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Wichita State players celebrate their 70-66 win over Ohio State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Amedeo Della Valle

Ohio State guard Amedeo Della Valle cries in the locker room following his team's 70-66 loss to Wichita State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament regional final, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Evan Ravenel

Ohio State's Evan Ravenel, right, sits in the locker room after Ohio State's 70-66 loss to Wichita State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

LaQuinton Ross

Ohio State's LaQuinton Ross sits in the locker room after his team lost 70-66 to Wichita State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Evan Ravenel

Ohio State's Evan Ravenel, right, sits in the locker room after Ohio State's 70-66 loss to Wichita State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Carl Hall

Wichita State's Carl Hall celebrates after his team defeated Ohio State 70-66 in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Gregg Marshall

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall points as he walks off the court after Wichita State defeated Ohio State 70-66 in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Carl Hall

Wichita State's Carl Hall (22) and teammates pose with the regional trophy after defeating Ohio State 70-66 in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Chadrack Lufile

Wichita State's Chadrack Lufile holds up a piece of the net after his team's 70-66 win over Ohio State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Gregg Marshall

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall holds the regional trophy as he poses with his players after they defeated Ohio State 70-66 in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Gregg Marshall

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall celebrates after Wichita State defeated Ohio State 70-66 in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Gregg Marshall

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall holds up a pair of scissors after Wichita State defeated Ohio State 70-66 in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Gregg Marshall

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall signals that his team is headed to the Final Four it defeated Ohio State 70-66 in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

LaQuinton Ross, Sam Thompson

Ohio State players LaQuinton Ross, right, and Sam Thompson (12) leave the court after Ohio State's 70-66 to Wichita State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall, left, and Ohio State coach Thad Matta talk at the finish of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. Wichita State won 70-66. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Demetric Williams, Carl Hall, Fred Van Vleet

Wichita State's Carl Hall, right rear, Fred Van Vleet, left, and Demetric Williams celebrate their team's 70-66 win over Ohio State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Fred Van Vleet

Wichita State guard Fred Van Vleet celebrates his team's 70-66 win over Ohio State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Shannon Scott

Ohio State guard Shannon Scott walks off court after after Ohio State's 70-66 loss to Wichita State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Aaron Craft

Wichita State players celebrate their 70-66 win over Ohio State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. Ohio State guard Aaron Craft (4) walks off at left. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Carl Hall

Wichita State's Carl Hall celebrates his team's 70-66 win over Ohio State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Deshaun Thomas, Carl Hall, Fred Van Vleet

Wichita State's Carl Hall (22) and Fred Van Vleet celebrate their team's 70-66 win over Ohio State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. Ohio State's Deshaun Thomas (1) walks off at left. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The Ohio State bench watches as their team loses 70-66 to Wichita State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Carl Hall

Wichita State forward Carl Hall celebrates his team's 70-66 win over Ohio State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Thad Matta

Ohio State coach Thad Matta reacts during the second half of the West Regional final against Wichita State in the NCAA mens college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Malcolm Armstead, Deshaun Thomas, Carl Hall

Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas (1) shoots next to gainst Wichita State forward Carl Hall (22) during the second half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. Wichita State's Malcolm Armstead is at left. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Carl Hall, Deshaun Thomas

Wichita State forward Carl Hall (22) controls the ball against Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas (1) during the second half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Deshaun Thomas, Carl Hall

Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas, left, defends against Wichita State forward Carl Hall during the second half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Ohio State players sits on the bench during the second half of the West Regional final against Wichita State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Fred Van Vleet, Aaron Craft

Wichita State's Fred Van Vleet, left, and Ohio State guard Aaron Craft chase a loose ball during the second half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

LaQuinton Ross

Ohio State forward LaQuinton Ross pauses during the second half of the West Regional final against Wichita State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Wichita State players react from the bench during the second half against Ohio State in the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Cleanthony Early

Wichita State's Cleanthony Early, right, is examined after suffering an injury during the second half of the West Regional final against Ohio State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Wichita State players sits on the bench during the second half of the West Regional final against Ohio State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Fred Van Vleet, Aaron Craft

Ohio State guard Aaron Craft, top, and Wichita State guard Fred Van Vleet scramble for a loose ball during the second half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Sam Thompson, Carl Hall

Ohio State forward Sam Thompson drives against Wichita State forward Carl Hall during the second half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Deshaun Thomas, Carl Hall

Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas, left, and Wichita State forward Carl Hall get tangled up during the second half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Wichita State players react to a field goal scored against Ohio State during the second half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Aaron Craft, Malcolm Armstead

Wichita State guard Malcolm Armstead, right, works against Ohio State guard Aaron Craft (4) during the second half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Carl Hall, Deshaun Thomas

Wichita State forward Carl Hall, left, shoots against Ohio State's Deshaun Thomas (1) and another defender during the first half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Carl Hall, Amir Williams, Deshaun Thomas

Wichita State forward Carl Hall, left, has a shot rejected by Ohio State's Ohio State's Amir Williams (23) as Ohio State's Deshaun Thomas (1) helps defend during the first half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

The Ohio State cheer team performs during the first half of the West Regional final between Ohio State and Wichita State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Thad Matta

Ohio State head coach Thad Matta argues a call during the first half of the West Regional final against Wichita State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Thad Matta

Ohio State coach Thad Matta calls to his players during the first half of the West Regional final against Wichita State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Thad Matta

Ohio State coach Thad Matta reacts during the first half of the West Regional final against Wichita State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Gregg Marshall

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall talks to his players during the first half of the West Regional final against Ohio State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Gregg Marshall, Cleanthony Early

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall talks to Cleanthony Early during the first half of the West Regional final against Ohio State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Gregg Marshall

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall talks to his players during the first half of the West Regional final against Ohio State in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Carl Hall, Amir Williams, Deshaun Thomas

Wichita State forward Carl Hall (22) has a shot rejected by Ohio State center Amir Williams (23) as Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas helps on defends during the first half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Carl Hall

Wichita State forward Carl Hall celebrates a field goal against Ohio State during the first half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Demetric Williams, Cleanthony Early

Wichita State guard Demetric Williams (5) celebrates a 3-pointer against Ohio State with teammate Cleanthony Early (11) during the first half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Amir Williams, Carl Hall, Aaron Craft, Shannon Scott

Wichita State forward Carl Hall, rear, and Ohio State guards Aaron Craft, center, and Shannon Scott, right, scramble for a loose ball during the first half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. Ohio State center Amir Williams is at left. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Pope leads Catholics into Easter at vigil service in St. Peter's

By Philip Pullella

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, leading the world's 1.2 billion Catholics into Easter for the first time, on Saturday urged those who have strayed from the faith to allow God back into their lives.

Francis, who was elected on March 13, presided at a solemn Easter vigil Mass in St. Peter' Basilica to usher the Catholic Church into the most important day of its liturgical calendar.

The immense basilica, the largest church in Christendom, was in the dark for the start of the service to signify the darkness in Jesus' tomb before what Christians believe was his resurrection from the dead three days after his crucifixion.

Some 10,000 faithful lit candles as Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, walked up the main aisle, and then the basilica's lights were turned on.

The 76-year-old Francis, wearing relatively plain white vestments - as opposed to the more elaborate robes preferred by his predecessor Benedict - delivered a simple homily recounting the Bible story of the women who went to Jesus' tomb but were surprised to find it empty.

He urged his listeners not to be "afraid of God's surprises," never to lose confidence during the trials and tribulations of daily life, and, if they have strayed, to let God back into their lives.

"Let the risen Jesus enter your life, welcome him as a friend, with trust: he is life! If up till now you have kept him at a distance, step forward. He will receive you with open arms," he said, speaking in Italian.

"If you have been indifferent, take a risk: you won't be disappointed. If following him seems difficult, don't be afraid, trust him, be confident that he is close to you, he is with you and he will give you the peace you are looking for and the strength to live as he would have you do," he said.

Another difference between Francis and his predecessor is that Francis reads his homilies standing behind a lectern like an ordinary priest instead of while seated on a throne.

He is still living in the same Vatican guesthouse where he stayed during the conclave that elected him the first non-European pope in 1,300 years instead of moving into the spacious and regal papal apartments in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace.

Francis has also been inviting ordinary people to his morning Mass at the guesthouse, including Vatican street sweepers and gardeners and staff of the guest house.

During Saturday night's service he presided at another Easter vigil tradition by baptizing four new adult members of the Church. They were from Italy, Albania, Russia and the United States.

Holy Saturday was the third of four hectic days leading up to Easter Sunday, the most important day in the Christian liturgical calendar.

On Easter Sunday he will celebrate another Mass and then deliver his first "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to tens of thousands of people in the square below.

The balcony is the same spot where he first appeared to the world as pope on the night of March 13 after his election.

(Reporting By Philip Pullella; Editing by Jason Webb)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pope-leads-catholics-easter-vigil-st-peters-214300576.html

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Source says Barbara Walters to retire next year

NEW YORK (AP) ? Barbara Walters plans to retire next year, ending a television career that began more than a half century ago and made her a trailblazer in news and daytime TV.

Someone who works closely with Walters said the plan is for her to retire in May 2014 after a series of special programs saluting her career. The person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday.

Walters, 83, was hospitalized earlier this year after falling and cutting her head while leaving a party in Washington and remained out of work after developing the chickenpox. Largely retired from ABC News already, her main work is at "The View," the daytime hit she created in 1997.

Her television career began in 1961 when she was hired as a writer for the "Today" show. She graduated quickly to on-air work and became the show's co-host before leaving in 1976 to become co-anchor of ABC's evening news with Harry Reasoner ? the first woman in such a role for a television network.

The pairing ended quickly and Walters settled into a role as ABC News' cajoler-in-chief, competing ferociously to land newsmaking interviews with heads of state and stars of the day. She regularly did interview specials, including an annual show with the most fascinating people of the year, and was co-host of "20/20" for two decades, much of the time with Hugh Downs.

She described "The View" as the "dessert" of her career, a regular gathering of women chatting about the hot topics of the day and interviewing visiting presidents and actors eager to reach a daytime audience. Walters appeared semi-regularly as one of the hosts.

"The View" faces a transition continuing without Walters and also the last remaining original host, Joy Behar, who recently announced she was stepping down.

Walters underwent heart surgery in 2010, turning the experience into a prime-time special, "A Matter of Life and Death," featuring interviews with fellow heart patients Bill Clinton and David Letterman.

ABC news and entertainment representatives would not comment Thursday and Walters' publicist, Cindi Berger, did not immediately return requests for comment.

It wasn't clear when Walters would announce her plans. Late spring is the time TV networks generally reveal their plans for the upcoming year so advertisers can lock in commercial time.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-source-barbara-walters-retire-next-201952868.html

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Falcons agree to 2-year deal with Osi Umenyiora

ATLANTA (AP) ? The Atlanta Falcons found a replacement for John Abraham on Wednesday by reaching an agreement with free-agent defensive end Osi Umenyiora on a two-year, $8.5 million contract.

The Falcons released the 34-year-old Abraham, the team leader with 10 sacks in 2012, on March 1, the same day they also released running back Michael Turner and cornerback Dunta Robinson.

The team replaced Turner by signing Steven Jackson to a three-year, $12 million deal March 14. Now Umenyiora joins Jackson as Atlanta's second major free-agent addition.

The Falcons scheduled a news conference with Umenyiora for Thursday.

The 31-year-old Umenyiora gives the Falcons a slightly younger replacement at defensive end, but his production has declined in recent years. He had only six sacks for the Giants in 2012, when he started only four of 16 games. He had 55 tackles, five for losses, and one forced fumble.

He had a career-high 14? sacks in 2005, when he was a first-team All-Pro selection. He has reached double figures in sacks only one of the last four years ? 11? in 2010.

Umenyiora, 6-foot 3 and 255 pounds, was a second-round pick from Troy State by New York in 2003. He has 75 sacks, 31 forced fumbles and 13 fumble recoveries in his career and helped the Giants win two Super Bowl championships.

He set an NFL record with 10 forced fumbles in 2010 and a Giants record with six sacks in a 2007 win over Philadelphia.

The presence of defensive ends Jason Pierre-Paul and Justin Tuck made Umenyiora a part-time starter last season, but he'll be expected to replace Abraham as the Falcons' top pass-rusher. Defensive end Kroy Biermann was second on the Falcons with only 4 sacks last season.

Umenyiora's agent, Tom Condon, couldn't be immediately reached for comment.

Umenyiora made a brief reference to his new NFL home on his Twitter feed when he tweeted "(hash)RISE UP" ? the Falcons' slogan.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/falcons-agree-2-deal-osi-umenyiora-015236611--nfl.html

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Nokia?s map app boss quits following worldwide collapse in the charts

The latest version of iOS is reportedly creating problems for a number of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. Apple (AAPL) released iOS version 6.1.3 earlier this month to fix a recent vulnerability that allowed unauthorized users to bypass a device?s lock screen ??an issue that is ongoing. To make matters worse, some users are now reporting that the?latest update is causing the battery to drain faster than before while also hurting Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. According to CNET, normal fixes such as restoring the device to its factory settings seem to be unsuccessful in resolving the problem. Battery life issues are not uncommon after iOS updates, as users previously reported similar problems with iOS version 6.1 in February.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nokia-map-app-boss-quits-following-worldwide-collapse-214728624.html

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In the wee hours, Putin orders impromptu Russian war games

The Black Sea naval operation, called for in an order delivered to the defense minister at 4 a.m., is seen by experts as a demonstration of Russia's growing capacity for quick responses.

By Fred Weir,?Correspondent / March 28, 2013

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the BRICS 2013 Summit in Durban, South Africa, on Wednesday. Mr. Putin?s spokesman says the Russian president on Thursday ordered a surprise, immediate military exercise in the Black Sea.

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President Vladimir Putin has surprised Russian military leaders by issuing a snap order to initiate immediate Black Sea war games ? which experts say is a sign that the country's armed forces are becoming capable of defending the country on, literally, a moment's notice.

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The command was delivered in a sealed envelope to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at 4 a.m. Thursday morning, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

A note posted on Mr. Putin's official website said the exercises will be held in the Black Sea, and involve "up to 7,000 military personnel, over 30 warships based in Sevastopol and Novorossiisk, aviation, rapid deployment airborne troops, marines and the special forces of the General Staff.... The exercises' main objective is to assess combat readiness and coordination among the various branches of the Armed Forces."

Russian security experts appear to overwhelmingly approve the move, which they say is a sign that Russia's reformed and rapidly rearming military forces are shaking off their post-Soviet torpor.

They insist that, under international conventions, Russia is not obliged to inform NATO, or any neighboring countries, about war games that involve 7,000 personnel or less.

"Sure it was a sudden order. Good. That's the way things were done in the Soviet Union," says Viktor Baranets, a former defense ministry spokesman who now writes a regular security column for the Moscow daily Komsomolskaya Pravda.

"This is a perfectly normal practice. We aren't violating any agreements," he adds.

However, no one seems to know whether Russia should have informed Ukraine, on whose sovereign territory major elements of Russia's Black Sea Fleet are based at the Crimean port of Sevastopol.

"It is odd that no one seems to know if Russia is obliged to inform Ukraine about any sudden movements of forces that are based on Ukrainian soil," says Alexander Golts, deputy editor of Yezhednevny Zhurnal, an online newspaper.

"If you undertake exercises on your own territory, no one cares. But in the Black Sea region we have Georgia, with whom Russia fought a war in 2008, and these exercises will be staged partly from Ukrainian territory. It's a far more complicated thing," Mr. Golts adds.

Phone calls to the office of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and the headquarters of Ukraine's navy in Kiev on Thursday produced no answers. A secretary at the navy's press office told the Monitor to "write a letter asking your question, and we'll get back to you."

Kiril Frolov, a Ukraine expert at the official Institute of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Moscow, says that all issues concerning Russia's freedom to act out of Sevastopol are covered by the 2010 Kharkov Agreement, under which Mr. Yanukovych agreed to extend Moscow's lease on the Crimean naval base for 25 years in exchange for discounts on the price of the natural gas that Russia sells to Ukraine.

"Russia doesn't have to warn Ukraine about exercises in the Black Sea," says Mr. Frolov. "The Black Sea is a zone of Russian interests, and the Kharkov Agreement envisages exactly this sort of situation."

Just last month Mr. Putin warned his military chiefs that external threats to Russia are on the rise, and the armed forces will have to undergo a "drastic upgrade" to meet the new challenges.

Earlier this year, Russia announced its biggest ever war games since the Soviet era to take place in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea.

Many analysts saw those, and a previous set of exercises in the Mediterranean, as a possible cover for a potential mass evacuation of tens of thousands of Russian citizens, and their dependents, from civil war-torn Syria.

But most experts say today's snap war games are just part of the newly capable and combat-ready Russian military, and everyone should just get used to it.

"We have been having almost nonstop exercises in the Black Sea lately, certainly on a bigger scale than in the past. But that's how it should be," says Sergei Mikheyev, director of the independent Center for Political Assessment in Moscow.

"There is absolutely nothing unusual about this."

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Canon EOS M

As the last major camera manufacturer to take a stab at designing a compact interchangeable lens camera, Canon had plenty of time to see what others had done right and wrong and to avoid pitfalls in design. Unfortunately, the EOS M ($799.99 direct with 22mm lens) suffers from some of the same performance issues that plagued the first generation of mirrorless cameras. Despite delivering excellent images, autofocus is slow, there's no built-in flash, and you get a very limited lens selection. It's priced like our current Editors' Choice, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5, but doesn't deliver nearly the performance.

Design and Features
The EOS M is available in two kits. The standard kit (reviewed here) ships with the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM lens, which is the equivalent of a 35mm lens on a full-frame camera. The second kit, priced at $849.99, ships with the EF-M 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM, which delivers the same 29-88mm field of view captured by standard Canon D-SLR kit zooms.

The EOS M's body is impressively small when you consider that it packs the same 18-megapixel image sensor as the Canon EOS Rebel T4i. It measures just 2.6 by 4.3 by 1.3 inches (HWD), but is a bit heavy for its size at 10.5 ounces. If you pair it with the 22mm prime lens you can slide the camera into your pocket, but you won't be able to do that if you opt for the zoom. The Sony Alpha NEX-6 is a bit bigger at 2.75 by 4.75 by 1.7 inches, but it ships with a collapsible power zoom lens that doesn't add any more depth to the camera than Canon's 22mm prime. Panasonic has a similar collapsible lens, the Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH., for Micro Four Thirds cameras.

Despite delivering images that are on par with SLRs for quality, and being part of the EOS family, the M is more like a PowerShot point-and-shoot in terms of physical control. The traditional mode dial has been replaced with a toggle switch surrounding the shutter release. It only has three settings?Scene Intelligent Auto, Still Photo, and Movie. The first setting puts all of the control into the hands of the EOS M, while the second gives you access to traditional Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual, and Scene modes. These must be selected via the touch-screen interface. Even though there's a dedicated Record button on the rear, you'll need to be in Movie mode to record video.

Rear controls are sparse. There's a control wheel with integrated four-way control and a center button. From here you'll be able to set Auto Exposure Lock, adjust the Drive Mode, change Exposure Compensation, and delete a photo. The center button activates the Q menu, which you'll have to use to adjust any other settings via the touch screen. This menu was first seen on the Canon T4i, and works well here. It gives you touch access to change the autofocus settings, file capture format, white balance, JPG output settings, and the metering mode.

The 1,040k-dot 3-inch rear display is very sharp. The touch input is also quite good; you can swipe to scroll through photos during playback, and pinch to zoom in on a shot during review. You can also tap an area of the screen to move the flexible autofocus square, and if you enable it, a tap on the screen can focus and fire the camera's shutter.

There's no built-in EVF like on the Sony NEX-6 or Panasonic G5; nor is there a way to add one. Many other compact interchangeable lens cameras, including the small Olympus PEN Mini E-PM2 feature an expansion port that can accommodate an add-on EVF. The EOS M does have a standard hot shoe, which is a good thing, as the camera doesn?t have a flash. If you want to add one, the most size-appropriate option from Canon is the compact Speedlite 90EX. It's good for its size, but adds $150 to the cost of the camera. I got the best results with it in Scene Intelligent Auto mode. Photos shot in this mode were well balanced and didn't have the overblown look that you can get from similar small flashes, even when shooting at close range. Shooting in Program and Aperture Priority mode produced images with a harsh look, and ones that were completely blown out white when firing close to the subject. None of the Olympus PEN cameras include a built-in flash, but they all ship with a unit that slides into the accessory port.

Only two lenses are available now, but Canon does market an adapter that allows you to use its EF-S and EF D-SLR lenses. The Mount Adapter EF-EOS M delivers full aperture and focus control when you use it to marry Canon SLR lenses to the EOS M's small body. If you're using adapted lenses that don't have an STM motor you'll end up with slow, choppy focusing. I tested the EF 28mm f/1.8 USM lens using the adapter and it took about 1.9 seconds to focus and fire a shot. Video focus performance was choppy and noisy. The same lens only required 0.2-second to focus and fire when paired with the Canon EOS 6D.

There are also third party adapters on the market that allow you to use practically any vintage SLR or rangefinder lens with the camera?you'll just have to adjust aperture and focus manually. If you are a Canon SLR shooter and the idea of using your current lenses on a smaller body is appealing, you do have another option. Lens adapter manufacturer Metabones offers up a similar adapter that lets you use EF and EF-S lenses on Sony NEX cameras, but at $400, it's twice the price of the native Canon adapter and it doesn't support autofocus for every available lens.

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Noam Chomsky: 'No individual changes anything alone' | The Raw ...

By Aida Edemariam, The Guardian
Saturday, March 23, 2013 1:18 EDT

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Noam Chomsky is one of the world?s most controversial thinkers. Now 84, he reflects on his life?s work, on current events in Syria and Israel, and on the love of his life ? his wife

It may have been pouring with rain, water overrunning the gutters and spreading fast and deep across London?s Euston Road, but this did not stop a queue forming, and growing until it snaked almost all the way back to Euston station. Inside Friends House, a Quaker-run meeting hall, the excitement was palpable. People searched for friends and seats with thinly disguised anxiety; all watched the stage until, about 15 minutes late, a short, slightly top-heavy old man climbed carefully on to the stage and sat down. The hall filled with cheers and clapping, with whoops and with whistles.

Noam Chomsky, said two speakers (one of them Mariam Said, whose late husband, Edward, this lecture honours) ?needs no introduction?. A tired turn of phrase, but they had a point: in a bookshop down the road the politics section is divided into biography, reference, the Clintons, Obama, Thatcher, Marx, and Noam Chomsky. He?topped the first Foreign Policy/Prospect Magazine list of global thinkers in 2005 (the most recent, however, perhaps reflecting a new editorship and a new rubric, lists him not at all). One study of the most frequently cited academic sources of all time found that he ranked eighth, just below Plato and Freud. The list included the Bible.

When he starts speaking, it is in a monotone that makes no particular rhetorical claim on the audience?s attention; in fact, it?s almost soporific. Last October, he tells his audience, he visited Gaza for the first time. Within five minutes many of the hallmarks of?Chomsky?s political writing, and speaking, are displayed: his anger, his extraordinary range of reference and experience ? journalism from inside Gaza, personal testimony, detailed knowledge of the old Egyptian government, its secret service, the new Egyptian government, the historical context of the Israeli occupation, recent news reports (of sewage used by?the Egyptians to flood tunnels out of?Gaza, and by Israelis to spray non-violent protesters). Fact upon fact upon fact, but also a withering, sweeping sarcasm ? the atrocities are ?tolerated politely by Europe as usual?. Harsh, vivid phrases ? the ?hideously charred corpses of murdered infants?; bodies ?writhing in agony? ? unspool until they become almost a form of punctuation.

You could argue that the latter is necessary, simply a description of atrocities that must be reported, but it is?also a method that has diminishing returns. The facts speak for themselves; the adjectives and the sarcasm have the counterintuitive effect of cheapening them, of imposing on the world a disappointingly crude and simplistic argument. ?The sentences,? wrote Larissa MacFarquhar in a brilliant New Yorker profile of Chomsky 10 years ago, ?are accusations of guilt, but not from a position of innocence or hope for something better: Chomsky?s sarcasm is the scowl of a fallen world, the sneer of hell?s veteran to its appalled naifs? ? and thus, in an odd way, static and ungenerative.

To be fair, he has ? as he points out the next day, sitting under the gorgeous, vaulting ceilings of the VIP section of the St Pancras Renaissance hotel ? not always been preaching to the converted, or even to the sceptically open-minded. ?This [rapturous reception] is radically different from what it was like even five years ago, when in fact [at talks about Israel-Palestine] I?had to have police protection because the audience was so?hostile.? His voice is vanishingly quiet as well as monotonal, and he is slightly deaf, which makes conversation something of a challenge. But he answers questions warmly, and?seriously, if not always directly ? a?surprise, in a way, from someone who has earned a reputation for brutality of?argument, and a need to win at all costs. ?There really is an alpha-male dominance psychology at work there,? a?colleague once said of him. ?He has some of the primate dominance moves. The staring down. The withering tone of?voice.? Students have been known to visit him in pairs, so that one can defend the other. But it is perhaps less surprising when you discover that he?can spend up?to seven hours a day answering emails from fans and the questing public. And in the vast hotel lobby he cuts a slightly fragile figure.

Chomsky, the son of Hebrew teachers who emigrated from Ukraine and Russia at the turn of the last century, began as a?Zionist ? but the sort of Zionist who wanted a socialist state in which Jews and Arabs worked together as equals. Since then he has been accused of antisemitism (due to defending the right to free speech of a French professor who espoused such views, some 35?years ago), and been called, by the Nation, ?America?s most prominent self-hating Jew?. These days he argues tirelessly for?the rights of Palestinians. In this week?s lecture he quoted various reactions to the Oslo accords, which turn 20 in September, including a description of them as ?an infernal trap?. He replied to a question about whether Israel would still exist in 50 years? time by saying, among other things, that ?Israel is following policies which maximise its security threats ? policies which choose expansion over security ? policies which lead to their moral degradation, their isolation, their deligitimation, as they call it now, and very likely ultimate destruction. That?s not impossible.? Obama arrived in Israel this week accompanied by some of the lowest expectations ever ascribed to a US president visiting the country. There was so much more hope, I suggest to Chomsky, when Obama was first elected, and he spoke about the Middle East. ?There were illusions. He came into office with dramatic rhetoric about hope and change, but there was never any substance behind them,? he responds.

He seems cautiously optimistic about the Arab spring, which he sees as a ?classic example ? [of] powerful grassroots movements, primarily in Tunisia and Egypt? ? but is dryly ironic about the west?s relationship with what is happening on the ground. ?In?Egypt, on the eve of Tahrir Square, there was a major poll which found that overwhelmingly ? 80-90%, numbers like?that ? Egyptians regarded the main threats they face as the US and Israel. They don?t like Iran ? Arabs generally don?t like Iran ? but they?didn?t consider it a threat. In fact, back then a considerable number of Egyptians thought the region might be better off if Iran had nuclear weapons. Not because they wanted Iran to have nuclear weapons, but to offset the real threats they faced. So that?s obviously not the kind of policy that the west wants to listen to. Other polls are somewhat different, but the basic story is about the same ? what Egyptians want is?not what the west would like to see.?So therefore they are?opposed to?democracy.?

What does Chomsky, who has infuriated some with his dismissal of the ?new military humanism?, think should be done in Syria, if anything? Should the?west arm the opposition? Should it intervene? ?I tend to think that providing arms is going to escalate the conflict. I think there has to be some kind of negotiated settlement. The question is which kind. But it?s going to have to be primarily among Syrians. Outsiders can try to help set up the conditions, and there?s no doubt that the government is?carrying out plenty of atrocities, and the opposition some, but not as many. There?s a threat that the country is on a?suicidal course. Nobody wants that.?

Chomsky first came to prominence in 1959, with the argument, detailed in a book review (but already present in his first book, published two years earlier), that contrary to the prevailing idea that children learned language by?copying and by reinforcement (ie behaviourism), basic grammatical arrangements were already present at birth. The argument revolutionised the study of linguistics; it had fundamental ramifications for anyone studying the mind. It also has interesting, even troubling ramifications for his politics. If?we?are born with innate structures of?linguistic and by extension moral thought, isn?t this a kind of determinism that denies political agency? What is the point of?arguing for any change at all?

?The most libertarian positions accept the same view,? he answers. ?That there are instincts, basic conditions of human nature that lead to a preferred social order. In fact, if you?re in favour of any policy ? reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever ? if you?re at least minimally moral, it?s because you think it?s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature. So whoever you are, whatever your position is, you?re making some tacit assumptions about fundamental human nature ? The question is: what do we strive for in developing a social order that is conducive to fundamental human needs? Are human beings born to be servants to masters, or are they born to be free, creative individuals who work with others to inquire, create, develop their own lives? I mean, if humans were totally unstructured creatures, they would be ? a tool which can properly be shaped by outside forces. That?s why if you look at the history of what?s called radical behaviourism, [where] you can be completely shaped by outside forces ? when [the advocates of this] spell out what they think society ought to be, it?s?totalitarian.?

Chomsky, now 84, has been politically engaged all his life; his first published article, in fact, was against fascism, and written when he was 10. Where does the?anger come from? ?I grew up in the Depression. My parents had jobs, but a?lot of the family were unemployed working class, so they had no jobs at all. So I saw poverty and repression right away. People would come to the door trying to sell rags ? that was when I was four years old. I remember riding with my mother in a trolley car and passing a textile worker?s strike where the women were striking outside and the police were beating them bloody.?

He met Carol, who would become his wife, at about the same time, when he was five years old. They married when she was 19 and he 21, and were together until she died nearly 60 years later, in 2008. He talks about her constantly, given the chance: how she was so strict about his schedule when they travelled (she often accompanied him on lecture tours) that in Latin America they called?her El Comandante; the various bureaucratic scrapes they got into, all?over the world. By all accounts, she?also enforced balance in his life: made sure he watched an hour of TV a?night, went to movies and concerts, encouraged his love of sailing (at one?point, he owned a small fleet of?sailboats, plus a motorboat); she water-skied until she was 75.

But she was also politically involved: she took her daughters (they had three children: two girls and a boy) to demonstrations; he tells me a story about how, when they were protesting against the Vietnam war, they were once both arrested on the same day. ?And you get one phone call. So my wife called our older daughter, who was at that time 12, I guess, and told her, ?We?re not going to?come home tonight, can you take care of the two kids?? That?s life.? At another point, when it looked like he would be jailed for a long time, she went back to school to study for a PhD, so that she could support the children alone. It makes no sense, he told an interviewer a?couple of years ago, for a woman to die before her husband, ?because women manage so much better, they talk and support each other. My oldest and closest friend is in the office next door to me; we haven?t once talked about Carol.? His eldest daughter often helps him now. ?There?s a transition point, in some way.?

Does he think that in all these years of talking and arguing and writing, he has ever changed one specific thing? ?I don?t think any individual changes anything alone. Martin Luther King was an important figure but he couldn?t have said: ?This is what I changed.? He came to prominence on a groundswell that was created by mostly young people acting on the ground. In the early years of the antiwar movement we were all doing organising and writing and speaking and gradually certain people could do certain things more easily and effectively, so I pretty much dropped out of organising ? I thought the teaching and writing was more effective. Others, friends of mine, did the opposite. But they?re not less influential. Just not known.?

In the cavernous Friends? House, the last words of his speech are: ?Unless?the powerful are capable of learning to respect the dignity of their victims ? impassable barriers will remain, and the world will be doomed to violence, cruelty and bitter suffering.? It?s a gloomy coda, but he leaves to?a standing ovation.

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Starbucks buys first coffee farm for research

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Starbucks, the world's biggest coffee chain, said Tuesday that it bought its first coffee farm, where it will research the leaf rust that is devastating Central American crops as well as harvest its own beans.

Starbucks, known for its coffee shops around the world, has purchased an active farm on roughly 600 acres in Costa Rica, which it will convert to a global agronomy research and development center. Financial details were not disclosed.

With the farm's relatively low elevation that ranges from 1,100 to 1,600 feet, the center will research the roya fungus, also known as leaf rust, which kills coffee leaves by sapping them of nutrients and lowering bean yields.

This year, the blight has surprised farmers by climbing to altitudes above 3,400 feet for the first time in Central America and Peru. The fungus has also reached Mexico. Coffee trees growing at such high altitudes had never before been exposed to the disease, which is spread by the wind, and farmers were unprepared for the decimation it has brought.

So severe is the problem that Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla last week unveiled a proposal for a $40 million fund to help up to 40,000 farmers in the tiny Central American country who have been affected by the outbreak.

Central America and Mexico account for more than one-fifth of global output of arabica beans.

The International Coffee Organization recently estimated that some 2.5 million 60-kg bags of crop could be lost in the 2012/13 global coffee output due to the disease, with losses possibly rising to around 4 million bags in 2013/14.

Based on ICO data, those forecasts would equate to between 18 percent and almost 30 percent of Central America's crop in 2011/12.

Starbucks' arabica coffee farm, which currently employs about 70 workers, will continue to harvest beans, to be roasted and sold by the company, a Starbucks spokeswoman said.

The center also aims to help coffee farmers mitigate climate change and support long-term crop stability, programs that are part of Starbucks' goal to source 100 percent of its coffee ethically by 2015. The investment is an extension of Starbucks' $70 million ethical sourcing program.

Starbucks defines ethical sourcing as a process that uses "responsible purchasing practices, farmer loans and forest conservation programs."

Starbucks will also look at innovating with proprietary coffee varietals that could lead to the development of future blends, Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz said in a news release.

Starbucks shares dipped 0.2 percent to close at $56.83 on Tuesday. The stock has gained about 6 percent so far this year.

Copyright 2013 Thomson Reuters.

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Monitoring your kids on Facebook? That's so 2009.

WASHINGTON (AP) ? After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed - dramatically, as it turns out - and these days even if you're friends with your own kids on Facebook, it doesn't mean you know what they're doing.

Thousands of software programs now offer cool new ways to chat and swap pictures. The most popular apps turn a hum-drum snapshot into artistic photography or broadcast your location to friends in case they want to meet you. Kids who use them don't need a credit card or even a cellphone, just an Internet connection and device such as an iPod Touch or Kindle Fire.

Parents who want to keep up with the curve should stop thinking in terms of imposing time limits or banning social media services, which are stopgap measures. Experts say it's time to talk frankly to kids about privacy controls and remind them - again - how nothing in cyberspace every really goes away, even when software companies promise it does.

"What sex education used to be, it's now the 'technology talk' we have to have with our kids," said Rebecca Levey, a mother of 10-year-old twin daughters who runs a tween video review site called KidzVuz.com and blogs about technology and educations issues.

More than three-fourths of teenagers have a cellphone and use online social networking sites such as Facebook, according to the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. But Facebook for teens has become a bit like a school-sanctioned prom - a rite of passage with plenty of adult chaperones - while newer apps such as Snapchat and Kik Messenger are the much cooler after-party.

Even Facebook acknowledged in a recent regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it was losing younger users: "We believe that some of our users, particularly our younger users, are aware of and actively engaging with other products and services similar to, or as a substitute for, Facebook," the company warned investors in February.

Educators say they have seen kids using their mobile devices to circulate videos of school drug searches to students sending nude images to girlfriends or boyfriends. Most parents, they say, have no idea.

A stay-at-home mom of eight kids in Burke, Va., Eileen Patterson said she used to consider herself fairly tech savvy and frequently spends time on Facebook. But she was shocked to learn her kids could message their friends with just an iPod Touch mp3 player. She counts nine wireless devices in her home and has taken to shutting off her home's Wi-Fi after 9 p.m., but she describes her attempt to keep tabs on her kids' online activity "a war I'm slowly losing every day."

"I find myself throwing up my hands every now and again," Patterson said. "Then I'll see something on TV or read an article in the paper about some horrible thing that happened to some poor child and their family, and then I try to be more vigilant."

Mobile apps refer to the software applications that can be downloaded to a mobile device through an online store such as Apple's iTunes. According to the Federal Trade Commission, there are some 800,000 apps available through Apple and 700,000 apps on Google Play.

Among the most popular mobile apps among kids is Instagram, free software that can digitally enhance photos and post them to your account online. Kids on Instagram whose parents closely monitor their text messages, Facebook posts or emails can also chat with their friends using the service. Their photos can also be shared on other social media sites such as Facebook, which bought Instagram last year.

Then there's Snapchat, among the top 10 free iPhone apps available. Snapchat lets a user send a text, photo or video that purportedly self-destructs within 10 seconds of being opened - or warns a user if the recipient takes steps to quickly capture it for posterity before it disappears.

Kik Messenger also allows unlimited texting for free and effectively offers anonymity to users.

As with anything online, each of these services comes with caveats.

Snapchat acknowledges on its website that messages aren't guaranteed to disappear: Anyone receiving a text or photo can within 10 seconds capture a "screenshot," taking a photo of their device's screen, and save that image. Video also can be downloaded, although Snapchat says it alerts senders when material is saved.

Instagram is considered tame as long as kids adjust their privacy settings to limit who can see their photos and don't post nudity, which could subject them to child pornography laws. But Levey said many parents don't know their kids are using Instagram until there's trouble - usually when kids post inappropriate photos at parties and these begin to circulate among their social circles.

Parents often hand their kids a mobile device without understanding exactly what it can do, said Dale Harkness, a technology director at Richmond-Burton Community High School in Richmond, Ill. He estimates that even without using social media services, the average high school student probably transmits some 150 texts a day.

"It's not anything that every parent and grandparent hasn't already seen," Harkness said. The problem, he adds, is that actions "get documented, replayed and sent around." He said that students "forget how fast it moves and how far it goes."

That was the case at Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, N.J., where a male student allegedly took a screenshot of nude pictures sent to him by female classmates via Snapchat, then posted the pictures on Instagram. According to a letter to parents by the school district's superintendent that was later posted online, police warned students to delete any downloaded pictures or face criminal charges under child pornography laws.

In the Ohio rape case involving two football players, social media both added to the humiliation of the victim and helped prove her case. The defendants and their friends had recorded the attack and later joked about it on a video. The case didn't come to light until the girl read text messages among friends and saw a photo of herself naked.

There are general security concerns, too. F-Secure, a cybersecurity company, said some new social networking services have become targets for spreading malicious hacker software and propagating scams.

In January, the FBI arrested a man in Los Angeles, Karen "Gary" Kazaryan, 27, of Glendale, Calif., on charges that he hacked into hundreds of social media and email accounts, including Facebook and Skype, and found nude photos and personal passwords that women had stored online. He allegedly used the photos to try to coerce women into disrobing for him via Skype and threatened to post their private photos to their Facebook accounts if they refused to comply, according to the indictment.

Online services also routinely collect personal data, such as a person's birthdate or the location of their phone, and they commonly share the information with third parties for marketing. While a new rule by the Federal Trade Commission this year is aimed at keeping advertisers from tracking kids younger than 13, most social media services require that a user specify he is at least 13, exempting the account from the tougher privacy restrictions.

Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., co-chairman of a House caucus on privacy issues, said legislation should give kids under 15 the right to delete photos or texts that wind up elsewhere online. The prospect, however, is unlikely in a Congress dominated by debates on federal spending and gun control, and raises practical questions about how such a law could be implemented or enforced.

"Nobody should be penalized for something they posted when they were 9 years old," Markey said.

Levey links her kids' devices to her iTunes account so she's aware of programs they install. She also requires that her kids make their accounts accessible to her and follow certain ground rules: protect your passwords, set privacy controls and never transmit inappropriate pictures or words.

A big hurdle for parents is overcoming the idea they are invading their kids' privacy by monitoring online activity, she said. In fact, she said, it can be the kid's first lesson that hardly anything online is private, anyway.

"If they want privacy," she said, "they should write in a journal and hide it under their mattress."

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Follow Anne Flaherty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneKFlaherty.

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Apple's New Ad Campaign Wil... - Business Insider

Just two days after?Samsung announced its Galaxy S4 smartphone, Apple unleashed a new advertising campaign that highlights why people love their iPhones.

The "Why-iPhone" page on Apple's website introduces a subtle shift in Apple's advertising: focusing on people and not just the the features of its product.

Samsung has been scoring points for its "people-based" ads, notes MacRumors' Eric Slivka, who first spotted Apple's new Web campaign.

Even former Apple ad man Ken Segall, the guy behind Apple's break out "Think Different" campaign, says that Apple has lost its way with its ads. Apple needs to come up with a more inspiring message to counter Samsung's popular and funny ads, he believes.

Samsung's ads have done everything from mock Apple fans to showcase big names like director Tim Burton and actors Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd.

The new iPhone campaign may not do enough to put people front-and-center. It still mostly focuses on a list of features, mentioning people in subtle ways like this:

"iPhone feels substantial in your hand and perfect in your pocket."

Will such slight changes help Apple combat Samsung's onslaught? More than any other smartphone maker, Samsung has been killing it against Apple. According to BI Intelligence's global smartphone market estimates, Samsung shipped 212 million smartphones in 2012, compared to Apple's 136 million. In the fourth quarter, Samsung accounted for 31 percent of shipments globally, while Apple took a 23 percent share.

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ideas for home business - First Business Opportunity

Choosing a home-based business ideas can be said to be tricky. Easy because so many business ideas are all around us. It's hard because a lot of things to be considered before the choice. For example, compliance with the interests and skills, capital required, the circumstances in which the business will be run, etc..

Home Business Ideas Here are 9 home business ideas that I think fits executed in Jakarta and surrounding areas, may also be in other big cities in Indonesia.

1. Private Teacher

If you see tutoring agencies were never devoid of interest, this can be a business opportunity. If you have knowledge in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, you can open private lessons. Place flyers in residential-housing services that many around Jakarta or around your home.

Once, when I was in college, I tutored high school students for the subjects of Mathematics and Physics. Just then I also teach in tutoring. So, I was a private student mentoring students who want to further deepen mathematics and physics.

2. Child Care

My wife is office workers, as well as most of my neighbors. I've noticed how hard it is when there is no domestic assistant who can keep the child, while we both have to work. It can be used as a home business idea, huh daycare business. If you're happy with the kids, stay at home, and your home is certainly adequate enough to accommodate children. You can plug a daily or monthly rates.

3. Internet Marketer

Right now mushrooming online shopping on the internet, either using their own websites or take advantage of social media such as facebook or twitter. Good again, we no longer need to stock as many online stores that provide facilities or drop ship reseller. So, you live and selling their goods will be delivered by your name. Let me give an example of my pioneering online shop that sells t-shirts cheap couple.

4. Web Designers

Now this is the internet era. Everywhere people can access the internet (for no network). Instead of just companies that want to have a website, SMEs and individuals who want to have too many. Opportunities open up a web design business is still wide open. Knowledge of programming languages ??would be very supportive, if not even enough knowledge of some CMS (content management system) so enough capital. As well as re-design my blog using one of the famous CMS WordPress.

For those of you who want to have a blog like this or want to have an online store like www.kaoscouple22.com, do not hesitate to contact me. About the price can be discussed of course :)

5. Photographers

I have a childhood friend who is a photographer. He said, his income even more than her status as an employee. Interesting is not it ... It takes a rather large capital to buy a DSLR camera plus equipment that is capable. However, if you have a strong interest in the Photography, the business ought to be cultivated. Markets are very big in my opinion. Just imagine, it's plural now couples getting married do pre-wedding photos. When married and still use the services of a photographer.

6. Laundry Agents

In my housing, laundry agency mushroomed. This proves that the market is still great and worth a try. Just need strategy to beat the competition. For example, laundry shuttle, after 10 times free once, etc.. This business can be said to not require substantial capital. To scale residential course can be done at home. Officers live shuttle laundry from washing into your home. Customers were so easy to carry or take the laundry, because it can be done while passing.

7. Crafts

You have the skills to make crafts? Why not try the production for sale. It could be anything, such as decorative lights, embroidery-embroidery, etc..

8. Catering

Home-based catering business idea is one that is worth a try especially if you have a hobby and a skilled cook. Estates could be targeted for marketing. Many families who all work no time to cook. This is a potential market for cultivation. You can offer a variety dishes of the week with a weekly or monthly payment system.

I currently still living alone also subscribe catering. Incidentally there are circulating flyers in my housing. Delivery of almost every lunch hour, so the rest can make dinner.

9. Trainer

You have a particular skill that attracted many people? Why not try to become a trainer. Many people who successfully run a business as a trainer. Just look at the Ali Akbar known as SEO experts. He went on to become a trainer in the internet search engine optimization. I also plan to open a trainer services in the near future. His blog still exists and discusses the technical presentation, but the material is still in full progress. So, not launching. Pray yes, hopefully in the near future could be on the air.

Thus, 9 home business ideas which of course can be run from home ...

Source: http://firstbusinessopportunity.blogspot.com/2013/03/ideas-for-home-business.html

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Tomato-Based Foods Cause Heartburn | Tammy's Health Articles

You?ve just finished off a plate of spaghetti when you feel the burning, tingling sensation of heartburn spreading across your chest. Foods can increase the likelihood of experiencing heartburn, and tomato-based products are part of this list due to their acid profile, according to the website eMedTV. If you experience heartburn symptoms more than twice a week, consult your physician, as this can indicate more-serious problems.

Tomatoes contain citric and malic acids, which are responsible for giving tomatoes their flavor profiles. The higher the levels of acid, the more tart and flavorful the tomato is considered to be, according to the ?Illinois Times.? While these acids can give tomatoes a tart, fresh taste, the acids can also contribute to uncomfortable heartburn symptoms.Inside your stomach is a powerful acid known as hydrochloric acid. This acid allows your body to break down foods, allowing the nutrients within to travel through your digestive system for absorption. Your stomach has a protective lining that keeps acid from seeping outside your stomach, but there is one place the acid can go: up, from your stomach to your esophagus. Because your esophagus does not contain this protective lining, you can experience heartburn. Symptoms include a burning pain in your neck and throat that worsens after eating and can last for two hours, according to the Children?s Hospital of Wisconsin.Tomato-based foods can aggravate heartburn because they increase the production of stomach acid, according to the Children?s Hospital of Wisconsin. When your stomach makes more acid and you already have extra food in your stomach, the acidic contents can reflux back up into the esophagus and cause heartburn symptoms. Imagine this process like an overflowing sink: when the sink contains excess contents, those contents will come up and over the basin.Even if you love spaghetti and lasagna, continuing to eat these foods and overlooking heartburn symptoms can have negative consequences. Persistent acid reflux can weaken your esophagus, as well as the ring of muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter that is designed to act as a valve between your stomach and esophagus, according to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse. Over time, this can lead to damage to the esophageal lining and increase your risk for esophageal cancer. For this reason, if tomato-based foods contribute to your heartburn, eat them in smaller amounts or avoid them entirely to reduce heartburn.

Source: http://www.tammyshealtharticles.com/tomato-based-foods-cause-heartburn/

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Motorola swaps in stock apps in Droid RAZR/MAXX Jelly Bean soak test

The folks in our Motorola DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR MAXX forums are all aflutter this morning, and rightfully so. A new software soak test -- wherein a few brave souls get in some final testing before the real push begins -- is hitting devices, and Motorola's own changelog for the Android 4.1.2 update confirms something surprising: Custom software features are being replaced by stock Google apps -- or are being removed altogether.

Consider:

• Removed apps: Social Location, MOTOACTV, MOTOPRINT and Verizon Video on Demand are history. Kaput. Alarm and Timer are being replaced by the stock Google Clock app.
• Removed widgets: Gone are the My Gallery, My MOTOCAST, My Music, Picture Slideshow, Social Location, Sticky Note, Weather and World Clock widgets. Gone. Kaput.
• MOTOCAST has been decoupled from MyMusic, Files and the Gallery apps and is now standalone on the phone. (It's also been redesigned and is faster, Moto says.)
• My Gallery and My Music have been replaced with their corresponding Google apps.

That's just the tip of the iceberg, but it's a pretty big deal. You'll also find Google Now, improved voice search, better camera quality, and the Chrome browser has been added.

Hit the link below for the full changelog, and keep an eye out for the full push, which should follow the soak test fairly soon.

Source: Motorola 4.1.2 changelog
More: Droid RAZR MAXX forums; Droid RAZR forums

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/jgNWexoXsJw/story01.htm

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Brain adds cells in puberty to navigate adult world

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The brain adds new cells during puberty to help navigate the complex social world of adulthood, two Michigan State University neuroscientists report in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Scientists used to think the brain cells you're born with are all you get. After studies revealed the birth of new brain cells in adults, conventional wisdom held that such growth was limited to two brain regions associated with memory and smell.

But in the past few years, researchers in MSU's neuroscience program have shown that mammalian brains also add cells during puberty in the amygdala and interconnected regions where it was thought no new growth occurred. The amygdala plays an important role in helping the brain make sense of social cues. For hamsters, it picks up signals transmitted by smell through pheromones; in humans, the amygdala evaluates facial expressions and body language.

"These regions are important for social behaviors, particularly mating behavior," said lead author Maggie Mohr, a doctoral student in neuroscience. "So, we thought maybe cells that are added to those parts of the brain during puberty could be important for adult reproductive function."

To test that idea, Mohr and Cheryl Sisk, MSU professor of psychology, injected male hamsters with a chemical marker to show cell birth during puberty. When the hamsters matured into adults, the researchers allowed them to interact and mate with females.

Examining the brains immediately after that rendezvous, the researchers found new cells born during puberty had been added to the amygdala and associated regions. Some of the new cells contained a protein that indicates cell activation, which told Mohr and Sisk those cells had become part of the neural networks involved in social and sexual behavior.

"Before this study it was unclear if cells born during puberty even survived into adulthood," Mohr said. "We've shown that they can mature to become part of the brain circuitry that underlies adult behavior."

Their results also showed that more of the new brain cells survived and became functional in males raised in an enriched environment ? a larger cage with a running wheel, nesting materials and other features ? than in those with a plain cage.

While people act in more complicated ways than rodents, the researchers said they hope their work ultimately sheds light on human behavior.

"We don't know if cells are added to the human amygdala during puberty," Sisk said, "but we know the amygdala plays a similar role in people as in hamsters. We hope to learn whether similar mechanisms are at play as people's brains undergo the metamorphosis that occurs during puberty."

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Michigan State University: http://www.newsroom.msu.edu

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