�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
Tuesday 2 September 2008
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Saturday 31 May 2008
Youtube Says Viacom Threatens The Web
Viacom's $1-billion lawsuit against YouTube threatens the very foundation of
online sharing, Google, YouTube's owners, claimed in a court filing on Friday,
reported by the Associated Press today (Tuesday). In court documents, Google
said that the lawsuit "threatens the way hundreds of millions of people
legitimately exchange information, news, entertainment and political and
artistic expression" over the Internet. Responding to Viacom's claim that the
site has done "little or nothing" to stop copyright infringement, Google said
that it actually "goes far beyond its legal obligations in assisting content
owners to protect their works" by removing clips at the request of content
owners.
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Idol's David Cook tops iTunes download charts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Newly crowned "American Idol" David Cook, already topping the iTunes music download charts, said on Friday he hopes to put out a rock album that will "make the hair on your neck stand up."
Cook, 25, a Missouri guitarist who was tending bar before auditioning for the most watched show on U.S. television, also said his best musical advice came from Frank Sinatra.
Cook won the seventh season of the singing competition and a recording contract on Wednesday, beating 17-year-old crooner David Archuleta by a 12 million-vote margin in the record 97.5 million votes cast by viewers by telephone and text message.
Cook's first single "The Time of My Life" and the three songs he sang in this week's "American Idol" finale were the top four downloads on Apple Inc's iTunes music store on Friday.
Cook said he would not be putting out an album of standards even though he won fans on the show, which is broadcast on the Fox network, a unit of News Corp, with alternative versions of pop classics such as "Billie Jean" and Lionel Richie's "Hello."
"I think it's going to be a mixture of my writing and hopefully writing with other people. I just want to come out of the gate with a solid record," he told reporters in a telephone conference call.
"It'll probably be a rock record. I just want to make a record that's going to make the hair on your neck stand up ... Even if it doesn't do well commercially, as long as I can put out a record I am proud of -- that's the goal right now. And hopefully the success will follow."
Cook is not likely to start work on the first album until the Top 10 Idols finish a three-month U.S. tour starting in July.
Cook, 25, a Missouri guitarist who was tending bar before auditioning for the most watched show on U.S. television, also said his best musical advice came from Frank Sinatra.
Cook won the seventh season of the singing competition and a recording contract on Wednesday, beating 17-year-old crooner David Archuleta by a 12 million-vote margin in the record 97.5 million votes cast by viewers by telephone and text message.
Cook's first single "The Time of My Life" and the three songs he sang in this week's "American Idol" finale were the top four downloads on Apple Inc's iTunes music store on Friday.
Cook said he would not be putting out an album of standards even though he won fans on the show, which is broadcast on the Fox network, a unit of News Corp, with alternative versions of pop classics such as "Billie Jean" and Lionel Richie's "Hello."
"I think it's going to be a mixture of my writing and hopefully writing with other people. I just want to come out of the gate with a solid record," he told reporters in a telephone conference call.
"It'll probably be a rock record. I just want to make a record that's going to make the hair on your neck stand up ... Even if it doesn't do well commercially, as long as I can put out a record I am proud of -- that's the goal right now. And hopefully the success will follow."
Cook is not likely to start work on the first album until the Top 10 Idols finish a three-month U.S. tour starting in July.
Reports: Jay-Z closing $150M business deal with Live Nation
LOS ANGELES - Jay-Z is close to reaching a $150 million deal with Live Nation Inc. that will give the concert promoter a stake in virtually every aspect of the rapper and entrepreneur’s career, according to news reports.
The contract covers Jay-Z’s music and music-related businesses for the next 10 years, the New York Times [NYT] and Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites late Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the agreement.
An after-hours call to a Live Nation spokesman seeking comment was not immediately returned late Wednesday.
As part of the arrangement, Jay-Z would get a $25 million upfront payment, plus advance payments of $10 million per album for a minimum of three albums and $25 million toward concert tours. The company would also pay $20 million in exchange for publishing, licensing and other rights.
Live Nation was also expected to commit $50 million to finance Jay-Z’s investments and his entertainment venture, to be called Roc Nation, which is expected to include his own record label, music publishing, talent consulting and managing projects.
"I’ve turned into the Rolling Stones of hip-hop," Jay-Z told the Times.
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, plans to leave Def Jam for the deal, but he still owes his longtime record label one more studio album.
He was president of Def Jam for three years but stepped down in December because he and the label’s corporate parent, Universal Music Group, could not agree on a new contract.
Live Nation also struck recent deals with Madonna and U2.
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Babyshambles - Doherty Refunds Drunk Fan
BABYSHAMBLES frontman PETE DOHERTY has taken pity on a fan who was denied entry to one of his solo concerts in Scotland - he's refunded the cost of the ticket.
Fan Wesley Shearer was banned from attending the British rocker's recent Glasgow gig after security decided he was too inebriated to gain entry.
But kindhearted Doherty sympathised with Shearer and compensated him for his loss.
Shearer says, "Me and my mates decided to have a drink before the gig but the stewards refused me entry.
"I saw a cab pull up at the stage door and realised it was Pete arriving for the gig. I shouted his name and he looked round, so I told him I couldn't get into the gig.
"He shook my hand and when I opened it there was a GBP20 note in it. It made my night."
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Beyonce Knowles & Jay-Z's Honeymoon
Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z followed their hush hush wedding with a secret honeymoon at a luxury resort in the Arizona desert, claim reports.
Having escaped the media circus surrounding their wedding at the start of last month, the secretive couple managed to getaway from work commitments a week after tying the knot to spend some time together as man and wife.
OK! magazine claims the pair escaped to the Sanctuary Camelback Mountain resort to relax and unwind.
A source at the resort, where a two-night stay costs $8,000 (£4,000), says: "Beyonce looked stunning, even thought she was wearing no make-up. They looked so in love and so happy."
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Model Bruni marries French president
Former international model Carla Bruni married French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday in Paris.
The couple walked down the aisle at the presidential Elysee Palace, less than three months after they reportedly first met.
In a short statement, the couple said that they "were married... in the presence of their families in the strictest privacy."
The official who had performed the ceremony, Francois Lebel, mayor of Paris' eighth arrondissement said, "The bride wore white; she was ravishing, as usual and the groom wasn't bad either."
53-years-old Sarkozy married Bruni, thirteen years his junior, in the presence of 20 close family and friends, Lebel said.
He called the ceremony "a moment of family intimacy for the young newlyweds, of great simplicity and apparently a lot of affection between the spouses."
"I wished them a lot of happiness," he said.
At a news conference in January, Sarkozy revealed that the relationship was "serious" and hinted that wedding plans were in the works.
However he refused to reveal the date for a wedding, saying only that France might learn about the nuptials once they had already taken place.
The couple walked down the aisle at the presidential Elysee Palace, less than three months after they reportedly first met.
In a short statement, the couple said that they "were married... in the presence of their families in the strictest privacy."
The official who had performed the ceremony, Francois Lebel, mayor of Paris' eighth arrondissement said, "The bride wore white; she was ravishing, as usual and the groom wasn't bad either."
53-years-old Sarkozy married Bruni, thirteen years his junior, in the presence of 20 close family and friends, Lebel said.
He called the ceremony "a moment of family intimacy for the young newlyweds, of great simplicity and apparently a lot of affection between the spouses."
"I wished them a lot of happiness," he said.
At a news conference in January, Sarkozy revealed that the relationship was "serious" and hinted that wedding plans were in the works.
However he refused to reveal the date for a wedding, saying only that France might learn about the nuptials once they had already taken place.
Muse begin work on fifth album
Muse have begun writing songs for the follow-up to their 2006 album 'Black Holes And Revelations'.
The Devon trio say they took a break after dates on their world tour - which they will wrap up offically at V Festival this August - but have recently got back to work.
Dom Howard drummed for Andy Burrows when the Razorlight man played a solo show last night in London, but told NME.COM his main band were active again.
"We've just started writing songs for the new album, whatever it's going to be, you know?" he said. "It's going great, we just started. We're right at the tip at the moment and I think the point is that we've been on the road for so long... It's really about getting back together and getting the ball rolling again and seeing whether it'll roll."
However Frontman Matt Bellamy has told NME.COM he is not yet sure yet what form the record will take - and it may not appear as a conventional album.
"What will come out of that is impossible to say," he declared. "It may just be albums, but it may be a stream of singles, or it may just be one 50-minute symphony, do you know what I mean? Who knows?"
May 29, 2008 at Whelans, Dublin -
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The Devon trio say they took a break after dates on their world tour - which they will wrap up offically at V Festival this August - but have recently got back to work.
Dom Howard drummed for Andy Burrows when the Razorlight man played a solo show last night in London, but told NME.COM his main band were active again.
"We've just started writing songs for the new album, whatever it's going to be, you know?" he said. "It's going great, we just started. We're right at the tip at the moment and I think the point is that we've been on the road for so long... It's really about getting back together and getting the ball rolling again and seeing whether it'll roll."
However Frontman Matt Bellamy has told NME.COM he is not yet sure yet what form the record will take - and it may not appear as a conventional album.
"What will come out of that is impossible to say," he declared. "It may just be albums, but it may be a stream of singles, or it may just be one 50-minute symphony, do you know what I mean? Who knows?"
May 29, 2008 at Whelans, Dublin -
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Emmerdale set for kidnap storyline
Val Lambert is set for a nasty shock in 'Emmerdale' when she gets kidnapped on her wedding day.
According to the show's official website, Val (Charlie Hardwick) goes missing hours before she is due to get married to Eric Pollard (Christopher Chittell).
But when Val finds out that Eric was planning the surprise early wedding in order to combine the event with the Pub of the Year competition and save money she isn't pleased and decides to do a deal with her kidnappers.
According to the show's official website, Val (Charlie Hardwick) goes missing hours before she is due to get married to Eric Pollard (Christopher Chittell).
But when Val finds out that Eric was planning the surprise early wedding in order to combine the event with the Pub of the Year competition and save money she isn't pleased and decides to do a deal with her kidnappers.
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