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Wednesday, 3 September 2008

AARP Launches Four Online Health Tools To Empower Consumers To Make Informed Choices In Care

�AARP announced that it has added four new health tools to its Web site, to help oneself consumers father trusted, dependable online health information. These tools will enable multitude to do everything from choose an excellent doc or infirmary, to punter understand and evaluate their own health symptoms, conditions and medicines.

"Online tools like these truly authorise those world Health Organization may be seeking health information for themselves and family caregivers to more easily navigate today's health care options," said Nataki Clarke, AARP Director of Online Marketing. "Consumers fundament take reward of these resources in order to maintain their independence as they age and live the most vibrant lives possible."

The tools, which can be found on http://www.aarp.org/health, include the following:

- Symptom Search provided by Healthline Networks: This highly regarded clinical application from Healthline Networks leverages Medically Guided� search applied science to analyse user symptoms and produce a graded list of likely causes. Healthline Symptom Search features ten multiplication more coverage than other online symptom checkers, with a relational database of more than one trillion diseases, symptoms and their synonyms, and easy-to-use personalization options so users canful narrow or refine their searches for greater truth.

- Health Illustrated Encyclopedia provided by A.D.A.M. (NASDAQ: ADAM): Viewed by many as one of the c. H. Best in the industry, this knowledgebase is continually updated, very comprehensive, and includes over 3,600 articles and 2,000 images spanning categories such as diseases & conditions; injuries; symptoms; nutrition; surgeries; tests; poisoning; and special topics. Readable and easy-to-use, the encyclopedia volition clarify many aspects of health care for myriad 50+ Americans.

- Doctor and Hospital Finder provided by HealthGrades: This tool, from a leading healthcare ratings organization, has been especially customized to AARP's demographic, enabling individuals to easy research doctors and compare the quality ratings of hospitals by specific location and medical condition or specialty. It includes a "map it" feature powered by MapQuest, which shows how many miles the doctor's role or infirmary is from the patient, and a "patient go through" feature, allowing users to view patient ratings on doctors and provide their own.

- Drug Database & Interaction Checker provided by Gold Standard: This high quality, user-friendly database offers people continuously fresh info about prescription drug drugs, over-the-counter products, and alternative medicines. It as well includes the MedCounselor Drug Interaction Alert, which reveals and ranks interactions between prescription medications, over-the-counter, herbal tea, and nutritional products, as well as lifestyle factors like caffein, tobacco and grapefruit juice. Gold Standard's Drug Database has been ranked #1 in the nation by two independent school of pharmacy studies.

"AARP.org is confident that these tools will enrich the lives of our current and prospective members," said Clarke. "AARP chose these four offerings because we believe they are among the best of online consumer health concern resources."

For more information about the new health tools, delight log on to hypertext transfer protocol://www.aARP.org/health.

AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartizan membership organisation that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are good and affordable to them and society as a whole. AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to either political campaigns or candidates. We produce AARP The Magazine, the definitive voice for 50+ Americans and the world's largest-circulation magazine with all over 33 zillion readers; AARP Bulletin, the go-to news source for AARP's 39 million members and Americans 50+; AARP Segunda Juventud, the only bilingual U.S. publication dedicated exclusively to the 50+ Hispanic community; and our website, AARP.org. AARP Foundation is an affiliated polemonium van-bruntiae that provides security, trade protection, and authorisation to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We receive staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

http://www.aarp.org

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Sunday, 24 August 2008

Timberlake proud to work with Madonna

Justin Timberlake has revealed that he fulfilled a life-long dream by working with Madonna.

The pair teamed up this year for the track '4 Minutes', which went on to top the charts in the UK and become a rack up worldwide.

"Working with her was definitely a dream of mine. And when it came to actually doing it - it was everything you'd think it would be!" Timberlake told Hello! magazine. "It was great and it was bad and it was cool and it was tedious sometimes and it was fun and we went downward into the valleys unitedly and we came out on top of mountains."

He added: "We had a really sound time. And I'm at present very well-chosen to be able to call her a acquaintance. She's a really, rattling special person."

Madonna celebrated her 50th birthday with friends and kinsperson in London at the weekend.

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Thursday, 14 August 2008

In Response To Donda West's Death, California Senate Approves New Elective-Surgery Rule

In response to the death of Donda West, Kanye West's mother, the California State Senate on Wednesday sanctioned a prerequisite that patients be granted a physical exam ahead elective operating theater, according to the Los Angeles Times.

State Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas told the paper that the measure was in response to West's death last November of complications related to enhancive surgery. The family reportedly believes that a physical exam would have uncovered coronary artery disease.

"Many of us are concerned virtually the quality of care extended to those world Health Organization receive elective surgery," Ridley-Thomas said. The vote was 37 to 1.

The doctor who performed the surgical operation, Jan Adams, admitted to performing the operation simply has denied any error. In June, he was arrested for drunk driving, pleaded non guilty and was released on a $10,000 bond. He will return to court of justice in October, according to Vacaville, California's The Reporter.

Kanye recently joined with MTV News for the especial "Choose or Lose & Kanye West Present: Homecoming." On the show, Kanye and MTV's Sway Calloway surprised three Iraq-war veterans with visits to their homes, listened to their stories, thanked them for their contributions, and then helped the vets face their challenges by assisting them with paying off debt and career development.

Kanye's Dr. Donda West Foundation and MTV provided nearly of the funds for the gifts to the veterans. "This past year I suffered a caboodle of losses," Kanye says on the show, referring primarily to Donda's death. "I know my music inspires citizenry, but you can always do more."

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Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Alias Zone

Artist: Alias Zone

   Genre(s):
New Age

Discography:

Lucid Dreams

Year: 2001
Tracks: 7

Friday, 27 June 2008

Steve Coleman and the Five Elements

Artist: Steve Coleman and the Five Elements

   Genre(s):
funk

Discography:

The Tao of Mad Phat: Fringe Zones

Year: 1999
Tracks: 11

Jean Jacques Perrey and David Chazam

Thursday, 19 June 2008

Underground Resistance

Artist: Underground Resistance

   Genre(s):
Dance
   Electronic
   Techno
   Soundtrack: Anime
   Jazz

Discography:

Interstellar Fugitives

Year: 2006
Tracks: 15

Dark Energy EP

Year: 1994
Tracks: 6

Riot / Fuel For The Fire E.P.

Year: 1991
Tracks: 8

Sonic EP

Year: 1990
Tracks: 4

Revolution for Change

Year:
Tracks: 14

Electronic Warfare

Year:
Tracks: 4

Acid Rain

Year:
Tracks: 7

A RED PLANET COMPILATION

Year:
Tracks: 12

Underground Resistance is in all probability the most militantly political rock outcrop of innovative urban American techno. Combining a grubby, four-track esthetical, an nearly strictly DIY business sector philosophy, and an oppositional, militaristic ethos similar to Public Enemy without the drama (or the conversancy; the members refuse to be photographed without bandanas obscuring their identities), UR have redirected their share of the Detroit techno legacy to social militant ends, trading mainstream popularity and fiscal winner for independence and self-rule. Begun in the early '90s by second-wave sacred Trinity Jeff Mills, "Mad" Mike Banks, and Robert "Noise" Hood, UR altered the flavour and give up of early Detroit techno to the composite social, political, and economic circumstances in the wake of Reagan-era accelerated inner city decline, and was formed as an outlet for uncompromising music geared toward sentience and change.

The early UR catalogue is defined by a typically Detroit combination of Motown and Chicago soul, and unpitying, at times sulfurous lo-fi techno, acrid, and electro (Mills' background knowledge is in, among former things, Chicago industrial and EBM-style electro-techno, with Banks and Hood both approach from a satisfying house and techno base). Much of the label's early output was the mathematical product of assorted permutations of Banks, Mills, and Hood, both solo and in combination, earlier Mills and Hood left UR in 1992 to pursue (and attain) international success. Banks continued to manoeuvre UR in the waken of the split, releasing EPs such as "Render of Acid Rain," "Message to the Majors," and "Coltsfoot to Galaxy" under the UR streamer, as well as 12-inches by progressively illustrious artists such as Drexciya. Although UR stiff largely distant of the more high profile American and European scenes, UR releases have once in a while leaked into various, relatively more establishmentarian contexts (commonly below the pretext of "reconnaissance" or "infiltration"), with the noted German techno tag Tresor reissuing 12-inches from the early UR catalog and the React label compilation featuring undivided tracks from Banks and other UR artists. The number one actual full-length credited to Underground Resistance was 1998's Interstellar Fugitives. [Realise Also: "Demented" Mike Banks]

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Friday, 13 June 2008

The Things They Say 8570

"I was in a jail with four other women, with a toilet that didn't work and no door and no toilet paper." Actress TATUM O'NEAL on the 18 hours she spent in a Manhattan, New York police station following her drug arrest on 1 June (08).

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Friday, 6 June 2008

Sarah Jessica Parker denies Kim Cattrall rift rumors

Sarah Jessica Parker has blasted rumors that she did not get on with her co-stars in the Sex And The City film.

Jessica Parker’s denial comes after reports this week claimed that she does not speak to Kim Cattrall and they go to great lengths to avoid each other.

It was even claimed that Cattrall, who plays the promiscuous Samantha Jones in the show and film, refused to sit through the screening of the premiere in London’s Leicester Square with the other actresses and at a party on Sunday night had been dropped off at a different entrance.

But denying the rift, Sarah said she “loved those women”, adding, “I wouldn’t have wanted to do it with anyone else. We are family, there would be no reason to do it otherwise.

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Saturday, 31 May 2008

Kelly's back - and on song

Beyonce is not the only one doing well post Destiny's Child. Former band member Kelly Rowland's new track, Work, from her digital-only album release Ms Kelly, is hitting the No. 1 spot across the globe.

The Grammy award-winning R&B superstar's album, whose full title is Ms Kelly: Diva Deluxe, is an upbeat collection of five new songs and several funky remixes.
The album's first single, Work, is expected to be one of the year's hottest dance clips.

Video: Click here to watch Kelly's hot new clip, Work

Friday, 30 May 2008

Oxford Collapse announce fourth album details

Oxford Collapse have announced the release of their fourth album, �??Bits�??, slated to hit shelves August 5 via Sub Pop.

The fourth album from the Brooklyn-based trio, �??Bits�?? follows 2006�??s �??Remember The Night Parties�?? and is the second release from the band on the Seattle imprint.

The band road-tested much of the new record while on their recent stint on the road with borough-buddies We Are Scientists, and recorded the album in chunks over the course of last year with Eric Emm at the Brothers Studios, and Chad Matheny in �??spaces all over town�?�.

The track listing for �??Bits�?? is:

�??Electric Arc�??
�??The Birthday Wars�??
�??Vernon-Jackson�??
�??Young Love Delivers�??
�??Back of the Yards�??
�??A Wedding�??
�??Featherbeds�??
�??For the Winter Coats�??
�??Men and Their Idea�??

Meanwhile, they will support the album�??s release with a US tour. The dates are:

Pittsburgh, PA Gooski�??s (June 10)
Bloomington, IN Bear�??s Place (11)
Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (12)
Madison, WI Terrace (13)
Omaha, NB The Waiting Room (14)
Denver, CO Hi Dive (15)
Missoula, MT The Badlander (17)
Seattle, WA Nectar Lounge (18)
Portland, OR Holocene (19)
San Francisco, CA The Independent (21)
Los Angeles, CA Roxy Theatre (22)
San Diego, CA Casbah (23)
Phoenix, AZ The Rhythm Room (24)
Austin, TX The Mohawk (26)
New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks (27)
Washington DC Black Cat Backstage (30)
Boston, MA TT the Bears (July 1)
Brooklyn, NY Southpaw (2)
Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda�??s (29)
Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg (31)
New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (August 1)
Columbus, OH The Basement (3)
Detroit, MI Magic Stick (4)
Indianapolis, IN The Music Mill (5)
Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater (7)
Cleveland, OH Grog Shop (9)

--By our New York staff.
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Scarlett Johansson Performing Live (Video)

Scarlett Johansson has added musician to her resume releasing an album of Tom Waits covers - and one original - called, 'Anywhere I Lay My Head', and has performed live for AOL's Sessions.Watch a video of Johnasson performing live below and catch her AOL Session by clicking here. Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures.

Corrie's Liam set for dramatic exit?

'Coronation Street' heartthrob Rob James-Collier is reportedly set to quit the show when his current contract expires at the end of this year.
According to Digital Spy, the 31-year-old actor, who plays factory boss Liam Connor in the show, is leaving because of "typecast" fears.
A show source reportedly told the News of the World: "Nobody was expecting this and it's bad news because Liam has become hugely popular with fans."
"He won Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards and they had big things planned for him."
"They wanted the Carla-Liam-Maria thing to really step up in pace, with him finally cheating on his girl with his sister-in-law. It would have given them a brilliant storyline which could have bubbled away until Christmas."
According to the report, a 'Coronation Street' spokesperson late confirmed the actor's planned departure, saying: "We've known for some time that Rob would be leaving at the end of his current contract."
"It's given the writers time to pen a really good exit storyline for his character, Liam."
"Rob will remain filming with us until around October and he will bow out on screen at the end of the year."

Jennifer Aniston: 'Sex With John Mayer Is Better Than With Brad'

Jennifer Aniston has reportedly delivered the ultimate put-down to ex-husband Brad Pitt by bragging to friends that new man John Mayer is the better lover.
As his past paramours have hinted, Mayer the Player apparently knows what he's doing beneath the sheets.
"Jennifer is calling John the best ever lover. In fact, she can't stop raving about his skills between the sheets - insisting the sex with him is way better than it was with Brad during their four-and-a-half-year marriage," a source tells the National Enquirer.
The source also claims that Mayer's bedroom skills are helping Jen to finally put her divorce behind her and moving on with her life.
The source added, "It is no secret that every guy Jennifer has dated after her bust-up with Brad was merely a bit-player in her recovery process.
"Only now, in John's arms, does she look even close to finally putting Pitt in the past tense."

Angelina Jolie makes surprise visit to Baghdad

UN goodwill ambassador and Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has travelled to Iraq on a humanitarian mission and met with officials to demand help for people displaced by the war.
Although a scheduled press conference at the US embassy was cancelled, the Oscar-winning actress spoke to CNN telling the station that she wanted more to be done for the Iraqi families driven from their homes.
The 32-year-old said: "There are over two million displaced people and there never seems to be a real coherent plan to help them. There's lots of good will and lots of discussion but there seems to be a lot of talk at the moment and a lot of pieces that need to be put together."
The US embassy in Baghdad confirmed that Jolie had lunch with US troops serving in Iraq and had held a meeting with their top commander General David Petraeus, senior diplomats and Iraq's minister for displaced people.
A US embassy official told AFP: "She is here in her official capacity as a UN goodwill ambassador to meet with US, Iraqi and NGO officials to discuss internally displaced persons."
She also held talks in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone with the UN head of mission Staffan di Mistura and there were also plans for her to meet Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a US official said.
Jolie told CNN: "Of the two million internally displaced, it's estimated 58% are under 12-years-old. It's a very high number of people in a very, very vulnerable situation and a lot of young kids".
"So far, the different US officials I met with and different local people I've met with all have shared concerns, very, very strongly. They have spoken out about the humanitarian crisis, but there seems to be a block in," said the star.
Jolie continued: "What happens in Iraq and how Iraq settles in the years to come is going to affect the entire Middle East. And a big part of what it's going to affect, how it settles, is how these people are returned and settled into their homes and their community and brought back together and whether they can live together and what their communities look like."
She added: "It's in our best interest to address a humanitarian crisis on this scale because displacement can lead to a lot of instability and aggression."
Jolie is no stranger to the country. In August 2007, she met some of the 1,200 Iraqis stranded on the border between Iraq and Syria and appealed for more international support for those affected by the Iraq conflict.
During that tour, Jolie left UNHCR officials to visit privately with US and other multinational forces based in the area.
The following month, she launched a $150m appeal by UNICEF, the UN's fund for children, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to help educate 1m children affected by the war.