Video | Happy Friday! + EXO's 'Growl' a Blue Print for Nigeria's Music ...

Happy Friday folks!

It?s coming quite late but my October and November is rather intimidating i.e. it is packed with upcoming conferences, speaking engagements, travels, work and a lot more that is better left unsaid, for now. I do look forward to spending sometime with you all this weekend so do enjoy your weekend but be sure to check in.

I was thinking about Nigeria?s music industry, as I often do. I found myself doing a lot of comparison with South Korea?s. The South Korean music industry has its own fair share of issues. ?They range from the way artists, especially minors, are captured at a young age and treated, including terrible recording contracts and minimal compensation, at best, for the extremely hard work they put into their careers, among other things. Despite these issues, there is something Nigeria?s music industry and its professionals can learn form the South Koreans. I don?t know why Nigerians keep looking to the US as the blue print for its entertainment industries when there are more parallels with Bollywood and South Korea?s industries.

In any event, some things we can emulate is the immense discipline artists bring to their craft. From vocals, to dance , personal branding and much more, they do it all. The labels also know how to truly run successful labels and focus on making marketing and promotions an art form. The South Koreans have successfully promoted their brand of music across Asia. They are now taking over Europe and judging by how successful Psy?s Gangam style was, we can rest assured that the door has just opened for Koreans to truly seize the opportunity in the States. I could go on but there will be more opportunities to discuss these similarities in the future.

For now, let me leave you all with the boy band Exo?s ?growl.? Folks, this group is made up of 12 young men and guess what, THEY HARMONIZE, they dance and they are just packaged right. In Nigeria, we can?t get our artists to all be on the same page like this. Plus, if one is successful, the next thing you know, we will not hear word.

Also, their videos are very creative. We in Nigeria and the Nigerian diaspora are not quite there yet. Finally, we tend to sing rubbish lyrics. The Koreans have perfected the art of story telling. They cater their music to their cultural norms.

Take ?Growl? for example by Exo. The way these fellas spin words together about the woman they desire is so beautiful yet powerful and effective and sells. We must strive harder and look to those who do it so well for the kind of blue print we should aim to achieve in our industry.

Have a great weekend and I will see you all, virtually speaking, soon.

Cheers,
Uduak

Even America?s Billboard is giving this group face time and regularly features South Korean artists. We need to get on this page.

?I?m warning you just in case (listen carefully)
It?s dangerous now (so dangerous)
Stop provoking me (there?s going to be trouble)
I don?t even know myself

My breath keeps on stopping
You walk towards me
You smile at me
Maybe you?re attracted to me too

My sights become dark
When you stare at me
The sound of your breathing
You?re the one that makes me crazy

So nobody can look at you (when you smile)
I want to hide you inside my embrace (I?m so serious)
The stares that are after you
Wakes up inside me
There?s a harsh/fierce swirl/storm

A dark shadow has woken up inside of me
Sparks fly in my eyes as I look at you
Everyone step away from her (step away)
It?s going to get fierce from now on
I?m growling, growling, growling
I?m growling, growling, growling
I?m growling, growling, growling
If you don?t back away then I don?t care if you get hurt. . .?

Lyrics by @kpoplyrics_net on Twitter | kpoplyricsnet on Facebook

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Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon Wireless)

Nearly half a year after its initial release, the Samsung Galaxy S4 ($199.99/16GB with 2-year contract) remains a top option on every carrier it's available on. The blinding number of features and impressive performance keep the S4 at the front of the pack. The S4 is our favorite Android handset on Verizon, despite solid efforts by the LG G2?and Motorola Moto X. The Apple iPhone 5s, meanwhile, shares our Editors' Choice for its forward-looking features and unbeatable array of apps.

We've already reviewed the Galaxy S4 on a number of different carriers, so we won't get into all the details of this do-it-all Android phone. See our original T-Mobile Galaxy S4?review to get the full run down on its extensive set of features.

Performance, Call Quality, and Bloatware
Aside from carrier logos, Verizon's S4 is more or less identical to T-Mobile's version inside and out. And performance is the same thanks to the 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor. This model supports CDMA on 850/1900/2100MHz bands, 750/1700MHz LTE, and 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM. Verizon had the best nationwide LTE coverage in our Fastest Mobile Networks?survey, but the fastest speeds belong to AT&T. Reception was excellent during our tests in New York City, as the S4 was even able to maintain a connection in our office basement, where signals are typically weak.

Note: The slideshow below is of the T-Mobile Galaxy S4, which is physically identical to the Verizon S4.

The Galaxy S4 sets the bar for call quality. Beyond the sound profile personalization, you have the ability to toggle noise cancellation and jack up the volume in noisy situations. There's no HD Voice like you get with Sprint or Wi-Fi calling like you get with T-Mobile. Voices come through clearly in the earpiece and calls made on the phone sound superb. Like all S4's, you can tweak the sound profile to suit your personal preferences, making it one of the best phones for call quality. In our tests, the Verizon S4 lasted for 10 hours, 53 minutes of continuous talk time, which is on par with other carrier models we've seen.

Of the 16GB internal storage, only 8.67GB is available to users out of the box. Verizon went a bit overboard with the pre-loads on its S4. There are seven Verizon branded apps, ranging from the useful Visual Voicemail app to the useless Verizon Tones app, and nine third-party apps. None of these can be uninstalled, which is a big letdown considering carriers like Sprint at least let you remove some of the bloat. There's a microSD card slot under the back cover that worked fine with our 32 and 64GB SanDisk cards.

Pricing and Conclusions
You can get the 16GB S4 on Verizon for $199.99 with a two-year contract, which is the same price as the LG G2, HTC One, and iPhone 5s. With it come your standard Verizon options for voice, text, and data plans, which tend to be on the expensive side compared with other carriers. Plans start at $40/month for unlimited talk and text, but data must be bought separately on via Shareable Data plans. Those start at 500MB/$40, with 2GB/$60 in the middle, and top out at $80 for 6GB. AT&T plans are a bit more complicated, but one smartphone and 2GB of data will add up to $90 per month versus the $100 per month Verizon charges.

We give a slight edge to the S4 over both the HTC One and LG G2, both of which are fine phones in their own right. The One will appeal to users who put a premium on design, while the G2 is the first device to feature Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 800 processor and might appeal to those who want the latest tech in their pockets. Still, the dizzying array of features, superb call quality, and excellent performance keep the S4 at the top of the pack, even half a year after its release. For those looking for a more refined device and the best selection of apps, the iPhone 5s is an excellent choice that shows some real potential with its forward-looking features.

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Lack of monthly U.S. jobs report leaves economic void - Fri, 04 Oct 2013 PST

WASHINGTON ? The latest victims of the government?s partial shutdown: policy wonks, politicians and TV talking heads who are losing their monthly opportunity to dissect the jobs report issued by the Bureau of Labor?Statistics.

The ritual unfolds every month: The jobs report comes out, and Wall Street panics or exults. Political advocates spin. And economic analysts crowd cable TV to offer us their?insights.

It happens the first Friday of the month at 8:30 a.m. Eastern?time.

Except?today.

The government?s partial shutdown means the September jobs report is being postponed. The workers who produce it??

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WASHINGTON ? The latest victims of the government?s partial shutdown: policy wonks, politicians and TV talking heads who are losing their monthly opportunity to dissect the jobs report issued by the Bureau of Labor?Statistics.

The ritual unfolds every month: The jobs report comes out, and Wall Street panics or exults. Political advocates spin. And economic analysts crowd cable TV to offer us their?insights.

It happens the first Friday of the month at 8:30 a.m. Eastern?time.

Except?today.

The government?s partial shutdown means the September jobs report is being postponed. The workers who produce it aren?t deemed ?essential,? which is why they?re among the 800,000 federal employees being?furloughed.

They aren?t doctors treating wounded soldiers at military hospitals or air traffic controllers ensuring that planes take off and land?safely.

They?re?statisticians.

Yet for a subculture of Americans whose professional lives are tied to the monthly jobs report, its absence may be?disorienting.

?Economists and journalists will have some withdrawal pains,? suggests Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody?s Analytics and a fixture on cable-TV gabfests after the jobs reports are?released.

Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial and another regular television presence on the morning of the jobs reports, jokes that she won?t have to get up so early today. Yet she?ll feel the?loss.

The jobs report is a ?flashlight into the dense forest of global economic information,? Swonk said. ?We?ve turned the flashlight?off.?

Wall Street traders whose computers are normally primed to spring into action milliseconds after the report is issued will have to manage without?it.

?Most investors I talk to are taking a wait-and-see attitude,? said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank. ?I don?t think anybody is crying in their?beer.?

Wall Street bases its buy-and-sell decisions on countless data ? from economic growth in the United States and abroad to corporate profits, manufacturing output and home sales. But the jobs report tends to occupy center stage. Job growth drives consumer spending, which fuels most of the U.S.?economy.

?The economic data everybody looks at all month long leads up to a day like (today),? said Jonathan D. Corpina, senior managing partner at Meridian Equity Partners. ?Without having that core ingredient to your economic calendar, the dish really isn?t going to be?done.?

So can stock analysts just take today?off?

Joel Naroff of Naroff Economic Advisors in Holland, Pa., mused, half-seriously, that he might as well head to his weekend place on the Jersey?shore.

?Employment Fridays are always an incredibly busy time for me,? Naroff said. ?This one is going to be strangely?quiet.?

What will the cable financial news outlets, from CNBC to Bloomberg to Fox Business Network, do this morning with no jobs?report?

CNBC issued a statement saying it?s ?still planning a big show on Friday? focused on the uncertainty from the shutdown and the ?incomplete picture on where the jobs market currently?stands.?

Today?s report was expected to show that the economy added 180,000 jobs in September, slightly more than the modest 169,000 in August. The unemployment rate was expected to remain at a still-high 7.3?percent.

Without the jobs data, it isn?t only Wall Street that will have to act without its usual information. The Federal Reserve will almost surely put off any move to slow its bond purchases when it meets later this month. The purchases have been designed to keep long-term borrowing rates?low.

A resolution of the shutdown would allow the government to eventually release the September jobs report. But Naroff is already worried about the October jobs report, set for release in early November. A prolonged shutdown would bar the government from doing the necessary surveys on hiring and?employment.

?Do they do it a week late?? Naroff said. ?Do they just not do it? I don?t?know.?

Zandi says he?ll grow alarmed only if a prolonged shutdown shuts off the flow of economic data for weeks. No one would know precisely how the economy is reacting to Washington?s political?standoff.

?It?s like flying a plane with few instruments,? Zandi says. ?You?re able to do it for a while. But if you hit a storm, there?s a good chance you?ll?crash.?

Still, important as the jobs report is, some find its coverage on cable TV to be overkill. Barry Ritholtz, chief investment officer at Ritholtz Wealth Management, calls it ?the single most overanalyzed, overwrought, overemphasized data point in?finance.?

Ritholtz notes that each month?s job figure is later revised twice, sometimes?sharply.

?It?s only a function of financial television and radio that have time to?fill.?

Regardless, Zandi plans to be exactly where he is on every other first Friday of the month: speaking on a panel of experts on?CNBC.

?There?s always something to talk about,? he?said.

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Source: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/oct/04/lack-of-monthly-us-jobs-report-leaves-economic/

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Self Help And Anger Management

People that get angered easily may need some effective means to control themselves and may thus need to look for a proper anger management technique that will answer to their needs to control them in situations that often gets well out of hand. With people having serious instances of anger management requirements the good news is that a number of different techniques with regard to self help anger management are available to fight off this condition.

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People that get angered easily may need some effective means to control themselves and may thus need to look for a proper anger management technique that will answer to their needs to control them in situations that often gets well out of hand. With people having serious instances of anger management requirements the good news is that a number of different techniques with regard to self help anger management are available to fight off this condition.

Counseling From Therapists - Among the many self help anger management techniques available is the one that requires taking counseling from therapists, and there are also very many books written on the subject to enable a person to utilize the knowledge gained by reading such literature on the subject and create their own self help anger management techniques that will work well for them.

There is also anger management courses which is a means very often used by people that wish to get more in-depth help from experts regarding controlling their anger, and it also affords those suffering from anger to interact with fellow sufferers and thus can gain valuable insights as to how self help will make them overcome such problems and so should incorporate such techniques in order to bring their anger under control. Self help also means the sufferer is able to avail of support as well as understanding from others, and in this regard family members are the persons the sufferer must need to turn to when requiring the necessary understanding and support and once given, also helps ensure that the situation is not further aggravated.

Also, anger management problems are not just confined to adults; but, can affect children as well and it is not uncommon for children that behave well to also be affected by anger that was not evident earlier. It is up to the parents to provide the child with proper guidance and should expend their energies to help in contributing to the child learning self help anger management techniques and so, overcome the behavioral problems.

It is also common for sufferers to find self help from other resources besides their parents, and taking to performing yoga as well as meditation is just one instance of how a self help anger management technique can help overcome the problem. Other methods for self help include reading up books as well as listening to audio books on the subject, and with a few more available alternatives, it is possible for the sufferer to find an ideal method of self help to help get rid of the problem of anger.

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California high school forces girl to remove ?violent? NRA t-shirt, apologizes

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School officials at Canyon High School in Anaheim, Calif. forced a student to change out of a t-shirt promoting the National Rifle Association.

The incident happened in September, reports CBS Los Angeles. A security guard at Canyon High ? ?Home of the Comanches? ? tapped sophomore Haley Bullwinkle on the shoulder and marched her directly to the principal?s office.

Bullwinkle, 16, said school officials then commanded her to remove the shirt immediately and put on something else.

?They were treating me like I was a criminal,? Bullwinkle told the station.

According to the sophomore, they also told her that the NRA shirt ?promoted gun violence.

The images on the shirt are a male deer, an American flag and the silhouette of a hunter in a field. Below those images are the words ?Protecting America?s Traditions Since 1871.?

The shirt was a gift from the girl?s father, an NRA member received it when he joined the civil rights organization.

According to CBS Los Angeles, the high school?s ambiguous dress code prohibits ?offensive, violent or divisive clothing.?

Bullwinkle?s unnamed father emailed Kimberly Fricker, the principal at Canyon High, seeking further explanation concerning how the school defines ?violent? clothing.

In response, Fricker blamed ?school police.?

?The shirt had a gun on it, which is not allowed by school police,? the principal wrote. ?It?s protocol to have students change when they?re in violation of the dress code.?

The girl?s father noted that Canyon High?s mascot is the Comanche.

?I think that if you consider the hunter ? the image of the hunter to be offensive ? certainly there are groups that would consider the Comanche Indian chief to be offensive,? he said.

He also observed that Canyon High?s drill team twirls fake rifles, according to CBS Los Angeles.

After CBS Los Angeles reported on story, school officials quickly caved.?On Thursday, school officials apologized to changed course and apologized to Bullwinkle and promised to train security guards and other staffers?so that ?an incident like this does not occur again,? reports the Los Angeles Times.

The incident appears similar to an April 2013 incident that occurred in Logan County, West Va. involving a then-eighth-grader, Jared Marcum, who was suspended and, astonishingly, arrested after he refused to remove an NRA t-shirt which depicted a hunting rifle with the statement ?protect your right.?

In a move The Daily Caller can only characterize as courageous, Marcum, 14, returned to Logan Middle School after his suspension wearing exactly the same shirt. (RELATED: Eighth-grader arrested over NRA shirt returns to school in same shirt)

Local prosecutors pursued a criminal case against the eighth-grader. Eventually, 70 days after the incident occurred, prosecutors withdrew a criminal charge of obstructing an officer against the 14-year-old boy. (RELATED: Charges finally dropped against eighth-grader who wore NRA shirt to school)

Follow Eric on Twitter?and send education-related story tips to?erico@dailycaller.com.

Source: http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/04/california-high-school-forces-girl-to-remove-violent-nra-t-shirt-apologizes/

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Russia: Winter games Olympic torch throws light on human rights ...

As the Olympic torch arrives in Moscow ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Amnesty International is launching a worldwide campaign to highlight Russia?s increasingly deplorable human rights record.

?The Olympic flame can throw light on the human rights violations that the authorities would prefer to hide behind the celebratory decorations. It is important that all those with a stake in the Games are aware of restrictions placed by the Russian authorities on civil society and ordinary citizens, and use their influence to oppose them,? said John Dalhuisen, Europe and Central Asia Programme Director.

With the arrival of the Olympic flame in Moscow and the start of its journey to Sochi on 7 October, hundreds of thousands of Amnesty International members will stage a series of events and protests worldwide.

Supporters from Ottawa through to Puerto Rico, Warsaw, Paris, Brussels and Moscow are organizing vigils, flash mobs and pickets in public places and in front of Russian embassies to raise awareness about the range of violations to the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Russia.

?The Olympic fanfare and spectacular ceremonies will not hide the fact that fundamental human rights are trampled over despite being explicitly guaranteed by the Russian Constitution and international human rights treaties to which Russia is party,? said John Dalhuisen.

Amnesty International campaign will highlight:

? Three prisoners of conscience, Vladimir Akimenkov, Artiom Saviolov and Mikhail Kosenko, detained over a year ago solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly. In May 2012, they were detained in Bolotnaya square in Moscow, amid the wave of mass protests that followed much-contested parliamentary and presidential elections in 2011 and 2012. Thirteen people are on trial in Moscow in relation to the Bolotnaya square protests, and several others are still awaiting trial in this case.

? Legislation curtailing peaceful protests imposes heavy fines on organizers of demonstrations for violations of a restrictive list of rules and regulations, often arbitrary applied. In 2013 more than 600 people were detained in the course of 81 events in and around Moscow alone.

? The 2012 ?foreign agents? legislation unleashed a clampdown on NGOs across the country, including the inspection of Amnesty International?s office in Moscow. Court cases brought about by the Prosecutor?s Office against NGOs have resulted in hefty fines against several organisations and their leaders. Many more NGOs across Russia have been issued with official demands to register as ?foreign agents? or face similar penalties.

? Homophobic legislation introduced in 2013 is used to restrict the rights to freedom of expression and assembly of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Intersex people (LGBTI) and has already encouraged homophobic violence across Russia.? LGBTI? events have been disrupted by counter-protesters and banned by the authorities, with participants detained for promoting "propaganda of non-traditional relations among minors?. Anyone breaching the law, including foreigners, faces fines of up to US$3,000.

? The ?blasphemy? law introduced after the ?Pussy Riot? punk group staged a brief and peaceful albeit provocative political performance in the main Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow in 2011. Two of the performers are currently serving a two-year prison sentence after a politically motivated trial: one of them, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, is on hunger strike and being held in solitary confinement after complaining about prison conditions.

? The failure to effectively investigate the murders of journalists and human rights activists. Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in 2006, but the mastermind of her killing has never been identified. No one has been brought to justice for the killings of Natalia Estemirova,? Khadzhimurad Kamalov and Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev, amongst others.

?The Russian authorities must not use the Olympic games being played on TV screens across the world as a smokescreen behind which they can abuse human rights across the country,? said John Dalhuisen.

?Any attempts by the Russian authorities to use the Olympic Charter as a pretext to prevent individuals or activists engaging more generally in legitimate and peaceful demonstrations, would not only fall outside the prohibition envisaged in the Charter, but also violate standards on freedom of expression, association and assembly.

?The Olympic Charter prohibits demonstrations at Olympic sites, but such measures should be exercised only at the sporting sites and venues, and strictly for legitimate purposes. The Olympic Games are not a human rights-free zone. The Games are hosted by a city, but they are also effectively hosted by the country at large, and violation of fundamental human rights in this country, as we see it in Russia, is unacceptable and must immediately stop.?

?Everybody who holds dear human rights, everybody with a stake in the Olympic Games, including those involved in organising and running them, should speak out over violations of the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly.?

Source: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/russia-winter-games-olympic-torch-throws-light-human-rights-violations-2013-10-03

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