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Undergoing some aesthetic refinements, the streamlined iPhone 7 features a wide LED-backlit widescreen Multi-Touch Retina HD display and at only 7.9mm (7.1mm for the 7+) deep, the phone is even thinner and glossier than before. A higher pixel resolution of 327 PPI (401 PPI for the 7+) means a sharper display and more depth.
The 3.3 billion number for the A10 is well over 50 percent larger than the A8, and the large jump is likely mostly thanks to the addition of two new, albeit small, CPU cores along with a greatly enhanced image signal processor (ISP). Apple also disclosed that the GPU remains a six-cluster design, while benchmarks suggest that the L1 and L2 cache sizes have been increased.
The Apple iSight camera, possibly the most widely used camera in the world today, has been even further optimised in the iPhone 7.
Incorporating 16MP, a new sensor with Focus Pixels, improved face detection, and exposure control, iPhone shots are going to become even better! Also, the improved video camera function enables you to shoot stunning 1080p HD video at 70 fps, capture more dramatic slo-mo video, and for the first time, create time-lapse videos. Continuous autofocus provides constant focus as you capture your footage. And cinematic video stabilization keeps your shots smooth and steady.
Not only is the iPhone 7 beautiful to look at, it is sure to capture your world, your thoughts and your plans more beautifully and seamlessly than ever.


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Office Love Can Be Risky Business
It's Valentine's Day and love is in the air -- particularly in the workplace. While an office romance may make it more exciting to come to work, it can also be risky business says small business expert Susan Solovic on Lunch Break.
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Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth). This week, Ellen Loreck weighs in on sodium.
According to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, people should consume between 1,500 and 2,300 mgs of sodium per day. That's equal to about 2/3 to 1 teaspoon of salt, which isn't much. Most of the sodium comes from processed foods, so eating out becomes a challenge. But finding low-sodium options at restaurants is possible with some planning.
General tips
Check out a restaurant's website before you go. A good goal is about 600 mgs of sodium for your entire meal.
Call ahead to the restaurant. Let them know you can't have salt in your food and ask if they can accommodate.
Tell your server that you don't want any extra salt or monosodium glutamate added to your food. Ask to speak to the chef to see what the lowest-sodium options are.
It may be helpful to bring your own low-sodium herbs or spices.
Try to cut the sodium in your other meals that day, saving the sodium for your restaurant meal.
Watch your portion sizes: Extra food equals extra sodium.
Entrees in natural state
Fish, steak or chicken is a great low-sodium choice for an entree. Be sure to ask if your meat selection has been marinated, as many marinades are salty. Also, ask if the butter used is salted. Choose a grilled, baked, broiled or poached selection. Beware of entrees prepared with sauces, breading and batters. If you'd like a small amount of sauce, ask for it on the side so you can control the amount you eat.
Up the fresh vegetables
Plain vegetables, steamed or grilled, are an excellent choice for dining out. It's easy for the chef to forgo the salt, and you can fill your plate with colorful and healthy veggies. Served over steamed brown rice, you've got a great centerpiece for a meal. Be sure to ask if the vegetables are canned (if they are, the sodium content will be high).
Skip the sauces
Entrees with sauces tend to be higher in sodium. Marinara and cheese sauces are especially high. One cup of either sauce has about 1,200 mgs of sodium, and that's before any other ingredients are added. In addition, Asian sauces made with soy sauce, teriyaki, wasabi or miso are also very high.
Bypass the bread
That steaming, delicious-smelling bread basket can be loaded with sodium. Just one dinner roll has about 200 mgs; eat three and you're already at your 600-mg limit. If you want bread with your meal, bring your favorite low-sodium choice.
Prepared salad dressings are typically high in sodium. A tablespoon of Italian has about 150 mgs of sodium. Opt for oil and vinegar — you'll get flavor, minus the sodium. Balsamic vinegar adds a nice tang to your salad. Also, be careful of condiments: one tablespoon of ketchup has about 170 mgs of sodium and a tablespoon of steak sauce has about 300 mgs. A shot of hot sauce is a good choice to fire up your taste buds. Also, beware of salsas; unless freshly prepared, they tend to be high in sodium.
Pizza? Burgers?
Pizza does have a lot of sodium, but if you really have a craving, one slice of cheese pizza is OK. In general, about 1/8 of a cheese pizza has 500 to 600 mgs of sodium. Burgers tend to be high in sodium as well, but a small burger from a restaurant or fast-food establishment has about 400 to 500 mgs of sodium. For both of these options, fill up on lots of salad with oil and vinegar, have some fresh fruit for dessert, and you're good to go!
Can I eat ethnic?
The answer is yes, but the options are limited. Below is a list of some good ethnic food choices:
•Mexican: Select or bring your own corn tortillas, as they are very low in sodium. On the other hand, a small flour tortilla has about 300 mgs of sodium. Choose fajitas or tacos if the chef can prepare them without salt or high-sodium spices.
•Indian: Anything made in the tandoori oven is a good choice. Be sure to check about the seasoning used because it may contain sodium.
•Japanese: Sashimi is a good option: It's just the fish, minus the salt. A vegetable tempura may be a good choice. However, some batters do contain sodium. Be sure to ask.
•Italian: A fresh mozzarella caprese is great way to start your meal. Ask about the sodium content of the tomato products used in recipes. If too high in sodium, you may want to choose a wine-based sauce.


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Cooler Master brought some new CPU cooling hardware to Las Vegas for CES 2010. We were lucky enough to get a few photos and some details. Check out our coverage from their suite at the new Aria Hotel.
Continuing to make the rounds here at CES, we dropped by to see Cooler Master at the new Aria Hotel at the Las Vegas City Center. The first item of note from our visit was the Cooler Master V6 GT. This is a reasonably sized heat sink with plenty of cooling power. It features 6 copper heatpipes, a nickel coated copper base, and aluminum fins. The V6 GT is not yet available but we expect to have it for review shortly. An exact MSRP wasn't given but I would guess it to cost around $80 and outperform the V8.
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If you think this is a homecoming for Dana White, think again.
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"I swear to you," White said, "and this is no bull. I literally don't think about it at all. Never crossed my mind."
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He'll make $6 million in those two years.
The former Brewer, National, Padre, Yankee, Red, Ranger, Cub and Oriole hit .270/.344/.383 last season. He'll be a fine utility player, but did the Dodgers really need him?
Probably not. But it was probably one of the best signings of the off-season, which is saying something for a team in desperate need of offense.
I'm sure Hairston won't make $3 million this season, but it seems like money better spent in other areas.
Update (Dec. 5, 4:13 p.m.): Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times has the details.
"Jerry Hairston Jr. has signed a two-year, $6 million deal with theSo, not as backloaded as I thought -- not that a $6 million contract could be that backloaded.
#Dodgers. He will earn $2.25 million in 2012 and $3.75 million in 2013."
Hairston can play second base, third base, shortstop and all the outfield spots effectively. He'll be this season's "supersub."
And then there's this from FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal:
"#Dodgers still working on Harang. Deal expected to be north of Capuano. Two years, $12M range. #MLB"I said I wasn't opposed to the Chris Capuano/Harang duo replacing Hiroki Kuroda and bumping Nathan Eovaldi to a bullpen role, but to see the amount of money being doled to mediocre veterans, it makes me wonder why that money wasn't spent on Hiroki?
It just doesn't make sense. I could drone on about this in every post for the rest of the off-season, but I'm going to leave it at that.


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TUSCALOOSA | "The Nutcracker" represented a magical world that called to young Becca Brewbaker.This year, landing the role of "Snow" and "Arabian," she was one of 55 dancers, ages 7 to 21, cast in the Tuscaloosa Community Dancers production of "The Nutcracker."
TUSCALOOSA | She watched, spellbound, as the beautiful ballerinas danced across the stage. A tale of fierce battles, enchanted wonderlands and mystical creatures, "The Nutcracker" represented a magical world that called to young Becca Brewbaker.
"I remember really wanting to be like them," said the 15-year-old home-schooled sophomore. "They were so pretty."
Brewbaker's wish came true. For the past several years, she has been one of the "pretty ballerinas" dancing across the stage to the familiar score by famed composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This year, landing the role of "Snow" and "Arabian," she was one of 55 dancers, ages 7 to 21, cast in the Tuscaloosa Community Dancers production of "The Nutcracker."
The ballet runs Dec. 14-16 at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.
For more than 30 years, the nonprofit Tuscaloosa Community Dancers has performed the classic ballet. Bringing together three area dance schools — Academy of Ballet and Jazz, the Dance Centre and MJ's Academy of Dance — and university students, as well as a few professional guest artists, the group's annual ballet has become a holiday tradition for many in the community.
"You have to do 'Nutcracker.' There's decorations around town, Christmas music on the radio, and 'Nutcracker' is part of that. The holidays are just not the same without the ballet," said Amy Cole Ahmed, interim artistic director of Tuscaloosa Community Dancers.
A classic that draws in the young and young at heart, "The Nutcracker" is a story of a young girl, Clara, and her beloved nutcracker, a special gift from her godfather Drosselmeyer. When the Clara and the nutcracker enter a mystical dream world, they embark on a magical journey.
"I really want people to understand the story as it unfolds on stage, to really get what 'Nutcracker' is about. I want them to go home with a happy feeling and a love of Christmas," said 18-year-old Anna Grace Freeman, a Tuscaloosa County High School senior and part of Academy of Ballet and Jazz dance school.
Cast as "Snow" and "Russian," it will be Freeman's first time performing in the community ballet. Despite the taxing rehearsals, the experience has helped her grow as a dancer, both in technique and style, and has reminded her how much she loves ballet.
"When you dance, you become a character, and all of the problems and distractions of your world disappears. It's just you and the music, telling a story," Freeman said.
For Nashville resident Maddie Winchester, 19, a University of Alabama sophomore who is playing the mother and the "Mouse King," having an opportunity to perform a ballet that has been around for so long is "very validating" for a ballerina.
"There's a sense of connection, of timelessness that's really fun to be a part of," Winchester said. "And it's such a happy Christmas story — very festive, beautiful to watch and entertaining."
The new artistic director brings a fresh approach to the ballet. While the traditional story line remains, it develops somewhat differently, Ahmed said. People who have seen the community ballet in years past may notice "little nuances" woven throughout the story this year, as well as some new set pieces, costuming and choreography.
It is still, however, a classic ballet, and that is what she hopes the young dancers take away from the experience.
"It teaches them what a pre-professional dance experience is like, with makeup, costuming, intense rehearsal schedule," Ahmed said. "They also have an opportunity to keep the classics alive and learn what that really means."
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Seems an odd marketing strategy to have two boxes with fairly similar size HDDs and not much price differential between them; just creates extra stock tracking hassle for retailers, I can't see them selling many of the 320GB box when the 500GB is only 20 quid more.
The Vestel SD HDD boxes I use at home also have the same quirk in terms of red button versus 'OK' having different options when recording, makes me wonder who wrote the SW for these boxes.
Will any of these Freeview HD HDD boxes ever be capable of copying recordings without hacking?


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By unraveling the mysteries that exist within the molecular composition of mosquitoes, a team of Kansas State University researchers is trying to discover how the insects survive a parasite that causes malaria in humans.
Kristin Michel, K-State assistant professor in the Division of Biology, has been leading studies involving Anopheles gambiae s.s. mosquitoes, which are the main contributing species to malaria transmission in Africa. Michel's research team's recent project involved characterizing genes specific to hemocytes, which are mosquito blood cells. The researchers were able to identify genes in the blood cells whose expression changed with malaria infection.
"This could be used for disease control, ultimately," Michel said. "On a more basic level, we want to understand how the immune system works and how it recognizes a parasite and limits the infection."
The research was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in December 2009. The other contributing K-State researchers are Chunju An, research associate in biochemistry, and Krista McKay, senior in microbiology.
Michel said the research emphasizes one part of the mosquito's immune system that defends the insect against the Plasmodium parasite, which causes malaria in humans. The project is a step toward characterization of this branch of immunity.
"If you think about the immune system, it gobbles up things like bacteria," Michel said. "Insects have cells that help the body to ultimately kill the bacteria. However, we do not know how these cells contribute to getting rid of parasites."
While these blood cells are essential to the mosquito's cellular immune response, little is known about their molecular composition. For the study, the researchers collected blood cells from the mosquito species and then used microarrays to identify the cells' genes and how they are related to other insect species.
They also collected blood cells from mosquitoes that were infected with the parasite and identified genes whose expression levels changed with malaria infection.
"It could be possible through gene manipulation to create mosquitoes unable to transmit malaria," McKay said. "This list of genes could help researchers develop new prevention strategies."
The researchers are continuing the study and looking comprehensively at the blood cells and how they respond to the parasite. Michel said the mosquito produces many molecules that either help or prevent parasite infection. The mosquito's cells are an important factory for these molecules, she said. The researchers are trying to discover the factors that kill the parasite within the mosquito.
The K-State group collaborated with several researchers from the faculty of natural sciences at Imperial College London in the division of cell and molecular biology: Sofia Pinto, Fabrizio Lombardo, Anastasios Koutsos, Robert Waterhouse, Chandra Ramakrishnan and Fotis Kafatos.
The project has been ongoing since 2004. The research was funded by grants from the Kansas Institutional Development Award Network of Biomedical Research Excellence, the Wellcome Trust and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.


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Battledroid is a massively multiplayer asynchronous online war fought over the blasted and war-torn landscapes of Earth in the not entirely distant future a few centuries from now. At war are various ultracorporations (called "factions") which vie for control of territory in order to boost their own manufacturing capabilities. The gameplay consists of designing armies of battledroids and simulating battles against existing deployed armies that already occupy a territory.
The defender has the advantage of choosing the best strategical terrain; the attacker has the advantage of being able to change their army repeatedly to probe for weakness in the defence. Once an attacker is certain that a particular deployment will defeat the defending army for a particular territory, the army is actually deployed and the battle is fought and if the verification proves true then the attacker takes the territory from the defender, and has a certain amount of realtime in which to deploy a new defending army. If the attack fails then the defender remains in position, unchanged.


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Jelly Bean for the HTC EVO 4G LTE has arrived! While we've been expecting the Android 4.1 update for the EVO 4G LTE for some time, none of us really expected Sprint and HTC to roll it out this soon. The HTC EVO 4G LTE was the last HTC One variant to hit the US market, but it seems they managed to make it through the development and testing process without too many delays. The software update weighs in at 396.78 MB and delivers all the usual Android 4.1.1 features (Project Butter, Google Now, advanced notifications and embedded Voice Typing). The update also includes HTC Sense 4+, bringing an enhanced UI with better performance in the camera, new landing page with even/map view in the gallery and power management improvements.
If you have not already received the OTA update notification, you can try to manually ping HTC's update servers by going to Settings > System updates > HTC software updates > Check now. The download and install process takes roughly 10 minutes over WiFI or LTE. We would not recommend downloading the update over Sprint's 3G network.
If you're a proud owner of the Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE, let us know how you like your new Jelly Bean flavored Android update.


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Federal government frontbencher Anthony Albanese and the Australian Labor Party are among the first local politicians to congratulate Barack Obama on his re-election as US president.
Mr Albanese tweeted just moments after the US networks began to call the election for Mr Obama around 3.15pm AEDT.
"Congratulations to President Obama! :) #4moreyears," he wrote.
The ALP's official account followed Mr Albanese's lead a few minutes later.
"Congratulations to President Obama and our sister party the Democrats on their #Election2012 win! Our staff are happy!"
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who travelled to the US to observe the election as part of a political exchange, was at an election party at the University of South Florida.
She said the "crowd going wild" as it watched the result come in.
"Obama's won. Fire up!" she tweeted, referencing Mr Obama's trademark slogan, "Fired up, ready to go."
Labor senator Lisa Singh said she was ecstatic at the news.
"Second term for #Obama is great news for the US and peace and security in the world," she tweeted.
Acting Prime Minister Chris Evans said the expected continuity of diplomatic and foreign policy to come from Mr Obama's re-election would be welcomed by Australia.
"We've been very comfortable and very close to the Obama administration in terms of joint policy ... in many areas," he told ABC television.
He said an economic recovery in the US was important for countries throughout the world.
"There's some encouraging signs but they've got a big challenge ahead," Senator Evans said.
"Having a president with a new mandate will allow him to drive the economy in a way that I think will see them (the US) come out of what have been pretty dark days.
"There's nothing like an election result to focus the minds of politicians when they get back to the congress."
Marriage equality campaigners seized on Mr Obama's win as a signal Prime Minister Julia Gillard should follow his lead and support same-sex marriage in Australia.
"The re-election of Barack Obama shows Americans clearly respect him for acting on principle and supporting marriage equality, despite his past opposition and regardless of the political consequences," Australian Marriage Equality national convener Rodney Croome said in a statement.
"Like Barack Obama, Julia Gillard will benefit by putting the politics of prejudice to one side and taking a principled stand in favour of marriage equality."
Later, Ms Gillard tweeted her congratulations to Mr Obama.
"My sincere congratulations to President Barack Obama on your re-election!"


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Medallion Press, Nov 2003, 6.99, 469 pp. ISBN: 097436391X In 1760, when her mother, a low level servant, dies, Honneure is dispatched to live with the Monsart family at the Chateau D'Ambois owned by kindhearted Madame Dupin. The Monsarts (all servants) raise Honneure over the years as a beloved daughter. Honneure is contented except for the unwanted advances of the steward and her crush on her foster brother. When her foster-brother Philippe...
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; illustrated by Cherif Fortin & Lynn Sanders Medallion, , 2003, 24.95, 87 pp. ISBN: 0974363901 While Elliana Munson mourns the loss of her beloved sister Rhiannon, she also knows her sibling has given her an opportunity to escape from her nasty spouse George at least some of the time. Elliana has inherited Rhiannon's large estate including a horse farm though she must spend a stipulated amount of time each year at the farm. George is irate that...
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Ellie is a young woman who lost her sister to an illness and is left her property in the will, including a horse-breeding farm. When her husband is enraged at the fact that she cannot break the trust and sell the property so he can gain the profit, she leaves for the farm to sort out her feelings. After she arrives, she is summoned to the presence of the elven king, who it turns out was married to her sister, and learns that her sister wanted her to m...
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Leisure, May 2003, 5.99, 320 pp. ISBN: 0505525453 During the reign of King Henry III, triumphant knight Stephen of Bellingham and a baron's daughter Amarantha of Ullswater meet and fall in love. He vows forever, but a maniac kills her. He not only feels lonely; he just dreads life for having failed his beloved. In 2003, Steve Bellingham wakes up every morning in fear, having suffered through a nightmare that feel very real. Feeling the for...


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The Amphisbaenidae are a family of amphisbaenians, commonly known as worm lizards.
Geographic range[edit]
Amphisbaenids occur in South America, some Caribbean islands, and in Sub-Saharan Africa.
One deep-branching and somewhat aberrant genus, Blanus, is native to Europe, and may represent a distinct family.[1]
Members of the family are limbless, burrowing, lizards with carnivorous diets. As in other amphisbaenians, the body bears rings of scales, which gives amphisbaenids a worm-like appearance. The heads are massively constructed and used for burrowing, with powerful jaws and large, recurved teeth used for seizing prey. Some species have spade-like heads, while others have a narrow keel on their heads, and still others have a rounded skull.[1] The eyes are highly reduced, while the ear bone, or stapes, is large and massively built. Together with another bone, the extracollumella, the stapes is used to detect vibrations of prey items, allowing amphisbaenids to be able to hunt for invertebrate underground.
Over 120 species are in the family, grouped into 17 genera:
- Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758
- Ancylocranium Scortecci, 1930
- Anops Bell, 1833
- Aulura Barbour, 1914
- Baikia Gray, 1865
- Bronia Wiegmann, 1828
- Cercolophia Strauch, 1881
- Chirindia Boulenger, 1907
- Cynisca A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
- Dalophia Gray, 1865
- Geocalamus Günther, 1880
- Leposternon Hemprich, 1820
- Loveridgea Tornier, 1899
- Mesobaena Mertens, 1925
- Monopeltis A. Smith, 1848
- Zygaspis W. Peters, 1854
- ^ a b Gans, Carl (1998). Cogger, H.G., & Zweifel, R.G, ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
Further reading[edit]
- Gans, C. 2005. Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World. Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1-130.