Totó la Momposina and Marco Vinicio Oyaga were invited to the concerts of Sgnature Series of Berklee College of Music at the end of 2015. During this visit Totó and Marco performed master classes performing a concert in the Theatre Berklee Performance and recording the composition of Totó "Oye Manita" with a group of 22 musicians, between them students and teachers. The invited artists tot his serie of concerts to Berklee have included Pat Metheny, Juan Luis Guerra, Ruben Blades, Cachao, Rosa Passos, Ivan Lins and Susana Baca. The purpose of these visits is give to the students the real experience of interacting in different scenarios with great artists.

Totó La Momposina has dedicated her life to keep alive the tradition of the Caribean Colombian Music. La Momposina emerged as a national artist in 50's and conformed her own band during 60's. She started to make international tours and she achieved international recognize in 90's with the tours that she realized with WOMAD along three continents, the release of his album "La Candela Viva" with the lael Real World and the mundials tours and albums that continued in her career.

A Syrian military source denied the government had used any such weapons. Russia's defence ministry meanwhile insisted it had not carried out any air strikes in the vicinity. If confirmed, it would be one of the deadliest chemical attacks in Syria's civil war.

The warplanes are reported to have attacked Khan Sheikhoun, about 50km (30 miles) south of the city of Idlib, early on Tuesday, when many people were asleep. Hussein Kayal, a photographer for the pro-opposition Edlib Media Center (EMC), told the Associated Press that he was awoken by the sound of an explosion at about 06:30 (03:30 GMT).

When he reached the scene, there was no smell, he said. He found people lying on the floor, unable to move and with constricted pupils, he added. Mohammed Rasoul, the head of a charity ambulance service in Idlib, told the BBC that his medics had found people, many of them children, choking in the street.

The Syrian Observatory (SOHR) quoted medics as saying that they had been treating people with symptoms including fainting, vomiting and foaming at the mouth. An AFP news agency journalist saw a young girl, a woman and two elderly people dead at a hospital, all with foam still visible around their mouths. The journalist also reported that the same facility was hit by a rocket on Tuesday afternoon, bringing down rubble on top of doctors treating the injured. The source of the projectile was not clear, but the EMC and the opposition Local Co-ordination Committees network said warplanes had targeted several clinics.

The SOHR put the death toll at 58, including 11 children, but Mr Rasoul reported that 67 people had been killed and that 300 were injured. The pro-opposition Step news agency meanwhile said 100 had died. The EMC said it had stopped counting the victims because there were so many. It posted photos showing what appeared to be at least seven dead children in the back of a pick-up truck. There were no visible traumatic injuries on their bodies.

The SOHR said it was unable to say what exactly was dropped. However, the EMC and LCC said it was believed to be the nerve agent Sarin, which is highly toxic and considered 20 times as deadly as cyanide.

Sarin inhibits the action of an enzyme, which deactivates signals that cause human nerve cells to fire. This blockage pushes nerves into a continual "on" state. The heart and other muscles - including those involved in breathing - spasm. Sufficient exposure can lead to death via asphyxiation within minutes. Sarin is almost impossible to detect because it is a clear, colourless and tasteless liquid that has no odour in its purest form.

The government was accused by Western powers of firing rockets filled with Sarin at several rebel-held suburbs of the capital Damascus in August 2013, killing hundreds of people. President Bashar al-Assad denied the charge, blaming rebel fighters, but he did subsequently agree to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal.

Despite that, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has continued to document the use of toxic chemicals in attacks in Syria. In January 2016, it said blood samples taken from the victims of one unspecified attack showed victims had been exposed to Sarin or a Sarin-like substance.

A joint investigation with the UN concluded in October that government forces had used chlorine as a weapon at least three times between 2014 and 2015. It also found Islamic State militants had used the blister agent sulphur mustard. Human Rights Watch also recently accused government helicopters of dropping bombs containing chlorine on rebel-held areas of Aleppo on at least eight occasions between 17 November and 13 December, during the final stages of the battle for the city.

And last week, two suspected chemical attacks were reported in Hama province, in a rebel-held area not far from Khan Sheikhoun.

Idlib province, where the air strikes took place, is almost entirely controlled by a rebel alliance and the al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. The region, home to 900,000 displaced people, is regularly targeted by the government and its ally Russia, as well as the US-led coalition against IS.

There was no immediate comment from the government, but a Syrian military source told Reuters news agency that it "does not and has not" used chemical weapons. The opposition National Coalition accused the government of being behind what it called a "horrible crime", and called on the UN Security Council to open an immediate investigation and hold the perpetrators accountable.

France, which backs the opposition, agreed that a "particularly serious chemical attack" had taken place and called for an emergency Security Council meeting.

Masood, also known as Adrian Elms and Adrian Ajao, killed three people when he drove his 4x4 Hyundai Tucson along the pavement of Westminster Bridge before stabbing to death his fourth victim, PC Keith Palmer, an unarmed member of the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command unit who was guarding an entrance to the Houses of Parliament.

More than 35 people were injured in the attack, with wounds ranging from cuts and bruises to extensive bone and skull fractures. One person remains in a coma with extensive injuries.  The inquest into Masood’s death was opened and adjourned until a pre-inquest review on 19 May at the Royal Courts of Justice.

The senior investigating officer, Det Supt John Crossley, told the hearing: “Masood was challenged by armed police and shot. He was taken to St Mary’s hospital by ambulance. He was pronounced dead at 15:35 on 22 March.”

Crossley said there were in excess of 1,500 potential witnesses, of whom at least 140 were considered significant. Inquests into the victims’ deaths opened and adjourned on Wednesday. Palmer’s cause of death was given as haemorrhage and a stab wound to the chest, the inquest heard.

American tourist Kurt Cochran, 54, and teacher Aysha Frade, 44, died at the scene on the bridge after being struck by the car. Cochran died of multiple injuries and Frade died of head and chest injuries, the inquest heard. Leslie Rhodes, 75, was taken to King’s College hospital but the retired window cleaner died three days later of a head injury.

A 30-year-old man remains in custody in relation to the incident and a 32-year-old was released on bail. Ten other people were arrested and released without further action, including Masood’s partner, Rohey Hydara.

We asked three London-based models what it is like trying to make a living in the industry.

 

All the first jobs I did were free. When you do a commercial job for a High Street brand or a big ad campaign they pay money, but editorials - everything you see in industry magazines - you don't get paid for those at all. It's an unwritten rule in the industry that you have to do them to get your profile up.

You've got quite a lot of girls who can't afford to live and are going to the agencies to ask for advances on money and are getting into debt. The bookers laugh at them for asking for handouts.

They try to discourage you from collecting your money and put you off asking for it.

When you get your money it comes with a statement and there are always unforeseen charges on the statement. It's never set out what they're charging you for and the more you've earned the more weird charges there are on your account.

Agencies pick and choose. If they don't like you that week then they won't put you forward for the job. I've been in the agency when they've actually said not to put certain girls in certain packages because the girls have been annoying them or they've been asking for money.

Some agencies are really good, they pay their girls every Friday, but in my agency we have to message our accountant every month to find out if any money has come in. Half the time they lie to us and say the money hasn't come in even if the client has told us they've already paid the invoice.

It's quite sad because when you join an agency you like to think it's like a family, but they're out to make a profit. You have to bear that in mind and not get sucked into the idea that they have your best interests at heart. They don't when it comes down to it.

Modelling is a really horrific industry to work in if you don't have anything else going for you. There's constant pressure over weight control: it's a form of control and grooming. I was 5'11" and size 8-10 and they told me I had to lose 3cm off my hips. They phoned me up every day and asked me what I had eaten that day. I'd go in for a chat and they'd measure me and say you need to lose this much more weight.

They said I had to get a personal trainer, which was £100 for four sessions, and made me dye my hair. They said I had to go to the hairdresser they picked and it was £400. After three months they said, you've just got to lose two more centimetres [off your hips] and you can be on our main board in Paris.

They'd send me out for test shoots to men's apartments on my own and it was really unsafe. One time the man was really weird and kept trying to make me take my clothes off.

There was a casting for a lingerie company. My agent said, you have to do it. I said, I don't want to do that because if I'm on an ad spanking someone I won't get a professional job outside modelling. They pressured me. So I quit.

I was eight months with that agency and I didn't make any money."Pippa" says she worked for two further agencies where she wasn't happy, and earned around £10,000 a year. But she is now with an agency she is very happy with and is earning £800 a day and getting regular work.

 

It can be a harsh industry full of rejection. But I'm really glad I modelled. It gave me a lot of confidence. It bought me a flat and put me through university. But I'm glad I started when I did.

There were so many more clients, there was so much more money in advertising. The fees you could get for a commercial were huge.

I don't think regular working models now are getting the opportunities I had at that stage. I did campaigns for most of the shops on the High Street but now it's celebrities who do the High Street campaigns and magazine covers that we used to get.

I did a big campaign for New Look and was in all of their shops. It must have totalled around £35,000 over about seven years. Now I'd say most regular models are getting paid less and less for more and more work.

You're expected to do longer hours and do the whole social media thing. If you have fewer than 10,000 followers on Instagram you'll lose the job to someone with more followers, as they can give the brand a broader advertising reach.

There are so many new agencies and so many more models than there used to be, many agencies get undercut by smaller ones and there's always someone who'll do it for less.

There is a groundswell of people speaking up from within the industry. People have been reluctant to before because they didn't want to be seen as a moaner, it can lose you work.

And as for those outside the industry, they say, ugh, she's being a princess. They assume we're all Linda Evangelistas not getting out of bed for less than $10,000, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

The average is probably around £20,000 to £30,000 per annum. We're not moaning, we're just calling for regulation in certain areas, especially because many models are so young.

 

Winks suffered a particularly nasty fall, tumbling into the Burnley dugout after trying to tackle Stephen Ward, before he was carried off on a stretcher at the interval.

 

Despite a lack of attacking fluency, Spurs continued to exert pressure on the Clarets from corners, with Eric Dier firing in after the hosts failed to properly clear Christian Eriksen's delivery.

 

Vincent Janssen, making his first Premier League start of 2017, became the third Tottenham player forced off injured but that allowed the introduction of Son Heung-min.

 

And the South Korea striker made sure of victory as he tapped in Alli's squared pass on 77 minutes as Spurs controlled the final stages.

 

Victory, coupled with Chelsea's shock 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace, ensures Mauricio Pochettino's side stay in contention for the title with nine games remaining. 

Nadal, 30, beat Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-1 7-5 in the first semi-final. Fognini, 29, had become the first unseeded player in 10 years to make the last four but was no match for Nadal, who will try to win a first Miami title in his fifth final on Sunday.

"It's great to be in the final for me," said Nadal after winning the first of the semi-finals. "I am excited to play another final of an important event. "If it's Roger, it's going to be another one for both of us, and that's it. Just another one."

Federer made sure that there will be another episode to his rivalry with Nadal, which began in Miami 13 years ago. The 18-time Grand Slam champion maintained his spectacular run of results with victory over the in-form Kyrgios.

"It felt very good," said the Swiss, who last won the Miami title in 2006. "You don't very often play three breakers in a match.

"Winning breakers is always such a thrill. I tried to really fight for it. I can't always show my fighting skills, it is great winning this way. 

No decision will be made until Sunday on possible "changes to the event".

The device is submerged and a bomb disposal unit will have to wait until the tide goes out in order to take a better look at it, police said.

The Thames river tide will not recede until around 01:00 BST on Sunday.

The Met said it was too early to say whether the race would be called off.

Crowds of up to 300,000 people are expected if it goes ahead.

Spectators have been warned to be vigilant following the attack at Westminster, reported the Telegraph.

"The security threat level remains at severe and, as always, we would encourage those attending to be aware of their surroundings and be vigilant," the Met said in a statement.

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Roads in the area where the suspected bomb is currently remain open.

The Met confirmed officers were in attendance on the northern bank of the river at Chelsea.

A statement said: "Police were called by a member of the public at approximately 13:50 BST on Saturday... reporting what they thought to be World War Two ordnance on the Chelsea shoreline by Putney Bridge 

The metro blast happened on Monday afternoon just as Russian President Vladimir Putin visited St Petersburg. No group has claimed responsibility. But Islamic State has threatened acts of violence on Russian soil in reprisal for the Kremlin's military intervention in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad.

Jalilov, the suspected suicide bomber, was born in 1995 and grew up in the city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan, a mainly Muslim ex-Soviet Republic in Central Asia. Around 2011 he moved to St Petersburg. He worked in low-paid jobs for several years. Photographs posted on social media showed a stylishly dressed young man. His online posts offered no hint of any ties to Islamist militants. But there is a gap in Jalilov's biography from the end of 2015 until the start of this year. During that period several acquaintances said he disappeared from view.

He reappeared when he visited Osh in February this year. In March he returned to St Petersburg and rented an apartment from where he set off on the day of the bombing carrying a rucksack and a bag. By speaking to several people who knew Jalilov well, Reuters has been able to piece together a picture of his life in the missing years.

Patricia Connors, 66, was hit by a Ford Transit van on the motorway on Friday evening. Patrick Connors, 60, and his sons Patrick, 40, and William, 37, were jailed for holding two vulnerable men hostage at the family’s base in Cardiff.

Michael Hughes was 19 when he was taken by the gang and worked for the family’s building firm for 26 years, often earning less than £10 a day and sometimes being paid in tobacco or alcohol.

There are a bunch of constraints about this, but the implication is that this will eventually expand in a big way. At the moment, the shopping suggestions will appear in mobile searches and inside the Android search app. And they’re only supported for a few categories of products: handbags, sunglasses, and shoes.

Other clothing will be added in “the next few months,” as will home and garden products. Google says the feature relies on machine vision to analyze the products and pick out similar items. But it’s not clear how much that’s a factor, because the feature also depends in a big way on web developers, who need to specifically add metadata to a site before its images can offer up these suggestions.

Either way, the addition makes plenty of sense. Google says “price and availability information” was a top request from image search users. And the addition starts to make image search seem a lot more like Pinterest — which itself is often an image search tool with attached shopping information. In much the same way, this opens the door for Google to bring in more revenue. 

Google plans to expand the feature to more platforms later this year. 

According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, at 400 pm on Monday, the centre of Tropical Storm Otto was nearly stationary, and a generally westward drift is expected over the next couple of days.

Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours, and Otto could become a hurricane in a couple of days.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the centre. There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect. Interests in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the islands of San Andres and Providencia should monitor the progress of Otto. A tropical storm watch may be required for San Andres on Monday night or early Tuesday.

Outer rain bands from Otto are expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 3 to 6 inches across portions of central and western Panama and southeastern Costa Rica through Wednesday, with isolated totals upwards of 10 to 15 inches across the higher terrain. These rains could result in life-threatening flash floods and mud slides. 

Additional heavy rainfall may move into portions of Costa Rica on Wednesday night into Thursday as the system approaches the coast. 

"I've thought about this for a long time and I think this is the right time and it's the right thing to do for the Michigan hockey program," Berenson said in a release. "My heart will always be at Michigan and I look forward to the team taking the next step and making me proud as a former coach."

The Saskatchewan native was a two-time All-American as a player at Michigan (1961-62). He played in nine games for the Montreal Canadiens immediately after his final season in Ann Arbor, becoming the first college player to jump directly to the NHL. 

That was the start of a 17-year playing career that included stops with the Canadiens, Rangers, Red Wings and Blues, once scoring six goals in a game with St. Louis.

Berenson eventually served as head coach of the Blues from 1979-82, going 100-72-32, before finding his niche in college hockey.