detailed shades.

The display units were playing high definition content, so how does our “low res” cable channels will look on this TV? when asked; Samsung representative claimed that built-in upscaling technology takes the ordinary feed and converts lower resolution contents into UHD picture quality enhancing the details of video images.

Exact pricing details of the new curved UHD TV’s were not revealed but 55-inch model will set you back around 5 lac rupees.

Keeping the price tag in mind, I am happy with my 20 years old CRT TV, but you can go ahead and enjoy the innovation and amazing TV experience with Samsung’s UHD TVs.

Technical Info

65-inch LCD TV
3840 x 2160 pixels
2x Freeview HD, 2x Freesat tuner
7-day EPG
stereo speakers with 2 x 10W amplifier
4 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x SCART, 1 x component (YPbPr)/composite
stereo phono audio input
digital optical audio output
3.5 mm headphone jack
10/100 ethernet, 802.11ac Wi-Fi built-in/Wi-Fi Direct
screen mirroring
2 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0
HEVC decoder
84W specified power consumption
234W measured power consumption (100 percent red field)
1451 x 848 x 111 mm (whd, without stand)
26.8 kg 

Additionally, any onscreen EPG, be it the set's own Smart portal or the Planner on a Sky box just looks warped and wonky. The curved affectation should be considered a design and style novelty more than a performance benefit.

The set Active Shutter 3D support, with two pairs of glasses supplied, and while this suffers from mild crosstalk double imaging, dimensional imaging is bright and impressive  motion handling is potentially excellent, provided you pick the right interpolation setting. Our preferred mix is the Motion Plus Custom mode with Blur reduction set to between 8-10, and Judder Reduction set to zero.

Audio performance is good, plumped by a welcome mid-range presence, however there's not an over abundance of volume.

Input options comprise four HDMI (with 2.0 support for high frame-rate 4K and MHL 3.0 for mobile devices), three USB (one up-to-date as USB 3.0), Ethernet, component video via an adaptor, optical digital audio output and CI slot.

The unit also features high-speed 802.11ac Wi-Fi. The Smart Evolution box connects to the panel using a single, thick umbilical. No separate power supply is required.

A pebble-shaped Bluetooth cursor remote is supplied alongside the standard IR zapper. It's very similar to LG's Magic Remote, and supposedly makes browsing easier, although the need to call up a virtual onscreen keyboard for general menu inspection is a bit of a faff. Using it is something of an acquired discipline.

Samsung has made some minor changes to its Smart portal for 2014, adding a casual games slate plus split-screen Multi-View feature. You can also do more with the twin tuners this year, including watch non-tuner content (streaming media, Blu-ray, etc) while recording two channels.

With an eye on the World Cup, the brand has also updated its Soccer preset, which now auto-records match highlights onto an external USB HDD, triggered by crowd noise.

Image quality, both with full-HD and 4K content, is at its best stunning. The HU8500 offers dynamic, punchy contrast and vibrant colour fidelity. While upscaling is arguably not quite as refined and convincing as that seen on Sony 4K screens, all 1080p content clearly benefits from the panel's lack of visible pixel structure. Images appear smooth and photographic.

Truimphantly, the HU8500 really comes into its own with 4K content. Currently, Netflix is streaming House of Cards Season 2 in Ultra HD, along with a selection of travelogues. You'll need a fast fibre broadband connection to enjoy them though, given it pours forth at 15.6 Mb/s.

After watching Kevin Spacey cavort around Capitol Hill in 2160p, regular hi-def looks positively blurry. The screen also play backs YouTube 4K content, but here compression artefacts are generally rife, even if high-detail clips can be impressive.

Any benefit that the curved screen brings is debatable though. Samsung maintains that the curvature creates a more panoramic, cinematic viewing experience. Which is true if you sit close (less than 2 m). However, there's also an obvious viewing sweet spot; sit off to the side and the screen geometry appears to contract.

Additionally, any onscreen EPG, be it the set's own Smart portal or the Planner on a Sky box just looks warped and wonky. The curved affectation should be considered a design and style novelty more than a performance benefit.

The set Active Shutter 3D support, with two pairs of glasses supplied, and while this suffers from mild crosstalk double imaging, dimensional imaging is bright and immersive.

Motion handling is potentially excellent, provided you pick the right interpolation setting. Our preferred mix is the Motion Plus Custom mode with Blur reduction set to between 8-10, and Judder Reduction set to zero.

Audio performance is good, plumped by a welcome mid-range presence, however there's not an over abundance of volume.

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Pakistan to Get Largest Solar Energy Plant in the World

Pakistan saw the inauguration of its first large-scale Solar Power Park in Bahawalpur around a month ago.

As per news, this solar power park will start generating 100 Megawatts of electricity in December this year while the output of the solar power plant would reach 1,000 megawatts by 2016.

Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park project is a joint venture of the government of Punjab, Bank of Punjab and TBEA Ltd. of China.

It is Pakistan’s first large scale solar power project and one of the largest in the world.

During the first phase — that is destined to complete in December this year — the plant will have 400,000 solar panels and will be built for an estimated cost of 131 Million Dollars with a power generation ability of 100 MW electricity.

Once completed, the project will generate around 2.5 times the power that the massive 392 MW Ivanpah solar-thermal plant in California does.

Work on the provision of infrastructure for Qaid-e-Azam Solar Park has been carried out speedily.

Here are some key highlights of Qaid-e-Azam Solar Park:

• Overall capacity: 1,000 Mega Watts
• Phase 1 Capacity: 100 MW
• Completion of Phase 1: December 2014
• Phase II Capacity: 300 MW
• Phase III Capacity: 600 MW
• Final Capacity: 1,000 MW
• Completion of final phase: Dec 2016
• Dedicated Area: 6500 Acres (Phase 1 Area: 500 Acres)
• Boundary Wall: 9 KM
• Annual solar Energy after final phase: 2,000 kWh/m2

Entire solar park, with 1000 MW production ability is estimated to cost around US 1.5 billion dollars.

Expected life of plant would be 25 years.

It won’t be out of place to mention here that entire power production of Pakistan is around 23,000 MW, while we need double the energy of what we are currently producing.

It merits mentioning here that 10 power projects are also being set up in Thar to capitalize the solar heat for power generation.

Once completed, Pakistan will stand in the list of top 10 countries to produce more than 1,000 MW of solar energy.

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