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WASHINGTON — The Edward Snowden case may have been the last straw, but the White House decision to cancel a Moscow summit next month came after President Obama decided the meeting was unlikely to resolve any of the issues increasing tension between the countries.
The diplomatic snub comes six days after Russia granted temporary asylum to Snowden, a former intelligence agency contractor who leaked information on classified surveillance programs and fled, eventually landing in Moscow. Obama has repeatedly called on Russia to return him to the United States to face prosecution.
But Snowden is not the only source of trouble in the U.S.-Russia relationship. The White House, after an unproductive start during Obama's first term, had crafted an approach to Russia that included a new push for nuclear arms reductions and a joint effort to resolve the civil war in Syria. Both went nowhere.
"Major issues were not teed up to make significant progress on the level of a president-to-president summit," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. "That wasn't a constructive step to take at this point."
Obama expressed his frustration with Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on Tuesday.
"There have been times where they slip back into Cold War thinking and a Cold War mentality," he said. "And what I consistently say to them, and what I say to President Putin, is that's the past and we've got to think about the future, and there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to cooperate more effectively than we do."
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, who announced the decision, cited lack of progress on several issues.
"We believe it would be more constructive to postpone the summit until we have more results from our shared agenda," he said in a statement. "Russia's disappointing decision to grant Edward Snowden temporary asylum was also a factor that we considered in assessing the current state of our bilateral relationship."
Obama made a number of diplomatic gestures to the Russian leader this year, but received a chilly response. This spring, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced what Washington saw as a concession on missile defense deployment, but the Russians dismissed the move as no concession at all. A letter from Obama to Putin, hand-delivered in April by National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, did nothing to warm relations.
And in June, Moscow brushed off Obama's public call in a speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate for Russia to join the United States to make deep cuts in their deployed strategic U.S. nuclear warheads.
Andrew Weiss, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former Russia expert on President Clinton's National Security Council staff, said Putin sees a political advantage domestically in opposing the United States.
"So the question is, is it worth chasing after them?" Weiss said. "It's not in this circumstance. That's what's driving these decisions, as much as" the Snowden case.
Obama will still travel to Russia in September for the Group of 20 summit in St. Petersburg, but he and Putin won't put their lack of rapport back on display. When they last met one-on-one, in June, they exchanged awkward jokes through clenched teeth.
"The U.S. president is still coming to St. Petersburg, but saves himself another uneasy and rather useless encounter with the Russian leader," said Lilia Shevtsova, a senior researcher with the Moscow Carnegie Center.
The decision comes just two days before Hagel and Secretary of State John F. Kerry are to meet with their Russian counterparts in Washington. The cancellation of the Obama-Putin meeting shortly before that visit suggests U.S. officials expected little progress on major differences Friday.
State and Pentagon officials decided to go ahead with the meetings to focus on other areas where they still hope to cooperate, such as Iran and North Korea. "There certainly is a recognition that it's important to maintain regular contact," Psaki said.
Some analysts said Obama had little choice but to scrap the visit to Moscow. A presidential trip would have forced him to share the spotlight with a leader who has dismissed the U.S. agenda and rejected its calls to return Snowden.
Obama has grown impatient with Putin, a former KGB officer, since the decision in June to let Snowden remain in the Moscow airport. That was clear in Obama's interview on "The Tonight Show."
"I was disappointed because even though we don't have an extradition treaty with them, traditionally we have tried to respect if there's a lawbreaker or an alleged lawbreaker in their country. We evaluate it, and we try to work with them," Obama told Leno. "They didn't do that with us. And in some ways it's reflective of some underlying challenges that we've had with Russia lately."
The Kremlin responded with its own expression of disappointment — but said that Obama ultimately was hurting himself.
Putin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters that Russia was "dissatisfied" with the decision. He attributed it to "Snowden's situation, which was not created by us at all."
Ushakov said it showed the U.S. was not ready to build relations with Russia on an equal footing. "For many years, Americans have avoided striking an extradition agreement while invariably responding with a denial to our request to extradite persons who committed crimes on Russian territory," he said.
Leonid Kalashnikov, deputy head of the foreign relations committee in the lower house of Russia's parliament, said, "Obama is publicly whipping himself with this decision because Snowden will be soon forgotten, but Obama will be criticized at home for dropping Russian-U.S. relations to their lowest point in years."
On Wednesday, the White House announced that Obama would visit Stockholm before heading to St. Petersburg. "Sweden is a close friend and partner to the United States," the statement said. "Sweden plays a key leadership role on the international stage."
Times staff writer Sergei Loiko in Moscow contributed to this report.


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Medial epicondylitis is also known as golfer's elbow, baseball elbow, suitcase elbow, or forehand tennis elbow. It's characterized by pain from the elbow to the wrist on the inside (medial side) of the elbow. The pain is caused by damage to the tendons that bend the wrist toward the palm. A tendon is a tough cord of tissue that connects muscles to bones.
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Sybil Christopher, who died last week in New York at 83, was a noted theater producer and the founder of Arthur, a Manhattan hot spot that attracted a ritzy celebrity clientele during the 1960s. Even if she hadn't become famous as the first wife, and later, ex-wife, of actor Richard Burton, Christopher would still have occupied an important seat in New York high society and culture.
"She was very hands on -- as hands on a mother as she was a producer." said Kate Burton, her eldest daughter. The actress, speaking by phone from her home in Los Angeles, said she was with her mother in New York when she died on last Thursday following an illness.
"As a producer you always knew how she felt. If she didn't like something, oh boy, you were going to hear about it."
Burton recounted her mother's irascibility with affection and humor. She described her mother as "having more influence on me than anybody."
Christopher -- nee Sybil Williams -- was a founder and artistic director of the Bay Street Theatre on Long Island. The company, which opened in 1991, took advantage of the high density of famous writers living on the eastern part of the island to produce challenging and innovative plays.
Bay Street Theatre has produced works by Christopher Durang, Craig Lucas, Terrence McNally, Jon Robin Baitz and many more. Christopher stepped down as artistic director early last year.
Burton said she worked with her mother at the company on several occasions, including a production of Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" that transferred to Broadway in 2001 and earned Burton a Tony Award nomination.
The actress said her mother's life was incredibly varied and that she was glad the obituaries have focused on "more than that single event in 1962."
The event she is referring to is the on-set affair between Burton and Elizabeth Taylor during the making of "Cleopatra," which ended his first marriage. The tabloid maelstrom had at least one positive outcome -- it propelled Christopher to New York where she re-invented herself as the nightclub doyenne at Arthur.
Christopher began her career as an actress but gave it up after marrying Burton. She returned to the world of theater by working for the New Theater in New York as a casting director.
Burton said her mother "didn't like being on stage but loved watching theater people do their work."
She recalled her mother's "favorite kind of actors were the ones who listened [to their co-stars.] She loved actors who really listened."
After her divorce from Burton, Christopher was married to Jordan Christopher.
Burton is married to Michael Ritchie, the artistic director of Center Theatre Group in L.A. About the time her mother died, the actress was working on a production of the musical "Carousel" with the New York Philharmonic, as well as a television pilot project.
Burton said her mother did not want a funeral or memorial service. She said her mother's ashes will be scattered at a chosen spot in her native Wales.
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Author Notes: It happened at a picnic, while talking about whether or not a salad of tomatoes, peaches, and mozzarella, was a new idea. Peter said it was. I said not. Which is the usual childish direction our conversations go -- "No-ooo!" "Yes!" "Never!" "Wrong!" Peter wisely changed the subject to an even newer tomato concept he'd recently encountered at Lulu & Po: sliced fresh tomatoes, dappled with brown butter, salt, and pepper. He had me (for once!) -- I'd never heard of brown butter tomatoes.
How can you resist something called Brown Butter Tomatoes? I had to try them, which I did at our last photo shoot. You won't believe how easy they are, how close you are to summertime bliss just reading these words. Start walking to your kitchen. Slice a tomato. Beefsteak is best. One-third inch thick slices -- half-inch is too thick, one-quarter is too thin. Get out your ruler if you must. Overlap the slices on the plate you'll devour them from. Brown the butter and grab a spoon. As you spoon the butter over the tomatoes, listen: they sizzle! Shower them with a flaky salt, grind over some pepper. And have at them. As Merrill noted, the tomatoes and butter together are mysteriously, deliciously reminiscent of lobster with melted butter. The richness. The sweet, tender flesh. The exquisite burst of summer. —Amanda Hesser
Serves: 4 as a first course, 2 as a light lunch
2 large or 3 small ripe beefsteak tomatoes
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
Flaky sea salt, like Maldon
Coarsely ground black pepper
Baguette or other country bread, for mopping up the butter
- Core the tomatoes and slice them 1/3-inch thick. Divide the tomato slices among 4 plates, overlapping the slices just a little.
- Place the butter in a small heavy-bottomed saucepan and set over medium low heat. Let the butter melt completely. It will begin bubbling. Let the butter simmer away, cooking off its water, until it begins to smell nutty and brown. Swirl the pan every 30 seconds or so. When the butter turns the color of a hazelnut, remove it from the heat. Use a soup spoon to ladle it over the tomatoes. They'll sizzle! You want to dress the tomatoes with the butter as if you were pouring ganache over a cake -- be generous!
- Season the tomatoes with salt and pepper, then rush the plates to the table so everyone can taste the tomatoes while the butter is hot! Mop up the butter and tomato juices with good bread. Toast to summer!
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Welcome to the Which Disney Princess Am I Blog Hop -
Every girl both old and young alike love to be a "Princess" and we really aren't old to believe we are a princess. Today's hop is going to include our favorite Princess with clues and then the final reveal with our project displaying which Princess we are --- NOW, the question is, how well do you know your Disney Princess.
There will be blog candy of course --- your very own Princess Crown and a Piecing Project of your favorite Princess by remarking on each stop on the royal kingdoms along the way!!!
Some day my Prince will come but, I will always have my crown as these princesses have for you along the way:
My princess was the beautiful and lively daughter of Powhatan, ruler of the land that the English named Virginia. "Pocahontas" was her childhood nickname, translated as "little wanton," meaning she was playful and hard to control. When she was born, Powhatan sent her mother home to her own village, to raise Pocahontas. That was his custom. When she was about school age, Pocahontas left her mother to live in her father's capital, with with her older brothers and sisters. As they grew up, Powhatan appointed some as chiefs of his other tribes. Pocahontas became her father's favorite, "the apple of his eye". Her claim to fame came about for her intervention to save the life of an English Captain!
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If you can find one, the Nexus 4 is a great phone at a competitive price, but there are inevitably a few Nexus 4 problems that have cropped up for some users. But if you don't have a problem, and don't need to know how to take a screenshot on the Nexus 4, then maybe these tips will service you better. Since the Nexus 4 ships with stock Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and has gotten the update to 4.3, a lot of these tips should work for any Android device running the same versions.
How to customize your LED and alerts
The LED light that flashes and lights up different colors to indicate various things can be customized. You can create different alerts for different notifications. You can also change your sounds and vibration patterns with the right app. One of the most popular options is Light Flow, but you'll find plenty of others in the Play Store. You can set up specific alerts for emails, Facebook, calendar reminders, and lots more.
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The three lines icon at the top of the Notifications screen allows you to clear all notifications with a single tap. You can also swipe notifications off to the right to remove them. Some notifications can be expanded and closed again by using the pinch to zoom gesture. If you encounter a notification that won't swipe away then you'll need to load up the relevant app and change your notification preferences in the settings menu of the app.
How to access Quick Settings
You can access Quick Settings from the usual Notifications screen which can be dragged down from the top of the display, but there's also a quick access method. Instead of dragging the notifications down with one finger, try two fingers and you'll get straight into the Quick Settings menu where you can tweak Brightness, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a few other bits and pieces.
How to use Gesture Typing (Swype)
If you're a fan of the Swype alternative keyboard then you'll be pleased that Google has added Gesture typing in Android 4.2 which means you can drag your finger from letter to letter to type and lift it to create a space. To enable it go to Settings > Language & input then tap the settings icon next to the Android keyboard and tick Enable gesture typing.
How to get extra storage
If the lack of a microSD card slot really grinds your gears and you don't have enough storage on your Nexus 4, the answer is in the cloud. You've got Google Drive, DropBox, Box, SkyDrive, SugarSync … the list goes on. These services all offer free storage in varying amounts and they each have different limitations. Since the Nexus 4 is a Google device it makes a lot of sense to start with Google Drive.
Don't forget that you can automatically backup photos to Google+ via the Settings menu in the Google+ app. You can also store and stream up to 20,000 songs in Google Music. You might even use YouTube to back up your videos. That should free up some space.
How to enable Lock screen widgets
Swipe to the right from the lock screen and you can add various widgets like Calendar, Digital clock, Gmail, or Messaging. Just tap the "+" sign to add a widget. This saves you from having to unlock your Nexus 4 every time you want to peek at the latest incoming text or email. You can add up to five lock screen widgets from apps that support this option. You can also swipe left from the lock screen to launch the camera in a hurry.
You'll still need to enter your usual password or pattern to read a full email or to reply, but you can see the sender, subject, and first line, so it's useful for deciding whether it's worth unlocking. Some people may still feel this is a bit of a security risk.
How to set up security
If you're worried about prying eyes then make sure to set up some security. You can set password, PIN, pattern, or face unlock via Settings > Lock screen > Screen lock. You should also install a security app. We recommend trying avast! Mobile Security or Lookout Security & Antivirus (both free). These apps offer a range of malware protection and tools to help you find your Nexus 4 if it ever gets stolen or lost.
You might also consider setting up owner information on the lock screen. You can do this in Settings > Security > Owner info and then check the box next to Show owner info on lock screen. That way if you lose your phone and someone finds it they might just get in touch.
How to manage your apps
To start, you might want to disable some of the apps that came preinstalled on your Nexus 4. If you know you won't use them then it gets them out of the way and removes the icon from your home screen. To do this go to Settings > Apps and then scroll to the All tab and choose the app you want to get rid of. Tapping Disable will do the job and you'll find it listed at the bottom of the All tab should you ever want to enable it again.
If you just want to clear some space, you can organize your apps into folders by pressing and holding an app icon and then dragging it on top of another app icon. Tap the folder name to change it.
You can prevent app shortcuts from being created in the first place by going to the Google Play app and selecting Settings then unchecking the box next to Auto-add widgets.
If you want some ideas about what to download, check out our best Android apps and best Android games roundups.
Help Google understand you – voice commands and contacts
If you've been excited to use Google Now or Google Voice Search only to find that it doesn't understand you, or that it returns the wrong contact, you can do something about it. If you have duplicate names for contacts then you can always edit the contact and add a nickname. Let's say you know three girls called Amy, but one is your sister. Put sister in the nickname field and when you say "call sister" there's no more conflict.
You'll also find an option in the contact to add the Phonetic name. This is great for unusual names and allows you to spell the name exactly how it sounds, so if you're using voice dialing there's a better chance it will work correctly.
How to sync bookmarks and search
Android is now using Chrome as the default browser and this means that you can sync your desktop bookmarks and search history automatically across multiple devices. As long as you sign in to Chrome and use the same Google account on all of your devices then sync should be automatic. You can find specific options in Chrome on your desktop or laptop via the Settings menu > Advanced sync settings.
How to avoid going over data limits
There's a handy built-in feature in Android that allows you to set data alerts and limits so that you don't incur any overage charges. Go to Settings >Data usage and check the box next to Set mobile data limit. You can also scroll down and see exactly how much data each app on your Nexus 4 has been using.
More Nexus 4 tips and tricks
You can always read the Nexus 4 Guidebook to find more handy tips for your Nexus 4. If you have a good trick or a basic tip that you want to share then please post a comment.
Updated on 10-17-2013: We've added a few new tips to the roundup.


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text: Dear All, Please find enclosed a brief summary on our CCGrid 2001 symposium written by Craig Lee from Aerospace Corporation. The presentation slides of all keynote, tutorials, invited, and industry talks are available for download from the CCGrid 2001 web site: http://www.ccgrid.org/ (go to Final program and click on respective titles to download PPT version of slides). CCGrid 2002 is scheduled to be held in in Berlin, Germany, May 21-24, 2002. Full details (call for papers, tutorials, workshops, posters etc.) are available at: http://www.ccgrid.org/ccgrid2002/ | http://ccgrid2002.zib.de/ Thanks for your contributions that made CCGrid 2001 successful and we look forward for your similar support for the next conference. Cheers Raj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Brief Summary of CCGrid 2001: Cluster and Grid Computing Symposium Craig A. Lee, Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, USA. The First IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid) was held on May 15-18, 2001, in Brisbane, Australia. The meeting has been sponsored by the IEEE Task Force on Cluster Computing (TFCC) and hosted by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). CCGrid focuses on the combined areas of clusters and Grid computing, which share many related technical issues and are both areas of intense interest and rapid growth. Cluster computing has enabled low-cost entry into supercomputing performance by using clusters based on commodity components, such as processors and network infrastructure. Grid computing borrows its name from the analogy with the electrical power grid. The electrical power grid made electricity widely available and easy to use. The "information power Grid" endeavours to make the discovery and sharing of information and resources widely available and easy to use. 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Besides discussing the myriad of technical issues surrounding the development of effective Grid computing in general, the panel discussed the even more problematic issues of moving grids from the scientific and engineering communities to be part of the mainstream-computing infrastructure that is enveloping the world. Grid computing has emerged as the predominant approach for wide-area, high-performance computing, but other approaches, such as Peer-to-Peer Computing and CORBA, are also emerging, and these technologies are motivated more by the business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets. However, these application domains are faced with the same fundamental problems, e.g., resource discovery, scheduling, security, etc., but the solution spaces and potential implementations could be quite different and determined by the commercial marketplace. 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In this post we will look more closely at "symbols", "levels of meaning" and "isomorphism".
Symbols – the carriers of meaning
Strange loops arise in systems that are powerful enough to capture meaning. Meaning is achieved when networks of signals stand for one particular concept in the world. Thus each letter of the alphabet signals a particular sound. These signals in turn get arranged into a pattern – a word – that refers to one particular object or idea from the external world.
In a similar vein, the firing of a single neuron in response to a specific stimulus is a signal. For instance, studies on the visual cortex have shown that different specific neurons are stimulated upon presentation of and variation in very specific features of the visual stimuli such as length and orientation.
When we sense (see, hear, or touch) a new object, all the neurons responding to its various features are activated in the pertinent area of our brain are activated and form a neural circuit. Circuits in different regions of the brain are themselves interconnected: As you talk about an apple you are using i) the muscles of your respiratory system to create the right sounds, ii) the corresponding visual circuit to visualize the apple, and iii) circuits in the language areas representing the word apple as well as the corresponding phonetic pattern needed to pronounce the word correctly.
The above described network caters to one meaningful concept in the world. It is to such networks that Hofstadter applies the term symbol. The world is full of such information-preserving symbols and below are some examples:
Meaning is not inherent in the symbol
By now it is clear that the power of a symbol does not reside in the signals that it is made up of; rather it is the correspondence with a specific concept from the outer world. Every word will be a meaningless pattern of sound if it was not associated with something we are familiar with. Words such as 'mother', 'money' and 'love' evoke strong personal reactions in most of us, not because there is something in the special arrangement of those particular sounds, but because of what each of these words refers to.
Thus the fact that each constituent of the symbol stands for a particular sound is explicit (i.e. apparent). On the other hand, the fact that the pattern as a whole stands for something else altogether is implicit (i.e. hidden) – the meaning is not readily apparent to anybody who's not well-practiced in the use of these symbols (e.g. a child, a person not familiar with the English language).
Meaning is thus independent of any rules for combining signals to produce patterns. That is how, even though the formal system in Principia Mathematica was especially designed to shun explicit self-reference, it is by association with a different (a higher, and less readily apparent) level of meaning that self-reference is achieved.
Isomorphism – reading meaning into patterns of signals
The key is that the transition from the explicit to the implicit level is information-preserving. In math, such a case wherein elements of two sets correspond with each other in an information-preserving fashion (math theorems and Godel numbers in the above example) is called an isomorphism.
Thus the word "table" is isomorphic to that piece of furniture on which my PC sits. So is the neural circuit that gets activated in my mind when I think of a table. The symbol '=' is isomorphic to the concept of "is equal to". Genes are isomorphic to the protein synthesized from them. A code is isomorphic to the text of the message it hides. The camera film is isomorphic to the color photograph printed from it.
In short, human thinking and culture is fraught with isomorphisms of various kinds.
As far as we cannot detect and read the isomorphism, the structural similarity between two different sets of elements, we will be oblivious to the fact that one is a message encoded by the other. In Hofstadter's terms, meaning is induced in the explicit lower level matter (or components of a pattern) by identifying its isomorphism with a real world concept at a more abstract level.
We recently have had an eerie reminder of this fact, when a scientist Craig Hogan realized that he may have hit upon some observations supporting the holographic principle. It seems that the totality of information on all the particles in our 3D universe may be contained on the 2D cosmic horizon…
Isomorphisms and mental life
The swirls of neuoronal activity back and forth across the brain are isomorphic to mental activity. In other words: consciousness of our inner life is attained because we can read off the explicit neurological processes at a much more higher and implicit level.
When you are looking at a TV screen, the data you are receiving is nothing but a fluctuating pattern of pixels. But you are not conscious of this 'lower level' of the message. You can simply read off the higher level meanings coded for by those pixels – feat we call as perception.
This shows how its totally unnecessary to be conscious of the lower level in order to read the implicit. Fluent readers are rarely conscious of the exact letter sequences making up the words they are reading. A practiced reader in a book describing highly visual scenes will simply see the scene by scene depiction of the story on the pages. The feel of reading is completely replaced by the sense of watching in such instances…
In sum, both intelligence and consciousness may be redefined as our capacity to perceive the meaningful isomorphisms in the world and within ourselves.
Tangled hierarchies and strange loops
Many a times a clear differentiation of 'lower' and 'higher' levels is possible when dealing with two isomorphic sets. A majority of the examples of such sets given above illustrate this differentiation. There are times however when such a clear differentiation is not possible, since levels keep leading back to each other.
It is the entangledness of our concepts that leads to recursion in human thinking. All our concepts are interrelated, are constantly activated by each other, and this constant exchange among themselves and with information from the outside leads either to modification or reinforcement of every concept.
We define our preferences and loves in relation to our own selves. We reflect upon the outer world and interacting with it obtain further information from ourselves thus re-affirming, enhancing or adjusting our self-concepts. All this modification is indeed not just at the abstract, conceptual changes. The changes are reflected in the underlying patterns of connections across networks of neurons. This is what happens in any level-crossing feedback loop. The system does not just mirrors meaning, it has the capacity to change in response to changing information.
That is also why human intelligence is definitely superior to machine intelligence. Where a computer will get hanged, the human will leave the level on which it was working (for e.g. some office task) and work on other levels to solve the problem (for e.g. confronting the supervisor who didn't explain the task fully, confronting and modifying one's own level of knowledge and skill required to achieve the task, etc.).
The beauty of Hofstadter's ideas is that they apply equally well to human intelligence and human consciousness. Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies is the result of his research into the intricacies of human cognition, whereas I am a Strange Loop presents more fully Hofstadter's ideas of the emergence of the human 'I'.
After I have completed reading I am a Strange Loop, I'll find some excuse to post about it as well, InshaAllah!


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Seems like there is a LOT of content as far music and items, and mini-games... but $20 is too high. I'll bet the price feels right to you, after 3 years, and all that music and stuff, but $20 is when I start thinking about cost, as opposed to anything under $10... and I do talk myself out of buying stuff any chance I get.
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F-Secure announced today its Mobile Antivirus software will be available for Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS.
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Support for the Windows 2003/2000SE Smartphones Edition includes devices such as the Motorola MPX220, Qtek 8200, Qtek 8010, Qtek 8020, SDA, Qtek 8100 and SDA Music, the company said.
Mobile Antivirus for Mobile Windows is available for download from F-Secure and costs $34.95 for a 12-month subscription, Vihavainen said.


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A diagnosis that often inspires fear and dread, melanoma provides good cause for concern. The most deadly form of skin cancer, it's responsible for 75 percent of all skin cancer deaths. However, it is largely curable if detected and treated early. Learning the risk factors and minimizing the chances of developing the disease through early detection and sun-safe habits is key, according to the cancer experts at NewYork-Presbyterian.
The risk factors for melanoma go far beyond the traditional blue eyes, freckles and history of sun exposure. They also include:
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Singer Island is located in the east central region of Palm Beach County, Florida. It is part of Riviera Beach, in the South Florida metropolitan area.
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World-famous Waikiki was once a playground for Hawaiian royalty. Known in Hawaiian as "spouting waters," Waikiki was introduced to the world when its first hotel, the Moana Surfrider, was built on its shores in 1901.
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Wrightsville Beach is a special place for both the resident and the visitor and is quite unlike the commercial beaches that often come to mind when one thinks of the coast. There is no carnival atmosphere -- no Ferris wheels or gaudy displays of beach merchandise (well, maybe just one that locals try hard to overlook), no bumper boats, no arcade. Instead, Wrightsville Beach is primarily an affluent residential community that has its roots in Wilmington.
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Sagres is situated inside the Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina Natural Park, at the most South-Westerly point of Portugal and Europe. The coast around Sagres is dotted with more than 20 beaches: some sandy coves hidden at the foot of cliffs, others broad expanses of sand that stretch away to the horizon, all inviting you to discover them and rediscover peace and solitude. Here, in an increasingly developed world, we are before an unspoilt vision of nature.
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How do you write a computer program that creates the illusion of stretching elastic bands between pegs of a Geoboard? The answer contains some surprising mathematics.
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I am writing to apply for the PhD position in the project ****. Currently, I am a second master student in Electrical Engineering at University of **, and I expect to complete all my master degree requirements fully by June 2010. With a Bachelor degree in Communication Engineering and a post graduate degree in Electrical Engineering (EE), I expect that a PhD will push me to great heights and contribute enormously to my future career plans, while adding value to the project in which I will be a part of. During my undergraduate studies in Communication Engineering at University (**), I was mainly introduced to sequential structured courses, related to mathematics, electronics, information processing and telecommunications. Worth to mention, in the final year, I took part in the elective course Digital Image Processing & Application, which excited my profound desire to learn. As a result, I secured full marks in the courses final exam. The course was just an introduction to the area of digital image processing, but was good enough to increase my interest in it. During my Graduation, I was recommended to the Graduate School of the same University to pursue a PhD degree without the mandatory admission exams. I took it as the first serious step on the way to my eventual objective as a successful researcher. As a doctoral student in the Institute of (****) at University (**), the coursework and research in my graduate study mainly focused on optical communication. In this period I participated in two projects of our institute, Namely, *** and ****". I cherished those experiences, which explained me what a project really was and the importance of team work, which is vital for efficiency. However, I found that my research interest was still in information processing, especially in image processing and computer vision. So, I quit the doctoral study and applied for a Master Program in EE, at University of ***. Considering my academic background, University of *** offered me a special shorter program to obtain an MSc., in EE and supported my study with University of *** Scholarship . Here my academic focus is specialized in information processing and my courses so far have familiarized me with different techniques in information theory, image processing, and pattern recognition. The practical projects in my master program broaden my knowledge and mature my research ability. And further more, the institute provided a platform to present our ideas through various presentations and made us to write reports, which are not the common forms of examination in China. This increased my confidence levels and helped me to improve my Spoken and Written English. Looking back at my study at The University of ***, especially the time spent during my projects in (*&*) group, I have learnt a lot from the supervisors and other students. These aspects have made me a better communicator and more competent for conducting researches. So if you introduce me to this interesting and meaningful project in (*&*) group by admitting me, I am certain it will be a great and challenging opportunity for me to grasp and challenge myself to achieve great heights in a high quality R&D environment. Moreover, this project will make the early detection of the diabetic foot more convenient, reduce cost of the doctors examining efforts and benefit the patients life a lot. I realize that admission into this project is highly competitive, but I am certain that all my experiences and abilities would serve me a great deal in this group and project. Besides all, My personal traits such as perseverance and diligence will sustain me in this PhD program. I would appreciate an appointment with you to discuss my qualifications and the PhD position in detail.
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Sanitary Vibratory Classifier Separates Solids Into Three Fractions
Kason Corp.'s Vibroscreen Two-Deck Sanitary Classifier from Kason Corp. separates up to six tons per hour of bulk solid material into three fractions.
Measuring 30 in. (762 mm) in diameter, it classifies bulk chemicals, minerals, plastics, foods, dairy products, pharmaceuticals and other materials ranging from dry bulk solids to solids-laden slurries.
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This is a story about serendipity and a pink Post-it. Serendipity basically means making a fortunate discovery by accident—kind of like good luck sprinkled with magic dust. Every genealogist I know has a favorite anecdote or two about the role serendipity has played in their research. We love to share these stories because they represent some inexplicable source of help in our quests to learn about our ancestors. To me, serendipity is like some guardian angel dropping a gift in my path, or pointing me in some surprising new direction and whispering in my ear, "Here, look right here!"
Serendipity brought me the pink Post-it affixed to the Scucin/Szczuczyn area of the Belarusian "Grodno and Environs" map shown here. About 12 years ago, when I was looking for contemporary maps of Belarus, I found this one (along with the Welcome to Belarus map detailed on October 21) online at a now-defunct Canadian Web site that I think was called 411maps.com. I wanted to make a credit card purchase, and since there was no way to do a secure transaction online back then, I had to phone Ontario to provide my card number.
The young woman who answered the phone was quite personable, and I got the sense that this map store, whatever its size, was a warm and friendly operation. I took the opportunity to explain why I was buying these maps, and that I did not read Russian or Belarusian, so I didn't know how well I would be able to understand this Grodno area map when it arrived.
"Do you know what villages you are looking for?" she asked.
"My grandmother's village of Gierniki," I said. "It's near a small city called Szczuczyn."
"Ah!" she replied. "No, no, not Gierniki. Your grandmother would have lived in Staro Gierniki. I will put a small label on the map for you, showing the name in the Cyrillic letters and in Polish. Now, are there other locations you would like identified?"
Stunned, I named a couple others, then asked, "But how do you know the village I'm looking for is called Staro Gierniki?" To distinguish when two neighboring and similarly named settlements were founded, Polish village names may be modified by staro (old) or nowo (new).
"That is where I am from, that area. I know the village," she said simply, as if it were an everyday occurrence for a young Belarusian expatriate in Canada to be handling a credit card transaction on the phone with a Polish American trying to locate a one-street village of 15 houses where her grandmother had been born in 1882.
Really, what are the odds of this happening?
I never learned that young woman's name, but I think of her every time I see her carefully printed pink Post-its on my map. Over the years, I have become familiar enough with the Cyrillic alphabet not to need these notes anymore, but I keep and treasure them as a testament to serendipity.