An interesting part of the video is the runway 
which is ice-free even if its surrounded by tons and tons of ice. 
I wonder how they keep this airport safe for aviation. 

With there's ice on the runway, any aircraft can skid off while taxiing, 
and landing too will be dangerous.  
Planes take longer to slow down in icy runways 
because of so much less friction or the lack of it. 

Therefore,
airports must have some type of de-icing mechanisms or equipment
to keep them free of ice and thus safety for travelers. 

This is a nice and cool video to watch below.

If you happen to be in Singapore's Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, 
a major park located in the popular heartland of Bishan, 
you will meet this robot dog patrolling the area 
telling people to maintain a safe distance (at least a meter) 
from each other during this COVID-19 pandemic. 
The robot dog is built by Boston Dynamics,
an American engineering and robotics design company
and a pioneer in the field of robotics
​and it is one of the most advanced in its domain. 

​Watch the video below.

• Reviews On New Microsoft Devices: Surface Go 2 And Surface Book 3 
• New Microsoft Devices: Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3 And Surface Earbuds 
• Quest For The Ark Of The Covenant

The Surface Go 2 is the successor to Surface Go, 
  a 10-inch, 2-in-1 detachable unveiled and released in 2018. 

The Surface Book 3 is the successor to Microsoft Book 2, 
a 2-in-1 PC that can be used as a tablet or a laptop 
with touch and stylus input and released in 2017. 

​Watch the new Surface Go 2 review below.

• New Microsoft Devices: Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3 And Surface Earbuds 
• The Famous Dancing Pallbearers 
• Quest For The Ark Of The Covenant

Something to be excited about: 
There are 3 new Microsoft Surface devices introduced: 
the Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3 and Surface Earbuds. 
Watch the videos below.

The Ark Of The Covenant or the Covenant Box 
Moses made according to God's instructions. 
It contained the 2 stone tablets with the 10 commandments written on them, 
the jar with some manna in it and Aaron's stick
which blossomed with ripe almonds. 

In Exodus37: 1-9 

"Make a Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide 
and 27 inches high. Cover it with pure gold inside and out 
and put a gold border all around it. 
Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, 
with two rings on each side. 
Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold 
and put them through the rings on each side of the Box. 
The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out. 
Then put in the Box the two stone tablets that I will give you, 
on which the commandments are written. 

"Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. 
Make two winged creatures of hammered gold, 
one for each end of the lid. 
Make them so that they form one piece with the lid. 
The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, 
and their outspread wings are to cover it. 
Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it.
I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures 
I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel." 

2 Maccabees 2: 4 -5 

"These same records also tell us that Jeremiah, acting under divine guidance, 
commanded the Tent of the Lord's Presence and the Covenant Box 
to follow him to the mountain where Moses had looked down 
on the land which God had promised our people. 
When Jeremiah got to the mountain, he found a huge cave 
and there he hid the Tent of the Lord's Presence, the Covenant Box, 
and the altar of incense. 
Then he sealed up the entrance." 

Revelation 11: 19 

God's temple in heaven was opened, and the Covenant Box was seen there. 
Then there were flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder, 
an earthquake, and heavy hail. ​

Very much circulated around social media 
are videos featuring a troupe of men of matching outfits,  
​carrying caskets in an upbeat style 
and turning a sad or solemn atmosphere into a lively performance. 
You see them in videos of crashes, accidents or fails 
as if they're there to take souls to the world of the dead. 
They're like Death themselves! ​
And the music that accompanies the videos is Astronomia 
by a Russian music artist named Tony Igy. 

Actually, they are dancing pallbearers for hire led by Benjamin Aidoo
in Ghana, a country in West Africa. 
Families who lost their loved ones hired their services 
to make funerals happy and joyful ones. 
Their dances are heavily choreographed
and families can suggest how the performance would go along.

Would you give your departed a send-off like this?

On the 11th of February 2020, 
Samsung unveiled 4 new smartphones with improved specs namely: 
the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20 Plus, Galaxy S20 Ultra & Galaxy Z Flip. 
​
The Galaxy S20 has: 

Display - 6.2 in (157 mm), (563 ppi) 

Rear Camera - 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS + 64 MP,
f/2.0 (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x hybrid optical zoom + 12 MP,
f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), AF, Super Steady Video 

Front Camera - 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm, 1/3.2", 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF 

Battery - 4000 mAh 

Memory - 8/12 GB 
​
Storage - 128 GB

The Galaxy S20 Plus has: 

Display - ​6.7 in (170 mm), (525 ppi) 

Rear Camera - 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS + 64 MP,
f/2.0 (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x hybrid optical zoom + 12 MP, f/2.2,
13mm (ultrawide), AF, Super Steady Video, 0.3 MP ToF 3D (depth) 

Front Camera - 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm, 1/3.2", 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF 

Battery - 4500 mAh 

Memory - 8/12 GB 

Storage - 128/256/512 GB

The Galaxy S20 Ultra has: 

​Display - 6.9 in (175 mm), (511 ppi) 

Rear Camera - 108 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), PDAF, OIS + 48 MP, f/3.6, 102mm,
1/2", 0.8µm (periscope telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 10x hybrid optical zoom + 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 1.4µm (ultrawide), AF, Super Steady Video + 0.3 MP ToF 3D (depth) 

Front Camera - 40 MP, f/2.2, 26mm, PDAF 

Battery - 5000 mAh 

Memory - 12/16 GB

Storage - 128/256/512 GB 

The Galaxy Z Flip
​is a foldable smartphone that folds vertically 
and has the following specs: 

Display - 6.7 in (425 ppi) 

Rear Camera - 12 MP, f/1.8, 27mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm (wide) + 12 MP, f/2.2, 12mm, 1.12µm (ultrawide), Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, LED flash, HDR10+, panorama, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@60/240fps, 720p@960fps 

Front Camera - 10 MP, f/2.4, 26mm, 1.22µm, PDAF, HDR, 4K@30fps 

Battery - 3300 mAh 

Memory - 8 GB 
​
Storage - 256 GB

Samsung just unveiled 2 of the most exciting smartphones 
the Galaxy S20 with variants S20, S20 Plus & S20 Ultra 
and the Galaxy Z Flip, its 2nd foldable smartphone after Galaxy Fold.

The S20 has a 6.2-inch display and S20 Plus have a 6.7-inch display
while the S20 Ultra has a 6.9-inch display. 
Notable upgrades from its predecessor the Galaxy S10 
includes improved camera system supporting 8K video recording
and a super-resolution zoom of 30-100x, depending on the model. 

With 8,12 GB/128 GB for the S20,
8 or 12 GB/128, 256 or 512 GB for the S20 Plus
and 12 or 16/128, 256 or 512 GB for the S20 Ultra. 

For the rear camera: 

Galaxy S20 and S20+: 12 MP wide angle, 12 MP ultra wide, 64 MP telephoto
Galaxy S20 Ultra: 108 MP wide angle, 12 MP ultra wide, 48 MP telephoto

And the Galaxy Z Flip has a 6.7-inch display inside when unfolded 
and uses a hybrid glass coating branded as "Infinity Flex Display". 
With 3300 mAh battery, 8 GB/256 GB storage, 
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+. 

The rear camera boasts of 12 MP, f/1.8, 27mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm (wide)
+ 12 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide), Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, LED flash,
HDR10+, panorama, 4K@30/60fps 
while the front camera has 10 MP, f/2.4, 26mm,
​1.22µm, PDAF, HDR, 4K@30fps. 

Watch the Samsung Unpacked event right below for more.

A stripper fell 20 feet from the pole she was dancing on 
leaving the audience in shock and horrified at what happened. 
This happened at the XTC Cabaret strip club in Dallas, Texas, USA. 
Her name is Genea Sky and after her horrible fall caught on cam 
and uploaded to social media and gone viral, 
positive messages of comfort and encouragement have flooded. 

In the video, she said she suffered a broken jaw, broken teeth 
some stitches and sprained ankle and nothing more serious. 
You can see in the video that she continued twerking 
right after the hard fall. 

Working or dancing on a pole especially tens of feet high up
should be practiced heavily 
so that it'll be performed perfectly on the day of the show. 
Thank God for this girl, her fall was not at all fatal. 
Hopefully be back dancing soon and be more cautious and careful.

In less than 2 weeks, Samsung will have an unpacked event 
which will introduced new devices as usual 
and that time, one of them may be its 2nd foldable smartphone 
after last year's Galaxy Fold - a smartphone and a tablet in one. 
The device looks like a clamshell phone when closed 
just like the recently unveiled Motorola Razr, 
and when unfolded, it has a full-length display than bends at the center. 
But we'll have to wait for the unpacked event coming up 
for the full details of this rumored device called Galaxy Z Flip.

​The Black Nazarene (Poong Itim na Nazareno)
is a life-sized image of a dark-skinned,
kneeling Jesus Christ carrying the Cross
enshrined in the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene
in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines. 

The January 9 Procession
re-enacts the image's Traslación (Transfer) in 1787,
or "solemn transfer" to the Minor Basilica
from its original shrine inside Intramuros. 
The Black Nazarene along with the Santo Niño (Holy Child Jesus), 
is venerated by Filipino devotees every Friday 
and is the most popular object of devotion in the Philippines. 

Catholics in the Philippines believe the Black Nazarene is miraculous 
and is able to heal diseases and sicknesses by touching it 
that's why during the Procession, 
you can see people eagerly clamber up the Andas
(wheeled platform where the Black Nazarene is carried), 
touching parts of the Image with bare hands or cloths
especially the right shoulder 
and even the rope to the side of the right shoulder. 

The Procession is notoriously long lasting for hours and hours 
and even up to 22 hours. 
Joining the procession is a great sacrifice on the part of the devotees, 
who are going to endure the heat, fatigue 
and the risk of being trampled upon by other devotees.

Pope Francis was visibly upset or irritated after a woman grabbed his hand 
and yanked him towards her. 
This happened on New Year's Eve in Saint Peter's Square 
when he was walking through and greeting pilgrims
who were situated beside the barrier. 
The unexpected incident caused him to lose patience 
and smack the woman's hand right away to be freed from her grip. 
And of course, the footage circulated widely after. 
Watch the video below.

Russian President Vladimir Putin
has inaugurated a massive railway bridge called the Crimean Bridge
constructed since February 2016.
It is 19-kilometer (11.8-mile) long,
making it not only the longest bridge in Russia 
but also in the whole of Europe. 
Trains will be carrying approximately 14 million passengers yearly 
across the Crimean Bridge. 

The Crimean Bridge is actually a pair of parallel bridges, 
one is a road bridge and the other is a railway bridge. 
President Putin inaugurated both bridges - 
the road bridge was inaugurated last year on May 15 
and just this December 2019, on the 23rd, 
the railway bridge was inaugurated. 

https://www.earthwaters.org/railway-tickets-around-russia-and-cis-countries.html

Watch the first Presidential Silent Drill Competition
at the Quirino Grandstand
conducted by The Presidential Security Group (PSG),
together with the Presidential Management Staff (PMS)
and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) –
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff
for Reservist and Retiree Affairs (J9). 

Participating in the competition are silent drillers
from 7 service academies
which include the Philippine Military Academy (PMA),
Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA),
Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA),
Philippine Army Officer Candidate School (PAOCS),
Philippine Navy Officer Candidate School (PNOCS),
Philippine Air Force Candidate School (PAFOCS),
and Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP).