Met adopts fingerprint scanners

24 May 2012 Last updated at 13:37

Scotland Yard is to equip its officers with handheld fingerprint devices allowing them to identify suspects in seconds.

Britain's largest police force has distributed 350 mobile phone-like devices to its officers across London.

The technology can also be used to quickly identify unconscious or fatal victims at accident scenes.

The Metropolitan Police is the 25th force in the UK to have adopted the devices.

"Evidence has shown that a full identification arrest can tie-up both the subject and the police officer for several hours," said the Metropolitan Police Service's assistant commissioner Mark Rowley.

"Even a traditional identity check conducted on the street can take an extended period of time to complete.

"It is effective particularly in revealing serious and violent offenders who will do everything they can to prevent the police from knowing their true identities. This technology means there is increased officer time spent on patrol, and as a result, helps to make communities safer."

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The system will be provided by biometric data specialists 3M Cogent.

It was trialled by the National Policing Improvement Agency as part of their Information Systems Improvement Strategy scheme, designed to lower costs.

A suspect's fingerprint can be taken on the device and almost instantly checked against the police database.

If a match is discovered, further relevant investigations can be made by an officer at the station.

An NPIA spokesman said data from the scan is only used to check a match and is not retained.

The NPIA said using the technology could save an average of 60 minutes per case as it eliminated the need to bring suspects back to a police station for identification.

"Identification is crucial to police investigations and giving officers the ability to do this on-the-spot within minutes is giving them more time to spend working in their communities, helping to fight crime, bringing more offenders to justice and better protecting the public," said Tom McArthur, the NPIA's director of operations.

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SBS Entertainment, MegaTV and Puerto Rico Tourism Company ...

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MIAMI, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MegaTV, the television network owned by Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) (Nasdaq: SBSA), always at the forefront of great events, is pleased to announce that today Wednesday, May 23, at 8 p.m. (ET)- 7 p.m. (CT), it will be presenting the extraordinary television special "Encanto del Caribe" ["Caribbean Enchantment"]? produced? by SBS Entertainment and the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. The mega concert has Latin music artists in the magnificent setting of the historic San Crist?bal Fort in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which for the first time ever has opened its doors for filming.

"Encanto del Caribe," a production of SBS Entertainment, has been arranged around the piano of maestro virtuoso Arthur Hanlon, who has brought together for this occasion a very special group of his friends. Marc Anthony, Laura Pausini, Cheo Feliciano, Natalia Jimenez, and Bernie Williams, who accompanied Hanlon and his magnificent blue piano with their melodious voices on a journey through the very best of Hispanic music.? This tremendous TV special will bring together the great stars of the world of music in a very special setting from the Island of Enchantment, Puerto Rico.

"It is a very great pleasure that we were able to bring together for this wonderful TV special an amazing group of figures from the world of song, musicians, actors, dancers, and the best Puerto Rican talent.? We are making history, and we are showing the world what can be done in Puerto Rico.? I'd like to give special thanks to the maestro, Arthur Hanlon, for his commitment to this project, and to the President of the Senate, Thomas Rivera Schatz for the unconditional support he has given us.? The same goes for the Executive Director of the Department of Economic Development and Trade, Jose Perez Riera, and to the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, Mario Gonzalez Lafuente," said Mr. Raul Alarcon, Chairman, President and CEO of SBS.

For Arthur Hanlon, one of the most successful pianists in Spanish- and English-speaking markets, this is one of the most significant projects of his career.

"Encanto del Caribe is a musical project that celebrates the convergence of cultures, and Puerto Rico, more than any place in the world, is a musical center where in the course of history, countless cultures and influences have been joined together. It is a unique and inspiring place," said Hanlon. "To get to do this TV special with a visionary company like SBS, in such a magical place and with such talented artists, is really a privilege," he added. "From the bottom of my heart I want to thank Mr. Raul Alarcon and the Government of Puerto Rico."Encanto del Caribe" demonstrates that music is not divided, that it's not white or black, and as artists, all of us can interpret the music of any nation," said the pianist, who is getting ready to release the recording of this event on CD and DVD, produced by conductor Julio Reyes Copello on the Universal Music label.

Jose Perez Riera, Secretary of Economic Development and Trade, noted that "this project, for an investment of $7.5 million, is an ideal? platform for promoting Puerto Rico as a splendid destination for tourist investment, in addition to creating direct and indirect jobs, as well as the expenditures on hotel room occupancy that were generated as a result of this event."?

The special, to be broadcast by MegaTV today Wednesday, May 23, at 8 p.m. (ET)- 7 p.m. (CT), in the United States and Puerto Rico, will be seen by more than 100 million people, and will give the Puerto Rico Tourism Company an opportunity to promote the island in the mass medium of television.

Mario Gonzalez Lafuente, Director of the Compania de Turismo, emphasized that "to us it is a great honor that our Island, and particularly our iconic San Cristobal Castle in Old San Juan, will become the center for filming Encanto del Caribe, since music is a cultural element that unites different people and with an event of this magnitude, undoubtedly we will portray Puerto Rico as a destination steeped in history and as the musical center of the Caribbean."

More about the special

Arthur Hanlon and his piano thrilled the senses of his audience in the heart of San Cristobal Castle, transformed into one of the largest TV studios ever set up in Puerto Rico.

Hanlon took his place on stage with his blue concert piano, shipped in from Miami especially for the occasion, surrounded by a magical atmosphere in which the presence of the actresses and actors, dancers, mimes and acrobats comprising the production shone forth. During the first few minutes of the special, the shots are concentrated on the stage and on the Fort exterior, filmed from a helicopter.? His friends and special guests on this night were: Marc Anthony, Laura Pausini, Cheo Feliciano, Natalia Jimenez and Bernie Williams who joined him on stage.

The music featured maestro Cucco Pena conducting an orchestra of 41 first rate musicians. The overall production was by SBS Entertainment, executive production by Raul Alarcon, overall direction by Alejandro Santiago, producer Ileana Ciena, PJ Lopez, Director of Photography, Pedro Villalon, Director's Assistant, and Angie Olmedo, Costume Design.??

The world premiere of the special is scheduled to be broadcast today Wednesday, May 23, at 8 p.m. (ET) - 7 p.m. (CT) on MegaTV: Channel 22 in Miami, Channel 57 West Palm Beach, Channel 13, Chicago, Illinois, Channel 33.2 Fresno, CA, Channel 55 Houston, TX, Channel 23 in Salt Lake City, UT, Channel 169 of DIRECTV in Puerto Rico. Channel 405 of DIRECTV in the main cities of the United States, Channel 25 in Texas, Verizon Fios, Channel 466 in Florida, Verizon Fios, Channel 466 in NY, NJ and Greenwich, CT in Verizon Fios and Channel 3008 of AT&T U-verse in the main cities of the United States.

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About Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. is the largest publicly traded Hispanic-controlled media and entertainment company in the United States. SBS owns and/or operates 21 radio stations located in the top U.S. Hispanic markets of New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Puerto Rico, airing the Tropical, Mexican Regional, Spanish Adult Contemporary and Urban format genres. SBS has 3 of the top 6 Spanish-language stations in the nation including the #1 Spanish station in America, WSKQ-FM in New York City (WPAT is ranked #3 and KLAX is ranked #6). The Company also owns and operates MegaTV, a television operation with over-the-air, cable and satellite distribution and affiliates throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. SBS also produces live concerts and events throughout the country and operates LaMusica.com, a bilingual Spanish-English online site providing content related to Latin music, entertainment, news and culture. The Company's corporate Web site can be accessed at www.spanishbroadcasting.com.

About Puerto Rico Tourism Company

Puerto Rico is one of the most striking destinations in the Caribbean, blending marvelous natural locations with the enchantment of a modern city. The Island offers numerous activities for different kinds of markets, such as natural resources, attractions and hotels. Each region has its own appeal, including "El Yunque," a tropical forest located in the eastern part of the island, extreme sports such as surfing and diving, as well as heavenly beaches and a vibrant and sophisticated cultural and entertainment life in the San Juan area. During their visits to Puerto Rico, tourists have the pleasure of discovering 500 years of history in Old San Juan, hiking in the jungle, sampling the delicious local and international cuisine, going fishing or enjoying a show of international stars at Jose Miguel Agrelot Stadium. Luis Munoz International Airport is the main hub in the Caribbean, while San Juan is also the most important port of call for the large cruise ships that arrive here swiftly and easily.? U.S. Citizens do not need a passport to visit Puerto Rico, and throughout the year, special discounts are available for hotels and plane fares.?

Media & Press Contact:

Vladimir Gomez, Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc., Director, Marketing and Communications (305) 644-4817, vgomez@mega.tv

SOURCE Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.

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Spotify now live in Australia and New Zealand

It's been a long time coming, but finally our friends in Australia and New Zealand can enjoy the Spotify service as it has launched down under. By now, Spotify needs no introduction, but its arrival in another new market is welcomed. As a 'celebration' of the launch, a special Australian themed playlist has been put together by Spotify to get everyone started.

The service you'll be interested in as a reader of this site, is the Spotify Premium, which includes the ability to listen to music on your Android device. In Australia, you're looking at $11.99 a month for this, and $12.99 in New Zealand. 

We've included download links to the Spotify app below to get you started. But, there's a newer -- and much better -- preview version available directly from Spotify themselves. We did a little hands on back in April when it first emerged, so don't forget to head over and give it a read. 

Source: Spotify

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Professional SEO Services Would Be The Best To Help The Business

Internet is the best friend of the modern men. From the dawn of civilization men have learnt a lot. They have learnt the use of fire, wheel etc. and in this way the progress of human civilization have been possible. The latest addition to the list is the internet. Internet is one of the media through which people on the different side of the world can communicate with each other; the communication process has become faster and cheaper via e-mail or other social networking sites. Professional SEO Services are also the gift of this magical technological growth. Now-a-day SEO service provides bread and butter to many professional young people who all are involved with this internet related service providing business. It can be called as a sales promotional strategy which is taken by the manufacture or trader with the help of the SEO service providers in order to reach out to thousands of the customers.

Best SEO service is one of such kind that would be structured in a manner so that it would possible to co-ordinate among different business goals.

The business strategy of a big business house would always be such so that the customers can be attracted to their products but they should not be deceived by the advertisement published via newspaper, website or television. If a single customer is deceived by the advertisement he will never rely on the products of the company and his grievance would also spread among other consumers which in turn will be harmful for the business. Professional SEO services are responsible to design the web page or websites with all the necessary information which would be supported by different keywords. The SEO service providers are well versed with the use of web designing or web page development; also the use of HTML language is also one of the key considerations of these service providers. The professionalism is the key to their grand success. The SEO business is the very recent development in the market of technology and communication. They employ different professional young personalities who all are well versed with the modern technology and modern science; also they have very good writing skill which is very necessary in order to promote a new or established business. These young people have all the skills intended for a successful SEO business. So this service industry helps in the employment of thousands of people. The young people have the opportunity to learn a lot while working in any of the professional SEO company.

Not only the betterment of the advertisement through published web pages but the business houses also intend to have the budget optimization. They always have a fixed budget as decided based upon the business size, volume, market share, previous period?s financial results, debts, equity, number of employees etc. So they should keep in mind the budget for advertising and sales promotional measure whenever they are contacting the SEO companies. Affordable SEO service would always be the ideal one as in case of this type of services the service providers always keeps in mind the budget of their clients and accordingly plan for the web designing or web page development works.

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A non-invasive intracellular 'thermometer' with fluorescent proteins has been created

A non-invasive intracellular 'thermometer' with fluorescent proteins has been created

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

A team from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) has developed a technique to measure internal cell temperatures without altering their metabolism. This finding could be useful when distinguishing healthy cells from cancerous ones, as well as learning more about cellular processes.

Temperature controls many of the cell's life processes, such as splitting and metabolism. A European research team led by the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), which has the Severo Ochoa mark of excellence, has published a non-invasive method that offers quicker, more precise data from measuring intracellular heat from green fluorescent proteins (GFP) in the journal 'Nano Letters'.

"A unique characteristic of our method is that it does not alter any cellular process" Romain Quidant, ICFO researcher and study coordinator, explains. Unlike other techniques, this method does not stress or alter the behaviour of the cell as it does not need to be inserted into any molecules or any other synthetic nano-object that is sensitive to the internal temperature.

One of the most promising outcomes is a better understanding of cellular processes, such as those involved in metastasis. Furthermore, the possibility of obtaining information about intracellular temperature could be used to "differentiate normal cells from cancerous ones in a quick, non-invasive manner" Sebastian Thompson Parga, ICFO researcher and co-author of the project.

Information deduced from temperature

From intracellular temperature, we can deduce how the energy used by the body in the uncontrolled spreading of cancer cells flows.

In this interdisciplinary study, biology uses physical measurements of energy transmission to study processes such as gene expression, metabolism and cell splitting.

The technique used is known by the name of 'fluorescence polarisation anisotropy' (FPA) as it allows the difference in polarization between light that fluorescent molecules receive, and that which they emit later, to be measured. In the words of Quidant, "this difference in polarization (anisotropy) is directly connected to the rotating of the GFP molecules and therefore with temperature".

The green fluorescence of the proteins has a reward

The authors of the study ensure that biologists will be able to implement this technique in experimental set-ups and obtain the cell temperature as another observable detail. In 2008, when Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for discovering and developing GFP, they resolved many complications in biomedical research.

In the field of molecular biology, different techniques have been suggested to monitor internal cell temperature, these researchers found limitations in measuring the intensity and spectrum of its fluorescence.

Furthermore, the option of measuring intracellular activity could establish the basis to develop a field that has not been widely studied: thermal biology at cellular level.

According to the authors of the study, the following step is to improve the method's sensitivity and resolution. In order to achieve that, the researchers work to fine tune the properties of the fluorescent proteins and optimise the detection method of its 'thermometer'.

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business branding colours? meaning of pink | Karen Haller | Blog ...

When I started researching for this article, I didn?t realise I would find so many businesses that use pink as their main branding colour.? On one hand this may reflect an increase in women going into business or more female related services. On the other hand I did find it surprising given the? back lash against pink being marketed at little girls. It seems when it comes to marketing to women pink is all the rage.

What message is being conveyed when a brand chooses pink as their primary branding colour??

colour psychology
Positive qualities of pink represents feminine love, nurturing, and caring, maternal love. From these positive qualities you can see why the energy of the softer, gentler tones pink would resonate with little girls.

On the negative side it can come across as needy, weak, helpless and emasculating.?When a company whose primary branding colour doesn?t uphold the values of pink its brand personality will come across with these negative traits.

romantic pink
Peggy Porschen?s bespoke cake boutique?just?exudes the feelings of?old world romance and delicate girlie femininity. It?s no surprise there have been more than one wedding proposal witnessed here, such is the romantic atmosphere.

Business Branding - communicating feminine romance | Image: Peggy Porschen Cakes

emotive selling
Even the big brands see the value in creating products in colours if they believe it will sell. ?They are emotionally connecting with their target market. As you can see from the example below, these three brands have each selected a tone of pink they feel will ?sell?. ?Each tone has its own ?personality? and will be attractive to different personalities.

Business Branding - Big Brands know colour sells | Images - Dell, Blackberry & Stanley

Business Branding - Can you guess which segment of the market mobile giant T Mobile are aiming for? | Image - T Mobile

women?s networking groups
Have you noticed the?proliferation of women?s networking groups who are using pink? And not just any pink but cold blue magenta. ?Do they know what they are really communicating in combination with their other brand colours? If the tone of colour isn?t in keeping with your business brand?s personality, you could be communicating feminist and militant than caring and nurturing.

Business Branding - Some of the women's networking groups favouring cold blue magenta pink | Images - The Athena Network, Women in Business Network, Pink Boots Society, The Heart Link Network, Network She, The P.I.N.K foundation

pink symbolises women?s causes
Looking at the main positive qualities of pink being feminine love, nurture and caring it is no surprise pink is colour the majority of women?s charities use, especially when it comes to breast cancer charities.

Business Branding - Pink Ribbon International, just one example of women's charities using pink | Image: Pink Ribbon International

brand analysis
If you would like to know if pink is the right colour for your business brand and just as important the exact tone of pink, then why not see if a ?brand colour analysis is right for you. My clients find when they get their branding colours right, they really get how it represents their brand?s personality and how the right tone will increase brand recognition, attracting their target clientele and lead to increased sales.

How do you respond to a brand that uses pink as their primary brand colour? How does it make you feel?

To find out more about the effects colour has on your brand download my free?e-book?7 mistakes most business owners make with their branding colours.

If you enjoyed reading this article you may also be interested in other articles relating to?colour in business branding.

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Dell,?Blackberry,?Stanley and?T Mobile.
Women?s networking groups: The Athena Network, Women in Business Network, Pink Boots Society, The Heart Link Network, Network She, The P.I.N.K foundation

Pink Ribbon International

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Arts & Entertainment - Atlantic City Weekly

Beyonc? performs at Revel May 25-28

ATLANTIC CITY ? Opening night was still a day away when entertainer Steve Lawrence stood on the stage of Atlantic City?s first casino showroom dressed casually in chino slacks, a polo shirt and a navy blue Chris Craft boating windbreaker.

Lawrence and his wife, singer Eydie Gorme, had accepted the challenge of being the first act to play the first legal casino to open outside the state of Nevada.

During a break from rehearsals in the Superstar Theatre of what was then known as Resorts International Casino Hotel, Lawrence said few in Atlantic City realized the change that was about to come over the city, especially with entertainment.

?We always loved playing Atlantic City and we?ve missed it,? Lawrence said of their decade-long gap in gigs, which occurred when Atlantic City fell on hard time during the 1960s and ?70s.

?Wait?ll you see what?s going to happen to this town. This is just the beginning,? he said. ?In a few years, there?ll be as many [entertainers] working here as there are in Las Vegas.?

Too bad Lawrence won?t be in Atlantic City to see that his prediction has come true, and in spades.

Through more than three decades of trial and error, Atlantic City?s casino industry has developed a loose formula for entertaining the 30 million people who visit each year. But on May 26, 1978, not even Lawrence could have predicted the unprecedented lineup of shows that awaits visitors over the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Between Friday and Monday, Atlantic City will experience the single biggest weekend of entertainment the town has ever seen, and with the most demographically diverse collection of artists, too. Few cities anywhere can match the quality, quantity and calibre of shows this weekend, if ever.

Quite literally, there?s something for every entertainment taste, ranging from Beyonc??s four shows at Revel as part of the property?s grand opening celebration to reggae god Bob Marley?s legendary band The Wailers performing. And in between, there?s headliners performing rock, pop, country, comedy, R&B, techno music and more.

Joe Lupo, senior vice president of operations at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, says entertainment is one of the keys in separating Atlantic City from other regions where casino-style gambling is merely a stand-along attraction, not part of an overall destination experience.

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