Six years ago a group of surgeons opened a temporary clinic in Jordan to operate on Iraqis with injuries untreatable in their home country, but recent violence in Libya, Yemen and Syria has led to the project being extended and expanded

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Search giant Google patents the design of its augmented reality glasses, known as Project Glass.

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THE CASE FOR ultimately approving the Keystone XL pipeline — always strong — has grown stronger. A key environmentalist argument against Keystone XL has been that the project would encourage the extraction of bitumen, a particularly dirty oil-like substance, from the “oil sands” in Alberta. If activists could “shut in” Canadian bitumen, limiting the ability of oil companies to sell the product, they argued, perhaps petroleum firms wouldn’t be able to fully develop the oil sands. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: A better case for Keystone XL

The second iteration of the Google Art Project has greatly expanded the number of museums and artworks available.

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Critic’s Notebook: Google Art Project’s Expanded Offerings

The man who runs a California school offering courses on growing marijuana says he will give up the project days after US federal agents raided it.

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Owner gives up marijuana school

Ray Isle ( @islewine on Twitter ) is Food & Wine's executive wine editor. We trust his every cork pop and decant – and the man can sniff out a bargain to boot. Take it away, Ray. We all have special memories of Easter. For me, it’s running through the playground on a balmy day in Houston, hunting for brightly colored eggs, all the giddy happiness of childhood fizzing through my seven-year-old brain. For my brother, oddly enough, it was having nightmares about the Easter Bunny, who appeared in his dreams as a seven-foot rabbit with huge fangs. Such, such were the joys. (He turned out fine, in case you’re curious.) Regardless, certain foods are distinctly associated with this holiday, whether for secular or religious reasons, and so here are a few quick suggestions of what wines might best accompany them. Eggs Eggs in general are an Easter tradition – a symbol of new life, as well as a food traditionally banned during Lent, then eaten during an Easter feast. There are more options than colored hard-boiled eggs, though. Brodetto pasquale , a Roman Easter soup, is a delicious beef-lamb broth brightened by marjoram and lemon and thickened with egg. It isn’t that heavy and it comes at the start of the meal, so a crisp white is an ideal choice. Frascati, a staple of casual Roman trattorias, would be ideal. The 2010 Fontana Candida ($9) is easy-drinking and pleasant; the same winery’s 2009 Luna Mater bottling ($22) is a standout. Ham Whether it comes from the notion that hams once put away to cure in the fall were ready by spring or from a simple “Well, ham sure tasted good at Christmas, let’s have one at Easter, too” inspiration, there’s no question that Easter is good times for ham salesmen. The key with ham and wine is salt – salt tends to intensify tannins, so if you want red, go for a lighter wine. Pinot Noir is a good choice, like the lively 2010 Pinot Project Pinot Noir ($14) or the berry-scented 2009 A to Z ($19), as is a lighter Italian red, such as the cherry-inflected 2009 Col D’Orcia Rosso di Montalcino ($24). Lamb There are a number of cultural and religious reasons why lamb is a classic Easter dish , and there’s a basic culinary reason, too, which is that roast lamb tastes great. (I fully admit to bias – I love lamb.) Personally, I’m a fan of marinating a butterflied leg in Greek yogurt, sliced garlic and chopped rosemary and then slapping it on the grill, but no matter how it’s prepared, lamb loves red wine. It particularly loves Syrah – the roasted meat and pepper notes of the wine taste great with lamb’s gamey intensity. Look for the ripe 2008 Andrew Murray Tous les Jours ($16) from California, the smoky 2009 Yalumba Y Series Shiraz ($13) from Australia (Shiraz and Syrah are the same grape) or the peppery 2009 Delas Freres Côtes du Rhône Les Esprit ($15), which adds a bit of Grenache, Carignan and Mourvèdre to its blend. Peeps Peeps with wine? Come on. Everyone knows that Peeps go best with beer. More from Food & Wine: Easter Desserts Lamb Recipes Egg Recipes Best Breakfast Sandwiches in the U.S. Easter Recipes

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Hop on these Easter wines

Google shows off concept designs for augmented reality glasses that it is developing, confirming rumours about the project.

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Google unveils augmented eyewear

The premise of “ The Devil Inside ” is that supernatural evil is contagious. But, hey, we knew that. Look how the scourge of the phony-found-footage horror movie leaped from “ The Blair Witch Project ” to the “ Paranormal Activity ” series to this low-budget, low-concept, zero-plausibility flick. It’s a pestilence of infectious claptrap. Read full article > >

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‘Devil Inside’: Low-budget, low-concept, zero-plausibility horror movie

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has become architect, historian, interior decorator and custodian to manage the project, which he called a symbol that government can make citizens proud.

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Managed by Cuomo, Capitol Restoration Is Unveiled

The tiny village of Babanakayama, Japan, had plans to build a road to resettle on higher ground, but opposition has sidelined the project.

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In Babanakayama, Japan, Road to Future Leads Nowhere

No matter how old I get or how much I procreate, the elders in the family always seem to cover the Christmas meals. Sure, I pitch in by taking over a tradition or two — braiding the Christmas breakfast wreath or assembling the trifle for Christmas dinner — but I have yet to actually host. My duties don’t really kick in until the next week, for New Year’s Eve. And that is a meal I like to dive into, deeply. It started the year a friend needed to break in a new kitchen at a little beach house, and I was a newly minted food writer. I threw myself into the project, the perfect marriage of my personal and professional selves. The menu featured fish from the nearby dock, wine from a local vineyard and a collection of other courses with recipes I’d loved, and in some cases published, during the year. Read full article > >

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New Year’s Eve: An intimate dinner for friends

NEW YORK — As we sit in a booth at Maialino in the Gramercy Park Hotel, devouring a roast-pork-and-fried-egg sandwich good enough to heal the sick, two of Ed Levine’s staffers start dishing about their boss’s myopia in selecting his favorite haunts for “Serious Eats: A Comprehensive Guide to Making & Eating Delicious Food Wherever You Are.” Apparently, Levine wanted to lard a category or two in Serious Eats ’ debut book with New York City restaurants, which could have instantly undercut the national scope of the project. Read full article > >

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A cheap eats smackdown: New York vs. Washington

Hewlett Packard donates its mobile system software, WebOS, to the open source community and says it will continue to invest in the project.

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HP donates WebOS to open sourcers

Jon Jarvis, the top federal parks official, tabled the project after conversations with Coca-Cola, a major donor to the National Park Foundation.

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Parks Chief Blocked Plan for Grand Canyon Bottle Ban

Position:  President and chief executive of the QED Group, an international consulting firm in the District. Career highlights:  Division vice president, international health, at Abt Associates; vice president and director, Center for Private Sector Health Initiatives; director, USAID’s NetMark Regional Malaria Project, and private sector health advisor, USAID’s BASICS Project, Academy for Educational Development; Asia regional manager, SOMARC Project, and deputy regional manager, North West Africa and Middle East, SOMARC Project (Futures Group); Mali resident adviser, SOMARC Project, AED. Read full article > >

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