It affects voluntary muscle activity including speaking, walking, breathing, swallowing and general movement of the body and usually causes progressive disability.

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Broadly speaking, the more such activity is diffused amongst citizens, the more democratic rule and the rights of the individual will be safeguarded.

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It sends data to iPhones (Android's in development) running the Melon app, which translates that info into a focus graph -- generally speaking, the higher the neural activity in your pre-frontal cortex, the higher your level of focus.

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The match-fixing activity in Europe, where links were also found to Russian-speaking and other criminal syndicates, has already led to several prosecutions, the law-enforcement agency said.

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Speaking afterwards, Mr Blair said the peace process was "best guarantor of an end to paramilitary activity".

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