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It?s essentially a Te?obargo, and the Chargers now admit they won?t be making their second-round pick available to the media at all until the middle of June.

So why are they not letting Te?o talk?? Chargers director of public relations Bill Johnston addressed the situation today on XTRA Sports 1360 in San Diego.

?Right now, anything that he does . . . makes news,? Johnston said.? ?Right now, the news that people are talking about with him is really not the news that we want him to be talking about.? Really, he?s a rookie, he?s a second-round draft pick, yet everybody wants to talk to him.? Well, why?? Well, it all goes back to that stuff that happened back in the winter, and back when he was at Notre Dame.

?To us, that?s not what we want him talking about.? We want him focused on becoming a Charger, on becoming a better player.? Learning our system.? Getting comfortable here.? We want him talking football, talking Chargers, and that?s all we want him focused on right now.? So we?re doing what we think is in his best interests to stay focused and become the best player he can.?

That really doesn?t make much sense, frankly.? Media availability inherently is a distraction, regardless of the topics addressed.? Any time spent talking to the media takes away from Te?o's effort to become a better player and learn the system.

Moreover, the furor regarding the Lennay Kukua nonsense largely has subsided.? It wasn?t, for example, much of an issue during the first session between Te?o and the media on May 10, in connection with the team?s rookie minicamp.

Of course, the controversy can remain relevant if Te?o does things to keep it relevant.? For example, he chose to attend the Maxim party honoring a list of women that included the non-existent Kukua.? Under the circumstances, it?s fair game to ask him why he did it.

It?s not fair game for the Chargers to protect him, or anyone other player simply because the team wants him to talk about certain subjects and not others.? Watch the video from the May 10 session; the kid can handle himself well.? Besides, they picked him knowing what having him on the team would entail.? It?s short-sighted to treat him differently than every other player.

Think of the message that sends this to the locker room, at a time when he?d love nothing more than to simply be one of the guys.? He?s necessarily not one of the guys, because the team is giving him different treatment than the rest of his teammates.

Meanwhile, the team is making the issue even bigger than it should be, giving Te?o yet another topic to address when he finally talks to the media and making it harder for him to lay the foundation for a positive relationship with the folks who buy ink by the truckload.

While it?s hard for any organization to reverse a decision that has been made and implemented, the best move for the Chargers would be to treat Te?o no differently than any other player ? and to hope that the media eventually will do the same thing.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/21/ray-rices-home-burglarized/related/

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Farrah Abraham Sex Tape Bikini: Yanked From eBay Due to Hygiene Concerns!

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WiFi Site Survey by WiTuners (Android)

WiFi Site Survey by WiTuners is an app designed to help wireless networking professionals and power users optimize placement of their access points, get details on wireless networks in range, and help select the best channels on which to set their APs. With the ability to load floor maps, view heatmaps, and import and export data? this wireless networking utility is obviously the result of considerable thought, but the touch interface and UI in general, needs work.

Availability and Install
WiFi Site Survey is a free app available from Google Play. I installed it on a Samsung Galaxy Note running Android 4.1.2.? Needed permissions to run include full network communications access, the ability to connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi, and the ability to view network connections.

WiFi Site Survey in Use
Upon opening the app, you see a display of numbers of wireless networks and access points in range, helpful information for understanding your wireless environment. Even better, the app shows the strongest AP in range.

You also get detailed information on all wireless networks in proximity. These are represented by a router and access point icons onscreen. Each network's authentication method, channel, radio band, signal strength, and encryption is shown. If you are connected to a wireless network, that access point's IP address, link speed, and RSSI are also displayed.

The app features an upper right-hand menu with a few cool options. One is "Advised AP." Tapping it opens a list of the best Wi-Fi networks available for connection. I did notice that listed first was a network with a signal strength of -73 dBm and that down the list as a third choice was a network that had a stronger signal at -43 dBm (lower is better). The developers informed me that the app does not always take into factor signal strength as "best." Rather, if the strongest AP shares a channel with another, the app will advise you to connect to a third AP, even though its signal may be weaker. There is obviously intelligence in the underlying algorithm for selecting the best AP for connecting.

Another menu choice is "The channel you should set to." This gives guidance for those setting up a new Wi-Fi access point on which channel is the best choice for the AP.

Visualizing Your Network
WiFi Site Survey gives you three different ways to view your network. The first is "Wi-Fi" which shows all AP and their information. Next, is "Heatmap view." Heatmaps provide visualization on wireless coverage and signal strength. The third view is "Rogue Aps." This feature compares the MAC address of an AP against a list of user-defined non-rogue APs.? You can import this list using "Set Rogue Aps" under another "Settings"?also on the upper right menu. The list gets updates when you set APs as rogue or non-rogue.

The app also allows you to upload a floor map which. I uploaded a sample map which was placed behind all of the AP in range displayed on screen. You can tap on the "Survey" menu option and then tap in the floor plan to set survey points for analyzing wireless traffic.

Interface
I did upload a sample floor plan and attempted to plot survey points. This is where I ran into trouble with the app. The swipe gestures indicated in the user manual to zoom in and out the floor map, just didn't want to work on the Galaxy tablet. Also, you are supposed to be able to tap on and move access points around and to the edge of the screen if you want them to disappear off the floor map. Tying to precisely touch the access point icon to try to pick it up and move it, proved an exercise in futility?absolutely frustrating. Maybe a stylus would work better (I didn't have one on hand for my testing tablet, but it really shouldn't be necessary to use one) but even swiping to zoom in and out was awful. The map would render too large or show up half-way on screen?there was no consistency between using gestures and the action.

This is a problem because for this to be a really useful app on an Android tablet the touch interface has to work a bit better?at least that was my experience on a Samsung Galaxy Note?tablet. There's a lot of great information that this networking utility gives, but the interface needs to be more responsive, or there has to a more robust interactive menu that allows you to send commands that correlate to touch.

The strongest capability in WiFi Site Survey is its wonderful advisement on best APs to connect to and channels to operate an access point on. The floor map upload needs work, although I do love the ability to import and export survey data to .CSV, SQLlite, and PDF.
Wolf WiFi Pro handles floor mapping better?invaluable for Wi-Fi professionals. Wolf WiFi Pro also did not have the wonky performance I noticed with WiFi Site Survey?which crashed twice during my testing.

Still, it's clear that lot of thought went into WiFi Site Survey; I am sure the developers are working hard on clearing up the issues I noticed in my testing. I'll be interested to take another look at the next iteration of the app. For now, WiFi Site Survey earns?3 stars and for wireless networking utilities for Android. Wolf Wifi Pro remains our Editors' Choice.

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Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon

The Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon ($1,849 list) is the largest of the portable all-in-one desktop PCs that we've seen. Its 27-inch screen houses the notebook-class components of a Windows 8 PC, in a large semi-portable desktop system. The system's touch screen is the centerpiece of what could've been a good argument for merging the portable and desktop form factors. However, the myriad concessions that Lenovo had to make to bring this PC to the market are daunting and ultimately spoil the party.

Design and Features
The IdeaCentre Horizon is so huge that it looks like a portable HDTV. The front face is dominated by the 27-inch screen, bordered by a black bezel. The edges of the IdeaCentre Horizon are coated in a soft rubber material for comfort. The back panel of the system is silver colored metal. Its dimensions run about 17 by 27.25 by 1.25 (HWD), so it's a big sucker. You'd never in a million years consider this to be an upsized tablet, as it weighs 18.02 pounds and is merely transportable, not really portable. With that 27-inch width, you'll need a large table or desk to rest it on. It's gargantuan compared to the Sony VAIO Tap 20 ($999.99) and Dell XPS 18 ($1,349.99), two other portable all-in-one desktop PCs we've seen recently. In fact, next to the IdeaCentre Horizon, the 18-inch XPS 18 almost looks like it's pocket sized (though it most certainly is not). The IdeaCentre Horizon can be carried around by hand, but institutional users and people who plan to move the system often should think about adding the Multimode cart as an accessory. The Multimode cart should be available in the July 2013 time frame.

There is a reason for the IdeaCentre Horizon's size, however. It is meant to be a sharable PC. Its 27-inch diagonal, 10-point touch screen can be laid flat and can be used simultaneously by a three-person family, plus two to three more people. The system has a beefy metal arm permanently attached that is spring loaded, so it can recline from a few degrees from vertical down to a 60-degree angle comfortably. Past 60 degrees, you can lay the IdeaCentre Horizon flat, which turns the pseudo-tablet into a table PC. Once laid flat, the IdeaCentre Horizon automatically launches its Aura overlay, which covers up Windows with a sci-fi movie style interface that lets you open media like music, photos, and videos, as well as a selection of touch-optimized games. The system asks if you want to return to Windows when you tilt the screen back up.

Aura uses a puck-like controller on the screen, which opens up to show media like photos, videos, or music, depending on the type of media you select on the puck. The puck can be moved around the screen, as can the photos, video, and music tiles. The puck and daughter tiles have inertia and friction, so they keep moving for a bit if you flick them across the screen. It's all like a science fiction movie in execution, and it works well enough. The Aura interface lets you interact with your digital life, no matter which side of the screen you're sitting on. You can rotate and zoom into media with two-finger pinch and zoom gestures. It's all very cool, but since most of us are used to using the PC in a traditional way, we have a feeling that the Aura interface will be trotted out once in a while to show off the PC, but hardly used at any other time.

The system comes with a handful of pre-loaded apps on the Windows 8 Start screen, including some that work fine with the screen vertical, like Accuweather, rara.com, YouCam, Kindle, and several Lenovo-branded kids apps. Within Aura, there are several touch-optimized apps like Air Hockey, Roulette, Draw Race 2, Raiding Company, Monopoly, and Texas Hold 'Em Poker. Texas Hold 'Em is notable for its ability to use Android phones or tablets to view your hole cards. Otherwise you'd have to view them on the screen, covering them with your hand so others can't see your cards.

The IdeaCentre Horizon comes with several specialized controllers that work with the touch screen: a joystick that stays put via a suction cup, strikers that slide like air hockey paddles, and an electronic die (E-Dice) that works with board games like the copy of Monopoly that was installed on our review unit. The physical controllers blur the divide between the real world and the virtual world, but it remains to be seen if software developers will code their games with these controllers in mind.

The system came with a copy of BlueStacks, which lets you use Android apps on a Windows (or Mac) PC. BlueStacks kind of works, but load times are a lot longer than on your smartphone or tablet due to the emulation performance hit and the slow hard drive. Smartphone apps also have a problem when blown up to 1080p, with jaggy text and graphics elements. One tower defense game we tried was unplayable, since the app's menu screens wouldn't render right. If you really need to run both Android and Windows on the same system, the Asus Transformer AIO (P1801-B037K) ($1,299) is a better solution because that system is essentially a Windows PC with an Android tablet used as its screen.

The system has a wide expanse of space on the sides for I/O ports, so it's kind of puzzling why there are only two USB 3.0 ports on the IdeaCentre Horizon, particularly because the wireless keyboard mouse combo we got in with our review unit came with a USB receiver dongle. If you're using the keyboard and mouse, then the IdeaCentre Horizon effectively has only one USB 3.0 port. That's puzzling because the IdeaCentre Horizon comes with Bluetooth and could've simply been served by a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, like the Dell XPS 18. If you simultaneously use the keyboard/mouse dongle and the USB dongle for the E-Dice, then you fill the system's USB ports. The system comes with an HDMI-in port, which is nice if you're going to connect the system up to your cable box or newer PC once this system becomes obsolete. The IdeaCentre Horizon comes with a SD card reader and audio ports, but that's the limit of the system's I/O. Speakers were fine, they sounded like a large laptop or small HDTV. The 27-inch Acer Aspire 7600U (A7600U-UR308) ($1,899) doesn't have a built in battery, but it has HDMI in and out, two USB 3.0, four USB 2.0, audio, memory card reader, and an Ethernet port in a system that takes up just about the same amount of desk space. The IdeaCentre Horizon's lack of ports really hurt its overall score.

Another problem with the IdeaCentre Horizon is its day-to-day performance. The combination of a huge screen and a 5,400rpm SATA drive mean that using the system with touch is a frustratingly laggy experience. When using the system in table PC mode, tiles and the puck interface in Aura sometimes render a few centimeters behind a fast dragging finger, at least until the puck catches up to your finger. Also, loading apps and documents take a lot longer than they would on a SSD-powered system like the XPS 18 or slate tablets like the Razer Edge Pro ($1,449). Taken alone, each delay is miniscule, but you're going to quickly notice the load and lag issues pile up during a normal computing session.

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Real Estate Sampler: 7 Readers' Houses For Sale

We?re for sale too-BUT we are in a rural part of Central Oregon, so it takes a while for anything to sell here-we are 45 minutes from Bend, Or which is great-all the shopping and restaurants and etc you could want; snow bunnies will love the skiing and snowboarding on Mt Bachelor; our town is about 6000 people-so you know your neighbors, etc.

We are ready to go For Sale By Owner on June 1st and our price will go to 145,000.
Our house is also the home that was built for the first mayor of Madras, OR in 1948

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Hubby has an amazing job offer in San Diego- we?d love to sell ASAP!

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Fossil brain teaser: New study reveals patterns of dinosaur brain development

May 20, 2013 ? A new study conducted at the University of Bristol and published online today in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology sheds light on how the brain and inner ear developed in dinosaurs.

Stephan Lautenschlager from Bristol's School of Earth Sciences, together with Tom H?bner from the Nieders?chsische Landesmuseum in Hannover, Germany, picked the brains of 150 million year old dinosaurs.

The two palaeontologists studied different fossils of the Jurassic dinosaur Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki: a very young (juvenile) individual of approximately three years of age and a fully grown specimen of more than 12 years of age.

Stephan Lautenschlager, lead author of the paper, said: "The two different growth stages of Dysalotosaurus provided a unique opportunity to study their brain, and how it developed during the growth of the animal."

Using high-resolution CT scanning and 3D computer imaging, it was possible to reconstruct and visualise the brain and inner ear of Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki -- a small, plant-eating dinosaur, which lived 150 million years ago, in what is now Tanzania.

Co-author Tom H?bner said: "Well-preserved fossil material, which can be used to reconstruct the brain anatomy is usually rare. Thus, we were fortunate to have different growth stages available for our study."

By looking at the brain and inner ear anatomy, the two researchers found that the brain of Dysalotosaurus underwent considerable changes during growth -- most likely as a response to environmental and metabolic requirements. However, important parts responsible for the sense of hearing and cognitive processes were already well developed in the young individual.

Stephan Lautenschlager said: "Our study shows that the brain was already well-developed in the young dinosaurs and adapted perfectly to interact with their environment and other individuals."

This study has important ramifications for the understanding of how parts of the brain developed in dinosaurs. However, further research into that field is necessary to investigate if the pattern of brain development in individual dinosaurs is also reflected in a large scale trend during the more than 150 million years of dinosaur evolution.

The study was funded by a research fellowship to Stephan Lautenschlager from the German Volkswagen Foundation.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/strange_science/~3/zFljwprhuAQ/130520114017.htm

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What constitutes short sale fraud? - Zillow Real Estate Advice

I don't see fraud. Rather I see incompetence. It's possible that the loan was owned by Wells (or someone else) and it was determined they would be able to assign the debt to Fannie Mae (something that can only be done under certain circumstances). Once that occurs, you're playing by Fannies rules.

What's irksome is that in the event of a foreclosure, the 2nd may not get a dime if the homeowner files for bankruptcy. This way they would've gotten 50 cents on the dollar, which is pretty good for 2nd mortgages (typically 10 cents on the dollar).

Source: http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/What-constitutes-short-sale-fraud/493019/

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Steve Jobs widow: How is Laurene Powell Jobs spending her wealth?

For most of her 20-year marriage to Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs was content to be a behind-the-scenes philanthropist.

But a desire to change US immigration laws is bringing her into the media spotlight - albeit in a carefully managed way.

Ms. Powell Jobs has a net worth of about $11.5 billion, according to Bloomberg. Her husband, the Apple co-founder, wasn't a big philanthropist. And before his death, he did not join the "Giving Pledge," the organization started by Warren E. Buffett and Bill Gates to encourage the world's wealthiest to donate at least half their wealth to charity. The site lists 114 people who have taken the pledge. Powell Jobs has not signed either.

But she has been a quiet donor of her time and money to many causes, especially to education.

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In 1997, she started College Track, a non-profit organization that helps low-income students get into college, and graduate from college. The after-school program reaches kids starting the summer before high school and works with them throughout college. The program includes tutoring, extra-curricular activities and leadership classes. According to the website, 90 percent of the nearly 1,200 children who have participated in College Track programs have graduated from high school.

It was through her work at College Track that Powell Jobs got on the track to immigration reform. Some of the students in California in the program came into the US at a young age illegally. Now, as high school graduates, they are ineligible for state or federal college assistance. And that has led Powell Jobs to take a more public and active stance on the immigration.

?This continues to be a purgatory that they find themselves in,? Powell Jobs told The New York TImes recently. ?It is one of these issues that seems discordant with what our country stands for.?

When the DREAM Act ? which would have offered a path to citizenship for children living in the US illegally ? failed to pass Congress, Powell Jobs began to flex her political and economic muscle. Through her Emerson Collective (which invests in education start-ups and gives education grants), she commissioned a film by Academy Award-winning filmmaker (Waiting for 'Superman,' An Inconvenient Truth) Davis Guggenheim. She's shown the 30-minute film ("The Dream is Now") to key members of Congress and launched a web site where it can be viewed.

Powell Jobs recently gave an interview to The Wall Street Journal, on the condition that the only topic she would discuss was immigration.

"Her profile is rising only of necessity and passion to change the system," said Ron Conway, a start-up investor who is a friend. "I don't think she necessarily wants to be in Washington all the time. I think it is based on the necessity of the issue." Conway told The Wall Street Journal that he saw her as "a catalyst, not a lobbyist."

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Mice return from a month in space

MOSCOW (AP) ? A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind.

Fewer than half of the 53 mice and other rodents who blasted off on April 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome survived the flight, Russian news agencies reported, quoting Vladimir Sychov, deputy director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems and the lead researcher.

Sychov said this was to be expected and the surviving mice were sufficient to complete the study, which was designed to show the effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on cell structure. All 15 of the lizards survived, he said. The capsule also carried small crayfish and fish.

The capsule's orbit reached 575 kilometers (345 miles) above Earth, according to the news agencies, which said this was far higher than the orbit of the International Space Station.

Russian state television showed the round Bion-M capsule and some of the surviving mice after it landed slightly off course but safely in a planted field near Orenburg, about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) southeast of Moscow.

"This is the first time that animals have flown in space for so long on their own," Sychov said in the television broadcast from the landing site. The last research craft to carry animals into space spent 12 days in orbit in 2007.

The mice and other animals were to be flown back to Moscow to undergo a series of tests at Sychov's institute, which is part of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Vocal acrobatics of "La Donna del Lago" an "Olympic" challenge

By Josie Cox

LONDON (Reuters) - Even with one of the world's most athletic opera singers at her side and plenty of practice, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reckons the latest London production of Gioachino Rossini's "La Donna Del Lago" is the challenge of a lifetime.

DiDonato and Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez told Reuters at the Royal Opera House production's opening on Friday night that performing their technically demanding roles in the John Fulljames interpretation is almost like an elite sport.

"When you're on stage and you know you have to hit this incredibly difficult note, and there's an exhilarating silence in the audience and everybody is zeroed in on you, it's like you're running for gold in the Olympics," DiDonato said.

"La Donna del Lago" or Lady of the Lake is based on an 1810 Walter Scott poem in which Didonato plays the ginger-haired Elena: the enchanting Lady of the Lake who finds herself at the center of - not one - but two love triangles.

Florez, who sings the role of her love-struck suitor King James V and is well known for his incredible vocal range, said the piece never gets easier.

"Everything about it is difficult," Florez said. "I have performed the part many times before but it is still a huge challenge."

Elena's father is fighting with the clans against the king's rule and has promised his daughter's hand in marriage to the brutish clan leader, Rodrigo.

But Elena is smitten with the young romantic hero Malcolm and at the same time has become the object of desire for King James - who disguises himself as a hunter to win her heart.

Florez, known in the opera world as a vocal acrobat, plays a domineering king whose steely veneer crumbles when he encounters the striking Elena, revealing his sensitive core.

The tenor showcases his vocal brilliance in a heart-wrenching aria in which the king declares his love.

He doesn't quite eclipse his showstopping "Ah! Mes Amis" from Donizetti's "La Fille du R?giment", where he hits nine top C's, but certainly rivals it as a piece de resistance.

Although he is frequently cast in Rossini, Donizetti or Bellini operas, where rapid-fire strings of notes regularly loop up and down the musical staff, Florez said he is always looking for new challenges.

"I know what I can do and I know what I'm most comfortable with but I'm always looking for new roles," he said.

STRIKING SET

Premiered in 1819 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, "La Donna del Lago", which also stars leading bel canto voices Simon Orfila and Colin Lee, evokes the magical mystery of Rossini's Scottish landscapes through a striking set.

The first act is staged against the backdrop of a giant painting, depicting dramatic Highland lochs and hills, before it is rolled aside to reveal a giant winding staircase representing Elena's home.

The passion, frustration and desperation that the characters endure are illustrated through the use of flames and smoke and a dead hog is cut open over a cauldron on stage before an epic stand-off between the king and the Highland rebels.

DiDonato, who last month announced that she would be headlining the Last Night of the Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall in September, described the opportunity to perform in London as returning to her "home away from home".

Born and educated in middle class Kansas, London is widely perceived to be the place of her first breakthrough, when she starred as the love interest in Leos Janacek's 2003 version of "Cunning Little Vixen".

Since then, she has earned accolades for her growing discography, one cherry on the cake being her 2012 Grammy Award and 2010 Gramophone Artist of the Year prize.

The 44-year also fosters a growing fan base through her blog and Twitter page, injecting a new energy into the sometimes achingly traditional world of opera through social media.

Under the pseudonym "Yankeediva" she tweets, blogs and regularly uploads YouTube videos to share anecdotes of her experiences travelling the world and pursue a passion for improving arts education.

"I want young people to understand how exciting and important the arts can be and social networks are a great media for doing this."

(Reporting By Josie Cox, editing by Paul Casciato)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/vocal-acrobatics-la-donna-del-lago-olympic-challenge-151128277.html

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Chinese premier visits India to boost ties

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves as he is received by Indian junior minister for external affairs, E. Ahamed, right, after he arrived in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier arrived in India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves as he is received by Indian junior minister for external affairs, E. Ahamed, right, after he arrived in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier arrived in India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Chinese Premiere Li Keqiang waves as he arrives in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier arrived in India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)

About two dozen members of Shiv Sena, a Hindu right-wing political party, burn an effigy of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as they demonstrate near India's Parliament, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

Indian policemen detain a lone Tibetan protestor who tried to stage a protest against the visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang outside the Chinese embassy, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties.(AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

NEW DELHI (AP) ? Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties.

China says Premier Li Keqiang's choice of India for his first trip abroad since taking office in March shows the importance Beijing attaches to improving relations with New Delhi.

"We think very highly of this gesture because it is our view that high-level political exchanges between our two countries are an important aspect and vehicle for our expanded cooperation," said India's external affairs ministry spokesman, Syed Akbaruddin.

Jasjit Singh, a defense analyst and director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in New Delhi, said last month's border standoff was unlikely to overshadow Li's three-day visit, the first stop of a foreign tour in which he will also visit Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany.

Singh said Indian and Chinese leaders are likely to review border talks that have failed to produce a breakthrough despite 15 rounds of discussions over the past 10 years. The two sides also will probably discuss working together in Afghanistan after next year's U.S. pullout and cooperation with Southeast Asian countries, he said.

But tensions run high between the two nations. China already sees itself as Asia's great power, while India hopes its increasing economic and military might ? though still far below its neighbor's ? will eventually put it in the same league.

While China has worked to shore up relationships with Nepal and Sri Lanka in India's traditional South Asian sphere of influence, India has been venturing into partnerships with Southeast Asian nations.

Other irritants remain in the bilateral relationship. China is a longtime ally and weapons supplier to Pakistan, India's bitter rival. Also, the presence in India of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile is a source of tension. China accuses the Dalai Lama of wanting to split Tibet off from the rest of China, but he says he seeks more autonomy for Tibetans, not independence.

Unresolved border issues between the two nations have flared as well.

In last month's incident, India said Chinese troops crossed the countries' de facto border on April 15 and pitched camp in the Depsang valley in the Ladakh region of eastern Kashmir. New Delhi responded with diplomatic protests and then moved its soldiers just 300 meters (yards) from the Chinese position.

The two sides negotiated a peaceful end to the standoff by withdrawing troops to their original positions in the Ladakh area.

Gautam Bambawale, a senior external affairs ministry official, said Saturday that India and China are negotiating a Border Defense Cooperation Agreement, but declined to give details. Indian media reports said the agreement proposes a freezing of troop levels in the disputed border region as the two countries make efforts to settle the issue.

Bambawale also said Indian and Chinese officials recently held talks in Beijing on the future of Afghanistan. China, India and Russia have discussed the matter trilaterally with the idea of giving full support to Afghanistan's government as it makes the transition following the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 2014.

Li was to meet with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh later Sunday and attend a dinner hosted by Singh.

Delegation-level talks between the two sides are scheduled for Monday. Li is to attend a business summit in Mumbai, India's financial capital, among other activities.

The border spat last month prompted the Indian opposition and media to pressure the government to take on China and call off Li's visit. The government, however, chose to go ahead with the trip, highlighting its policy of trying to widen areas of cooperation with China while attempting to resolve key differences.

China has become India's biggest trading partner, with two-way trade jumping from $5 billion in 2002 to nearly $75 billion in 2011, although that figure declined to $61.5 billion last year because of the global economic downturn. Trade remains heavily skewed in China's favor, another source of concern for India.

India and China have had chilly relations since they fought a brief but bloody border war in 1962.

India says China is occupying 38,000 square kilometers (15,000 square miles) of its territory in the Aksai Chin plateau in the western Himalayas, while China claims around 90,000 square kilometers (35,000 square miles) in India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Dorjee Tseten, director of Students for a Free Tibet, said Sunday that New Delhi police had declined permission for Tibetans to hold a demonstration against Li's visit.

"Tibetan activists are currently on the run evading imminent police arrest," he said in a statement, complaining of a heavy police presence in a New Delhi area where a large number of Tibetans-in-exile live.

Police detained a Tibetan man as he tried to burn the Chinese flag near China's embassy in the Indian capital.

Police, however, allowed about two dozen members of Shiv Sena, a Hindu right-wing political party, to demonstrate near India's Parliament, where they burned an effigy of the Chinese premier.

"Go back, go back," chanted the protesters, who also carried placards urging the Indian government to respond toughly to China's alleged border incursion. The powerful regional party held power in Mumbai from 1995 to 2000.

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Picking The Best Computer Speakers For you personally ...

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There are several stuff that make up the umbrella of physical fitness. It includes items including fitness centers, seeing the health and fitness center, using particular goods and establishing excellent practices. There are several workout variations that will lead to much better appearance as well as their physical appearance by permitting match. The below write-up gives you build a exercise regimen that works for you.

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92% No

All Critics (104) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (96) | Rotten (8)

"No" is a picture that perches precariously on the cusp of a paradox.

A cunning and richly enjoyable combination of high-stakes drama and media satire from Chilean director Pablo Larrain.

A mesmerizing, realistic and often hilarious look at the politics of power and the power of ideas ...

A political drama, a personal drama, a sharp-eyed study of how the media manipulate us from all sides, No reels and ricochets with emotional force.

It's a funny look at the way the media warp public opinion, and a curiously hopeful one.

On every level, "No" leaves one with bittersweet feelings about democracy, love and the cost of compromise.

... like Mad Men, it's a period piece set in the world of advertising and it pays a distracting (and sometimes humorous) amount of attention to period details.

It works as drama. And strangely, considering we know the outcome, it generates considerable suspense.

Despite the light-heartedness, there's a hard, tense edge to the film.

Shooting the entire film on video equipment of the era gives No some visual snap but it is very much a pedestrian, by-the-numbers docu-drama tale, with the emphasis on the former rather than the latter.

NO is an important film - especially for people too young or too far removed from Pinochet's "Dirty War" to remember how horrifying the situation was in Argentina during the '70s and '80s. Bernal's screen presence goes a long way in making the movie work

A bitingly funny, fascinating and moving portrait of Pinochet's fall that's smartly shot and superbly performed.

"NO" is an inspirational political drama in which the people are roused by the visual to overcome the vicious.

... features a fine performance by Gael Garc?a Bernal as young ad exec Ren? Saavedra, who didn't, at first, quite realise what he was in for when he decided to assist in the bringing down of military dictator Augusto Pinochet.

No is a great historical document as to how one very important revolution started with a commercial.

The understated performance by Bernal was inspiring, as was the pic.

It's not easy material but it's truly fascinating, and expertly done.

An extremely perceptive and intriguing examination of the effect that media hype and spin have on the political process.

...a bitter and knowing meditation on media manipulation and political subversion.

Larrain deftly mixes social satire and historical drama.

All historical and little drama.

Larrain does a fine job of making No look and sound authentic to its time period, although the VHS-quality photography, all washed-out with colors bleeding together as camcorders did in the '80s, is an occasional irritant.

Silliness is on the side of the angels in a brilliant and highly entertaining film that's part political thriller, part media satire.

It's clear that the language of advertising has become universal, and that political commodities can be sold like soap. But toppling a dictatorship? Now there's a story.

A reflection of a moment in time, made in the image of that moment.

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Islam could be dominant UK religion in 10 years ? census analysis ...

One in 10 people under 25 are Muslim, while Christianity is in decline, the 2011 UK census reveals. An explosion in the Muslim population and an aging Christian demographic could mean Islam will be the dominant religion in the UK in 10 years.

A new analysis of the 2011 census by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the number of Christians was falling 50 per cent faster than had previously been thought. Earlier analysis of the statistics showed only a 15 per cent decline, but the ONS found that this figure had been beefed up by 1.2 million foreign-born Christians.

Furthermore, the re-analysis showed that the majority of Christians were over the age of 60 and for the first time less than half of young people describe themselves as Christian. As a result the ONS has calculated that in a decade only a minority will classify themselves as Christians in England. Christianity is still the dominant religion in the UK with over 50 per cent of the population regarding themselves as believers.

However, this may be set to change as the British Muslim population has surged dramatically over the past 15 years, increasing by 75 per cent in England and Wales. The 2011 census puts the Muslim population of the UK at around 5 per cent, a total that has been boosted by around 600,000 Muslim immigrants who have arrived in the UK over the past decade.

Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society, said to UK daily the Telegraph that the decline of Christianity is

?inevitable.? ?In another 20 years there are going to be more active Muslims than there are churchgoers,? he said.

Moreover the number of people identifying themselves as atheists has increased by 10 per cent, rising from 15 per cent to 25 per cent. The change has been dubbed as a ?significant cultural shift? by the British Humanist Association, while the Church of England has shrugged off the statistics, maintaining they still retain a strong base of believers.

"While this is a challenge, the fact that six out of 10 people in England and Wales self-identify as Christians is not discouraging. Christianity is no longer a religion of culture but a religion of decision and commitment. People are making a positive choice in self-identifying as Christians," said a spokesperson for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales told press in December.

In addition the census registered an increase in followers of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Judaism.

The rising number of immigrants and different ethnicities in the UK has given rise to increasing levels of segregation. Think tank ?Demos? has labeled the phenomenon ?white flight?, citing the falling number of ethnic whites in areas where they are minorities.

Demos? investigation revealed that new ethnic minorities like Somalis where moving into areas where older most established ethnic populations like Afro-Caribbeans had previously been dominant.

The population of London is indicative of the change in the British demographic with 600,000 white Londoners moving out of the capital in the past decade. In spite of the fact that the British capital?s population has grown by more than a million, the number of white British residents has decreased from 4.3 million to 3.7 million.

?We do have an integration problem,? said Demos director David Goodhart to RT. The

?changing ethnic composition? of the British capital is causing a large exodus of ethnic white out of the city, he added.

Goodhart went on to say that the problem of integration was not confined to Great Britain and is prevalent all around the EU despite attempts to eradicate segregation.

?Part of the point of the euro was to disperse German power and prevent the rise of nationalism in Europe, but it has done precisely the opposite on both fronts. We now have serious national resentments in countries like Greece,? he stressed.

Trevor Phillips, the former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission warned that the statistics did not spell good news for integration in the UK and warned the country was

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OJ's ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns

Defense attorney Patricia Palm, left, and O.J. Simpson appear at an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool)

Defense attorney Patricia Palm, left, and O.J. Simpson appear at an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool)

Former O.J. Simpson defense attorney Yale Galanter testifies during an evidentiary hearing for Simpson in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool)

O.J. Simpson looks over at his lawyer Tom Pitaro during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool)

Former O.J. Simpson defense attorney Yale Galanter laughs as he testifies during an evidentiary hearing for Simpson in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool)

Former O.J. Simpson defense attorney Yale Galanter appears on the witness stand during an evidentiary hearing for Simpson in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool)

LAS VEGAS (AP) ? O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia.

Miami-based attorney Yale Galanter quickly found himself under withering cross-examination from a Simpson lawyer intent on proving that Galanter's word couldn't be trusted ? that he knew ahead of time of Simpson's plan and spent more effort covering up his involvement than representing Simpson.

The weeklong hearing concluded late Friday with Clark County District Judge Linda Marie Bell telling attorneys she will issue her decision in writing. She didn't specify a date.

Simpson was returned to prison custody. His attorneys, Patricia Palm and Ozzie Fumo, said they were optimistic that the judge would grant a new trial.

"I just think the evidence of his claims is overwhelming," Palm said.

Galanter took the stand as the state's star witness in a hearing on Simpson's claim that he was so badly represented at trial and on appeal that his conviction should be thrown out.

He spent most of the day on the defensive, with Simpson lawyer Tom Pitaro grilling him with accusations and pointed questions.

"Mr. Simpson never told me he was going to go to the Palace (Station) hotel with a bunch of thugs, kidnap people and take property by force," Galanter said at one point. "To insinuate I, as his lawyer, would have blessed it is insane."

Galanter conceded at one point that Simpson's conviction was his responsibility.

At another point, he conceded that he "misspoke" when he told the trial judge, Jackie Glass, that crucial audio recordings had been carefully analyzed by experts.

"Clearly I misspoke," Galanter said as Pitaro bored in. "I would never, ever ... I would just never intentionally mislead a judicial officer or a lawyer. I'm falling on that sword."

Galanter denied giving Simpson the go-ahead to retrieve the photos and footballs he believed had been stolen from him. He denied keeping Simpson in the dark about offers of plea deals that carried only a few years in prison. He said his client agreed all along with the decision not to put him on the stand to testify at his trial.

And he disputed Simpson's testimony from earlier this week when the former NFL star said he didn't know anyone in the hotel room had guns.

"When you look at the entire trial, I don't think I could have fought harder, done more," Galanter said. "I put every ounce of blood, sweat and soul into it."

At another point, he said: "Simpson brought a lot of baggage into the courtroom. It's not like the 12 jurors didn't know he was accused of murder and acquitted."

Simpson, 65, was found guilty in 2008 of kidnapping and armed robbery over the hotel room episode and was sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison. The conviction came 13 years to the day after his "trial of the century" acquittal in Los Angeles in the murders of his ex-wife and a friend of hers.

Galanter testified that Simpson confided to him that he had asked two men to bring guns to the hotel room in September 2007, and "he knew he screwed up."

On the stand, Galanter brought up the guns only after he paused and was reminded that Simpson had waived attorney-client privilege. "I'm very uncomfortable doing this," he said.

Testifying about events leading up to the incident, Galanter said he was surprised when Simpson told him over dinner in Las Vegas that he and several other men were planning a "sting" the next morning to take back the mementos.

Galanter said he advised Simpson not to take matters into his own hands: "I said, 'O.J., you've got to call the police.'"

Simpson testified that Galanter advised him that he was within his rights to retrieve the items, told him not to testify at the trial, and failed to tell him prosecutors had offered plea bargains.

During questioning about how much Galanter was paid for the case, the judge asked Pitaro where he was going with his questions.

"What Mr. Galanter has done is, this man has received over a half-million dollars and has put his interest, his financial interest, above the interest of his client," Pitaro said.

Galanter insisted he told Simpson at least three times that prosecutors discussed plea bargains. He said Simpson rejected them.

Simpson said, "No deal. No way," to an offer from the district attorney of five to seven years in prison, Galanter said. Later, during the trial, Simpson turned down a better offer, Galanter said.

"I went out in the hall and said to O.J., 'There is an offer of two to five.' He said, 'See if they will take a year,'" Galanter testified. "I discussed a year with them, and they said no and the trial went on."

If Simpson succeeds in getting his conviction thrown out, prosecutors will have to decide whether to retry him or offer a plea bargain. If he loses, he will be sent back to prison and will probably appeal. He will be 70 before he is eligible for parole.

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