Engadget Eurocast 010 - 12.25.12 Holiday Special

Christmas day, and while the US is still tucked up in bed, awaiting Santa's visit, the euro-crew are already up and about, donning knitted jumpers with one hand in the chocolate tin, the other brandishing (the third) sherry. This year, to save you from tears, we recorded you something special. Merry Christmas from the Eurocast.

Hosts: Dan Cooper, Steve Dent, Mat Smith, Sharif Sakr, James Trew, Jamie Rigg

Producer: James Trew

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Report: Women at Iran nuclear plant violate code

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? An Iranian lawmaker is saying Russian women working in the country's sole nuclear power plant do not observe the strict Islamic dress code, though they are paid extra to comply.

Under Iranian law, all women must cover themselves from head to toe in public.

A Tuesday report by the semiofficial ISNA news agency quotes Mahdi Mousavinejad, a representative of the southern Iranian port of Bushehr, where the plant is located, as saying violation of dress code by the Russian workers has had a "corrupting and negative impact" on his constituency.

Mousavinejad says he will report on the case to the Iranian parliament. He did not say how many women were involved or how much they were paid.

Russia says it will hand over the plant to Iranian engineers in mid-2013.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/report-women-iran-nuclear-plant-violate-code-145949965.html

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6 Ways IT Management Services Increase Business Productivity

6 Ways IT Management Services Increase Business Productivity

When you first seek out IT management services, you might be tempted to think that outsourcing these kinds of operations will only complicate your company and lower your productivity. After all, consultations on your information technology may seem to be the kind of business where you will end up paying for knowledge but will still have to do the work. Fortunately, this is not the case, and when it comes to information technology, NYC is a great place to seek out excellence. When you need support, outsourced consultation gives you a ton of flexibility in selecting a service provider that can suit your needs perfectly.

The following are six of the great ways your business can and will become more productive when you outsource your IT management.

Also Read:?4 Reasons Outsourcing IT Services are Becoming More Popular

One of the best reasons why outsourcing your IT operations is great is because it allows you to save personnel versus doing everything in house. While it might initially seem like having your own IT staff on the premises would make your operation more efficient overall, in most cases this does not happen. IT consulting can give you a lot of insights on how you might run the technological component of your business more effectively. For one thing, there is a good chance that a significant number of your employees are operating "in the field," so it doesn't really matter if your IT staff is physically close or not. Server access is accomplished off-site so often that most people can't even tell the difference.

Another great reason to outsource your IT operations is because it will save management time. Your management team, yourself included, have a lot of extremely valuable work to do. This work involves planning where your company is going over the next few years. Dealing with the headaches of IT operations will only distract you and other valuable members of your team from the most important work while you chase shadows and deal with putting out more fires than you should have to deal with. Overall, outsourcing will help your business work more efficiently because it will allow you to think with more clarity.

Another reason why outsourcing IT tends to have a positive impact on your company's efficiency is because it allows you to have better rules in place. In the world of IT services NYC lets you explore your company's maximum efficiency in a more controlled setting. While there is definitely something to be said for customization, in most businesses where there are more than ten people there have to be the boring, "corporate" rules that keep people from doing truly foolish things. These rules comes very easily from businesses where this is already their core operation. They know what works, what doesn't and how to implement rules through the use of methods that won't get in your way.

Another great reason why your company will operate more effectively with outsourced IT operations is that you will have less downtime to be concerned about. Downtime is a potentially devastating problem that can happen if your IT department is not up to snuff, or if you do not have adequate servers to handle your traffic during maintenance or when migrating everything to a new server. In most cases, you won't have this kind of backup infrastructure in place, and this can cost you dearly when your online operations need to pause for hours at a time. However, when you outsource IT support NYC is a great place to ease the burden of this downtime. The entire process will be transparent and highly efficient when it is handled by a company that does this exclusively.

A great reason why your business will be more efficient when you outsource IT functions is because it will allow you to focus on your core business operations instead of trying to manage your IT and costing your business valuable energy that your employees could be spending on their actual jobs. When your IT operations work well, your entire business works better because everyone can simply focus on their jobs instead of trying to work around ghetto-inspired "solutions" that barely work at all and that can stop working at a moment's notice.

Also Read:?Managed IT Services: Making IT Simpler

Finally, the last but not least reason we are going to discuss here why your business will run more efficiently when you outsource your IT operations is because it will allow you to reduce the level of? miscellaneous costs that would otherwise be associated with trying to run your own IT operations. Every part that a server may need, every additional thermal unit of air conditioning that those servers will need to function properly and every other small but necessary expense is an incidental that can drive up your costs. And every time your costs go up, your IT staff will be spending more of their time essentially doing busy work instead of doing more important tasks.

There are so many reasons why your business will work better when you start to outsource your IT related operations. The above are just the largest of these reasons, and every individual one of them will easily justify the decision to switch over.

Source: http://blog.etech7.com/blog/bid/251134/6-Ways-IT-Management-Services-Increase-Business-Productivity

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Tea party activists: Go over 'fiscal cliff' instead of agree to Obama tax-increase compromise (Star Tribune)

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Roman Catholic cleric celebrates Palestinian state

A Catholic pilgrim looks at lit candles outside of the Grotto at the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Thousands of Christian worshippers and tourists arrived in Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus Christ was born. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

A Catholic pilgrim looks at lit candles outside of the Grotto at the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Thousands of Christian worshippers and tourists arrived in Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus Christ was born. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Christian worshippers from Nigeria pray in the Grotto of the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Thousands of Christian worshippers and tourists arrived in Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site many believe Jesus Christ was born. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

A Catholic pilgrim prays at the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Thousands of Christian worshippers and tourists arrived in Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus Christ was born. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

A Catholic pilgrim touches a column inside the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Thousands of Christian worshippers and tourists arrived in Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site many believe Jesus Christ was born. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

A Christian worshiper prays at the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, ahead of Christmas, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) ? The top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land celebrated the United Nations' recent recognition of a Palestinian state in his annual pre-Christmas homily on Monday, saying that while the road to actual freedom from Israeli occupation remains long, the Palestinian homeland has been born.

Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal told followers at the patriarchate's headquarters in Jerusalem's Old City that this year's festivities were doubly joyful, celebrating "the birth of Christ our Lord and the birth of the state of Palestine."

"The path (to statehood) remains long, and will require a united effort," added Twal, a Palestinian citizen of Jordan.

From Jerusalem, he set off in a procession for the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Jesus' traditional birthplace. There, he was reminded that life on the ground for Palestinians has not really changed since the U.N. recognized their state last month in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

Twal had to enter the biblical city through a massive metal gate in the barrier of towering concrete slabs Israel built between Jerusalem and Bethlehem during a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings in the last decade.

Israel, backed by the United States, opposed the statehood bid, saying it was a Palestinian ploy to bypass negotiations. Talks stalled four years ago, primarily over Israel's construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast war.

Israel has rejected the Palestinians' demand that it freeze all construction before they will renew talks, and launched a major settlement building push in retaliation for the successful statehood bid.

Hundreds of people were on hand to greet Twal in Manger Square, outside the Church of Nativity. The mood was festive under sunny skies, with children dressed in holiday finery or in Santa costumes, and marching bands playing in the streets.

A lavishly decorated 55-foot (25-meter) fir tree with a nativity scene at its foot dominated the plaza. Festivities were to culminate with Midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity, built over the grotto where tradition says Jesus was born.

Devout Christians said it was a moving experience to be so close to the origins of their faith.

"It's a special feeling to be here, it's an encounter with my soul and God," said Joanne Kurczewska, a professor at Warsaw University in Poland, who was visiting Bethlehem for a second time at Christmas.

Christmas is the high point of the year in Bethlehem, which, like the rest of the West Bank, is struggling to recover from the economic hard times that followed the violent Palestinian uprising against Israel that broke out in late 2000.

Tourists and pilgrims who had been scared away by the fighting have been returning in larger numbers. Last year's Christmas Eve celebration produced the highest turnout in more than a decade, with some 100,000 visitors, including foreign workers and Arab Christians from Israel.

The Israeli Tourism Ministry predicts a 25 percent drop from that level this year, following last month's clash between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, which put a chill on tourist arrivals. Foreign tourists heading to Bethlehem must pass through Israel or the Israel-controlled border crossing into the West Bank from Jordan.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2012-12-24-Holy%20Land-Christmas/id-393d2433e25148ca90d71ddf81db5416

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Christmas Beetroot Salad | Five Euro Food

Dec 24, 2012

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Serves: Makes ~6
Cost: ~?0.90
Preparation and cooking time: ~10 minutes
Calories: ~66 calories per serving

Well folks, Christmas is almost upon us, and on behalf of my family, I?d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a fantastic Christmas and New Year. As per tradition, we?ll be having not one, but two ?Christmas days? in our home this year. We?ll be celebrating Swedish Christmas on the 24th, and then English Christmas on the 25th, along with a rather delectable array of food and drink for each day?s main meal. We?ll be having people over to celebrate with us on both days. It?s a lot of work, cooking for seven people one day, and then eight the next but it?s Christmas after all, and for me that?s all about togetherness, friendship, and mutual celebration.

The 25th is going to be a traditional English lunch ? roast turkey, roast potatoes, roasted parsnips, carrots, and sprouts, yorkshire puddings, sausages wrapped in bacon, gravy, cranberry sauce, and all topped off with a Yule Log?and mince pies?with brandy butter. The 24th is going to be a traditional Swedish?Julbord?(Christmas table) ? gravlax, pickled herring, meatballs, sausages, boiled eggs, hard and soft bread, boiled potatoes, Jansson?s Temptation, kavring (a type of bread which I?ll post a recipe for one day soon), beetroot salad (the subject of today?s post), rice porridge, and all rounded off with gingerbread cookies and cake.

Yum? for some!

Phew ? that?s quite a list. Add to that having to get the timing right and things are looking a bit hair-raising, so thank goodness for simple things, like the beetroot salad which takes mere minutes to throw together. You can make it the night before. No, scratch that, you?should make it the night before, as the colours will infuse over night giving a much more aesthetically pleasing dish. Beetroot haters of the world ? feel free to skip this. If you?re not a fan then this dish isn?t going to change your mind but if you are then this makes a wonderfully light, colourful, healthy and fresh addition to the traditionally starchy, carb-laden meal.

I?m starting to think I?m a bit beetroot-obsessed, I post it so darn much! Anyway though, I?ll leave you for now and will be back after Christmas with the best roast beef! Seriously ? it rocks. I posted a roast beef recipe before but screw that, it?s garbage compared to this. Have a happy and a healthy one y?all!

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

• ~3 large peeled and boiled Beetroot
• 1 Onion
• 1 Granny Smith Apple
• ~250g thick Yoghurt, or regular yoghurt, filtered in a coffee filter for an hour to remove excess liquid
• ~3tbsps Mayonnaise
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Try to make this dish 24 hours in advance. Start off by dicing the beetroot into small cubes. Peel, core, and grate the apple, and then peel and finely chop the onion. Transfer to a large bowl and add in the yoghurt and mayonnaise.
2. Mix the ingredients well and season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to a suitable sized bowl or container and store in the refrigerator. The next day, mix the contents of the bowl again to ensure even sauce and colour distribution and enjoy as a Christmas table accompaniment.

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Ingredients

• ~3 large peeled and boiled Beetroot
• 1 Onion
• 1 Granny Smith Apple
• ~250g thick Yoghurt, or regular yoghurt, filtered in a coffee filter for an hour to remove excess liquid
• ~3tbsps Mayonnaise
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

Source: http://www.fiveeurofood.com/index.php/2012/12/christmas-beetroot-salad/

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10 Things to Know for Tuesday

Volunteer Katherine Beaupre takes phone calls from children asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their house, during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation, at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Monday Dec. 24, 2012. Over a thousand volunteers at NORAD handle more than 100,000 thousand phone calls from children around the world every Christmas Eve, with NORAD continually projecting Santa's supposed progress delivering presents. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Volunteer Katherine Beaupre takes phone calls from children asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their house, during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation, at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Monday Dec. 24, 2012. Over a thousand volunteers at NORAD handle more than 100,000 thousand phone calls from children around the world every Christmas Eve, with NORAD continually projecting Santa's supposed progress delivering presents. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Pope Benedict XVI holds the pastoral staff as he celebrates the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI marked Christmas Eve with Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and a pressing question: Will people find room in their hectic, technology-driven lives for children, the poor and God? The pontiff also prayed that Israelis and Palestinians live in peace and freedom, and asked the faithful to pray for strife-torn Syria as well as Lebanon and Iraq. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A makeshift memorial that says "W.W.F.D. God Bless You" sits in front of a home in Webster, N.Y., Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. An ex-con set a car and a house ablaze in his lakeside neighborhood to lure firefighters, then opened fire on them, killing two, engaging in a shootout with police and committing suicide while several homes burned. Authorities used an armored vehicle to evacuate the area. (AP Photo/Messenger Post Media, Jack Haley)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Tuesday:

1. WHO'S KEEPING TABS ON SANTA

Hundreds of volunteers at "NORAD Tracks Santa" receive tens of thousands of calls from kids curious about St. Nick's progress on Christmas Eve.

2. POPE: MAKE ROOM FOR CHRIST

Benedict XVI marks Christmas Eve with Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, asking: Will people find room in their hectic, technology-driven lives for children, the poor and God?

3. 'IT DOES APPEAR IT WAS A TRAP'

An ex-con guns down two firefighters after luring them to his central New York neighborhood by setting a car and a house ablaze.

4. CHILD DEATHS BY GUNS

Between 2006 and 2010, 561 children age 12 and under were killed by firearms, according to the FBI.

5. AFGHAN POLICEWOMAN KILLS US ADVISER

It is the first such shooting by a woman in a spate of insider attacks by Afghans against their foreign allies.

6. WHAT OBAMA FACES WHEN HE RETURNS FROM HAWAII

Big issues awaiting the president include more 'fiscal cliff' wrangling, immigration and gun control.

7. 'THE ODD COUPLE'S' BELOVED OSCAR DIES AT 90

Jack Klugman played the gruff, down-to-earth type of guy you could imagine running into at a bar or riding on a subway.

8. FOOD PANTRIES 101

Growing numbers of food banks on university campuses may be a response to a weak economy and a sign of the latest trend in student activism.

9. HOW GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES FEEL ABOUT TV HOST

Thousands sign a petition seeking British CNN host Piers Morgan's deportation from the U.S. over his gun control views.

10. WHERE HOPES FOR A TRUCE SEEM DOUBTFUL

After talks with President Assad, the international envoy to Syria offers no indication of progress toward ending the civil war.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/386c25518f464186bf7a2ac026580ce7/Article_2012-12-24-10%20Things%20to%20Know-Tuesday/id-7ce6768a9ef34878a1e477ab7ea2698f

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