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Status: 06/17/2021 10:42 a.m.

Financial investors speculate with billions on the German housing market, but hardly pay taxes – thanks to a legal trick. The federal government wanted to close this loophole. But loud monitor – Research won’t come of it.

By Lutz Polanz and Jan Schmitt, WDR

“Behind this house is an American company, the trail of the owners leads via Luxembourg to the Cayman Islands” , tells Coni Pfeiffer, activist and spokeswoman for the # 200Houses network. Tenants from Berlin have come together to defend themselves against the conversion of their apartments into expensive condominiums and the greed of financial corporations. It is similar with the other houses on the opposite side, explains Pfeiffer. Here the trail of investors leads to tax havens such as Gibraltar or the Virgin Islands. The Berlin real estate market has long since become an Eldorado for major investors who want to remain anonymous. The official owners are companies with names such as Magenta Properties S.à.rl or Berlin Project-1 Property III S.à.rl The names often conceal complex corporate structures with a whole chain of companies. In the end, they lead to well-known tax havens, for example in the Caribbean.

Interest trick to save taxes

The elaborate company structures apparently also serve to avoid paying taxes to the German tax authorities. A completely legal interest trick helps the companies: The parent companies lend money to their subsidiaries who own the houses and land in Germany. In return, they charge them high internal interest rates – much higher than they would otherwise have to pay at banks. The interest payments of the subsidiaries reduce the profit in Germany and thus the taxes that would have to be paid here.

“The profits go to countries in which no tax is levied on interest income”, explains Gerhard Schick, board member of “Citizens’ Movement Finanzwende”. “Thanks to these high interest payments, it is practically possible to push the income abroad, so that in Germany you can tell the tax office that we have actually not earned any money, but that the profit is generated abroad.”

Billions are being lost to the Treasury

“Every year the German state loses five to seven billion euros as a result of the interest rate trick”, adds Christoph Trautvetter from “Network tax justice”.

So far, the tax authorities have been able to do next to nothing about it. There is no corresponding legal regulation. Specialists have been calling for them for years, for example Manfred Naumann, an expert in international tax law and head of department in the Federal Ministry of Finance for many years: “I am frustrated that the legislature and the Federal Ministry of Finance are unable to find such a regulation”, said Naumann in an interview with the ARD -Magazine monitor . For him the state wears one “complicity” because financial resources run into the billions “flow untaxed”. Proposals for such a regulation have long been on the table. Accordingly, the interest rate would always be used as a benchmark at which a group can borrow money from the bank. Demanding higher interest rates internally would only be possible if the group can justify it well. That would be a kind of reversal of the burden of proof, which experts believe would prevent a large part of the tax damage.

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The Federal Ministry of Finance under Olaf Scholz (SPD) had proposed precisely such a new regulation in a draft law. But the CDU / CSU parliamentary group intervened and the corresponding passage was deleted from the draft. The Federal Council then made a new attempt to resume the regulation. But this was also thrown out at the instigation of the Union.

“Braking measures against money laundering, aggressive tax avoidance and tax evasion by the CDU / CSU has a long tradition”, criticizes Sven Giegold from the Greens in the European Parliament. However, he is also surprised that the SPD did not protest against it.

The Union faction wanted to get up monitor -Do not answer the request. The Federal Ministry of Finance, led by Scholz, is now apparently at a distance from its original approach. Corresponding changes “should ideally be coordinated internationally”, it says in a response from the ministry to a request from monitor .

Now the match ball lies with the Federal Council. He wants to decide at the end of June whether to call the mediation committee or wave the law through with the loophole

The scammer asked the victim to allow remote computer access, then collected sensitive information to borrow large sums of money in his name. Victims are harassed and threatened hundreds of times to continue investing. Two men used to come to his house to get more money. A representative from Nottingham Police said it was investigating the incident. Bitcoin investment scams are happening more and more as the pandemic breaks out. Photo: Napoli Shkolnik. “Investment scams have increased dramatically since the outbreak of the pandemic. That’s not surprising because many people assume that most of life will take place on a computer or phone… More Internet usage means more scammers have a great opportunity to reach victims We recommend anyone who wants to invest to do their own research first, check every detail before transferring money or sharing personal information… Guys Scammers often put up ads that look professional and trustworthy, with pictures of celebrities that make people think it’s a legitimate investment,” Beach said. A Nottingham police representative advised people to double-check information if invited to invest via call, email or social media. The warning from Nottingham comes after British authorities launched a new campaign, urging people to be on the lookout for investment offers, to report immediately if there are signs of fraud. In May, a woman in the UK was scammed more than $12,000 after reading an article titled “Tesla buys $1.5 billion in Bitcoin, plans to give away $750 million worth of Bitcoin” on the BBC. fake. The article urges readers to send a Bitcoin to an e-wallet, after which “Mr. Musk” will double the amount. After sending over $12,000 worth of Bitcoins with no response, this woman realized she had been scammed. She said this is the money saved to buy a new house. How harmful is Bitcoin to the environment? To mine Bitcoin, one needs a lot of miners that work 24/7. The carbon footprint of Bitcoin mining is equivalent to Argentina’s entire carbon footprint.

Warning: Hackers take advantage of the Covid-19 epidemic to spread malicious code. Illustration Taking advantage of the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic in many countries around the world and even in Vietnam, hacker groups have opened many cyberattack campaigns through fake emails with documents containing malicious code. , with titles and content related to the Covid-19 epidemic to trick users into opening documents. As noted by experts of CyRadar Information Security Joint Stock Company, the hot topic of the Covid-19 epidemic and the Covid-19 vaccine has continued to be exploited by many hacker groups in their campaigns to defraud Vietnamese users. Nam through the form of sending fake emails with attached document files containing malicious code. Specifically, two cyberattack campaigns in the form of sending fake emails with attached documents related to the Covid-19 epidemic, including “Jam Gia Dien dich Covid-19.docx” and “Covid-19– Vaccines.xlsm”. The above docx and xlsm file formats, according to experts’ analysis, have malicious code installed. When the user opens the document file, the malicious code will penetrate the computer, allowing the remote hacker to control the computer through commands. From there, hackers can also order to download many other malicious codes, steal data, passwords, screenshots… Currently, as noted by CyRadar, the number of cases where users are tricked into downloading and opening fake documents related to the Covid-19 epidemic and the Covid-19 vaccine are not many. However, in the context of a complicated epidemic and a growing remote working model, experts predict that in the coming time, there may be more hacker groups that continue to take advantage of the Covid-19 epidemic to attack scams. user island. Therefore, in addition to recommending the use of protection software, experts also recommend that organizations, businesses and users need to be careful and consider carefully when downloading email attachments.

Even in daily life, if the house space is too messy, it will make homeowners and members feel secret. In particular, your mood will sometimes be even worse on a hot summer day with messy colorful furniture displayed throughout the house. Minimalist furniture makes the space more airy and cool Therefore, reduce unnecessary furniture or cluttered items in the house, leaving only really useful items. The minimalism will make the living space more open, thereby bringing a relaxing and positive mood for you and your family. Change color The colors in the rooms not only increase the aesthetics but also help family members feel comfortable and relax. In the summer, the season of the hot sun, the selection of interior colors and space colors is very important in creating a feeling of coolness and harmony. You can change your house in the summer by using soft neutral colors (white, cream, gray, …) or pastel colors. According to the principle of color, gentle tones when reflected by the sun will somewhat soften the temperature of sunlight. The colors above make the space feel more spacious and airy. If you are afraid to change the paint color, you can completely use wallpaper with a simple top color pattern to change the space. Soft colors are very suitable for the house in summer In terms of interior colors, you can create accents with colors that are still impressive but have a gentle feeling to reduce some of the summer heat, which is blue. Blue color brings optimism, joy as well as helps the space to be more comfortable and cool. Bringing nature into the house One of the most popular summer interior decorating ideas today is the use of green plants. Trees help to regulate the air, bringing a sense of comfort and peace when returning home. You can place small potted plants in the corner of the room to decorate and add vitality and freshness to the house. Wooden furniture brings impressive beauty, close to nature In addition, another way for you to have a living space close to nature is to use furniture with natural materials. Wood has been the most popular design material for many years. Moreover, whether meticulously crafted or rough, wooden furniture still brings impressive beauty to the living space. If you are afraid of the heat of summer and find that sofas, leather and felt furniture are no longer suitable, but are worried that wooden furniture will not be comfortable, then you can refer to these decorating ideas. Summer interior with wooden sofa cushion. They still have comfort, increase luxury without causing heat, cramped. In addition to wooden furniture, you can also use rattan, bamboo furniture … Choosing the right curtains for summer Replace the old winter window blinds with a new set of curtains suitable for the fresh summer. Summer inspiration will spread throughout the living space, even to the sunny windows. A window curtain with white or blue floral motifs, thin and light material, will bring you a space filled with freshness, youth and vitality. Bamboo curtain is both close to nature and good sun block You can also consider using bamboo blinds as a way to add an element of nature to your home while still blocking out the harsh afternoon sun or hot afternoons. Ovum (Synthetic)

Professor, Doctor of Science Tran Duy Quy, Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Science and Technology Cooperation and Chairman of the Vietnam Orchid Association, said the above price is not virtual. “With mutant orchids such as: Lan Vinh Khang, Dai Cat, Ngoc Son Cuoc…, if you achieve all the strictest elements of a beautiful orchid, the price will fluctuate from 1-10 billion VND/cm kie. (seedlings develop from the eyes of the mother plant)”, Mr. Quy said. How much does a mutant orchid cost? “There is no set price for mutant orchids. The expensiveness of a mutant orchid depends on the rarity and beauty of each plant,” Quy said and said that there are about 35,000 species of orchids in the world, about 1,010 species in Vietnam alone, while mutant orchids have about 100 varieties. According to the professor, not every mutation will be expensive. There are mutant orchid varieties costing only a few tens of thousands of dong such as: Hac Vy Trang, Phi Diep Trang… These are popular orchids in the playing community and market, easy to find in nature, widely propagated. cobble. Orchid currently has about 35,000 different types in the world. Photo: Hainan. Meanwhile, Dai Ngan Butterfly, Juliet, Ngoc Son Cuoc, Pleiku Eyes… are some mutant orchids with very expensive market prices. The reason explained by Mr. Quy is that these orchids are created by nature over millions of years, and at the same time, the flowers that grow from these orchids reach perfection on very strict criteria. As an example of the white 5-petal mutant orchid Phu Tho, the President of the Vietnam Orchid Association said this orchid was found by a Central Circus in 1972 in Phu Tho. Then, they hand it over to the indigenous people to cultivate. “Currently, there are five white-petaled white berries in Phu Tho that are valued at 400-500 million VND/cm. But to have this price, the flowers from the tree must be perfect,” said Mr. Quy. Specifically, the tree structure must be clean – green (ie, no stains, no other colors); cotton must be pure white or clear as jade; horizontal “shoulder” – “wing” gourd; “eyes” are scratched like a girl’s eyelashes or must be very dark; hairy “lips”; The distinctive and special seductive fragrance “nose” must be so clean and white as snow. The “parts” of an orchid. Photo: HN When meeting the above criteria, according to Mr. Quy, a 5-petal white Phu Tho orchid can be sold for hundreds of billions of dong, depending on the height of the tree. “There are flowering mutant orchids that achieve all the requirements such as horizontal shoulders, gourd wings, fragrance… But if the nose of white flowers will cost a few billion, the nose of other crops will only be a few hundred thousand.” Mr. Quy shared. The professor said that currently, Vietnam has no council or agency or organization that accepts responsibility for pricing orchids. The price will be evaluated and given by the people in the playing community. The more people rate beautiful flowers, the higher the price. Therefore, recently, when the spread of orchids “bloomed”, the demand for orchids increased dramatically, leading to the price of orchids being “blown” higher than the real value. Mr. Quy said that this situation will decrease and end when the sudden supply of orchids balances with demand. Being deceived because of cheap greed, gullible gullibility According to the President of the Vietnam Orchid Association, there are two types of mutant orchids, natural mutations and artificial mutations. Natural mutation is a change in the nature of genes but occurs naturally, accumulated over millions of years and selected by nature, retaining the essence. Humans when finding this natural mutant will often use and propagate it. At the same time, the natural mutant orchid lines will have a very expensive price because of its rarity. Meanwhile, artificially mutated orchids are essentially changes to the plant’s genome but are influenced by humans. This has the disadvantage that the mutation in the gene can disappear and return to the original form (due to rapid artificialification, the gene structure is not stable). In addition, artificial mutations also have a very low probability of success, depending heavily on luck. “Artificial mutant orchid creators often orient mutations according to inherent standards such as horizontal shoulders, gourd wings, clean nose… But the results are rarely perfect, successful mutations but not recognized”, Mr. Quy shared. In the picture is kie lan (seedlings develop from the eyes of the mother plant). Photo: Hainan. Talking about the situation of scams when transactions spread suddenly recently, the professor said that people who are deceived are often greedy, inexperienced and gullible. “Scammers often use social networks to advertise. They take pictures, attach the name of mutant orchids and then sell them. These scammers often never dare to publicly disclose the exact name or address of the garden.” Mr. Quy commented when talking about transaction frauds spreading through the network. As for many cases, the victims went to the garden to see the mutant orchids with their own eyes, but when they bought the kies, they discovered they were cheated, Professor Quy said that the buyers were inexperienced. “It is not possible to detect or distinguish mutant orchids from normal orchids through kies. All kies are the same, only when flowering will they know if it is a mutant orchid or not,” the professor recommended. Experts give advice when dealing with orchids that need a paper contract, must find reputable places, come to the garden to see the tree and have the testimony of many people.

Scam notice on DeFi100 website. Screenshots. “We fooled everyone and nobody could do anything about it,” said the statement, signed by Devsin, who is said to be the head of the DeFi100 project. According to the above information Coinmarketcap , DeFi100 is a project to create a simulated value fund, that is, the value of D100 issued will depend on the total value of the decentralized financial market (DeFi). The team that developed this project took the name Wrapp3D, but all members hid their true identities. This project’s D100 coin has been released on the Binance Smart Chain network since February. After that, some users warned about the dangers of DeFi100. On Twitter, user Tom suggested that DeFi100 was originally intended to issue a token with a price-adjusted supply (rebase token). However, when this plan failed, they planned to switch to the liquidity pool model. “This whole project is a scam. Devsin manipulates and deceives investors,” user Tom asserts. The price of D100 coin has been decreasing steadily over the past week, and dropped sharply after the scam information. Screenshots. According to the account Mr. Whale on Twitter, who claims to be a crypto analyst, total scams from the DeFi100 project amounted to $32 million. “When the market is no longer going up, many projects will disappear. Don’t be surprised that many scam projects will be reported in the next few months. Never invest in projects that are too new, with development teams. anonymous development, created as a joke and has no real purpose”, account Mr. Whale warned. According to the CoinDesk , does not rule out the possibility that DeFi100’s website was hacked to post the aforementioned notice. By the morning of May 23, the notice on the DeFi100 website had been removed. The value of the D100 coin has fallen nearly three times in the past week, from $0.2 to $0.077. DeFi100’s Twitter account has had no new announcements since March. In the crypto world, a developer scam is also known as a “rug pull”. This is a fairly common form of fraud, especially with decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, when all transactions are conducted by code, not by an organization.

However, livestream has become a “trend” pursued by many people, but not all “creators” create value. Bullshit, vulgar content is posted by many vloggers defiantly to attract attention and receive donations (money and gifts) from viewers. On major live-streaming platforms in the country of billions of people, such as Bilibili, Douyin, and Kuaishou, it is not difficult for viewers to come across images of female vloggers dressed in revealing, offensive clothing and performing erotic acts. Many streamers are banned from showing off their bodies or showing sexual acts to receive donations. Showing off, deceiving viewers Many live broadcast studios often hack the number of followers to create credibility, attract viewers so that they are willing to donate money. The account holders also deliberately fabricated sensational stories, creating conflicts with others to attract viewers of their livestream. “Poor students borrow more than 100,000 yuan to reward female streamers in Nanjing”, “16-year-old teenager rewards female streamers with 1.58 million yuan for 3 months”, “Male cashier appropriated more than 48 million yuan to donate to the live broadcast room”, a series of negative news related to direct money rewards through livestream has caused many controversial streams in the Chinese online community. On May 17, Kuaishou posted a notice saying that live streamer Yin Shihang, an account holder with 8 million followers, had been banned from the platform for “sensational marketing”, “vulgar performances” and false advertising during the livestream on May 15. Initially, Yin introduced to live stream his marriage proposal with girlfriend Tao Lulu. Millions of people watched to witness the special moment of the popular streamer. In the end, he tricked the audience by turning the broadcast into a 5-hour sales show. Yin Shihang was banned from broadcasting when tricking viewers into the livestream. Various live broadcasting platforms are working to strengthen control over violations. Kuaishou has issued a special regulatory notice on “Scripting, Acting and Purchases”, which bans accounts or imposes fines on those who take advantage of family conflicts and other factors unrelated to the issue. sell merchandise to entice fans to buy. In June 2020, Douyin issued a new rule that allows minors to privately award rewards after verification and can be fully refunded. In April 2021, Douyin revealed that a total of 36,000 minors had been refunded in 11 months, with an average refund time of 19.7 hours. At the end of November 2020, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China issued a notice on strengthening the management of livestream and live broadcast of e-commerce. In which, methods such as facial recognition are applied to implement real-name management for broadcasters and users. The new rule also limits the number of rewards users can receive by time, daily and monthly, if there are too many rewards, there will be a reminder message and the reward function will be paused if the limit is exceeded.

With flat shoes Do not think that only high heels can enhance your height, even flat shoes, if chosen correctly, will help your slim figure to be taller than usual. Light-colored flat shoes, especially nude colors, always help legs look longer than dark ones. So if it’s flat shoes, please give more preference to nude, pointy toe shoes, the better. Shoes with a V-shaped mouth will reveal the instep of the foot more than flat shoes with a closed mouth, so that the legs are also more elegant, a glimpse of the foot also helps to hack your height. With lace-up shoes Lace-up shoes/sandals are also a favorite style of many women, but if you don’t choose carefully, your feet will look too tight and heavy. The choice of shoes with laces is still very important, the more complicated the laces, the shorter the leg, and the simple lace styles show a much longer leg. Even a pair of pointed toe shoes, if there is a large lace part, it will look heavy and mysterious. With sandals Don’t think that any sandals will respect your height, girls under 1m60 should choose thin strap sandals to make your legs more elegant and gentle. High heel sandals with horizontal straps also have many styles, the more horizontal straps, the more the feet are divided, so choose sandals with thin straps and a little more detail to make the legs more elegant. The same style of sandals but if it is a light pair, it will look much better. With basic high heels Pointed shoes are always the top hack, but if you add ankle straps, the legs will be split a bit. While the strapless high heels will help the legs elongate more naturally. With mules Although mules are still very airy shoes / sandals, but they also have a style that respects the style, ladies. But compared to mules with large square straps, the slim V, X or horizontal straps will be more useful for your feet. Dark Mules with large straps not only make you look older than your age, but also make your legs mysterious, not respecting your figure at all. While the light-colored thin straps are both stylish and stylish, why not choose a pair like these.

According to Mr. Phan Vinh (Linh Nam, Hanoi), about a week ago, he was constantly tagged (marked) on posts on the social network Facebook. All of these posts have the same content related to an accident. In addition to information about the victim’s name, the article also includes a link for users to verify for themselves. “I know many people with the same name as the victim, the post is not full, so I can’t be sure who it is. Moreover, I didn’t know who the person tagged me, so I ignored those posts,” Vinh said. Users need to be wary of being tagged in Facebook posts by strangers. Photo: Trong Dat Vinh made a correct decision because if he clicked on the link, he would most likely be turned into a victim of scammers. This is not a new trick when many crooks intentionally create a fake website and trick users into accessing it. Once you click on the link attached to the article, you will be asked to log in (usually with a Facebook or Google account) to continue viewing the content. At this time, the bad guys will have their account passwords in hand to use them for impure purposes. In addition to the risk of losing the account, the victim also has the risk of revealing personal information, sensitive images, … Not only that, the bad guy can also cheat through the victim’s account Island borrow money from their friends. Usually, phishing posts have a familiar motif, with content that piqued the user’s curiosity. These posts are often accompanied by a link to another website. This is the first feature that users need to pay attention to. Bad guys often use links impersonating news agencies to trick users into accessing fake websites. Photo: Trong Dat Users also need to be wary of being tagged by strange accounts. If you see a post tagged with a large number of users (usually 99 people), absolutely do not click on the link because it is definitely a scam content. In addition, if you accidentally visit a strange link, users should not log in to their Facebook, Google, bank accounts, etc. when they receive a request, no matter what website. In fact, bad guys often use a fake website with a realistic interface to steal information, especially passwords for Facebook accounts, banks, … Therefore, users should only log in. sensitive accounts when actively accessing the websites of those services themselves. To be more careful, with websites related to financial and banking services, users should star (bookmark) these websites on the bookmarks bar of the browser. When someone asks you to borrow money on Facebook, don’t trust it, call that person directly (or through another app) to verify this information. Only with such vigilance, can users escape the “claw” of online scammers.

Due to the presence of minerals and other resources on the Red Planet, in the future, Mars could be an abundant source. All in all, the initiatives in this direction are impressive, but as always, there are nuances attached to them. Traveling to Mars on 1,000 rockets and creating land for 1 million earthlings as Elon Musk suggests is an extremely expensive and technologically difficult task. It is not necessary to list all the problems that arise when massive scientific works are devoted to this, just to mention the main “knots”. First, There is no technology that allows the creation of spacecraft with the ability to send people into distant space without having to receive a lethal dose of cosmic radiation. This problem could be solved by wrapping lead plates, but would lead to a proportional increase in the mass of the ship and a decrease in its carrying capacity. New engines were needed, but they are now beyond production. Monday, Solar radiation will remain a problem on the Martian surface. The Red Planet, unlike Earth, does not have a magnetic field that protects us from ionizing radiation. Astronauts will not have to walk on red sand dunes like in the movie “Total Recall”, but have to hide in bases hidden deep below the surface. Tuesday, Mars on Mars is cold and has practically no atmosphere, but the radiation background is 2.5 times higher than what astronauts on the ISS can tolerate. It is impossible to live in such conditions without a special space suit. There are also many other problems, but it is clear that expanding living space is an extremely important task for all of humanity, requiring accumulation and huge investments in technology. For this reason, scientists are seriously skeptical of Elon Musk’s initiative, especially when he proposes to carry out thermonuclear bombardments at both poles of the Red Planet. This will lead to higher temperatures, melting glaciers, the formation of liquid water and the release of greenhouse gases, which will create the atmosphere on Mars. After that, the settlers could walk on the surface without the spacesuit. But there is another way of looking at this “terrain” approach. Mathematician Robert Walker calculates that in order to carry out the first part of the plan, which would require at least 1 million nuclear bombs with a capacity of 100 megatons, they would have to be sent to Mars 3,500 a day for seven weeks to achieve. desired results. There are no such large numbers of nuclear weapons on Earth and the lack of means to deliver them to another planet. This is the first thing. Carbon dioxide reserves on Mars would not be enough to create a suitable atmosphere, even if the first problem were solved. Since the Red Planet has no magnetic field, solar radiation will gradually “suck” in the already formed magnetic field. This is the second thing. And finally, for some reason, Elon Musk doesn’t take into account that after so many nuclear explosions, the surface of the planet will be radioactive for a long time, you can’t walk there with a mask oxygen and plant trees. “Nuke Mars” is just a cover for the US to send nuclear weapons into space? In general, Elon Musk’s initiative is a nonsense and he himself cannot help but understand this. But why is this smart man promoting it? The head of Roscosmos – Mr. Dmitry Rogozin tried to answer the question: Anyone who calls for the “terrain” of Mars or other planets is well aware that this is just an excuse for launching nuclear weapons into space, which, if useful, is just to “terrain”. our “Earth. But it’s true, you can’t just send nuclear warheads to Mars. First, they will need to be put into orbit and accumulate somewhere along with the means to send them in large batches. Where is that? Suppose that a circular orbit station, which the United States and its allies are building, will be adapted for this case, with China and Russia as targets. But will the nuclear bomb then make its way to the Red Planet? It’s long been no secret that Elon Musk is working closely with the Pentagon on the space program and satellites. So why not try with the best cause, Mars exploration, to advocate for the idea of ​​​​putting a US nuclear arsenal in space, Mr. Rogozin concluded.

Located at the foot of the Day River dike, the house (Yen Nghia, Ha Dong, Hanoi) opens a 40-degree view to the main road on the dike with three elevations of the road downgrading to the building foundation, the location of the land is quite good. especially the west-facing facade looking up to the dyke. Designed for two young households, three generations and eight people living. The family has a family style that follows the culture of the Northern Delta, loves open spaces, trees, and wind. The house is built on an area of ​​234m2, divided functional space into 4 main blocks and 4 floors. The building interwoven with solid blocks to create voids surrounded by ventilated materials to create a connection, bringing sunlight and wind into the building. Architects pushed the entire main functional space to the 2nd and 3rd floors, freeing the entire first floor as common spaces, garages, gardens. To ensure privacy as well as avoid dust, the house is designed with a high fence like a building’s base block, using raw red brick materials and building techniques to ventilate and light. On the second floor is a common space such as living room, kitchen, and toilet with a private, quiet space for the closed bedroom of your grandparents. Linking the 2nd and 3rd floors is a modern, dynamic wooden-faced steel staircase with corridors running through each function room of the 3rd floor. The whole 3rd floor is a completely separate and private functional space of the eldest brother’s family with 2 small children. The 4th floor is arranged with other function rooms such as worship room, laundry and drying technology. The terrace is an ideal space for the whole family to gather together, drink tea, talk. Source: Hoang Le Video: House 25m2- the opportunity to have a house for many people? Source: VTV24

In order to attract consumers, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PS, Nintendo Switch will provide some free games, some of which support multiplayer networking mode, and need to use the server of the host manufacturer. Considering the operating cost of the server, host manufacturers previously required users to open a membership in order to play with others online.

The Microsoft Xbox game library provides more than 50 free games, allowing users to play as much as they want. Now Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One have also added “find team” and “party” functions to help players find teammates. It is not difficult to see that Microsoft is optimizing the social functions of the host to increase user stickiness.

The price of graphics cards has doubled this year, causing more and more consumers to turn to game consoles. In the console market, Sony has always dominated Microsoft, and even with the PS console, it has become the world’s highest revenue game company by 2020. In order to further seize the Microsoft Xbox market, some time ago, Sony’s PS console free game network no longer needed members. Microsoft also responded quickly and also abolished the free-to-play online membership.

But this can only suspend Sony’s offensive, and cannot prevent the PS console from eating away at the Xbox market. VGChartz statistics show that As of September 2020, the global sales of PS4 series consoles have exceeded 110 million units, and the sales of Switches have reached 65.71 million units, while the Xbox One of the same generation has only 48.34 million units.

The biggest problem with Microsoft Xbox is that there are too few exclusive games, and many games on the platform have landed on PC and PS consoles. This phenomenon makes it unnecessary for users to buy Xbox for a small number of exclusive games. The PS console has many exclusive games, and even the “Uncharted Seas” series that represents Sony’s movie game aesthetics.

Exclusive games are Sony’s magic weapon to win, but Sony is killing chickens for short-term benefits. Recently, many of Sony’s exclusive masterpieces have landed on the PC, and the “God of War” series has also revealed the news that it will be ported to the PC, causing many netizens to be dissatisfied with Sony.

The abolition of the free-to-play membership system is the first step for Microsoft to sound the horn of counterattack. It is expected that Microsoft will spend a lot of money to develop exclusive games to further narrow the gap with Sony.

Spaghetti grows on trees On April 1, 1997, the program Panorama The BBC (UK) reported that farmers in Switzerland have just had a bumper crop of spaghetti thanks to the good weather. There are many viewers in the UK who have been so relieved to believe and can’t help admiring that your country has bred this useful real species. In the news there was also a video showing Swiss farmers pulling down spaghetti threads from tree branches. Pi is redefined In early April 1998, lawmakers in Alabama (USA) decided to reduce the divine Pi in mathematics from 3.14159 … to 3 for simplicity. Naturally, this is a joke spread by an ordinary man named Mark Boslough. For some reason, rumors have spread far and many students and students have been celebrating. In fact, in 1897, the Indian legislature proposed to convert Pi to 3.2 for round but was unsuccessful. Effeil Tower is demolished On April 1, 1986, the French “national” newspaper, Le Parisien, reported that the front page of the French government decided to remove the Eiffeil tower from the center of Paris. After dismantling, the tower will be moved to and rebuilt at Disneyland Park. And the central land will be devoted to building a stadium to serve the 1992. This trick has caused many French people to have heart attacks and panic. Burger King launches a left-handed burger In April 1998, Burger King launched an advertising campaign for a new product: Hamburger for lefties. The composition is the same as usual but the composition arrangement will be 180 degrees reversed to accommodate left-handed people. This information instantly captivated and excited the left-handed association as I felt I was being cared for at last. So the “this is just a joke” correction of Burger King later made many customers disappointed. Google produces beverages Google is a company that loves to tease its customers by making April Fool’s jokes every year. The most famous of which is in 2005, the company announced that it was going to enter the beverage manufacturing field with a product called Google Gulp. Google advertises this drink to help increase intelligence and also have a healthy low-carb. In addition, the tech giant once tricked out products such as Google Romance – a matchmaking service, a Gmail Custom Time feature that could change the time to send emails back to the past or even five claims to have found. treasure pirate island. But on April Fool’s Day the only Google to tell the truth that it will provide 1GB of free storage for Gmail users, most people do not trust. Discovered life on the moon In 1835, sheets New York Sun has published a long article by famous astronomer John Herschel said his team had discovered life on the moon. The article details the life of flora and fauna there, such as herds of bison wandering the plains and blue unicorns living in the hills. With the reputation of astronomers, most readers believe and admire this great discovery. Big Ben Tower turned into electronic clock In 1980, the BBC reported that the symbol of London, the pride of Great Britain, was that the Big Ben tower would be renovated and transformed into an electronic clock to catch up with the new era. However, this joke did not bring joy to the station as expected because the BBC has been criticized for being so “long joking” that it has to officially apologize to the people. Thomas Edison invented the food-making machine Legendary scientist Thomas Edison was once a “victim” to deceive readers of the newspaper The Daily Graphic (USA) 1878. This newspaper reports that he invented an automatic food making machine. The machine can produce food and drinks from the raw materials of soil, water and air. The article describes both the mechanism of operation and the beliefs that it will solve the hunger for mankind. To the writer’s meticulousness, Thomas Edison sent a letter to the newsroom with only a few words “It was breathtaking.” However, he was not angry because at the bottom of the article, it was said that this was a joke, but many readers were too lazy to read it all, when reading the news about the invention, they were happy to send orders to the scientist. . Source: CNN

Here are the facts that many people believed absolutely, until they found out that they are just tricks of the Internet.

1. Can’t you park your car on Japanese streets?

Truth spread on the Internet and reality

Netizens around the world often show admiration for Japanese streets, that the streets here look great because there are no cars.

In fact, this is only partially true. In 1957, Japan enacted a ban on parking on the street. However, some roads in Japan have signs that allow parking. In other words, there will still be cars parked on the road in Japan.

It is quite interesting that if you want to buy a car in Japan, you need to prove to the local authorities that you have a place to park your car. Either your house has a place, or you have to rent a parking space for the same price as a small apartment.

1. Babies born on airplanes can fly anywhere, completely free of charge

Actually this is a quite complicated question, because each country will have different rules. In general, every child can hold 2 nationalities if born on an airplane. However, the problem lies in what second citizenship is.

Because the rules of each country are different, the second nationality can be from the country where the child was born, or belong to the country where the airline is carrying the baby, or depends on where you land or where you land. forward…

Some would argue that airlines would grant a lifetime free flight to a baby born on an airplane, but that’s not entirely true. Only a handful of African and Asian airlines allow it, most until the age of 21, or give away a few flights only.

1. The truth about the dog-shaped mountain

Netizens around the world used to be very interested in the photo of the mountain with a lying dog. But in fact, this is a photo that has been edited, and the author of the photo corrected it.

The real photo of the cliff looks quite ordinary, although it also looks a bit like a dog.

The photo went viral on the Internet (left) and the real photo (right).

1. Castle on the rock

Once again an edited work. The rock in the photo above is in Thailand’s Phang Nga National Park, while the castle is actually located in Germany.

1. Takes 7 years to digest if accidentally swallowed a piece of gum

This is one of the information that many people believe, that if you swallow gum, it will take you 7 years to digest it. The purpose of the sentence is to prevent children from swallowing candy, but it is not.

Gum is made from natural rubber, a sweetener and flavor. Particularly for the rubber part, the stomach will not be able to digest, but if swallowed it will sooner or later come out by another way – that is your toilet.

1. An elephant tree

I have seen it fake, but it turns out there are still many people who believe the photo above is real. Then the final affirmation: It is a photo that has been edited. Background in the picture is the garden in the city of Pristina (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), and below is the garden when there is no extreme fake elephant.

1. Decoding super virtual gecko transform video

The video above once caused a storm in the late 2020, with the content of a gecko changing color when climbing a pencil.

But looking at that, there is no such good gecko. The video was actually posted by an Instagram account since June 2020, and was explained by the owner that it was created using computer software.

In fact, many people believe that chameleons can change color to camouflage based on their surroundings. But actually, geckos change color based on … emotions, and that’s how they communicate with the outside world.

1. Canal flooded with flamingos in Venice

It is true that you can see flamingos in Italy, but not as many as in the photo above and not at that location. This is actually a creation by artist Kristina Makeeva, and Makeeva herself admits this is not a real photo.

Source: BS, Vt.co

Phu Tho 5-petal white orchid: is a very beautiful white-nose fake crane flower, a light brown-eyed clean throat and is famous in the world of mutant orchids. The special thing is that 5 Phu Tho white petals have a flower face that varies with different climates. Plants grown in cold northern climates have paler eyes than when grown in hot climates.

Lan 5 white petals HO (Hien Oanh): is a flower face with 5 beautiful white petals, clean nose, white nose, 5 flying white petals, two eyes darker than 5 white wings, a little bit of tongue, creating an overall very beautiful flower face. .

Lan 5 white wings Cu Chi: The color of the tree is purple white, the tree has 5 white wings, the main white tongue and very neatly scratched eyes.

Tien Sa 5 white wings: is five pure white wings (5ct) without any hint of violet, five equally spaced and evenly spaced between the wings. Flower eyes: neatly proportioned stripes on both sides, faint pink is quite rare.

5 white wings Bao Duy: The flowers are pure white, the wings stretch and fly, are evenly tapered and rounded, extremely balanced. In particular, the flower eyes are clearly scratched and bold.

5 white petals Snow White: 5 petals pure white, neat eyes, clean throat and no smudged color. When looking at the petals, the blade of the flower is relatively evenly rounded, the blade has a layer of velvet covered with white snow is quite beautiful.

5 petals of Truong Sa: considered as a high-class flower face, with incredible beauty. Although it is a colored nose, it has blurred eyes and beautiful cotton mold, so the value is always stable and high.

5 Wings Infinite: This tree is rarely mentioned and extremely rare because there is only one tree on the market and very high price.

Lam Xung 5 white wings: is a white 5-petaled tree that is quite different from the rest of it with purple flat tongue.

Lan Hong My Nhan: The only cotton face has reached the perfect cotton mold up to the moment, in terms of the cotton peaks, the two triangles are interlocked.

5 white wings Unnamed Beauty: beautiful cotton mold, neat eyes, five pure white wings, white nose, neat and beautiful lips.

Pink: costs up to billions of dong thanks to the rounded tongue, neat flower eyes, mixed with very gentle pink light, looks like a “teenage girl of twenties”.

Please watch the video: Plants with strange shapes. Source: Happy healthy every day.

Bernard Madoff – the man behind the largest and most devastating pyramid scheme in history, taking over $ 65 billion of tens of thousands of victims worldwide, has gone from the pinnacle of fame. hope – from a powerful Wall Street tycoon to an extremely hated criminal who spends the rest of his life in a prison in North Carolina. The US federal prison agency confirmed that Bernard Madoff died at the age of 82 on April 14 while serving a prison term.

Super trick Bernard Madoff. Photo: Reuters

“We think he is God”

For decades, Bernard Madoff, former chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange, has been regarded as a model of a self-made financial expert who always enjoys luck despite the volatility of the market.

He has attracted a large number of dedicated investment clients, from Florida retirees to the rich and famous, including director Steven Spielberg, actor Kevin Bacon, Fred Wilpon – team boss baseball New York Mets and Elie Wiesel – Nobel Peace Prize winners

Madoff, was born in 1938 in a middle-class Jewish neighborhood in Queens, New York. His father, Ralph, was a stockbroker – the son of Eastern European immigrants in the United States.

Madoff and his brother Peter arrived on Wall Street in 1960 with the meager money saved from working as lifeguards and installing sprinkler systems. Madoff studied political science and law before founding Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities (BMIS). BMIS has built a reputation for large deals on the Nasdaq. In 1980, the company owned three floors of a high-rise building in downtown Manhattan.

Madoff helped make Nasdaq the largest stock exchange in North America through efforts to build its competitive advantage and increase its influence between 1970 and 1980. He was later appointed. President Nasdaq, has become a reliable figure in the eyes of investors as well as regulators.

“We think he is God. We entrust everything into his hands “, Elie Wiesel – Nobel Peace Prize winner shared.

Silently “cheat black child”

But what the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) did not discover is that behind the scenes, in a separate and closed office, Madoff secretly runs the virtual wealth network using the money of the houses. New investments to pay back the old ones. If other ponzi scams work by paying high returns to investors and then collapsing quickly, Madoff pays a modest but steady return to perpetuate the scam over the long term.

Over the years, at least $ 13 billion has been invested in Madoff’s missions, the US authorities said. The collected documents show that Madoff’s profits are always stable at 2 digits even during market downturns. Before Madoff was arrested, many reports said that the amount of invested assets had reached 65 billion USD.

Kim in the bag for a long time also emerged

It all collapsed in 2008 after Madoff’s business was uncovered as a classic Ponzi scheme that brought the businessman billions. This mission has evaporated all money and wiped out the fortunes of investors – rich and poor, shattering many charities and funds around the world. Madoff – the biggest fraud boss in Wall Street history is so hated that he must wear a bulletproof vest to court after admitting his crime.

Madoff’s crimes not only ruined the lives of 37,000 victims, but also destroyed his own family, including Madoff’s two sons. Mark – one of his children committed suicide in 2010 – two years after his father was arrested. Another left son, Andrew, died of cancer at the age of 48. His wife, Ruth, is still alive and is currently hiding somewhere in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Madoff has created “a legend around him that makes everything special, unique and all,” said Elie Wiesel, a victim of the Ponzi mission that was seized for $ 15.2 million. are kept secret ”. Like many of his clients, Madoff and his wife enjoy a lavish lifestyle. They own a $ 7 million apartment in Manhattan, a $ 11 million real estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and a $ 4 million home on Long Island. In addition, his family has a house in the south of France, private aircraft and yachts.

In a report released in 2009, lawyer Irving Picard, representing the victims of the scam said: “The investigation of Madoff’s assets has led to a maze of funds, nests organizations and many international agencies are related and intertwined in unprecedented complexity with a width that seems to have no stops “.

The report said Madoff’s scam spread widely: Britain, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, Gibraltar, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bahamas. More than 15,400 lawsuits have been filed against Madoff.

Madoff pleaded guilty in March 2009, saying he wanted to apologize to all victims and was deeply ashamed of his behavior. After being confined to an attic apartment in Manhattan for a while, he was sentenced to 150 years in prison in June 2009 and began serving in July 2009. The Madoff’s property was auctioned off. The US government also set up a trust to recoup the money that Madoff’s company has put into investments and pay thousands of victims.

Starbucks switched to paper straws, but other tools still used plastic.

The trend of using paper straws

The campaign to stop using plastic straws has created a global craze over the past few years, with many reputable brands and a large number of consumers turning to paper straws.

In Vietnam, a number of major beverage brands have also responded to the messages of environmental protection, limiting the use of plastic waste, and encouraging the replacement of biodegradable and recyclable materials.

Pioneering brands can be mentioned as coffee shop chain The Coffee House, Trung Nguyen Legend Café, Starbucks Coffee … replacing plastic straws, plastic bags, disposable plastic spoons with bio straws, bags Bio, bio-spoon is completely biodegradable. Gong Cha and Phuc Long tea chains have replaced plastic straws with straws made from bagasse and paper.

But are paper straws really the same eco-friendly alternatives as the brands claim? Chung Shan-shan, scientific director of environmental management and public health at Hong Kong Baptist University, doesn’t think so.

According to SCMP, the main argument for using paper straws instead of plastic straws is that paper is biodegradable. That is, paper straws can decompose naturally and do not float in the ocean and then be swallowed by fish or turtles. However, environmental protection is not simply about swapping plastic for paper.

Although paper straws will decompose into smaller pieces, they are still capable of being swallowed by small animals. Furthermore, the term “biodegradation” can be misleading.

“The Hong Kong Environmental Protection Agency’s Biodegradability Test Standard considers the degree of degradation of different materials by keeping them at a constant temperature of 56 to 60 degrees Celsius for 180 days. . If the carbon content of that material is reduced by 60% then it can be considered biodegradable. So in fact, the so-called biodegradable materials can last longer than 180 days and even then, they do not disappear completely “, this expert emphasized.

“Although paper is biodegradable, it will not decompose even after a very long time if it contains too much pulp. You can find newspapers in landfills, where even after 10 or 20 years, the words on it can still be read.

Also, the garbage in the cities is ultimately in landfills, not in other spaces. The waste that decomposes in landfills still releases toxic methane gas into the atmosphere.

Paper straws spoil the taste of drinks

Paper straws easily spoil the taste of drinks.

Since China introduced restrictions on the use of plastic materials last year, non-biodegradable single-use plastic straws have begun to be phased out from the country’s food industry in late 2020. and the eco-friendly straws that are used nationwide.

Experts say, thanks to the trend of protecting the environment, paper straws and similar products are bringing huge revenue for manufacturing companies. According to a report by Huaan Securities Co Ltd, the size of the paper straw market in this country could reach 28 billion yuan (4.33 billion USD) by 2025.

But in addition to the controversy over the degradability, the paper straws have also complained about the quality, as well as affecting the taste of the drink. Most of the time, biological straws are worn out when left in water for a long time. They mix paper flavors into drinks, causing discomfort for diners.

Huang Xinyi, a 30-year-old worker in Beijing, told China.org: “Paper straws taste like paper or cardboard and cannot be soaked in drinks for long. That is why, I need to drink all the drinks right after I buy it.

No matter how environmentally friendly the paper straw is, it is having trouble being accepted by the consumer. “Paper straws also have an impact on the environment. On the one hand, they consume a large amount of wood resources, on the other hand, they also pollute the production process. More efforts are needed for research and further work.” developing other alternatives, “said expert Lin Boqiang from the Energy Policy Research Institute at Xiamen University, China.

When complaints related to paper straws became a popular topic, Chinese netizens made comments about alternative straws such as biodegradable plastic, metal straws …

Environmental protection half-hearted

Highland Coffee is the brand that propagates the most about environmental protection but still uses plastic cups and plastic straws.

While major beverage brands in Vietnam such as Gong Cha, Phuc Long, The Coffee House, Trung Nguyen Legend Café, Starbucks Coffee … are replacing straws, mugs, bags with environmentally friendly materials. Responding to customers’ requirements as well as environmental responsibility, there are still opinions that this is just a half-hearted change, stopping at the level of “cutting”, not giving up altogether.

Some companies only change straws, but still use plastic cups, others are the opposite. Or even the most controversial recently is Highlands Coffee, when shouting out loud environmental campaigns on media channels but doing it in a way unlike anyone else.

This chain of drinks uses the highly reputed beverage handle section: “Biodegradable, eco-friendly handle”. However, in addition to the handle, the other things are still plastic cups, plastic spoons, even using a plastic straw, not using a paper straw.

The online community said that the changes and calls of the above brands are still only polished and “colored”, instead of serious implementation for the environment, as required by consumers.

It is said that firms can not completely replace plastic utensils for the purpose of maximizing profits. To replace the whole process and equipment, it will take a lot of time and cost.

Regarding the trend of moving from plastic to paper straws, Chung assessed that people want to reduce the use of plastic products but do not want to sacrifice convenience. Even though they are paper straws, they are still disposable waste.

“Unless you get rid of disposable items in natural places with a lot of wildlife, swapping plastic straws for paper straws won’t make any difference in the city,” Chung added.

The only guaranteed way to make a difference to the environment, says the expert, is that people stop using disposable straws.

“Even if we create products using the most eco-friendly materials, if they are still single-use products, the Earth’s environment will still be affected.” said.

This expert suggests that users can drink it directly or use a chopstick or spoon to eat topping in a cup.

In conclusion, it doesn’t make much sense to switch to environmental materials unless we use reusable items.