Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Qualcomm unleashes Snapdragon S4 'Pro' chip with superior graphics

Qualcomm unleashes Snapdragon S4 Pro chipThe standard version of the S4, aka the MSM8960, has already garnered a lot of benchmark-backed respect -- not least in the HTC One X. It's a true next-gen SoC is every respect except one: it's Adreno 225 GPU is simply a souped-up, higher-clocked version of the older Adreno 220. Qualcomm has a plan though: an MSM8960 "Pro" chip that incorporates Adreno 320 graphics and is expected to reach the market in the second half of 2012. Check the press release after the break for further details and stay tuned for a new set of benchmarks.

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Analysis: Oil price rise raises specter of global recession (Reuters)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reuters - A jump in energy prices is jamming the slow-turning cogs of an economic recovery in the West, but that may be nothing compared to the economic shock an Israeli attack on Iran would cause.

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Monday, February 27, 2012

West calls Syrian referendum a 'sham'

A Syrian woman, center, dances between pro-Syrian regime supporters wearing police uniforms as they celebrate outside a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

A Syrian woman, center, dances between pro-Syrian regime supporters wearing police uniforms as they celebrate outside a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

A Syrian man holds up his ballot paper at a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Feb. 26, 2012. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. Arabic on the ballot Paper reads, "the Syrian Arab Republic, referendum card, do you agree with the new draft constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic, I agree, I do not agree." (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

A Syrian woman shows her ballot paper at a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. Arabic on the ballot Paper reads, "the Syrian Arab Republic, referendum card, do you agree with the new draft constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic, I agree, I do not agree." (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

A Syrian woman fills a ballot paper next to a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad at a polling station during a referendum on the new constitution in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Feb. 26, 2012. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

In this Thursday Feb. 23, 2012 photo, Syrian rebels gather in front of the remains of a burnt military vehicle belonging to Syrian government forces destroyed by Syrian rebels during a clashes at Khaldiyeh neighborhood in Homs province, Syria. Syrians began voting Sunday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country's uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party's five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes were reported across the country. In regions like the restive central city of Homs, where shelling by government forces has left hundreds dead, or the northwestern province of Idlib and the southern region of Daraa where rebels clash frequently with the security forces, turnout is likely to be minimal. (AP Photo)

(AP) ? Syria's authoritarian regime held a referendum on a new constitution Sunday, a gesture by embattled President Bashar Assad to placate those seeking his ouster. But the opposition deemed it an empty gesture and the West immediately dismissed the vote as a "sham."

Even as some cast ballots for what the government has tried to portray as reform, the military kept up shelling of the opposition stronghold of Homs, which has been under attack for more than three weeks after rebels took control of some neighborhoods there. Activists and residents report that hundreds have been killed in Homs in the past few weeks, including two Western journalists.

Activist groups said at least 29 people were killed on Sunday, mostly in Homs. At least 89 were reported killed on Saturday alone, one day before the referendum. Activists estimate close to 7,500 people have been killed in the 11 months since the Assad regime's brutal crackdown on dissent began.

"The referendum in Syria is nothing more than a farce," German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said. "Sham votes cannot be a contribution to a resolution of the crisis. Assad must finally end the violence and clear the way for a political transition."

U.S., European and Arab officials met Friday at a major international conference on the Syrian crisis in Tunisia, trying to forge a unified strategy to push Assad from power. They began planning a civilian peacekeeping mission to deploy after the regime falls.

"It is time for that regime to move on," President Barack Obama said Friday of Assad's rule. On Saturday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Assad's crackdown belied promised reforms.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported intense clashes between troops and army defectors in the villages of Dael and Hirak in the province of Daraa, where the uprising started. The group also said explosions were heard in the village of Khirbet Ghazaleh and Naima as well as the provincial capital, Daraa.

The Observatory and other activist groups reported violence in several areas including Idlib, Homs and the eastern province of Deir el-Zour.

The two main umbrella opposition groups, the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria, have called for a boycott. Other groups have called for a general strike.

"I am boycotting the vote," Syria-based activist Mustafa Osso told The Associated Press by phone. He added that previous "reforms" have made little difference. Assad's government revoked the country's official state of emergency in April, but the crackdown on dissent has only intensified.

The referendum on the new constitution allows at least in theory for opening the country's political system. It would create a multiparty system in Syria, which has been ruled by the Baath party since it took power a coup in 1963. Assad's father, Hafez, took power in another coup in 1970.

Such change was unthinkable a year ago. It also imposes limit of two seven-year terms on the president. But since Assad's security forces have killed thousands in their effort to end the uprising, most opposition groups say they'll accept nothing short of his ouster.

In the capital Damascus, a regime stronghold where many in the business class and religious minorities support Assad, the Information Ministry took foreign reporters to visit polling stations. Many said they were eager to vote.

"This is a good constitution. It calls for party pluralism and the president can only hold the post for two terms. These did not exist in the past," said civil servant Mohammed Diab, 40, who waited with four others to vote in the posh Abu Rummaneh neighborhood.

Jaafar Naami, 28, who works for a private insurance company, said: "I am here to say yes for the new constitution. This is not the time to say no. People should unite."

The state news agency SANA said Assad and his wife, Asma, voted at the capital's state broadcasting headquarters.

Fewer voters turned out in the areas of Rukneddine and Barzeh, where anti-government protesters have recently demonstrated.

In Barzeh, about 20 percent of shops were closed, apparently in compliance with the calls for a strike. Turnout was very low at a polling station in the area, with individuals trickling in to vote every few minutes.

One man said he had come to vote at a center away from the district's center, where he said there was "pressure not to vote ... intimidation and calls for public disobedience." He did not give his name for fear of reprisal.

In Rukneddine, turnout in the morning was low, but picked up in the afternoon. Still, people cast ballots as they arrived with no need to stand in line.

A Syrian-American voter who only gave her first name, Diana, said after voting yes: "My friends attacked me for voting. They said, 'Don't you see people are dying?' But for me, voting is my right. The president is on the right track. When someone hits you, you have to hit back." She added: "Syria is under attack."

Another woman refused to talk to the AP because it is an American agency. She attacked Obama over his call Friday for Assad's regime to "move on."

"Tell Obama I hope he dies, like he is killing Syrian people," she said.

One woman emerged from the station and said she voted "no" without elaborating, and walked away quickly.

Posters around the capital Damascus urged people to cast ballots. "Don't turn your back on voting," one said.

Another ? showing the red, black and white Syrian flag ? touted the new constitution. "Syria's constitution: Freedom of belief," it said, referring to clauses protecting religious minorities.

Turnout is expected to be minimal in opposition strongholds such as Homs, the northwestern province Idlib and the southern region of Daraa where armed rebels frequently clash with security forces.

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Mroue reported from Beirut.

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Stream High Quality Audio on the Cheap With NuForce's Air DAC [Audio]

Most people aren't opposed to audio that sounds good, but gear can get expensive. When you move into streaming audio, you might as well think about pulling out a second mortgage. But NuForce thinks their Air DAC can bridge the gap between performance and price. More »


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Friday, February 24, 2012

'Downton Abbey' finale gives PBS best numbers since 2009 (Reuters)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reuters - "Downton Abbey" ended its second season on a high note Sunday, giving PBS its highest ratings since the September 2009 premiere of Ken Burns' "National Parks."

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

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Slow progress in Christchurch one year after quake

People gather Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, during a memorial service a year after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the city. More than 10,000 New Zealanders stood in silence, some in tears, at a Christchurch park while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Greg Bowker) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT

People gather Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, during a memorial service a year after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the city. More than 10,000 New Zealanders stood in silence, some in tears, at a Christchurch park while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Greg Bowker) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT

People gather Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Latimer Square in central Christchurch, New Zealand, during a memorial service a year after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the city. More than 10,000 New Zealanders stood in silence, some in tears, at a Christchurch park while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Greg Bowker) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT

People gather Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Latimer Square in central Christchurch, New Zealand, during a memorial service a year after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the city. More than 10,000 New Zealanders stood in silence, some in tears, at a Christchurch park while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Greg Bowker) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT

People gather Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Latimer Square in central Christchurch, New Zealand, during a memorial service a year after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the city. More than 10,000 New Zealanders stood in silence, some in tears, at a Christchurch park while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Greg Bowker) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT

People gather Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Latimer Square in central Christchurch, New Zealand, during a memorial service a year after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the city. More than 10,000 New Zealanders stood in silence, some in tears, at a Christchurch park while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Greg Bowker) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ? As families of the 185 people killed in the Christchurch earthquake marked the one-year anniversary of the disaster Wednesday, signs of a city still broken were all around them.

Hundreds of wrecked buildings downtown are still waiting to be torn down so reconstruction can begin in earnest ? many of them within sight of the morning ceremony at Latimer Square.

The slow pace of recovery is drawing criticism from residents and developers as it wears at the reputation of Mayor Bob Parker, who was praised in the days following the quake for his leadership and for calmly articulating the pain and frustration many were feeling.

"There are many unknowns, there are questions still to be answered, suburbs to be rebuilt and a city to be rebuilt," Parker said at a larger ceremony later Wednesday in the city's North Hagley Park. "We've had our differences, creative and otherwise. But that is not who we really are."

Wednesday was a day of reflection amid what has become a battle between city leaders and many Christchurch residents and developers.

More than 10,000 people stood in silence, some in tears, at the park while police officers and firefighters read out the full list of victims. That was followed by two minutes of silence at 12:51 p.m., the minute the magnitude-6.1 quake struck.

The earthquake destroyed thousands of homes and other buildings, causing 30 billion dollars ($25 billion) in damage by the government's estimate.

Downtown is still a wasteland. About 1,400 buildings there were irreparably damaged, and many still stand. Basic downtown infrastructure like the sewerage system has not yet been repaired, and vital decisions about where to locate major structures in a new-look city ? including a proposed sports stadium, library and conference center ? remain incomplete.

Many now question whether Parker and council members have what it takes to lead the city through the rebuild.

"The council is seen as being at war with the community and with businesses," said Hugh Pavletich, a developer and city critic. "It's an old culture which is bureaucratized and which is severely impeding progress."

To be sure, ongoing aftershocks and balking insurers also have held back the rebuild. But the political infighting hasn't helped.

New Zealand's government recently appointed an observer to oversee what it describes as the "dysfunctional" council. Gerry Brownlee, the government's earthquake recovery minister, recently called Parker a "clown," a comment he later retracted. Earlier this month, several thousand Christchurch residents took to the streets, demanding that the mayor, council members and senior officials resign.

Parker and council members unveiled a draft downtown plan last August. It included terraced housing and a new light rail system. Critics said it was stuffed with unrealistic pet projects and didn't allow developers enough freedom. Brownlee is considering a pared-back version of the plan and is expected to release his own vision soon.

Parker says the city considered more than 100,000 submissions for the plan and that critics form a vocal minority.

Christchurch developer Angus McFarlane said he now expects the commercial core of the city will take 10 years to rebuild and will contain just 30 percent of the retail and office space it did before the quake. He said he's unsure whether he will reinvest in the city.

He said adaptations made by many businesses after the earthquake ? such as working remotely and turning to smaller spaces ? will make them unwilling to return to a high-cost city center.

"A lot of people are waking up and saying, 'Gee, this is marvelous, we should have done this years ago,'" McFarlane said.

Parker said the city center will be more condensed than it was before and won't have the tall office buildings it once did. But he said it will be more dynamic, livable and green.

"You're not going to satisfy everybody," he said.

Despite the concerns, residents and businesses have so far remained in the city in numbers that have surprised many. When Statistics New Zealand measured the population of Christchurch four months after the earthquake, it found the population had declined by just 2.4 percent, to 368,000, despite the loss of more than 5,000 homes.

Peter Townsend, the chief executive of the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce, said that business receipts continue to come in at more than 95 percent of the level recorded before the quake.

Some parts of the city that have picked up the slack are now booming.

"Business has been remarkably resilient," Townsend said.

However, he said people need to start thinking about downtown Christchurch in a new way.

"There's still a perception that we are going to rebuild it much like it was," he said. "It's completely untrue."

Instead, Townsend said he envisions the creation of seven or eight small retail hubs, or villages, around major structures like the hospital and the convention center.

Brownlee, the earthquake minister, said he understands people's frustration at the pace of the rebuild but added that they need to remember that the earthquake was a massively disruptive event. He said it's more important to get things right than to rush, and that reconstruction remains on track despite the city's political problems.

Brownlee said it's important for land prices to fall in the city to encourage new investment. Overall, he said, he has high hopes for a revamped downtown.

"I feel it will be quite new, quite clean, quite shiny, and safe," he said. "People say it's going to be a smaller city, but I'm not convinced. It's certainly going to be in a tighter area, and it's going to be integrated a lot better."

Asked when downtown might be ready for business, Brownlee said he simply cannot predict.

Associated Press

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Google TV Root Hack Allows For Hulu Streaming, Makes The Connected TV Platform Interesting Again

SonyGoogle TV launched a year and a half ago. The platform has gone nowhere since according to a recent survey. It relaunched late last year, which brought improved performance and a sweet search tool, but it's still not worth your time. However, it's finally getting a bit interesting thanks to Sony Internet TV root hack that enables Flash, finally breaking through the big media's blockade preventing users from accessing Hulu and other streaming sites.

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Google carrying real-time data from EU exchanges (AP)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]AP - Google is to carry real-time pricing from leading European stock exchanges, the company said Tuesday, marking an expansion of the online search giant's financial offerings.

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Monday, February 20, 2012

Q & A: Cheap Flights to Scotland in the winter? | Business Travel Tours

Q & A: Cheap Flights to Scotland in the winter?

Question by Niamh ? Cheap flights to Scotland in the winter
I plan to go to Scotland this year?s Christmas / Hogmanay period. Since then, it?s winter, it is usually out of season, but the prices of holidays is not as cheap as I thought they would. Does anyone have any suggestions or offers of sites for cheap flights? My dates are flexibles.Oh yes, I live in Phoenix, AZ.Meilleure reply:
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as a matter of fact, public holidays and summer months are the most expensive times to travel. It is no secret website or something to get cheaper tickets, but remember to buy tickets for 8-12 weeks prior to departure in order to obtain the cheapest ticket possible, because you leave 8 to 16 weeks before departure to start looking for 16 weeks before you see the trend in prices and buy if you think it is cheaper, which should be about 10-12 weeks mark.


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Wellness travel is on the rise across the globe. Everything from?yoga retreats?to surgical procedures can be partaken by those interested in adding an element of health to their vacation. Tourists, who choose wellness travel, have the desire to improve their health, prevent illness, to be healed or delay the process of aging.

Not only are wellness tourists concerned about their physical well-being, they?re also seeking a balance in both physical and mental dimensions of life. And they are willing to travel, sometimes long distances, in search for a one-of-a-kind experience that will improve their health and transform their lives.

In our search for a world-class wellness destination, we found?The Longevity Wellness Resort?in Portugal. From slimming and detox programs to beauty and health optimization. This five-star gem is the ultimate resort for a life-transforming experience.

Portugal?is a popular holiday destination.? The country enjoys a very moderate climate with over 300 days of sunshine, beautiful beaches and golf courses. The Longevity Wellness Resort is located in the Monchique Mountains, which is a well-known spa town in the Algarve region of Portugal. The village of Monchique is over 2000 years old and well-known for its thermal springs and natural, green environment.

The Longevity Wellness Resort has earned a great reputation in its short existence. It is Portugal?s first medical spa within a resort environment, and the country?s first anti-aging resort, offering a fully-integrated approach to?preventative medicine and aging management.

In December 2011, the resort was nominated as one of the best wellness spas in the world by the?World Travel Awards, the most prestigious awards?program in the travel?industry worldwide

?For us, The World Travel Awards nomination is an international and independent recognition of the quality work that we are doing. So, we will continue on that path,? said Nazir Sacoor, chairman and CEO of the Longevity Wellness Resort.

The Longevity Wellness Resort offers a host of comprehensive health procedures and wellness treatments. Guests can enjoy signature spa therapies, esthetic treatments and health evaluations, which will prevent illness and slow the signs of aging.

The programs offered in the?medical spa?are what differentiate this resort from the other medical spas across the globe. Guests can indulge in comprehensive preventative and anti-aging medicine programs such as the biophysical and biochemical evaluations, which I?m told can detect some signs of cancer. These in-depth evaluations enable the wellness staff to understand one?s state of health in order to customize treatments, activities and nutrition plans.

?Our premium biochemical evaluation tries to ? through biomarkers ? see symptoms,? said Sacoor. ?The whole notion of preventive medicine and diagnosis is about taking a look at the individual (through the consultation, the biophysical and biochemical evaluation) to read the body and understand the symptoms in order to detect potential dangers if the person continues in that lifestyle, as well as what needs to be done to correct symptoms so they don?t lead to disease. That is the main notion of anti-aging?

According to the spa?s director, Teresa Malheiro, the resort?s programs aim to rebalance and give vitality to guests. Some people take part in just weight management programs or spa treatments; others have more invasive procedures such as breast reduction. For guests interested in combining spa treatments with a fitness experience, there are many options such as, yoga, Pilates, AquaFit, mountain hiking, canoeing and golf.

Guest will be captivated by both the cuisine and ambiance of the resort?s signature restaurant ?Longevity Cuisine by Oliver.? With incredible views overlooking the coast, the food is just as amazing as the view. Chef Oliver designs the menus in a way that makes the food healthy and full of flavor.? Local products are always used, and fruits and vegetables are sourced from the resort?s own garden. ?And, of course, those who take part in the structured wellness programs will get a personalized nutrition plan from the restaurant, which is personalized to achieve individual goals.

The Longevity Wellness Resort in Portugal provides wellness tourist everything that they seek in an all-encompassing experience. To learn more about the cutting-edge medical and wellness programs offered at the resort, visit?longevitywellnessresort.com.

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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Capitol bomb plot arrest capped yearlong probe

This artist rendering shows Amine El Khalifi before U.S. District Judge T. Rawles Jones Jr. in federal court in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. El Khalifi, a 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested Friday near the U.S. Capitol as he was planning to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest, given to him by FBI undercover operatives, said police and government officials. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

This artist rendering shows Amine El Khalifi before U.S. District Judge T. Rawles Jones Jr. in federal court in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. El Khalifi, a 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested Friday near the U.S. Capitol as he was planning to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest, given to him by FBI undercover operatives, said police and government officials. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

Capitol Police officer Angel Morales, stands on guard on the West side of the Capitol in Washington Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. A 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested Friday in an FBI sting operation near the U.S. Capitol while planning to detonate what police say he thought were live explosives. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Capitol Police officer Trevor O'Neill stands on guard on the west side of the Capitol in Washington Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. A 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested Friday in an FBI sting operation near the U.S. Capitol while planning to detonate what police say he thought were live explosives. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

An alley near the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, where the FBI arrested a man suspected of plotting a suicide attack against the Capitol. Washington. A 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested Friday in an FBI sting operation near the U.S. Capitol while planning to detonate what police say he thought were live explosives. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Within the last week, authorities say, Amine El Khalifi's plan was proceeding: An al-Qaida associate handed him an automatic weapon to kill security officers inside the U.S. Capitol. A bomb-laden vest would detonate the building. He would die as a martyr.

But there was a problem: The explosives were inert, the gun inoperable and the supposed al-Qaida member was an undercover officer, according to court documents.

El Khalifi was arrested Friday in a parking garage on his way to carry out an attack the FBI says he kicked around for months, even detonating a practice bomb in a quarry and then asking for a bigger blast.

A criminal complaint unsealed Friday traces what investigators the evolution from a vague plan to prepare for the "war on Muslims" to more clearly articulated visions of attacking a restaurant and a synagogue before finally deciding to obliterate the seat of American government.

The documents allege a weeks-long flurry of final activity by El Khalifi, monitored by the FBI and coordinated through an undercover agent, to scope out the building, train in explosives and arm himself for a suicide attack.

As El Khalifi, 29, made a court appearance Friday on a terrorism-related charge, the FBI executed search warrants inside a gated residential community in Alexandria and at a red-brick ranch house in Arlington, though it wasn't immediately known what they found.

El Khalifi is scheduled to have a bond hearing Wednesday. A public defender at El Khalifi's initial appearance didn't return a phone message Saturday. If he is indicted and convicted, he could face life in prison.

Authorities have released only basic biographical details about El Khalifi and haven't described how they believe he became intent on destruction. He was born in Morocco and came to the United States in 1999, when he was 16, overstaying his visitor visa and remaining in the country illegally, court papers say. He is unemployed and is not believed to be associated with al-Qaida.

In 2010, he aroused the suspicion of a former landlord, Frank Dynda, who leased him a one-bedroom apartment inside a brick building in Arlington before ultimately evicting him for not paying rent. He said El Khalifi lived with a woman, whose name was on the lease alone. Dynda recalled the woman as Bulgarian and said he was under the impression they were married.

She had a job, but El Khalifi appeared not to have rent money.

"She looked good on paper. He looked terrible on paper," Dynda said.

Dynda said El Khalifi periodically received heavy boxes labeled "Books" from Baltimore and advertised his apartment as some sort of luggage business, though Dynda said he never saw any luggage there. The woman moved out, and two or three other men resembling El Khalifi began staying there, Dynda said. The rent checks stopped coming.

Dynda confronted El Khalifi for being a squatter, but he said El Khalifi told him he had a right to be there and threatened to assault him. Dynda called police, but he said officers told him to treat El Khalifi like a legal tenant. He moved out that summer.

"He was going to harm me, and I think I'm very lucky to be alive today," Dynda said.

The investigation that led to El Khalifi's arrest started last January on a confidential informant's tip to the FBI. The informant described a meeting inside an Arlington apartment, where a person who produced an AK-47, two revolvers and ammunition urged the group to prepare for the "war on Muslims." El Khalifi, the FBI learned, expressed agreement.

The FBI doesn't believe he was conspiring with anyone else, and the court documents in El Khalifi's case don't give further details about the meeting in the Arlington apartment and the other people who were there. Police are investigating others El Khalifi associated with, but not because they believe the associates were part of a terror conspiracy.

By December, authorities say the sting operation and El Khalifi's own plans were taking shape.

That month, he traveled to Baltimore with a man he knew as Hussien to meet a person whom he thought was an al-Qaida associate, authorities say. He told the man, Yusuf, that he planned to blow up a building just outside Washington in Alexandria, Va., that housed military offices. Handling the man's AK-47, he spoke of wanting to "use a gun and kill people face to face," according to the complaint.

Unbeknownst to El Khalifi, the man who called himself Yusuf was an undercover law enforcement officer. Hussien was an operative working undercover with investigators.

As the meetings continued, the plans evolved.

El Khalifi spoke in December of wanting to attack a synagogue and Army generals. But within days, he was settling on a new plan to bomb a Washington restaurant at lunchtime after a waiter told him that was the busiest time, the complaint says.

On Jan. 8, in preparation for the restaurant attack and a planned al-Qaida attack on a military installation, authorities say he bought two jackets and a cell phone. He agreed to buy more phones, nails and glue to use in bomb-making and said he would be happy killing 30 people, authorities say.

El Khalifi cautioned Hussien not to question him on his desire. Then he changed his mind a week later, saying he wanted to blow himself up inside the Capitol on Feb. 17 as an act of martyrdom, prosecutors say. He went on something of a test run that same day, using a cell phone to detonate a test bomb at a West Virginia quarry. But instead of being satisfied with the explosion, the FBI says, he wanted a bigger bomb.

Court papers show the last two weeks were consumed with the planned attack on the Capitol. El Khalifi selected a location to be dropped off. He asked that even more explosives be strapped to his body. He wanted to ensure the bomb in his vest could be remotely detonated in case he faced security problems, authorities say.

The final planning happened in an Alexandria hotel room on Valentine's Day, when authorities say "Yusuf" handed El Khalifi an automatic machine gun and showed him a jacket the suspect thought contained a bomb. El Khalifi studied himself in the mirror with the weapon. He practiced shooting it. He discussed how he would be identified in a video al-Qaida would release after the attack.

On Friday, an unseasonably warm winter day, El Khalifi got into a van in northern Virginia with Yusuf and Hussien. The gun and vest he had asked for were inside. The van pulled into a parking garage near the Capitol. El Khalifi got out alone. Before he could leave the garage, he was arrested.

Associated Press

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Kearney wins World Cup moguls to extend streak

(AP) ? Hannah Kearney of the United States won her 16th straight World Cup moguls event Saturday, extending a record winning streak that began over a year ago.

Kearney edged Canada's Audrey Robichaud in the final. Justine Dufour-Lapointe, also from Canada, was third.

Last Sunday, Kearney won in China to break the all-discipline record for most consecutive FIS World Cup victories held by downhill great Ingemar Stenmark.

Stenmark won 14 straight giant slaloms in 1978-80. Kearney's streak began in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Jan. 22, 2011.

Kearney leads Dufour-Lapointe by 352 points in the World Cup standings.

Canada's Mikael Kingsbury won the men's event for his eighth victory of the season. Jeremy Cota of the United States was second followed by Canada's Cedric Rochon.

With Saturday's win, Kingsbury widened his lead in the World Cup standings to 421 points over Cota with four races left in the season.

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Samsung Continuum gets update to Android 2.2.2!

Samsung Contiuum

We're sitting here smiling because the Samsung Continuum is in the midst of receiving not one, but two updates that end with the phone being upgraded to Android 2.2. Yes. We're excited about a Froyo update.

The Continuum, as you may recall, was a crazy little phone that came out in late 2010 (we actually got our hands on it a few months before it was announced) that was running Android 2.1 and featured a crazy little secondary display just below the capacitive buttons. It was an interesting idea, but it never really took off and the Continuum was left to wither and die. (Read our full Samsung Continuum review.)

Now here we are in February 2012 -- some three major versions of Android later -- and the Continuum is being updated to Android 2.2 Froyo. It's actually coming in the form of two updates. The first is the Froyo update itself (software version EB01). The second update (software version EC09) brings a bunch of improvements, including the ability to run Adobe Flash Player 10.1, among others. We've got them listed after the break.

So to all you Samsung Continuum owners out there, today we raise our glasses to you. Enjoy.

Source: Verizon Samsung Continuum update (pdf); More: Continuum forums
Thanks, Trailblazer101, for the tip!

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Bishops plan big birth-control battle expansion - Health Nutrition and ...

(Reuters) ? Catholic bishops, energized by a battle over contraception funding, are planning an aggressive campaign to rally Americans against a long list of government measures which they say intrude on religious liberty.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops plans to work with other religious groups, including evangelical Christians, on an election-year public relations campaign that may include TV and radio ads, social media marketing and a push for pastors and priests to raise the subject from the pulpit.

?We want to make it something that will get peoples? attention,? said Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Conn.

The bishops spent the past few weeks pressing President Barack Obama to exempt religious employers from a federal mandate that all health insurance plans offer free birth control.

Obama agreed to modify the mandate a bit, so that religious employers wouldn?t have to pay for contraceptive coverage directly. That satisfied some Catholic groups, but the bishops were not mollified. They want the mandate repealed altogether.

And now, they are aiming higher still, lobbying Congress to enact a law that would let any employer opt out of covering any medical treatment he disagreed with as a matter of his personal faith.

So, for instance, a pizzeria owner who objected to childhood vaccinations on religious grounds would be able to request an insurance plan that did not cover them, in effect overriding a federal requirement that vaccinations be provided free with any health-insurance plan.

Leaving coverage decisions up to each employers? conscience might create chaos in the marketplace, ?but chaos is sometimes the price you pay for freedom,? said Richard Land, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention?s Ethics Religious Liberty Commission, who is backing the bishops whole-heartedly.

Democrats, who control the Senate, are likely to block any bill with such broad opt-out provisions.

But supporters, including prominent Republicans, say they will keep pushing for the change, which fits into a wider theme of defending individual freedoms against government intrusion which is expected to play prominently in the November election.

MESSAGE FROM THE PULPIT

Along with the Southern Baptist Convention, the National Association of Evangelicals stands ready to contribute money and manpower to the bishops? campaign, said Galen Carey, an association vice president.

The group is also considering the unprecedented step of asking pastors of every evangelical denomination across the country to read their congregations an open letter protesting the contraception mandate as an assault on religious liberty.

Liberal groups are already launching counter-attacks.

This week, NARAL Pro-Choice America, which works to keep abortion legal and expand contraceptive access, spent $250,000 to air radio ads in four swing states that will be crucial to the presidential election ? Colorado, Florida, Virginia and Wisconsin.

The ads urge support for Obama and his effort to ensure that ?women of all faiths, no matter where they work,? can get free birth control with their health insurance.

More than 30 organizations supporting Obama teamed up to create the Coalition to Protect Women?s Health Care, which has started an online petition and plans further action.

The coalition includes two unions that represent millions of workers and have well-honed networks for getting out political messages, the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Obama?s supporters say the president went far enough to accommodate religious institutions when he announced last week that they wouldn?t have to pay for free birth control as part of their insurance plans; he said instead their insurers would be required to pick up the costs.

The bishops denounced this as a gimmick that doesn?t solve anything, especially for the many religious hospitals and schools that self-insure their employees.

?Reasonable people should be able to work through the details of this and find common ground,? said John Gehring, Catholic outreach coordinator for the liberal group Faith in Public Life. ?But election-year politics doesn?t make for cool heads.?

BATTLE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

The Conference of Catholic Bishops began preparing months ago for a battle royale over religious freedom. Last fall, the conference bulked up its staff, hiring a lawyer who had devoted his career to religious liberty cases and a lobbyist to press the cause in Washington. The group also created a special committee on religious liberty, chaired by Bishop Lori.

In a September letter announcing the committee, Archbishop Timothy Dolan declared that religious freedom ?is now increasingly and in unprecedented ways under assault in America.? He and other officials offer many examples of that perceived assault.

On the federal level, the Obama administration has cancelled or threatened to cancel contracts awarded to Catholic charities for work to prevent HIV and to help victims of sex trafficking. The administration says the charities have to provide services such as condoms, emergency contraception and abortion referrals to maintain the contracts; the charities protest that such conditions violate their religious faith.

Several states, meanwhile, have required adoption agencies that receive public funds to treat same-sex couples on par with any other prospective foster or adoptive parent. Catholic Charities object, saying the church doesn?t sanction gay and lesbian relationships. Rather than comply with the laws, bishops in Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington D.C. have shut down Catholic adoption agencies.

The bishops portray this as an out-and-out war on free exercise of religion.

But secular and liberal groups say no one?s assailing the freedom to worship, to proselytize ? or even to perform social services, such as placing needy children in loving homes, according to religious precepts.

It is only when a religious institution accepts taxpayer money to do such work that religious freedom must take a back seat to secular laws, said Marci Hamilton, a constitutional scholar at Cardozo School of Law.

Courts nationwide have repeatedly ruled that religious groups must follow the same rules as everyone else when holding a government contract, Hamilton said. Any institution that can?t in good faith follow those rules shouldn?t apply for public funding, she said.

GUARDING CONTRACEPTION

With regard to contraceptive care, courts in New York and California have upheld state laws ? similar to the federal mandate ? that insurance plans, including those sponsored by religious employers, must cover birth control if they cover other prescription drugs.

It is unclear whether such nuances will filter into the public debate over religious freedom and contraceptive coverage.

Both sides say they believe public opinion is firmly in their corner ? and they?re determined to keep it that way with a steady drumbeat of snappy soundbites.

More than 100 university professors and religious leaders from different faiths released a letter of protest against the administration Tuesday that was headlined with a single word: ?Unacceptable.? The letter called the Obama administration ?morally obtuse? and blasted the contraceptive coverage mandate as ?a grave violation of religious freedom.?

On the other side, the American Civil Liberties Union held a press conference to accuse the bishops of playing politics in the name of faith. The bishops are promoting ?a distorted view of religious liberty ? one that has no basis in law or the Constitution,? said Daniel Mach, director of the ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief.

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Yahoo-Alibaba talks at an impasse: sources (Reuters)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) ? Talks between Yahoo Inc and China's Alibaba over the U.S. Internet giant's Asian assets have hit an impasse, throwing their plans for a $17 billion tax-free asset swap into question, according to sources briefed on the situation.

The snag in the negotiations came on the same day that activist investor Daniel Loeb, of hedge fund ThirdPoint, launched a campaign to install his own slate of directors on Yahoo's board, further highlighting the turmoil engulfing the one-time Web pioneer.

Loeb, who has adamantly opposed Yahoo's previous efforts to strike a minority investment deal with private equity firms, disclosed plans to nominate former NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker, along with himself and two others, for Yahoo's board in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.

A collapse of the proposed Asian asset deal - referred to as a cash-rich split-off - would mark the latest setback for an erstwhile Internet leader struggling to turn its business around and appease unhappy shareholders.

Yahoo, which reported a 21 percent decline in revenue last year, appointed former PayPal President Scott Thompson as chief executive in January, five months after CEO Carol Bartz was fired over the phone.

One person briefed on the situation described the deal as effectively dead in the water following unreasonable terms sought by Yahoo during negotiations in Hong Kong.

But Yahoo appeared to see things differently. The company had not been informed that the tax-free deal was officially off the table, and it remained committed to continuing negotiations, according to a second source familiar with the matter.

Representatives from Yahoo and Alibaba Group declined to comment.

The sources said Yahoo and its Asian partners could still strike another, taxable, deal, though that remained to be seen.

Shares of Yahoo, which were down as much as 6 percent at midday on Tuesday, finished the regular session down 4.7 percent at $15.36.

"I think the deal is either dead or it's going to take a lot longer to complete, which means we don't have a near term catalyst; hence the selloff," said Brett Harriss, an analyst with Gabelli & Co.

The deal would have seen the return of Yahoo's slices of Alibaba and Yahoo Japan back to those companies, in exchange for unspecified assets.

Investors had hoped that Yahoo, after years of foot-dragging, would finally arrange for the sale of its Asian assets, considered among the most valuable parts of its portfolio.

AllThingsDigital, which initially reported the snag in the negotiations on Tuesday, cited one source as saying discussions "completely halted" after negotiators from Yahoo - whose chairman, Roy Bostock, is due to step down and whose chief executive, Scott Thompson, is barely a month into the job - changed tack on what they wanted from the deal. The report gave no details.

It was unclear what exactly had caused the sudden impasse in negotiations, roughly two months after the various parties had agreed to basic terms for a deal.

A third source familiar with the talks said Yahoo's negotiators had a change of heart, though it was unclear why.

"Over the last few days in Hong Kong, it became evident that they don't really have a desire to do this deal," that source said, dismissing speculation both sides might have split on valuation terms agreed upon in December. "A cash-rich split appears to be toast."

Alibaba may now reach out to Thompson directly to see if Yahoo would explore a simpler - but taxable - direct buy-back of its stock.

ALL A RUSE?

The slightly different interpretations over the current state of the deal by people familiar with the matter raised the possibility that the public airing of the latest snag could be a negotiating tactic.

"It could be a negotiating ploy by either side, or it really could be a breakdown in negotiations," said Gabelli's Harriss, noting that there was a fair amount of friction in the relationship between Yahoo and Alibaba.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has tried to buy back the 40 percent of his company that is owned by Yahoo several times in recent years, only to be rebuffed by Yahoo.

The rocky relationship between the companies came to a head in May when it was revealed that Alibaba had abruptly handed Alipay - one of Alibaba's crown jewels - to a company controlled by Ma, apparently without Yahoo's knowledge.

"I find it very hard to believe that Alibaba and Softbank will just walk away," said Ryan Jacob, chairman and chief investment officer of the Jacob Funds, noting that Alibaba in particular is very interested in regaining its shares from Yahoo.

If the companies can't agree on terms of a deal, Jacob speculated that Alibaba might team up with private equity investors in the United States and seek to acquire Yahoo outright. Such a move would allow Alibaba to regain its shares from Yahoo, while the private equity firms would likely take control of Yahoo's U.S.-based Internet business, he said.

"Having U.S. partners just makes the most logical sense, because they're going to need help on financing, and in the long term they really don't want the core Yahoo business anyway," said Jacob, whose firm owns shares in Yahoo.

Analysts say Yahoo failed to take aggressive action in past years to reverse a decline in advertising revenue in the face of competition from Google Inc and Facebook, incensing shareholders who blamed the Yahoo board for waffling.

This month, Bostock announced he and three other directors would step down, following co-founder Jerry Yang out the door. Yang was excoriated for turning down a rich Microsoft Corp acquisition bid in 2008.

ThirdPoint's Loeb said the recently announced changes to Yahoo's board, including Yahoo's announcement of two new board members, do not put the company on "the right track."

Yahoo fired back with a statement on Tuesday that it was disappointing that Loeb "has chosen a potentially disruptive path, just as the company is moving forward under new leadership."

(Additional reporting by Nadia Damouni in New York, writing By Edwin Chan; Editing by John Wallace, Richard Chang, Bernard Orr Phil Berlowitz)

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Apple detox diet? Does it help you gain energy and cure eczema ...

Question by : Apple detox diet? Does it help you gain energy and cure eczema?
I?ve been feeling really tired and down lately. I also have eczema, and I heard if you eat nothing but apples and plenty of water for 2-3 days, it will get rid of all the toxins in your body and help with the eczema.
I am not trying to lose weight. I just want to cure my eczema and gain energy.
Does the detox diet work? Do you know of a better detox diet than the apple one?
Thankss :)

Best answer:

Answer by T. Nielsen hayden
No. It?s good for staving off constipation and scurvy, but if you have eczema, see a doctor. Eczema is a symptom, not a disease. Most often it?s an autoimmune thing.

Any supposed cure that?s said to ?get rid of all the toxins in your body? is the bastard grandchild of unscientific 19th Century nutritional theories, and will not work. Nothing works like that. It?s not as though toxins hang around on your body?s streetcorners, wearing signs that say ?I?m a toxin, come get me.? Your internal chemical processes are a lot more complicated than that.

The substance that comes closest to doing that for you is plain old water. It?s hard to drink too much of it, and most people don?t drink enough. Put a little squeeze of lemon in it to make it easier on your stomach, and drink as much as you can hold. Make a habit of it. It?ll have all kinds of good effects.

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