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South Korea's K-pop spreads to Latin America

News of the arrival of South Korean boyband JYJ prompted hundreds of fans to camp out on the streets recently to get closer to the trio. But this wasn't in Seoul or even Tokyo: it was in Lima.

Having taken Asia by storm over the past decade with bubblegum hooks and dance moves infused with military precision, South Korea's K-pop phenomenon continues to defy language barriers and find fans around the world.

As South Korea continues to export its culture, K-pop's polished fusion of influences ranging from hip-hop to dubstep is winning a growing number of passionate followers in Latin America.

JYJ has held sellout concerts there and a Colombian TV station is airing a K-pop talent show.

Latin American fans have posted hundreds of videos on YouTube showing flash mobs emulating K-pop dance moves and urging their favourite stars to visit the continent, despite many not having officially released songs outside Asia.

Promoters are using the power of the Internet to lure distant fans and organise concerts in Europe and North and South America.

"Korean acts are not only monitoring but also monetizing their Twitter trends, Facebook likes, and YouTube views," said Bernie Cho, president of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based creative agency providing digital media solutions to more than 350 K-pop artists.

"More Korean bands have multilingual members who can sing verses, carry choruses, and conduct interviews in English, Chinese, and Japanese. Language is no longer a barrier, it is now the carrier."

Music videos and footage of the stars' private lives are posted on Facebook and YouTube -- often live or before being released on TV and elsewhere.

"They've got the sound right, they've got a supportive government that invests very heavily into the development of the arts, and they are all very good looking," said Ruuben van den Heuvel, executive director of GateWay Entertainment, a music consultancy firm. "They're a complete pop package."

The popularity of the genre in Asia remains undiminished -- 7,000 Japanese fans will flock to Seoul this month to "meet" JYJ at a major event that has booked out 3,500 hotel rooms around Seoul.

But in Latin America, fans are taking note: JYJ in March performed in both Chile and Peru as part of a world tour of 15 venues including Berlin and Barcelona.

Hundreds camped out for days in Santiago and Lima as they tried to get closer to the trio during their first concerts in the region, said June Oh, a spokeswoman for the band's agent C-JeS.

"We were so stunned seeing hundreds of tents lined up in front of the Explanada Sur del Estadio Monumental," she told AFP, referring to the venue in the Peruvian capital where JYJ performed.

Savvy marketing and production tie-ups have also helped.

JYJ broke away from another K-pop act TVXQ in 2009 and the following year released an English-language album in collaboration with US rap star Kanye West.

"Since then we started to get more fan letters from Latin America and to see more Spanish-language sites (dedicated to JYJ). Now they are the most active and passionate ones in the band's global fan base," Oh said.

She acknowledged that attendance at the concerts -- 5,000 in Chile and 6,000 in Peru -- was small compared to the tens of thousands whom JYJ attracts in South Korea or Japan.

"But it's too early to try to stage such a mega-concert in Latin America," she said.

JYJ member Kim Junsu has described the response to the Latin American concerts as "utterly surprising, and the most enthusiastic".

Seoul's top music talent agency SM Entertainment has held concerts featuring its flagship groups such as the 13-member boyband Super Junior and the nine-strong Girls' Generation in Paris, New York and California since 2010.

Colombian TV network Caracol has since April aired a talent show for K-pop fans. Winners were offered a six-day trip to Seoul to meet their idols.

Some 2,000 participants from across the country sang and danced to the songs of K-pop bands such as Big Bang and 2NE1, with South Korean boyband U-KISS acting as a judge by watching video clips.

Song Chang-Woon, PR manager of South Korea's Arirang TV which has partnered with Caracol, acknowledged K-pop's popularity in Latin America is still limited to a relatively small circle of young devotees.

"But our partners in Caracol TV certainly saw potential and wanted to test the market with 'K-pop reality'," he told AFP, referring to the show also being aired on South Korea's Arirang TV station this month.

K-Music, a Colombian music cable channel, has also started to air a K-pop music segment imported from Arirang, Song said.

Typical K-pop stars -- trained since early or mid-teens -- offer a mix of good looks, powerful choreography and accessible tunes that give an alternative to Latin America's music scene, he said.

"The K-pop boom has just landed in Latin America and there's no way back from here," said Song.

Prominent music critic Kang Hun and others rejected suggestions that promotions by the Seoul government had helped sell K-pop overseas as its home markets become more saturated, saying it jumped on the bandwagon belatedly.

Kang added that K-pop offered a new cultural experience, particularly for trend-conscious teenage girls and women in their 20s in Latin America.

And the language barrier does not matter. "Ask anyone about the last song they heard on the radio and they'd struggle to tell you what the lyrics mean," said van den Heuvel.

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Classic Car News: Festival Of Speed : newyork-auto.net

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Classic Car News: Festival Of Speed

Celebrating 100 years of success, Alfa Romeo has chosen the Goodwood Festival of Speed as the location to mark its reputation for being ?one of the world?s most revered automotive Marques?, according to CarPages.co.uk. The festival is expected to include a Central Feature art installation, which is set to be one of the most ?stylish and memorable sculptures ever constructed for the Festival?, reports CarPages.co.uk.

If you don?t want to miss the annual Goodwood festival, make sure you pencil the 2nd to the 4th of July in your diary as an event not to be missed. Like most memorable events there is a theme, and in this case the subject is ?Vice Veloce? ? the passion for speed. According to RallyBuzz.com, the festival theme celebrates the ?all-consuming fascination of motor racing and in particular Italy?s global influence on the sports?.

Having a passion for speed is something that we celebrate regularly, with computer games showing a ?Need for Speed? and films demonstrating ?The Fast and the Furious?, with this event in particular? focusing on Italian racing, which has portrayed ?breathtaking fervour, inspiring desire and devotion that transcends national identity?, says a Goodwood spokesperson.

The Telegraph website has reported that Goodwood will also celebrate 60 years of the Formula One Championship, running alongside the central theme, with a gathering of vintage cars and drivers that have shaped the history of classic motorsports most glamorous series.

With construction work due to commence shortly, Alfa have a lot to live up to after claiming that their sculpture will be the most ?stylish and memorable? so far.

According to Pistonheads, ?Alfa ought to have the unique flair (and more importantly the classic portfolio) to live up to it?.

Alfa have revealed that there will be a stunning display of their cars at the Festival, including many never seen in the UK, direct from the marque?s Museo Storico collection in Milan. With more than 50 Alfa Romeo?s expected to attend the show, ranging from examples of the pre-war P3, Monza, 12C-37 and 2900B Le Mans, through to the 159 Alfetta, GTAm, Tipo 33, 185T, 164 Pro Car, and the unique V10-powered SE 048SP Group C prototype.

What better way to celebrate your 100th birthday bash than to invite all classic car and motorsport enthusiasts along to join in the festivities, where they can catch a glimpse of the new Alfa Giulietta, which goes on sale in the UK this summer. CarPages.co.uk have also reported that the Alfa Romeo Giulietta will be displayed as part of the GOODWOOD ?Moving Motor Show? on Thursday 1st July, giving British motorists their very first opportunity to see the car and drive it up the famous Goodwood Hill.

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From: Holy Sacred Cow! Why Reactions to the Exercise and Depression Trial Go to the Heart of Scientific Controversy by Hilda Bastian at the Guest Blog

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Hilda Bastian is a science writer and cartoonist. She decided to illustrate one of her posts with this cartoon ? that post was one of the four back-and-forth posts that she and Scicurious wrote on the topic of exercise, depression, clinical trials, press releases and more:

Exercise doesn?t help depression? Let?s take a real look at that study. by Scicurious at The Scicurious Brain
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Debt crisis: EU leaders set to announce ?750bn Spain and Italy bailout deal

Under the proposed deal, two European rescue funds ? the 500 billion-euro European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the 250-billion euro European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) ? will be able to buy bonds issued by beleaguered European countries.

Previously, money in these funds ? which has been provided by members of the single currency ? has been used to bailout smaller European countries such as Greece, Portugal and Ireland. Governments in these countries are offered money direct in return for agreeing to austerity programmes.

Under the new plan, the money in these funds will not be given directly to governments but will instead be used to buy up debts on the financial markets. The European Central Bank previously bought about 210 billion euros of bonds in this way but stopped last year.

It is hoped that the new plan will drive down the cost of Spanish and Italian bonds ? by showing that the eurozone is prepared to stand behind the debts of its members.

Experts said it was a step towards establishing shared Eurobonds, where debt from across the single currency area is shared and effectively underwritten by Germany.

George Osborne, the Chancellor, indicated that he was optimistic a deal could be agreed.

?We will see what the eurozone announce over the next couple of weeks, but there is no doubt that they realise that individual measures in individual countries ? like recapitalising Spanish banks and getting a Greek Government that is in favour of staying in the euro and doing what is necessary to stay in the euro ? are not by themselves enough,? he said.

?These are systemic problems in the eurozone which require a systemic answer and we need to see measures from the eurozone that help bring borrowing costs down, that help ensure that there are common resources transferred from richer countries to poorer countries, that the whole eurozone stands behind the banks of the eurozone.?

He added: ?The eurozone is inching towards solutions. Basically, we do need to see the richer countries, like Germany like Holland, spend some of their resource in propping up the weaker countries of the eurozone.

?Obviously it is difficult for them to do that, it is not a popular thing to do but it is absolutely necessary.

?I think there are signs that the eurozone are moving towards richer countries standing behind their banks and standing behind the weaker countries.?

The emergence of an outline rescue deal for Spain and Italy comes after Spanish bond yields increased sharply to more than seven per cent in the wake of the rerun of the Greek election last weekend.

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How to Use Finance the Right Way ? Smart Finance Management

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The world of finance may seem tricky to many. However, equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, commercial and consumer loans, and strategic management are all very simple to understand. There are techniques available to ensure that consumers use each category wisely.

Commercial and Personal Loans

Commercial and personal loans are the most common form of finance; millions of people and companies all over the world apply for them every day. Personal loans can be used for any number of reasons, including debt consolidation. Personal loans should be acquired with discretion, however. Most consumers qualify for a number of repayment terms and varying interest rates. The goal of repayment should be to choose terms that fit within the budget and have the lowest interest rates available. Commercial loans are usually obtained for the purpose of starting or expanding a business. Proper evaluation by investors is key to ensuring the success of the business for the purpose of repayment.

Equity Investment

Equity investing is one of the most common forms of asset management. Home equity has been a common investing tool for years and it continues to be a valuable player in many consumer portfolios. The housing market fluctuates from year to year but in most cases, home value appreciates with proper care and upkeep. Home equity can be relied upon for many reasons but one of the most common uses for home equity is retirement. It is important to only dip into a home?s equity when absolutely necessary; many consumers who mortgage properties for frivolous reasons find themselves in over their heads and facing foreclosure.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Perhaps one of the more popular ways for companies to increase their revenue is with mergers and acquisitions. A merger occurs when a company joins forces with another in an attempt to generate more overhead revenue for both of the companies involved. Acquisitions occur when one company effectively ?takes over? or purchases another. This is often done when a failing company has resources that are desired by a well-to-do company. In these cases, it often proves beneficial for a company to purchase another, even if it is failing. This prevents bankruptcy for the failing company as well as needed resources for the purchaser.

Strategic Management

Strategic management refers to the process of outwitting the competition with smart financial planning, accurate placement of resources and timely responses to a fluctuating economy. All of the resources and revenue in the world do not do any good without proper re-investment in the company and its employees. A company that generates more revenue than all of its competition combined can still fail; proper investment and strategic management can avoid this.?Financial advisors?and investment experts are great ways to properly manage the assets of a company.

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Oil below $83 as traders eye Iran nuclear talks

SINGAPORE: Oil dropped below $83 a barrel on Tuesday in Asia as traders closely watched talks between Iran and six world powers over the Middle Eastern country's nuclear program.

Benchmark oil for July delivery was down 36 cents to $82.91 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 76 cents to settle at $83.27 in New York on Monday.

In London, Brent crude for August delivery was down 48 cents at $95.57 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.

Negotiators from Iran are in talks with counterparts from six world powers _ the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany on Monday and Tuesday in Moscow, the third such meeting in recent months.

On Monday, Iran became more adamant that the world must ease the sanctions choking off its oil sales before it will curb activities that could be used to make nuclear arms. But the six world powers insisted that Tehran take the first conciliatory step.

Crude has plunged from $110 in February as fears eased that the U.S. or Israel would attack Iranian nuclear facilities and disrupt global oil supplies. Signs of slowing economic growth and oil demand in the U.S., Europe and China have also pushed prices lower.

``Softening Iranian tensions and deteriorating fundamentals are responsible for the majority of the correction,'' Morgan Stanley said in a report. ``New signs of emerging market weakness, in China in particular, present downside risks to global demand growth. A fall in Brent to the low $90s is possible.''

In other energy trading, heating oil was down 0.2 cent at $2.62 per gallon while gasoline futures fell 0.9 cent at $2.58 per gallon. Natural gas gained 1.4 cents at $2.65 per 1,000 cubic feet.

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Clemens Verdict Says Little About Performance-Enhancing Drugs In Baseball

Late Monday afternoon, the jury which had been hearing testimony in the trial of former Major League pitcher Roger Clemens for the past two months declared Clemens not guilty on all counts. Clemens had been charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with his testimony before a congressional committee, during which he contended that he had not used performance-enhancing substances during his career.

The chief witness against Clemens was his former trainer, Brian McNamee, who said he had saved some of the detritus in a beer can in his?basement?? cotton swabs, needles, things of that nature ? from the times he injected Clemens. That might sound like pretty fascinating if thoroughly yucky stuff, but apparently the two month trial was not consistently compelling. At least two of the jurors fell asleep and were relieved of their duties, which was probably a relief, indeed for them.

It?s probably a bad idea to probe the verdict for meaning beyond the recognition of the obvious: As far as the jury was concerned, the defense did a satisfactory job of portraying McNamee as a liar.

The defense was apparently successful in convincing the jurors who remained conscious that McNamee was not a trustworthy fellow. This must have caused Clemens?s wife Debbie some embarrassment, since she apparently considered Mr. McNamee trustworthy enough to inject her with one of the substances her husband said nobody had ever injected into him. Roger Clemens apparently knew nothing about that injection, which may be so, since there is no evidence that it added anything to his wife?s fastball.

I don?t mean to sound flip, but, gee, we?re talking about a trainer who saved medical waste in a beer can. Before that we were talking about a celebrity athlete who wandered up and down the halls of Congress signing autographs, since, what the heck, he was in Washington to testify anyway, and some of those congressmen had grandchildren. Even in the moments before the verdict became public, goofiness prevailed. Alleged reporters on television intoned solemnly about how if Clemens was found guilty, he might spend many years in prison. Not likely.

It?s probably a bad idea to probe the verdict for meaning beyond the recognition of the obvious: As far as the jury was concerned, the defense did a satisfactory job of portraying Brian McNamee as a liar. Apparently this was not difficult. Beyond storing what he maintained was evidence in a beer can in his basement, McNamee admitted other past mistakes, poor memory and lies. Why Roger Clemens should have remained closely associated with such a fellow over a number of years while playing for a couple of different baseball teams remains a mystery, as does why his wife should have trusted such a fellow to inject her with human grown hormone.

What this all says about the use of performance-enhancing substances by men employed in the national pastime is nothing much. Some players used them and have acknowledged doing so. Others did and haven?t.

Millions of dollars have been spent trying to characterize Roger Clemens as a perjurer. The jury wasn?t sufficiently convinced that the label fit.

I wonder if those two jurors who were dismissed for falling asleep didn?t have the right idea.

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Interstate adoptions: Harder than they should be? | The Salt Lake ...

Red tape ? Group urges standardized procedures nationwide to encourage more adoptions by out-of-state families.

New York ? Fewer children would be stuck in foster care if state authorities reduced red tape and standardized procedures nationwide to encourage more adoptions by out-of-state families, according to a coalition of child welfare experts appealing for change.

"Children wait in foster care not because there aren?t enough families to adopt them, but because of artificial barriers we erect," said Jeff Katz, executive director of Listening to Parents, a Boston-based group that organized the initiative.

The coalition ? representing several of the nation?s leading adoption advocacy groups ? issued a report Tuesday detailing some of these barriers and proposing steps to overcome them.

One proposal would be to standardize the home study courses that are required of all parents seeking to adopt. At present, home studies vary widely and some states do not accept the preparations made by a family in another state.

Another proposal is to adjust the federal adoption incentive policy so both the sending and receiving states are rewarded for interstate adoptions. According to the report, the current system rewards the sending state for finalizing an adoption, while the state receiving the child may not get fully compensated for costs of recruitment and post-adoption support.

The report cites federal data showing that there were only 4,600 interstate adoptions out of 690,000 children adopted from foster care between 1998 and 2009. In the 2010 fiscal year, according to Katz, there were 527 interstate adoptions out of about 53,000 total adoptions from foster care.

The U.S. child welfare system is complex, with every state ? as well as many cities and counties ? operating their own agencies and programs under a patchwork of state and federal laws. By the latest federal count, there were about 408,000 children in foster care nationwide, including more than 100,000 who were eligible to be adopted.

One of the advocates endorsing the new report, Kathleen Strottman of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, said Congress might need to be involved in any efforts to rebalance the financial incentives for adoption. However, she said moves to standardize home studies requirements could be undertaken by the states themselves if they were willing to cooperate and overcome possible mistrust.

"The less we can treat this as a state-by-state issue, the better," she said. "The needs of children are similar. The opportunities for children should be similar."

Other experts endorsing the report included Richard Barth, dean of the University of Maryland?s School of Social Work; Joe Kroll, executive director of the St. Paul, Minn.-based North American Council on Adoptable Children, and Rita Soronen, CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

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An adoption expert not involved with the new report, Adam Pertman of the Donaldson Adoption Institute, said he and fellow advocates nationwide have been battling for years to eliminate barriers to interstate adoptions.

"For whatever policy reasons, we can?t seem to lick them, and the bottom line is the kids are the losers," Pertman said. "It?s a states? rights thing ? states saying, ?We know what we?re doing and no one else should tell us what to do.?"

One parent who encountered multiple roadblocks is Amy Friedman, founder and CEO of a consulting firm in New York City.

While applying to adopt from the city?s child welfare agency, Friedman also made inquiries about adopting from Oregon and Washington state, and was told that the agencies there were likely to give priority to in-state families.

Friedman tried several other states, and encountered agency employees who did not want to work with the New York City agency, which would have been involved in various interstate procedures.

Finally, Friedman succeeded in adopting a 13-year-old boy in Connecticut two years ago, but only after extensive efforts to overcome the reluctance of a caseworker who said the New York City system was hard to deal with.

Her message to other parents in similar positions is to persevere. "It?s not going to be easy," she said. "You have to find an open-minded individual."

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