NKorea arms seizure could hurt US-Cuba detente

HAVANA (AP) ? Cuba's admission that it was secretly sending aging weapons systems to North Korea has turned the global spotlight on a little-known link in a secretive network of rusting freighters and charter jets that moves weapons to and from North Korea despite U.N. sanctions.

The revelation that Cuba was shipping the arms, purportedly to be repaired and returned, is certain to jeopardize slowly warming ties between the U.S. and Havana, although the extent of the damage remains uncertain. Experts said Cuba's participation in the clandestine arms network was a puzzling move that promised little military payoff for the risk of incurring U.N. penalties and imperiling detente with Washington.

The aging armaments, including radar system parts, missiles, and even two jet fighters, were discovered Monday buried beneath thousands of tons of raw Cuban brown sugar piled onto a North Korean freighter that was seized by Panama as it headed for home through the Panama Canal.

North Korea is barred by the U.N. from buying or selling arms, missiles or components, but for years U.N. and independent arms monitors have discovered North Korean weaponry headed to Iran, Syria and a host of nations in Africa and Asia. The U.N. says North Korea also has repeatedly tried to import banned arms. What's more, analysts say, it maintains a thriving sideline in repairing aging Warsaw Pact gear, often in exchange for badly needed commodities, such as Burmese rice.

"They don't know how to grow rice, but they know how to repair radars," said Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, a private group dedicated to promoting arms control.

"The North Koreans are taking desperate measures to pursue that work. Despite the best efforts of the international community to cut off arms transfers to and from North Korea, it will continue in some form."

The surprise for many observers was that the latest shipment of arms headed to North Korea comes from Cuba, which acknowledged late Tuesday that it was shipping two anti-aircraft missile systems, nine missiles, two Mig-21 fighter jets and 15 jet engine, saying they were headed to North Korea to be repaired there.

The discovery aboard the freighter Chong Chon Gang was expected to trigger an investigation by the U.N. Security Council committee that monitors the sanctions against North Korea, and Panamanian officials said U.N. investigators were expected in Panama on Thursday. Britain's U.N. Ambassador, Mark Lyall Grant, said that "any weapons transfers, for whatever reason, to North Korea would be a violation of the sanctions regime."

If Cuba wanted to send the weapons for repairs and have them returned, it would have needed to get a waiver from the Security Council committee monitoring the North Korea sanctions. A spokesman for Luxembourg's U.N. Mission, which chairs the North Korea sanctions committee, told The Associated Press that there had been no such request from Cuba.

Democrat Robert Menendez, the Cuban-American chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the incident "almost certainly violated" U.N. sanctions and urged the Obama administration to bring it to the Security Council for review.

"Weapons transfers from one communist regime to another hidden under sacks of sugar are not accidental occurrences," Menendez said Wednesday, adding that it "reinforces the necessity that Cuba remain on the State Department's list of countries that sponsor state terrorism."

Panama's seizure of the freighter, which saw its North Korean captain try to commit suicide and 35 crewmen arrested after resisting police efforts to intercept the ship in Panamanian waters, was badly timed for officials working on baby steps toward a limited detente between the U.S. and Cuba.

High-ranking Cubans were in Washington on Wednesday for migration talks that are supposed to be held every six months but have been on ice since January 2011, as the nations remain at odds on issues like Cuba's imprisonment of U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross.

"I don't think you can sugarcoat this," said Ted Piccone, senior fellow and deputy director for foreign policy at the Washington-based Brookings Institution. "You have a suspicious cargo of weapons going to a heavily sanctioned state, and this is bad for U.S.-Cuba relations. The timing, the same week as the restart of long postponed migration talks, couldn't be worse."

In the past those discussions have provided a rare opportunity to discuss other issues informally in one of the few open channels of dialogue between the countries.

U.S. and Cuban representatives last month also sat down for talks on resuming direct mail service. Earlier this year, a U.S. judge allowed a convicted Cuban intelligence agent to return to the island rather than complete his parole in the United States. And there have been whispers that Washington could remove Cuba from its annual list of state sponsors of terrorism.

On Tuesday, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Florida Republican, urged a suspension of the migration talks.

"At a minimum this development will decrease the chances of any change in U.S. policy," Piccone said. "Or at least postpone changes that have been discussed quietly and publicly for some time in Washington."

State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said Wednesday that Washington had told Cuban officials that it would discuss the seized ship with them soon, but that it would not be a focus of the one-day migration talks.

Panamanian officials said Wednesday that the ship's crew was the subject of a criminal investigation that could lead to charges, adding that two North Korean diplomats based in Havana had been issued visas to travel to Panama to talk with authorities about the case. Panamanian authorities said it might take a week to search the ship, since so far they have only examined two of its five container sections.

North Korea's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Panama should release the crew because no drugs or illegal cargo were aboard, reiterating Cuba's explanation that, "this cargo is nothing but aging weapons which are to be sent back to Cuba after overhauling them according to a legitimate contract."

Experts said the equipment found aboard the North Korean vessel does not pose a military threat to the United States or its allies.

Like other aspects of Cuba's economy and infrastructure since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the island's armed forces rely greatly on aging technology that requires frequent maintenance and parts that are difficult to obtain.

North Korea has a robust capability to repair and upgrade such Soviet-era military equipment, and a track record of doing that in exchange for commodities such as sugar. Soviet-built air-defense missiles, radar systems and MiG-21 fighter jets are complex enough to periodically require a factory repair in addition to regular maintenance.

North Korea is also known to be seeking to evade sanctions and get spare parts for its own weapons systems, particularly Mig jet fighters. That raises the possibility that in lieu of cash, Cuba was paying for the repairs with a mix of sugar and jet equipment, experts said.

"We think it is credible that they could be sending some of these systems for repair and upgrade work," said Neil Ashdown, an analyst for IHS Jane's Intelligence. "But equally there is stuff in that shipment that could be used in North Korea and not be going back."

"Upgrading, servicing and repairing, that's what the North Koreans do," added Hugh Griffiths, arms trafficking expert at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. "It is military equipment prohibited under U.N. sanctions, so whether payment is made in the form of barter trade or foreign currency, it still constitutes a violation."

The private defense analysis group IHS said satellite tracking data showed that another North Korean vessel had made a similar trip last year, crossing the Panama Canal on its way to Cuba, then crossing back, although there was no evidence yet that it had been carrying arms.

Griffiths also said his institute earlier this year reported to the U.N. a discovery it made of a flight from Cuba to North Korea that traveled via central Africa, a flight it said should now be receiving new scrutiny.

Under current sanctions, all U.N. member states are prohibited from directly or indirectly supplying, selling or transferring arms, missiles or missile systems and the equipment and technology to make them to North Korea, with the exception of small arms and light weapons.

The most recent resolution, approved in March after Pyongyang's latest nuclear test, authorizes all countries to inspect cargo inside or transiting through their territory that originated in North Korea. It also lets countries inspect cargo destined for North Korea if a state has credible information the cargo could violate Security Council resolutions.

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Weissenstein reported from Mexico City. Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations, Malin Rising in Stockholm, Foster Klug in Seoul, South Korea, Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow and Juan Zamorano in Panama contributed to this report

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R&B singer shoved after Trayvon Martin dedication

HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) ? R&B singer Lester Chambers is recovering from injuries he suffered after a woman leaped onto the stage and shoved him when he dedicated a song to Trayvon Martin during a concert in the San Francisco Bay Area, a newspaper reported Monday.

Lester Chambers ? a member of the Chambers Brothers, best known for their 1968 hit "Time Has Come Today" ? had a bruised rib muscle and nerve damage after he was attacked Saturday at the Hayward Russell City Blues Festival, family members told The San Jose Mercury News (http://bit.ly/12uRHLF).

Chambers dedicated the Curtis Mayfield hit "People Get Ready" to the slain Florida teen, the newspaper reported.

Witnesses said 43-year-old Dinalynn Andrews Potter of Barstow yelled "it's all your fault" before shoving 73-year-old Chambers.

"She must have been an acrobat," Lola Chambers, Lester Chambers' wife, told the Mercury News. "She did it in one leap. He didn't see her coming."

Andrews Potter was arrested on suspicion of battery, cited and released.

George Zimmerman, who identifies himself as Hispanic, was found not guilty of second-degree murder in last year's death of Martin, who was black. The jury had the option to consider manslaughter but declined to convict him of the lesser charge.

The case prompted debate nationwide over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice. Zimmerman was acquitted Saturday.

Chambers' family wants police to file hate crime charges. Andrews Potter is white, they said. Chambers is black.

Hayward Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Disgraced Illinois governor Blagojevich appeals corruption conviction

(Reuters) - Lawyers for Rod Blagojevich have filed an appeal challenging the disgraced former Illinois governor's corruption conviction and 14-year prison term.

Blagojevich was sentenced in 2011 after being convicted of multiple criminal corruption counts over a scheme to sell a U.S. Senate seat vacated by then president-elect Barack Obama.

A filing with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago late on Monday argued there was insufficient evidence to prove any of the charges against him.

It also argued the jury was misled about the laws on fraud, extortion and bribery at his trial.

A flamboyant two-term Democrat, Blagojevich was ousted from office in 2009 after impeachment proceedings by the state legislature.

He was also convicted of charges he used his office to extort campaign contributions and jobs for himself and his wife.

(Reporting by David Bailey; Writing by Tim Gaynor; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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Snowden says data can't leak if he doesn't want it to

Yesterday I wrote about NSA leaker Edward Snowden's threat, made via Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, to release information damaging to the US government if he's killed, and concerns about what exactly that information might be.

Today Mr. Snowden remains at a Moscow airport. He applied for temporary asylum in the country yesterday. His Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, said today that Snowden has no plans to try to leave the country soon and has not ruled out applying for Russian citizenship. As he seeks help in avoiding arrest and capture, it's hard not to wonder if Snowden will trade information he has in exchange for help.

After I wrote my story yesterday, Mr. Greenwald published a series of e-mails involving former New Hampshire Sen. Gordon Humphrey, Snowden, and himself, in which Snowden was insistent that it's impossible for information in his possession to be obtained by enemies of the US.

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"Provided you have not leaked information that would put in harm's way any intelligence agent, I believe you have done the right thing in exposing what I regard as massive violation of the United States Constitution," Senator Humphrey wrote to Snowden. Snowden responded, thanking Humphrey and complaining he's been misrepresented by the press:

"The media has distorted my actions and intentions to distract from the substance of Constitutional violations and instead focus on personalities. It seems they believe every modern narrative requires a bad guy. Perhaps it does. Perhaps, in such times, loving one's country means being hated by its government," he wrote. "Though reporters and officials may never believe it, I have not provided any information that would harm our people ? agent or not ? and I have no intention to do so."

Snowden continues:

"Further, no intelligence service ? not even our own ? has the capacity to compromise the secrets I continue to protect. While it has not been reported in the media, one of my specializations was to teach our people at DIA how to keep such information from being compromised even in the highest threat counter-intelligence environments (i.e. China).

You may rest easy knowing I cannot be coerced into revealing that information, even under torture."

I think his good intentions, as he sees them, are fair to assume. But his certainty that it is impossible to compromise what he knows seems questionable. Presumably he has digital files that are encrypted in some fashion. But if the files are accessible at all, there has to be a key.

Or even imagine a Escherian progression of unbreakable locks containing the key to the next unbreakable lock in the progression, which in turn contains the next key. Layers of difficulty are just that ? problems to be overcome. Assertions of insurmountably seem specious as long as a key or set of keys exists and someone hasn't destroyed the first one in the sequence.

And if Snowden's claims are to be believed, a key to whatever data he has does exist. Greenwald says Snowden's NSA files have been set up for release in the event Snowden is killed by the US. Greenwald hasn't said what the mechanism would be and what precisely would be released beyond, "if something does happen to [Snowden] all the information will be revealed and it could be [the US government's] worst nightmare."

That implies that there is some process, known to some people or persons, that allows for access. And while state of the art encryption can foil technical efforts to break it, it's hard to see how gaining access to the knowledge of others is impossible. Spy agencies use trickery, bribery, coercion, and sometimes worse to pry out others' secrets. Yet Snowden was insistent in his letter to Senator Humphrey.

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I originally took the torture comment to be a bit of naive bravado (people will say or do almost anything to stop the unspeakable horror of torture) though Greenwald implies today that what Snowden meant was that he doesn't know how to get at the files himself. But then, who does?

If the answer is "no one," then it's hard to square with his claim of a release being made in the event of his death. If the answer is "someone" or "some group of people," then his confidence that secrets can't be compromised seems misplaced. (I asked a number of people who know more about encryption than I about this; the answer always circled back to "the key is the vulnerability." Perhaps there's something we're all missing?)

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Sen. Reid says filibuster showdown may be averted

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Senators moved toward resolving their feud over Republican filibusters of White House appointees on Tuesday, hoping to avoid a Senate rules change by Democrats that would worsen the partisanship already troubling the chamber.

Officials said both parties were discussing a plan to permit prompt confirmation for most of the contested nominees, including Tom Perez to head the Labor Department, Gina McCarthy to run the Environmental Protection Agency and Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Senate voted 71-29 to clear the way for eventual confirmation of Cordray, whom President Barack Obama installed when the Senate was in recess, angering Republicans.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expressed confidence that a broader deal was within reach, even if it would leave open the possibility of future filibusters of Obama's executive nominees. Reid had been threatening to change the rules, to bar such filibusters.

Senators are not questioning the ability to keep using filibusters -- in which 41 of the 100 senators can block action -- on legislation and judicial nominees, who seek lifetime appointments.

Under the current proposal, Obama would drop efforts to win confirmation for two members of the National Labor Relations Board and name two replacements who would receive speedy consideration. Richard Griffin and Sharon Block were originally named to their posts as recess appointees, meaning they bypassed confirmation. An appeals court has since ruled their appointments were invalid, and the Supreme Court has agreed to review the case.

The proposed agreement would not resolve deep partisan divisions over the future use of filibusters to block a president's executive nominees.

"It is a compromise, and I think we get what we want, they get what they want. Not a bad deal," Reid said on the Senate floor.

The developments unfolded the morning after a closed-door meeting of nearly all 100 senators, eager to avoid a rules change that could poison relations between the two parties.

If ratified, the deal would mark a retreat by Reid from his insistence on Monday that Republicans promise not to filibuster future executive nominees. Republican leader Mitch McConnell had privately offered to clear the way for the currently contested nominees -- providing Block and Griffin were replaced -- officials in both parties said. That's largely the deal Democrats agreed to on Tuesday.

Reid credited Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., with helping broker a breakthrough.

McCain told reporters it was "probably the hardest thing I've been involved in." Noting the Senate recently passed a bipartisan immigration bill, he said, "Maybe we can show more momentum toward bipartisanship. Is it a panacea? No, but I think it's an important step forward."

Democrats acknowledged that a rules change probably would have prompted Republicans to retaliate by doing even more to reduce the minority party's rights if the GOP regained control of the Senate. That could happen as early 18 months from now, after the 2014 elections.

"It's a decision that, if they actually go through with it, they will live to regret," McConnell has said.

Unlike the 435-member House, the Senate has a long and bumpy tradition of granting rights to minority-party members. The most powerful tool is the filibuster, which can kill a measure by using endless debate to prevent a yes-or-no vote.

The mere promise of a filibuster can block Senate action on almost anything unless 60 of the 100 senators vote to overcome it. Filibuster-proof majorities are rare, and Republicans now hold 46 Senate seats.

Both parties have accelerated their use of the filibuster threat in recent times. Since Obama took office in January 2009, Republicans have threatened filibusters repeatedly, infuriating Democrats.

Reid said Lyndon B. Johnson faced one filibuster during his six years as Senate majority leader. In the same length of time as majority leader, Reid said he has faced 413 threatened filibusters. The tactic, he said, blocks action on routine matters that Congress once handled fairly easily.

White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters the Senate "needs to confirm this president's nominees in a timely and efficient manner." That will be true, he said, "for the next president, and the next president after that. This has become ridiculous."

Asked Monday if Obama worries that a filibuster rule change would make the Senate even more dysfunctional, Carney said, "Well, it boggles the mind how they would achieve that."

This notion that things can't get much worse in the often stalemated Senate seems to have convinced numerous senators and interest groups in recent months that there was little risk in talking about changing traditions to end at least some of the logjams.

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Associated Press writers Alan Fram and David Espo contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/sen-reid-says-filibuster-showdown-may-averted-151225951.html

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The growing prominence of air conditioning comes at a high cost. Back in 2006, Saletan explained how, in order to carve out havens of pressurized cold, we are increasing our greenhouse gas emissions. His original article is printed below:

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Have you heard the news? Scientists have found a planet that can support life. Its atmosphere is too hot for year-round habitation, its gases impede breathing, and surface conditions are sometimes fatal. But by constructing a network of sealed facilities, tunnels, and vehicles, humans could survive on this planet for decades and perhaps even centuries.

The planet is called Earth.

If you've seen this planet lately, you know what's going on: temperature records shattering, scores of Americans dead. By summer's end, the toll will be in the hundreds. It's not as bad as 2003, when a heat wave killed 30,000 people in Europe. But according to global-warming forecasts, within 40 years, every other summer will be like that one.

Thank goodness for air conditioning. To keep old folks alive, cities from Washington to Los Angeles are opening artificially cooled buildings to the public. Meanwhile, people are lining up to buy window units. According to the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, shipments of air conditioners and heat pumps have tripled over the last three decades. The percentage of single-family homes built with central air has gone from 36 to 87. The percentage of cars built with air conditioning has risen from 61 to 98. In 1970, only 42 percent of occupied mobile homes had it. By 2003, that percentage had more than doubled.

It's a heartwarming?or, more precisely, a heart-cooling?story. Unfortunately, the story doesn't end there. Air conditioning takes indoor heat and pushes it outdoors. To do this, it uses energy, which increases production of greenhouse gases, which warm the atmosphere. From a cooling standpoint, the first transaction is a wash, and the second is a loss. We're cooking our planet to refrigerate the diminishing part that's still habitable.

All over the country, power consumption is breaking records, and air conditioning is a huge reason why. We use about one-sixth of our electricity to cool ourselves. That's more than the total electricity consumption of India, a country whose population exceeds 1 billion. To get the electricity, we burn oil and coal. We also run air conditioners in our cars, which reduces urban fuel efficiency by up to four miles per gallon, at an annual cost of 7 billion gallons of gasoline.

More burning of oil and coal means more greenhouse gases. Based on government data, Stan Cox, a scientist at the Land Institute, calculates that air-conditioning the average U.S. home requires 3,400 pounds of carbon-dioxide production per year. The effects of this are particularly bad at night. Over the last five summers, very high minimum daily temperatures?those that score in the top 10 percent historically?have been far more widespread in this country than during any other five-year period. This is what's killing people. Outdoor air used to cool at night, allowing us to recover from the day's heat. Now it doesn't. To fuel our own air conditioning, we're destroying nature's.

The hotter it gets, the more energy we burn. In 1981, only one in three American households with central air used it all summer long. By 1997, more than half did. Countries once cooled by outdoor air now cool themselves. In Britain, 75 percent of new cars have air conditioning. In Canada, energy consumption for residential cooling has doubled in 10 years, and half the homes now have central or window units. Kuujjuaq, an Eskimo village 1,000 miles north of Montreal, just bought 10 air conditioners. According to the mayor, it's been getting hot lately.

Instead of fixing the outdoors, we're trying to escape it. On every street in my neighborhood, people have torn down ordinary homes and put up giant air-conditioned boxes that extend as far as possible toward the property line. They've lost yards and windows, but that's the whole idea. Outdoor space is too hard to control, so we're replacing it with indoor space. From 1991 to 2005, the median lot size of single-family homes sold in the United States shrank by 9 percent, but the median indoor square footage increased by 18 percent. If you can't stand the heat, go hide in your kitchen.

Seven years ago, when my wife and I moved into our house, we built a garden and patio in the back yard. Now, overcome by heat and mosquitoes, we're thinking of replacing them with something a bit more climate-controlled. We still want to look at nature. We just don't want to feel it. And for better or worse, we'll probably succeed. Two months ago, we saw Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth. Walking out of the air-conditioned theater, we agonized over what we could do to fight global warming. The conversation ended when we realized that our most useful contribution would be to cancel the renovation. Wrapping ourselves in a climate-controlled bubble can't make global warming less true. But in the short run, it can make it a lot less inconvenient.

That's the problem in Washington today. Policymakers aren't facing global warming, because they aren't feeling it. They gave themselves air conditioning in the 1920s and '30s, long before the public got it. White House meetings and congressional hearings on climate change are doomed hours beforehand, when the thermostats are set. One minute, you're watching video of people sweltering in New Orleans. The next minute, you're watching senators dispute the significance of greenhouse gases. Don't ask whether these people are living on the same planet. In effect, they aren't.

When outdoor heat leaks into the Washington bubble, like crime into a white neighborhood, officials treat it as a faux pas. Three weeks ago, House Majority Leader John Boehner told reporters in a Capitol press gallery, "It'd be nice if they could get you a little more air conditioning up here." This week, President Bush's spokesman, Tony Snow, assured White House correspondents that their briefing room would soon be renovated. "Gathering from the temperature in this room at this moment, I think everybody agrees that it's probably about time to have a new and updated air conditioning and heating system," he joked. But maybe the air conditioning system we need to fix is the one outdoors. And maybe we won't face that truth till it becomes more inconvenient.

A version of this piece appears in the Washington Post Outlook section.

Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2006/08/ac_dc.html

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Review: the customised deep cleansing facial at the Marker Hotel ...

So I?ve had a tour of the Marker Hotel?in Grand Canal Square (big rooms, gorgeous architecture). I?ve been to the rooftop bar (breathtaking views all the way out to the sea). I?ve eaten lunch in the restaurant and had a drink in the bar. I?ve?even tried a cronut (a croissant-donut hybrid that?s exclusive in Ireland to the Marker, available to buy at ?10 for four and devilishly delicious).

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Though I?d seen the spa on my Marker tour, I hadn?t really got a chance to experience it ? to swim in the infinity pool (lovely, but a little warm for my liking), to lounge in the Jacuzzi (perfect), sit in the sauna and steam room (delightful but, again, it?s too warm for this lark) and indulge in a treatment in one of four treatment rooms (when you book in for a treatment you are then entitled to the use of the wellness area, which includes the pool, sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi).

My therapist, Nicola, met me in the relaxation area, which is very cool ? kitted out with bean bags, cocoon seats suspended from the ceiling (which I didn?t try as I feared I wouldn?t be able to get out, and would have to crawl, like a large caterpillar, on to the floor) and comfy bed-seats. I was reading Food & Wine at the time. (One complaint? When in the spa / hairdresser / nail parlour, I like to read Heat and Now. I don?t buy them myself, but that?s part of the fun.)

The facial itself was fabulous. Thorough and relaxing ? at one point I fell asleep with?a mud mask on my face while Nicola massaged my feet ? the facial incorporated everything one could want from a facial. Mask, extraction, exfoliation, massage (to face, head and feet) and, ultimately, a feeling of great wellbeing and freshness to the skin.?Nicola also gave me some great recommendations based on my skin type (it?s oily but dehydrated, which is apparently very common, especially when the weather is warm) and didn?t (crucially!) try to push any products on me.

In terms of invigoration and thorough extractions, Omorovicza is still the clear winner, but for relaxation and a generally delightful experience (with a post-treatment sorbet and lemonade, a classy touch), the Marker is top dog.

The Customised Deep Cleansing Facial lasts 60 minutes and is ?95 midweek, ?110 at weekends. I was a guest of The Marker.

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Czech ex-PM admits relationship with aide at centre of graft probe

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Former Czech conservative Prime Minister Petr Necas has now acknowledged he had a relationship with his closest aide, whose arrest for suspected illegal spying and graft led to the government's fall last month, a daily reported on Saturday.

The aide, Jana Nagyova, is among a group of people who have been charged with illegal surveillance of Necas's wife, whom he is now divorcing, or with bribing parliamentary deputies who had rebelled against Necas last year.

"I have a relationship with Jana Nagyova. It is a firm relationship and I count on it for the future," Necas, 48, told daily Pravo when questioned about his private life in an interview published on Saturday.

Nagyova and six other suspects have been in police custody for a month since 400 policemen raided government and private offices and homes in the biggest sweep against graft since the communist era ended in 1989, causing a political crisis in the EU member country that may last for months to come.

The charges against Nagyova and others are a by-product of a wider investigation into what police suspect is an organized corruption ring involving businessmen and public contracts. That investigation led police to Nagyova and the others, but none of them is accused of links to organized crime.

A lawyer for Nagyova has said she acted in good faith.

Police have also asked parliament to lift the immunity of Necas, who remains a deputy and thus is protected from investigation, so that they could charge him as well.

Necas's close relationship with the blonde single mother of two had fuelled speculation among politicians and in the media in the central European state for months but neither Necas nor Nagyova had previously acknowledged it.

Necas, a church-going father of four, said in January he had separated from his wife of more than 25 years, and the couple filed for divorce last month, just before the police raids.

The former prime minister testified on Friday in the bribery case, centered on accusations that three deputies were promised jobs at state firms if they ceased opposing a key piece of tax legislation.

Necas said he considered the process to be political and denied any wrongdoing. Some Czech politicians and commentators agree with his view, and the case will help set the boundary between acceptable political horse trading and corruption.

Necas has previously said he had no knowledge of any illegal spying by military intelligence on his wife, which police say was organized by Nagyova.

Leftist President Milos Zeman angered all the main political parties by appointing his own ally Jiri Rusnok as prime minister to replace Necas, leading to a standoff with parliament.

That may lead to a prolonged political crisis in a country praised by investors for its stability, and could cripple policymaking, including approval of the 2014 budget.

(Reporting by Jan Lopatka; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

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'Despicable Me 2,' 'Grown Ups' beat 'Pacific Rim'

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Pamela McClintock The Hollywood Reporter

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Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim" failed to do monster business at the North American box office as it was beat by "Despicable Me 2" and Adam Sandler's ensemble comedy "Grown Ups 2" in a major disappointment for Thomas Tull's Legendary Pictures.

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"Pacific Rim."

"Pacifc Rim" grossed $38.3 million, a problematic number considering the movie's production budget of at least $190 million. Legendary footed most of the bill, with distribution and marketing partner Warner Bros. putting up a minority stake. Opening in 38 markets overseas, the 3D tentpole took in $53 million for a worldwide total of $91 million. While strong in Asia, Russia and Mexico, "Pacific Rim"was soft elsewhere.

Universal's box office hit "Despicable 2"stayed at No. 1 in its second weekend, grossing $44.8 million for a domestic total of $229.2 million. The 3D animated tentpole also came in No. 1 internationally, grossing $55.7 million from 50 markets for a worldwide total of $472.4 million. It has earned $243.2 million at the foreign box office and will eclipse the entire run of "Despicable Me" this week ($293 million).

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"Despicable Me 2."

ANALYSIS: What 'Pacific Rim's' fate means for Legendary and Warner Bros.

Sony's "Grown Ups 2" opened to a stellar $42.5 million domestically in a needed win for Sandler, who has had a string of box office disappointments.

Despite being ravaged by critics, "Grown Ups 2" received a B- CinemaScore, same as the 2010 original. The sequel, costing a relatively modest $80 million to produce, reteams Sandler with Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph and Maria Bello.

Fox's Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy comedy "The Heat"placed No. 4 in its third outing, jumping the $100 million mark and ending the weekend with a North American cume of $112.4 million.

Coming in No. 5 was Gore Verbinski's troubled "The Lone Ranger," which tumbled a steep 61 percent to $11.1 million in its second weekend for a tepid domestic cume of $77.1 million. Overseas, the big-budget tentpole took in a meek $12.7 million from 33 territories for an international total of $48 million and worldwide cume of $119.1 million. "Lone Ranger" has a number of major markets in which yet to open.

Marking del Toro's first big-budget tentpole, "Pacific Rim" pits giant robots against alien monsters and stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi and Charlie Day.

Defying soft prerelease tracking, "Pacific Rim" got off to a better-than-expected start Thursday night and Friday, but once fanboy traffic started tapering off late Friday, the movie took a dip. Mirroring strong reviews, "Pacific Rim" received an A- CinemaScore.

IMAX theaters -- the favored venue for fanboys -- ponied up a robust $7.3 million. In another sign that fanboys turned out in force, more than 50 percent of the overall gross came from 3D screens, a record for the summer.

Younger moviegoers made up the biggest percentage of the audience for"Pacific Rim," with 47 percent of those buying tickets under the age of 25 and 67 percent under the age of 35.

Overseas, "Pacific Rim" launched to strong numbers in Asia, Russia and Mexico -- del Toro's home country -- though it fared dismally in Australia on Thursday, coming in No. 4 behind the the opening day of "The Heat," "Despicable Me 2" and "Monsters University" (the two animated films are benefiting from school holidays). It also was soft in the U.K.

Final weekend numbers have yet to be released, but "Pacific Rim" is expected to end the weekend with worldwide grosses just north of $90 million.

VIDEO: 'Pacific Rim's' Guillermo del Toro on box-office pressure, planning a sequel

So far internationally, the tentpole is outpacing a slew of films that went on to gross between $300 million and $400 million overseas, including"Rise of the Planet of the Apes," "Clash of the Titans" and "Prometheus." It's also pacing on par with "World War Z," which has earned more than $200 million to date at the foreign box office.

Making headlines at the specialty box office in North America was The Weinstein Co.'s critically acclaimed "Fruitvale Station," about the the shooting of a young African-American man by BART police in Oakland. The film -- opening just as George Zimmermanwas acquitted of shooting Trayvon Martin-- grossed $377,285 from seven theaters for a location average of $53,898, the third best of the year so far.

"Fruitvale" starMichael B. Jordan and first-time feature Ryan Coogler have been vocal in comparing the two shootings, and the issues they raise.

Fox Searchlight's "The Way, Way Back" performed nicely as it expanded into a total of 79 theaters, grossing $1.1 million for a location average of $14,051 and cume of $1.8 million.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/despicable-me-2-grown-ups-2-best-pacific-rim-box-6C10629989

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Exclusive: Zimmerman wants to go to law school to help others like him - friends

By Chris Francescani

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After his acquittal on murder charges for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman may go to law school to help people wrongly accused of crimes like himself, close friends told Reuters on Sunday.

The 29-year old was found not guilty late Saturday for shooting the unarmed black teenager in a case that sparked a national debate on race and gun laws. One of his first calls was to defense witness John Donnelly and his wife Leanne Benjamin.

They got to know Zimmerman in 2004 when he and a black friend opened up an insurance office in a Florida building where Benjamin worked. They grew close and the couple spent time with him during the trial.

Over dinner with Zimmerman recently, Benjamin said he told them he would like to go to law school.

"I'd like to help other people like me," she quoted him as telling them.

Zimmerman, an insurance investigator, attended community college and was a credit shy of an associate's degree in criminal justice but was kicked out of school because he posed a danger to the campus, according to family sources.

"Everybody said he was a cop-wannabe but he's interested in law," Benjamin said. "He sees it as a potential path forward to help other people like himself."

Zimmerman's defense attorney Mark O'Mara agreed.

"He wanted to be a cop for awhile, but he's talked about going to law school," O'Mara told Reuters on Sunday.

"He has a real interest in the law and ... prosecuting appropriately - not like what he got - is something he's very interested in. I will not be surprised if he ends up in criminal law," O'Mara said. "His dad was a judge, and he wants to be a prosecutor or a lawyer."

Experience shows that re-building life after a major trial may prove difficult, even for those acquitted of headline-making crimes.

Casey Anthony, the young Orlando mother acquitted in 2011 of killing her 3-year-old daughter Caylee, remains hidden and unemployed while her lawyers fight civil lawsuits seeking monetary damages from her.

Former NFL star O.J. Simpson was acquitted in 1995 of killing his wife and an acquaintance, but his life fell apart. He lost a $33 million wrongful death civil suit in 1997, moved to Florida where he was arrested and eventually sent to prison in 2008 for up to 33 years for robbery and kidnapping.

THREATS TO HIS LIFE

Even O'Mara and Zimmerman's brother, Robert, admitted his life would never be the same after the trial, which has forced him to go out in disguise and wear bullet proof vests because of threats to his life.

Donnelly told Reuters that Zimmerman was hurt very deeply by prosecutors' portrayals of him as a racist vigilante who targeted and pursued Martin simply because he was black.

"The person they are talking about is somebody completely different," Donnelly quoted Zimmerman as telling him recently. "Sometimes I have to go look at a mirror. They are talking about a totally different human being. They are talking about a racist. I'm not a racist."

He said Zimmerman was anything but.

"He's been mentoring young black kids for years, he launched a campaign to help a homeless black man who was beaten up by a white kid, and he still just can't believe all the things that have been said about him in the media."

Other friends of Zimmerman who spoke exclusively to Reuters remain angry at what he has endured since the shooting.

"I knew the man was innocent the whole time,'' said Jorge Rodriguez. "He called me yesterday to thank me ... for believing in him. He was just so relieved."

Rodriguez is deeply frustrated by civil rights activists like Al Sharpton, who he feels pressured prosecutors into charging Zimmerman with a crime he didn't commit.

"Everybody asked for justice, and they got it," Rodriguez said. "Everybody asked for George to be arrested, and they got it. Everybody asked for George to be tried, and they got it. Everybody asked for a fair trial, and they got it."

He dismissed criticism of the prosecution, the six female jurors and calls by civil rights groups for a federal civil rights investigation. The Martin family is also considering a wrongful death civil suit.

"Now can't we leave George Zimmerman alone?", Rodriguez said. "It was nothing about racism. It was about the community being robbed and broken into, and one man stood up. The state should be giving this man an award, and instead they took him to trial."

(Additional reporting by Barbara Liston in Sanford; Editing by Dina Kyriakidou, Bernard Orr)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-zimmerman-wants-law-school-help-others-him-211854754.html

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Japan Deploys Floating Wind Farm to Fukushima

Japan moved parts of a massive floating wind farm towards waters off the coast of Fukushima on Friday (July 12), two years after a massive disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

The first 2 megawatt wind turbine which is 30-stories high in size left Tokyo late last month followed by the massive floating substation.

Power generation is due to start in October and will become the largest floating wind farm in Japan.

Two more 7 megawatt turbines are to join these either next year or in 2015 and will eventually be capable of generating 16 megawatts of power.

The government hopes the wind farm will create employment to help Fukushima and the surrounding region recover after its massive earthquake, tsunami and a nuclear meltdown in 2011.

[Keisuke Murakami, Chief of New and Renewable Energy; Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry]:
"First and foremost, we want to make this a symbol of Fukushima's recovery. Secondly, this floating wind farm concept is the ace up our sleeve for the next stage of renewable energy development."

Japan plans to create the new industry from ground up and and is hopeful the positive effects will spur businesses in other fields and that they will be able to profit from exporting technology.

[Keisuke Murakami, Chief of New and Renewable Energy; Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry]:
"Wind farms consist of over twenty-thousand different parts, and the wind farm industry requires total engineering on par with the automobile industry. We view this as a strategic field where applications to other industries will spread."

But not everyone is optimistic.

[Akihiko Imakata, Engineer with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Corporation]:
"Up to now, we have been beaten badly by Korean and Chinese rivals, and I can?t deny already foreseeing the same thing happening in the future."

Less than one-percent of Japan's energy production came from wind power in fiscal 2009, according to a Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry report published in 2012.

Source: http://ntdtv.org/en/news/world/asia/2013-07-12/japan-deploys-floating-wind-farm-to-fukushima.html

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FDA Approves New Drug for Advanced Lung Cancer

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A new drug to treat advanced lung cancer has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Gilotrif (afatinib) is approved to treat patients with a specific subtype of of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). About 85 percent of lung cancers are NSCLC, making it the most common type of lung cancer.

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Peru circus this weekend despite tornado damage

July 12, 2013

Peru circus this weekend despite tornado damage

Anonymous Associated Press Fri Jul 12, 2013, 11:46 AM EDT

PERU, Ind. ? The show will go on this weekend for 200 young people who are members of Peru?s youth circus despite a tornado that damaged parts of the community Wednesday.

Performers ages 13 to 21 will take to the rings starting Saturday in a culmination of four months of intense practice.

Peru is known as ?Circus City? and has a rich three-ring tradition dating to the 1890s. Participants in the youth circus become jugglers, unicyclists, clowns, aerialists and tight-rope walkers.

The Indianapolis Star reports most of the youth circus performers are girls because the four-hour daily practice conflicts with summer football workouts.

Performances will run through July 20.

?Associated Press

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Amazing boat... food was beyond: Gwyneth Paltrow in Twitter storm after gushing over ?72,000 holiday

Posting pictures of the break on her newsletter Goop, the star enthused about the holiday on a luxury yacht complete with a full cinema and 11-man crew.

She wrote: "Our amazing boat was designed after traditional Indonesian trade boats that sailed along the historical Spice Routes ... the food on the boat was beyond. Everything was super fresh, with the fish and produce usually picked up from an island the same day."

Seemingly oblivious to the ludicrous price tag, Gwyneth also posted a photo of her chef - who baked croissants every morning - cooking in the galley with the caption: "You better like your sous chef in a kitchen this small".

The family holiday with her husband Chris Martin and their children Apple, nine, and Moses, seven, involved sailing through the archipelago's 17,000 islands for four days.

She posted recipes for her fans to try, all involving rare ingredients such as tamarind paste and galangal.

The lifestyle tips sparked an angry reaction from her Twitter followers, with one commenting: "Oh, going to Indonesia? Pfft. Been there 75 times. Stayed in a castle and wore a tiara at all times. (sic)"

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At Ramadan meals, Egypt weighs split in society

CAIRO (AP) ? As the sun set on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, families across Cairo gathered for the fast-breaking iftar meal in a country that in the last two weeks has seen protests by millions, a coup against an elected president and the deaths of dozens of people in clashes with the military.

Ramadan is traditionally a time of personal reflection and feeling a sense of brotherhood with fellow Muslims, but in the aftermath of the military overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi, the divisions among Egyptians extend even down to this traditional meal.

On one side of the city, Tahrir Square remains the symbolic center of the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak and later opposed Morsi. Across town in an eastern district, Morsi's supporters have coalesced around a major intersection in front of the mosque of Rabaah al-Adawiya.

Breaking their fast outdoors, the people in the two camps expressed bafflement and disdain for the other side.

"I don't know if the people at Rabaah al-Adawiya are out of their minds or if they are brainwashed," said Shenouda William, a 35-year-old lawyer, who sat with about 100 people in the echoing emptiness of Tahrir Square to break their fast. Others described the Morsi supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood as ignorant peasants or possibly Palestinian and Syrian refugees looking for food and a place to sleep.

A Christian, William chose to join the iftar as a symbol of national unity and described this as "the best Ramadan I've ever known because the Brotherhood are not here ? they succeeded in dividing the people, and this will never happen again."

Egyptians remain divided, however, and while the Brotherhood alienated much of the country in their year in power, they still have supporters who came by the tens of thousands to break their fast Wednesday night in a clear show of strength.

Families thronged into the boulevards near the Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque and sat under tents or on long sheets of blue tarpaulins to first pray and then eat after the sun set.

Fireworks marked the end of the day and an imam recited the call to prayer as people tentatively took their first sips of water and ate dates handed out to the crowd.

Then came the communal prayer ? an awesome sight as thousands stretching into the distance silently rose and fell in the ritual prostration before reciting "Amen" in a single voice.

"We do our prayers to bring victory, especially this month with these developments. We hope he will grant us this," said Mohammed El-Sayyed, a college student from Mansoura after the prayers and before he joined his family for the meal. "There might be problems and people might die, but resolution will come this month."

The first iftar of Ramadan is traditionally spent with family, so El-Sayyed talked his father into bringing the whole clan down to the mosque rally ? a move clearly followed by thousands of others as families picnicked around them.

Across town in Tahrir Square, construction worker and youth organizer Ahmed Abdel Aziz sees a kind of family in the more modest gathering of people who ate chicken and rice under the hulking Mugamma building, Cairo's bureaucratic heart.

"After all the events of the last days, it is great to celebrate the first day of Ramadan in Tahrir. Here, it is better than being at home. I feel like I am with my family here," Aziz said, drawing with relief on his first cigarette of the day.

Tamarod, the youth-driven campaign that is credited with spearheading the movement to oust Morsi, will hold its own iftar in Tahrir Square on Friday, doubtlessly drawing huge numbers of people. But the anti-Morsi crowd's numbers are also small because they see themselves as victorious and have less need to show their strength in the streets.

The Wednesday night meal in Tahrir came courtesy of well-known Egyptian director Khaled Youssef, who stopped by to see how things were going.

"Ramadan has always been a time of union and reunion, but this time we have a lost group, a group that doesn't acknowledge the will of the people," he said, referring to supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Back at Rabaah Al-Adawiya, where many in the crowd also were eating roast chicken and rice, most refused to believe that most of the country supported the military coup. People suggested that those in Tahrir had been paid off or had been fooled, convinced that the true Egyptians were sitting around them.

"In Tahrir Square now, it is just those from the previous regime, the businessmen, and the military," said Ali Awad, an elderly, bespectacled teacher trainer from the northern town of Zagazig. "Those who want things to be right want Morsi."

But while the crowd outside the mosque certainly represents a large section of the country, it can't be described as inclusive. All the women without exception wore conservative dress, and sharing space with the portraits of Morsi was a huge picture of ultraconservative icon Omar Abdel-Rahman ? the blind sheik imprisoned in the U.S. for masterminding the attacks on New York landmarks in the 1990s.

At the end of the prayer, several young men chanted "Egypt, an Islamic state!" and "By our blood and souls, we will sacrifice ourselves for Islam!" ? the kind of rhetoric that has made many Egyptians uneasy with the Brotherhood and its fellow travelers from the ultraconservative Salafi movement.

Amid the prayer, the food and the camaraderie of the evening outside the mosque, there was also a deep sense of unease at the future.

The government had ordered the arrest of the Brotherhood's top leadership, most of whom are believed to be hidden among the thousands at the sit-in, and many in the crowd talked about how they had helped those who were wounded Monday in clashes with the military. That violence had left at least 51 Brotherhood supporters dead and hundreds wounded.

Sayyed Ezz, a math teacher from Alexandria, was handing out cups of chilled water to people with his wife. He described how during the trip to Cairo, police stopped his microbus and searched all the passengers ? saying it was like the dark days of the Brotherhood's repression in the 1950s at the hands of Egypt's first president.

"They are going to kill us. It's starting," he said, "It is like the days of Gamal Abdel Nasser, and they are going to do it again."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ramadan-meals-egypt-weighs-split-society-160122274.html

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AP Source: Cavs, Bynum agree to 2-year deal

FILE - In this May 13, 2012 file photo, Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum puts up a shot during the first half in Game 7 in their first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles. A person with knowledge of the negotiations says the Cleveland Cavaliers have offered free-agent center Andrew Bynum a two-year contract. The Cavs made the offer Monday night, July 8, 2013, a deal that includes a team option for the second year. The person who spoke to the Associated Press on Tuesday did so on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

FILE - In this May 13, 2012 file photo, Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum puts up a shot during the first half in Game 7 in their first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles. A person with knowledge of the negotiations says the Cleveland Cavaliers have offered free-agent center Andrew Bynum a two-year contract. The Cavs made the offer Monday night, July 8, 2013, a deal that includes a team option for the second year. The person who spoke to the Associated Press on Tuesday did so on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

CLEVELAND (AP) ? The Cleveland Cavaliers are taking a chance on Andrew Bynum and his creaky knees.

The free agent center, who never played one second with Philadelphia last season because of knee injuries, has agreed to terms on a two-year contract with the Cavs, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

Bynum accepted the deal on Wednesday night, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the agreement.

The 7-footer was traded to the 76ers last summer as part of a four-team blockbuster. Bynum, a former All-Star with the Lakers, was expected to help Philadelphia contend, but the 25-year-old never stepped on the court and underwent surgery on both knees in March.

The Cavs, who beat out Atlanta and Dallas for Bynum, are only guaranteeing $6 million and one year to Bynum, the person said. The team has an option on the second year.

In Cleveland, Bynum will be reunited with Cavs coach Mike Brown. The two spent one season together in Los Angeles and Bynum had his best season as a pro, averaging 18.7 points and 11.8 rebounds in 60 games.

Bynum, if healthy, should move the Cavs from one of the Eastern Conference's worst teams to a playoff contender. Cleveland won just 24 games last season and has won 66 in the three years since LeBron James left.

Bynum has plenty of playoff experience and he would give the Cavs another proven star to go along with All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving.

In guaranteeing Bynum only one year, the Cavs have an out if he doesn't perform up to expectations. But if he does play well, the Cavs will have a roster that could attract another high-profile free agent next summer, when James could be available.

Associated Press

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how Import windows xp from Parallels Desktop 5 in leopard to Parallels Desktop 8 lion

hi,

i am having problem with Parallels Desktop 8 in lion

i want to Import windows xp from Parallels Desktop 5 in leopard to Parallels Desktop 8 in lion

i copy & past windows xp it didn't work ?! ( i did think import / export is simple in Parallels Desktop )

then i try the manual p34 Import from an Earlier Parallels Desktop or Other Virtualization Application

Parallels Desktop 5 reinstall Parallels Tools nothing happens after windows restart there is no onscreen instructions ?!

please help me to fix this problem

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Import from an Earlier Parallels Desktop or Other Virtualization Application

With Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac you can use Windows that you set up using earlier versions of Parallels Desktop, as well as VMware Fusion, Microsoft Virtual PC, and Virtualbox:
1 Open Parallels Desktop (in the Applications folder) and choose File > Open.
2 Select the Windows data file you want to import, then click Open.
? ParallelsDesktopdatafilesendwith.pvm.
? VMwarefilesendwith.vmx.
? VirtualPCfilesendwith.vmc.
? VirtualBoxfilesendwith.xmlor.vbox.
You can also simply drag a Parallels .pvm file to the Parallels Virtual Machines list to add it to Parallels Desktop.
3 Start Windows (p. 36).
4 Choose Virtual Machine > Install Parallels Tools and follow the onscreen instructions.

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