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pThe home secretary, Jacqui Smith, is to make a Commons statement today on the arrest of the Tory frontbencher Damian Green. Senior political correspondent strongAndrew Sparrow/strong assesses the implications of yesterday's allegations from the Speaker, Michael Martin, that the police didn't have a search warrant before they entered Green's Commons office - and failed to inform Commons officials that they were entitled to ask for one./ppHome affairs editor, strongAlan Travis/strong, looks at a new government advertisement warning young people of the perils of cocaine./ppstrongChris McGreal/strong reports from Harare on the breakdown of order in Zimbabwe, with the economy destroyed, public employees joining street protests, and an epidemic of cholera./ppEach year 35m items of post go undelivered because the sender hasn't written the address clearly. The letters, parcels and packages find their way to a sorting centre in Belfast, from where strongHenry McDonald/strong reports./ppThe New Yorker music critic strongAlex Ross/strong was named last night as the winner of the Guardian First Book Award for The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, a tour de force through 100 years of classical music./ppAnd X-Factor star strongRachel Hylton/strong talks to G2's strongHannah Pool/strong./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/1rgyzSwEAfEtdrxI3vlgLIWUn8I/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/1rgyzSwEAfEtdrxI3vlgLIWUn8I/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

A ruling is due from the European Court of Human Rights which could have major implications on the UK's DNA database

A ruling is due from the European Court of Human Rights which could have major implications on the UK's DNA database

Saving the skin from drug-induced detachment

Nature Medicine 14, 1311 (2008). doi:10.1038/nm1208-1311

Author: Brian J Nickoloff

Granulysin, a powerful cytolytic protein secreted from immune cells, underlies an extreme and deadly response to common medications, in which the skin blisters and sloughs off. The findings may also have implications for bone marrow transplant recipients suffering from graft-versus-host disease (pages 1343–1350).

p style=text-align: justify;strongema href=http://storage.canalblog.com/05/00/110219/33221876.jpg target=_blankimg height=165 alt=083 src=http://storage.canalblog.com/05/00/110219/33221876_p.jpg width=300 border=0 style=FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px; //aThe Fly/em/strong mavait plu ado parce que cétait gore. Ca mavait fait rire de voir Goldblum perdre ses ongles, ses dents, ses yeux et sa machoire dans une symphonie de bruits visqueux et de matière blanchâtre peu ragoûtante, et je nen demandais pas plus. Mais avec le temps, il métait resté des souvenirs plus profonds de ce film, comme sil avait tenté de me dire quelque chose que javais vaguement senti sans le verbaliser. Vérification aujourdhui : eh bien oui, emThe Fly/em, cest un peu plus que ce que cest... mais guère plus non plus./p p style=text-align: justify;Déjà, notons que 20 ana href=http://storage.canalblog.com/42/89/110219/33221889.jpg target=_blankimg height=165 alt=fly86_img7 src=http://storage.canalblog.com/42/89/110219/33221889_p.jpg width=300 border=0 style=FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px; //as après, les scènes purement spectaculaires ont un peu perdu de leur frontalité. La faute à des effets spéciaux vieillis, sûrement, mais aussi la faute à un scénario qui réserve peu de surprises, et qui du coup amène mal ces séquences sanglantes. On sent Cronenberg mal à laise dans lhorreur pure, et cest vrai que la dernière demi-heure, seulement commerciale, est bien peu passionnante : cest de la surenchère bête et méchante, un scénario qui part dans le vide intersidéral, des acteurs cantonnés à pousser des cris dorfraie devant les métamorphoses de Goldblum, on sennuie sévère. Cronenberg tourne à vide, dirait-on, épuisant jusquà plus soif ses motifs quot;foetus-glauques-bruits-humidesquot;, mais cette fois sans cette troublante fascination quil a su souvent trouver (emExistenz/em ou emDead Ringers/em). /p p style=text-align: justify;Malheureusement pour lui, sa première demi-heure nest guère mieux. Cest linverse pourtant : il ne se passe pas grand-choa href=http://storage.canalblog.com/43/18/110219/33221914.jpg target=_blankimg height=168 alt=_003_732417 src=http://storage.canalblog.com/43/18/110219/33221914_p.jpg width=300 border=0 style=FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px; //ase dautre que de vagues conversations autour dun ordinateur vieille école, ça tourne autour du pot en préparant un terrain sur-balisé, et les enjeux sont assomants : on se doute bien que Golblum va finir par tenter lexpérience de la téléportation, à quoi servent donc ces tergiversations, ces doutes et ces questionnements ? Voilà qui dément louverture du film, extraordinairement rapide. Sitôt après le générique, Cronenberg nous plonge de plain-pied dans sa trame, sans chercher à emmener doucement son spectateur par la main : il ne sera question que dune histoire, qui ira du début à la fin sans se perdre ailleurs (la toute fin est également abrupte). Pourquoi, sur un mouvement de démarrage aussi enlevé, Cronenberg poursuit-il avec cet interminable prologue inutile, cest un mystère./p p style=text-align: justify;Le film est tout pourri, donc, allez-vous dire ? Eh bien, non, criai-je véhémentement et non sans vergogne. Car tout le centre du film est enfin très réussi. Là, on sent subitement les implications que le gars a voulu donnr à cette palôte histoire de SF fauchée. En plein coeur des années SIDA, emThe Fly/em est un troublant essai sur la mutation des corps sous leffet de la puissance sexuelle. Le mal qui habite Goldblum est un mal qui lui a href=http://storage.canalblog.com/31/09/110219/33221928.jpg target=_blankimg height=196 alt=thefly460 src=http://storage.canalblog.com/31/09/110219/33221928_p.jpg width=300 border=0 style=FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px; //avient de la fascination des corps : son attirance pour la métamorphoses des corps, ses questions quasi-métaphysiques sur la poésie de la chair, et surtout la formidable énergie sexuelle qui lenvahit après son expérience, tout ça fait sens de façon étonnamment profonde. Finalement, emThe Fly/em est bien à 100% cronenbergien : il y est question avant tout de bidoche, de peau, de manipulations génétiques, le tout déployant une poétique morbide du meilleur effet. Le film renvoie lHomme à sa part danimalité, mais sans en glorifiant justement cette métamorphose : si Goldblum redevient insecte, comme aux premiers temps du monde, il le fait dans une sorte de glorification de lesprit et du corps. Redevenir animal, pour Cronenberg, cest repasser par une pureté sexuelle et physique totale ; ensuite cest la déchéance physique, mais dopée par un esprit quasi-spirituel (quot;je veux être le premier insecte politiquequot;). On ne sait pas trop si on doit avoir pitié de Goldblulm devant ses dents qui tombent, ou ladmirer en tant quêtre purifié et revenu aux sources de lHomme. Rien que pour cette partie-là, un tiers du film seulement malheureusement, emThe Fly/em mérite quon y revienne./p

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I don’t normally report the music industry news on New Music Strategies. I have the Newswire for that - and there are other people who do it way better. I generally keep to ways in which independent musicians and music businesses can capitalise on the shifts in the music industries.

Here, I think, there’s sufficient overlap to justify it - and it’s very big news indeed.

You may have already heard that Entertainment UK, the single biggest supplier of all of the top DVD, music and game titles to each of the main High Street retailers in Britain is in administration. The fallout from this is, from a major retailer’s perspective, utterly catastrophic.

Directly affected, of course, are the company’s biggest retail clients: Woolworths (who share owners with Entertainment UK), WH Smith, Morrisons and Tesco. Collectively, those four command a lion’s share of the retail market for the biggest-selling hits in the entertainment field.

But add to that today’s announcement by Zavvi (formerly Virgin Megastore) that they will not be taking orders for any CDs, games or DVDs. We’re three weeks out from Christmas, and it seems that nobody can guarantee supply of Coldplay, Britney, Mamma Mia, Wall-E, GTA4 or Spore.

Together with the tight economic environment, the implication seems to be that the British public are in for a bit of hunt down the Long Tail for interesting and affordable Christmas gift ideas. Just a shame you can’t giftwrap an mp3.

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A Long Tail British Christmas

Bangkok’s airports are now open. The protesters have agreed to end their protests after the country’s top court ordered the dissolution of the ruling party which forced the Prime Minister to step down. Military troops are now guarding the airports. Tourists are advised to contact their airlines and tourism offices to check for flight schedules.

Last week protesters belonging to the People’s Alliance for Democracy have occupied Bangkok’s two airports demanding the removal of the corrupt government. The airport takeover has stranded more than 300,000 passengers in the country.

Because of the favorable court order, the protesters have declared victory. However, they vowed to launch similar protest actions in the future if reforms are not instituted. Excerpts from PAD’s statement:

“The PAD would like to call on whichever side that attains power to run the country to find a solution for the current problems and not to create conditions for another political turmoil in the country. Do not bring to power people from the Thaksin regime. Address the wrongdoings conducted by those in the Thaksin regime. Join with the people in making new politics a reality.”

The PAD would like to make the following pledges.

1. If a proxy government of the Thaksin regime is set up again or if there is an attempt to amend the Constitution or the law to whitewash the wrongdoings of those in the Thaksin regime, to benefit politicians, or to lessen the power of the King, the PAD will return.

2. From now on, if there is any government which comes into power but is insincere in its efforts to launch new politics with the people, the PAD will return.

Thaksin is former Prime Minister of Thailand who was ousted in a coup two years ago. PAD accused the last two Prime Ministers of being puppets of Thaksin.

Thai Politico interprets the PAD statement:

“The implication at the moment is that if the next PM is not to the PAD's liking they will occupy the airport again. Will the security forces now completely secure Thailand's airports so that nothing like this can take place again? Or will we see the army back off like scared rabbits into the corner?”

New Mandala believes PAD’s victory will be short-lived:

“The celebrations by the yellow shirts at Suvanabhumi will be short-lived. The parliament has not been dissolved and the government looks very likely to maintain its majority. The Democrat-except-when-you-can’t-win-an-election-and-then-a-judicial-coup-is-OK Party simply can’t muster the numbers. More blatant judicial or military intervention will be required to remove the government.”

Political cartoon by Sacravatoons

PAD is popular in Bangkok (but the airport takeover has made it less popular today). PAD is accused of having close ties with Bangkok’s elite. On the other hand, most of the rural voters are supportive of Thaksin’s party. Someone asked: What if the farmers staged their own protest against PAD and the urban elite by refusing to plant rice?

Stranded tourists are now recounting their experience in Thailand. Tuesdaynight narrates how he and his wife were able to leave the country by traveling to Malaysia and Singapore by land. He writes:

“Finally, I have to say, after all this, I consider us to be lucky. We found a way out of the country and it worked. I truly feel for the hundreds of thousands people whose travel was impacted because of this. More importantly, I feel for the Thai people who have yet to find some form of political stability.”

Despite the airport chaos, life in Bangkok seemed like normal the past week. Oneditorial writes:

“During the week, I called my family to get their views on this event. They did not seem to be thinking too much about what is going on. They still carry on their daily lives as usual. As a matter of fact, on the day I talked to my mother on the phone, the entire family was completely absorbed in watching a Thai soap on the telly, never mind the fact that the country is in a state of political turmoil. I just wish I could be as detached as them.”

Andrew Biggs asks if the airport crisis would produce positive results:

“Could it be that the pain, shame and anger we have all experienced with the PAD’s closure of the airport actually be heralding a new era of politics in Thailand? Could it possibly be that something good is going to come out of all this?”

An anonymous commenter criticizes the organizer of the protests:

“Im sure terrorist groups in South-East Asia have witnessed the complete lack of security at the airport and thus it would be a sitting duck for groups who plan terrorist attacks against planes and passengers. Bangkok as a major hub? I dont think so any more. What airline will want to fly in and out of Bangkok when the airports own security guards ran like scared children from their own people. Shame on Thailand for allowing this anti democratic group to act like terrorists and hold an entire country to ransom. Thailand is about to see the trickle down from this catastrophe and I pity the ordinary people who were not involved in this protest but could lose jobs.”

Gabriella Haynes describes the mood in Bangkok:

“The atmosphere in wider Bangkok since the protests started has been calm and business as usual in general. While the city’s residents don’t take the sporadic and seemingly random spurts of violence and the loss of life and income lightly, there is no sense of widespread panic and concern. International news agencies report airport mayhem and interview distressed and worn-out tourists stranded in the country, yet most Thais I have spoken to only express concern about the potential violence of the situation and concern for the economy.”

And let’s not forget that pro-government supporters are also numerous in the city:

“The PAD has ceased their protests for now but the capital has also been inundated with pro-government supporters, which means the situation has not been completely diffused.”

Flickr photos from Ronn Ashore and Willie Lunchmeat

Thomas Wanhoff from Vietnam is disappointed that tourists are complaining of missed flights while Bangkok protesters are fighting for some cause:

“This is just unbelievable. There are people in Thailand trying to fight for democracy (but of course is their understanding of), at least stand up against the corrupt government, and tourists are just complaining about missed flights.”

XyEnterprise, a leading developer of award-winning XML content management and multi-channel delivery solutions, today announced it has concluded a comprehensive series of briefings with key analysts who cover XML, Component Content Management (CCM), dynamic publishing, DITA, and related technologies and standards. This year's analyst briefings probed the current uncertain market conditions and the importance that companies are placing on quantifiable and sustainable ROI to demonstrate value, mitigate business risk and ensure investment preservation. XyEnterprise hosted a dozen leading industry analyst firms including analysts from IDC, Gartner, Forrester, The Burton Group, InfoTrends and AMR Research. (PRWeb Dec 3, 2008)

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Inde Les premiers éléments de l'enquête sur les attentats de Bombay pointent vers le Pakistan. Des accusations très mal reçues par Islamabad, qui dément toujours toute implication. Aujourd'hui, la secrétaire d'Etat américaine Condoleeza Rice est à New Del