Tuesday 2 September 2008

Caesarean Babies More Likely To Develop Diabetes

�Babies delivered by Caesarean section accept a 20 per centime higher risk than normal deliveries of developing the most common type of diabetes in childhood, according to a study lED by Queen's University Belfast.


The team, light-emitting diode by Dr Chris Cardwell and Dr Chris Patterson, examined 20 published studies from 16 countries including around 10,000 children with Type 1 diabetes and over a jillion control children.


They found a 20 per penny increase in the risk of children born by Caesarean section developing the disease. The increase could not be explained by factors such as

Wednesday 13 August 2008

Steve Earle announces NZ tour

American vocalist songwriter Steve Earle has announced a three-date New Zealand tour in November.



Earle, who's married woman Allison Moorer will undefended the shows, will perform on his own during the seated shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.


Earle will be touring to support his latest record album, Washington Square Serenade, released late last year.. It his twelfth studio album.


Tickets for the shows go on sale on August 26.


Steve Earle
November 12: Opera House, Wellington
November 13: Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland
November 14: James Hay Theatre, Christchurch
Tickets: wWW.ticketek.co.nz






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Wednesday 6 August 2008

Iggy and the Stooges and the Case of the Stolen Maracas

Looks wish the following Iggy and the Stooges gig may be severely unplugged. Maybe even a capella.


A rental van carrying the ex-serviceman proto-punk outfit's gear, including guitars, drums, amps and even tambourines and maracas, was jacked outside the Embassy Suites hotel in Montreal.


The Penske 15-foot yellow truck with Michigan plates, was heisted between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. ET on Monday, hours after the�boys played a festival date.


A complete rundown of the swiped equipment is listed on bassist Mike Watt's site, and anyone with info on the Iggy-heisting can contact tour coach Eric Fischer at nycentral13@gmail.com.


The theft won't stop the Stooges from going on with the show. The band says it volition rent or buy instruments, if necessary, for the remaining ternary dates of the tour, beginning with tonight's bear witness at Toronto's Massey Hall.










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Thursday 26 June 2008

Christie Brinkley - Brinkleys Eldest Child Defends Open Divorce Decision


LATEST: CHRISTIE BRINKLEY's daughter with rocker BILLY JOEL is proud of her model mother for making her divorce battle with PETER COOK public.

Brinkley, 54, is due to fight estranged husband Cook in a New York court on Wednesday (02Jul08), when their divorce goes to trial.

She filed for a legal separation in 2006, over his alleged affair with a then-18-year-old assistant.

According to reports, among Brinkley's divorce allegations are claims that Cook trawled the internet for women and porn.

The beauty, who has kids Jack, 12, and Sailor, nine with Cook, has been criticised by her ex and their children's guardian Theresa Mari for making their divorce proceedings open to the press - but Alexa Ray Joel, 22, has praised her mum's efforts.

She tells People magazine, "She's standing up for herself. I think that is admirable. There's such overwhelming support for her."





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Thursday 19 June 2008

Fbi - Kellys Defence Hit Hard In Experts Testimonies

LATEST: A video forensics expert has shattered R. KELLY's defence in his child pornography trial after matching a mole on the singer's back to that of the man in the sex tape at the centre of the case.

The troubled R+B star stands accused of videotaping himself having sex with a 13-year-old girl. He has pleaded not guilty to all 14 counts of child pornography.

The Bump N' Grind hitmaker's defence team recently told a Chicago, Illinois court that the person in the explicit video could not be their client, because the two men bore key physical differences - most noticeably a dark fingernail-sized mole on the star's back.

But on Thursday (29May08), the prosecution brought out a forensics expert who appeared to have identified the missing mole.

He compared a photo of Kelly's back following his arrest in 2002 to several stills of the man's back in the sex tape.

He told the court: "There is a mark on the man's back in the exact same position (as Kelly's)."

Thursday's court proceedings also saw an FBI forensics expert take to the stand, verifying the legitimacy of the tape and insisting it was not a fake.

The testimony of the FBI's George Skaluae was another blow to Kelly's defence, as his lawyers have continually argued the tape could have been digitally altered to bear the singer's likeness.

The trial continues.




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Wednesday 11 June 2008

Raef gets fired on The Apprentice

Raef Bjayou has become the latest contestant to be fired by Alan Sugar on 'The Apprentice'.
The 27-year-old entrepreneur said afterwards that he felt he was sacked because he was not as "in your face" as his rivals.
"I learnt a lot about myself on 'The Apprentice', about how I can improve myself as a businessman," he said.
"I learnt that as a leader if you are put in charge of a group of people, to use the legal jargon, the burden of proof is on you to prove what other people's skills are."
"It's important when leading a team to draw out the skills of other people, even when they might not be so forthcoming with those skills.
"A good leader inspires confidence in him, but a great leader inspires others to have confidence with themselves. That's what I did.
Speaking about why Sugar decided to fire, Raef said: "I just think I didn't come across as gritty enough."
"The others are more in your face, and that's how Sir Alan got to where he is today."
Last night the team that Raef was leading failed their task, which involved designing a new brand of tissues and building an advertising campaign around the brand.

Wednesday 4 June 2008

New U2 movie premieres at Sundance

U2's new concert film 'U2 3D' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Saturday night.
Speaking to the Associated Press before the screening, U2 guitarist The Edge said: "I was really hoping we weren't crap after all these years. Luckily we weren't."
He was joined at the screening by singer Bono, drummer Larry Mullen and bassist Adam Clayton.
Commenting on seeing himself in 3D on a cinema screen, Bono said: "It's kind of horrific. It's bad enough on a small screen. Now you get to see the lard arse 40-foot tall."
The film, which is the first digital 3D, multi-camera, real-time production, will be shown at Cineworld, Movies at Dundrum and Movies at Swords - all in Dublin - from 22 February. It will also be screened at SGC Dungarvan in Co Waterford.