Balboa Park San Diego - Nexus 7 Wins, iPad Mini Loses

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By - Joe Wilcox
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Rest in peace, iPad mini. Google killed you. The question then: Is it murder or manslaughter -- or justified homicide, putting the Apple tablet out of our misery?

Three days using the new Nexus 7, I can't imagine why Apple let Google, and partner ASUS, seize back-to-school buying with the tablet. I don't refer just to the instrument of destruction but the means. The 2013 edition is widely available through major US retailers, including Amazon and Best Buy. By all indications there is inventory to meet demand, not the typical supply shortages, although the 32GB WiFi model is unavailable this weekend from many retailers -- but Google Play is stocked.

Now would be a really good time for Apple to launch a new iPad mini. Waiting to release iOS 7 is a mistake, but it's one I expect the fruit-logo company to make. I wouldn't recommend iPad mini over Nexus 7 to anyone. Last week, my daughter asked for the Apple tablet to take back to college. She can have the Android, and will thank me for it later. 

Google announced the tablet on July 24, with sales slated for the 30th, but they started early; on Friday. Outstanding, emotive marketing video "Fear Less", along with new textbook purchases and rentals, is sure sign Nexus 7's release timing is quite deliberate. Google knows parents and students will shop for tech tools over the next month. Nexus 7 isn't just launched, it's widely available here, as Google also ramps up distribution elsewhere.

Imagine students taking Nexus 7 to class who could have gone iPad mini. Marketing and distribution make the difference. Apple's tablet is the elephant in the room, from a market share perspective, and surely won't lose loads of weight because of Google's device. But any sales losses are unnecessary, if only there was a more competitive -- and affordable -- iPad mini ready for back to school.

Epic Competition

Let's compare the two tablets.

iPad mini specs: 7.9-inch back-lit IPS display (1024 x 768 resolution, 163 pixels per inch); A5 dual-core processor; 1GB RAM; 16GB, 32GB or 64GB storage; 5-megapixel rear-facing and 1.2MP front-facing cameras; Bluetooth; WiFi A/N; HSPA+/LTE (on three models); accelerometer; GPS; gyroscope; microphone; and iOS 6. Measures 200 x 134.7 x .28mm and weighs 308 grams.

• iPad mini 16GB WiFi: $329
• iPad mini 32GB WiFi: $429
• iPad mini 16GB WiFi/LTE: $459
• iPad mini 64GB WiFi: $529
• iPad mini 32GB WiFi/LTE: $559
• iPad mini 64GB WiFi/LTE: $659

Nexus 7 specs: 7-inch back-lit IPS display (1920 x 1200 resolution, 323 ppi); 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor; Adreno 320 graphics; 2GB RAM; 16GB or 32GB storage; 5MP rear-facing and 1.2MP front-facing cameras; Bluetooth (support for Bluetooth Smart), WiFi A/N; HSPA+/LTE (on some models); accelerometer; GPS; gyroscope; magnetometer; microphone; near field communications; wireless charging; and Android 4.3. Measures 114 x 200 x 8.65 mm and weighs 290 grams.

• Nexus 7 16GB WiFi: $229
• Nexus 7 32GB WiFi: $269
• Nexus 7 32GB WiFi/LTE: $349

The new N7 costs more than it's predecessor -- $30 for the starter WiFi, for example. Google's Nexus 7 price increase surprises but timing is perfect. The high-end LTE model, while costing more than its HSPA+ predecessor, is quite the value compared to the entry-level mini.

So for $349, you can buy a 7-inch HD tablet from Google, with fast processor, 32GB storage and LTE, or for $20 less a 7.9-inch iPad mini with 1024 by 768 resolution, 16GB and WiFi. The comparable model to Nexus 7 is $559. For the budget-conscious, and who isn't when back-to-school shopping, Google's entry tablet costs $100 less than Apple's, but with superior processor and screen resolution.

Apple, or even most Android manufacturers, cannot compete with Google on tablet pricing. That gives Nexus 7 huge opportunity to gain market share, now that the screen is HD, global LTE is available, more retailers sell the device and service Google Now rises as the killer app.

Google doesn't make money from devices but from contextual content, services and advertising wrapped around them. So the company can keep margins thin on the hardware, unlike Apple which makes the majority of profits from hardware sales. The fruit-logo company can never compete on price and doesn't have a device ready for back-to-school buying. That's a sour crop for the season.

Attractions In San Diego - Sex After Heart Attack? Docs Urged To Give Advice

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Many heart specialists are hardly Dr. Ruth — sex is not something they relish bringing up with patients. But new guidance says they should, early and often, to let survivors know intimacy is often possible after a heart attack.

Discussions should involve everything from when and how to resume sex, to what position might be best for some conditions or not advised for others, according to a consensus statement released Monday by the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology.

It's billed as the first scientific statement with detailed guidance on resuming sex after a heart attack, stroke or other cardiac condition and is based on a review of medical literature.

"Sexual health is an important part of the overall health of the individual," even for the oldest patients, said Elaine Steinke, a researcher and professor of nursing at Wichita State University in Kansas. Steinke was the lead author of the statement published in the heart association's Circulation journal and the European Heart Journal.

Co-author Tiny Jaarsma, a professor and heart failure researcher at Sweden's Linkoping University, said in an email that doctors and nurses "rarely discuss sex 'spontaneously', but often wait until the patient brings up questions around sex. Health care providers often are afraid to upset patients or might feel embarrassed themselves."

Fears and anxieties about resuming sex are often numerous: Will it cause another heart attack? Can I use Viagra? What if my defibrillator goes off during sex? And many are too shy to ask, so heart doctors, nurses and other health care workers should take the lead and initiate the discussion with men and women patients of all ages and their partners, according to the statement.

Many heart patients can safely resume sexual intercourse after first checking with their doctors, and the answers to many questions depend on each patient's overall health, the guidance says. Patients with mild, stable chest pain face a low risk for a sex-triggered heart problem, whereas patients with advanced heart failure should postpone sex until their condition is stabilized.

General precautions listed in the statement include:

— Before resuming sex, make sure you can engage in moderate physical activity, such as walking briskly up two flights of stairs, without chest pain, breathlessness or other symptoms.

— If moderate activity is too strenuous, avoid intercourse but not intimacy: hugging and kissing may be OK.

— Have sex in a comfortable, familiar place and avoid things that could add stress to the experience, including extramarital affairs.

 

— Tell your doctor about any symptoms during sex, including chest pain, dizziness or insomnia afterward.

— Some positions may not be safe. Heart bypass surgery patients should avoid being on top in the missionary position, and Steinke said having sex in a more "upright position" may be easier for some heart failure patients, whose symptoms may include shortness of breath.

Ruth Westheimer, the famed 85-year-old sex therapist known as "Dr. Ruth," commented on the study Monday through her publicist from Switzerland, where she was hiking.

When hospitals have invited her to speak, she always gives the same message: "Doctors need to ask their patients about sexual functioning," even if both sides are embarrassed by the topic.

"When it comes to sex and heart issues, in my experience it's as likely to be the partner of the heart patient who is afraid of having sex because it might cause a heart attack as the patient him or herself," Westheimer said. "What I suggest is that people write down their questions and send it to the doctor in advance of their appointment. That way they'll be sure the question gets asked and the doctor will have had time to get prepared to answer it."

Vijay Divakaran, a cardiologist with Scott & White Hospital in Round Rock, Texas, said the consensus statement is important and will change practice. Cardiologists don't get formal training in discussing sexual issues with their patients but the conversations get easier, he said

"Sometimes patients don't talk about it, they just Google it, and there's a lot of misconceptions" online, Divakaran said. "Once you start asking them, you would be surprised that it almost always is an issue."

Hotels San Diego Downtown - Why This Apple Lover Sold His iPad

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By - Steve Kovach
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These people are not me. They're some Apple customers at an Apple store.

I'm lucky that my job lets me test out a bunch of different kinds of gadgets for free. At any given moment, I have at least one device running every major computing platform within arm's reach. 

 

But whenever I want to spend my hard-earned cash on a new gizmo, it almost always comes from Apple. I have an iPhone 5, Apple TV, and a MacBook Air. I still think Apple makes the best stuff (they won't forever though, trust me), and that's why it gets my money.

I used to have an iPad (the third-generation model with the super-sharp Retina display), but I sold it last week.  I got a cool $400 for it, just $100 less than what I paid for it on launch day in March 2012. (Say whatever you want about Apple, but its products hold their value very well.)

Something changed this year though. For months, my iPad remained on my nightstand, untouched. The battery was dead, not from overuse, but from weeks of neglect while it was in sleep mode, which barely sips power. I didn't feel a need to recharge it.

It was a strange twist in my computing habits. When I first got my iPad, I found myself using it more than my MacBook. I would come home from work and use my iPad to catch up on news and Twitter. At night, I'd use it to stream Netflix in bed. I really only used my MacBook if I needed to do some work from home. It was essentially just a word processor to me.

So, what happened? 

I started using my iPad less and less this year mostly because I started working a lot more when away from the office. For writers, an iPad isn't an ideal device to get things done, even with one of those cool keyboard accessories. I still need a full-fledged PC to do my job well, as I suspect people in many other professions do.

So I found myself spending much more time on my MacBook, and I realized I could still do a lot of things on it that I could do on my iPad, and then some. I could still catch up on the news, keep up with Twitter, and plow through my exhaustive Gmail inbox. Since the MacBook Air is so thin and light, it was just as easy for me to use on the couch or in bed like I used to with my iPad. It was like rediscovering an old beloved toy.

Before long, I only had two devices in my daily rotation: My iPhone (for checking email and Tweets when away from the computer and playing games or listening to podcasts on the subway), and my MacBook (for work and just about everything else). I realized my iPad was better off in someone else's hands and that someone else's $400 was better off in my checking account.

Yes, iPads and other tablets appear to be cannibalizing the traditional PC market. PC makers like HP, Dell, and to an extent, Apple, have all blamed the popularity of smartphones and tablets for the decline in PC sales. However, in most cases, if you need to get work done, an iPad or other tablet really doesn't cut it. They're great devices for browsing the web, light emailing, and playing games, but still don't offer the full suite of productivity a regular PC does.

That's a problem Microsoft is trying to solve with Windows 8 and devices like the Surface Pro, a tablet that can double as a regular laptop thanks to a handy snap-on keyboard accessory. Unfortunately, most Windows 8 devices don't do a great job at being both things. There are still far too many compromises in weight, thickness, battery life, and apps that manufacturers have to deal with when making these hybrid PCs. As a result, most Windows 8 hybrids are pretty mediocre right now.

Until someone figures out the perfect hybrid device, I don't see a need to carry around three different computing form factors. And iPhone and MacBook Air is the perfect combination for me.

San Diego Hotel Meeting Space - Timing Of First Solid Food Tied To Child Diabetes Risk

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When babies already at increased risk for type 1 diabetes had their first solid foods before four months of age or after six months, their chances of developing the disorder at least doubled, according to a new study.

Four to six months is the recommended age window for all kids to start on solid foods, but the new results suggest timing could be even more important for babies at high risk for type 1 diabetes (T1D) because of genetic susceptibility.

The results weren't totally surprising, according to senior author Jill Norris, since type 1 diabetes is a lifelong disease in which the immune system attacks the cells that make insulin and previous research has found that the development of certain immune cells is related to the introduction of solid foods.

"We did not choose this window out of the blue," said Norris, who studies chronic diseases like diabetes at the University of Colorado, Denver.

But this was the first study to examine how many kids were actually diagnosed with diabetes.

"We think the clearest message for parents is to wait to introduce any solid foods until after the 4 month birthday," Norris told Reuters Health in an email. "And when baby is ready, solid foods should be introduced by 6 months of age or soon thereafter, preferably while the mother is still breast-feeding the baby."

Norris and her coauthors followed 1,835 children at high risk for type 1 diabetes - based on genetic testing done at birth or family history - until they were eight years old. Fifty-three children were diagnosed with the disease.

Infants first given solid food before they were four months old were almost two times as likely to develop the disease as those given solid food during the ideal age window. Kids who got solid food after they were six months old were three times as likely to be diagnosed with the disease.

There are many other risk factors at play for these kids, for example, when there were complications during vaginal birth, the children were also about twice as likely to develop the disease, regardless of when solid food was introduced.

Of the 53 kids who did get diabetes, 28 had been given solid food before four months of age, and seven hadn't tried solid food until after six months, according to results in JAMA Pediatrics.

"We hypothesize that at a very young age, an infant's gut and immune systems may not be ready for the new food, triggering a cascade of reactions that lead to autoimmune diseases, like T1D, in susceptible children," Norris said.

Although the study stratified results by food types, there is not yet enough evidence to recommend which foods are best to introduce when, she said. But she did stress the importance of continuing to breastfeed while transitioning to solid food, since this study and others suggest that breast milk has a protective effect.

About 3 million Americans have type 1 diabetes and need to closely monitor their blood sugar levels and take insulin several times daily. The study was limited to only 53 kids who eventually got the disease, which makes the results less powerful, the authors write.

"The children enrolled in this study were selected because they were at a higher genetic risk of developing type 1 diabetes," Norris said.

Kids who are not predisposed to the disease might not have the same results, she said.

"As the authors state themselves in the article, these findings need confirmation from other studies," said Dr. Suvi Virtanen of the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, Finland. "The number of children who got diabetes is still very small in the current study as it is also in most of the previous studies done in this field."

"We do not yet know how to prevent type 1 diabetes," she told Reuters Health. More studies need to corroborate the results first.

Although following the nutritional recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Institute of Medicine does decrease the risk of kids becoming overweight and obese, "parents cannot now do anything to prevent this disease in their children, and it's important not to worry them before we really know."

Accommodation In San Diego - Has Apple’s iPhone 5S Launch Been Delayed?

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Although the general consensus among Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) analysts is for a September iPhone 5S launch, a recent rumor out of Taiwan warns that the Cupertino, California-based company may have to delay the release by several months due to production challenges. According to a story from the Taiwan-based Commercial Times reported by Bloomberg, the iPhone 5S may not be introduced until the end of the year.

The Commercial Times cites unnamed semiconductor industry sources who believe the iPhone 5S will not be ready by September or October because of Apple’s decision to redesign the device with a larger 4.3-inch Retina display. According to the report, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (NYSE:TSM) may be shipping chips for the iPhone 5S in August.

The Taiwan-based newspaper’s sources also state that the so-called iPhone Lite, or budget iPhone, will still be ready by the end of the third quarte, according to Bloomberg. The report does not offer any other specific information.

Many analysts are expecting Apple to unveil at least two different models of iPhones sometime this fall. Numerous supply chain rumors and multiple leaked images of plastic iPhone casings in different colors seem to confirm these expectations. And recently leaked document obtained by PhoneArena also suggests that Apple may be releasing two different models of the lower-cost iPhone.

Affordable Hotels In San Diego - WikiLeaks Drama To Open Toronto Festival

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The Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County. 

The festival, which runs Sept. 5-15, has long been a launching pad for Hollywood's fall season and Oscar contenders. This year's lineup, much of which was announced Tuesday, features films starring George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Colin Firth, and Nicole Kidman.

 Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, with Benedict Cumberbach as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, opens the festival.

 John Wells' August: Osage County, with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, was among the 16 galas announced, as was the 1980s AIDS drama Dallas Buyers Club, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee and starring McConaughey as a man who fights his HIV diagnosis by procuring medications himself.

In The Railway Man, directed by Jonathan Leplitzky, Firth is a British World War II prisoner who years later pursues his captor. Kidman costars.

Other premieres: Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave; Ron Howard's Formula 1 drama Rush; Labor Day, Jason Reitman's adaption of Joyce Maynard's novel, with Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin; and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner's first feature, You Are Here, with Owen Wilson and Zach Galifianakis. 

One notable posthumous release: the romantic comedy Enough Said, featuring the late James Gandolfini. And while not announced Tuesday, All the Wrong Reasons, with the late Glee actor Cory Monteith, is reportedly heading to Toronto.

Mike Myers will unveil his Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon about the talent manager who repped Alice Cooper, Luther Vandross, and others. 

Jason Bateman premieres his spelling-bee comedy Bad Words. 

Ralph Fiennes will bring his The Invisible Woman, about Charles Dickens (Fiennes) and his lover (Felicity Jones). 

The thriller Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, stars Clooney and Bullock as stranded astronauts. 

The festival closer is Life of Crime, a comic crime story starring Jennifer Aniston and John Hawkes, based on Elmore Leonard's The Switch.

The Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County. The festival, which runs Sept. 5-15, has long been a launching pad for Hollywood's fall season and Oscar contenders. This year's lineup, much of which was announced Tuesday, features films starring George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Colin Firth, and Nicole Kidman.
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International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated
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International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated
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International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated
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International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated
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Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County.
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Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20130724_WikiLeaks_drama_to_open_Toronto_festival.html#GuSPDV3EGT8oJkw8.99

Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20130724_WikiLeaks_drama_to_open_Toronto_festival.html#GuSPDV3EGT8oJkw8.99

Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County.
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Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County. The festival, which runs Sept. 5-15, has long been a launching pad for Hollywood's fall season and Oscar contenders. This year's lineup, much of which was announced Tuesday, features films starring George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Colin Firth, and Nicole Kidman. Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, with Benedict Cumberbach as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, opens the festival. John Wells' August: Osage County, with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, was among the 16 galas announced, as was the 1980s AIDS drama Dallas Buyers Club, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee and starring McConaughey as a man who fights his HIV diagnosis by procuring medications himself.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20130724_WikiLeaks_drama_to_open_Toronto_festival.html#GuSPDV3EGT8oJkw8.99

The Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20130724_WikiLeaks_drama_to_open_Toronto_festival.html#GuSPDV3EGT8oJkw8.99

The Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20130724_WikiLeaks_drama_to_open_Toronto_festival.html#GuSPDV3EGT8oJkw8.99

The Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County. The festival, which runs Sept. 5-15, has long been a launching pad for Hollywood's fall season and Oscar contenders. This year's lineup, much of which was announced Tuesday, features films starring George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Colin Firth, and Nicole Kidman. Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, with Benedict Cumberbach as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, opens the festival. John Wells' August: Osage County, with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, was among the 16 galas announced, as was the 1980s AIDS drama Dallas Buyers Club, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee and starring McConaughey as a man who fights his HIV diagnosis by procuring medications himself.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20130724_WikiLeaks_drama_to_open_Toronto_festival.html#GuSPDV3EGT8oJkw8.99

The Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County. The festival, which runs Sept. 5-15, has long been a launching pad for Hollywood's fall season and Oscar contenders. This year's lineup, much of which was announced Tuesday, features films starring George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Colin Firth, and Nicole Kidman. Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, with Benedict Cumberbach as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, opens the festival. John Wells' August: Osage County, with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, was among the 16 galas announced, as was the 1980s AIDS drama Dallas Buyers Club, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee and starring McConaughey as a man who fights his HIV diagnosis by procuring medications himself.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20130724_WikiLeaks_drama_to_open_Toronto_festival.html#GuSPDV3EGT8oJkw8.99

The Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County. The festival, which runs Sept. 5-15, has long been a launching pad for Hollywood's fall season and Oscar contenders. This year's lineup, much of which was announced Tuesday, features films starring George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Colin Firth, and Nicole Kidman. Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, with Benedict Cumberbach as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, opens the festival. John Wells' August: Osage County, with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, was among the 16 galas announced, as was the 1980s AIDS drama Dallas Buyers Club, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee and starring McConaughey as a man who fights his HIV diagnosis by procuring medications himself.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20130724_WikiLeaks_drama_to_open_Toronto_festival.html#GuSPDV3EGT8oJkw8.99

The Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County. The festival, which runs Sept. 5-15, has long been a launching pad for Hollywood's fall season and Oscar contenders. This year's lineup, much of which was announced Tuesday, features films starring George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Colin Firth, and Nicole Kidman. Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, with Benedict Cumberbach as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, opens the festival. John Wells' August: Osage County, with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, was among the 16 galas announced, as was the 1980s AIDS drama Dallas Buyers Club, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee and starring McConaughey as a man who fights his HIV diagnosis by procuring medications himself.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20130724_WikiLeaks_drama_to_open_Toronto_festival.html#GuSPDV3EGT8oJkw8.99

The Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County. The festival, which runs Sept. 5-15, has long been a launching pad for Hollywood's fall season and Oscar contenders. This year's lineup, much of which was announced Tuesday, features films starring George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Colin Firth, and Nicole Kidman. Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, with Benedict Cumberbach as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, opens the festival. John Wells' August: Osage County, with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, was among the 16 galas announced, as was the 1980s AIDS drama Dallas Buyers Club, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee and starring McConaughey as a man who fights his HIV diagnosis by procuring medications himself.
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Trip To San Diego - Nokia Unveils Bigger-Screen Version Of Low-Price Lumia

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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia launched a bigger-screen version of its low-price Lumia smartphone on Tuesday, aiming to close the gap with market leader Samsung which sells handsets in a wide range of sizes.

The new Lumia 625 comes with a 4.7-inch screen and will cost 220 euros before taxes and subisides. The Lumia 620, announced late last year, had a 3.8-inch screen.

Nokia has recently picked up the pace of product launches. Earlier this month, it unveiled a higher-end Lumia 1020 model with a 41-megapixel camera.

The Finnish mobile phone maker once produced more than a third of all mobile phones worldwide, but it has fallen behind South Korea's Samsung, which has a quarter of the market to Nokia's 15 percent.

While regular mobile phones still account for the bulk of the company's shipments, smartphones are viewed as crucial for its long-term survival because of their higher margins and increasing demand for web access from mobile phones.

The Finns are pinning their hopes for a comeback in the segment on Microsoft Corp's Windows Phone - an operating system that is struggling to compete with Google's popular GOOG.O Android system, used by Samsung.

Tech bloggers responded enthusiastically to the Lumia 1020 launch earlier this month, saying its camera was the highest quality in the market. But analysts questioned whether it was enough to help Nokia, suffering a fall in cash reserves after years of poor sales, survive.

Place To Visit In San Diego - Timing Of First Solid Food Tied To Child Diabetes Risk

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When babies already at increased risk for type 1 diabetes had their first solid foods before four months of age or after six months, their chances of developing the disorder at least doubled, according to a new study.

Four to six months is the recommended age window for all kids to start on solid foods, but the new results suggest timing could be even more important for babies at high risk for type 1 diabetes (T1D) because of genetic susceptibility.

The results weren't totally surprising, according to senior author Jill Norris, since type 1 diabetes is a lifelong disease in which the immune system attacks the cells that make insulin and previous research has found that the development of certain immune cells is related to the introduction of solid foods.

"We did not choose this window out of the blue," said Norris, who studies chronic diseases like diabetes at the University of Colorado, Denver.

But this was the first study to examine how many kids were actually diagnosed with diabetes.

"We think the clearest message for parents is to wait to introduce any solid foods until after the 4 month birthday," Norris told Reuters Health in an email. "And when baby is ready, solid foods should be introduced by 6 months of age or soon thereafter, preferably while the mother is still breast-feeding the baby."

Norris and her coauthors followed 1,835 children at high risk for type 1 diabetes - based on genetic testing done at birth or family history - until they were eight years old. Fifty-three children were diagnosed with the disease.

Infants first given solid food before they were four months old were almost two times as likely to develop the disease as those given solid food during the ideal age window. Kids who got solid food after they were six months old were three times as likely to be diagnosed with the disease.

There are many other risk factors at play for these kids, for example, when there were complications during vaginal birth, the children were also about twice as likely to develop the disease, regardless of when solid food was introduced.

Of the 53 kids who did get diabetes, 28 had been given solid food before four months of age, and seven hadn't tried solid food until after six months, according to results in JAMA Pediatrics.

"We hypothesize that at a very young age, an infant's gut and immune systems may not be ready for the new food, triggering a cascade of reactions that lead to autoimmune diseases, like T1D, in susceptible children," Norris said.

Although the study stratified results by food types, there is not yet enough evidence to recommend which foods are best to introduce when, she said. But she did stress the importance of continuing to breastfeed while transitioning to solid food, since this study and others suggest that breast milk has a protective effect.

About 3 million Americans have type 1 diabetes and need to closely monitor their blood sugar levels and take insulin several times daily. The study was limited to only 53 kids who eventually got the disease, which makes the results less powerful, the authors write.

"The children enrolled in this study were selected because they were at a higher genetic risk of developing type 1 diabetes," Norris said.

Kids who are not predisposed to the disease might not have the same results, she said.

"As the authors state themselves in the article, these findings need confirmation from other studies," said Dr. Suvi Virtanen of the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, Finland. "The number of children who got diabetes is still very small in the current study as it is also in most of the previous studies done in this field."

"We do not yet know how to prevent type 1 diabetes," she told Reuters Health. More studies need to corroborate the results first.

Although following the nutritional recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Institute of Medicine does decrease the risk of kids becoming overweight and obese, "parents cannot now do anything to prevent this disease in their children, and it's important not to worry them before we really know."

SeaWorld San Diego - Google Says Bing Cheated

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Google Inc. GOOG -0.86% accused rival Microsoft Corp. MSFT -0.84% of copying its Internet search results, the latest salvo in the competition between the two technology behemoths.

Google made the claim Tuesday after releasing the results of a test it carried out purporting to show how Google's results for search terms were copied weeks later by Microsoft's Bing search engine. Amit Singhal, who helps oversee Google's search engine algorithm, called Bing's behavior "cheating." 

In response, Harry Shum, a Microsoft corporate vice president, wrote in a blog post that Google's claims were misleading and amounted to a "spy-novelesque stunt to generate extreme outliers."

"We do not copy Google's results," a Microsoft spokesman said.

The verbal volleys are the latest in the ongoing rivalry between Microsoft and Google, which for years have battled on multiple fronts including online advertising and Web browsing, among other things. 

In its claim Tuesday, which was first published on a tech blog called Search Engine Land, Google said it ran a "sting" by altering its results algorithm in order to see whether Bing would do the same. 

For example, Google changed its algorithm to show a link to the website for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. if users searched for "mbzrxpgjys." Later, the same result showed up on Bing, Google said. It found such copying in about seven to nine out of 100 different search queries it tested, according to the blog post.

Late Tuesday, Mr. Singhal posted a detailed post on Google's official blog describing how the company came to the conclusion that Bing was copying the Google search engine, adding that he wanted to see that practice stop. Google wants to compete with "algorithms built on core innovation, and not on recycled search results from a competitor," he wrote.

Stefan Weitz, director of the Bing search engine at Microsoft, said in an interview the company studies how certain users interact with Google in order to improve Bing. It does this by looking at "clickstream data," or information that users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer or the Bing search toolbar voluntarily share with the company. But Mr. Weitz added such data is just one of more than 1,000 "signals" that Bing uses for its own search results algorithm. That's the reason why Google only found a handful of alleged copies, he said. "Competitors are all trying to see what the best ideas are out there," Mr. Weitz said.

Google in the past has been accused by some technology observers of copying Bing's user interface, including its home page, a left-hand navigation bar on the results page, and the look of its image search feature, among other things. Google didn't immediately respond to requests for comment about whether it copies Bing.

La Jolla Cove Attractions - Did Samsung Just Raise The Bar Again?

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The only company to successfully compete with Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) iPhone and become the product to beat in the smartphone arena has been Samsung. The iPhone may be beautiful, sleek, and functional, but one thing it is definitely not is durable. We've all known someone -- if you've been lucky enough not to have it happen to you -- who's had a shattered screen or a phone damaged by water. Samsung's Galaxy S4 Active  looks to address the durability issue and may have completely altered the way phones are made.

In the following video, Fool.com contributor Doug Ehrman discusses why this is an important development and how it could affect both Apple and Samsung from here.

As it continues to battle Samsung, it's important to remember that Apple has a history of cranking out revolutionary products -- and then creatively destroying them with something better. Read about the future of Apple in the free report, "Apple Will Destroy Its Greatest Product." Can Apple really disrupt its own iPhones and iPads?

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Balboa Park San Diego - Ban Kids Below 13 Years, Court Tells Facebook

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The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked social networking site Facebook to upload a disclaimer on its home page that children below the age of 13 years cannot open an account on it.

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru asked Facebook to not allow children under 13 years from opening an account.

Senior advocate Parag Tripathi appearing for Facebook assured the court that the site "will upload the disclaimer on its home page that children 13 years can not open the account".

"You (Facebook) can write on the home page in bold letters that children below 13 are not allowed. There is no harm in doing this...," the court said.

The court also asked the central government to tell it as to what law it had for the online protection of children from being abused throught the social networking sites.

The judges also asked the government to inform them on provisions in the law related to a minor using a social networking site.

"In India what is the law for a minor to use Facebook? Is it 13, 16, 18 or no law? What is the requirement under Indian law for Facebook?," the court asked from the central government's counsel who in turn told it that in US the age to use social networking sites is 13 years.

"You don't have a law for protection of minor on social networking sites? You are behind the time...the world has gone much ahead," the court said.

The court was hearing a plea that said minors were allowed to open an account with social networking sites, including Facebook, which was illegal as Indian laws don't permit it.

The public interest litigation was filed by former Bharatiya Janata Party ideologue K.N. Govindacharya.

Appearing for Govindacharya, lawyer Veerag Gupta told the court that the recent incident in Gurgaon where a police found children involved in a sex and smoke party was the latest outcome of the non-compliance of guidelines by Facebook.

He added that hundreds of minor children gathered through Facebook for the party.

He said that Facebook and Google did not even have any email account to lodge complaint about minors misusing social networking sites.

Facebook also filed a reply on the plea and said that its terms and conditions "specifically prohibit children under 13 years of age from registering a Facebook account and using Facebook services".

"The condition forbids users from providing any false information on Facebook, creating an account for anyone other than him/herself without permission, or creating more than one personal account," the reply added.

Minors can only share content with friends, friends of those friends, and network (such as the school they attend, whereas adult can share content with all the Facebook users, the reply said, adding that the site has different privacy settings for minors.

Google, in its reply, said that before opening an account with social networking sites, one had to open an email account and for opening that he or she had to mention the age and if the user was below 13 years, he could not open an account with social networking sites.

It added that Google had already put in place a plethora of steps on the issue of safe usage of internet.

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Attractions In San Diego - A Pregnant Pause: 8 Things Every Woman Should Know About PCOS

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Are you having trouble getting pregnant? Do you have an onset of adult acne? Is your hair starting to fall out? Then you might just have some other signs of PCOS, too.

Polycystic (pah-lee-SIS-tik) ovary syndrome, commonly known as PCOS, affects as many as 5 million women in the United States. It is the result of a hormonal imbalance whereby the ovaries make more androgens than normal. Androgens are male hormones that females also make, and having higher than normal levels of these hormones affects the development and release of eggs during ovulation. In women with PCOS, mature eggs are not released from the ovaries, and instead become very small cysts inside the ovary.

I have PCOS. It was not until I had issues with infertility that it was discovered, but looking back the diagnosis makes a lot of sense. (That is a sentiment I have heard from several women who have it as well.) PCOS is actually the most common cause of female infertility. Since then I have come to know my own symptoms (such as severe pelvic pain) and take medicine to ease them.

 Symptoms of PCOS can vary, and while there is no known cure - there are several treatment options available. Here is what you need to know about PCOS:

1. Causes

There is no one known cause of PCOS. Experts theorize that genetics can play a factor, though in my case that theory does not hold true.

A woman's level and resistance to insulin may also play a role in causing PCOS. Experts have found that many women with PCOS have too much insulin stored in their bodies because they have problems using it. Too much insulin in the body seems to increase the production of androgen, thus starting the hormonal imbalance that is PCOS.

2. Reproductive Symptoms and Concerns

Because of the high levels of androgens in the body, PCOS can result in reproductive issues, such as:

• Cysts on the ovaries
• Problems with ovulation
• Pelvic pain
• Infertility
• Irregular or painful menstrual periods

3. Cosmetic Symptoms and Concerns

There are cosmetic symptoms of PCOS too, including:

• Acne or oily skin
• Weight gain, often around the waist
• Issues with hair, such as: dandruff, thinning hair or hair loss
• Excessive hair growth on the face, chest, stomach, back, thumbs, or toes
• Dark patches of skin on the neck, arms, breasts, or thighs
• Skin tags - excess flaps of skin in the armpits or neck area
• Weight gain, often around the waist

4. Pregnancy Symptoms & Concerns

Many women (like myself) are diagnosed when they have fertility issues. However, there can also be issues arising from PCOS during pregnancy, such as:

• Miscarriage
• Gestational diabetes
• Pregnancy-induced high blood pressure
• Premature delivery

5. Long Term Symptoms and Concerns

Some of the other serious, more long-term concerns associated with PCOS are:

• Anxiety or depression
• Sleep apnea
• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Endometrial cancer

6. Tests

There is no single test to diagnose PCOS. If you or your doctor suspects that you may have PCOS, he or she will look at any or all of the following:

• Medical history
• Physical exam
• Pelvic exam
• Blood tests
• Vaginal ultrasound (sonogram)

7. Treatment Options

Treatment options may vary depending on whether you are at an age or stage where pregnancy is an issue. Some people may also wish to treat the issues that happen as a result of PCOS, such as acne and hair loss.

Most healthcare practitioners will encourage following a healthy lifestyle, including:

• limiting processed foods and high sugar foods
• eating healthy meals with lean meats, vegetables and whole grains
• engaging in regular moderate-to-vigorous exercise

8. Other Treatment Options

Other treatments for PCOS may include:

• Birth control pills (for those who do not wish to be pregnant)
• Progesterone pills (such as Provera)
• Diabetes medications (such as Metformin, which is also known as Glucophage)
• Fertility medications (for those who wish to become pregnant)
• "Ovarian drilling" surgery (for those who wish to become pregnant who have not responded to fertility medications)
• Anti-androgen medicines (such as Spironolactone or Finasteride)

Again, please note that treatment options will vary from person-to-person and all treatment options should be discussed with a healthcare practitioner.

Hotels San Diego Downtown - Samsung, You’re Confusing Everyone

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By - Simon Hill
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Do you want full fat, cream, half and half, or no-fat milk in your coffee? Do you want to “go large”? Do you want to take the kids to Despicable Me 2 or Monsters University? What kind of Listerine do you want (there are half a dozen varieties)? Is there something better on the other 900 channels? Wouldn’t you rather have what the guy next to you is having?

Too much choice can be painful. In fact, various studies over the years have highlighted the potentially debilitating effect of too much choice. In 1995, a famous study conducted by Sheena Iyengar, a professor at Columbia University, found something interesting. The researchers had a display where they alternated between 24 and 6 varieties of jam. Sixty percent of customers were attracted by the larger choice compared to 40 percent for the smaller choice, but only 3 percent bought from the bigger display, whereas 30 percent bought from the limited display.

Galaxy of choice

Could that succinctly explain the success of the iPhone? Obviously not, but it’s tough to escape the feeling lately that Samsung is offering smartphone consumers too much choice. Not content with flooding the market with a wide range of different devices with similar branding, Samsung is starting to muddy the phone waters even further with a dilution of its flagship brand name.

If you told someone now that you had the “latest Galaxy” that would still leave a lot of possibilities. Even if you told them you had the “latest Galaxy S4” it wouldn’t be clear what you meant. Is that the Google Edition, or are you taking about the Zoom camera version? Maybe it’s the Mini or the Active? What variety is coming next? Do we need, or want, all these choices?

Clogging my cognitive functions

A study on choice by Professor Kathleen Vohs of the University of Minnesota and others found that “Making choices led to reduced self-control (i.e., less physical stamina, reduced persistence in the face of failure, more procrastination, and less quality and quantity of arithmetic calculations).”

It takes something out of us when we have to make a choice. It’s a frustration most of us encounter regularly in everyday life and it’s exacerbated when the benefits of one choice over another simply aren’t clear. In the smartphone world carriers are the true masters of the vague and overly complicated choice, but Samsung’s hands are just as dirty.

If in doubt, flood the market

For a while it looked like Samsung might take a leaf from Apple’s book, and clearly delineate its flagship smartphone. The original Galaxy S series phone was released under various monikers with slight tweaks to satisfy carrier demand for a unique or exclusive release, but by the time the S3 came out, it was a single device that meant the same thing to everyone. If you stopped someone in the street and asked them what the flagship HTC was, or which Sony smartphone was the best, or what Nokia to get, most would have been unable to tell you. Ask them which Samsung and the Galaxy S3 was a clear reply. It went on to be Samsung’s best-selling phone ever.

Samsung looked all set to do the same with the S4, and did this April. But after only a couple months, it’s already fallen back into old habits, and ditched the sniper rifle in favor of a blunderbuss. The S4 didn’t live up to its unrealistic expectations, Samsung. Welcome to Apple’s iPhone conundrum. Don’t let that send you spinning back into over-release mode. Get a grip. Ask yourself – do these extra options strengthen the brand or erode it?

San Diego Hotel Meeting Space - Why Isn't LinkedIn Blocked In China?

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The Chinese government blocks most of the world's major social media sites — Twitter and Facebook, among others. It even restricts Internet users' access to Slideshare. But not LinkedIn. It seems China knows the network has much to offer the Middle Kingdom. Enough to, apparently, permit unrestricted site access.

One reason LinkedIn may have avoided government censorship is China's difficulty connecting with the rest of the world online. Besides email, LinkedIn is probably the only common major social networking platform that can be accessed by people all over the globe. While email is great for one-time threaded communication, it is hardly a tool to keep track of the statuses and updates of your business colleagues. 

And for obvious reasons — there aren’t many foreigners on Chinese social networks like Weibo or Renren. The most successful Chinese SNS overseas is probably WeChat with 70 million users outside of China, and it's likely that many of them are Chinese residing overseas.

Secondly, since LinkedIn has no localized site in simplified Chinese, most Chinese LinkedIn users know at least basic English. So naturally, it’s a useful tool for companies to look for talents who are well-versed in both languages and have a more global mindset. If China blocked LinkedIn, even the state-owned corporations wouldn’t be able to easily find those talents. LinkedIn acts as a filter that can help employers find folks who are proficient in both languages.

Finally, avid users of the platform know that LinkedIn is a great resource for overseas business deals. So the 3 million Chinese on LinkedIn probably find it useful digging for potential connections and deal flows that they simply can’t find on domestic sites like Tianji or Ushi. While China's Internet is pretty closed-off in general, the ability for users to access LinkedIn gives 3 million Chinese people the opportunity to connect with the world, which might not be such a bad thing.

With more than 3,000 years of history, we can’t expect China to change immediately into an open society. But gradually it should get there and LinkedIn seems like it could help (even it has only 3 million users). Plus, the government can also conveniently point to LinkedIn as an example of it being “open” when it’s criticized for blocking other social sites. And politically, there isn’t much need to block LinkedIn because it isn’t the most ideal platform to stage a huge revolt. LinkedIn users probably don’t have time for that. Seriously, they are on LinkedIn for business, not to be part of a movement.

If LinkedIn remains unblocked — and I believe it will — I reckon it should do very well in China. Local competitors are probably having a hard time fighting for the top talent (despite Tianji claiming that it has 8 million users as of November last year) because their platforms aren’t connected to the world. To me, it is a winner-takes-all game and LinkedIn seems to have the edge with its global appeal, connecting China to the world of business and thus making it hard for China to block it.