The richest woman in the world, according to a respected business magazine, is not Oprah Winfrey, Queen Elizabeth II or L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.

<div class="story-body" style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; width: 464px; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><p id="story_continues_1">It's a relatively unknown Australian mining magnate. So who exactly is Gina Rinehart?</p><p>Asked once to sum up her concept of beauty, Gina Rinehart did not point to the pearls that so often adorn her neck.</p><p>Nor did she rhapsodise about the ochre landscape of her beloved Pilbara, a beautiful, if unforgiving, expanse of land in the northwest corner of Australia.</p><p>Instead, she spoke of the unlovely commodity that has made her family rich, and the giant holes in the ground from where it came. "Beauty is an iron mine," she famously remarked.</p><p>When her father, Lang Hancock, discovered one of the world's biggest reserves in the early 1950s, the export of iron ore was banned in Australia because it was deemed such a scarce and finite resource.</p><div>Continue reading the main story<h2>Gina Rinehart</h2><ul><li>Georgina Hancock born in Perth in 1954, studied in Sydney</li><li>Father Lang Hancock made huge iron ore discovery in Western Australia before her birth</li><li>Married lawyer Frank Rinehart in 1983</li><li>After father's death in 1992, Gina became executive of the company</li><li>Widowed with four children</li></ul><ul><li>Rinehart 'world's richest woman'</li></ul></div><p id="story_continues_2">Tens of thousands of iron ore shipments later, royalty payments from that Pilbara mining field in Western Australia continue to swell her coffers.</p><p>The Hancocks were not the sole beneficiaries. The multi-billionaire fervently believes that her father's discovery also made Australia prosperous, which partly drives her recent quest for influence, gratitude and respect.</p><p>It is partly borne of a lifelong sense of grievance - that Australia's traditional east coast elites have not recognised her family's contribution to the country's development, nor the local media.</p><p>With an estimated net personal wealth of $A29 billion ($US29.3bn, £18.79bn), Rinehart has in recent years gone from being Australia's richest woman to Asia's richest woman to arguably the world's.</p><p>Australian business magazine BRW has named her the world's wealthiest woman, and Citigroup has also predicted that the 58-year-old businesswoman will soon top the global rich list, with more than $100bn (£64.8bn) of assets to her name.</p><div><div id="emp-18187364-48372"><img alt="" height="252" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/60461000/jpg/_60461775_jex_1415699_de43-1.jpg" width="448" /></div><p>Gina Rinehart is said to make nearly A$600 (£393) a second</p></div><p>The royalty stream from that initial discovery - the "rivers of the gold," as it has been called - still contributes to her wealth, but it pales alongside the value attached to her mining interests in Western Australia and Queensland.</p><div>Continue reading the main story<h2>“Start Quote</h2><blockquote><p>Whatever I do, the house of Hancock comes first”</p></blockquote></div><p id="story_continues_3">She hates being called a mining heiress because she considers herself a self-made businesswoman who turned her company around after her father's death in 1992.</p><p>From a worldwide perspective, her spiralling wealth illustrates the shift in economic activity from the west to the east. From an Australian one, she embodies the shift from the east to the west. Once it was media moguls like the late Kerry Packer who topped the Australian rich lists. Now it is minerals magnates who are profiting from the country's China-fuelled resources boom.</p><p>Rinehart has set out to become both a magnate and a mogul, which is why she is the subject of so much attention and controversy.</p><p>Along with her mining interests, she now owns a share of Channel Ten, one of the three major commercial television networks, and has also become the single biggest shareholder in Australia's second largest newspaper group, Fairfax Media, although she reduced the size of that stake last week.</p><p>The group publishes three of the country's most venerable mastheads - the Sydney Morning Herald, the Melbourne Age and the Australian Financial Review, and the suspicion among many Fairfax journalists is that she will attempt to turn them into mouthpieces for her right-wing views.</p><p>The dark joke is that the Sydney Morning Herald might become the Sydney Mining Herald. However, she has not been able to gain seats on the board because of a dispute about her refusal so far to accept the group's declaration of editorial independence.</p><div><img alt="Gina and father Lang Hancock" height="261" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/61221000/jpg/_61221489_gina_lang_464getty.jpg" width="464" />Her father Lang Hancock was a huge influence on her</div><p>Her mining company, Hancock Prospecting, is essentially her life. She has few outside interests. She does not go in for the normal blandishments of wealth, like art, racehorses or a private plane.</p><p>She is renowned for her 24/7 work regime, and a tunnel-visioned determination. Her personal feuds are the stuff of legend and her long list of adversaries has included her father, his business partner, her first husband, her Filipino mother-in-law, Rose Porteous, and now three of her children.</p><div><img alt="Gina Rinehart" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/61221000/jpg/_61221635_rinehart_afp.jpg" width="304" />Rinehart spoke at an anti-tax rally in Perth in 2010</div><p>Famously litigious, many of her battles have ended up in court. "Whatever I do, the house of Hancock comes first," she once told a reporter. "Nothing will stand in the way of that."</p><p>Like her rambunctious father Lang, who railed against the scourge of "Canberra-ism," and "eco-nuts" in the environmental movement, her political views are a blend of conservatism and libertarianism.</p><p>An early heroine was Britain's Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, whom she met over lunch in 1977. Afterwards, the young Gina took much more care to dress in a business-like fashion, got a new hairdresser and started to wear more make-up.</p><p>Another intellectual hero was the free-market economist Milton Friedman. One of the reasons she cited for raising her children in the US, aside from her marriage to the Harvard-educated Frank Rinehart, was the hope that they might be taught by Friedman.</p><p>She is also a climate change sceptic, and close to the British Viscount, Christopher Monckton. On a visit to Perth last July, during which he delivered the Lang Hancock Memorial Lecture, Monckton spoke of Australia's need for an equivalent of Fox News, which could be funded by the "super-rich".</p><div>Continue reading the main story<h2>Other rich women</h2><ul><li>Christy Walton - widow of John, son of the founder of Wal-Mart, Sam Walton</li><li>Liliane Bettencourt - daughter of L'Oreal founder Eugene Scheueller</li><li>Johanna Quandt - third wife of German executive who rescued BMW</li><li>Oprah Winfrey - television host and media mogul, one of the world's richest self-made women</li><li>Birgit Rausing - art historian from Sweden inherited packaging firm Tetra Laval after death of husband</li><li>Rosalia Mera - after dropping out of school to make dresses before her teens, the Spaniard co-founded retail company Inditex, which owns Zara</li></ul></div><p id="story_continues_4">Rinehart was not present at the private meeting, but few doubted the identity of the "super-rich" person whom Monckton had in mind. When a video of his remarks was posted online, it heightened speculation that she was pursuing some kind of Foxification strategy in Australia.</p><p>I have also been told by one of her associates that she met Rupert Murdoch earlier this year, partly to discuss Fox News.</p><p>Given that the newspapers published by Rupert Murdoch's Australian arm, News Ltd, boast a 70% share of Australian readership, and that Fairfax has the remaining 30%, the widespread fear is of a conservative duopoly, and an end to editorial pluralism.</p><p>Rinehart's $A165m (£107m) stake in Channel Ten has already lost more than half its value and Fairfax, which last week announced 1900 job cuts, is not seen as a particularly attractive investment. Like her father, who started two newspapers, the profit motive is not a major consideration. Her investment, it is thought, is about political influence.</p><p>Besides, the amount of money involved is for her comparatively small. As an associate recently explained to me, she is adopting the same approach that the super-rich use when purchasing luxury yachts or private planes, which is not to invest more than 10% of their wealth.</p><p>In her ongoing drive for influence, the debate two years ago over the Labor government's plans to hit the mining sector with a super profits tax was a major milestone.</p><p>Unusually for a woman who has preferred to exert a behind-the-scenes influence, Rinehart led the chant of "axe the tax" at a protest rally in 2010 aimed at the then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.</p><p>Her billionaire activism lent itself to easy caricature. A reporter from the Fairfax-owned WA Today joked that it was possible to hear her gold bracelet jangling "a note-perfect version of 'Money, Money, Money' as she pumped her fist". Within weeks, however, Rudd had been ousted, and his successor, Julia Gillard, immediately announced a climbdown over the mining tax.</p><div><img alt="Gina Rinehart and the Queen" height="261" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/61221000/jpg/_61221490_rinehart2_afp.jpg" width="464" />Rinehart met the Queen when the British monarch visited Perth</div><p>Just as Rinehart wants influence and gratitude, she is also determined to maintain rigid control of her company. Presently, she is locked in a highly-publicised legal battle with three of her four children over a family trust set up by Lang Hancock for his grandchildren.</p><p>The trust, which owns a share of her company, was due to settle its assets last September, when Lang's youngest grandchild, Ginia, turned 25. But Rinehart allegedly tried to push back the date that her children could become trustees until 2068.</p><p>Determined to retain sole control, she warned her children they faced ruin if they refused to bend to her will. "Sign up or be bankrupt tomorrow," she threatened in an email. "The clock is ticking. There is one hour to bankruptcy and financial ruin."</p><p>Her three eldest children described the manoeuvre as "deceptive, manipulative, hopelessly conflicted and disgraceful". It is not so much about greed. Rinehart offered her three estranged children big payments to go along with her plan. It is more about control.</p><p>Commentators expect the same aggressive approach with her media strategy. After all, Australia's richest ever person is used to getting her own way.</p><div></div></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"></div>

The richest woman in the world, according to a respected business magazine, is not Oprah Winfrey, Queen Elizabeth II or L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.

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Bankers face the prospect of jail as Serious Fraud Office launches criminal probe into interest-rate fixing at Barclays

<h1><img alt="Hearing: Former chief executive Bob Diamond left Barclays over the matter, before appearing before MPs this week" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/06/article-2169736-13ED0B9C000005DC-630_233x423.jpg" width="233" /></h1><div><p>Hearing: Former chief executive Bob Diamond left Barclays over the matter, before appearing before MPs this week</p></div><p>A criminal investigation has been launched into alleged rigging of the Libor rate within the banking industry, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed today.</p><p>SFO director David Green QC formally accepted the Libor issue for investigation after Barclays was fined by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) last week for manipulating the key interbank lending rate which affects mortgages and loans.</p><p>The claims ultimately led to the resignation of Barclays boss Bob Diamond and have become the focal point of a fierce political debate over ethics in the banking sector.</p><p>The investigation could ultimately lead to criminal prosecutions and bankers facing charges in court.</p><p>The SFO's update came after it revealed earlier this week that it had been working closely with the FSA during its investigation and would consider the potential for criminal prosecutions.</p><p>The Government department, which is responsible for investigating and prosecuting serious and complex fraud, said on Monday the issues surrounding Libor were "complex" and that assessing the evidence would take time.</p><div><img alt="Under fire: Barclays former chairman Marcus Agius (right) with former CEO Bob Diamond (centre), and former chief executive John Varley (left)" height="372" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/06/article-2169736-0B121048000005DC-543_468x372.jpg" width="468" /><p>Under fire: Barclays former chairman Marcus Agius (right) with former CEO Bob Diamond (centre), and former chief executive John Varley (left)</p></div><p>As the SFO prepares its investigation, Labour leader Ed Miliband continued to push for an independent inquiry into the banking scandal despite MPs rejecting the demands.</p><p>The Labour leader said that while the party would cooperate with a parliamentary investigation, its remit was too "narrow" and a judge-led probe was still needed.</p><p>Mr Miliband also defended the conduct of Ed Balls after the shadow chancellor engaged in a bitter war of words with his opposite number George Osborne in the Commons.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"> </p><div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"> </div><p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /></span></p>

Bankers face the prospect of jail as Serious Fraud Office launches criminal probe into interest-rate fixing at Barclays

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Diabetes drug makes brain cells grow

<p>The widely used diabetes drug metformin comes with a rather unexpected and alluring side effect: it encourages the growth of new neurons in the brain. The study reported in the July 6th issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, also finds that those neural effects of the drug also make mice smarter. See Also: Health & Medicine Brain Tumor Stem Cells Nervous System Mind & Brain Brain Injury Intelligence Neuroscience Strange Science Reference Neural development Stem cell treatments Diabetes mellitus type 2 Embryonic stem cell The discovery is an important step toward therapies that aim to repair the brain not by introducing new stem cells but rather by spurring those that are already present into action, says the study's lead author Freda Miller of the University of Toronto-affiliated Hospital for Sick Children. The fact that it's a drug that is so widely used and so safe makes the news all that much better. Earlier work by Miller's team highlighted a pathway known as aPKC-CBP for its essential role in telling neural stem cells where and when to differentiate into mature neurons. As it happened, others had found before them that the same pathway is important for the metabolic effects of the drug metformin, but in liver cells. "We put two and two together," Miller says. If metformin activates the CBP pathway in the liver, they thought, maybe it could also do that in neural stem cells of the brain to encourage brain repair. The new evidence lends support to that promising idea in both mouse brains and human cells. Mice taking metformin not only showed an increase in the birth of new neurons, but they were also better able to learn the location of a hidden platform in a standard maze test of spatial learning. While it remains to be seen whether the very popular diabetes drug might already be serving as a brain booster for those who are now taking it, there are already some early hints that it may have cognitive benefits for people with Alzheimer's disease. It had been thought those improvements were the result of better diabetes control, Miller says, but it now appears that metformin may improve Alzheimer's symptoms by enhancing brain repair. Miller says they now hope to test whether metformin might help repair the brains of those who have suffered brain injury due to trauma or radiation therapies for cancer.</p>

Diabetes drug makes brain cells grow

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Barclays boss Bob Diamond resigns

<p>Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned with immediate effect. The move comes less than a week after the bank was fined a record amount for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates. Mr Diamond said he was stepping down because the external pressure on the bank risked "damaging the franchise". Chairman Marcus Agius, who said on Monday he was stepping down, will take over the running of Barclays until a replacement is found. "I am deeply disappointed that the impression created by the events announced last week about what Barclays and its people stand for could not be further from the truth," Mr Diamond said in a statement. He will still appear before MPs on the Treasury Committee to answer questions about the Libor affair on Wednesday. "I look forward to fulfilling my obligation to contribute to the Treasury Committee's enquiries related to the settlements that Barclays announced last week without my leadership in question," Mr Diamond said. Last week, regulators in the US and UK fined Barclays £290m ($450m) for attempting to rig Libor and Euribor, the interest rates at which banks lend to each other, which underpin trillions of pounds worth of financial transactions. Staff did this over a number of years, trying to raise them for profit and then, during the financial crisis, lowering them to hide the level to which Barclays was under financial stress. Prime Minister David Cameron has described the rigging of Libor rates as "a scandal". The Serious Fraud Office is also considering whether to bring criminal charges.</p>

Barclays boss Bob Diamond resigns

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Beware of missed call to check SIM cloning

<p>Next time if you get a missed call starting with +92; #90 or #09, don't show the courtesy of calling back because chances are it would lead to your SIM card being cloned. The telecom service providers are now issuing alerts to subscribers —particularly about the series mentioned above as the moment one press the call button after dialing the above number, someone at the other end will get your phone and SIM card cloned. According to reports, more than one lakh subscribers have fallen prey to this new telecom terror attack as the frequency of such calls continues to grow. Intelligence agencies have reportedly confirmed to the service providers particularly in UP West telecom division that such a racket is not only under way but the menace is growing fast. "We are sure there must be some more similar combinations that the miscreants are using to clone the handsets and all the information stored in them," an intelligence officer told TOI. General Manager (GM) BSNL, RV Verma, said the department had already issued alerts to all the broadband subscribers and now alert SMSes were being issued to other subscribers as well. As per Rakshit Tandon, an IT expert who also teaches at the police academy (UP), the crooks can use other combination of numbers as well while making a call. "It is better not to respond to calls received from unusual calling numbers," says Tandon. "At the same time one should avoid storing specifics of their bank account, ATM/ Credit/Debit card numbers and passwords in their phone memory because if one falls a prey to such crooks then the moment your cell phone or sim are cloned, the data will be available to the crooks who can withdraw amount from your bank accounts as well," warns Punit Misra; an IT expert who also owns a consultancy in Lucknow. The menace that threatens to steal the subscriber's information stored in the phone or external memory (sim, memory & data cards) has a very scary side as well. Once cloned, the culprits can well use the cloned copy to make calls to any number they wish to. This exposes the subscribers to the threat of their connection being used for terror calls. Though it will be established during the course of investigations that the cellphone has been cloned and misused elsewhere, it is sure to land the subscriber under quite some pressure till the time the fact about his or her phone being cloned and misused is established, intelligence sources said. "It usually starts with a miss call from a number starting with + 92. The moment the subscriber calls back on the miss call, his or her cell phone is cloned. In case the subscribers takes the call before it is dropped as a miss call then the caller on the other end poses as a call center executive checking the connectivity and call flow of the particular service provider. The caller then asks the subscriber to press # 09 or # 90 call back on his number to establish that the connectivity to the subscriber was seamless," says a victim who reported the matter to the BSNL office at Moradabad last week. "The moment I redialed the caller number, my account balance lost a sum of money. Thereafter, in the three days that followed every time I got my cell phone recharged, the balance would be reduced to single digits within the next few minutes," she told the BSNL officials.</p>

Beware of missed call to check SIM cloning

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France brings in breathalyser law

<p>New motoring laws have come into force in France making it compulsory for drivers to carry breathalyser kits in their vehicles. As of July 1, motorists and motorcyclists will face an on-the-spot fine unless they travel with two single-use devices as part of a government drive to reduce the number of drink-drive related deaths. The new regulations, which excludes mopeds, will be fully enforced and include foreigner drivers from November 1 following a four-month grace period. Anyone failing to produce a breathalyser after that date will receive an 11 euro fine. French police have warned they will be carrying out random checks on drivers crossing into France via ferries and through the Channel Tunnel to enforce the new rules. Retailers in the UK have reported a massive rise in breathalyser sales as British drivers travelling across the Channel ensure they do not fall foul of the new legislation. Car accessory retailer Halfords said it is selling one kit every minute of the day and has rushed extra stock into stores to cope with the unprecedented demand. Six out of 10 Britons travelling to France are not aware they have to carry two NF approved breathalysers at all times, according to the company. The French government hopes to save around 500 lives a year by introducing the new laws, which will encourage drivers who suspect they may be over the limit to test themselves with the kits. The French drink-driving limit is 50mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood - substantially less than the UK limit of 80mg.</p>

France brings in breathalyser law

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The number of Britons arrested overseas is on the rise, official figures have shown.

<p> The Foreign Office (FO) handled 6,015 arrest cases involving British nationals abroad between April 2011 and March 2012. This was 6% more than in the previous 12 months and included a 2% rise in drug arrests. The figures, which include holidaymakers and Britons resident overseas, showed the highest number of arrests and detentions was in Spain (1,909) followed by the USA (1,305). Spanish arrests rose 9% in 2011/12, while the United States was up 3%. The most arrests of Britons for drugs was in the US (147), followed by Spain (141). The highest percentage of arrests for drugs in 2011/12 was in Peru where there were only 17 arrests in total, although 15 were for drugs. The FO said anecdotal evidence from embassies and consulates overseas suggested many incidents were alcohol-fuelled, particularly in popular holiday destinations such as the Canary Islands, mainland Spain, the Balearics (which include Majorca and Ibiza), Malta and Cyprus. Consular Affairs Minister Jeremy Browne said: "It is important that people understand that taking risks abroad can land them on the wrong side of the law. "The punishments can be very severe, with tougher prison conditions than in the UK. While we will work hard to try and ensure the safety of British nationals abroad, we cannot interfere in another country's legal system. "We find that many people are shocked to discover that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office cannot get them out of jail. We always provide consular support to British nationals in difficulty overseas. However, having a British passport does not make you immune to foreign laws and will not get you special treatment in prison."</p>

The number of Britons arrested overseas is on the rise, official figures have shown.

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Being and Flowing is a good place to begin Healing Your Thoughts.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcw2ztGwZJLXBJpD3PxloBdTp0YCN1orzsyk-Sgsb9EIHQisqHRv3ngUa_6A4wnFAjXoT-wAqzQ5B0-Gr_v7SlkF6c1A_sEvdYo4IGUhYarXmUWyIpfdRGjcwYLFJZzHHwrcn6PGwcCRM/s1600/TTCONSENT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcw2ztGwZJLXBJpD3PxloBdTp0YCN1orzsyk-Sgsb9EIHQisqHRv3ngUa_6A4wnFAjXoT-wAqzQ5B0-Gr_v7SlkF6c1A_sEvdYo4IGUhYarXmUWyIpfdRGjcwYLFJZzHHwrcn6PGwcCRM/s320/TTCONSENT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>  <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The first part of the Being and Flowing Sequence of contemplation is a basic relaxation session where some (or several) of the techniques of guided imagery or meditation can be used. In fact, for this type of relaxation, you can use new techniques or techniques that are familiar to you and that have worked for you in the past. If you do the sequence regularly, you can switch between techniques if you like.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />One caveat: We find that general medical/therapy techniques, specifically those that are not associated with a particular spiritual path, work best for the Being and Flowing meditation in this context. (We link to some general relaxation techniques from the University of Maryland Medical Center, below). <br /><br />Being and Flowing First Step: Basic Relaxation Session<br /><br />One: Position<br /><br />If you are outdoors, find a quiet, safe place in a garden, park, beach or woods. Remember, safety comes first. If you are indoors, find a place where you won’t be disturbed. Sit on a floor cushion or in a chair with your feet on the floor, or lie down in a comfortable position. Whatever position you choose, try to remember, you might choose not to move or shift while being and flowing, so make sure it’s really comfortable.<br /><br />Two: Watch Your Thoughts<br /><br />Once you are comfortable, the first thing to keep in mind: Don’t worry about your thoughts. Allow them to come and go as they wish. Give them their freedom to come and go as they like. Don’t try to control them. Just observe them. <br /><br />Three: Watch Your Breath<br /><br />Don’t try to control your breathing. Just observe your breath. If you are familiar with breathing techniques and want to try them, you could, but to forge a new path it’s sometimes good to let go and experience non-familiar meditative pathways.<br /><br />Four: No Goal<br /><br />If you feel stressed or anxious, remember: there is no goal here. Just passively watch where your thoughts and breath take you. If after a few tries anxiety (or boredom, which can be a symptom of anxiety during meditation) feels overpowering, take a break.<br /><br />Five: Far Away<br /><br />At some point, your thoughts may seem to “melt away”. They may feel far away; you know they’re there, but they don’t seem to touch you, or you don’t really touch them. There is a gulf between you and your thoughts, including your less-than-helpful ones. When they are so far away, their ability to control you is greatly diminished.<br /><br />Help!<br /><br />If you need help we recommend you try music. We really like (and recommend) Dr. Harry Henshaw’s relaxation music. (Last year, we interviewed him, <a href="http://blogs.psychcentral.com/therapy-soup/2011/09/healing-with-music-relaxation-therapy/">here</a>.)<br /><br />Dr. Henshaw’s audio tracks of <a href="http://www.enhancedhealing.com/">free-floating music</a> are really de-stressing. We can best describe them as providing a musical pathway on which your thoughts can flow. His music doesn’t restrain or confine your thoughts as much as gently supports them. We really liked the ones on <a href="http://www.enhancedhealing.com/products_results.php?ProductCategoryID%5B%5D=1&Search=Search">these pages</a>; so far, we’ve sampled the uplifting music of Clarity, the gentle vibrato of Cosmic Reflection, the sweet tones of Equilibrium and the progressions of Inner Peace.*<br /><br />If you want more concrete help the techniques of progressive relaxation (and toe tensing) can be very helpful. The University of Maryland Medical Center has <a href="http://www.umm.edu/sleep/relax_tech.htm">clearly outlined them.</a> They recommend the techniques for sleep disorders, but they are also helpful for tension and anxiety. One quibble: they don’t mention that slightly tensing each area of the body (not just the toes) before you relax that part, can be even a more powerful path to relaxation.<br /><br />We’ve made our own relaxation recordings at home. We record our soft, slow voices giving a step-by-step progressive relaxation session. You might enjoy making your own recordings, too.<br /><br />Being and Flowing Second Step: Journal<br /><br />If you are in therapy, or even if you’re not, it’s a good idea to do a Being and Flowing journal. Some people like to share this with their therapist, others don’t. It’s up to you.<br /><br />You might consider doing an audio or video recording if you don’t like to write. Writing or otherwise recording your general experience with your relaxation session, is a good starting point. Then, if you like, continue to write or otherwise comment on your experience of your thinking process. What were your thoughts? Were you able to let them drift by? Did any thoughts “stick” more than others? Did new thoughts, thoughts you never “thought” before, pop up?<br /><br />Also, you might explore the self that observed the thoughts. And so on. If you don’t like to write and don’t want to do an audio or video recording, you can try illustrating your experience by drawing, painting, collage (found objects, fabric, and so on), photography, etc.<br /><br />Once you have a sense of Being and Flowing, you’ll might find yourself being able to step back, even in a non-relaxing session, from your thoughts that are not beneficial. You might find it easier to dispassionately examine your thoughts (and beliefs, which are a type of thought often mingled with emotion) and see if they are really beneficial to you.<br /><br />In fact, a very important, even central, part of therapy is examining thoughts and beliefs that hamper or are openly damaging to: your personal growth, relationships, mental health, and physical health. Therapy, in part, teaches you how to “rethink” things, even changing your most closely held beliefs, if they don’t serve your growth. Healing your thoughts is central to healing your life.</span>

Being and Flowing is a good place to begin Healing Your Thoughts.

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How do you treat yourself

<p>How do you treat yourself?     How should you treat yourself? What should you think about yourself? How should you feel about yourself? Well..... how do you treat your best friend? What do you think about them? How do you feel about them? Now take that and multiply it by 10, multiply it by 100. Imagine how you would feel about somebody you were completely in love with, that you loved more than life itself, but it was an unconditional, open, free, healthy love, and not a needy, posessive, jealous, conditional love. Your eyes are wide open and you see all their faults and yet you love them despite their faults, perhaps because of them. Now perhaps you are getting close to how you should feel about yourself..........<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Simon Meadowcroft</span></p>

How do you treat yourself

How do you treat yourself?     How should you treat yourself? What should you think about yourself? How should you feel about yourself? Well...

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Animal-human hybrid stickers invading Parisian streets

<p><br /><img alt="Suriani-16.jpg" class="center" height="465" src="http://www.coolhunting.com/2012/06/Suriani-16-thumb-620x465-42436.jpg" style="margin: 4px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center; display: block; color: #222222; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" width="620" /></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; color: #444444; background-color: #ffffff;">While marketing and mainstream communications campaigns have derived branding inspiration in the comic-like cartoon style of street art, and the values attached to its culture—freedom, community, transgression—the paradox still exists to see it framed and sold through traditional art channels.</p><p><img alt="Suriani-1.jpg" class="center" height="465" src="http://www.coolhunting.com/2012/06/Suriani-1-thumb-620x465-42408.jpg" style="margin: 4px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center; display: block; color: #222222; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" width="620" /></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; color: #444444; background-color: #ffffff;">We caught up with street artist Rafael Suriani at his recent show, "Collages Urbains", at <a href="http://www.lecabinetdamateur.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #020202;" target="_blank">Cabinet d'amateur</a> gallery in Paris, where he told us more about street art and his relationship with the medium.</p><p><img alt="Suriani-4.jpg" class="center" height="465" src="http://www.coolhunting.com/2012/06/Suriani-4-thumb-620x465-42410.jpg" style="margin: 4px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center; display: block; color: #222222; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" width="620" /></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; color: #444444; background-color: #ffffff;">Suriani's mark features animals, surviving and thriving in the streets for its powerful and highly recognizable aesthetic. In his half-human-half-animal figures, the animal faces act as liberating masks, allowing the artist to express social criticism in an elegant way. The vibrant, seemingly playful creatures refrain from getting too serious and maintain a suggestive tone that avoids the obvious.</p><div class="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; color: #222222; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"><img alt="Suriani-8.jpg" height="434" src="http://www.coolhunting.com/2012/06/Suriani-8-thumb-325x434-42412.jpg" style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none;" width="325" /> <img alt="Suriani-3.jpg" height="434" src="http://www.coolhunting.com/2012/06/Suriani-3-thumb-289x434-42414.jpg" style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none;" width="289" /></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; color: #444444; background-color: #ffffff;">The stickers are the result of a double-binding process that first assembles man and animal, then adheres the resulting figure to the wall. In the past, Suriani has drawn from his Latin-American heritage, playing with shamanic mythology figures such as toucan or jaguar. In his recent series, on the other hand, he is more interested in urban domestic animals such as cats and dogs—according to the artist, the convention that they tend to resemble their owners offers a metaphoric way to talk about us people. Recently Suriani made a series of French "Bulldogs" as a special dedication on London walls, using this breed to cartoon and make fun of some French characteristics. Each dog expresses a different state of mind—humor, spirituality, criticism or beauty.</p><div class="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; color: #222222; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"><img alt="Suriani-9.jpg" height="284" src="http://www.coolhunting.com/2012/06/Suriani-9-thumb-427x284-42416.jpg" style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none;" width="427" /> <img alt="Suriani-10.jpg" height="284" src="http://www.coolhunting.com/2012/06/Suriani-10-thumb-188x284-42418.jpg" style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none;" width="188" /></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; color: #444444; background-color: #ffffff;">Suriani uses the rare technique of hand-painting every poster he sticks on the streets. Making each sticker is the result of a process involving selecting photos from the Internet, cutting them in Photoshop, then screening and painting before cutting the final product. Such repetition lies at the heart of street art practice, which is often based on plastering as many spots as possible, invasion-style.</p><p><img alt="Suriani-17.jpg" class="center" height="465" src="http://www.coolhunting.com/2012/06/Suriani-17-thumb-620x465-42438.jpg" style="margin: 4px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center; display: block; color: #222222; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" width="620" /></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; color: #444444; background-color: #ffffff;">When considering the ephemeral fate of the piece of work destined for degradation of the elements, police destruction or theft from passers-by, the time and effort for such little reward seems remarkable. Suriani explains, however, that the fleeting nature of his work is freeing and allows him to be audacious with both subject and technique. To him, because there is no pressure or constraint, that achievement is rarely a failure.</p><p><img alt="Suriani-11.jpg" class="center" height="465" src="http://www.coolhunting.com/2012/06/Suriani-11-thumb-620x465-42420.jpg" style="margin: 4px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center; display: block; color: #222222; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" width="620" /></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; color: #444444; background-color: #ffffff;">In the end, the piece of art is not the only sticker by itself, it is the sticker in its context, seen as a whole on the wall with the daylight shining on it, the motorbikes parked against it or the branch of a tree creeping across. Rarely is the work's time spent on the wall its only life, after all, with the rise of dedicated photographers immortalizing the scenes for the Internet.</p><p><img alt="Suriani-7.jpg" class="center" height="465" src="http://www.coolhunting.com/2012/06/Suriani-7-thumb-620x465-42422.jpg" style="margin: 4px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center; display: block; color: #222222; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;" width="620" /></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 20px; color: #444444; background-color: #ffffff;">Suriani claims his intention to step into the city's landscape by bringing much-needed beauty comes with a positive message. Rather than being aggressive or controversial, Suriani takes pleasure in having people on the street enjoy his figures. His work is bound to the city—physically, geographically and socially—compelling the public to refresh their view of their surroundings and drawing their eyes to the places that typically go unnoticed. As an architect, Suriani has found a way to unveil the city and change people's perception of the scenes they see everyday without truly seeing them. The choice of venue is very important, based on aesthetic consideration with attention to the context and surroundings like the location.</p>

Animal-human hybrid stickers invading Parisian streets

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EURO 2012 POSTERS BY DAVID WATSON

<p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><img alt="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108862" height="745" src="http://0.design-milk.com/images/2012/06/Euro-2012-2.jpg" style="padding: 0px; max-width: 100%;" title="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" width="500" /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Euro 2012 recently began and, for those of you who don’t know, it’s the European football championship. European football is what we Americans call soccer, and it has slowly gained steam over the years, although still not as popular as American football…  Whether you’re into the championship or not (or even sports in general), you’ll probably love these simple, modern posters <a href="http://eurotwentytwelve.tumblr.com/" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">David Watson</a> of<a href="http://www.trebleseven.com/" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Trebleseven</a> designed for it.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span id="more-108859"> </span><img alt="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108873" height="745" src="http://3.design-milk.com/images/2012/06/Euro-2012-1a.jpg" style="padding: 0px; max-width: 100%;" title="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" width="500" /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Each poster represents a particular country that’s playing, and the colors of their flag are incorporated into one of the various circular designs. I love the typographic twist these posters have and how they don’t have blatant sports references in them.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><img alt="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108865" height="745" src="http://0.design-milk.com/images/2012/06/Euro-2012-3.jpg" style="padding: 0px; max-width: 100%;" title="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" width="500" /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><img alt="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108866" height="745" src="http://0.design-milk.com/images/2012/06/Euro-2012-4.jpg" style="padding: 0px; max-width: 100%;" title="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" width="500" /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><img alt="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108867" height="745" src="http://0.design-milk.com/images/2012/06/Euro-2012-5.jpg" style="padding: 0px; max-width: 100%;" title="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" width="500" /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><img alt="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108868" height="745" src="http://0.design-milk.com/images/2012/06/Euro-2012-6.jpg" style="padding: 0px; max-width: 100%;" title="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" width="500" /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><img alt="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108869" height="745" src="http://0.design-milk.com/images/2012/06/Euro-2012-7.jpg" style="padding: 0px; max-width: 100%;" title="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" width="500" /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><img alt="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108875" height="745" src="http://1.design-milk.com/images/2012/06/Euro-2012-10.png" style="padding: 0px; max-width: 100%;" title="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" width="500" /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><img alt="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108870" height="396" src="http://1.design-milk.com/images/2012/06/Euro-2012-8.jpg" style="padding: 0px; max-width: 100%;" title="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" width="500" /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><img alt="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108871" height="365" src="http://1.design-milk.com/images/2012/06/Euro-2012-9.jpg" style="padding: 0px; max-width: 100%;" title="Euro 2012 Posters by David Watson" width="500" /></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /></span></p>

EURO 2012 POSTERS BY DAVID WATSON

Euro 2012 recently began and, for those of you who don’t know, it’s the European football championship. European football is what we America...

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AWARE2 gigapixel camera

<p><img alt="" height="477" src="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/rodrigo/AWARE2/gigapixel_05.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 818px; width: auto !important; height: auto; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" width="818" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: xx-small;">'</span>AWARE2' gigapixel camera by duke university<br />above: 3 increasing zoom levels of footage taken by the camera<br /><br /> <br />engineers at duke university have developed a camera able to take photos with up to one billion pixels of resolution. <br />the 'AWARE2' gigapixel camera uses 98 sensors each at 14 megapixels, capable of detecting detail from as far as 1 kilometer away.<br />the current model weighs in at approximately 100 pounds, and only shoots in black and white.<br /><br />explore more of the super high-resolution photos on duke's site with these zoomable examples of a lake scene, building atrium and riverside town.<br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" /></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;"><br /><img alt="" height="542" src="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/rodrigo/AWARE2/gigapixel_02.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 818px; width: auto !important; height: auto;" width="818" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">original image shot at .96 gigapixels; explore the full zoomable image </span><a href="http://mosaic.disp.duke.edu:90/aware/static/html/stadium.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">here</span></a><br /><br /><br /><img alt="" height="838" src="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/rodrigo/AWARE2/gigapixel_01.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 818px; width: auto !important; height: auto;" width="818" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">the 'AWARE2' camera</span><br /><br /><img alt="" height="704" src="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/rodrigo/AWARE2/gigapixel_06.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 818px; width: auto !important; height: auto;" width="818" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">camera processor</span><span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">r</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">e</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">n</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">d</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">e</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">r</span></span><br /><br /><br /><iframe width="818" height="614" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ejB1W_SFYF0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">making of 'AWARE2' gigapixel camera </span></div>

AWARE2 gigapixel camera

' AWARE2' gigapixel camera by duke university above: 3 increasing zoom levels of footage taken by the camera   engineers at duke uni...

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Police study Murdoch's 'secret' iPhone account

<p>Scotland Yard detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World are examining the call records of four newly discovered Apple iPhones issued to senior executives at News International. The smartphones, issued by O2 in a contract beginning in October 2009, included a handset given to James Murdoch, the former chairman and chief executive of News Corp Europe. Despite billing for the phones totalling nearly £12,000 between June last year and May this year, neither Operation Weeting nor the Leveson Inquiry was told of the existence of the smartphone accounts. Phone text messages and emails sent and received by News International executives and advisers have provided some of the most controversial evidence heard by Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into press practices and ethics. It had been assumed that the email and text traffic from key News International executives was centred solely on their company BlackBerry account with Vodafone. In accounts seen by The Independent, issued through 02's corporate customer services at Arlington Business Park in Leeds, Mr Murdoch's iPhone account is listed as "active". Mr Murdoch is said to have told 02 that he specifically wanted a "white iPhone" when the smartphone was issued to him in the summer of 2009. Katie Vanneck-Smith, listed as News International's chief marketing officer, also has an active account. Two other NI executive numbers are described as disconnected. Between June last year – just before The Guardian revealed in July that the mobile phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler had been hacked into – and the beginning of the Leveson Inquiry in November, the NI iPhone accounts were billed for £9,650. Last night, Labour MP Tom Watson said people would be "shocked" to learn that the smartphones had been issued to key NI executives, while the company's disclosures focused only on the BlackBerry Vodafone accounts. Mr Watson said he hoped that News Corp's Management and Standards Committee, which is responsible for all matters relating to phone hacking, would enforce its own promise of full transparency and appropriate disclosure, by revealing all the data and logs held on the discovered phones to both the police and the Leveson Inquiry. Last night, a spokeswoman for News International, said: "Mr Murdoch fully co-operated with the Leveson Inquiry. It is ridiculous to suggest that James Murdoch keeps or kept a 'secret phone'." Meanwhile sources close to the Leveson Inquiry have denied that Lord Justice Leveson threatened to quit his judicial investigation following comments made in February by Michael Gove. The Education Secretary told a gathering of political journalists that the inquiry into press ethics and practices was creating a "chilling atmosphere" towards press freedom. During Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons the day after Mr Gove's lobby speech, David Cameron appeared to back his cabinet colleague's view. Concern that Mr Gove might be the Prime Minister's advance messenger prompted Lord Justice Leveson to call the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood. Whitehall sources say Lord Justice Leveson wanted to learn directly from Mr Cameron whether his inquiry was wasting public money on an ultimately futile exercise or whether his initial remit stood. Although the reassurances from No 10 took two days to arrive, sources claim there was no threat from the judge to resign from his own inquiry.</p>

Police study Murdoch's 'secret' iPhone account

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NOBODY DIED FROM LACK OF SLEEP, AA MYTHs

<p><div id="leadItem"><p>Beyond leaving you drowsy and irritable, sleepless nights can take aserious toll on your physical and mental health.</p><p>"We know sleep is a critical biological function that influences a wide variety of physiological process," said Dr. Susan Redline, a sleep specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "Sleep deficiency can affect mood and the ability to make memories and learn, but it also affects metabolism, appetite, blood pressure, levels of inflammation in the body and perhaps even the immune response."</p><p>Lack of sleep has been linked to stroke, obesity, diabetes, anxiety, depression, and the country's No. 1 killers: heart disease and cancer. Read on to learn the health hazards of sleep deficiency and how you can sleep better.</p></div><div id="item_0"><h2>HEALTH HAZARDS LINKED TO LACK OF SLEEP</h2></div></p><table><tbody><tr><td>Stroke</td></tr></tbody></table><p><div id="item_0"><p>A new study of more than 5,600 people found those who slept fewer than six hours a night were more likely to suffer a stroke than their well-rested counterparts.</p><p>"We speculate that short sleep duration is a precursor to other traditional stroke risk factors, and once these traditional stroke risk factors are present, then perhaps they become stronger risk factors than sleep duration alone," Megan Ruiter of the University of Alabama at Birmingham said in a statement.</p><p>The study was presented today at the 26th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Boston, Mass.</p><p>Stroke risk is also higher in people who are overweight, diabetic or hypertensive -- all conditions linked to poor sleep.</p></div><div id="item_1"><h2>HEALTH HAZARDS LINKED TO LACK OF SLEEP</h2></div></p><table><tbody><tr><td>Obesity and Diabetes</td></tr></tbody></table><p><div id="item_1"><p>Sporadic and irregular sleep can raise blood sugar levels and slow the body's metabolism,increasing the risk of obesity and diabetes, according to an April 2012 study published in Science Translational Medicine.</p><p>"The evidence is clear that getting enough sleep is important for health," said study author Orfeu Buxton, a neuroscientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.</p><p>Sleep deficiency can also lead to bad food choices, according to a study that found the sight of unhealthy food activated reward centers in the brains of sleep-deprived people.</p><p>"The results suggest that, under restricted sleep, individuals will find unhealthy foods highly salient and rewarding, which may lead to greater consumption of those foods," said Marie-Pierre St-Onge from St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University in New York, and lead author of the study presented today at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Boston. "Indeed, food intake data from this same study showed that participants ate more overall and consumed more fat after a period of sleep restriction compared to regular sleep."</p></div><div id="item_2"><h2>HEALTH HAZARDS LINKED TO LACK OF SLEEP</h2></div></p><table><tbody><tr><td>Anxiety and Depression</td></tr></tbody></table><p><div id="item_2"><p>Sure, sleepless nights make for miserable mornings. But chronic sleep deficiency can lead to anxiety and depression -- both serious mood disorders.</p><p>"People feel more anxious, restless, irritable, less satisfied," said Dr. Mark Dyken, director of the University of Iowa's Sleep Disorders Center in Iowa City, adding sleep deficiency can impact careers and relationships. "They have difficulty focusing and sometimes feel like they just don't care anymore."</p><p>Brain imaging suggests sleep deprivation can boost activity in the brain's emotional centers, according to a study presented today at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Boston.</p><p>"Our results suggest that just one night of sleep loss significantly alters the optimal functioning of this essential brain process, especially among anxious individuals," study author Andrea Goldstein from the Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, said in a statement. "This is perhaps never more relevant considering the continued erosion of sleep time that continues to occur across society."</p></div><div id="item_3"><h2>HEALTH HAZARDS LINKED TO LACK OF SLEEP</h2></div></p><table><tbody><tr><td>Cancer</td></tr></tbody></table><p><div id="item_3"><p>Sleep deficiency has also been linked to an increased risk of cancer.</p><p>A 2008 study published in the British Journal of Cancer found women who slept fewer than six hours a night were more likely develop breast cancer, and a 2010 study published in the journal Cancer found those who slept fewer than six hours a night were more likely to have colorectal polyps, which can lead to colon cancer.</p><p>The biological mechanisms are unclear, but lack of sleep has been shown to boost levels of inflammation in the body and interfere with the immune response, both of which have been implicated in cancer.</p><p>"Sleep is restorative," said Dyken. "And if you don't get it, your health will suffer."</p></div><div id="item_4"><h2>HEALTH HAZARDS LINKED TO LACK OF SLEEP</h2></div></p><table><tbody><tr><td>Heart Disease</td></tr></tbody></table><p><div id="item_4"><p>Short and sporadic sleep may also raise the risk of heart disease.</p><p>A 2011 study published in the European Heart Journal found people who slept fewer than six hours a night were 48 percent more likely to develop or die from heart disease.</p><p>The link could have something to do with levels of inflammation in the body, but the researchers also found higher blood pressure and cholesterol in people with sleep deficiency.</p></div><div id="item_5"><h2>HEALTH HAZARDS LINKED TO LACK OF SLEEP</h2></div></p><table><tbody><tr><td>Get Your Sleep</td></tr></tbody></table><p><div id="item_5"><p>With hectic work and family schedules, getting a good night's sleep is no easy feat. But experts say a little planning can go a long way, helping you feel refreshed the next morning and for many to come.</p><p>"Make sure your bedroom is dark and quiet, and avoid reading anything that's going to make you excited or worried," said Dyken. "Try not to exercise or eat a big meal within three hours of your bedtime, but don't go to bed hungry, either."</p><p>Caffeine and alcohol can also interfere with sleep, according to Redline.</p><p>"Much of sleep deficiency is self-inflicted," she said. "But adults should do their best to get to bed at regular times and aim to have 7.5 hours on average of sleep. Set your schedule such that you honor and respect your sleep needs."</p></div></p>

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ON CLOUD NINE: BATH SALTS BY ANOTHER NAME... WITH STRONG COMPULSIONS TO REDOSE

<p>After the recent stream of disturbing news reports of people eating others' flesh, Hornaday Manufacturing has released bullets that promise to ‘make dead permanent.’</p><p>The ammunition, branded as Zombie Max offers Proven Z-Max bullets, is live ammunition, but is actually only intended for use on targets – not people.</p><p>Scroll down for videos</p><div><img alt="The Walking Dead: Hornady Manufacturing has started selling Zombie bullets, 'just in case'; it is live ammunition" height="805" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/08/article-2155816-1380DB17000005DC-480_634x805.jpg" width="634" /><p>The Walking Dead: Hornady Manufacturing has started selling Zombie bullets, 'just in case'; it is live ammunition</p></div><div><div><img alt="A violent attack in Scott is eerily similar to a case out of Florida connected to the dangerous bath salts line drug known as Cloud Nine" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-137BC80C000005DC-386_306x423.jpg" width="306" /></div><div><img alt="Police arrested homeless Brandon De Leon on Saturday Deleon on June 2 " height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-0-13763149000005DC-783_306x423.jpg" width="306" /></div><p>Attacks: Carl Jacquneaux, left, who was arrested for allegedly biting another man's face and Brandon De Leon, right, who allegedly tried to bite two policemen while threatening to eat them</p></div><p> </p><p>Hornaday spokesman Everett Deger told WWJ Newsradio 950 that the company’s president has a love of zombie culture – including popular shows like the Walking Dead – and was inspired to make the bullets in honour of the cultural phenomenon. </p><div><h3>ON CLOUD NINE: BATH SALTS BY ANOTHER NAME... WITH STRONG COMPULSIONS TO REDOSE</h3><div><img alt="Cloud Nine bath salts " height="177" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-137F0918000005DC-878_296x177.jpg" width="296" /><p>The 'bath salts' sold under the name Cloud Nine are likely to be stimulant drugs such MPDV or ephedrine. </p><p>'Bath salts' does not refer to a single chemical, but instead to a range of synthetic drugs that can be sold legally in the U.S. as long as they are not marked for human consumption – hence the misleading name.</p><p>Drugs such as MPDV are highly potent stimulants, similar to some amphetamines, and in MPDV's case particularly, cause a strong compulsion to 'redose' with more of the drug. </p><p>In high doses, such drugs can cause violent and unpredictable behaviour, and terrifying hallucinations – and the compulsion to take more of the drug continues, even once the 'high' has begun to make the user feel bad.</p><p>Various different compounds use the name 'Cloud Nine', and it's still not confirmed which exact chemical was in the drug reported to have caused these attacks, but some reports have pointed the finger at MPDV. </p><p>The chemical is already illegal in Florida – although other 'bath salts' remain perfectly legal in the state.  </p></div></div><p> </p><p>‘We decided just to have some fun with a marketing plan that would allow us to create some ammunition designed for that…fictional world,’ he told the radio station.</p><p>Mr Deger noted that the bullets are some of the ammunition company’s most popular products.</p><p>The news comes as two more cannibal attacks have been reported in the US as police warn of a dangerous new mind-altering drug called Cloud Nine.</p><p> </p><p>Last week Rudy Eugene - who is believed to have taken the over-the-counter ecstasy-like drug - growled at officers as he chewed off most of a homeless man's face before being shot dead by Miami police.</p><p>Since then two further incidents have been linked to the substance, which is part of a new line of 'bath salts'.</p><p> </p><div> </div><div><h4>More...</h4><ul><li>Revealed: Miami cannibal's girlfriend shows herself in public for the first time and claims her beau was carrying a BIBLE before the attack</li><li>Caught on camera: The moment woman driver rams into pedestrian and travels for hundreds of yards with him clinging on 'because of her hormones'</li><li>Revealed: The videos 'Canadian cannibal' sent to his 'fans' while on the run from police - and one of them contains infamous song from American Psycho</li></ul></div><p> </p><p>The second occurred on Saturday when a snarling homeless man, identified as Brandon De Leon, threatened to eat two officers, echoing the Miami attack.</p><p>A third incident took place in Louisiana where Carl Jacquneaux, 43, bit off a chunk of his victim's face. Miami police have issued a warning about Cloud Nine and told their officers to exercise extreme caution when dealing with homeless men who appear to be acting unusually.</p><p>Police investigating the case of Rudy Eugene, who ate the face off a homeless man, say as well as being naked, he was carrying a bible.</p><p>Some pages had been ripped out of the book and were found close by, according to CBS Miami. A preliminary toxicology examination has also found that the 31-year-old had been smoked cannabis shortly before the incident.</p><p>They were forced to fit 21-year-old De Leon with a Hannibal Lecter-style mask after he was arrested for disturbing the peace in North Miami Beach. When put in a police cruiser De Leon slammed his head against the plexiglass divider and shouted at officers, 'I'm going to eat you', NBC Miami reported. </p><p>He then growled, gnashed his teeth and tried to bite the hand of an officer attempting to treat his head wounds.</p><p>'Brandon growled and opened and closed his jaw, slamming his teeth like an animal would,' the report said. Miami police said they believe he was on a cocktail of drugs, including Cloud Nine. </p><p>In a second case Carl Jacquneaux, 43, is accused of attacking Todd Credeur at his home in Scott, Louisiana, over the weekend after he became upset following a domestic issue.<img alt="Victim: Todd Credeur, though in shock, managed to spray his attacker in the face with wasp spray to stop him from eating any more of his face" height="389" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-2155544-137BA1FD000005DC-14_634x389.jpg" width="634" /></p><p>Victim: Todd Credeur, though in shock, managed to spray his attacker in the face with wasp spray to stop him from eating any more of his face</p><p> </p><div><img alt="Scene: Todd Creneur was attacked while working on the yard outside his home in Scott, Louisiana" height="286" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-2155544-137BA202000005DC-834_634x286.jpg" width="634" /><p>Scene: Todd Creneur was attacked while working on the yard outside his home in Scott, Louisiana</p></div><p> </p><div><p>KATC reported that Mr Credeur was working in his front yard when he was attacked.</p><p>Scott Assistant Police Chief Kert Thomas said: 'During the attack, the suspect bit a chunk of the victim's face off.'</p><p>Mr Credeur reportedly managed to spray Jacquneaux in the face with wasp spray to stop him from eating any more of his face.</p><p>Jacquneaux then allegedly left the home and went to another man's home where he held him at knife point and stole a hand gun. This is where police found him and arrested him.</p><p>A friend of the victim said she believes Jacquneaux was under the influence of Cloud Nine, which is the same drug which is believed to have been taken by the 'Miami Cannibal' Rudy Eugene.</p><p>Eugene ate the face of homeless man Ronald Poppo in Miami last week and a police memo to officers has highlighted the dangers surrounding the drug's use. </p></div><p>It warned the De Leon case 'bears resemblance to an incident that occurred in the city of Miami last week, when a male ate another man's face'.</p><p>'Please be careful when dealing with the homeless population during your patrols.'</p><p>Police have suggested Eugene was under the influence of the synthetic stimulant usually sold in drug paraphanelia shops.</p><p>Cloud Nine is 'addictive and dangerous', the memo said, part of a 'disturbing trend in which new drugs are sold in the guise of household products'.</p><p>The drug, which is also as Ivory Wave in the U.S., comes in harmless-looking packets, police said, adding that it is illegal in Britain and Australia.</p><div><div><img alt="Rudy Eugene attacked and chewed the face off a homeless man " height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-13625B3E000005DC-797_306x423.jpg" width="306" /></div><div><img alt="Ronald Poppo was attacked by a man who hurled him to the ground and tore into his face with his teeth" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-13625C48000005DC-7_306x423.jpg" width="306" /></div><p>Crazed attack: Cloud Nine, which is the same drug which is believed to have been taken by the 'Miami Cannibal' Rudy Eugene (left) when he savagely attacked 65-year-old Ronald Poppo (right)</p></div><p>The potentially addictive drug stimulates the central nervous system and symptoms include heart palpitations, nausea, hallucinations, paranoia and erratic behaviour.</p><p>The series of shocking incidents began on May 26 when a naked Eugene encountered his victim, 65-year-old Ronald Poppo, who was sleeping in the shade on elevated train tracks.</p><p>In surveillance footage from the nearby Miami Herald building, Eugene was seen struggling with the naked homeless man, throwing him to the ground and then tearing into his face with his teeth as cars and bicycles sped by.</p><p>About 18 minutes into the attack, an officer appeared on the scene and yelled at Eugene to stop, but the 31-year-old just growled at him and continued chewing Poppo’s face.</p><p>The officer then opened fire on Eugene, shooting him to death.</p><div>Enlarge <img alt="Horrific attack: The spot on MacArthur Causeway where a man was killed after chewing the face off a stranger " height="409" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-137C87C3000005DC-215_634x409.jpg" width="634" /><p>Horrific attack: The spot on MacArthur Causeway when a man was killed after chewing the face off a stranger</p></div><p> </p><div><img alt="Poppo miraculously survived the attack, but was left without a nose, mouth or eyes " height="402" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-137C87A6000005DC-517_634x402.jpg" width="634" /><p>Disfigured: Poppo, here on a stretcher, miraculously survived the attack, but was left without a nose, mouth or eyes</p></div><p>Poppo remains in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital with his nose, mouth and eyes torn off. He faces months of treatment to rebuild his features and psychological care.</p><p>Controversially this week the scene of the attack on Poppo has been Miami added to sites visited by a tourist tour's itinerary.</p><p>The famous Miami Mystery & Mayhem: Crime Tour tour led by Miami-Dade College professor Dr Paul George will stop on the road that connects downtown Miami to popular South Beach.</p><p>Dr Paul told the South Florida Business Journal: 'Horrible as it was, it is part of our history. Currently, our tour takes us over the causeway right past the site, so this fits well.'</p><p>In a completely separate case not involving the drug, Canadian Luka Rocco Magnotta has been sent back to his country from Germany after an international manhunt.</p><p>He is alleged to have killed his partner, Jun Lin, before eating parts of his body then chopping it to pieces that were then posted to different authorities. Mr Lun's head has not yet been found.</p><div class="cleared art-ins news" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 50px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><h3>'ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE': RECENT CANNIBAL ATTACKS ACROSS AMERICA</h3><div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc" style="margin: 0px; padding: 4px; min-height: 1px; background-color: #e8fbff; border: 1px solid #00aad2;"><div><img alt="shows Rudy Eugene, the man who was shot dead by police as he ate the face of a homeless man during Memorial Day weekend in Miami. " height="110" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-2155544-13625920000005DC-619_110x110.jpg" width="110" /></div><p>Since Rudy Eugene attacked and ate the face of homeless man Ronald Poppo on May 26 in Miami, Florida, while allegedly high on 'bath salts' there has been a spate of similar attacks.</p><p>The 'Miami Cannibal' case shocked the nation after police had to shoot dead Eugene when he refused to stop eating his victim's face off. Poppo is now recovering in hospital with horrific injuries.</p><p> </p><div><img alt=" Police arrested homeless man Brandon Deleon on June 2 " height="110" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-2155544-13763149000005DC-374_110x110.jpg" width="110" /></div><p>Brandon DeLeon, 21, was high on drugs and drunk on Four Loko on June 2 when he tried to bite off a police officer’s hand after he was arrested for disturbing customers in a Miami fast food restaurant.</p><p>The homeless man repeatedly banged his head against the patrol car’s Plexiglas and yelled, ‘I’m going to eat you.’</p><p>At the police station, De Leon tried to bite the officer who was taking his blood pressure and tending to his self-inflicted wounds. The police report noted that he 'growled and opened and closed his jaw slamming his teeth like an animal would.'</p><p> </p><div><img alt="A violent attack in Scott is eerily similar to a case out of Florida connected to the dangerous drug known as bath salts" height="110" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-137BC807000005DC-655_110x110.jpg" width="110" /></div><p>Carl Jacquneaux, 43, is accused of attacking Todd Credeur at his home in Scott, Louisiana, over the weekend after he became upset following a domestic issue.</p><p>Mr Credeur reportedly managed to spray Jacquneaux in the face with wasp spray to stop him from eating any more of his face.</p><p>A friend of the victim said she believes Jacquneaux was under the influence of Cloud Nine, which is the same drug which is believed to have been taken by the 'Miami Cannibal' Rudy Eugene.</p><p> </p><div><img alt=" Alexander Kinyua, a 21-year-old Kenyan college student accused of killing a housemate." height="110" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-2155544-1369E733000005DC-471_110x110.jpg" width="110" /></div><p>Alex Kinyua, 21, a college student, used a knife to carve up Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, 37, before eating his heart out and parts of his brain.</p><p>He then took to his social networking site to boast about it to his friends saying: 'Are you strong enough to endure ritual HBCU mass human sacrifices around the country and still be able to function as human beings?'</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;">He referred to the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech and 'other past university killings around the country' and warned 'ethnic cleansing is the policy, strategy and tactics that will affect you, directly or indirectly in the coming months.'<span><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"> </p></div></div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span><iframe width="636" height="358" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bQWb-5nblx4" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: 17px;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></p>

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<p>Narcotic Cloud Nine was blamed for the attack when Rudy Eugene ate 75% of homeless man Ronald Poppo’s face in Miami last month.</p><p>Horrific images surfaced of the attack that only ended once police shot and killed 31-year-old Eugene.</p><p>Mr Poppo is still recovering from his injuries in hospital.</p><p>Police are now warning people to stay away from Cloud Nine – also known as ‘bath salts’ - after two similar attacks were reported.</p><p>The most recent prompted an internal memo to police warning officers the case “bears resemblance to an incident that occurred in the city of Miami last week, when a male ate another man’s face”.</p><p>The memo called the synthetic drug “addictive and dangerous” and said it was part of a “disturbing trend in which new drugs are sold in the guise of household products”.</p><p>It added: “Please be careful when dealing with the homeless population during your patrols.”</p><p> </p><p><img alt="This undated booking mug made available by the Miami-Dade Police Dept., shows Rudy Eugene" height="768" src="http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article867226.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/This+undated+booking+mug+made+available+by+the+Miami-Dade+Police+Dept.%2C+shows+Rudy+Eugene" title="Rudy Eugene, 31: Ate 75% of a man's face in Miami before being shot dead" width="615" />Rudy Eugene, 31: Ate 75% of a man's face in Miami before being shot dead</p><div>AP</div><p><img alt="Brandon De Leon, who allegedly tried to bite and threatening to eat two policemen in Miami" height="769" src="http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article867228.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Brandon+De+Leon%2C+who+allegedly+tried+to+bite+and+threatening+to+eat+two+policemen+in+Miami" title="Brandon De Leon, 21: Tried to bite two police officers after he was arrested in North Miami Beach" width="615" />Brandon De Leon, 21: Tried to bite two police officers after he was arrested in North Miami Beach<img alt="Carl Jacquneaux, who was arrested for allegedly biting another man's face" height="731" src="http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article867229.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Carl+Jacquneaux%2C+who+was+arrested+for+allegedly+biting+another+man%27s+face" title="Carl Jacquneaux, 43: Bit a man's face in Scott, Louisiania. Wasp spray was used to end the attack" width="615" />Carl Jacquneaux, 43: Bit a man's face in Scott, Louisiania. Wasp spray was used to end the attack<img alt="Alexander Kinyua" height="922" src="http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article856631.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Alexander+Kinyua" title="Alex Kinyua, 21: Accused of eating the heart and brain of friend in Maryland" width="615" />Alex Kinyua, 21: Accused of eating the heart and brain of friend in Maryland</p><div>Splash</div><p><img alt="The Silence of the Lambs" height="894" src="http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article867233.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/The+Silence+of+the+Lambs" title="Horror: Film cannibal Hannibal Lecter" width="615" />Horror: Film cannibal Hannibal Lecter</p><div>Channel 5</div><p> </p><p>During the latest attack homeless Brendon De Leon threatened to eat two Miami police officers and had to be fitted with a Hannibal Lecter-style mask to prevent him carrying his threats out.</p><p>He had been arrested for disturbing the peace in North Miami Beach while high on drugs and put in a police cruiser when he slammed his head against the plexiglass divider and shouted: “I’m going to eat you” to officers before growling and baring his teeth.</p><p>Miami police said they believe he was on a cocktail of drugs including Cloud Nine.</p><p>In another case, Carl Jacquneaux, 43, was accused of attacking Todd Credeur in his front garden in Scott, Louisiana, over the weekend after being upset over a domestic issue while under the influence of what is said to be bath salts.</p><p>Jacquneaux bit Mr Credeur before being sprayed in the face with wasp spray.</p><p>Scott Assistant Police Chief Kert Thomas said: “During the attack, the suspect bit a chunk of the victim’s face off.”</p><p>Jacquneaux was then said to have left the property and gone to another man’s home where he held him at knife-point and stole a handgun before being apprehended by police.</p><p>The drug, which is also known as Ivory Wave, was blamed for several deaths in Britain during 2010 before being banned. It is also illegal in Australia.</p><p>The potentially addictive drug stimulates the central nervous system and symptoms include heart palpitations, nausea, hallucinations, paranoia and erratic behaviour and is often sold in plain packaging with the contents purporting to be harmless.</p>

A mind-altering drug banned in Britain two years ago is being blamed for the spate of cannibal attacks in America.

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Europe is on the verge of financial chaos.

<p>Global capital markets, now the most powerful force on earth, are rapidly losing confidence in the financial coherence of the 17-nation euro zone. A market implosion there, like that triggered by Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008, may not be far off. Not only would that dismantle the euro zone, but it could also usher in another global economic slump: in effect, a second leg of the Great Recession, analogous to that of 1937. This risk is evident in the structure of global interest rates. At one level, U.S. Treasury bonds are now carrying the lowest yields in history, as gigantic sums of money seek a safe haven from this crisis. At another level, the weaker euro-zone countries, such as Spain and Italy, are paying stratospheric rates because investors are increasingly questioning their solvency. And there’s Greece, whose even higher rates signify its bankrupt condition. In addition, larger businesses and wealthy individuals are moving all of their cash and securities out of banks in these weakening countries. This undermines their financial systems. 423 Comments Weigh InCorrections? Personal Post The reason markets are battering the euro zone is that its hesitant leaders have not developed the tools for countering such pressures. The U.S. response to the 2008 credit market collapse is instructive. The Federal Reserve and Treasury took a series of huge and swift steps to avert a systemic meltdown. The Fed provided an astonishing $13 trillion of support for the credit system, including special facilities for money market funds, consumer finance, commercial paper and other sectors. Treasury implemented the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program, which infused equity into countless banks to stabilize them. The euro-zone leaders have discussed implementing comparable rescue capabilities. But, as yet, they have not fully designed or structured them. Why they haven’t done this is mystifying. They’d better go on with it right now. Europe has entered this danger zone because monetary union — covering 17 very different nations with a single currency — works only if fiscal union, banking union and economic policy union accompany it. Otherwise, differences among the member-states in competitiveness, budget deficits, national debt and banking soundness can cause severe financial imbalances. This was widely discussed when the monetary treaty was forged in 1992, but such further integration has not occurred. How can Europe pull back from this brink? It needs to immediately install a series of emergency financial tools to prevent an implosion; and put forward a detailed, public plan to achieve full integration within six to 12 months. The required crisis tools are three: ●First, a larger and instantly available sovereign rescue fund that could temporarily finance Spain, Italy or others if those nations lose access to financing markets. Right now, the proposed European Stability Mechanism is too small and not ready for deployment. ●Second, a central mechanism to insure all deposits in euro-zone banks. National governments should provide such insurance to their own depositors first. But backup insurance is necessary to prevent a disastrous bank run, which is a serious risk today. ●Third, a unit like TARP, capable of injecting equity into shaky banks and forcing them to recapitalize. These are the equivalent of bridge financing to buy time for reform. Permanent stability will come only from full union across the board. And markets will support the simple currency structure only if they see a true plan for promptly achieving this. The 17 member-states must jointly put one forward. Both the rescue tools and the full integration plan require Germany, Europe’s strongest country, to put its balance sheet squarely behind the euro zone. That is an unpopular idea in Germany today, which is why Chancellor Angela Merkel has been dragging her feet. But Germany will suffer a severe economic blow if this single-currency experiment fails. A restored German mark would soar in value, like the Swiss franc, and damage German exports and employment. The time for Germany and all euro-zone members to get the emergency measures in place and commit to full integration is now. Global capital markets may not give them another month. The world needs these leaders to step up.</p>

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Prince Philip in hospital

<p>The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital with a bladder infection and will miss the rest of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Buckingham Palace said Prince Philip, 90, had been taken to the King Edward VII Hospital in London from Windsor Castle as a "precautionary measure". The Queen is still expected to join 12,000 others at the Jubilee concert which is under way at the palace. The prince will remain in hospital under observation for a few days. The prince had appeared to be in good health when he accompanied the Queen on Sunday on the royal barge the Spirit of Chartwell, which formed part of the rain-drenched Jubilee river pageant. He and the Queen stood for most of the 80-minute journey, as they were accompanied by 1,000 boats travelling seven miles down the river to Tower Bridge.</p>

Prince Philip in hospital

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Luka Rocco Magnotta, the 'Canadian Psycho,' arrested in Berlin

<p>Luka Rocco Magnotta was arrested in Berlin Monday after a four-day international manhunt that spanned three countries. The 29-year-old Canadian wanted over a horrific Montreal ice pick murder and decapitation of a Chinese student that he allegedly filmed and posted to the Internet, was arrested in or near an Internet cafe, Berlin police said. Montreal police confirmed they are aware of the reports that Magnotta was arrested, but said they are still in the process of contacting their Berlin counterparts. The arrest comes after French authorities said they were investigating a tip that Magnotta travelled from Paris to Berlin via bus on the weekend. “Somebody recognized him and (then) all the police recognized him,” Berlin police spokesperson Stefan Redlich told CP24 Monday. Handout (Click to enlarge) Magnotta's alleged victim is Lin Jun, a 33-year-old Concordia University student from Wuhan, Hubei, China. He was last seen on May 24, police said, and reported missing on May 29. Redlich said police were called in by a civilian who spotted Magnotta and he was arrested after police asked for his identification at about 2:00 p.m. local time in Berlin. Reuters is reporting it was an employee of the cafe, Kadir Anlayisli, that recognized Magnotta. The cafe is on Karl Marx Strasse, a busy shopping street filled with Turkish and Lebanese shops and cafes in the Neukoelln district of Berlin. German television quoted the owner of the cafe saying Magnotta was surfing the Internet for about an hour before his arrest. Redlich said Magnotta has been taken into custody without incident and will go in front of a judge Tuesday. Canadian officials are expected to start the extradition process for Magnotta in the near future.</p>

Luka Rocco Magnotta, the 'Canadian Psycho,' arrested in Berlin

Luka Rocco Magnotta was arrested in Berlin Monday after a four-day international manhunt that spanned three countries. The 29-year-old Cana...

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Rush for safe havens as euro fears rise

<p>US benchmark borrowing costs plunged to levels last seen in 1946 and those for Germany and the UK hit all-time lows as investors took fright at what they see as a disjointed policy response to the debt crisis in Spain and Italy. In a striking sign of the flight to haven assets, German two-year bond yields fell to zero for the first time, below the equivalent rate for Japan, meaning investors are willing to lend to Berlin for no return. US 10-year yields fell as low as 1.62 per cent, a level last reached in March 1946, according to Global Financial Data. German benchmark yields reached 1.26 per cent while Denmark's came close to breaching the 1 per cent level, hitting 1.09 per cent. UK rates fell to 1.64 per cent, the lowest since records for benchmark borrowing costs began in 1703. "They are extreme levels because we are in an extremely perilous situation. People just want to put their money somewhere where they think they will get it back. People may soon be paying Germany or the US to look after their money," said Gary Jenkins, head of Swordfish Research, an independent credit analysis company. The flight to safety came as the situation in Italy and Spain, the eurozone's third- and fourth-largest economies, deteriorated further. Italy held a disappointing debt auction and saw its benchmark borrowing costs rise above 6 per cent for the first time since January. The euro fell 0.8 per cent against the dollar to under $1.24 for the first time in two years. Confusion over how the Spanish government's rescue of Bankia, the stricken lender, will be structured led the premium Madrid pays over Berlin to borrow to hit fresh highs for the euro era at 540 basis points. Analysts said the elevated level meant that clearing houses could soon raise the amount of margin, or collateral, that traders need to post against Spanish debt, a move that led to the escalation of crises in Portugal and Ireland. The European Central Bank has made clear to Spain that it cannot use the bank's liquidity operations as part of a recapitalision of Bankia. However, the central bank said on Wednesday it had not been officially consulted on the plans. Equity markets globally fell on the eurozone fears with bourses in Paris, Frankfurt and London all dropping 2 per cent. But Nick Gartside, international chief investment officer for JPMorgan Asset Management, noted that while US bond yields had halved since April last year the S&P 500 equity market was at the same level. "One of those two markets is mispriced. Core government bonds are an efficient market and they are ahead," he added. Investors said borrowing costs for the US, UK and Germany were likely to continue to fall amid a worsening economic backdrop and the threat of more central bank intervention. Wealth managers have been moving client assets into currency havens in recent weeks, with the Swiss franc and the US dollar among the biggest beneficiaries "Risk aversion, a rapidly slowing global economy and unusually low policy rates will pin these short and intermediate maturity bonds at unprecedented low levels for quite a while," said Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive of Pimco, one of the world's largest bond investors. Mr Gartside said he could easily see German rates going below 1 per cent, following a path that only Japan and Switzerland have taken among major economies, while the US and UK could dip under 1.5 per cent. Markets are increasingly resigned to more turmoil until policy makers take more radical action. The two most popular plans of action for investors are for the ECB to buy Spanish and Italian bonds in unlimited size or for eurozone countries to agree on a fiscal union involving the pooling of debt. "You have to throw everything at it. Spain is just too big for half measures. The next intervention has to be not just massive in size but it has to show a total commitment," said Mr Jenkins. He recommends that the ECB set targets either for the premium Spain and Italy pay to borrow over Germany or for their yields.</p>

Rush for safe havens as euro fears rise

US benchmark borrowing costs plunged to levels last seen in 1946 and those for Germany and the UK hit all-time lows as investors took fright...

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Euro break-up 'could wipe 50pc off London house prices'

<p>Property prices in the capital’s most sought-after postcodes have been driven up by investors moving funds out of assets held in euros to buy into what is seen as a “safe haven” alternative. Foreign money seeking a refuge from the wider economic turmoil accounted for 60pc of acquisitions of prime central London property between 2007 and 2011, according to a report by Fathom Consulting for Development Securities. If the shared currency broke up completely, London property would initially be boosted by the continued flight towards a safe haven, the report predicts. But, once the break-up had taken place, demand for these assets as an insurance against this event would start to ebb. “Although fears about a messy end to the euro debt crisis may account for much of the gain in prime central London (PCL) prices that has taken place over the past two years, we find that a break-up of the single currency area is also the single greatest threat to PCL,” said researchers.</p>

Euro break-up 'could wipe 50pc off London house prices'

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Leveson - The Hunt is on

<p>Up until now, Lord Justice Leveson has only held the future of the British press in his hands. Today, despite all his protests to the contrary, his inquiry may determine the fate of the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt. The judge insists that it is not his job to put any minister in the dock and that he certainly will not be giving his verdict on whether there have been any breaches of the ministerial code. Nevertheless, the prime minister has made it clear that he sees today's hearing as the moment when Mr Hunt must defend his much criticised handling of News Corp's £8bn bid for total control of BSkyB. The culture secretary has, I'm told, submitted more than 160 pages of internal memos, emails and text message transcripts to the Leveson Inquiry. I understand that he will insist that, despite having originally been a cheerleader not just for Rupert Murdoch but also for his bid, he acted in ways which frustrated it rather than accelerated it once he was made the minister in charge. He will claim that he referred it to the broadcasting regulator Ofcom when told by officials that it wasn't necessary to do so. He is likely to face questions about why he did not follow Ofcom's advice to refer the bid to the Competition Commission. He is likely to reply that he was given legal advice that he had first to consider News Corps offer to spin off Sky News so as to deal with so-called plurality issues. The culture secretary is likely to be asked how he can claim to have been unaware of the scale or nature of the contact between News Corp and his political adviser, Adam Smith - who resigned once his flood of emails and texts were revealed. I understand that Jeremy Hunt originally believed that his adviser had done nothing wrong and told friends he would resign himself rather than letting a junior official resign for him. The prime minister shows no sign yet of wanting to force him out - believing that however bad things may now look, Mr Hunt didn't actually do anything wrong or anything which helped the Murdochs and their bid. Labour argue that - even before today's hearing - it is evident the culture secretary should go as he is in breach of the ministerial code for failing to supervise his adviser, and for misleading the House of Commons when he wrongly asserted he had published all contacts between his department and News Corp - as well as claiming never to have intervened to affect the outcome of the bid.</p>

Leveson - The Hunt is on

Up until now, Lord Justice Leveson has only held the future of the British press in his hands. Today, despite all his protests to the contr...

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