South Korean company Samsung unveiled a new gadget to the world – Galaxy Gear smart watch, which, among other things, can be used to make phone calls.
The gadget works in tandem with Android smartphones. The watch has a memory of 4 GB, a 1.9-megapixel camera, a built-in sensor device and a microphone.
Global sales of the new items will start on September 25. The device will appear in Russia in October. The “smart watches” will be sold at $ 299.
Senior scientific officer with the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Boris Dolgov, in an interview with Pravda.Ru commented the recent statement from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who said that Arab countries offered a good price for the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad as a result of military operations.
“Yes, Kerry said that, he did not specify the countries, though, but one can imagine which countries he is talking about. We know that Qatar and Saudi Arabia support an attack on Syria. Perhaps there are others … And , of course, such a statement is nonsense,” Boris Dolgov said.
According to the expert, this has not happened in recent history, not even in history in general that someone could pay for a military strike. ” It is more like a gangster deal,” he said.
05.09.2013
The Russian Foreign Ministry is suggesting Russians to refrain from traveling abroad. Vacations at Turkish and Spanish resorts are not in danger. It has nothing to do with “Iron Curtain” expected by highly sensitive people either. The recommendation is addressed to those Russian citizens who have a reasonable suspicion that U.S. law enforcement agencies have something against them.
The Russian Foreign Ministry made this harsh statement based on repeated incidents of detention of Russian citizens in different parts of the world at the request of the United States. The message on the site of the Foreign Ministry cited several examples, including a detention of Dmitry Ustinov in Lithuania, Dmitry Belorossov in Spain (he is suspected of fraud), Maxim Chuharev in Costa Rica, and Alexander Panin (also suspected of fraud ) in the Dominican Republic.
Font Size “Empirical evidence shows that the trials of those who were virtually kidnapped and taken to the United States are biased, based on shaky evidence and have a pronounced accusatory tone. Usually, they result in imposition of illegal sentences with a long-term imprisonment, which in particular happened to V. Boot and K. Yaroshenko sentenced, respectively, to 25 and 20 years in prison,” the report says.
The Foreign Ministry stressed that the necessary legal assistance to the citizens of Russia in such cases has been and will continue to be provided. Yet, the Foreign Ministry recognized that successful outcomes are not to be expected. Therefore, the Ministry recommended that the Russian people “refrain from trips abroad, especially to countries that have agreements with the United States on mutual extradition if there is reasonable suspicion that U.S. law enforcement agencies have claims against them.”
The Ministry’s recommendation came a bit late, said the chairman of the Moscow Regional Union of Lawyers Sergei Smirnov. “It has been pertinent since the early 2000s. Do you remember the arrest of the former manager of the president Pavel Borodin in 2001? That moment marked the beginning of illegal persecution of citizens of the Russian Federation,” Sergey Smirnov told Pravda.Ru (Pavel Borodin was arrested in the United States on request of Switzerland).
“The U.S. should first send a reasoned request to the law enforcement bodies of Russia. If they can’t act directly, does it mean something is wrong there?” he added.
Sergei Smirnov half-jokingly said that now “every citizen traveling abroad should think whether it is worth running a risk.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry has reason for such statements, the Vice President of the Russian Union of Lawyers Vladislav Grib believes. “It is relevant after the events related to the non-extradition of an American citizen by us – it is clear who we are talking about. Before that a number of countries included in the sphere of influence of the United States without any complications extradited our people. Sometimes, even in violation of certain norms, conventions and agreements concluded between these countries and Russia,” he said.
According to him, it is “a certain element of pressure on Russia.” “This means that the Foreign Office advice is warranted,” said Vladislav Grib.
Anton Kulikov
Pravda.Ru
Read the original in Russian
05.09.2013
Liverpool, Dortmund, Napoli, Monaco are the unorthodox leaders of their championships so far, alongside Barcelona in Spain and FC Porto in Portugal while in Russia CSKA Moskva sits atop the Russian Premier League, ahead of a revitalized Spartak Moskva.
La Liga
Barcelona continues its onslaught at the top of La Liga with a 3-2 away win at Valencia but shares top spot with Atlético Madrid, Villarreal and Real Madrid, all with 9 points from the first three games. Atlético won 2-1 at Real Sociedad, Villarreal came away from Pamplona with a 3-0 victory against Osasuna and Real beat Athletic Bilbao 3-1
Premiership
Liverpool leads with 9 points from 3 games, 2 ahead of Chelsea. Liverpool’s victory against Manchester United (1-0) after Chelsea forced a goalless draw at Old Trafford, leaves last season’s champions out of the top places, for now.
Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund leads with maximum points from the first four games (12), two ahead of last season’s champions Bayern Munich, now trained by Pepe Guardiola. Bayern drew 1-1 at Freiburg, Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 away.
Serie A
Five teams have 6 points from the first two games: SSC Napoli, Inter, Roma, Fiorentina and Juventus.
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In France, for now the Championship is happening outside Paris, the leaders being AS Monaco (10 points after 4 games), one ahead of Olympique de Marseille and AS Saint-Étienne.
Primeira Liga
FC Porto sits atop the Portuguese league with 9 points from the first three games, taking advantage of the draw between Sporting CP and SL Benfica at Sporting’s stadium (Alvaláxia XXI) with one goal apiece, FC Porto beating Paços de Ferreira away 1-0, goal by Jackson Martinez. Sporting is second and Estoril Praia third, both with 7 points.
Russian Premier League (after 7 games)
CSKA Moskva leads with 17 points, three ahead of Spartak Moskva, Zenit and Rostov. CSKA beat Amkar Perm 2-1, Zenit beat Lokomotiv Moskva by the same result, Spartak the same against bottom-placed club Tom Tomsk, while a seenth-minute Milic goal earned Rostov a draw away at Dinamo Moskva.
Totalists in Europe include Besiktas JK in the Turkish Super League (9 points from 3 games), Standard de Liege in Belgium (18 points from 6 games), Olimpiacos in Greece (9 from 3 games).
In Armenia FC Pyunik and FC Mika lead with 8 points from four games; in Azerbaijan, Olimpik-Süvälan and Qarabag lead with 12 points from 5 games; in Belarus after 22 games, Shakhtyor Soligorsk leads on 49 points, one ahead of BATE Borisov. After 25 games in Kazakhstan, FC Aktobe and FS Astana both have 27 points.
In Ukraine after 8 games, the top four are Metalist Kharkiv (20 points), Shakhtar Donetsk (19), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Chornomorets Odesa on 17 points each.
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
Pravda.Ru
By Rodrigo Campos
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose for a second day on Wednesday as a possible military action in Syria was seen as limited and strong auto sales lifted investor confidence in the U.S. economy.
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution authorizing a limited U.S. military intervention in Syria, setting the stage for a debate in the full Senate next week on the use of military force.
The Obama administration is seeking support from Congress to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged use of chemical weapons on civilians. Markets have been on tenterhooks over possible spillover in the Middle East.
Shares of Ford and General Motors posted their best day of the year as August U.S. auto sales marked the strongest month since October 2007. Ford jumped 3.5 percent to $16.91 and GM added 5 percent to $35.85.
Car sales were "another piece of solid macro data and may be justifying today's move," said Ken Polcari, director of the NYSE floor division at O'Neil Securities in New York.
Even though Syria is still being discussed, Polcari said he expected Congress will approve a limited engagement to "not embarrass the President or the country."
Polcari added the S&P 500 will continue to trade in a 1,625-1,660 range until the next big news breaks, which could be a Syria intervention or Friday's payrolls report.
Lowered concern over Syria was also seen in the oil market, with U.S. crude down 1.2 percent and Brent down 0.6 percent.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 96.91 points or 0.65 percent, to 14,930.87, the S&P 500 gained 13.31 points or 0.81 percent, to 1,653.08 and the Nasdaq Composite added 36.43 points or 1.01 percent, to 3,649.042.
The S&P 500 is up 1.2 percent for the week so far after a loss of 1.8 percent last week, which was tied largely to worries over Syria.
With global supplies of dynamic random access memory chips already tight, shares of Micron Technology and SanDisk rose after reports of a fire at Hynix, the world's No. 2 DRAM chips maker. Hynix said the fire did not cripple critical equipment, but Micron closed up 5.3 percent at $14.75 and SanDisk added 3.3 percent to $57.14.
E*Trade Financial was the largest percentage advancer on the S&P 500 after it said U.S. bank regulators have approved its request to use capital from its bank subsidiary for broader corporate purposes, a sign of strength as it recovers from bad mortgage loans. Shares jumped 8 percent to $15.71, the highest in more than two years.
Network equipment maker Ciena Corp soared 13.8 percent to $23.54 after it forecast strong revenue for the current quarter as it gains from a recovery in spending by telecom carriers, its biggest customers.
U.S.-traded shares of BlackBerry jumped 5.3 percent to $10.75. The Wall Street Journal reported BlackBerry's board hopes to run a "fast" auction process that could result in a sale of the company by November.
About 6.1 billion shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and NYSE MKT, slightly below the daily average so far this year of about 6.3 billion shares.
On the NYSE, roughly five issues rose for every two that fell, and on Nasdaq fewer than two rose for every decliner.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
Cannonau is the wine synonymous with Sardinia. The grape is grown all over this island, a special variety of what is generally known as grenache, producing explosive, potent wines. The great majority of the vineyards, and the highest-quality wines, are produced in a triangle that stretches along an idyllic coastline from Orosei to Bari Sardo, and then into the wild mountainous interiors as far as Atzara. This is an off-the-beaten-track destination – even the seaside resorts aren't overpriced or packed out – and there is a really genuine feel to the welcome given to visitors.
Be prepared for surprises. Driving around, you will only occasionally see patches of vineyards dotted around an essentially pastoral landscape, dominated by shepherds and their sheep. This is because there is a centuries-old tradition here of pretty much everyone – from farmers, shepherds, and olive growers to the butcher and baker – owning small plots of vines, cultivating them and making wine at home for family consumption. Things changed in the 1950s with the appearance of the Cantina Sociale, grouping together several hundred winemakers. What is happening now, though, is the emergence of a new generation of independent winemakers, creating larger vineyards and concentrating on making quality cannonau. And each village here is producing wines that have their own special character.
WINEMAKERS TO VISIT
Oliena is one of the liveliest villages, with great trattorie, wine bars and a choice of producers that range from the cheap and cheerful Cantina Oliena, where a standard cannonau will set you back €6.90 (£5.80), to some of the most respected viticulturists. Winemaker Tonino Arcada, a former school teacher and welcoming host, is definitely the person to meet to soak up the history and tradition of cannonau. "Lots of people in Sardinia want to drink young wines," he says. "Well, I don't. I prefer to wait a few years before putting them on the market." The vintages are certainly out of the ordinary – especially the 2008 Cannonau Nepente and a sensational 2006 Riserva D'Annunzio – lighter in colour than a classic blood-red cannonau but delicious to drink.
• Via Friuli Venezia Giulia 24, Oliena, +39 0784 288417, gostolai.net
This is not a typical wine co-operative, but a relaxed group of 19 diverse winemakers, each owning around one hectare of vines, who grouped together six years ago in an experiment to make artisan wines. And what a success it has been. Their €10 cannonau, barrel-aged for just three month, is easy to drink straightaway, while the memorable reserve may be expensive at €22, but the winemakers just grin and say, "If we don't sell them, we'll just drink it ourselves". This motley crew, aged from 21 to 67, meet in a rented storeroom, crammed with barrels and steel vats. The wines are all about diversity: they all have jobs, from tobacconist to electrician, hospital worker to shepherd. The youngest vineyard is five years old, while others have gnarled, 60-70-year-old vines. The older vineyards are ploughed by oxen, while tractors work the newer ones. A tasting here is unforgettable.
• Via Ilole, Orgosolo, +39 0784 403096, cantinediorgosolo.it
Mamoiada is a strange place, with a famous masked festival where villagers dress up as Mamuthones, wearing fearsome pagan outfits of sheep fleece, with dozens of cattle bells strapped round them and sinister black wooden masks. There is nothing strange, though, about the wines of the Sedilesu family, a new star of Sardinia's wine scene. This clan, under Giuseppe, the elderly patriarch, has moved with the times, to produce organic and now biodynamic wines. The result is intense, complex vintages that can go up to a dizzy 16% alcohol, which may sound high compared with other wines, but is very much the natural expression of the cannonau grape. The only surprising thing during a cantina tasting is that instead of the usual cheese and salami, there is a plate of bitter chocolate – the perfect complement to their rich cannonau.
• Via Vittorio Emanuele 64, Mamoiada, +39 0784 56791, giuseppesedilesu.com
The country cellar, where tastings for Atha Ruja wines are held, is at the heart of this small, five-hectare vineyard. The setting is breathtaking, with rows of vines lined up against the towering Supramonte mountain range. This flawless vineyard is very special, cultivated to the millimetre. The viticoltore, Carlo Pietro Pittalis, is a perfectionist, with a clear philosophy on how to produce a great cannonau. "I work a limited number of vines," he says. "Only 20,000, and each one is cut back throughout the year to grow only five bunches of perfect grapes, which will be made into 20,000 bottles – one for each vine." With this kind of limited production, prices are obviously going to be higher than usual, and although Carlo's initial cannonau is priced at €12.50, you can immediately taste the quality, and these are wines that can be aged for four-to-five years.
• Via Emilia 45, Dorgali, +39 3475387127, atharuja.com
While cannonau is not that well known outside Sardinia, the obscure mandrolisai denomination ranks as an even rarer discovery. This is still cannonau country but winemakers around the villages of Atzara and Meana make mandrolisai, a unique blend of cannonau and two local grapes, muristellu and monica. There are several excellent winemakers (see amosconsorziovini.it), but the exciting winery to seek out is Fradiles, meaning "the cousins", another extended Sardinian family, grouping their smallholdings together. Call Paolo Savoldo first and he is more than happy to organise a tour of the vineyards. Paolo is always looking for new challenges, so although he makes a cannonau and mandrolisai, there is also a fascinating 100% muristellu. It's difficult to beat his prices, too, with the mandrolisai priced at €7.50 and the muristellu at €10.
• Via Sandro Pertini 2, Atzara, +39 333 176 1683
WINEMAKER STAYS
The giant Monte Corrasi casts a shadow over the plains, and halfway up the mountain, almost hidden from view in a forest of ancient oak trees, is a pioneer eco-tourism resort. Enis is called a co-operative because in 1981 a 20-strong band of young idealistic locals – students, unemployed and shepherds – took over an abandoned building. Today there are 17 rooms, space for camping, excursions ranging from rock climbing to mountain biking, and a rustic restaurant serving hearty dishes, such as rabbit stewed in a cannonau sauce and the classic porcetto roast suckling pig. Most of the members of the co-op have their own vines, and a litre of their Cannonau di Proprieta costs €10 on the wine list. The rooms are spartan, but that is quickly forgotten when you open the window and look out at the stunning panorama. An excellent breakfast with fresh yogurt and ricotta is made by a local shepherd.
• Localita Monte Maccione, Oliena, +39 0784 288761, coopenis.it. Doubles from €66 B&B
With the cannonau vineyards of this region stretching down to the sea, it is definitely worth spending time in one of the coastal resorts. Banish images of the glitzy hotels of the luxurious Costa Smeralda. The seaside villages here are down to earth, with modest three-star hotels, apartment rentals and camping sites. The turquoise water, quiet beaches and submerged grottoes are definitely five-star though. Stay at the lively Hotel Bue Marino in idyllic Cala Gonone, and you'll discover that the owner, Alberto Ligios, is also a winemaker. He tends his own vineyards, selling the grapes to the excellent local co-operative, Cantina Dorgali and his enthusiasm for the cannonau is shown with the stellar wine list of his rooftop restaurant. The hotel sits right on the waterfront, a minute's walk from a paradise aquamarine beach.
• Via Vespucci 8, Cala Gonone, +39 0784 920078, hotelbuemarino.com. Double room from €91 B&B
TRATTORIE
With its bright whitewashed walls contrasting with pastel blues and reds, Masiloghi looks more like a Mexican hacienda than a temple of Sardinian gastronomy. Don't expect anything pretentious though, as Gianfranco Maccareno runs a decidedly laidback restaurant. He is serious about traditional local cuisine, which he raises to a gourmet level but remains fairly priced. A hearty four-course tasting menu is €25, while fabulous pastas, such as culurgiones (a Sardinian take on ravioli) stuffed with fresh ricotta, potato and mint, cost €7.50. The succulent roast suckling pig is melt-in-the-mouth, and adventurous foodies have to try casu marzu, Sardinia's infamous, supposedly illegal, decomposed pecorino cheese with fly larvae. There are dozens of elegant cannonau on the wine list, but most interesting is Gianfranco's own vintage, made in his cellar. "I make wine just like past generations have always done," he explains. "No sulphites, so it just lasts a year before the next harvest."
• Via Galjani 68, Oliena, +39 0784 285696, masiloghi.it
Sitting high atop a hillside with spectacular views, the Sant'Elene bills itself as an albergho ristorante. The eight rustic rooms are a great place stay when touring wineries, but most people come for the splendid cooking of chef Lino Ruiu. For 30 years, he has been creatively interpreting speciality dishes from the surrounding Dorgali region, using local produce long before "food miles" became a fashionable topic. For offal lovers, there is mattamene, a rich stew of lamb kidney and sweetbreads; pistizzone are tiny beads of pasta with locally-grown safron and braised mutton; succulent wild boar is slow-cooked with olives, while the desserts are to-die-for, especially a mix of fresh fig, creamy goat's cheese and a deep-fried honey-glazed ricotta ravioli. Main dishes are priced €12-€15, but it's best to settle down for a lengthy degustation menu (€22-€35), accompanied by a bottle of cannonau made in the surrounding vineyards.
• Localita Sant'Elene, Dorgali, +39 0784 94572, albergosantelene.it. Doubles from €66
REGIONAL PRODUCTS
Azienda Erlikes
People visit Sardinia just for the fabulous cheeses, where the ancient method of shepherding has not changed for centuries. Most towns have their own dairy, where shepherds bring in the milk each day, but the ebullient Giovanni Agostino Curreli has created what he calls a micro-dairy, where he makes delicious artisan cheeses from his herd of 500 sheep. The place is not easy to find, at the end of a pot-holed track, just outside the mountain village of Olzai. While his family look after the sheep, Giovanni concentrates on cheese-making, forever inventing new creations. After a tour of the dairy, try the luscious creamy ricotta, freshly made each morning, and don't miss his ultimate pecorino, Gran Maimone, aged for 18 months, with an unforgettable tangy bite.
• Via Sant'Anastasio 23, Olzai, +39 0784 55344, erkiles.it
Car hire was provided by carrentals.co.uk. EasyJet and Jet2 fly to Olbia. Further information: stradadelvinocannonau.it
Тайбэй (Рейтер) - Три HTC руководителей, арестован по подозрению в утечке коммерческой тайны, были незаконно передачи конфиденциальной технической информацией, принадлежащей тайваньским производителем смартфонов в правительство города Чэнду в Китае, Next Magazine сообщается.
В обмен на информацию, городские власти будут платить за большую часть настройки, эксплуатации и маркетинговые расходы компании, которые создаются HTC вице-президент по дизайну Томаса Chien, который возглавлял дизайн флагманский телефон компании HTC One, еженедельно пишет журнал, ссылаясь на прокуратуру.
Тайбэй прокуратура подтвердила ранее, что Цзянь, наряду с исследованиями и развитием директора Ву Цзянь-Хун и старший менеджер по дизайну и инновациям Джастин Хуан, были задержаны в пятницу. Аресты стали ответом на жалобу, поданную HTC в прошлом месяце обвинил руководителей утечки коммерческой тайны.
Неясно, является ли на самом деле руководители успели пройти на любую коммерческую тайну. Расследование продолжается.
Next Magazine не объяснил, как правительство города Чэнду намеревался использовать торговую информацию, но сказал, что это создало компании, участвующей в бизнес-смартфон.
HTC и Тайбэй района прокуратура отказалась от комментариев по этому докладу.
Сотрудник Пресс-служба правительства города Чэнду Отношения сказал: "Мы не ясно, об этом и не видел этого отчета." Она отказалась вдаваться в подробности.
Chien HTC и Ву остаются под стражей, в то время как Хуан был освобожден под залог, в соответствии с прокурорами.
Руководители также обвинялись в даче ложных претензий комиссионные сообщается, составляющие целых T $ 20 миллионов (429 305 фунтов).
Трое мужчин не может быть сразу же потянулся за комментарий.
Акции HTC упали на 6,8 процента в среду, максимально допустимое падение за один день, по сравнению с плоскими широкий рынок.
HTC - сотрясали междоусобицы, исполнительную и выходы сегменте смартфонов, что уже близок к насыщению - видел свою долю на рынке спад до уровня ниже 5 процентов от около четверти пять лет назад.
(Отчетность по Клэр Джима; Дополнительная отчетность Хи Ли в Пекине, редактирование Райан Ву)
