Saturday, June 15, 2013

China newspaper: Snowden could be useful to China

(AP) ? A popular Communist Party-backed newspaper is urging China's leadership to get more information from former defense contractor Edward Snowden rather than send him back to the U.S., because his revelations about secret U.S. surveillance programs concern China's national interest.

The Global Times newspaper said in an editorial Friday that the Chinese government should not only consider Beijing's relations with the United States but also domestic public opinion, which the paper says would be unhappy if Snowden were sent back.

The Chinese paper known for nationalist views says Snowden could offer intelligence that can help China update its understanding of cyberspace.

Snowden alleged in an interview with a Hong Kong newspaper that the U.S. National Security Agency's 61,000 hacking targets around the world include hundreds in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2013-06-14-Surveillance-China/id-d534614112be4e2fac5f4e164a5ce3ce

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

NextBlog.co.uk ? the best forex signals - Gawaksha

NextBlog.co.uk ? Automated trading system Apply ?the Secret? To Forex Trading Success ? Business & Financial News ? best forex signal?
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NextBlog.co.uk ? finance industry Apply ?the Secret? To Forex Trading Success ? Business & Financial News ? finance news. First of all, what is Forex? It is a short version of FOReign EXchange. It is also called FX and 4X, but regardless of the name you use, it is the largest financial market in the world. From 1997 to the end of 2000, daily Forex trading has skyrocketed from $5 billion to over $1.5 trillion.. Let?s look at some reasons why Forex trading is rapidly gaining popularity over other markets. Trading hours: The Forex market is traded 24 hours per day from about 7pm EST on Sunday until about 3pm EST on Friday. The stock market is only traded Monday thru Friday with limited hours. Liquidity: Forex markets trade over $1.5 trillion each day while the stock market only around $200 billion. There are only 7 major currencies traded on the Forex while there are more than 40,000 stocks from which to choose. Commissions: No commissions are charged on the Forex while the stock markets charge high commissions and transaction fees. Leverage: Forex Market offers great leverage power. Brokers usually offer from 100:1 to 400:1 leverage.

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Three Food and Drink Picks From the Let the Good Times Roll Festival

Shreveport-Bossier?s annual Let the Good Times Roll Festival, coming up June 21-23, 2013, is probably best known for live music. Rho Omega and Friends, Inc. always programs a surprising and exciting mix of zydeco, hip-hop, R&B and more. This year?s festival is no exception, as music headliners include everyone from hip-hop stars like Juvenile, Mystikal and Biz Markie to popular zydeco acts like Chris Ardoin and Keith Frank.

Though less appreciated than the music line-up, the list of food and drink vendors at Let the Good Times Roll is equally exceptional. Here a few food and drink recommendations for those who are planning to attend:

A photo of a cup of Omega Oil from the Let the Good Times Roll Festival

A cup of Omega Oil from the Let the Good Times Roll Festival

1) Omega Oil Cocktails
(also known as ?Que Brew,? with a historical cocktail antecedent known as ?Purple Jesus?)
Right off of the bat, I should point out that this is a potent alcoholic beverage, and should only be consumed responsibly by those ages 21 and up. To state it as plainly as possible: Omega Oil is a legendary fraternity house punch with a refreshing, easy-drinking nature that disguises its strength. A little dab, as they say, will do you.

2) Sweet Jones? Stuffed Shrimp
The current (May/June 2013) issue of Louisiana Kitchen & Culture magazine features a history of the Shreveport-style stuffed shrimp, which has its origins in the kitchen of Shreveport?s Freeman and Harris Cafe. While Freeman and Harris Cafe ? one of the first black-owned restaurants in the United States ? has long since closed its doors, you can still taste their legacy in these enormous shrimp stuffed with Creole dressing. Everyone has their favorite iteration of this Shreveport delicacy (I really love the C&C Cafe version), but it?s great to be able to eat these at a local festival, since this way of preparing stuffed shrimp really is an intensely local thing.

3) Smoked Turkey Legs Marinated in Rho Omega Sauce
It?s going to be embarrassing, but go ahead and commit yourself to eating an enormous, juicy smoked turkey leg. You may want to stake out a nearby table and a pile of napkins prior to joining the line in front of the smoke-filled trailer that sells these delicious things, because from the moment it?s placed in your hand, it will be a delicious burden that prevents you from doing anything else but eating.

Wild Card: Fried Pork Spare Ribs
At last year?s Let the Good Times Roll Festival, the best thing that I ate was a fried pork spare rib from the family that once ran Era?s Turkey Leg Express on Market Street. Era?s is closed now (the building now houses an intriguing-looking place called Rib Tip Express), and the family has relocated to Houston. I?m not sure if this vendor will be back for the 2013 festival. If they do return, rib lovers are going to want to make it a point to try these tender, salt and pepper-spiced ribs.

Visit the official website of the Let the Good Times Roll Festival here. For a regularly-updated list of things to see and do in Shreveport-Bossier, visit the Shreveport-Bossier Fun Guide.

About Chris Jay

Chris Jay is a lifelong resident of Northwest Louisiana, having lived in Springhill, Natchitoches, and Shreveport-Bossier. An ?02 graduate of Centenary College, he blogs about Shreveport-Bossier?s restaurant scene every Tuesday and also makes weekly posts about upcoming events and weekend highlights. When he?s not working, he?s likely walking his Bassett Hound, Bowser, or catching a movie or a rock show downtown. Chris can be reached at cjay@sbctb.org.

Source: http://20x49.shreveport-bossier.org/index.php/2013/06/11/three-food-and-drink-picks-from-the-let-the-good-times-roll-festival/

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'GoT' by the book: Could changes impact finale?

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Image: Robb and Talisa

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Hey! Jeyne -- errr, Talisa -- wasn't supposed to be at the Red Wedding!

If you're still reeling from the "Game of Thrones" Red Wedding, steel yourself: One episode remains in the HBO fantasy's third season, and the finale could deal even more devastating blows to our already fragile psyches.

But even though the series is adapted from George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" fantasy novels, the show runners are deviating enough from his original story and timelines to keep even devoted readers guessing.

Here's a rundown of the major differences this season -- and what they could mean for Sunday's finale, "Mhysa." (More on the title's significance below.)

Baby-mama drama: The most gruesome, shocking scene in the wedding massacre -- the frenzied stabbing in the gut of Robb's pregnant queen -- never happened in "A Storm of Swords." In fact, "Talisa" (she was Jeyne Westerling in the books, with a different history altogether), wasn't even in attendance. Other than heightening the scene's drama and heartbreak, Talisa's murder probably won't change the story line that much, but it will definitely intensify the backlash and the Stark supporters' thirst for revenge.

Bloody face: What the writers giveth, they taketh away. While Talisa's gut-wrenching (sorry) death scene was made out of whole cloth (or, if you will, chain mail), "The Rains of Castamere" spared us from the madness of Catelyn. In fact, she went so bonkers after her eldest son's murder that she gouges her own face. To quote author George R.R. Martin, "tearing off strips of flesh, leaving deep furrows that ran red with blood." (This is a perplexing omission, considering what is to come.)

Slings and arrows: Joffrey is a monstrous, vicious psychopath and sadist, but in the books he never practiced his toy crossbow on prostitutes. This kid really needs a time out, and Tywin might give him one in their finale showdown.

Spirited away: Melisandre's kidnapping of Gendry never happened in the books. Her motives at this point are unclear, but we wager they have less to do with his blacksmithing skills than the fact that he's Robert Baratheon's bastard son -- and living proof for Stannis that Joffrey and his sibs aren't legitimate heirs to the Iron Throne. (On account of Uncle Jaime being their dad and all.) Melisandre's face time with Arya Stark never happened on the page either, but it's unlikely their meeting will be addressed until season four.

Run like the (Grey) Wind: During the Red Wedding, Robb's direwolf was murdered in captivity while Arya looked on. In the books, she never got that close, and Grey Wind was released from his stable -- inflicting some major damage before he was shot down. Maybe HBO didn't have any room left in the CGI budget for the direwolf's heroism? Or could this omission indicate their choice not to depict the Freys' horrifying "postmortem" of the King in the North? (It could still happen in the finale, so be warned: It's unspeakably gruesome.)

Image: Theon

HBO

Poor Theon's getting it much worse on the show than in the books.

Torture chamber: Theon's tiresome, gratuitous "Hostel"-style torture scenes warranted only a very peripheral mention -- sans gruesome details -- in the third book. In fact, the show really steps on the gas when compared to the former Winterfell hostage's story in "A Song of Ice and Fire." The tale of the torturer's identity, and the new one Martin creates for Theon, isn't told until the fifth book ("A Dance With Dragons"), but considering how much airtime they devoted this season, it's possible it will be bumped up all the way to Sunday's finale.

You know nothing: Jon Snow is virtually unscathed (besides a few eagle scratches) when he abandons Ygritte in episode nine. Her reaction in "Swords" is more befitting of a wildling than her struck-dumb TV counterpart: She shoots him in the leg with an arrow as he flees. From the preview we know that Ygritte returns in the finale -- but will she stick around for season four after his betrayal?

Storming the city: While the writers dialed up the graphic horror of the Red Wedding and Theon's torture, they showed some restraint when Khaleesi's men stole into Yunkai. In the book series, they gain entry via the town's sewers. That's some real devotion to their queen!

Image: Daenerys Targaryen

HBO

All hail the Mother of Dragons!

Mother tongue: Now back to the finale's title. "Mhysa" presumably refers to Daenerys' successful taking of Yunkai, a Ghiscari slaver city-state. When the city's slaves shout "Mhysa" to the Mother of Dragons in "A Storm of Swords," her translator Missandei explains, "It is Ghiscari, the old pure tongue. It means 'Mother.' "

Could it also refer to Catelyn Stark, Melisandre or even Talisa? We'll find out Sunday -- or next season!

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/throwing-book-game-thrones-could-tv-changes-impact-finale-6C10245219

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This Is the Most Awesomerest Feature in Apple iOS 7

This Is the Most Awesomerest Feature in Apple iOS 7

Redesign, schmedesign. Apple's designmeister Jony Ive can harp all he wants about harmonious grids, elegant typography and the holy essence of genius contained in Dieter Ram's underpants. But the fact is that the most oooh!-aaah! feature in his new iOS 7 is the parallax effect you can see in this animated GIF. It's like magic distilled from squeezed rainbow unicorn ponies sandwiched between glass and metal.

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