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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ? Politicians in Cyprus were racing Saturday to complete an alternative plan raising funds necessary for the country to qualify for an international bailout, with a potential bankruptcy just three days away.
Finance Minister Michalis Sarris said "significant progress" had been made, and that new legislation raising funds could be completed and submitted to Parliament as early as Saturday evening, although the timing was not certain.
Cyprus has been told it must raise 5.8 billion euros ($7.5 billion) in order to secure 10 billion euros in rescue loans from other European countries that use the single currency, and from the International Monetary Fund. The country's lawmakers soundly rejected an unpopular initial plan that would have seized up to 10 percent of people's bank accounts, and is now seeking a way to raise the desperately needed money.
Time is running out fast. The European Central Bank has said it will stop providing emergency funding to Cyprus' banks after Monday if no new plan is in place. Without ECB's support, Cypriot banks would collapse on Tuesday, pushing the country toward bankruptcy and a potential exit from the 17-nation eurozone.
Banks have been shut all week while the plan is put into place, and are not due to reopen until next Tuesday.
Representatives of the IMF, ECB and European Commission ? collectively known as the troika ? met with Sarris and other officials in the Finance Ministry throughout the morning, negotiating several new laws, including a crucial bill that would impose some form of a tax on bank deposits.
The details were still being worked out, but officials have said that the tax could apply to deposits in the country's top two lenders, which were most exposed to bad Greek debt, or even all banks.
Troika consent is essential as they will determine whether the plan that the Cypriots come up with would meet the requirements for the bailout before it is presented to the eurozone finance ministers for final approval.
A eurogroup meeting of the finance ministers is expected to be held in Brussels over the weekend, and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades was also to fly there, potentially as early as Saturday.
"Significant progress has been made toward an agreement at least with the troika which will report to the Eurogroup," Sarris told reporters after the initial morning meeting at his ministry.
"Two or three issues need further work, issues on banks, there are different calculations," Sarris said. "There is the contribution of experts from the private sector."
The experts would hold consultations amongst themselves and officials would resume negotiations with the troika again later Saturday afternoon.
"We have a number of experts that are working from the private sector, at the Central Bank, at the Ministry of Finance trying to iron out these details so that when we do reach an agreement there will be no room for different understanding or misrepresentation."
Nicosia made a significant step towards cementing a new plan Friday night, when its lawmakers approved nine bills, including three crucial ones that will restructure ailing banks, restrict financial transactions in emergencies and set up a "solidarity fund" that will act as the vehicle for raising funds from investments and contributions.
The bank restructuring will include the country's troubled second largest lender, Laiki, which suffered heavy losses after being exposed to toxic Greek debt.
The restructuring of Laiki and the sale of the toxic-asset laden Greek branches of Cypriot banks is expected to cut the amount the country needs to raise to about 3 billion euros instead of 5.8 billion euros, officials have said.
Other banks may also be included in the restructuring, such as the country's largest lender, Bank of Cyprus, which was also exposed to Greek debt.
"We have to be clear to protect the financial system and for banks to open Tuesday with a clear picture," Sarris said.
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Elena Becatoros in Nicosia contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cyprus-racing-complete-alternative-rescue-plan-101417471--finance.html
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Mar. 22, 2013 ? Nerve mapping technology allows surgeons to determine whether surgery has been effective for relieving pressure from compressed nerves, which often function poorly and cause sciatica or pain and weakness in muscles supplied by the nerve.
In a small study involving 42 patients at Henry Ford Hospital, lead author and orthopaedic surgeon Stephen Bartol, M.D., says that mechanomyography, or MMG, is effective with measuring nerve function and determining whether nerves are compressed. MMG, which functions by detecting muscle movement and sending real-time alerts to surgeons, measures the performance of nerves during surgery, thereby reducing the risk of inadequate surgery and eliminating the need for additional surgery.
While encouraged by his findings, Dr. Bartol urged caution that more research is needed involving larger patient populations.
"Traditionally, when we operated on someone who has nerve decompression, we didn't know if we had done enough during the surgery at the time. It was basically wait and see after the patient recovered," Dr. Bartol says. "With the MMG tool we can differentiate between normal and compressed nerves, and gauge the severity of the compression."
The study is being presented Friday at the American Academy of Orthoapedic Surgeons' annual meeting in Chicago.
It is estimated that back pain will affect eight of 10 people in their lifetime, and one-quarter of U.S. adults report having back pain lasting at least one day in the past three months. With the rise in minimally invasive procedures, physicians are craving the need for an effective tool to monitor nerve function during surgery.
Conventionally, surgeons assess nerve decompression using direct visualization or a probe called a Woodson elevator, methods Dr. Bartol describes as "purely subjective" and prone to error. Another method electromyography, or EMG, which monitors the electrical response of muscle, is unreliable because electrical noise in the operating room makes it difficult to quantify nerve responses, Dr. Bartol says.
MMG, Dr. Bartol says, monitors the same physiological effects as EMG but uses smart mechanical sensors that are not susceptible to electrical interference. He says clear signals of muscle movement can be detected at low electrical current thresholds.
In the study, researchers sought to test the electrical threshold of stimulation of 64 nerves in 41 patients by direct contact prior to and after decompression, during which a small portion of bone over the nerve root is removed, enabling the nerve root to heal without hindrance. Stimulation started at 1mA electrical current and gradually increased until an MMG response was achieved.
The findings: ? Prior to decompression, 89 percent of nerves had an elevated median threshold of 4.89mA. ? After decompression, nerves had a median threshold of 2.08mA and 70 percent had normal threshold of 1mA. ? After decompression, all 64 nerves had measurable increases in MMG response. ? After decompression, 98 percent of nerves with abnormal pre-compression values had a drop in threshold greater than 1mA.
Dr. Bartol says these findings show that MMG technology "allows the surgeon to make better decisions in the operating room. Inadequate decompression means patients will continue to experience pain after surgery. Better nerve testing during surgery should translate to better outcomes."
The study was funded by Henry Ford Hospital.
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Big break: Clothing designer Adrian Hailwood.
Clothing designer?Adrian Hailwood is joining iconic Kiwi designers such as Trelise Cooper and Karen Walker in the United States market.
The Auckland designer has signed up with United States agency Bridge Showroom, which stocks international designers' clothing in 17 states.
"It's exciting," said Hailwood.
The designer, who has been working fulltime on his collections for the past 12 years, has been trying to break into the United States market for a long time.
"I went [to the United States] four or five years ago, but then there was the market crash," he said.
"There's more economic growth happening in the States now."
It was not "going gangbusters", but buyers had regained their confidence, he said.
Hailwood, who began his career making T-shirts, said he did not know how successful his range would be in the United States, or how much profit he was likely to make until the rest of the orders came in during the next six weeks.
Statistics New Zealand reported exports of textiles, clothing and footwear to the United States generated $40 million, from 225 manufacturers, last year to June.
"You have to export," Hailwood said. "The market here is so tiny."
There were too many designers trying to fit into the small New Zealand market, which made it difficult to get ahead, he said.
Hailwood is looking to stock his range in up to 300 different stores, in 900 locations. To do so, he had to create a new range to stock offshore because of the opposing season in the northern hemisphere.
The range was appealing to the United States market because of the fabric and prints, he said.
"It's all my own prints, and I make my own fabrics."
When Bridge Showroom approached the designer, the main focus was production capability, Hailwood said.
"Thirty per cent is the design, the rest is logistics."
Hailwood will design three seasons per year for the United States range: Autumn, summer, and spring. If the range was well-received he would look at further expansion in the United States, and other international markets, he said.
Hailwood's United States collection was aimed at mature women, with some pieces for younger buyers.
"My clothes are a little bit older - it's happened as I've gotten older."
The clothes are stocked at his flagship store in Karangahape Rd in Auckland, as well as other retailers and department stores in New Zealand, including his largest stockist, Wellington's Kirkaldie and Stains.
Bridge Showroom partner Ken Nachbar said Adrian Hailwood's light and easy aesthetic was what made his clothes appealing to the United States market.
"His clothes are fun and we think he'll do best in warmer states, reflecting the temperate climate and aesthetic of New Zealand."
Bridge Showroom, which has been running out of San Francisco for the past five years, and represents designers from Europe and Asia, sells its designers' lines to high-end, multi-label boutiques, including stores in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
Fairtrade and organic certified Wellington label Kowtow Clothing has also been picked up by Bridge Showroom, and has started its first season of selling in the United States.
Kowtow Clothing designer and director Gosia Piatek said international expansion was always part of her business plan.
"The vision for my business was always to be an international brand."
International sales accounts for 20 per cent of the label's wholesale sales, and 30 per cent of its internet sales.
Internet sales generate 45 per cent of the company's total income.
The majority of the company's international revenue comes from Australia, but the label has received a strong reception from the United States market.
"The agency was really optimistic about our brand.
"We have had stockists agreeing to stock our brand without even seeing samples," Piatek said.
The United States was an easy market to break into because they were looking for something fresh, she said.
"You reach market saturation in New Zealand."
New Zealand designer labels were largely confined to boutiques, as opposed to the large American stockists in the United States, she said.
There was space for new Kiwi designers to move into the United States market, and it was easier than breaking into Europe where they already had a range of designers, Piatek said.
Other well-known designers who stocked their clothing in the United States included Lonely Hearts, Stolen Girlfriends Club, Huffer, Trelise Cooper, and Karen Walker, whose clothes are available in 42 states.
- ? Fairfax NZ News
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/small-business/8460578/Gaps-in-US-market-for-Kiwi-designers
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? Posted 22 March 2013 - 06:58 AM
I've been working with nanoloop for Android since it was in beta, but I'm just beginning to put together material with it that I'm satisfied yet. Here's one of the first ones:https://soundcloud.c...my-friend-rough
I've been doing a lot of unsequenced folk/gospel inspired music with live acoustic parts lately, so this is a bit of a different thing.. kindof a throwback homage to mid-90s anally-sequenced IDM. Influences are pretty obvious.
I may work on it a bit more, so any feedback is welcome.
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? Posted 22 March 2013 - 08:32 AM
Wait, how is this done? Stems are imported into renoise and most of the sequencing is done there?Sounds really-really good imo
I've had nanoloop on my android for a while now, but havent really made much use of it.
This one has made me reconsider putting more effort into it.
Good job!
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? Posted 22 March 2013 - 09:25 PM
Haha, thanks
this is straight from the Nanoloop ogg export - no further edits/postprocessing.Nanoloop looks so simple is _very_ easily underestimated - it's incredibly deep. I don't think I've seen anyone really push the limits of its what it can do (myself included). I tried to do something a bit different than the typical thing of "a few stock sounds + 3 minutes of repeating patterns", but I'm still scratching the surface myself.
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Sounds really-really good imo
I've had nanoloop on my android for a while now, but havent really made much use of it.
This one has made me reconsider putting more effort into it.
Good job!
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? Posted 22 March 2013 - 10:45 PM
great job. I remember seeing your youtube vid and it made me go buy the app for my phone. I m still trying to wrap my head around it but it's great to here that someone really dived deep and made something special and timeless. This HAS to be included in the demo section of the nanoloop site.
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For many travelers, their sense of adventure is only stymied by language barriers. With its roster of offbeat activities, however, travel site Voyagin seeks to give visitors a more intimate look at five Asian countries-Japan, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Tokyo-based startup, which launched its site last December, plans to add more countries this year.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/wfwCCQLzcxk/
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By Steve Keating ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy's decision to skip the Arnold Palmer Invitational surprised the tournament host, who expressed his disappointment on Wednesday that the world number one was not at Bay Hill this week. The 83-year-old Palmer said he had jokingly suggested he might break McIlroy's arm if he did not show up but did not try to force the young Northern Irishman into making an appearance. "Frankly, I thought he was going to play, and I was as surprised as a lot of people when he decided he was not going to play," said Palmer. ...
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