Cuba – Taking The First Step Towards Capitalism

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Cuba proudly claims the title as one of the last existing communist countries in the world. However, it looks like it is all about to change that in the near future. Earlier this week, this primarily communistic country on a historical move announced that it will implement legal procedures that allow for small to medium businesses in the country.

This historical move was greatly welcomed by economists and business owners, who are all hopeful that this is just the first step towards economic reform. Business owners are now looking to export products to other countries and import wholesale supplies for the first time ever in history. This is sure to change the very nature of privately owned businesses in the country and to aid in the overall economic growth of Cuba.

The Cuban government has offered no other details. However, it appears that these reforms are a part of the business reforms introduced by the current President Raul Castro who took over the reins after his brother, the legend Fidel Castro in 2008. It is to be noted that while the reforms are slow, they have been progressive and allowed around half a million people to be employed by the private sector.

A Newer Version Of Mcnuggets From Mcdonald

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Sources revealed that the popular fast food chain McDonald is testing a newer version of its ever popular chicken nuggets, the favorite snack on its menu. It has plans of releasing this new version throughout the country well in time for the summer Olympics. The test was carried out in hundred and forty McDonald restaurants in and around the South-west of Washington and Portland, Oregon. The newer version has done away with all kinds of artificial preservatives and features a simpler recipe yet retains the same popular taste of the snack. The new recipe that was tested is rumored to contain popular ingredients like rice starch and solids of lemon juice.

However, when contacted McDonald denied to give the complete list of ingredients in the newer recipe. The current nuggets produced by the company contain around thirty two ingredients including the oil used for frying the chicken nuggets. The company is marketing the newer version as family friendly saying that it uses a simpler recipe. This way, a family can be relieved that they are indulging in a safe preservative free product that also tastes good. Images of families feeding on the new chicken nuggets can be found on the Facebook page of the popular fast food chain.

The new product also has received new packaging that highlights that the new recipe is artificial color and flavor free. It is to be noted that the current version of the McNuggets also doesn’t use any artificial flavors and colors.

Becca Hary, a spokeswoman for the popular fast food chain confirmed that the new product is slated for a nationwide launch during this summer. She also noted that the product has garnered support from consumers who initially tested it out during the trial runs. She said that consumers nowadays are more concerned about how a product is prepared and the ingredients it uses.

Einstein’s Prediction Comes True After 100 Years

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Scientists have for the first time ever observed the phenomenon called as gravitation waves. These are ripples or disturbances caused in the fabric of space time, which reach our planet as a result of a cataclysmic event in some distant part of our universe. This rare phenomenon has further confirmed the General Theory of Relativity, put forth by Albert Einstein in 1915. This has further opened a new avenue of exploration into our cosmos.

The unique feature of these gravitational waves is that they carry information on their origins and the very nature of gravitational forces of the place where they originated from. Physicists claim that the current gravitational waves that were observed, originated during the final second of the union of two black holes. This led to the formation of one huge fast spinning black hole. The theory that two black holes can collide has been in existence for a long time. But this is the first time that scientists are able to observe this rare phenomenon.

The gravitational waves were observed on 14th September 2015, at 9.51 UTC by the twin Laser Interferometers located at Hanford, Washington and Livingston, Louisiana. Based on the signals that were observed, scientists at LIGO predict that the black holes that generated these gravitational waves would have mass more that 29 and 36 times of the sun, respectively. The event must have occurred around 1.3 billions of years ago. The gravitational waves had mass nearly thrice that of the sun. They also claim that the source of this rare event must have been situated in the Southern Hemisphere.

The presence of gravitational waves was first studies by Joseph Taylor Jr. and his team in the 1970s and 1980s. Scientists are hoping that this first observation of gravitational waves will increase the funding and construction of a global network of detectors that can then pool in their resources to observe further such rare events.