Новости за 16.10.2016

RICHMOND, Va. — For the first time since Rolling Stone magazine’s shocking story about a brutal gang rape at the University of Virginia hit shelves two years ago, the public may hear from the young woman at the center of the now discredited article "A Rape on Campus."

For the second consecutive year, Porter-Gaud swept the boys and girls team championships at the SCISA state swim meet at the Augusta Aquatics Center.

The best swimmers from across the state converged on the USC Natatorium in Columbia on Saturday for the Class AAA state championships. The event turned out to be a battle of Lowcountry teams.

As evident in the turn of events, self-entitlement is not a Millennial problem. Lately, as the world at large expressed indignation over what was reported as President Rodrigo Duterte’s insensitive Hitler comment,

Lenovo ups the ante on tablet design with the release of the Yoga Book, a thin and light 2-in-1 tablet that allows users to take notes and even sketchtheir own artworks using a stylus with real ink. Housed in a unique form factor that inspires creativity, the Yoga Book gives users the freedom to let their imagination roam free.

The technology available for animated filmmaking is more sophisticated and photo-realistic than ever before. In many features, for example, grass has never looked grassier and water never more… watery.

Torque Mobile has announced the Torque EGO series Boost Edition, a breakthrough line-up of noteworthy devices that allows users to easily take their phone usage to the next level and truly embrace the age of the smartphone.

The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines and the Truck Manufacturers Association issued early this week a report that sales surged to 261,370 units in the first nine months of 2016 up to September, up 26 percent from 206,284 sold in the same period last year. With three more months before 2016 ends, that total is expected to reach a record 370,000 behind the strong growth of the country’s economy, the two business organizations said.

LG V20, the world’s first smartphone to run on the latest Android Nougat 7.0 and feature Hi-Fi Quad DAC Audio, will soon set foot in the Philippines with a pre-order promo preceding its arrival.

An iconic monument has the power to capture the imagination of an entire nation. It stands proud within the podium as more than a work of environmental art, but as a three-dimensional manifestation of the ethos of a culture. Not only does it highlight the visual and technical skill of the artist, the concept is also representative of the artist’s own personal advocacy and reflections regarding the country, simultaneously exhibiting its rich past alongside modern issues.

Tributes kept pouring in for the late Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago two weeks ago as the “Iron Lady of Asia” and “the best president the Philippines never had” was laid to rest after losing her two-year battle with stage 4 lung cancer. Like most complex and intelligent individuals, Santiago, even in death, had captured the public imagination. She was also many things to many people.