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A number of supposed product materials detailing the Galaxy Note 8 leaked online over the weekend, having originally been discovered on Saturday. Parts of the documentation that can be seen in the gallery below contain numerous references to possible camera features of Samsung’s upcoming phablet, in addition to adding more credence to numerous reports that claim the Galaxy Note 8 will be equipped with a dual camera setup entailing two horizontally arranged imaging sensors and a dual-LED (dual tone) flash unit on its back panel.</div>
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One of the supposed features of the main camera module featured on the Galaxy Note 8 is called Smart Zoom, the leaked materials indicate. This functionality is described as a 3x optical zoom that’s additionally enhanced with software, resulting in a lossless zooming solution capable of magnifying an image while preserving both its color and details.</div>
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 Another notable capability of the Galaxy Note 8 mentioned in the newly uncovered materials is referred to as Refocus, with an accompanying set of images suggesting that the handset will be capable of switching focus points in an extremely quick manner. This particular feature may suggest that the Galaxy Note 8 will be equipped with a telephoto lens and a regular one given how such setups are best known for their speedy refocusing abilities, though previous reports pointed at the device having two identical camera sensors on its rear plate.</div>
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<i><b>The leaked documentation also mentions the Galaxy Note 8’s Background Effect and Perspective View, two features that allow users to easily blur backgrounds in their images and even change the viewing angle of any photograph after recording it.</b></i></div>
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The Galaxy Note 8’s camera sensors will be able to capture more light than those featured on the Galaxy S8 lineup, with the latest leak specifically noting how the imaging system of the device will have cutting-edge HDR support and a Super Night Shot mode. The latter allows the device to capture a significantly larger volume of light in a given period compared to single-lens solutions, allowing for efficient mobile night time photography. The Galaxy Note 8 is scheduled to be officially unveiled on August 23 before hitting the market at some point in September.</div>
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A number of supposed product materials detailing the Galaxy Note 8 leaked online over the weekend, having originally been discovered on Saturday. Parts of the documentation that can be seen in the ga…

31 Jul 2017

North Korea's Missile shocks the USA - Kombora la Korea Kaskazini laitisha Marekani

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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Analysts were watching closely as the numbers around the launch rolled in and have since concluded major cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago, could be reached by a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).</span></h5>
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North Korea's Missile shocks the USA - Kombora la Korea Kaskazini laitisha Marekani

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31 Jul 2017

EAC LOGO designing winner to be awarded $25,000 -Mshindi wa kuchora nembo ya EAC kulamba dola 25,000

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<span style="color: #444444;">Shindano hilo limeanza Juni Mosi na mwisho ni Agosti 31.</span></div>
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The Deputy Director of Productive and Services Sector in Kenya’s Ministry of East African Community (EAC), Labour and Social Protection, Mr. Julius Mwabu, has challenged the youth in Kenya and the EAC region as a whole to actively take part in the competition to design the new EAC brand that will stand the test of time.</div>
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Mwabu, who represented the State Department of EAC (SDEAC) Principal Secretary at the sensitization and launch of the EAC emblem and logos design competition SDEAC Headquarters in Nairobi, said the re-design of the EAC brand architecture was occasioned by the current brand lacking visual connection between the EAC Organs and Institutions, as well as being not adaptable to the expansion of the Community.</div>
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“EAC is expanding because it is attractive and progressing, the benefits are visible like the Single Customs Territory, a Common Market, a common higher education area, One Stop Border Posts, among other things. These achievements are making our region the envy of the neighboring countries and they want to be part of us and therefore the youth should help the Community to design the brand architecture that will bring out all these developments and stand the test of time,” said Mwabu.</div>
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He underscored the importance the Community attaches to the youth in re-designing the new look for the Community “because the youth are the future of any activity and entrusting this critical activity in their hands was a decision made by the Council of Ministers, the EAC’s policy making organ.</div>
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He commended the EAC Secretariat for implementing the Council decision on EAC brand architecture and ensuring that the EAC Emblem and Logos re-design competition was launched in all the six Partner States, namely South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.</div>
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<span style="color: #191919; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 40.3624px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "itc century w01 light"; font-size: 17px;">The EAC Secretariat dedicated the month of May/June 2017 for conducting sensitization workshops and launch of the EAC Brand Architecture by involving the youth in all the Partner States. In this regard, sensitization workshops and launch events were held in the University of Juba on 29th – 30th May, 2017 (South Sudan); Ecole Technique des Arts de Gitega, 1st – 2nd June (Burundi); Huye campus, University of Rwanda, 5th to 6th June 2017 (Rwanda); University of Dar es Salaam, 8th to 9th June 2017 (Tanzania); Makerere University, Kampala, 26th – 27th June, 2017 (Uganda).</span></span></span></div>
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<strong>Competition Awards</strong><br />
The EAC will award the first three winners of this competition as follows:<br />
(i) 1st Prize award USD 25,000;<br />
(ii) 2nd Prize award USD 5,000;<br />
(iii) 3rd Price award USD 2,500;</div>
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<strong>Eligibility to participate in the EAC Brand Architecture Competition</strong><br />
(i) Youth aged between 18 years and 35 years;<br />
(ii) Organizations (Design companies) formed and owned by youth;<br />
(iii) Citizens from EAC Partner States (Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan; and Kenya;<br />
(iv) EAC youth living in the diaspora, and;<br />
(v) Participating youth must submit proof of age limit</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">    Ecole Techniques des Arts/Gitega, Burundi – 1st to 2nd June, 2017;</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">    University of Rwanda – 5th to 6th June, 2017;</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">    University of Dar es Salaam – 8th to 9th June, 2017;</li>
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<strong>Competition Deliverables</strong><br />
The primary deliverables expected from bidders will be the following:<br />
(i) One EAC Emblem;<br />
(ii) 11 Logos for the EAC Organs (3) and EAC Institutions (8);<br />
(iii) The EAC Corporate Colour (s);<br />
(iv) Unique Identifier that will be adopted in the Emblem and Logos;<br />
(v) Justification for all proposals submitted, and;<br />
(vi) Brief graphic demonstration of the application of the Emblem and Logos in offline, and digital forms.<br />
<strong>Technical Presentation and Submission of Concepts</strong><br />
The competition period will be held between 1st June 2017 to 31st August 2017. Submission of various design concepts will be allowed as long as they fulfill competition deliverables (as indicated above) for each design.<br />
Bidders should submit their creative works in hard copy and digital forms (email and/or flash disk).<br />
Digital files must be in their final form of publication and may be saved as JPEG or PNG or PDF formats submitted via email and/or flash disk. The resolutions should be at least 300 dpi. All submitted work will not be returned.<br />
If electronic document transfer tools are used via email, they should NOT be time-bound or have expiry dates for downloading or sharing the documents.<br />
Design samples must be submitted on not larger than an A4 size paper in either hard or soft copy through email or CD (inclusive of layout files, image files and all fonts used).<br />
Submissions should be should be addressed to THE SECRETARY GENERAL, clearly marked “Design of EAC Emblem and Logos”.<br />
<strong>(i) By Registered Post: </strong><br />
East African Community<br />
P.O. Box 1096<br />
Arusha, Tanzania<br />
<strong>(ii) By Hand Delivery:   </strong><br />
EAC Headquarter<br />
Barabara Ya Afrika Mashariki<br />
Arusha, Tanzania<br />
<strong>(iii) By Email: </strong><br />
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<strong>About the East African Community Secretariat:</strong><br />
The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of five Partner States, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.</div>
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EAC LOGO designing winner to be awarded $25,000 -Mshindi wa kuchora nembo ya EAC kulamba dola 25,000

Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki Kikanda na Kimataifa, imewataka vijana wenye uwezo wa kubuni na kuchora kujitokeza kushiriki shindano la kubuni nembo mpya ya Jumuiya ya Afri…

05 Jul 2017

Argentina hosts Lionel Messi's 'wedding of the century'

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<span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Lionel Messi said "I do" to childhood sweetheart and mother of their two children Antonella Roccuzzo on Friday in his Argentine hometown Rosario, where footballers and celebrities gathered for the "wedding of the century."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Following the private ceremony, the couple appeared happy and relaxed as they walked a red carpet before hundreds of journalists at a hotel and casino complex, Roccuzzo donning a tight, mermaid-style gown by Spanish designer Rosa Clara.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The couple's children Thiago, four, and Mateo, one, had front seats at the ceremony attended by some 260 guests, including Shakira and her husband, Messi's team-mate Gerard Pique, and numerous footballers such as Messi's Barcelona strike partners Neymar and Luis Suarez.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Argentine media called it the "wedding of the century" for Rosario, the gritty northern port city where Messi, 30, and his bride, 29, met when the player was nine years old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Former Barca and current Chelsea star Cesc Fabregas was in attendance, along with Argentina and Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A civil ceremony for Messi, 30, and Antonela Roccuzzo, 29, was held at a luxury hotel in the city of Rosario.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Football stars and celebrities were among the 260 guests, with hundreds of police deployed for the event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Messi, the Argentina and Barcelona forward, met Roccuzzo as a child before he moved to Spain aged just 13.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Among the guests at Friday's wedding were Messi's Barcelona teammates Luis Suárez, Neymar, Gerard Piqué and his wife, Colombia's pop star Shakira. A number of guests flew into Rosario on private jets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Argentina's Clarín newspaper has variously called the wedding "the wedding of the year" and "the wedding of the century".</span></div>
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<img alt="Former Barcelona players Xavi Hernandez, Cesc Fabregas and Carles Puyol and their wives pose on a red carpet upon arrival to attend Argentine football star Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo" src="https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/28F5/production/_96758401_4376aaf9-0948-4530-9632-d83bf0c75876.jpg" /></div>
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<img alt="Crowds outside the hotel where Lionel Messi's wedding takes place in Rosario, Argentina. Photo: 30 June 2017" src="https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/CAD5/production/_96752915_a96c0579-2a82-44c6-98a8-b866eb8dbedd.jpg" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Messi met Roccuzzo when he was just five years old. She is the cousin of his best friend, Lucas Scaglia, who also became a professional football player.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Messi accepted an offer to play for Barcelona when he was 13, on condition that they pay for treatment for his growth hormone deficiency.</span></div>
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Argentina hosts Lionel Messi's 'wedding of the century'

Lionel Messi said "I do" to childhood sweetheart and mother of their two children Antonella Roccuzzo on Friday in his Argentine hometown Rosario, where footballers and celebrities gathered for the "…

01 Jul 2017