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Responding to calls from the military, hundreds of Libyans hand over their weapons

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Many GOP Operatives Conceding Ohio

September 29, 2012


Walter Shapiro: "Many of the well-known Ohio Republicans I interviewed offered their blunt assessments only after they were guaranteed complete anonymity. That is often the Faustian bargain of political journalism in 2012: robotic talking points on the record or something resembling honesty with no names attached. The reason, though, that I am emphasizing the don't-quote-me part of the equation is that I was stunned by the vehemence of the thumbs-down-on-Mitt verdict. All but conceding the state to Obama, these Republicans were offering what may be the biggest rejection of Ohio since Philip Roth wrote Goodbye Columbus."



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LG Display countersues Samsung over OLED patent infringement

Samsung 55-inch OLED TV at CES

The strained relationship between the two tentpoles of Korea's tech industry is starting to wear, now that LG Display has counter-sued its local rival over OLED patents. Earlier this month, Samsung filed for an injunction accusing its frenemy of stealing secrets, but LG is claiming instead that it's the victim. If successful, Lucky Goldstar would seek a ban on devices including the Galaxy S III, Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Note on the pair's home turf -- so, yeah, this one looks like it's going to run and run.

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Make rice anything but boring | Andrea Yeager | The Sun Herald

Rice is a great accompaniment for almost any entr?e, but the starch can get boring if fixed the same old way.

My father-in-law loves rice; plain white rice with gravy suits him just fine; my husband not so much.

When Allen was growing up, his dad like rice with nearly every meal, even breakfast with sugar and butter.

"I just got tired of rice," my husband said one day when I asked why he always preferred potatoes as a side dish.

From then on, I have taken the challenge to make rice anything but boring. While I enjoy even plain white rice, my favorite is wild rice, especially the black wild rice that is found in Minnesota. Talk about good.

When I was young, my grandmother did most of the cooking, but sometimes my mother would. When she did, she preferred more gourmet fare. One of her favorites was what she called chicken in wine with Bing cherries. Guess what her accompaniment was? Wild rice and salad. I loved the fruited wine sauce over that rice.

To this day, fruit, especially citrus, added to rice is a favorite. Sometimes I use fruit juices in place of water when cooking rice for a fresher taste, but

chicken or beef stock is a great substitute for water.

If using beef stock in rice, saut? fresh mushrooms and onions in a bit of butter with a splash or two of red wine and add to the cooked rice. This is a great accompaniment for steak.

Last weekend, I made white rice with orange juice, orange zest, green onions and cilantro. The basic recipe I got from Melissa D'Arabian on Food Network, but I had to improvise a bit. This is a great rice to serve with Hispanic food instead of the normal tomato-based Spanish rice.

Since September is National Rice Month, I thought I would share a few of my favorite anything-but-boring rice sides.

I also will share the winning recipe in the Sizzlin' Summer Rice Salad Contest sponsored by the USA Rice Federation and the California Rice Commission.

Please feel free to share your favorite side-dish variations with your fellow readers and me.

Enjoy these recipes and don't forget to share yours.

ZESTY ORANGE RICE

1- 1/2 cups water

1/2 cup orange juice

1 cup long-grain white rice

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoons cilantro

2 tablespoons chopped green onions

Bring water, orange juice, salt, butter and rice to a boil. Stir in cilantro. Cover and lower heat to a simmer. Cook for 20 minutes. Fluff, top with green onions and serve.

PINEAPPLE AND BACON RICE

1 cup water

1 cup pineapple juice

1 cup white rice

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon butter

1/2 cup crushed pineapple in its own juice, drained

2 strips of crisp bacon

2 tablespoons chopped green onions

Bring water, juice, rice, salt and butter to a boil. Cover and lower heat to a simmer. Cook 15-20 minutes. Transfer cooked rice to a bowl and add crushed pineapple, green onions and crumbled bacon. Goes great with chicken, seafood or pork.

SPINACH AND SMOKED GOUDA RICE

3 tablespoons oil

1/2 cup finely chopped shallots

2 cups sliced mushrooms

3 cups hot cooked long grain white rice

1 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

2 cups shredded smoked Gouda cheese, divided

1/2 cup whipping cream or use fat-free half-and-half for a lower fat dish

Salt and pepper to taste

Preheat broiler. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallots and mushrooms, saut? about 6 to 8 minutes or until tender. Add hot rice, spinach, 11/4 cups cheese and cream; stir until cheese melts and mixture is heated through. Spoon mixture into a lightly greased 2-quart casserole. Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup cheese over top. Broil about 2 minutes or until cheese melts.?

-- Recipe from the USA Rice Federation

Note: When I make this rice, I use the fat-free half and half. It works well, too, and cuts the fat.

RICE SALAD WITH PROSCIUTTO, FIGS, GORGONZOLA & WALNUTS

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 ounces paper-thin slices prosciutto

3 cups cooked medium grain brown rice, cooled to room temperature

1/2 to 3/4 cup good quality Italian olive oil and vinegar salad dressing

3/4 cup chopped dried figs

3/4 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese

1 cup walnut halves

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

In a pie pan, toss walnuts with olive oil, pepper and salt. Bake until toasted, stirring twice, 10 to 12 minutes.

Line a large baking sheet with parchment or sprayed foil. Place prosciutto slices in a single layer on pan ( don't worry if they tear). Bake until browned and crisp, 8 to 10 minutes, removing pieces as they are done. Crumble into small pieces.

Toss rice with desired amount of salad dressing. Stir in figs, Gorgonzola cheese, walnuts and prosciutto.

-- Winning recipe by Julie DeMatteo

Help for restricted diets

Shirley Cann of Bradenton, Fla., shared a helpful magazine for readers who must have gluten-free and dairy-free diets. The magazine is called Living Without.

"I hope this will help and give hope to your readers with these sensitivities," she said.

"I have been gluten-free and sugar-free for four years now," said Cindy Freeman of D'Iberville.?"Please remind readers all of these ingredients in my recipe are gluten-free. If the product is not labeled gluten-free do not buy it.

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Easy pineapple cheesecake

Mazola no-stick cooking spray

2 packages (8 ounces each) fat-free cream cheese, softened

1 cup Splenda

1/2 cup skim milk

6 egg whites

1/4 cup Argo cornstarch

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 can (8 ounces) no-sugar added pineapple in juice, drained; juice reserved

Cinnamon

Spray 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.

In blender, combine cream cheese, Splenda, milk, eggs, cornstarch, vanilla and reserved pineapple juice. Blend 1 minute or until smooth, scraping down sides once. Pour into a prepared baking dish. Spoon crushed pineapple over the top (pineapple sinks into batter). Sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake in a 300-degree oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until set. Cool on rack 1 hour. Refrigerate. Serves 12.

-- Submitted by CindyFreeman

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Huawei Wants to Blind Cisco TelePresence | Channelnomics

The pan-Pacific rivalry between China?s Huawei Technologies Co. and Cisco Systems is spilling out of the data center and into the conference room. Huawei is planning a major push into the high-definition telepresence market, looking to blind side Cisco?s dominance in the life-like video conferencing technology segment.

Huawei desires to expand its 20 percent global market share is part of a larger plan to expand the company beyond its telecommunications equipment core and grow revenues from $32 billion today to more than $100 billion by 2021.

Telepresence equipment accounts for a scant $200 million in sales for Huawei. Cisco, the San Jose-based market leader, sells nearly $1 billion in telepresence equipment and services. Neither are significantly large percentages of the respective company?s overall revenue. However, Huawei believes telepresence is a catalyst for other equipment sales in the enterprise and midmarket businesses.

Telepresence and video conferencing has been slow to take off. But, as adoption of video as a real-time communications medium takes off, so too is the potential for high-end telepresence and low-end video communicators. Infonetics estimates the telepresence and video conferencing market represents a $22 billion opportunity between 2012 and 2016.

The stakes are high for all companies and their partners in this market. Cisco, which is adjusting its structure and go-to-market strategy again, recently opened holes in the walled garden around its proprietary TelePresence service to help stem the growth of rivals such as Avaya, Polycom and LifeSize. While all video conferencing and telepresence vendors are reporting growth, the law of small numbers applies as the high growth percentages are generated by relatively small base numbers.

At the same time, Microsoft, Cisco and others are expanding their low-end video communications capabilities. Microsoft bought Skype last year for $6.5 billion. Cisco and Citrix enhanced the capabilities of video in their respective collaboration services, WebEx and GoToMeeting. And FaceTime is one of the key drivers behind the sale of Apple iPhones and iPads.

Some analysts believe Huawei can make a dent in Cisco?s market share, as its high-end telepresence unit has comparable features at roughly half the cost. Huawei is already plying the North America and European channels to increase sales capacity. In the U.S., Huawei is working closely with distributor Synnex to recruit and enable partners in the sale of its networking, storage and security equipment.

Huawei isn?t without controversy. Cisco fuels the suspicions of Huawei with reminders of its past practices in patent infringement. But the U.S. and other governments, too, fan criticisms of Huawei with questions of whether the company?s equipment could be used by China?s government and military to steal information. Huawei and ZTE, a China telecommunications and handset manufacturer, recently appeared before a U.S. congressional hearing titled, ?Threat Posed By Chinese Telecommunications Companies.? Huawei executives testifying failed to assuage U.S. lawmakers fears, observers say.

The real question isn?t whether Huawei is trustworthy, but telepresence is needed after all. The proliferation of mobile and desktop solutions is making telepresence a tough investment to justify. Likewise, the cost of operating and the lack of broad interoperability make telepresence?s benefits limited. In the channel and among end users, telepresence remains complex, and that diminishes the user experience. Much has to change in this technology segment before any clear market leader truly emerges.

Source: http://channelnomics.com/2012/09/25/huawei-blind-cisco-telepresence/

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7 tips for playing 'Borderlands 2' with friends

7 hrs.

You may think that the best thing about "Borderlands 2" is the guns.?

And, well, you might be right. At least in part. Like the first (much loved) "Borderlands" game, "Borderlands 2" is a?first-person-shooter/role-playing?mashup that finds players on a distant planet, scooping up a stunning array of guns (there are?"millions and millions" of them)?that must then be?used to take on a wildly?colorful host of bad guys and even badder creatures.

But give this game some real playtime and you'll discover that, like the first "Borderlands," what really makes?"Borderlands 2" tick is the people you play with.?The new game ??which drops players onto the planet of Pandora for a gun-filled, madcap treasure hunting adventure ??is specially made to be played cooperatively with up to four people. And playing together ??guns blazing ??is an absolute, well, blast.

"Co-op is at the heart of everything we do here," Gearbox Software's?Randy Varnell, the?design producer for "Borderlands 2," told me during a recent interview. And, he said, this time around, the co-op gameplay has been beefed up and polished up?even more.

"It definitely has grown up," he said, explaining that they've added new features such as?online?split-screen gameplay?as?well as the new Bandit Technical?vehicle that lets four players ride and gun together. There's also new enemies that are "far more challenging."?(Watch out for?Terramorphous?the Invincible????a very big, very bad boss?that will take four very skilled, very powerful players to take down.)

Meanwhile,?"You look at how we?ve designed the classes and?abilities, and?you?re going to find even more ways to play with your friends," Varnell said.

But playing well with others isn?t always easy. And so?I asked Varnell for some tips on how players can make the most of their "Borderlands 2"?co-op game. Here was his advice:

1.?Mix?and match the?characters?in your team
There are?four new character classes in "Borderlands 2" ??Axton the?Commando,?Maya the?Siren,?Salvador the Gunzerker and?Zer0 the?Assassin (see top photo). They each have different strengths and different sets of?skills you can put to use?as you play. And while you can play the same character your friends are playing when you play together, Varnell says you?really should mix it up.

"To?get?the most out of co-op, I would say pick a couple of different classes," he said. "And even?more important than that, make a?plan (more on that below). Each class has three skill trees. And?we really spent a lot of time with 'Borderlands 2' making sure each skill tree is?different."

Play?Maya the Siren, for example, and follow the skill tree known as "Harmony" and you'll end up with a character who has?some really great?healing powers that can be a big?help to your team. If you put her?Harmony skills to use, she will be able to instantly revive a dying friend?from a distance and she can even?fire healing bullets at her own teammates.

Meanwhile, Salvador the Gunzerker has a "Brawn" skill tree that ramps up his physical toughness.

"He has a lot of abilities that just turn him into the guy?who can wade into the middle of a fight and take all the damage from the?enemies and distract them," Varnell says. "Which is a really popular tactic?in co-op."

These are the kinds of things you should take some time to think about before you start a?co-op game because it will really pay off in the long run.

"Especially if you?re playing with more than two players, I almost?always say get a Maya in your group and go Harmony," Varnell said, adding, "A Salvador in the Brawn tree and a?Maya in the Harmony tree would be really awesome together."

2.?Have a strategy
"All of our characters have different things they?can do and different ways you can play them," Varnell said. "Talk with your friends. Even if you?re match-making with someone online, we have built-in voice chat now so say hello and say, 'Hey, how are you playing your Salvador? Are you sniping or going?melee?with Zer0? Are you support Maya or damage Maya?'

"Try understanding how the other player is playing their character and adapt?to their play style," Varnell advises. "There are lots of different strategies, but finding one that works in your group is a really great thing to do."

3.?Be?nice?... and share?(sometimes)
You can play "Borderlands 2" split-screen with a friend sitting?beside you on the couch?or you can let?the game's online?matchmaking put you together with strangers. ?But no matter how you're connecting or?who you're playing with,?"Be nice," Varnell says.?"I think that?s a general rule for all of life."

Sure, a little friendly competition is?part of the game.?Because "Borderlands 2" is set on Pandora ??a planet alive with a very wild?wild-west spirit ? the game involves competing?to see who gets the best loot:?awesome guns, cash and other goodies that appear in the game as you explore the world?and defeat enemies.

"When a?gun drops,?we don?t give you two copies. You have to decide who?gets that piece of loot," Varnell says. "We think that?s really important and that's actually?one of the most interesting parts of co-op. But you know, be nice and be?considerate. If someone else is using sniper rifles and a good sniper rifle?drops, you should probably let them have it. And vice?versa. When that shotgun you?ve always wanted drops,?they should probably let you have it.

"It really is one of those great heartwarming, awesome teambuilding experiences," Varnell says. "And I?m not trying to be clich? here. It really is?awesome when you play with a great team and you have that kind of graciousness?and you think of each other."

4.?Save?your friends when they need saving
Pay?attention to what the other people on your team are doing because with all those bullets and baddies flying?they may need you ??and need you badly ??at any moment.

"Borderlands 2" features Second Wind and Revive mechanics. That is, if?during a battle you're badly injured and lose all of your health, you will go into a "down state." At that point,?you have a certain?amount of time? to try to kill an?enemy on your own, which will will revive you and get you?back up in the fight. During that limited time,?you can also?recover if a?friend comes over and revives you.

"Taking??a moment to go and bring a friend back into the fight can?be really, really important," Varnell said. "Having two people up in a fight is going to take the?enemies down faster and it's going to help the fight go a whole lot better."

And for those of you worried about taking damage and risking your own life?while you?revive your teammate, Varnell offers this important tip: "When you are reviving a co-op teammate, you actually take less?damage from enemies."

Being the hero really does pay off.

5.?Look?for those?Class Mods
Class Mods?are items that can be found or bought in Borderlands (check those hidden?lockers and chests, people) or earned for completing missions. They are upgrades that give an added boost to your character's abilities. But perhaps even?more importantly, some of them can give a?boost to?the entire team.

"There are things like Team Health Regeneration, Team Ammo Regeneration ??which is really cool ??and Team Shield Capacity," Varnell says. "What?s really cool,?especially if you play with?a three or four-person?co-op group, is if you hunt down those Class Mods that have?those team abilities on them and everybody has one of those. Man, it makes?your team super powerful."

6.?Take the time to hear the story?and dialog
Varnell points out that, with "Borderlands 2," Gearbox really took the time to beef up and flesh out the story and the world that players experience.

"The?world of Pandora is an?amazingly quirky, fun, odd place. It has lot of story and?dialog," he says. "And a lot of that dialog?is spoken now. In fact, there is some incredible voice acting?in the game."

And so he advises players to take the time to hear the dialog and pay attention to the story. And that means,?when?playing?with friends, you have to be especially careful and respectful of what your teammates are doing.

For example,?"In the hub city of Sanctuary, there are eight or 10?different missions immediately available, and if everyone accepts a?different mission?at the same time you're going to stomp on the order of the dialog," he explains. "It will create a less-than-ideal?experience if you don?t pay attention to what other people are doing.

"So my pro-tip for people who want to engage in the story and appreciate and understand that story,?is take some time. Let the mission play out and?let people hear what?s going on there," he says.

Which leads us to...

7. Enjoy the journey
"It?s a big, wild,?weird place and it's full of fun," Varnell says of "Borderlands 2." "A lot of people are rushing through because they want to be the first to reach?the level cap and they want to be the?first to finish the story, but there?s a lot to experience. This is a big game.?Enjoy it. Enjoy it?at your own?pace."

Winda Benedetti?writes?about video?games for NBC?News. You can follow her tweets about games and?other things on Twitter here?@WindaBenedetti,?and you can?follow her?on?Google+.?Meanwhile, be sure to check?out the?IN-GAME?FACEBOOK PAGE?to discuss the day's?gaming news and reviews.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/ingame/7-tips-playing-borderlands-2-friends-1B6093027

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Malaria-carrying mosquitoes slip through the net

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Kenya and Benin are slipping through the net of current control methods.

Malaria cases in Africa dropped after the introduction of insecticide-treated bed nets, because the malaria-carrying mosquitoes fly and bite by night. It's estimated that the bed nets have prevented up to 1 million deaths in Africa.

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The researchers set up indoor and outdoor traps and collected hundreds of mosquitoes ? 40 per cent of them belonged to this new type. Stevenson and her colleagues are uncertain if it is a previously unknown species or a new form of a known species.

The mosquito's emergence may be a response to the unprecedented success in malaria control, says Jo Lines, also at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who was not involved in the study.

"The more we suppress the mosquitoes we know, the more we reveal the rare ones that were always there in the background," he says.

"The ability of this new species to transmit the malaria parasite to humans has to be confirmed," says Nicolas Moiroux at the Institute of Research for Development in Benin. He adds that until the mosquito is found beyond a single village it is unclear how much of a threat it poses.

Time shift

But Moiroux's own research suggests mosquitoes on the other side of Africa ? in Benin ? are also changing, perhaps in response to the introduction of bed nets.

With colleagues, Moiroux conducted indoor and outdoor mosquito collections in the villages of Lokohou? and Tokoli before the introduction of insecticide-treated bed nets, and then three years after the nets had been introduced.

The insects were initially most active between 2 am and 3 am, but three years after the villagers began using mosquito nets, the insects had shifted to become most active at 5 am, putting the early rising farmers at risk.

Journal references: Stevenson study: Emerging Infectious Diseases, doi.org/jd9; Moiroux study: The Journal of Infectious Diseases, doi.org/jfb

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