Periodico101: Oct 9, 2015

Oct 9, 2015

Obama administration gives up on Syria plan

President Barack Obama’s administration on Friday ended a program to train up to 15,000 moderate Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State extremists before the program had really begun

The $500 million Defense Department program—announced more than a year ago—was initially sold as the best way for the United States to fight radicals on the ground, and the money was primarily meant for a group of moderate rebels known as the Free Syrian Army

Open Thread For The Undead: Scary Moons And Spooky Dorothys

Hey, all you undead LH readers! When we left off last week, Burt was kidnapped by aliens. Dutch was on the run from people who wanted to hurt him. Jessica is seeing a tennis instructor and Unis…

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Open Thread For The Undead: Scary Moons And Spooky Dorothys

Get the inside story on 'Man In the High Castle' at live screening event

The cast and producers from Amazon’s forthcoming drama Man in the High Castle are ready to spill their secrets

On Saturday, Oct. 10, members of the cast and executive producer Frank Spotnitz will be at the IFC Center in New York City for a special two-episode screening and Q&AMashable will be streaming the latter exclusively on Periscope, starting at 9 p.m. ET

See also: Making Amazon’s alternate history drama ‘Man In the High Castle’ was no small feat

Man in the High Castle is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s alternate history novel, which is set in 1962 — years after the Axis powers won WWII …

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Get the inside story on 'Man In the High Castle' at live screening event

Students raise money to send coffee shop employee to Disney World

Kathryn Thompson is an elderly employee who has worked at the Acorn coffee shop on the Elon University campus for the past ten years. She has one dream: to take her family to Disney World

Elon students Taylor Zisholtz and Lucy Smith-Williams heard about Kathryn’s dream when they patronized the Acorn late one night and struck up a conversation with her. Lucy and Taylor had never met before, but when they heard Kathryn describing her wish to take her kids and grandkids to Disney World, they moved to the same table and started to formulate a plan

This is the job that nobody wants in Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON — Newspaper reporter, broadcaster, taxi driver and mail carrier topped the list of worst jobs in 2015. But if this ranking drilled down on Washington D.C., one high-profile job would probably be a frontrunner for the No. 1 spot: House speaker.

Late last month, current Speaker John Boehner announced that he would vacate the role at the end of October. And on Thursday, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who was the odds-on favorite to serve as the next speaker, took his name out of consideration. It was a move that shocked his colleagues and even the Republicans running against him.

The election has now been postponed, and it’s unclear who will be the next leader of House Republicans. Even Paul Ryan — the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee who Boehner is personally courting to fill the vacuum and unite the party — says he …

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This is the job that nobody wants in Washington D.C.

Apple iPhone 6s lands in 40 more markets, Russia and India score the highest prices

Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and many more countries are seeing the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus launch get released in the Apple Store of their respective locations today.
It’s Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan that … – Source

Apple iPhone 6s lands in 40 more markets, Russia and India score the highest prices

VIDEO: Islamic State prioritise Telegram app to spread propaganda

Islamic State has started using the mobile app Telegram as its primary method of distributing propaganda – Source

VIDEO: Islamic State prioritise Telegram app to spread propaganda

OnePlus 2 to be available in India sans invite on October 12

OnePlus has announced that its latest flagship, the OnePlus 2, will be available for purchase on Amazon India without any invite on October 12, which is coming Monday. However, the open sale will last for just one hour – 12:00 to 1 PM.

“While we’ve alleviated the invite demand to a reasonable extent on account of faster roll-outs, we feel that we owe it to you all to make it a bit more convenient this time around,” the Chinese smartphone manufacturer said in a blog post.

It’s worth mentioning that this would be the first open sale for the “2016 flagship killer” ever since it was released back in August this year. The handset, which went on sale in Malaysia last month, costs INR 25,000 (around $385) for the Sandstone Black variant…

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OnePlus 2 to be available in India sans invite on October 12

Moto X Style first impressions: Worth Rs 29,999?

We went hands-on with Moto X Style at the launch event, looking at how the smartphone stands compared to the cheaper alternatives… Check out to find out if Moto X Style is worth buying at Rs 29,999.

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Moto X Style first impressions: Worth Rs 29,999?

Ronda Rousey dominates as first female on Australian Men's Fitness cover

Ronda Rousey breaks a lot of things. Records, bones, and potentially Justin Bieber’s ribcage in the near future. Now she’s breaking the mould by being the first woman to be featured on Australia’s edition for Men’s Fitness magazine.

The magazine’s November issue, out Thursday, features the first UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion in what is yet another achievement for a woman who has had no less than a banner year.

See also: How Ronda Rousey became the superstar you’re seeing everywhere

Rousey reigns as the current Women’s Bantamweight Champion, and recently set the record for fastest submission in UFC History …

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Ronda Rousey dominates as first female on Australian Men's Fitness cover

Bits Blog: Using Apple Pay at Starbucks, KFC and Chili’s

Apple Pay is getting a lift with its adoption by three restaurant chains: Starbucks, KFC and Chili’s.

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Bits Blog: Using Apple Pay at Starbucks, KFC and Chili’s

Facebook finally launches Messenger on the Apple Watch

After teasing it at the Apple Watch event in September, Facebook has finally delivered the watch version of its Messenger app.

The social network quietly rolled out the Apple Watch app in an update to the Messenger app Thursday. The update also adds support for iOS 9 features, including universal search and multitasking for iPads.

See also: Everything we know so far about Facebook’s new reactions

The watch version of the messaging app supports watchOS2, the latest version of Apple’s software for the Apple Watch. It actually manages to squeeze in quite a bit of Messenger’s functionality into it …

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Facebook finally launches Messenger on the Apple Watch

18 cringe-worthy Photoshop fails that should have never made it to the Internet

Altering images using Photoshop or similar programs has become the norm of our society.

Every few months, another company, celebrity or average Tinder user is called out for their unrealistic or simply ridiculous use of photo manipulation. Most recently, Victoria’s Secret was the subject of Internet rage for its poor and unrealistic editing of a model’s butt

See also: 17 times life just didn’t work out

So sticking with the trend of failed Photoshops, we rounded up some laughable alterations of the past, proving that maybe you should have someone else look at your image after you drastically modify it …

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18 cringe-worthy Photoshop fails that should have never made it to the Internet