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Depending on how you look at it, things could be either good or bad at Canadian tech turnaround story BlackBerry (NYSE:BB). Thus far in 2014, BlackBerry stock has surged by an impressive 32%.
However, zoom out and you'll see that BlackBerry stock is sitting firmly in the red, down 30% over the past 12 months. BlackBerry's chances of survival in present and emerging tech markets against the likes of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google certainly seem far-fetched. So why the upswing this year?
How BlackBerry got its groove back
Under new CEO John Chen, BlackBerry has made all the right moves, deleveraging its financial results from its mobile-phone business that's dying in plain sight against Apple's iPhone and Google's Android empire.
However, getting a true sense of just how viable a place BlackBerry can carve out in its new verticals has proved challenging since Chen first announced BlackBerry's reformation last year. For instance, BlackBerry's QNX currently dominates the in-car infotainment space, with software like Apple's CarPlay relying on QNX to a large degree. However, with Apple and Google both looking to make inroads in emerging technology verticals, it's hard to gauge how BlackBerry's turnaround will play out in the years ahead, as tech and telecom specialist Andrew Tonner discusses in the following video.
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Mayor of the 15th district of Budapest László Hajdu could face disciplinary procedures that might temporarily suspend his power after he blocked council investments he highly suspected of being corrupt, reports Hungarian news site hvg.hu. The emerging story is a picturesque example of the mechanics behind misappropriated public funds in Hungary.
The 15th district council will decide Tuesday whether to initiate disciplinary procedures against Mayor Hajdu (a member of the Democratic Coalition, or DK party). Disciplinary procedures, proposed by Fidesz members of the district council but also backed by a Socialist (MSZP) and a Jobbik council member, were officially justified by the fact that Mayor Hajdu had not executed two resolutions formally adopted by the council.
However, according to hvg.hu's district council sources, the real motivation behind the disciplinary procedures is to remove Hajdu – originally backed by DK and local NGOs – from power in order to force through three contracts prepared by the district's economic operation center (GMK), led by the recently appointed Fidesz-tied Gizella Aradi.
Aradi was responsible for preparing tenders for the renovation of two district kindergartens and a nursery. The district council approved the tenders prepared by the GMK, worth HUF 245 million (USD 901,600), in February.
However, strange modifications to the tenders began to surface around May. After an elaborate internal mailing between Hajdu and the GMK, Hajdu assembled a meeting to discuss the issue. According to an anonymous district council source, the following information was revealed at the meeting:
- The GMK which is only entitled to execute the council's decisions arbitrarily modified the tenders both technically and formally without the knowledge of the council.
- The tenders that were approved by the council were originally open public procurements. However, by May the GMK modified the tenders to be restricted.
- The commissioned public procurement expert Péter Barkócz remarkably concurred with the Fidesz-KDNP council members, the leader of the GMK and the deputy mayor, who was also appointed by Fidesz. The expert argued that too many companies applied for the tenders, hence the restriction on the tenders was completely justifiable.
- The estimated costs of the renovations increased by 40 percent in all three tenders.
According to hvg.hu's anonymous source, Hajdu openly confronted the expert, the deputy-mayor and Aradi at the meeting, saying: "I have a feeling that you represent the interests of the invited contractors, instead of the council's."
Hajdu added that he couldn't understand why he didn't hear a single word about possible ways to cut costs in order to save council funds, and only heard justifications for the tens of millions of forints in extra costs.
In addition to the sudden escalation of costs, all three contracts contained elements that raised suspicion of the involvement of a cartel. The cost calculations proposed by the contractors contained strange similarities and, in some cases, the same mistake repeated in all three contracts.
Mayor Hajdu had to choose between turning a blind eye to the suspicious circumstances and giving a green light to the renovations, or refusing to sign the contracts, hence postponing the needed investments. He chose the latter, and a full-scale attack on him commenced.
Fidesz-KDNP council member János Agárdi – who initiated the disciplinary procedures against the mayor – told hvg.hu that the opposition parties in the district consciously obstructed the implementation of the project through the mayor in order to create an unpleasant topic for next year's general elections.
"The body decided to allocate these funds to the renovation and reconstruction of these facilities. Even though the decision obliges the mayor, he refused to execute it, moreover he did not even provide an explanation," said Agárdi, adding his assertion that the council notary, former MSZP MP Mónika Lamperth, is behind Hadju's actions.
As the council notary, Lamperth is not allowed to voice her political opinion, but the former minister of interior is responsible for the council's legal operation. Because of the suspicious contracts, Lamperth appealed to the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) and the president of the Public Procurement Authority. According to Agárdi, Lamperth should have waited to act at least until the end of the Hajdu disciplinary procedures, and he argues she acted based on party interests.
When asked about the astonishing 40 percent increase in costs, Agárdi told hvg.hu that the original estimates calculated before the appointment of GMK director Aradi were "abnormally low" and current prices reflect the market prices. However, contrary to this, Mayor Hajdu insisted that the initial estimates were already presented under the new leadership of the GMK.
Agárdi also dismissed concerns regarding the restricted nature of the tenders, as "the number of companies selected for the tenders were sufficiently high," and refuted claims that the suspicion of a cartel ever surfaced.
"If according to the mayor a [cartel] is in the background, he should voice his opinion, he should react," Agárdi said.
Agárdi's statements coincidentally match completely with how Fidesz's district newspaper presented the story. The article published on July 2 states that mayor Hajdu "calls his followers to arms" inspired by the "former minister of interior Lamperth" to fight the "MSZP-DK civil war." Regarding the 40 percent increase in costs, the modification of the tenders from open to restricted and the strange similarities in the contracts, the newspaper only wrote two words: "alleged corruption."


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Sunday, March 09, 2014
Definitions for synergy
- the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc.; synergism.
- Physiology, Medicine/Medical. the cooperative action of two or more muscles, nerves, or the like.
- Biochemistry, Pharmacology. the cooperative action of two or more stimuli or drugs.
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The stock market had been wavering up and down for some time due to the lingering confusion over the effects of the Trade Reform Act. But what kind of evil synergy was this?
The synergy of monasticism became a major civilizing force so that, some six centuries later, Cadfael's choice of the Benedictine monastery was a natural one for a weary wandering soldier seeking stability and order in a disordered world.
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England wins thriller against French
England stunned hosts France with a thrilling 24-22 away victory to erase any hopes the French had of winning the Six Nations title.
The visitors outscored the French by three tries to one as they became the first team to win at Stade de France in the Six Nations since their compatriots prevailed in 2008.
England had an early chance to go over but it fell short when South African-born lock Mouritz Botha knocked on and France cleared.
The hosts too had an early chance to break the deadlock but Lionel Beauxis, starting for the first time since 2009, saw his drop goal effort fall woefully short of the target.
His half-back partner Julien Dupuy had another chance to put the French ahead in the eighth minute after England was penalised, but the Stade Francais half-back's penalty drifted wide of the post.
But this French dominance came to nothing as a loose pass by Dimitry Szarzewski was picked up by Manu Tuilagi, who sped down the left and outpaced Aurelien Rougerie to touch down in the corner for his fifth try.
Owen Farrell converted brilliantly from the touchline to make it 7-0.
Beauxis got France on the board with a penalty in the 17th minute but it was barely able to enjoy that when it conceded another try.
A brilliant run by England number eight Ben Morgan carved open the French defence and a superb off-load with the back of his hand to Ben Foden saw the full-back tackled by Vincent Clerc but his momentum carried him over the line.
Farrell converted for 14-3.
France was all at sea especially Beauxis and fortunate not to go further behind when the previously foot-perfect Farrell saw a penalty from in front of the posts cannon back off one of them.
The home side reduced the deficit with a Dupuy penalty just after the half-hour mark, as Foden was penalised for not calling for a mark inside his 22 when tackled by Rougerie and then failing to release the ball.
But the French were hit by a further blow in the 37th minute as Clerc had to go off with his lower left arm strapped and was replaced by Maxime Mermoz.
Despite the apparent superiority of the English it was France who went off for half-time boosted by Beauxis landing a long-range penalty to leave it only five points adrift at 9-14.
Farrell made it 17-9 in the 50th minute for a deliberate knock-on and at that point coach Philippe Saint-Andre decided it was time to make sweeping changes sending on three replacements, including Morgan Parra for the struggling Dupuy.
Referee Alain Rolland was not so lenient when England was penalised for a deliberate knock on as he sin-binned Charlie Sharples, who had only come in for his first start on Saturday when David Strettle failed to recover from a chest injury.
Even with the one man advantage the French were unable to make any inroads into the England lead, though, just after Sharples returned, Parra converted a penalty to make it 17-12.
English nerves frayed further when Beauxis landed a long-range penalty from just inside England territory to leave France just two points adrift with near on 10 minutes remaining.
But England hit back in style with its third try as Tom Croft sent Rougerie the wrong way and broke one tackle to touch down. Farrell converted to make it 24-15.
Finally France crossed the try line to make it a tension-filled last five minutes as Wesley Fofana went over in the corner for his fourth try in as many matches after being fed by Parra, who then converted from the touchline.
The French went roaring back into the English half spearheaded by Rougerie but replacement Francois Trinh-Duc's effort at a drop goal fell short and England had held on by the skin of its teeth.
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David Mazouz: First Look at Young Bruce Wayne in 'Gotham'!
Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) is comforted by Detective James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) in this first look still at the upcoming series Gotham!
The Fox adaptation follows one cop, destined for greatness, as he navigates a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil, and chronicles the birth of one of the most popular super heroes of our time.
The show also stars Jada Pinkett Smith, Donal Logue, Sean Pertwee, and Erin Richards. Check out all the character posters and series premiere stills inside, including the first official trailer below!
Gotham is set to air this fall on Mondays @ 8PM on FOX.
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Shorshe Murgi is a chicken curry with bold Bengali flavors. Aroma of hot green chili peppers, freshly ground mustard and mustard oil intensely speak of Bengali cuisine and this chicken curry has all of them simmering in the post.
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Gender and age play a huge part in health and well-being. Even though each individual is different, the composition of the male body can affect the type of fitness programme given compared to females and children. Click on links below for classes or one to ones that mentally push towards a positive space, whilst also being physically challenging for the male adult body.
Personal Daily Calorie Recommendation
Since health is personal to each individual, it is only logical that one's daily calorie intake would also be personal, but how many calories are too many calories? The fuel consumption for the average population in the UK is as follows;
Females 2000 per day
Males 2500 per day
To calculate a value that is specific to an individual, the Basic Metabolic Rate (BMR) equation for an adult male is shown below. This is the amount of calories you would use if you spent the whole day lying in bed.
66 + (6.3 x weight in lbs) + (12.9 x height in inches) – (6.8 x age in yrs) = BMR
66 + (13.7 x weight in kg) + (5.0 x height in cm) – (6.8 x age in yrs) = BMR
Multiply your BMR by a percentage to reflect your activity level as shown below. Note all levels include daily activities like gentle walking and light housework. When exercise (e.g. gym class, jog or work out) is mentioned, it is in addition to your daily activities.
- Sedentary — no exercise, sit at a desk most of the day – BMR x (120/100)
- Light Activity — no exercise, on feet during the day, e.g. shop work – BMR x (130/100)
- Moderately Active — exercise 3 or more days a week for 30 minutes or more – BMR x (140/100)
- Highly Active — exercise 5 or more days a week for 30 minutes or more – BMR x (150/100)
The result now gives you how many calories you need to maintain your current weight and a more accurate value of your personal daily calorie intake.
Did You Know…
Up to 30 yrs
30 – 50 yrs
50 yrs +
14 – 21%
15 – 23%
16 – 25%
9 – 15%
11 – 17%
12 – 19%
Measuring your body fat percentage calculates your total body fat. This total body fat can be split into 2 categories;
Storage Fat — This consists mainly of fat deposited just under the skin. For the average man 12% of bodyweight is storage fat and for the average woman 15% of bodyweight is storage fat.
Essential Body Fat — For the body to function normally and healthily a certain amount of body fat is required. This is called essential fat. For women the average amount of essential fat is 12% of bodyweight and for men it is 3%.
Trying to achieve a body fat percentage that is so low it affects your essential fat stores is NOT good for your health. Some storage fat is also required for good health. It's used to protect internal organs in the chest and abdomen.
The key is to aim and stay within the range for age and gender and rest assured you are taking one of the most positive steps to life-long health you can.


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New Delhi: A Jat group today moved the Supreme Court seeking a hearing if any petition is filed and entertained against the recent decision of quota benefits to the community members in Haryana.
"In case of filing of petition for stay (of decision to grant reservation) on behalf of the respondent (Raj Kumar Saini), the caveator wants to appear and wants to bring to the notice of the honourable court the true and material facts of the case," All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS) said in its caveat plea filed this afternoon in the Registry of the Apex Court.
Hawa Singh Sangwan, AIJASS President, has referred to the recent purported statement of Saini, a BJP MP from Kurukshetra, in which the lawmaker had said that he would move the Supreme Court against the grant of quota benefits to the Jat community.
A Bill to provide reservation to Jats and five other communities in government jobs and educational institutions was unanimously passed by the Haryana Assembly on 29 March, ahead of the 3 April deadline set by the community which had launched a violent quota agitation in February.
Meeting a key demand of the community, the measure envisages reservation to Jats and five other castes, Jat Sikhs, Rors, Bishnois, Tyagis and Mulla Jat/Muslim Jat, by constituting a new classification Block 'C' in the Backward Classes category.
It proposes to give 10 percent reservation to Jats and five other castes in government and government-aided educational institutions and Class III and IV government jobs. It also envisaged 6 percent reservation to Jats and five other castes in BC 'C' category in class I and II jobs.
Jats had threatened to relaunch their agitation on 18 March but put it off till 3 April after the BJP government in Haryana assured them it would bring the Bill. They had launched a stir in February demanding reservation in BC category. The agitation, which had taken a violent turn, left 30 people dead and 320 persons injured and resulted in huge damage to property.
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text: Whereas traditional commentaries tend to be comprehensive and micro-textual, this narratological commentary focuses on one aspect of the Odyssey, its narrativity, and pays lavish attention to the meso- and macro-levels. Drawing on the concepts of modern narratology as well as the insights of Homeric scholarship, it discusses the role of narrator and narratees, methods of characterization and description, plot-development, focalization, and the narrative exploitation of type-scenes. Full attention is also given to the structure, characterizing function, and relation to the narrative context of the abundantly present speeches. Finally, the numerous themes and motifs, which so subtly contribute to the unity of this long text, are traced and evaluated. Although Homer's brilliant narrative art has always been admired, this commentary aims to lay bare the techniques responsible for this brilliance. All Greek is translated and all technical terms explained in a glossary.


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Johannes Walter studies how vertebrate cells faithfully copy their genomes in S phase. He uses a powerful cell-free system derived from Xenopus eggs to understand the molecular machines that replicate DNA, the mechanisms by which they overcome DNA damage in the template strands, and the roles of tumor suppressor pathways in promoting DNA repair. Most recently, he has begun to probe the dynamics of DNA replication and repair with single-molecule analysis.
Our DNA comes under constant attack from endogenous and exogenous mutagens. The most lethal forms of DNA damage generally arise during S phase, when the collision of DNA replication forks with lesions can cause DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Left unrepaired, DSBs lead to gross chromosomal rearrangements, a hallmark and likely driving force of cancer. Despite its central importance for human health, the mechanism by which forks bypass DNA damage (replication-coupled repair) is poorly understood. My laboratory has pioneered a cell-free system to elucidate the molecular events underlying vertebrate DNA replication and replication-coupled repair.
The Mechanism and Regulation of DNA Replication
The MCM2-7 helicase complex is the first violin in the orchestra of DNA replication: it unwinds DNA at the leading edge of the replisome, it is the first component of the replisome to interact with DNA damage in the template, and its access to chromatin is strictly regulated to prevent re-replication within the same cell cycle. My laboratory studies all aspects of MCM2-7's regulation and mechanism of action. We identified a novel, replication-coupled proteolysis pathway that destroys the MCM2-7 loading machinery in S phase, thereby preventing re-replication. By colliding replisomes with bulky roadblocks in the DNA template strands, we also showed that MCM2-7 unwinds DNA by translocating along the leading-strand template in the 3' to 5' direction. We also plan to study replication termination, the process by which the replisome is disassembled and the daughter molecules are decatenated after converging forks meet. We are particularly interested in the mechanism of MCM2-7 unloading during termination.
Replication-Coupled DNA Repair
DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are caused by widely used chemotherapeutics, including cisplatin and mitomycin C, but also by endogenous metabolites. Failure to repair endogenous ICLs is a likely cause of Fanconi anemia, a human cancer predisposition and bone marrow failure syndrome. ICLs are repaired primarily in S phase, suggesting a link to DNA replication. We recapitulated ICL repair in Xenopus egg extracts and showed that the process is initiated when two replication forks arrest on either side of the lesion (see figure), followed by helicase dissociation, incisions, lesion bypass, and homologous recombination. We are investigating the proteins that catalyze each step in this intricate pathway and whether one or two replication forks are needed to initiate ICL repair.
DNA protein crosslinks (DPCs) are caused by formaldehyde, a likely environmental carcinogen. We recently succeeded in recapitulating DPC repair in egg extracts and are elucidating the underlying mechanism. Like ICL repair, DPC repair involves collision of two replication forks with the damage, but downstream events differ.
Some forms of DNA damage are greatly exacerbated by DNA replication. For example, a single-stranded nick in the template is converted to a double-stranded DNA break when the adjacent DNA is unwound by an arriving replisome (fork "collapse"). We are seeking to achieve sequence-specific replication fork collapse in vitro so that we may study the architecture of collapsed forks, as well as the mechanism of their repair.
Well-known tumor suppressors such as the Fanconi anemia and BRCA proteins regulate the response to various forms of DNA damage. Remarkably, these tumor suppressor pathways are active in egg extracts, allowing us to elucidate how they promote repair. We used immunodepletion of the FANCI-FANCD2 complex from extracts to show that the Fanconi anemia pathway stimulates the programmed incisions involved in ICL repair (Figure). We are also investigating how BRCA1 and BRCA2 promote the repair of ICLs and DPCs. These experiments will help us understand how genome instability arises in breast cancer and Fanconi anemia.
Single-Molecule Analysis of DNA Replication and Repair
To deepen our understanding of genome maintenance, we also study DNA replication and repair at the single-molecule level. Real-time, single-molecule imaging can detect transient reaction intermediates, determine rate constants, and measure changes in protein stoichiometry during multistep reactions. In the past few years, we developed tools that allow us to examine vertebrate DNA replication at the single-molecule level. We showed that phage λ DNA molecules (48 kb long) stretched on the surface of a microfluidic flow cell undergo efficient DNA replication in Xenopus egg extract. This revealed that the two sister replisomes emanating from a single origin of replication need not remain physically coupled to function in replication. We further developed a new approach, called PhADE (photoactivation, diffusion, excitation) that can image single fluorescently labeled proteins in a crude-extract environment. Recently, we have begun to use this platform to tackle the mechanisms of homologous recombination, DNA interstrand cross-link repair, and non-homologous end joining.
In summary, by combining cell-free extracts, designer DNA templates, and single-molecule analysis, we are dissecting the function and dynamics of the vertebrate replisome and the consequences of replisome collision with DNA lesions. Our experiments will help illuminate the causes of genomic instability in hereditary cancer syndromes and thereby lay the foundation for a rational approach to cancer therapy.
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Response to Hurricane Katrina: Less Finger Pointing…More Rebuilding and Recovery
I have read much about the US government response to Hurrican Katrina. Many government officials are getting pummeled for their lack of support for funding to shore up the levees in New Orleans in the years running up to this massive natural disaster. Some government officials say they could never have predicted such a disaster. The facts seem to point that such a disaster actually had been predicted – years ago and as recently as 30 hours before the hurricane hit.
What's my point?
I think my main point is that everybody is angry, hurt and disappointed at the government response to the hurricane and this could be a logical argument, but (and I'm no psychologist) it seems there is also a desire, nay, NEED to point fingers at somebody for all of this death and destruction. We cannot point it at Mother Nature. It seems a bit too tangential to point it at global warming, although it seems likely that more studies may be funded in this area – at least privately. We can't point the finger at the founders of New Orleans for building a city below sea level. We can, however, point the finger at government. We expect goverment to do better…to be better…to take care of us when we need to be taken care of…to defend us when we need to be defended.
However…and here's the rub…nobody seems to want government in their lives until they actually need it. "Our taxes are too high" is a common refrain of many. These taxes, of course, are the taxes that pay for the Army Corps of Engineers to build and shore up the levee system around New Orleans. Those taxes pay for the National Guard and the police force to secure New Orleans and make it safe. Those taxes pay for the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA coordination efforts. We expect the government to step in and take control and make us safe and make the pain go away. We all want this in times of disaster, but we want it to happen with as few tax dollars as possible and with as much expertise, speed and professionalism as is humanly possible. Is this too much to ask? Perhaps.
As much as government may be derided at times…we need it. We need it strong and we need it open 24/7. Nobody is perfect all of the time and it seems that the general consensus is that the goverment did a lackluster job at initially responding to the Katrina disaster. However, let's pause from the finger pointing…recognize that the government is made up of people, just like you and me full of human frailties and short-comings…and be secure in the knowledge that all is being done by the government, by volunteers and by friends around the country and world to get Louisiana and Mississippi re-built. Mistakes were made, but let's focus on getting back to normalcy before we point fingers at what could/should have been done better. Life is clearly too short to waste arguing when rebuilding needs to be done.
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Originally from Forested Guinea, a region in the South of the country, Sia Tolno comes from a village from Kissi country on the border with Sierra Leone and Liberia. Her father was a French teacher in Sierra Leone, where the young woman lived as a child and where she began studying. But at the first stirrings of civil war, the family returned to Guinea. More English-speaking than French-speaking, she experienced her return as a form of exile: she had never really known Guinea, having lived so long outside it.
She learnt to sing at an early age with the cousins she visited in the holidays. When she returned definitively to Guinea she had to find work: so she sang in the cabarets and piano bars of Conakry. She sang songs by Whitney Houston, Edith Piaf or African standards.
She had already begun to write songs and compose, when, in 2002, she was spotted by a producer. Her first album, La voix de la forêt, came out soon afterwards. She was awarded a Golden Djembé as Best Female Voice of the Year.
First international steps
It was in 2008 that she became really well-known, when she appeared on the TV show Africa Star in Libreville, (finishing in fourth place). That was where Pierre Akendengué, the internationally acclaimed Gabonese musician noticed her and urged his friend, the producer José Da Silva, to sign a contract with this young woman.
So, in 2009, her first album was released with Lusafrica, produced and arranged by the master Kanté Manlifa. Eh Sanga (which means "suffering" in the artist's mother tongue) is a dark disc sung in French, English and Kissi. She has the good fortune to be accompanied by the saxophonist Mamadou Barry.
She returned to composing and in 2011 in the Mory Kanté Studio in Conakry she recorded a new album arranged by François Bréant, ex-producer for Thione Seck and Salif Keita. Sia, passionately denounces "demokilling" as she calls it, a pessimistic African version of democracy. My Life, is its title, and it will be released at the end of September 2011. The first track, Odju Watcha, combines electric guitar with her own type of afro-funk, sung in a creole which mixes Kissi and Mende, two of the languages spoken in her native region of Guéckédou.
This track reflects her personality well. Today she is being compared to Miriam Makeba, doubtless because of her unquestionable energy, the depth of her voice as well as the pan-African musical vision she offers.
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The guest lane of the main gate gatehouse on U.S. 278 is closed for renovations. The re-opening of the guest lane will be announced when a completion date is confirmed.
All guests must enter through the north gate on U.S. 278 and will be directed back across the millennium bridge to access the south side of Sun City.
Guests will receive directions to their destinations when they arrive at the north gate. Residents are asked to inform their guests of these changes in accessing the community from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Outside of these times, guests can enter through the contractor gate.
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Thanks to the many residents who participated in the Sun City Tomorrow survey, which closed Feb. 21.
The Sun City Tomorrow Survey sought residents' input to help shape the new strategic plan, which the Strategic Planning Committee is currently working through updating and will present to the board of directors later this year.
2014 resident directory delivery
Delivery of the 2014 resident directory is underway. Please allow a few weeks for delivery. If you do not receive a directory by the end of March, contact resident services in Palmetto Commons.
The 2014 directory includes your neighbors' contact information, community rules, the Community Association directory, instructions on how to use the website, a Magnolia Hall seating chart and more.
Andy Cooney's Irish Cabaret
Enjoy an exhilarating and distinctive blend of Irish music, song, laughter and dance in an evening designed to please the entire family. Check out the article in the March issue of SunSations for details of the performance.
Tickets are $18 and available at lifestyle services. Cooney's Irish Cabaret will perform at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Monday in Magnolia Hall.
Demo day at Okatie Creek
There will be an Adams demo day at the Okatie Creek golf course driving range from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Villa task force meeting rebroadcast
The villa task force meeting, held Feb. 18, will be rebroadcast every day during community programming time slots from 8-9 a.m. and 2-3 p.m. on Hargray channel 238, Time Warner channel 5 and on www.suncityhiltonhead.org.
New 'Leaders of the Lowcountry'
A new episode of "Leaders of the Lowcountry" features Sun City resident and Beaufort County councilman Jerry Stewart. Tune in to find out Stewart's updates on legislative issues that could affect Sun City residents.
"Leaders of the Lowcountry," brought to you by the government and business affairs committee, airs at 1:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. daily on Hargray channel 232, Time Warner channel 5 or on www.suncityhiltonhead.org.
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It's all about the Gullah culture and traditions on the new episode of "City Beat." Join hosts Susan Safranek and J.J. Nelson as they talk to Gullah Island Tours and learn all about the Gullah people and important landmarks on Hilton Head Island.
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right way of doing sitting kokyu-ho
hello there! i'm new here in aikiweb forums and i would like to know what is the right way of doing sitting kokyu-ho? does uke need to tighten the grip and use force so that nage will have a hard time doing this exercise or should uke allow nage to move in order to make a throw? i've been practicing aikido since 1994 and i still have a hard time doing this exercise especially if the uke is very strong. am i doing it wrong or is it uke's fault for resisting?
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I think that the understanding of this technique will differ somewhat so the advise you get might not be totally uniform. There are different ways of doing it based on how you are being held. My Sensei shows those from time to time but in the standard kokyu-ho, but with regards to the strength being used against the person, he never needs to change and he teaches us that it can always be done, regardless of how hard uke holds. So far, that has also been my experience. Having said that, I must reemphasize that much of what will be said may depend on how they execute this technique to start off with.
I also never understood this technique until I met my current teacher. He believes in it's fundamental importance so much, that he starts every class with it.
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Search the forum, Mike Sigman, Ron, Teo said something very useful about Kokyu-ho.
Uke is supposed to resist.
Having said that, for beginners, Uke shouldn't use maximum force. Uke should use "correct" force to allow nage to experiment with "ki" instead of muscle. Also, like most aikido excercise, it's not a "ki" connection for nage only, Uke should should try to find the right "ki" connection with his own body first too.
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In sitting kokyu-ho, usually there's a tendency to grab very strong and hold the wrists down, so Uke doesn't let Tory perform the movement. If Uke is pressing down there are ways to perform a technique and break his/her balance.
But we must remember that Kokyu-ho is not an exercise to train the strength of the arms, but an exercise to train the center/balance. So in the BASIC kokyu-ho, Uke doesn't press down, because in this fashion, he/she only controls Tory's arms, but doesn't affect Tory's center/balance. Uke should grab the wrists and press forward, with the intention of breaking Tori's balance (push Tori in his back).
From this situation, Tori has to redirect Uke's force, keeping a balanced center, redirecting Uke's force up, with the kokyu-ho movement, and the is Tori who is able to breack Uke's balance. Remember. It is not for training muscular strength, it is for training the center.
If Tory is correctly centered and balanced (pressing his/her center forward and down) he/she should be able to resist Uke's push, no matter how strong he/she pushes. Now, this has nothing to do with magic or some kind of mystical force; it's just physics. As Uke pushes forward, Tory channels this strength through his/her body towards the ground, making him/her very hard to move.
Now to unbalance Uke, Tory should keep pressing his/her center forward and down, but his/her arms make 2 important movements to take Uke off balance:
1 A circular movement forward and up from the shoulder
2 A rotational movement from the elbow up to the hand, so the palm of Tory's hand face Uke (with this movement one could bend the elbows a little to help take Uke's center up)
These movements should take Uke up and off balance, so now Tory keeps pressing forward from the center (keeping the center low) and to the side he/she chooses to throw Uke.
Bratzo Barrena
Aikido Goshin Dojo
Doral, FL
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In my limited experience, the center-to-center connection in sitting kokyu-ho is important. After taking uke's balance, it should be the movement of your center to the side that causes uke to move to the side and down.
The following books have good explanations and solutions for various "problems" in sitting kokyu ho:
(1) Total Aikido by Shioda Gozo
(2) Living Aikido by Bruce Klickstein
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Most people talk about kokyu-ho from the nage's perspective. Well, what about uke?
IMHO, uke should also be practising their kokyu and center connection as well. Especially when your balance has been "taken", you as uke should be using kokyu and center to get back up and/or off balance nage from the ground position.
Unfortunately, most uke think that when they are off-balanced, that is the end of the exercise. They disconnect and then everyone re-adjusts their seated position and then start again. Which IMHO, is incorrect.
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Liked your post, Ignatius.
I agree: uke should not try and hold/push down the hands but rather try and hold nage´s center (which if I understood it right others have described as center to center connection?). And then stay connected.
I have been trying to explain this to the beginner´s group that I teach, but find it very difficult to find the right words/pictures to go along with them "feeling" it when I or some other more advanced student does it on them. Any tips?
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Well, Sonja, how are you explaining it?
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I'm curious about off-balancing nage from the ground position. Would you mind elaborating?
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No disrespect intended, just curious. When people ask technical questions I wonder if they have asked their Sensei first. If my students have a question about what we are doing I expect them to ask me since i am resposible for the overall level and direction of instruction, as well as the individual progress of each member of the dojo. Issues such as resistance , non-resistance, slow or fast, is it for uke or tori, or both equally and differently, surely a student should begin at home and then widen the search?
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Assume for a moment Alec, that Soon-Kian is your student. How would you respond? ;)
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As for the second question, I'm asking Ignatius to elaborate on what he said...
Alec, you are right in asking your question... but then again, your comment probably applies to many of the people in the Techniques section... so why do you think so many of us pose our questions here?
I suspect part of the answer lies in teaching style... In most of the dojos I've trained in, we tend to concentrate on our techniques, until the Sensei comes over and corrects us. In other words, the direction is Sensei to student and not student to Sensei. It's rare for us to go up directly and ask the Sensei a question on technique.
Even in the Aikikai Hombu Dojo, people with 25+ years of experience tend to discuss techniques among themselves. I have never seen a senior (or junior) student directly ask any Shihan a question. In the same manner, posing a question in the forum is similar to asking fellow aikidoka their opinion about my own problems. I know there are a lot of experienced students on-line and I have gained immensely from their answers to my questions and the sharing of knowledge.
Looking forward to Ignatius' response :)
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Let's assume for the moment that you have some ability in manipulating uke's center using kokyu. I have already elucidated the principles involved in previous posts, as have others. Now simply reverse the role - you as uke, with your back on the ground, try and find the kokyu path thru nage's seated center and off balance them. So, rather than give you the answer, perhaps you could tell me in your own words what you would do in that situation. ;)
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If you can apply kokyu in seiza, you should be able to apply kokyu from any position, in any context. Even if you're doing simple tachi-waza like katate tori or even kata tori, if tori isn't capturing your center at or before the moment of contact, you as uke, should be able to find the kokyu path to their center and off balance them instead. Just because you're uke, doesn't mean you're not training kokyu either!
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It's always interesting to hear other people's ideas and try them out in keiko... looking forward to my next practice. Thanks :p
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Curious with what you've said; where do you train and with whom? In your posts, you've frequently mentioned Aikikai Hombu, so you should be (or originally) an aikikai stylist. I have trained at various dojo here (both Aikikai and Yoshinkan) and I have come across only one dojo whose members (teachers included) do not understand the purpose and intend of the suwariwaza kokyu-ho exercises. Sadly, I felt only muscle but no "ki" from their techniques. For them, good aikido mean strong physical strength and not surprisingly you wouldn't any ladies or children in the class.
David Y
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I guess you are referring to my example where the uke doesn't try to extend back at me... Well... this has happened on two occasions with some very senior practitioners. One of them was "testing" my suwariwaza kokyu ho and purposely relaxed her shoulders/arms, so I just couldn't extend into her. That caused some head scratching :D Having said that though, training with her was very enjoyable, and I vividly remember how she and I ran in circles doing nikyo ura - she trying to make it difficult for me to make the lock and me trying to lock fast enough to bring her down.
The other was when I was trying to cause my uke to stand up from suwariwaza ryotedori (uke was also in seiza)... I was trying to extend to connect to his center, but he just withdrew his arms... making it difficult.... another lesson for me :)
In any case, please do not take what I said as an example of how suwariwaza kokyu ho is practiced in my dojo. These are very isolated cases and do not reflect the general practice of suwariwaza kokyu ho where I train. As to what you said about the 'physical' dojo, I guess some places put more emphasis on strength than others. I don't think I'm in a position to judge them. However, I'm happy to say that my class has both ladies and children.
May I take this opportunity to wish you Happy New Year in the Year of the Dog! :p
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OK, Ignatius, I'll be a good sport. I would suggest that he step back from the kokyu ho exercise for a while and begin with how to rise from seiza using his tanden rather than leading his body with his shoulders. To assist in this I would ask a fellow student to take hold of his obi and gently exert pressure in a simultaneously forward and rising movement to help him to feel the relationships between the core muscle group of stomach, back and thigh, and how the mental intention to recruit these first reduces the inclination to operate with arms and shoulders first. As the feeling of awareness of this area grows then move into the first stage of standing from seiza onto one knee. This exercise help to build kokyu through the centre as opposed to wrist and arm action.
I would also suggest a return to torifune with a partner offering resistance to both the forward and backward movement until the student begins to understand the need to take up the slack in the partners arms before moving their body, and how to close the openings between wrist and shoulder and then between shoulder and centre. After the student feels some change in these two exercises I would ask them to work in two different ways with help from their partners: first without any attempt to use technique but simply rise out of seiza with the feeling gained from the first exercise and without any thought of their arms being held, simply extend up and forwards towards the armpits of their partner. Important here is to keep their armpits closed and maintain the curve in their tegatana. The next time I would ask their partner to hold more strongly and then tori needs to concentrate on lowering thier elbows in order to increase the curve of the tegatana whilst visualizing a spherical path towards their partners armpits. Once they begin to see a reaction in the shoulders of their partner add in part one and see what happens.
David, with respect, I think too many people concentrate on ki before they understand that subtle muscular control underlies the extension of kokyu, it is not magic, just training.
regards, Alec
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Hello Soon-Kian,
"Alec, you are right in asking your question... but then again, your comment probably applies to many of the people in the Techniques section... so why do you think so many of us pose our questions here? "
I don't know, thats why I asked. I also see a value in swapping ideas but the fact is you can't do Aikido in print or word, no matter how clear, otherwise mail order "Masters" would be everywhere.
Whoops, what am I saying, they are! Seriously I meant what I said although I have tried to give a small answer, but a half hour of practise together would do much more and out of respect for your teacher, give him or her that option.
P.S. someone said it's difficult to ask questions of teachers, that has never been my experience within the Aikikai, it is a question of timing. If your teacher does not welcome questions I would have a few.
regards, Alec
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Having said this though, I have trained in two different Aikikai dojos in America and I admit that the atmosphere is very different. There is more on-the-mat discussion between the partners and greater emphasis on a two-way flow. So, I can appreciate your point of view - and I do realize your dojo is in the Netherlands.
Thanks very much for your extended reply on improving one's command of kokyu.
Well... I've given my comments on why people ask questions in the 'General/Techniques' section of this forum. Would be nice if those who posted questions could share their opinions as well... :)
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Happy and Properous New Dog Year to you too. May you have enjoyable years of training ahead.
Best training
David Y
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ABSTRACT: Secure communication, an important aspect of any networking environment, is an especially signicant challenge in ad hoc networks. The MANET paradism seeks to enable communication across networks whose topology and membership can change frequently. Its distinctive feature is that network nodes need to collaborate with their peers in supporting the network functionality. In such an environment, malicious or selfish nodes can disrupt or even deny the communications of potentially any node within the ad hoc networking domain. This is so, exactly because every node in the network is not only entitled, but is in fact required, to assist in the network establishment, the network maintenance, and the network operation.
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Ad-Hoc Networks consist of peer-to-peer communicating nodes that are highly mobile. As such, an ad-hoc network lacks infrastructure and topology of the network changes dynamically. The task of routing data from a source to a destination in such a network is challenging. Several routing protocols have been proposed for wireless ad-hoc networks. Most of these protocols, however, presuppose the presence of bi-directional links between the nodes in the network. In reality the ad-hoc network may consist of heterogeneous nodes with different power capabilities and hence, different transmission ranges. When this is the case, a given node might be able to receive the transmission of another given node but might not be able to successfully transmit to the latter. Thus, unidirectional links are formed. Most of the current routing protocols are unsuitable for deployment when such unidirectional links are present. We consider a routing protocol called the zone routing protocol (ZRP) that has been proposed for wireless ad-hoc networks with bi-directional links. The zone routing protocol employs a hybrid proactive (table driven) and reactive (on- demand) methodology to provide scalable routing in the ad-hoc network. However, in the presence of unidirectional links some routes remain undiscovered if ZRP is used. We propose extensions to ZRP to support its deployment when unidirectional links are present. In particular, we propose a query enhancement mechanism that recursively builds partial routes to a destination.


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HUGE, exciting announcement for Mad Men fans! Just when we thought we were going to have to kiss the show goodbye forever after season 7 wraps in early summer 2014, AMC has announced that the final, seventh season will consist of 14 episodes -- as opposed to the usual 13 -- and will be split up into two "mini-seasons" consisting of seven episodes each. One will air this coming spring 2014, and the other ... spring 2015! Eeee!!!
SO awesome! That means we'll basically be getting the benefit of a season 8 ... without an actual season 8. All right, sure, I guess not the FULL benefit, because that would mean 26 more episodes total as opposed to 14, but still, being a beggar at creator Matthew Weiner's mercy, we'll take what we can get, right?!
Here's what else we know (so far) ...
- The first half of season 7 is being referred to as "The Beginning." And the second half is called "The End of an Era." Sigh, yes, yes, it will be!
- The network decided to do it this way mostly because it has "worked well" with Breaking Bad, which attracted nearly double the number of viewers to its second half premiere than had watched any previous episode. Whoa! Well, not surprising, I guess. Splitting ANY final installment this way definitely amps up the anticipation quotient. (See: Harry Potter, Twilight, etc.)
- Weiner, the writers, and the cast/crew are cool with it. In AMC's statement, he notes, "We plan to take advantage of this chance to have a more elaborate story told in two parts, which can resonate a little bit longer in the minds of our audience. The writers, cast, and other artists welcome this unique manner of ending this unique experience."
- We can look forward to a "powerful sendoff," according to Kevin Beggs, Chairman of Lionsgate TV Group.
Now the big questions this news obviously brings to mind! Does this mean season 7 will cover 1969 and 1970, or just the first half of the year and the second? And if it's the latter, my guess is that Weiner may end the "mid-season" finale somewhere around July 20, 1969 -- when we first landed on the moon, cuz that could stand for all sorts of dramatic, metaphoric meaning ... Will they film it all at once or split up the production, too? Will everyone want to participate in both mini-seasons or will someone drop out at the last moment? Eek! Hope not!
Either way, knowing we've got two more years of Mad Men to look forward to is a real treat. Can't wait!
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I m a 53 yr old male and had a TIA in February , I came out of it with no effects.
I had 5or6 weeks of irregular rhythms two visits to A and E and an average of two sever fluttering episodes a week.
The cariologist has recomended me for ablation.
The last couple of weeks I am mostly in normal rhythm apart from two days last week when I travelled to Spain ( I think stress related ). I've still exercising and feel great when in rhythm, although I still get mild twitching around the heart.
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Hyderabad: BJP today alleged that Congress will use "trick of secularism in danger" to prevent Narendra Modi from becoming the Prime Minister and appealed to voters in Seemandhra to support NDA to ensure that a hotch-potch coalition does not take over the reins in Delhi.
"Congress will try its best to get a ragtag coalition to keep Narendra Modi out and they will yet again raise the bogie of 'secularism in danger', its famous old dirty trick. It is not secularism but it is Congress which is in danger.
"Please keep your future in mind while you vote. Its Modi-led NDA or chaotic ragtag coalition. Choice is yours," BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said in a statement. Polling for the 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats in Seemandhra would take place on May 7.
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Illinois Attorney General asks for federal probe of Chicago Police Department
Madigan's letter to the Justice Department came on the same day Chicago's police superintendent, Garry McCarthy, resigned at the request of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Illinois' attorney general is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the Chicago Police Department.
In particular, Attorney General Lisa Madigan wants the department's Civil Rights Division to look into:
- The Chicago Police Department's use of force, including deadly force;
- The adequacy of CPD's review and investigation of officers' use of force and its investigations into allegations of police misconduct;
- CPD's training, equipment and supervision of its officers;
- Whether there is a pattern or practice of discriminatory policing.
In her letter sent Tuesday to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Madigan writes,"The shocking death of Laquan McDonald is the latest tragedy in our city that highlights serious questions about the use of unlawful and excessive force by Chicago police officers and the lack of accountability for such abuse."
"Trust in the Chicago Police Department is broken," Madigan wrote. "Chicago cannot move ahead and rebuild trust between the police and the community without an outside, independent investigation into its police department to improve policing practices."
Madigan cites five other high-profile cases of questionable use of deadly force instances or misconduct that took place over the last five years. Additionally, she raises questions about Chicago's investigations into allegations of police misconduct, noting:
- The city's Independent Police Review Authority has investigated nearly 400 shootings since 2007 and found only one shooting to be unjustified.
- Even after IPRA review, the city's police superintendent and police board determine whether an officer is disciplined. Citing the Citizens Police Data Project, Madigan says that from 2011 to 2015, 97 percent of more than 28,500 citizen complaints resulted in no officer being punished.
- The same data shows that over the past five years, white complainants were almost seven times more likely to have their police misconduct complaints sustained than African-Americans, even though African-Americans filed three times more complaints against police officers.
In a statement to the media, Madigan said she knows "the vast majority of officers in the Chicago Police Department serve with bravery, honor and integrity."
Still, Madigan said, an investigation by the Justice Department is appropriate and necessary.
A Department of Justice spokeswoman said the attorney general's letter would be reviewed.
Illinois News Network's request for comment from the Chicago mayor's office was not immediately answered.
Madigan's letter to the Justice Department came on the same day Chicago's police superintendent, Garry McCarthy, resigned at the request of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The mayor on Tuesday also announced the creation of the city's own task force on police accountability.
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014. Police at first said McDonald was shot as he came at officers while brandishing a knife.
It took a year and a judge's order for the city to release dashboard camera video of the incident, and the video did not appear to support the original police version of events. It appears to show McDonald veering away from officers when he was shot 16 times by Van Dyke, the only officer who fired.
Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder, but only after the release of the video, which prompted accusations of a coverup and calls for the resignation of, among others, McCarthy, Emanuel and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez.


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Ben Affleck Set for David Fincher's 'Gone Girl'!
Ben Affleck is in talks for the leading role in the upcoming David Fincher-directed picture Gone Girl, according to Deadline.
The 40-year-old actor's potential new role, which is being produced by Reese Witherspoon, is a husband whose wife disappears on the day of their fifth anniversary, with him being looked at as the main suspect. No leading lady has been cast yet, as it appears Reese will only be acting as producer.
Ben's involvement in Gone Girl means that his upcoming directing venture Live By Night will have to be pushed back slightly to accommodate.
Gone Girl is based on Gillian Flynn's popular novel of the same name.
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The Ultimate Fighter LIVE
Season One - Episode Descriptions
Episode 12 - "Reality Check" (Airs May 25, 10:00 pm e/p) - Tickle and Cruickshank get violent in the house. Dana makes a surprise announcement. Teams Cruz and Faber go to war for a spot in the Finale, as Vick takes on Chiesa and Pichel faces Iaquinta in the last 2 Semifinal fights.


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Novelist, Richmond Fontaine frontman, Hang the DJ contributor (and dodgy horse-rider) Willy Vlautin has a great spoken word Xmas story just out - with backing music from Paul Brainard and others. I highly recommend it, and great cover art from Nate Beaty too
for more info. and details on how to buy click here Richmond Fontaine site
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As published in Sunday Business Post Magazine on December 1st 2013
My initial enthusiasm for 2013 lay with the prospect of three of my all-time favourite acts unleashing new albums within the year – The National, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Arcade Fire.
If asked this time last year to predict my top three of 2013, suggesting that musical Holy Trinity would've been a no-brainer. Epic advance singles from all three respectively justified the fervour – yet, in hindsight, 2013 proved the year in which those staple long-time favourites ultimately came up short, while a new breed of internet darling wonder-kids flourished.
2013 has without doubt been a year of stellar debut albums. HAIM, CHVRCHES and MS MR have a lot more in common than just a penchant for capitalised monickers – each played their part in rejuvenating Planet Pop with their debut offerings, all jam-packed with irresistibly exciting hits-in-waiting.
Savages, Daughter and London Grammar all lived up to their indie buzz-band status with solid releases, most notably the latter's atmospheric wonder If You Wait. AlunaGeorge and Disclosure joined forces to produce one of the singles of the year in 'White Noise', but also impressed separately with their respective career kick-starters.
On the home front, the opulent genre-bending stylings of Come On Live Long's Everything Fall impressed hugely, the complex sonic landscapes of Kool Thing's self-titled album proved an innovative slice of electronica, and Little Green Cars' long-awaited Absolute Zero surpassed even the loftiest of expectations.
The notion of the difficult second album was well and truly squashed by some – Local Natives, John Grant, Ghostpoet, Anna Calvi and in particular, purveyors of dark disco Austra all proved their mettle to firmly dispel any notions of one-album-wonder status. Follow-up fever also struck Irish output, with superb second offerings from O Emperor, Tieranniesaur and Halves, as well as Lisa O'Neill's stunning Same Cloth Or Not.
But the record that takes my own personal annual accolade is the very first one that I listened to back in early January – step forward Conor O'Brien and Villagers, with {Awayland}. This dynamic, evocative and mind-blowingly beautiful album proffered surprises at every juncture and captivated continually. A masterpiece for 2013 and beyond.


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Speech by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the United Nations General Assembly, on Item 41: "The necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed on Cuba by the United States of America." New York, November 13, 2012
Speech by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the United Nations General Assembly, on Item 41: "The necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed on Cuba by the United States of America." New York, November 13, 2012
Mr. President;
I would like to reiterate the most heartfelt condolences of the people and government of Cuba to the people of the United States, the city of New York, to populations directly affected and particularly to relatives of the victims, for the loss of human life and the severe material damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.
We likewise express our condolences to the peoples and governments of Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and Canada, also affected by the hurricane, as well as to Guatemala and Mexico for the recent earthquake which affected those countries.
Mr. President:
On April 6, 1960, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Lester D. Mallory wrote the most concise, accurate and enduring definition of the blockade of Cuba, and I quote: "To cause disenchantment and disaffection based on economic dissatisfaction and hardship […] to weaken the economic life of Cuba […] denying money and supplies […] to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government."
So far this has been the vision that has embodied the inhumane, failed and anachronistic policy of 11 successive US governments under which 76% of Cubans have been born. Our country has never been at war with or engaged in any hostile action against the United States. It has never consented to the perpetration of terrorist acts against the American people.
In 2008, presidential candidate Obama electrified Americans with his energy, his origins and his words, "Yes, we can." Three months later, after being elected President, he announced, "a new beginning with Cuba" and stated, and I quote: "We can move U.S.-Cuba relations in a new direction and launch a new chapter of engagement that will be sustained throughout my administration," end of quote.
However, the reality of the last four years has been characterized by a persistent intensification of the economic, commercial and financial blockade; in particular its extraterritorial dimension, despite the fact that this Assembly has approved by a consistent and overwhelming majority, 20 consecutive resolutions calling for an end to this policy.
Maintaining this policy in force is not in the national interest of the United States. On the contrary, it is damaging to the interests of its citizens and companies, especially in times of economic crisis and high unemployment. According to every opinion poll, citizens are demanding a change in policy. Why encroach on Americans' constitutional and civil rights and freedom of travel by preventing them from visiting the island, when they can visit any other part of the planet, including places where their country is waging war?
Why renounce a market of 11 million people? Why continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars derived from taxes paid by U.S. citizens on useless and illegal subversion in Cuba? Why damage its relations with other states, including its allies, with extraterritorial measures which violate international law? Why resort to an approach contrary to the one animating its growing economic relations with states that have a different political system?
The blockade also damages the legitimate interests of and discriminates against Cuban émigrés settled here in this country, who are overwhelmingly in favor of the normalization of relations with their nation. It damages the credibility of United States foreign policy, leads to its isolation, places the country in a costly situation of double standards. After 50 years, it has proven its ineffectiveness in pursuit of the ends envisaged and is an insurmountable obstacle in its constantly more uncomfortable relations with Latin America and the Caribbean. If ended, it would save its government from greater discredit to its humanitarian policies and cease being a persistent violation of Cubans' human rights.
The United States could refrain from including our state on spurious lists such as the one classifying it as a sponsor of terrorism, with the sole purpose of justifying additional measures against financial transactions, and which is so damaging to the effectiveness and credibility of the international battle against this terrible scourge.
There is no legitimate or moral reason to maintain this blockade that is anchored in the Cold War. It is merely the weapon of an ever more exiguous, isolated, violent and arrogant minority which uses it for electoral profit, is contemptuous of the call of the majority and will not resign itself to the unshakable determination of Cubans to decide their own destiny.
Mr. President;
The use of a less strident and threatening rhetoric and a certain partial relaxation of travel restrictions on residents of Cuban origin and others for academic, scientific or cultural purposes have failed to conceal the intensification of the blockade during the last four years.
The UN Secretary General's report, which includes the contributions of a significant number of delegations and agencies present here, broadly documents the multiple and diverse damages caused both to my country and many of the governments represented here.
In November 2011, the Treasury Department fined the New York subsidiary of the German Commerzbank $175, 500 for acting as consultant and guarantor of a Cuban national concerning a payment to a Canadian company.
In June 2012, the Department of Justice announced the imposition of a $619 million fine on the Dutch ING bank for alleged violations of the regime of sanctions against Cuba and other countries. This is the largest fine ever imposed on a foreign bank.
Referring to this unprecedented event, Mr. Adam Szubin, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), attached to the Treasury Department, stated in a menacing tone, and I quote: "Our sanctions laws reflect core U.S. national security and foreign policy interests and OFAC polices them aggressively. Today's historic settlement should serve as a clear warning to anyone who would consider profiting by evading U.S. sanctions," end of quote.
During President Obama's administration, fines imposed amount to $2,259,732 billion, double those imposed under both terms of the George W. Bush administration.
The implementation of the blockade has moved beyond all conceivable limits. In December 2011, the Trinidad and Tobago Hilton Hotel, a national property operating under a management contract with the hotel chain, received categorical orders from OFAC to prevent the 4th CARICOM-Cuba Summit of Heads of State and Government from taking place on its premises, which constituted a real scandal and a disrespectful act toward all the nations of the Caribbean and the international community.
In July 2012, two executives from the French subsidiary of the travel agency Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) were sacked for selling tourist packages to Cuba. The company runs the risk of being fined $38,000 for each package sold sold.
On May 10, 2012, not even a year from the issue of the first and very limited licenses permitting U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba "for educational purposes and people-to-people exchanges," the Treasury Department prohibited tours of recreational sites, financial transactions involving tourist activities and established new and stricter measures to ensure that all itineraries and programs were in accordance with policy on Cuba. At the same time, it was announced that violations of these restrictions would result in fines of $65,000 and the suspension of licenses.
Mr. President:
The human damage caused by the blockade is enormous and impossible to calculate. It causes hardship, shortages and difficulties which affect every family, every boy and girl, every man and woman, people with disabilities, senior citizens and medical patients.
The William Soler Pediatric Cardio-Center does not have access to the medicament Levosimendan, used in the treatment of heart problems associated with cardiac output in infants. The hospital is unable to use this medicament; supplies of it have been denied because it is manufactured by Abbott laboratories.
The cardiovascular surgery service of the same hospital provides medical treatment of 100-110 infants aged less than 12 months every year. More than 90% of those cases require parenteral nutrition before undergoing surgery with a better prognosis. Our nation has no access to the parenteral food supplements manufactured here in this country, recognized as among the most effective and of highest quality.
The impossibility of purchasing laminar tissue for tissue expanders – used in skin transplants – and their necessary acquisition in distant markets at a higher price, complicates and prolongs the treatment of girls and boys with severe burns, with the consequent increase in the length of surgery and hospitalization of these patients.
The pacemaker and electrophysiology service at the Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Institute lacks the non-fluoroscopic three-dimensional mapping equipment used to analyze points of arrhythmia in the human heart, because of the withdrawal of the U.S. firm Saint Jude. This prevents the catheterization treatment and surgery for curing complex arrhythmias. Consequently, we are forced to send these patients to other countries in order to receive treatment.
On the evening of November 6, President Obama spoke of the recovery of the eight-year-old Erin Catherine Potter, a leukemia patient living in Mentor, Ohio. On October 28, 2009, we explained in this hall that Cuban children suffering from lymphoblastic leukemia, and who reject the usual medicaments, cannot be treated with Elspar, the medicament created to treat patients who develop intolerance, because its sale to Cuba by the Merck and Co. firm is prohibited. These children also deserve compassion and relief.
On October 25, 2012, we also denounced in this same hall that our ophthalmologic services are unable to use transpupillary thermotherapy to treat cancer of the retina (retinoblastoma), which makes it possible to preserve affected eyes in children. Since that date, 15 infants, like Lianna Aguilera Feria, aged one year; María Sánchez Rosales and Rochely Mendoza Rabelo, aged two years; Erika Rodríguez Villavicencio, Fidel Valdés Márquez, Giovanna Álvarez Torrens and Magdiel Leyva Suárez, aged three years, have suffered the loss of their eyes because the government of the United States prevents the purchase of the necessary medical equipment from the American company Iris Medical Instruments.
Given its express intention and direct effects, the blockade of Cuba qualifies as an act of genocide in accordance with Article 2 (b) and 2 (c) of the 1948 Geneva Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It is a massive, flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights of an entire people.
We strongly oppose unilateral coercive measures and economic sanctions which only cause harm to human beings. As expressed by the leader of the Revolution at this very podium, "We want a world without hegemonies, without nuclear weapons, without interventions, without racism, without national or religious hatred, without outrages to the sovereignty of any country; a world which respects the independence and free determination of peoples, a world without universal models which totally disregard the traditions and culture of all the components of humankind, and without cruel blockades which kill men, women, children, young people and senior citizens like silent atom bombs."
Mr. President:
As stated in the Secretary General's report, the economic damages accumulated during more than 50 years through 2011 amount to $1.066 trillion –more than one trillion dollars – according to rigorous and conservative calculations based on the devaluation of the dollar in relation to the price of gold.
Any sensible person can imagine the living standards and development levels we could have achieved if we had been able to count on those resources.
The blockade is one of the principal causes of our country's economic problems and a major obstacle to its economic and social development. It is in violation of international law; it is contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and a violation of a sovereign state's right to peace and security. It is an act of aggression, a permanent threat to a country's stability. It is also a gross violation of the regulations governing international trade, freedom of navigation and the sovereign rights of states, given its extraterritorial nature.
Given that the blockade is a unilateral policy, it should be lifted unilaterally.
Mr. President:
The U.S. people, toward whom Cuba has sentiments of friendship and respect, have just reelected President Barack Obama. During his electoral campaign, he repeated dozens of times that he continues to be the "President for change" and that he will continue to "move forward."
President Obama has the opportunity to initiate a new policy toward Cuba, different from that of his 10 predecessors during more than half a century.
Certainly, it will be a difficult task and he will confront serious obstacles, but the President has the constitutional powers allowing him to listen to public opinion and generate the necessary dynamic, by means of executive decisions, even without the approval of Congress. Doubtless this would be a historical legacy.
He would be committing a serious error and making everything all the more difficult for the future if he decides to wait for a new generation of Cuban leaders or for the impossible collapse of our economy. This option would inscribe him in history as the eleventh president to repeat the same mistake.
I reiterate, in the name of President Raúl Castro Ruz, the steadfast will of the Cuban government to move toward the normalization of relations with the United States through respectful dialogue, without preconditions, based on reciprocity and sovereign equality, without in the least undermining our independence and sovereignty.
Today, here and now, I am once again submitting to the government of the United States a draft agenda for bilateral dialogue directed at moving toward the normalization of relations, which includes, as fundamental issues, the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade; Cuba's exclusion from the arbitrary and illegal list of countries sponsoring terrorism; the repeal of the Cuban Adjustment Act and the "wet foot/dry foot" policy; compensation for economic and human damages; the return of the territory occupied by the Guantánamo Naval Base; the end of the radio and TV aggression; and the cessation of financing internal subversion.
An essential element on this agenda is the liberation of the five Cuban anti-terrorists who remain cruelly and unjustly imprisoned or detained in this country. An act of justice, or at least a humanitarian solution, would arouse the gratitude of my people and the response of our government.
At the same time, I make the offer to the government of the United States to negotiate cooperation agreements in areas of greatest mutual interest, such as combating drug trafficking, terrorism, human trafficking and for the full normalization of migratory relations, as well as for the prevention and mitigation of natural disasters, protection of the environment and our common seas. We also propose a resumption of the talks unilaterally suspended by our counterpart about migratory issues and the resumption of postal services.
Your Excellencies:
Whatever the circumstances, our people will defend, at any price, their achievements; they will uphold their ideas; they will recover from natural disasters such as the one that recently lashed Santiago de Cuba and the eastern and central provinces, and will resolutely continue to update and develop our socialism, "with all and for the wellbeing of all."
In the name of this heroic people, their children, their women and the elderly, I ask all governments committed to the principles enshrined in the UN Charter and international law, to the norms of the multilateral trading system, to the freedom of trade and navigation, and which reject the extraterritorial implementation of a national law, to once again vote in favor of the resolution contained in document A/67/L.2, entitled "The necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed on Cuba by the United States of America."
Thank you very much.
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DNA Dynamics Announces Expansion in Development and Marketing Teams
Aug 02, 2011, 08:30 ET
LEAMINGTON SPA, England, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DNA Dynamics(PK:DNAD) creators and publishers of iPhone apps and games along with games for android devices have announced the addition of several new staff members in two key departments.
These additions have further expanded the number of games developers within DNA Dynamics to address the growing bustle for the company's game development expertise. DNA studios, the development wing of DNA Dynamics, are responsible for the development of several iPhone apps, apps for the iPad as well as games for android including Skillz: The DJ Game and Chess Crusades along with four other games currently in development. Joining this department will be Andrew O'Malley and Alistair Campbell both Junior Programmers and Christopher Reeves who will be joining as a Junior artist.
A full-time marketing specialist, Rishika Sharma, joins the team as well and is tasked with kick-starting the company's social media initiative. CEO, Ed Blincoe comments, "In-house social media activity is of vital importance to DNA Dynamics. Our customers are our most valued assets and through social media channels we want to find out what our customers are interested in, what they wish to see in new games and apps so that we can deliver on these and keep on improving and creating fun and interesting products." He also went on to say, "We want full control over our relationships with consumers, not leaving it to third parties to deliver on our behalf. It is too crucial to our future success."
About DNA Interactive
DNA Interactive, is a publisher of games and apps for mobile and tablet devices including iPhone apps, apps for the iPad along with apps for Android phones and tablets. Established in 2010 DNA Interactive develops, acquires and publishes games for Android and iOS devices.
About DNA Studios
DNA Studios, formally Slam Productions Ltd, is a videogames developer based in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. DNA Studios create Games and Apps for Mobile Devices and handheld consoles using their proprietary Rapid Application Development tool, The "Slam Engine". In 2010 the company was named by Develop Magazine as one of the top 100 most successful game studios in the world.
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