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Wednesday 27 August 2008

Morrison hoped to release double album

James Morrison has revealed that he wanted his new release Songs For You, Truths For Me to be a forked album.

The singer-songwriter penned more than than 80 tracks for the follow-up to 2006's Undiscovered, merely his record company instructed him to choose just 13 for the final cut.

Morrison told the Daily Star: "It was difficult to pick the charles Herbert Best as you get attached to some songs."

The new album will be released on September 29. Its first individual, 'You Make It Real', will attain shops the week before.

Welsh star Duffy recently warned that Morrison and James Blunt ar in risk of organism forgotten by the public.



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Sunday 17 August 2008

Low Vitamin D Levels Associated With Chronic Pain In Women

�Low vitamin D levels may contribute to chronic pain among women, suggests research promulgated ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.


The findings are based on the blood analyses and botheration scores of almost 7000 45 yr old manpower and women from across England, Scotland and Wales, all of whom were born during one calendar week in March 1958.


Smokers, non-drinkers, the overweight and the boney all reported higher rates of chronic pain.


The extent of chronic widespread pain did not vary among workforce according to vitamin D levels. However, this was not the case for women.


Women with vitamin D levels between 75 and 99 mmol/litre had the lowest rates of this type of annoyance, at just over 8%.


Women with levels of less than 25 mmol/litre had the highest rates, at 14.4%.


There appeared to be a J shaped curve, with the prevalence of widespread pain at 10% or higher among those with vitamin D levels above 99 mmol/litre.


The findings were not explained by grammatical gender differences in lifestyle or social factors, such as levels of physical activity and time spent out-of-doors, say the authors.



And at the age of 45, few of the women would have entered the change of life, a period during which bone mineral density falls as estrogen levels dwindle down.


But by way of possible explanations, the authors point to osteomalacia, a disease of extreme vitamin D lack, which is associated with isolated or generalised osseous tissue pain. The hormonally active form of vitamin D is too involved in the regulation of immune system responses.


Around one in 10 of the population suffers from chronic widespread pain at whatever one fourth dimension, say the authors.


The causes ar not fully understood, just social and psychological factors are known to affect the whizz and reporting of pain.

Vitamin D and inveterate widespread pain in the ass in a white middle aged British population: evidence from a cross sectioned population study

Online First AnnRheum Dis2008 interior Department: 10.1136/ard/2008.090456
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Annals of The Rheumatic Rheumatic Diseases


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (ARD) is an international peer review journal attached to promoting the highest standards of scientific exchange and education. It covers all aspects of rheumatology, which includes the spectrum of musculoskeletal conditions, arthritic disease, and connective tissue disorders. ARD publishes basic, clinical, and translational scientific research. Concise scientific communicating is encouraged and peer reviewed proceeding of international meetings are featured. Educational papers include state of the artistic production reviews, "how to" articles and educational cases that focus on problems faced in clinical practice. The journal was first published in 1939 and has an authorative global Editorial Board and a growing international readership.

The Rheumatic Rheumatic Diseases


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Thursday 7 August 2008

Paris Bennett

Paris Bennett   
Artist: Paris Bennett

   Genre(s): 
R&B: Soul
   



Discography:


Princess P   
 Princess P

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 16




 






Thursday 26 June 2008

R. Kelly trial: Juror nearly dismissed

An R. Kelly juror was nearly dismissed this morning after throwing a temper tantrum at the sequestration hotel Thursday evening.

The man, a white male in his 40s, apparently became agitated when his food and drink failed to arrive promptly during dinner.

"I've been waiting for a [expletive] half hour for a drink," a deputy quoted him as saying. "All I want is a couple of beers and a hamburger."




















Cook County jurors typically are allowed to order any menu item under $10 and to have two alcoholic drinks at taxpayers' expense while sequestered.

Deputies said the man's fellow jurors told him there was no need for foul language, but he continued to rant. He was then removed from the dining area and taken outside, where he allegedly made some unflattering comments about the law-enforcement officials.

"You guys have been monitoring me all day," he was quoted as saying. "You know I'm not drunk."

The man was given his own room at the hotel following the disruption, deputies said.

Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan called the man into the courtroom and asked if he was trying to intimidate his fellow jurors. The man giggled and told the judge he was just feeling claustrophobic.

"Why are you laughing?" the judge asked. "You're grinning at me. Do you have a mental problem?"

The man told the judge that he was fine. The juror has grinned through much of the trial—even when the sex tape was played.

Gaughan let the other 11 jurors decide whether to keep him or restart deliberations with an alternate. The jury sent back a note saying it would continue discussing the case with the man on the panel.

"Your actions have consequences," the judge said. "I don't want another outburst."

Stacy St. Clair

June 13, 2008 9:24 AM CDT: Jury goes back to work

The R. Kelly jury resumed deliberations at 8:30 a.m. after spending the night sequestered in a local hotel.

The panel spent more than three hours discussing the case Thursday before the judge ordered them to recess. They already have elected a foreman and asked for testimony transcripts, which the judge denied.

Kelly is not in the courthouse. The R&B superstar does not have to be in the Cook County
Criminal Courts Building during deliberations, but Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan has ordered him to remain within an hour's drive of the courthouse in case a verdict is reached.

June 13, 2008 6:30 AM CDT: The issues before the jury

No more arguments. No more colorful cross-examinations. No more evidence. No more testimony.

After a night tucked away in an undisclosed hotel, jurors in the R Kelly case begin deliberating again at 8:30 a.m.


Monday 23 June 2008

Seafoam Green

Seafoam Green   
Artist: Seafoam Green

   Genre(s): 
Other
   



Discography:


Change (A Girl Like You)   
 Change (A Girl Like You)

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 4




 






Sunday 22 June 2008

Sean Connery to unveil autobiography

Sean Connery is set to shake and stir this year's Edinburgh Book Festival by unveiling an autobiography on his 78th birthday.

The Scottish actor who defined the role of British secret agent James Bond and his literary collaborator, film maker Murray Grigor, discuss the book at the festival on August 25, organisers said.

Connery, a passionate Scottish nationalist who has sworn not to live in his home country until it is independent, has titled his memoirs "Being a Scot".

As the book festival celebrates its 25th anniversary, director Catherine Lockerbie told Reuters she had been keeping an eye on Connery's autobiography through its various incarnations.

Edinburgh-born, Connery once delivered milk in the city and posed as a model at the College of Art before hitting the big time.

"His book obviously had to be launched with us," Lockerbie said.

BIGGEST IN THE WORLD

The literary feast, with a record 800 authors participating in 750 events from August 9-25, runs alongside the international arts festival, the anarchic fringe and a series of exhibitions in the biggest annual celebration of its kind in the world.

Connery's appearance also coincides with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ian Fleming, creator of British superspy James Bond, otherwise known as agent 007.

Author and comedian Charlie Higson will launch the fifth and final episode of his successful Young Bond series, while the authorised biography of Fleming, For Your Eyes Only, will feature at the festival.

Lockerbie has sought to attract authors from around the world.

Focus on China brings writers from the world's most populous nation, while themes on the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel and fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq are covered in the festival's East and West and War and Terror series.

Lockerbie said the international aspect was key to the festival.

"I have been steadily working to increase the number of nations and cultures represented ... I think there's a strange disjunction between a globalize, homogenized, shrinking world, in one respect, and the fact that we still don't understand other cultures, points of view.

"And it seems to me that with the arts in general, and literature in particular, is a key vehicle for understanding, and that's been a mission of mine."





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Phil Thornton

Phil Thornton   
Artist: Phil Thornton

   Genre(s): 
Easy Listening
   Electronic
   Other
   New Age
   



Discography:


Tibetan Meditation   
 Tibetan Meditation

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 9


Dreamscapes   
 Dreamscapes

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 8


Cloud Sculpting (Colors)   
 Cloud Sculpting (Colors)

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 7


Solstice   
 Solstice

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 8


Sorcerer - The Mask Of Seduction   
 Sorcerer - The Mask Of Seduction

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 2


Shaman   
 Shaman

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 3


Illusions   
 Illusions

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 11


Entering The Circle   
 Entering The Circle

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 10


Alien Encounter   
 Alien Encounter

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 6


Pharaoh   
 Pharaoh

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 4


Beyond Heaven's River   
 Beyond Heaven's River

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 5


Fire Queen   
 Fire Queen

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 5


Between Two Worlds   
 Between Two Worlds

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 6


Initiation   
 Initiation

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 4


Transformation   
 Transformation

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 4


Forever Dream   
 Forever Dream

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 7


From Another Sky   
 From Another Sky

   Year: 1988   
Tracks: 4


Flying   
 Flying

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 7


Immortal Egypt   
 Immortal Egypt

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 10


Edge Of Dreams   
 Edge Of Dreams

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 2


Alchemy   
 Alchemy

   Year: 1983   
Tracks: 6




Phil Thornton is straight off intimately associated with the British New Age medicine cause, just he is also an complete guitarist and has had a foresighted touring and recording association with Sinead O'Connor. He is a regular appendage of the neo-psychedelic English band Mandragon, and he has worked with Gordon Giltrap, Talking Heads, Stallion, Die Laughing, Naked Lunch, 4 B 2's, and Expandis. Thornton augments his musical talents as an effected studio manufacturer.


Thornton's first "non-rhythm" New Age work was the photographic film score for Overcast Sculpting, which was later released on the New World Music, home to nigh of his recordings. On this send off, he met didgeridoo player Steven Cragg, with whom he recorded Induction and Tibetan Horn. In his Sussex, England, transcription studio, Expandibubble, Thornton continues to explore new limits of sequenced electronic music (Alien Encounter) and the insights of tribal and ethnic cultures (Shaman).