Monday, August 12, 2013

Favorite restaurants, everyday/elegant in London Paris Venice Florence Rome

We're exploring sites & places to eat by neighborhoods so if it's not too much trouble, please include the Arrondissement or neighborhood of your recommendation as I'm still trying to learn the areas. Also, please list your favorite museum, church or favorite place to visit near your restaurant suggestion. We are staying near Kensington Gardens, the Eiffel Tower, Ponte Vecchio, San Marco and Trastevere in the following cities. Might also go to Barcelona if we have enough time. Lunch budget $30-$80, Dinner $30-$200. Open to suggestions from everyday, romantic, adventurous, family-run, elegant styles of dining. Thank you in advance for your replies!

Source: http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/favorite-restaurants-everydayelegant-in-london-paris-venice-florence-rome.cfm

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Three Differences Between The Catching Fire Book And Movie

Three Differences Between The Catching Fire Book And Movie

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"Catching Fire" director Frances Lawrence said while the film is true to the book there are three key changes they "had to" make to the movie.

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    Surveillance debate intrudes into Obama's agenda

    WASHINGTON (AP) ? For President Barack Obama, August was supposed to be the time when a major immigration bill landed on his desk.

    There was hope for movement on a deficit deal with Republicans, and in the optimistic early days of his second term, even a belief that he would have achieved stricter gun laws.

    Instead, Obama finds his fifth year in office beset by distractions, perhaps none with broader implications than the revelation of secret government surveillance programs.

    That matter dominated Obama's hourlong news conference Friday. The issues that the White House had hoped to be promoting this summer? They played a diminished role, if at all.

    The president set the tone, opening the session by announcing that he would work with Congress to make "appropriate reforms" to the National Security Agency surveillance programs. He also made clear that he had no intention of stopping the daily collection of Americans' phone records.

    "Given the history of abuse by governments, it's right to ask questions about surveillance, particularly as technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives," he said, one day before leaving for a weeklong vacation on Martha's Vineyard off the Massachusetts coast.

    Even without the NSA disclosures, Obama still would face the same political dynamic with congressional Republicans that stalled progress on immigration, vanquished hope of a long-term budget bargain and defeated gun control and other administration priorities.

    It's a reality of any administration that unexpected challenges can arise and shake up the carefully laid plans.

    But the scope of the surveillance programs, leaked by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, makes this an issue that's probably will be more than a temporary distraction.

    Obama's poll numbers have dropped since the programs became public, and that could hamper his political leverage. The revelations are particularly problematic for Obama because the issue strikes a chord with his base and can't simply be dismissed as partisan-driven.

    Seeking to address critics of the secret programs, the president acknowledged at the news conference that he may have underestimated the public's concerns. He outlined steps that he said he hopes will increase public confidence in the programs.

    One step is the creation of an independent attorney to argue against the government during secret hearings of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which reviews requests for surveillance inside the U.S.

    Obama also is forming an outside advisory panel to review U.S. surveillance powers.

    The president says he welcomes the debate over government surveillance, though his national security team has said it never intended to tell Americans about the highly classified programs.

    "There's no doubt that Mr. Snowden's leaks triggered a much more rapid and passionate response than would have been the case," Obama said.

    The NSA revelations have more than intruded on Obama's second-term domestic agenda; they are entangled with some of his foreign policy priorities.

    Snowden fled the U.S. first for Hong Kong, a semiautonomous region of China, and then Russia. Both China and Russia have complex and sometimes prickly relationships with the United States.

    Russia granted Snowden temporary asylum, leading Obama to cancel plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in September.

    While relations with the U.S. and Russia were deteriorating, the Kremlin's decision on Snowden pushed them to a new low and underscored Russia's willingness to thwart the White House's demands.

    Leaders in Europe, where many countries have stricter privacy laws than in the U.S., have criticized the surveillance problems. Obama has been pressed on the issue in meetings and phone calls with European leaders.

    He appeared keenly aware of how other countries are viewing the surveillance and privacy debate in the U.S.

    "To others around the world, I want to make clear once again that America is not interested in spying on ordinary people," he said. "Our intelligence is focused above all on finding the information that's necessary to protect our people and, in many cases, protect our allies."

    The issue of government surveillance had been largely dormant until June, when stories broke in the Guardian newspaper and The Washington Post detailing secret programs to track U.S. phone and Internet records.

    Every day, the NSA sweeps up the phone records of all Americans. The program was authorized under the USA Patriot Act, which Congress hurriedly passed after the Sept. 11 attacks.

    The NSA says phone records are the only information it collects in bulk under that law. But officials have left open the possibility that it could create similar databases of people's credit card transactions, hotel records and Internet searches.

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    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/surveillance-debate-intrudes-obamas-agenda-071350315.html

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    Saturday, August 10, 2013

    Three Chinese murdered in Afghan capital, two missing - embassy

    KABUL | Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:26pm IST

    KABUL (Reuters) - Three Chinese citizens were found murdered in an apartment in Afghanistan's capital, according to a statement issued by China's embassy in Kabul carried on a Chinese state-run news agency.

    The report said the three were killed on Thursday but did not say the whether the victims were men or women. It said the statement was issued by the embassy late on Friday.

    The identity of the victims and motive for the killings were also unclear.

    The embassy had said two Chinese were missing after the murder but it was later quoted by China's state news agency Xinhua as saying that one has been found and taken to a safe place. A search was going on for the other missing person.

    Afghan officials did not respond to calls on Saturday, the last day of the three-day Eid al-Fitr public holiday. The Chinese embassy also did not respond to repeated calls or email.

    Pictures of the crime scene showed a cluttered double bed with pink pillows in a dingy room, with bare walls and very little furniture. The worn red carpet was also littered with items like clothes and what appeared to be a power cable.

    The attack did not appear to be linked to the huge Aynak copper deposit in Logar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan's largest foreign investment project run by a Chinese consortium.

    In November, Afghanistan's mining mister said about 150 Chinese workers had returned to the mine after earlier fleeing because of rockets attacks on the project.

    (Reporting by Jessica Donati in Kabul; Additional reporting by Koh Gui Qing in Beijing; Editing by Paul Tait and Robert Birsel)

    Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/INworldNews/~3/FMsZBG5qbhA/story01.htm

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    Friday, August 9, 2013

    3 Reasons to Hire A Web Designer (Now) | Indianapolis Web Design

    What is the point of web designers? The Internet makes everything so easy, you can probably make your own small business website without coding anything, right? So, why bother hiring one at all? I?ve got a few good reasons for you. You?re better off hiring a web designer if you?re affected by at least one of the following conditions:

    • You don?t have the time.
    • You don?t have the skills.
    • You need a fresh perspective.

    Sound anything like you? With a cornucopia of no-code website builders and free resources online, it?s not the tools holding you back. It?s the intangibles you?re missing.

    You don?t have the time

    What would you rather be doing right now? Watching your favorite TV show? Sippin? on an icy beverage? Doing your actual job instead of reading blog posts and documentation? Unless you?re a marketing or web design company, making websites is not your business. Busy yourself with the activities you?re passionate about and nothing less.

    If you?re passionate about your business, one of those activities might be hiring and working with a web designer. You could have the time to make decisions about your website and engage with the web design process, sure. But you don?t have time to execute those decisions. Why? Because you have day-to-day tasks in the business you?re truly passionate about. Do those things. Hire a web designer to help you finish web design tasks.

    You don?t have the skills

    Quality web design is not code-free or easy for the novice, I don?t care what Wix or GoDaddy says. Easy website builders just can?t deliver a long-term solution. You?ll spend a couple of hours on it after the ?one-click? setup, only to grow out of a little three-page site in a month. What you should be trying for is a professional, expandable, website that will grow with your business.

    Fortunately, there are plenty of people with the expertise you need to move forward. Hire a web designer to help you build a solid foundation for growth.

    You need a fresh perspective

    Let?s say you have the skills and you have the time. You can probably do a lot for your business online by yourself. Let?s also say you?re truly passionate about your business and take a hand in every aspect of its running. Here?s where you might need to take a step back in order to effectively, efficiently work on a new web design. The same passion that makes you a good business owner could stymie your decision making on a project that affects you so closely.

    Ever tried to pick paint colors or drapes for your home? Remember getting your first (or second) logo? Personal biases and emotional responses can muddy decisions that should be based in facts and strategy. Take yourself out of the equation and hire someone to look at your business with fresh eyes.

    Are there any situations when you should wait to hire a web designer? Definitely. But if you?re ready, don?t delay. The Internet?s only getting bigger and better. You want to be a part of this.

    Wondering where to find a web designer? Start with a Google search in your area. Anyone in marketing and web design will have paid close attention to their search ranking to make sure you find them near the top of that list. Or ask around in your networking circle to see what other people are doing.

    Of course, you can give us a call as well. We?d love to chat and see if we?re a match for your needs.

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    Source: http://www.roundpeg.biz/2013/08/3-reasons-to-hire-a-web-designer-now/

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    Thursday, August 8, 2013

    Sony rejects Loeb's entertainment business spinoff plan

    Sony Corp. rejected hedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb's proposal to sell part of its entertainment business through a public offering, saying that holding full ownership of its movies and music divisions is fundamental to the company's future.

    In a letter released on Tuesday, Sony said it considered the proposal made by Mr.

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    Source: http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=482669

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