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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Dell?s first Windows 8 tablet revealed

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Get the Best Health Benefits from Massage Therapy

Massage is a best way to lighten up and relax the body muscles. Any massage therapy has now proven to be the best means to return many health benefits. A massage can also improve the mental stability by reducing the physical burden. Nowadays, lots of health and fitness centers tend to offer massage treatment programs that are performed by skilled and experienced masseur or masseuse.

The majority of health problems crop up when the regular blood flow is restricted in the vessels. In such cases, the heart cannot drive the blood capably and eventually causes health problems affecting other organs, muscles and the body skin. Blood is a main carrier of oxygen in a human body and without it, different body parts start to deflate.

A massage therapy helps to sustain the blood circulation at normal levels in a body.

The massage therapists are well trained to apply suitable pressure all over the body. Most of the people tend to feel a bit discomfort in their very first massage session, but there is nothing to worry. Just stay calm and let your therapist do his/her job. After the completion of the session, you?ll experience the ultimate comfort and relaxation in your body. Your tendons and muscles would be more unstrained than ever.

As the massage improves the circulation of blood, your brain gets the right quantity of blood for its proper functioning, this in turn improves your thinking ability. A massage therapy is an exceptional way to perk up the brain function too. A number of different massages are involved in one treatment session. Some of the massage therapies make use of special exotic oils with aroma to help you relax. Some of the therapies focus and massage of a single body part, whereas others perform on the whole body.

Normally, the fitness center offer different kinds of massage therapies, which might confuse you a little, especially while choosing a suitable treatment for you. You can consult your therapist, in order to get the accurate therapy, which will help you in future. You can also try out a specific massage type at your first visit and the remaining in the following sessions. Besides, the consultant would suggest the finest massage program for you depending on your health issues.

A massage treatment can take up to 30 minutes or a little more time. It will be best for you to let your masseur or masseuse decide your massage timings, as they know the best. It is true that the massage relaxes your body and mind, but if you are too intense about your troubles, you will not be able to get the full benefits out of your therapy. Take a minute or two to get your problems off your mind and be ready for the treatment.

All the massage treatments offer a large number of health benefits. If you are on any kind of medication, then it is recommended that you do not stop taking your pills and also opt for massage treatment sessions. Both, your medications and a massage therapy will do well to your health in a much faster manner.?

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Japan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda recently announced that Japan would start talks with member countries on participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). TPP is regarded by many as the best route to a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific, a goal for many in the region since 1993. Prime Minister Noda?s decision to move forward with the United States, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam was welcomed by President Barack Obama, but met with caution on Capitol Hill. TPP also remains controversial within Japan. As Japan attempts to rebuild in the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that struck on March 11, deal with an aging and declining population, contend with a strong yen, and define its role in the context of a rising China and a fast-changing Asia Pacific, TPP promises to remain a topic of keen interest.

On December 2, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA hosted a conference that examined Japan?s potential entry into the TPP, addressing the opportunities and pitfalls the trade pact may present for its economic future and that of the region. Leading experts provided diverse perspectives on recent developments and future prospects, as well as the state of the debate within Japan, the United States and other current members of TPP.

After each panel, speakers?took audience questions.

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Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpet

CANNES, France (AP) ? The ripples of the Arab Spring are being felt in summery Cannes, where films from Egypt and Syria, as well as a passionate documentary about the overthrow of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, are being screened alongside the latest features from the world's heavyweight directors.

On Friday the festival lineup included "The Oath of Tobruk," a highly personal insiders' account of the uprising by writer and philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, who was accompanied to a photo call by masked Libyan fighters.

In the film, made with photographer Marc Roussel, Levy gives a robust defense of Western military intervention in Libya ? and calls for the world to do the same in Syria, where the regime of President Bashar Assad has been fighting an uprising for more than a year.Levy ? often known simply as BHL ? is a leading public intellectual in France, where he is known for his impassioned political interventions, dapper dress and mane of salt-and-pepper hair.

The movie is revealing about the background to the Libyan conflict, as Levy's bulging contacts book delivers interviews with Nicolas Sarkozy, David Cameron and U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, as well as with members of Libya's new political and military leadership.

Levy was pivotal in persuading Sarkozy, then France's president, to back air strikes to aid the Libyan rebels, a decision taken up by Cameron, the British leader, and later by President Barack Obama.

Dismissed by critics as an egotist, Levy is not shy about extolling his place in history, explaining in the film's voiceover his personal desire to overthrow a dictator and right a wrong that has been gnawing at him for 20 years ? "the bleeding wound of Bosnia," where he says intervention could have saved thousands of lives.

"I've borne the sorrow and the mourning of Bosnia for 20 years," Levy told The Associated Press. "And this is what Sarkozy, Cameron and Clinton say (in the film)? we did this because of Bosnia. Nevermore Bosnia. Nevermore Srebrenica."

The film, which has been picked up by the Weinstein Co. for distribution in the United States, is open to the criticism of self-centeredness. Some may prefer to see the Libyan story told by Libyans.

"I am sure the Libyans will themselves tell the story of their liberation and their revolution," Levy said. "This is my version. It's personal, subjective. I tell things I was part of and only this. I don't pretend to any exhaustiveness. It is my part of truth."

Levy used the platform of Cannes to urge the international community to take direct military action in support of the rebels in Syria ? something for which there is, as yet, little appetite among governments.

"Syria is a scandal," Levy said. "Syria is a shame. All those who say that situations are difficult are just trying to find excuses for their cowardice. If I had a wish today, it would be to make people understand that what was doable in Benghazi is doable in Homs, Aleppo and Deraa."

Elsewhere at the festival, Arab filmmakers are telling stories ? often against considerable odds.

Bassam Chekhes is the first Syrian director ever to be in competition at Cannes, with his short film "Waiting for P.O. Box."

The director said coming to Cannes was "a dream" ? and a vital link to other filmmakers around the world.

"The festival, when you are around you can fell the similarity of our humanity and the feeling that we are 30 year old men who have the same problem all round the world," he said.

One of the 22 films competing for the Palme d'Or is "After the Battle," by Egypt's Yousry Nasrallah.

The story of the relationship between a wealthy Tahrir Square revolutionary and a poor horseman from the Pyramids who has been involved in an attack on protesters, it was filmed in the chaotic interval between the overthrow of Mubarak and this week's presidential election in Egypt.

Nasrallah said the film crew members were worried about intimidation from supporters of the former regime or Islamists who condemn cinema as a sin. They filmed using a code name to make the movie sound like a romantic comedy.

The director said movie makers have a duty to be bold, despite political uncertainty and the rising influence of religious fundamentalists.

"Arab cinema is trying to liberate itself," he told reporters. "It is trying to break censorship taboos and social taboos. Because this is the only way you can make movies.

"You don't want to go watch a film where you feel the film itself is a prison. You want to feel the filmmaker is liberated and thus liberating you too."

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Associated Press Writer Hilary Fox contributed to this report.

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Samsung Galaxy S III review

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It's a strange feeling, receiving such a keenly anticipated phone to review. The hubbub of launch events, hands-on previews and heated debates suddenly dies away, leaving you with one small and intensely silent cardboard box. In this instance, the packaging contained the "marble white" version of the Galaxy S III (not the more daring "pebble blue") alongside one burning question: apart from all the hype, do this handset's paper credentials translate into a product that is worthy of serious cash and a 24-month commitment?

Those credentials are certainly more subtle than those of other recent devices. There's no unusual camera, stand-out display or unibody build. Instead, we get an abstract design statement about the phone being "inspired by nature" alongside a list of incremental hardware improvements such as a quad-core processor, as well as fresh additions to Samsung's customized Android 4.0 skin. As it turns out, these specs forgo immediate swagger in favor of creating a solid workhorse of a smartphone that is intent on attracting a long-term following. Read on and you'll discover just how it pulls that off.

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Tear-jerker 'Mud' ends Cannes competition lineup

Actress Reese Witherspoon, left, and director Jeff Nichols listen during a press conference for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Actors Reese Witherspoon, left, and Matthew McConaughey pose during a photo call for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Actress Reese Witherspoon arrives for a photo call for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

From right, actors Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, and Director Jeff Nichols pose during a photo call for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short)

Actors Matthew McConaughey, left, and Reese Witherspoon pose during a photo call for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short)

CANNES, France (AP) ? The Cannes film festival on Saturday wrapped up the movies in competition wading deep in the Mississippi river with "Mud," a heart-wrenching, Mark Twain-influenced tale of a teenage boy searching for the meaning of life in a harsh world and starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon.

With snake bites, shootouts, and a happy ending, it is proudly ? even blatantly ? inspired by the bard of the Mississippi. Stellar performances from 15-year-old Tye Sheridan ? who starred in last year's Palme d'Or winner "The Tree of Life" ? and McConaughey separate it from a pack of films in competition set in the colorful American South.

Director David Nichols' third film was the culmination of his film work so far and a decade of effort. The 33-year-old managed to scrape enough money together thanks to the critical success of his previous two pictures: 2007's "Shotgun Stories," and last year's award-winning "Take Shelter."

The story of young Ellis on his search for a parental role model borrows from the sacrifice and friendship themes of Twain's classic "Huckleberry Finn," whose fatherless main character embarks on a Mississippi odyssey of self-discovery.

Nichols said Twain's bittersweet tales immortalizing the "mile-wide tide" of the Mississippi river have stayed with him since he first read them when he was young. He's frankly unapologetic about the obvious influence: "If you're going to steal from someone, steal from someone really intelligent. And I stole from Mark Twain."

Young actor Jacob Lofland, who played Ellis' best friend, Neckbone, testified to Twain's influence. Tutored on the book, Lofland recognized parts of the work in the films script. He said, only semi-jokingly, "I found out that a lot of stuff (from the novel) just wandered onto the script. We had a word with (Nichols) about that."

McConaughey plays the eponymous character, the woebegone Mud, who is hiding on a Mississippi island from vengeful bounty hunters after shooting a man in Texas. Madly in love with Witherspoon's unreliable, smoldering blond Juniper he enlists the support of Ellis and Neckbone to help win her love. McConaughey's performance has wowed critics at the festival.

The Oscar-winning Witherspoon, who spent an hour in a hot, packed room with journalists despite being heavily pregnant, was born in Louisiana and took the relatively small role because it felt like home to her.

"There are very few movies about the American South that are accurate," she said.

"Mud" ? the Cannes's official competition's last entry ? joins "Lawless" and "The Paperboy" on the list of Southern films at the festival. Nichols explained the phenomenon simply: "Well, Southerners are good story-tellers."

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New Spanish Finance Horrors Shock The World | Via Meadia

It may be a holiday weekend in the United States and much of Europe (where the Monday after the feast of Pentecost is often celebrated as a holiday), but the world?s politicians, central bankers and financiers are too busy quaking in their boots to bask in the sun.

The problem is Spain, which dropped two stink bombs on the world. First, the cost of bailing out just one of Spain?s many doomstriken banks shot up from ?4.5 billion ($5.6 billion) to ?23.5 billion ($29.5 billion). This is money that Spain?s cash strapped government doesn?t really have; it is under orders from Brussels to reduce its budget deficits and has already slashed spending even as youth unemployment hits a Detroit-level 50 percent. This news isn?t just bad in itself; it means that the other zombie banks in Spain (and there are plenty of them) are going to be much, much more expensive to rescue than previously believed.

The other piece of bad news is potentially even worse. This came in the form of a statement of the president of Catalonia that his regional government is running out of money and needs a bail out of its own. Catalonia, a region in northeastern Spain which speaks its own language and hosts an independence movement, is as the FT notes bigger than Portugal in terms of GDP and accounts for one fifth of Spain?s economic activity.

Why has this piece of bad news terrified global elites? In the first place because it demonstrates that in addition to huge costs in bailing out its banking sector the insolvent Spanish central government is going to get hit with massive bills from not only Catalonia but its other regional governments. It is going to have to go to the financial markets hat in hand to borrow more money than expected ? this is going to drive interest rates up in Spain (and probably in Italy and Belgium) just at the time when Europe?s financial markets were trembling on the brink of yet another panic. And it means that Spain is likely to come to the EU much sooner than expected with a much bigger bailout request than anybody thought.

And there?s more. For the true connoisseurs of the European disaster unfolding so majestically and irresistibly before us like a train falling off a bridge in a film shown in slow motion, it means that the political ability of the Spanish authorities to manage their country?s dire financial predicament is closer to collapse than most European officials have grasped.

Spain is an unhappy federal structure held together by subsidies and crooked accounting. The drive of Catalans and Basques and others for independence has been checked by a system in which the regions of the country have gained more and more fiscal and policy autonomy. That worked pretty well when Spain was booming, the markets were as bubbly as a glass of champagne, money was cheap and credit was good.

But now the music has stopped. Spain?s new European paymasters want the country to march in lockstep. They want the central government to sign austerity agreements that will bind the Catalans, the Basques, the Galicians and everybody else. Essentially, they are demanding that Spain recentralize, and that the national government set out tight national budgets that tell the ?autonomous? provinces what they can and can?t do.

This may not work at all, and it cannot work for long. Spain is a democracy. People vote. Sometimes they vote for regional parties, sometimes they vote for the big national ones. If the central government is imposing tough fiscal limits on the provinces, it?s likely that over time ? and not much of it ? support will shift away from the national parties to the provincial ones. The Catalans will be sure that they are getting cheated by the poorer provinces; others will also believe that they aren?t getting their ?fair share?.

Between the banking and the provincial debts and the politics of the whole sorry mess, Spain?s government is in an untenable position. As in the Greek case, Europe is demanding actions from Spain that Spain cannot take. This is not policy; it is death.

The news from Spain is so shocking because it is making a lot of people think that Greece is not an isolated case. That is the thin, fragile reed of hope to which Europe?s dwindling band of optimists have clung: that Greece is different, that its insoluble problems are unique, that the inability of the European system to find an acceptable road out of the Greek crisis is a one-off.

But if the steps required by European authorities are also beyond the capacity of Spain to take, we have a very different and much grimmer future to await.

In the short term, the kind of bank run that has been troubling the sleep of European policy planners for the last couple of weeks begins to look unavoidable. (A company that services ATMs in Europe reports unusual withdrawals in Italy as well as in Greece.) The richest and savviest Spaniards have been ditching their country?s shaky banking system and assets in droves for some time; there are signs that some of the less affluent and less savvy Spaniards are sniffing the smoke and edging towards the exits as well. Should the specter of bank runs materialize there will not only be the need for lightening fast action by the ECB and other authorities to stop what would otherwise metastasize into a financial Armageddon; the effect of this kind of insecurity on mass psychology and the behavior of European citizens would unleash uncontrollable and unpredictable political forces. The herd would stampede, and nobody really knows what comes next.(Already there are reports that Greeks resident in the UK are taking out British citizenship even as the UK makes emergency plans to block immigration if the euro should collapse.)

But assuming we somehow get past the prospect of a crisis and the financial equivalent of martial law in the short term, the news from Spain has made Europe?s deepest fears much more credible. Those fears are that the SS Europa, that ?unsinkable? ship launched with such fanfare and so much acclaim, is headed toward an iceberg and that it is too late to turn.

What is beginning to look likely in Spain ? that the financial meltdown of the country is imposing burdens that the political system cannot sustain ? could also be true of Europe as a whole. Europe?s policy makers think they see a path ? difficult, but possible ? on which Europe could tiptoe past a Greek meltdown and still hold together. It has always been much more difficult to imagine a way to handle a meltdown of Spain with its much bigger economy and its greater population.

The greatest hope for a non-catastrophic outcome to the European crisis has for some time been that Greece really was sui generis and that the other Club Med members could somehow limp into port even as Greece sank. The recent news from Spain suggests that it, too, may be holed below the water line.

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