Russia's Putin switches economy minister to the Kremlin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Andrei Belousov as his top economic adviser on Monday, beefing up his Kremlin staff with an advocate of a big state role in the economy as part of a wider rotation of his policy team.

As economy minister, Belousov came under fire from Russia's liberal policy establishment by calling for the state to determine bank lending rates, which he argues would unblock the flow of affordable credit to the economy.

Belousov will be replaced by Alexei Ulyukayev, who is moving from the central bank after being beaten to the top job there by Elvira Nabiullina, who formally assumed her role on Monday after a year as the Kremlin's 'chief economist'.

The job moves, which had been flagged in advance, set the scene for a shift towards a more activist approach to managing Russia's economy as policymakers seek to engineer a recovery at a time of still-high inflation.

"This is all being done to embark on a dynamic stimulus of economic growth," said Julia Tsepliaeva, a Russia economist at BNP Paribas in Moscow.

(Reporting by Maya Dyakina; Writing by Douglas Busvine; Editing by John Stonestreet)

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House investigators: Disability judges too lax

WASHINGTON (AP) ? U.S. House investigators say Social Security is approving state-rejected claims for disability benefits at strikingly high rates for people who might not deserve them. Compounding the problem, the agency often fails to do required follow-up reviews to make sure people still qualify for benefits months or years later.

Claims for benefits have increased by 25 percent since 2007, pushing the fund that supports the disability program to the brink of insolvency. Social Security officials say the primary driver of the increase is a surge in baby boomers more prone to disabilities as they age but not quite old enough to qualify for retirement benefits.

Investigators from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee say management problems also add to the financial problems of the cash-strapped program.

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Wozniak on Jobs' Biopic: 'Young Steve Wasn't a Saint'

The first trailer of the upcoming Steve Jobs' biopic starring Ashton Kutcher is here. I asked Steve Wozniak?close friend of Steve Jobs and Apple co-founder?about it. Here's what he said:

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HK silent so far on possible Snowden extradition

HONG KONG (AP) ? Hong Kong was silent Saturday on whether a former National Security Agency contractor should be extradited to the United States now that he has been charged with espionage, but some legislators said the decision should be up to the Chinese government.

Edward Snowden, believed to be holed up in Hong Kong, has admitted providing information to the news media about two highly classified NSA surveillance programs.

It is not known if the U.S. government has made a formal extradition request to Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong government had no immediate reaction to the charges against Snowden. Police Commissioner, Andy Tsang, when was asked about the development, told reporters only that the case would be dealt with according to the law. A police statement said it was "inappropriate" for the police to comment on the case.

When China regained control of Hong Kong in 1997, the former British colony was granted a high degree of autonomy and granted rights and freedoms not seen on mainland China. However, under the city's mini constitution Beijing is allowed to intervene in matters involving defense and diplomatic affairs.

Outspoken legislator Leung Kwok-hung said Beijing should instruct Hong Kong to protect Snowden from extradition before his case gets dragged through the court system. Leung also urged the people of Hong Kong to "take to the streets to protect Snowden."

Another legislator, Cyd Ho, vice-chairwoman of the pro-democracy Labour Party, said China "should now make its stance clear to the Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region) government" before the case goes before a court.

China has urged Washington to provide explanations following the disclosures of National Security Agency programs which collect millions of telephone records and track foreign Internet activity on U.S. networks, but it has not commented on Snowden's status in Hong Kong.

A formal extradition request, which could drag through appeal courts for years, would pit Beijing against Washington at a time China tries to deflect U.S. accusations that it carries out extensive surveillance on American government and commercial operations.

Snowden's whereabouts have not been publicly known since he checked out of a Hong Kong hotel on June 10. He said in an interview with the South China Morning Post that he hoped to stay in the autonomous region of China because he has faith in "the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate." Tsang said in interview broadcast on local television that he could not comment when asked about a local newspaper report that Snowden was in a police "safe house."

Snowden and his supporters have also spoken of his seeking asylum from Iceland.

A prominent former politician in Hong Kong, Martin Lee, the founding chairman of the Democratic Party, said he doubted whether Beijing would intervene at this stage.

"Beijing would only intervene according to my understanding at the last stage. If the magistrate said there is enough to extradite, then Mr. Snowden can then appeal," he said.

Lee said Beijing could then decide at the end of the appeal process if it wanted Snowden extradited or not.

A one-page criminal complaint unsealed Friday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, said Snowden engaged in unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence information. Both are charges under the Espionage Act. Snowden also is charged with theft of government property. All three crimes carry a maximum 10-year prison penalty.

The complaint will be an integral part of the U.S. government's effort to have Snowden extradited from Hong Kong, a process that could become a prolonged legal battle. Snowden could contest extradition on grounds of political persecution.

Hong Kong lawyer Mark Sutherland said that the filing of a refugee, torture or inhuman punishment claim acts as an automatic bar on any extradition proceedings until those claims can be assessed.

"Some asylum seekers came to Hong Kong 10 years ago and still haven't had their protection claims assessed," Sutherland said.

Organizers of a public protest in support of Snowden last week said Saturday that there were no plans for similar demonstrations this weekend.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hk-silent-far-possible-snowden-extradition-051344237.html

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Flip-Pal mobile scanner

The Flip-Pal mobile scanner is different from any other portable scanner I've ever tested, and I mean that in a good way. Every other battery-powered scanner with PC-free scanning I've seen, even the ones that claim to be photo scanners, are sheet fed, which means you risk harming your photos, and delicate originals in general, when you feed them through the scanner. The Flip-Pal mobile scanner is a flatbed, which eliminates the risk. Along with the reasonably good scan quality and some other pluses, that's enough to make it Editors' Choice.

The Flip-Pal also shares an important advantage with the Visioneer Mobility and the nearly identical Xerox Mobile Scanner, both Editors' Choices for a sheet-fed portable document scanner. Most PC-free scanners scan to memory, without giving you any way to see the scan until later, when you move the file to your PC. The Flip-Pal and the Xerox and Visioneer models are unusual, however, in giving you a way to see your scans on the spot, while you can still rescan if you have to.

The Flip-Pal offers a built-in 1.7-inch color LCD to show the scans. You can't zoom in on the image the way you can with most cameras to check scan quality in detail, but the LCD is big enough to show any major quality issues. The scanner also supports?but doesn't come with?an Eye-Fi card, which you can use to send your scans to an Android or iOS device for a better look.

The Basics
There's literally nothing to set up with the Flip-Pal. It runs on four AA batteries, which come already installed. All you have to do is pull out the plastic piece that keeps the batteries from making electrical contact. There's also software on the 2GB SD card the scanner comes with, but you run it from the card, so there's no software to install either.

The Flip-Pal is about the size of a slim hardcover book, at 1.3 by 10.3 by 6.5 inches (HWD). The flatbed measures 4 by 6 inches and is covered with a slightly larger lid. The LCD and menu control buttons are to the right of the lid, with the Power button, Scan button, and SD card slot lined up along the scanner's right side. Putting the Scan button on the side may seem like a mistake at first glance, because you have to hold the scanner in place when you push the button. However there's a good reason for putting it there.

The flatbed lid is designed to come off, and the bottom of the scanner includes a window that's lined up with and the same size as the flatbed. The two features together let you scan originals that won't fit under the lid, like photos mounted in an album. Simply snap off the lid, flip the scanner over, and put the flatbed on top of the original. Then adjust the position by looking through the window, and hit the Scan button. Because the button is on the side, it's just as easy to get at whether the scanner is upside down or right side up.

The same trick lets you scan originals that are larger than 4 by 6. Take a set of overlapping scans, looking through the window to make sure you're positioning the scanner correctly for each one, and then use the stitching software on the SD card to stitch them together later on your computer.

Scanning
Scanning with Flip-Pal is supremely straightforward. The only scan option is resolution, with choices of 300 or 600 pixels per inch (ppi), although the 300 ppi setting is generally high enough for photos. You can also set how long the scanner waits for activity before it turns itself off, with settings of 1, 2, and 10 minutes. Beyond that, most of the menu choices simply give you help information, like how to scan large originals.

To scan, you position the original in the flatbed, or the scanner on the photo, and hit the Scan button. As the scan proceeds, the image shows up on the LCD, so when the scanner is right-side up, you can see the scan in progress as well as the final result. You can also use the menu buttons to scroll through scans already on the card.

Timing the scans is a little tricky, since it's hard to pinpoint when the scan finishes, but I timed the scans at roughly 8 to 9 seconds at 300 ppi and 16 to 17 seconds at 600 ppi. In both cases there's an additional 7 or 8 seconds needed for the scan element to return to its starting position, but you can start setting up for the next scan while that's happening.

Scan Results

When you're finished scanning, you can plug the memory card into you computer if you have an SD card slot, or you can plug the card into the supplied adaptor and then plug the adaptor into a USB A port on your computer. Either way, you can then run the Flip-Pal software from the card or simply treat the card as USB memory and copy the scan files, which are in JPG format, to your computer.

If you want to do anything more with your photos than print, email, or archive them, you'll need to get software elsewhere, since the SD card doesn't offer anything that rises to the level of being a photo editor. However, it's worth knowing that in addition to buying the scanner by itself, as tested, you can also get it with software. Both the Flip-Pal mobile scanner with Digital Creativity Suite 3.0 DVD ($209.99 direct) and the Flip-Pal mobile scanner with CraftEdition 2.1 DVD ($199.99 direct), include the identical scanner covered here plus an assortment of programs, including photo editors, with different software in each bundle.

What comes with the Flip-Pal scanner as tested is the stitching tool I already mentioned and a tool for restoring color to faded images. Anyone with an old, faded photo will appreciate the color restore feature, which did a good job in my tests of rejuvenating the color. The stitching tool also worked well. I scanned a 5 by 7 photo, for example, in two overlapping scans, with the stitching tool taking just 19 seconds to join them into one image. With a letter-size original, I needed 9 scans, with the stitching taking 1 minute 23 seconds.

Image quality was easily good enough for casual photographers. Colors in most photos were a little darker than the originals and, in some cases, more saturated. However, the scans were well within an acceptable range for what you can think of as snapshot quality or a little better. Serious photographers who want the best possible scans won't be satisfied with the results, but most people will find them more than good enough, even for printing out additional copies suitable for framing.

The one improvement I'd love to see in this scanner is a larger LCD, or at least the ability to zoom in on the image. I'd also like the scanner better if it came with more programs, but that's not really an issue, given the two other versions that add more software at only a moderately higher price. More important, if you don't need the programs, you can save money by getting the version as tested, which actually turns the lack of software into a plus. Along with the flatbed, for scanning without risking harm to the originals, plus the flip-over design, that makes the Flip-Pal mobile scanner a shoo-in for Editors' Choice.

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The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade celebrated with his girlfriend Gabrielle Union after Game 7 of the NBA basketball championship against the San Antonio Spurs, Friday, June 21, 2013, in Miami. The Miami Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs 95-88 to win their second straight NBA championship. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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The Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) celebrates in the locker room after Game 7 of the NBA basketball championship against the San Antonio Spurs, Friday, June 21, 2013, in Miami. The Miami Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs 95-88 to win their second straight NBA championship. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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The Miami Heat and staff celebrate winning Game 7 of the NBA Finals over the San Antonio Spurs at the American Airlines Arena June 20, 2013 in Miami, Florida. The Miami Heat, led by NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James (2nd-L), won the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year by defeating the San Antonio Spurs 95-88 in game seven of the championship series. AFP PHOTO / Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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From left, Miami Heat president Pat Riley, assistant coach David Fizdale, and head coach Erik Spoelstra celebrate after Game 7 of the NBA basketball championships, Friday, June 21, 2013, in Miami. The Miami Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs 95-88 to win their second straight NBA championship.(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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From left, Miami Heat players Mario Chalmers, Chris Bosh, and Dwyane Wade celebrate after defeating the San Antonio Spurs 95-88 to win their second straight NBA championship after Game 7 of the NBA basketball championships, Friday, June 21, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Norris Cole carries the trophy during the after Game 7 of the NBA basketball championships, Friday, June 21, 2013, in Miami. The Miami Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs 95-88 to win their second straight NBA championship. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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The Miami Herald headlining the Miami Heat's victory over the San Antonio Spurs is displayed at the American Airlines Arena following Game 7 of the NBA Finals June 20, 2013 in Miami, Florida. The Miami Heat, led by NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James (2nd-L), won the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year by defeating the San Antonio Spurs 95-88 in game seven of the championship series. AFP PHOTO / Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Miami Heat owner Micky Arison speaks to the media after Game 7 of the NBA basketball championship game against the San Antonio Spurs, Friday, June 21, 2013, in Miami. The Miami Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs 95-88 to win their second straight NBA championship. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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