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Mexico vs Ecuador Copa America 19-06-2015 - Group A

Mexico vs Ecuador Competition: Copa America - 2015 in Chile, Group A Match date: 19 June 2015 Kick Off Time: 22:00 BST Venue: Estadio El Teniente (Rancagua, Chile, Republic of)  Mexico team have stuck up two draws so far in the group, a goalless draw against Bolivia and a 3-3 against Chile. The Mexicans have now won just one of their last six games played, which was a 3-0 win over Guatemala. In their eight previous Copa America campaigns, the Mexicans have only failed to advance beyond the group stages once. It’s likely that a draw here would be enough for Mexico to go through as one of the two best third placed finishers. Mexico are expected to be without Marquez for this match. Adrian Aldrete has joined the former Barcelona's dfender on the sidelines. Matias Vuoso scored twice in the thrilling draw with Chile last time out and he is expected to partner Raul Jimenez up front. Ecuador have been playing below expectations at the tournament in Chile. The

Croatia vs Italy UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers - 12-06-2015

Croatia vs Italy - Competition: UEFA Euro Qualifying Croatia team top the qualification group having recorded four wins from five matches during the first half of the group. Since last year's World Cup, Kovac's men have suffered just one defeat in 8 matches - a 2-1 defeat to Argentina. The reverse match in November finished in a 1-1 draw, with Ivan Perisic and Antonio Candreva on the scoreline. In the last fixture, Croatia have crushed Norway 5-1 in Zagreb back in March. Rakitic should be recovered in time for the match while Luka Modric is missing because of a knee injury. Milan Badelj and Anas Sharbini are in contention to replace Real Madrid's midfielder while Kovacic is expected to be benched. Domagoj Vida may line up alongside Vedran Corluka at the heart of the defence. Perisic and Olic will support Mandzukic up front. Italy also have an unbeaten record since bowing out of Brazil 2014 during the group stages. Conte’s side opened their Group H cam

Chapter 1: The purpose of Business Activity

The economics problem: needs and wants. Basically, all humans have needs and wants . Needs are things we can't live without, while wants are simply our desires that we can live without. We all have unlimited wants , which is true, since all of us want a new PC, a car, new graphics card, etc. that we actually do not need to live. Businesses produce goods and services to satisfy needs and wants. Although we have unlimited wants, there are not enough resources for everyone. Resources can be split into 4 factors of production , which are: - Land : All natural resources used to make a product or service. - Labour : The effort of workers required to make a product or service. - Capital : Finance, machinery and equipment required to make a product or service. - Enterprise : Skill and risk-taking ability of the entrepreneur . Entrepreneurs are people who combine these factors of production to make a product. With these discussed, lets move on to the economi

AT MADRID DEFENDER MIRANDA TO INTER MILAN

After months of speculation, Spanish Sports paper "Marca" confirms that Brazilian International & Atletico de Madrid Central Defender Miranda will be signed by Italian Club Inter Milan. Miranda is currently in the city of Milan under going the regulatory medical examination before signing his new contract with Inter. The Brazilian was being followed by other Clubs, including Chelsea FC, but

Tribe Creative Body Painting

'Clarity of Vision' even when our lives and the world around us appear to be very busy and the cause of our distractions, we can still have a clear view... Lately I've gained much inspiration from "Random Encounters" This image was part of a series from the Shapeshifter promo shoot last spring for the Subsonic Festival more on that  http://www.orlandosydney.com/the-o-blog/28122014/shapeshifters-tribe-creative-body-painting. I had a second opportunity to photograph these incredible artists at the Subsonic Festival 2014 not only behind the scenes as they prepared the models but also for the parade late (read very dim light) on the Friday of the Festival. Applied by spray, brush, sponge and any manner of being creative with bodies and paint the ShapeShifters Tribe produce some top class work with models that really understand the importance of owning and working these eye catching designs. Even with the occasional rain shower this parade could not be m

Google Earth turns 10 today

When Google Earth was first introduced 10 years ago, it immediately stole my heart. Beyond the freedom to fly anywhere in the world, I was captivated by the ability to paint and visualize geographic data on this incredible global canvas. Drawn to datasets backed by real human stories , I started making my own maps with KML a few weeks after Earth’s release in 2005. For my master’s degree, I used Google Earth to build a virtual representation of a high-tech biological research reserve . Vint Cerf saw my work, which eventually led to a job on the Google Earth Outreach team, turning my passion for telling stories with maps into a career. 2005 was the beginning of Google Earth’s evolution, as well. In August of that year, Hurricane Katrina showed us how useful mapping tools like Earth could be for crisis response efforts . Rescue workers compared before and after Satellite imagery in Google Earth to better locate where people were stranded. And in the years after, with more than 2

Through the Google lens: Search trends June 19-25

From eagerly-awaited U.S. Supreme Court rulings, to the ongoing debate over the Confederate flag, here’s a look at some of the topics that got people searching this week. #LoveWins Whether the query was “ marriage equality ,” “ fourteenth amendment ,” or “love wins,” searches related to today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that same-sex couples nationwide have a right to marry are spiking , with more than 2 million searches for the term “gay marriage” alone. Interest goes beyond the U.S., with “What countries allow same-sex marriage?” and “where is gay marriage legal?” among the top questions. While today’s “ thunderbolt ” ruling is capturing most of the attention around SCOTUS, searches for the court have in fact been big all week. Yesterday, news that the Court had upheld a key portion of the Affordable Care Act was met with a 200,000+ search spike, and renewed questions like “How does Obamacare work?” and “Why do Republicans dislike Obamacare?” Confederate flag We noted last week that

A power plant for the Internet: our newest data center in Alabama

Every time you check your Gmail, search on Google for a nearby restaurant, or watch a YouTube video, a server whirs to life in one of our data centers. Data centers are the engines of the Internet, bringing the power of the web to millions of people around the world. And as millions more people come online, our data centers are growing, too. We’ve recently expanded our data centers in Iowa , Georgia , Singapore and Belgium . And today we’re announcing a new data center in Alabama—our 14th site globally. This time, we’re doing something we’ve never done before: we’ll be building on the grounds of the Widows Creek coal power plant in Jackson County, which has been scheduled for shutdown. Data centers need a lot of infrastructure to run 24/7, and there’s a lot of potential in redeveloping large industrial sites like former coal power plants. Decades of investment shouldn’t go to waste just because a site has closed; we can repurpose existing electric and other infrastructure to make su

Vertical Street View of the world’s most iconic rock wall: Yosemite’s El Capitan

Today we’re launching our first-ever vertical Street View collection, giving you the opportunity to climb 3,000 feet up the world’s most famous rock wall: Yosemite’s El Capitan . To bring you this new imagery, we partnered with legendary climbers Lynn Hill, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell. Read more about the project from Tommy Caldwell, who completed the world’s hardest climb in Yosemite in January of 2015. -Ed. “That is awesome. I definitely have to be a part of that.” Maybe it was the sheer exhaustion from being in the middle of a 19-day climb of the Dawn Wall , but when the guys at Google Maps and Yosemite National Park asked if I wanted to help them with their first-ever vertical Street View collection of El Capitan in Yosemite , I didn’t hesitate. Yosemite has been such an important part of my life that telling the story of El Capitan through Street View was right up my alley—especially when it meant working with the Google engineers to figure out some absurd challenges. Climbi

Music for everything you do

Need some music right now to make whatever you’re doing better? Even if you’re not already a Google Play Music subscriber, we’ve got you covered. Google Play Music now has a free, ad-supported version in the U.S., giving you a new way to find just the right music—and giving artists another way to earn revenue. In less time than it takes you to read this sentence, you could be exercising with Drop-a-Beat Workout , cooling off with Poolside Chic , or spending quality time with Songs To Raise Your Kids To . At any moment in your day, Google Play Music has whatever you need music for—from working, to working out, to working it on the dance floor—and gives you curated radio stations to make whatever you’re doing better. Our team of music experts, including the folks who created Songza , crafts each station song by song so you don’t have to. If you’re looking for something specific, you can browse our curated stations by genre, mood, decade or activity, or you can search for your favorite a

Building even better communities with the Google Impact Challenge: Bay Area

What if low-income kids had the same opportunity for jobs in the tech sector as students from the best computer science departments? What could that mean for their futures, or the future of their communities? That’s the question asked by Oakland-based Hack the Hood, whose mission is to inspire Bay Area kids to pursue careers in technology. Hack the Hood trains young people by hiring them to build websites for small businesses in their communities. After applying for the Google Impact Challenge last spring, Hack the Hood went to work with $500,000 in Google.org funding and nearly 100 Googler volunteers. In the past year they’ve expanded their programs in SF, Oakland and Richmond to reach six times as many young people. Last year we awarded $5 million to help “hometown hero” organizations like Hack the Hood make a greater impact. Today we’re announcing the 2015 Challenge , and issuing an open call for nonprofits who are asking big “what ifs” about how they can improve their communities a

Introducing the News Lab

It’s hard to think of a more important source of information in the world than quality journalism. At its best, news communicates truth to power, keeps societies free and open, and leads to more informed decision-making by people and leaders. In the past decade, better technology and an open Internet have led to a revolution in how news is created, distributed, and consumed. And given Google’s mission to ensure quality information is accessible and useful everywhere, we want to help ensure that innovation in news leads to a more informed, more democratic world. That’s why we’ve created the News Lab , a new effort at Google to empower innovation at the intersection of technology and media. Our mission is to collaborate with journalists and entrepreneurs to help build the future of media. And we’re tackling this in three ways: though ensuring our tools are made available to journalists around the world (and that newsrooms know how to use them); by getting helpful Google data sets in the

Through the Google lens: Search trends June 12-18

The shooting in Charleston, S.C., was the top topic in search this week. Here’s a look at what people were searching for after the tragedy, plus a glimpse into what else was on searchers’ minds this week. Tragedy in the south On Wednesday night, a gunman shot and killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. The suspect, Dylann Roof, was arrested Thursday morning, and charged today with nine counts of murder. As people tried to make sense of the story, many turned to the web, leading searches for “ Charleston shooting ” to climb to more than 5 million. Top questions in the early morning after the shooting include “What was the motive of the hate crime shooting in Charleston?” Many were also interested in the Confederate flag , which still flies above the S.C. Capitol building; interest in the flag spiked 20X in the past week in the U.S. as people asked questions like “What does the Confederate flag stand for?” Presidential

Join our global Pride celebration: #AndProud

Pride is one of the world’s greatest celebrations of diversity, one that we’re excited to support every year. For 2015, we’re doing something a little different: we’ve created an online parade, #AndProud, so that people from around the world can celebrate Pride together. To join the global parade, visit Androidify , where you can create your own Android character with a fun new Pride wardrobe. During the weekend of June 27-28 your character will party side-by-side with others from around the world in the online parade. But the celebration doesn’t end there. While the virtual parade happens online, thousands of Googlers will hit the streets of San Francisco, London and New York to show their support in those citywide Pride festivals. Some of the best #AndProud characters will appear on big screens as part of Google’s pride floats in all three cities. From left to right, Sam Smith, Tom Daley and Jessie J celebrating the #AndProud parade In addition to #AndProud and our floats in SF, Lond

A new window into our world with real-time trends

Every journey we take on the web is unique. Yet looked at together, the questions and topics we search for can tell us a great deal about who we are and what we care about. That’s why today we're announcing the biggest expansion of Google Trends since 2012 . You can now find real-time data on everything from the FIFA scandal to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign kick-off , and get a sense of what stories people are searching for. Many of these changes are based on feedback we’ve collected through conversations with hundreds of journalists and others around the world—so whether you're a reporter, a researcher, or an armchair trend-tracker, the new site gives you a faster, deeper and more comprehensive view of our world through the lens of Google Search. Real-time data You can now explore minute-by-minute, real-time data behind the more than 100 billion searches that take place on Google every month, getting deeper into the topics you care about. During major events like the O

Chile vs Mexico Copa America 15-06-2015

Chile vs Mexico - Competition: Copa America, Group A Match date: 15 June 2015 Venue: Nacional (Santiago, Chile, Republic of)  Chile started their campaign with a 2-0 win over Ecuador courtesy of a Vidal penalty and a late goal from Edu Vargas.  Victory in this match would all but book Jorge Sampaoli's side's spot in the last eight, with all of the other sides in their group having dropped points in their opening matches. Matías Fernández was shown a second yellow card in stoppage time and will now be suspended for the clash against Mexico so Jorge Valdívia should keep his place, potentially playing the role of a false nine. Felipe Gutierrez looks set to replace injured Marcelo Diaz in the starting line-up. Up-front, coach Sampaoli will continue with the dynamic duo Vargas-Sanchez. Mexico team played out an uninspiring 0-0 draw with Bolivia on Friday as a yung and unexperienced squad has been take to the Copa America by manager Miguel Herrera, with next month'

Brazil vs Peru 2-1 Highlights 14-06-2015 Copa America

Brazil vs Peru - Competition: Copa America Douglas Costa’s late goal helps Brazil beat Peru in their Copa opener in Temuco. Brazil vs Peru match ended with 2-1 scoreline in Copa America 2015.   Goals :   Brazil – Neymar 5' Douglas Costa 90' Peru – Cueva 3'  Match date: 14 June 2015 Venue: Estadio Municipal Bicentenario Germán Becker Brazil starting lineup vs Peru Copa America 2015 :- Jefferson, Dani Alves, Miranda, David Luiz, Filipe Luis, Fernandinho, Elias, Neymar, Fred, Willian, Diego Tardelli. Peru starting XI v Brasil Copa 2015 :- Gallese; Advíncula, Zambrano, Ascues, Vargas, Ballon, Lobaton, Cueva, Sanchez, Farfan, Guerrero.

Through the Google lens: Search trends June 6-11

LeBron and Steph. Marge and Homer. Matt and Sweat. These duos had people searching this week. Read on for more: Jailbreak Two prisoners made headlines this week after escaping from the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York. People are coming to Google to learn how the two broke out of the prison and about the status of the manhunt, which is still ongoing. In addition to more than 100K searches each for [ prison escape ] and the facility itself , people are asking questions like “How often do prisoners escape?” and “How many prison escapes are there per year?” The incident has also sparked interest in other prison escape tales; search interest in “The Shawshank Redemption” spiked 8X in the past week. And in happier, more fictional prison news, Netflix dropped the third season of “ Orange is the New Black ” six hours early yesterday, leading to a jump of 500,000K searches for the hit show. High stakes Next, the NBA Finals are heating up as the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden