Tuesday, 9 September 2008

J.K. Rowling Wins Copyright Suit, Pocket Change

J.K. Rowling Wins Copyright Suit, Pocket Change
9/8/08 at 5:24 PM

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We've been so consumed with other trials lately, we almost forgot about the J.K. Rowling copyright suit of clothes. Today, however, it's back in the news: "Federal District Judge Robert P. Patterson aforementioned Ms. Rowling had proved that Steven Vander Ark's 'Harry Potter Lexicon' would cause her irreparable trauma as a writer. He permanently blocked publication of the address guide and awarded Ms. Rowling and her publisher $6,750 in statutory damages." And the New York media cheered! [NYT]







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Wednesday, 20 August 2008

Making it legal

People





In the biggest renown union since California legalized same-sex spousal relationship in May, talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, 50, and actress Portia de Rossi, 35, get married Saturday night in an intimate ceremony at their Beverly Hills home, People and Us Magazine reported. The ceremony was accompanied by 19 guests, including DeGeneres' ma, Betty, and de Rossi's mother, Margaret Rogers, world Health Organization had flown in from Australia.



The tradition continues



Chevy Chase provided a crucial run, and Alec Baldwin helped ensure that everyone did the right thing. Chase blasted a line take that helped turn the tide in favor of the Artists team when it was down 20 in a star-studded Hamptons charity-softball game against the Writers. The Artists went on to win 42. Baldwin was an umpire for Saturday's contest at the far east end of Long Island. It was the 60th installment of the annual Artists and Writers Game, a tradition started by artists including Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. Saturday's game elevated more than $60,000 for hospice, day attention and drug-rehabilitation services.



Attitudes



Unions do count



A new study says "women start adult life-time happier than men only end up less happy" in by and by years � a change largely based on unfirm feelings roughly family life and money. Early on, says the study, "women are more likely than men to be in unions, and this makes for greater fulfillment of both menage life and material" goals. But it doesn't detain that way; as they age, "women are less likely to be in unions" and their sense of happiness declines. Women tend to experience this turnabout in their late 40s, when men are achieving more of their financial goals, says the study by University of Southern California economist Richard Easterlin and University of Cambridge sociologist Anke Plagnol.



Passages



Brazilian composer and singer Dorival Caymmi, 94, who catapulted to fame when Carmen Miranda performed one of his songs in 1938, died Saturday of kidney cancer and multiple organ failure in his Rio de Janeiro home.



Johnny Moore, 70, a trumpeter and founding member of the pioneering Jamaican ska and reggae stripe The Skatalites, died of cancer Saturday in Kingston, Jamaica.



Leroy Sievers, 53, a National Public Radio reviewer who turned his struggle with cancer into a popular and touching radio and online series, died from his disease Friday at his home in Maryland.



Today in History




1587: Virginia Dare became the low child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island, N.C.



1920: The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees the right of all American women to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the thirty-sixth state to approve it.



1963: James Meredith became the number one black scholarly person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.



Today's Birthdays



Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, 81. Movie director Roman Polanski, 75. Actor Robert Redford, 71. Actor Denis Leary, 51. Actress Madeleine Stowe, 50. Newsman Bob Woodruff, 47. Actor Christian Slater, 39. Actor Edward Norton, 39.



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Sunday, 10 August 2008

ViaViente Demonstrates Cardiovascular Benefits In New Human Trial

�Francis, 50, never imagined that
drink a high anti-oxidant fruit beverage every day could help protect
his wellness -- in just 1 week. That's what he found out after active
in a clinical tryout near his home in Los Angeles, Calif.



A new study conducted by Bell Ventures, shows that after only 7 days,
platelet assembling, a known indicator of cardiovascular disease (CVD),
was significantly reduced in many of the participants wHO took the
anti-oxidant ware, ViaViente, twice a day.



David Bell, President of Bell Ventures, said, "These results are
important because they read how a natural antioxidant and
anti-inflammatory product care ViaViente tin can help protect against one of
our most dangerous health concerns."



Health experts recommend a daily inlet of anti-oxidants, especially in
their natural form. Oxidative stress causes damage to cells and contributes
to aging and disease. Anti-oxidants combat personal effects of oxidative stress such
as inflammation.



A recent independent write up, A Consumer Conscious Look at Six Premium
Anti-Oxidant Products, by Frank Ervolino, ND, shows that ViaViente
outperformed other popular products using ORAC -- an industry standard for
antioxidant testing. This is an important indication of quality and
potency benefits.



Clinical research shows the connexion between what's in the product
and actual outcomes in human health.



The ViaViente study takes direct aim at the benefits to cardiovascular
health of consuming a non-drug, instinctive food product. It correlates the
ingestion of ViaViente to thrombocyte inhibition -- a mark of CVD.



Why is cardiovascular wellness so crucial? The American Heart
Association reports that approximately 80 million people in the United
States have CVD; nearly 2,400 people die of CVD every day; more than people die
from CVD than from cancer, machine accidents, and Type 2 diabetes combined; an
estimated 1.2 million Americans will sustain new or recurrent heart attacks in
2008.



Little wonder cardiovascular care is one of our to the highest degree serious wellness
concerns.



The study uses an established test to measure the reduction of
thromboxane in human metabolism. Thromboxane contributes to
vasoconstriction, which rear increase blood pressure, and platelet
stickiness which crapper lead to clot formation. Both ar associated with
higher relative incidence of serious cardiovascular events. Reducing the production
of thromboxane fanny help reduce vasoconstriction and platelet stickiness.



Experts agree that there is a well established relationship 'tween
thromboxane and cardiovascular office. In fact, clinical enquiry on it
was pioneered by dose companies looking for its relationship to aspirin
therapy.



Research indicates that natural anti-oxidants can be effective in
reduction thromboxane. The objective of this study was to measure the
effectiveness of a proven antioxidant intersection, ViaViente, at reducing
thromboxane in humankind, and having a demonstrable benefit to cardiovascular
wellness.



The sketch investigated the effects of the recommended daily sTD of
ViaViente for 1 week later a wash period. Sixteen subjects successfully
completed the protocol.



Results fell into two categories: significant betterment or no
significant change. After only one hebdomad, 38% of the subjects showed
substantial improvement: an average of 16%.



The research squad is planning a second phase that will measure results
in the same subjects o'er one month. Bell aforementioned that he expects to see an
even greater benefit among more participants.



In the mean time, Francis plans to extend taking ViaViente every day.


Bell Ventures LLC
http://www.bellventures.com



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Wednesday, 2 July 2008

Eternal Flight

Eternal Flight   
Artist: Eternal Flight

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   



Discography:


Positive Rage   
 Positive Rage

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 11




 






Monday, 23 June 2008

Michael Garrison

Michael Garrison   
Artist: Michael Garrison

   Genre(s): 
Electronic
   



Discography:


Brave New World   
 Brave New World

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 7


Live Vol. 2   
 Live Vol. 2

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 11


Live Vol. 1   
 Live Vol. 1

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 12


Tranquility Cove (Compilation)   
 Tranquility Cove (Compilation)

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 8


A Positive Reflecting Glow   
 A Positive Reflecting Glow

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 11


The Rhythm Of Life   
 The Rhythm Of Life

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 9


Prisms   
 Prisms

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 10


In The Regions Of Sunreturn   
 In The Regions Of Sunreturn

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 11


Eclipse   
 Eclipse

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 9


Aurora Dawn   
 Aurora Dawn

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 11


An Earth-Star Trilogy   
 An Earth-Star Trilogy

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 11


Images   
 Images

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 10


Point Of Impact   
 Point Of Impact

   Year: 1983   
Tracks: 11


The Distance From Here   
 The Distance From Here

   Year: 1979   
Tracks: 7




A longstanding American exponent of sequencer-based medicine, Garrison has released over a vi albums of high-energy electronics. Strongly influenced by European innovators like Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream, this Oregon-based artist enjoys propellent listeners into rhythmic travels along the space-time continuum continuum.






Tuesday, 10 June 2008

Rupert apologizes


Outspoken actor Rupert Everett has apologized to British servicemen for branding them �whining wimps� � insisting his comments were �flippant and irresponsible,� imdb.com reports.

The Stardust actor, whose own father was a major in the British Army, made the controversial comments in a documentary filmed for the U.K.�s Channel 4 about 19th-century soldier Sir Richard Burton.

The star compared modern day soldiers to old-fashioned recruits, insisting British fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan constantly �whine� about facing the risk of death.










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John Mayer on Jennifer Aniston: “This is not a scandal”

John Mayer spoke to Entertainment Tonight briefly about his budding romance with Jennifer Aniston — but remained coy on the details.
“Listen, this is not a scandal, this is not an issue, this is not a problem, this needs no spin control,” the singer, 30, said. “This is me living my life.”
Mayer quipped that the photographer who took the shots of him and Jennifer sun bathing in Miami recently had “a really powerful lens, and I don’t fault him, I don’t fault anybody, I don’t fault you, I don’t fault this or that.”

Ray Wilson

Ray Wilson   
Artist: Ray Wilson

   Genre(s): 
Other
   



Discography:


The Next Best Thing   
 The Next Best Thing

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 12


Change   
 Change

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 17




Gifted with a warm, shingly voice, Scottish singer Ray Wilson has had a career of high and lows so far. A Levi's TV ad dragged him taboo of tilt limbo and propelled his group Stiltskin into the UK charts. A few months later on, his hiring as Phil Collins' renewal in Genesis shoved him into the public eye, simply only for a brief period of time. The group's straightaway abandon in the face of adversity (i.e. unsatisfactory gross revenue of the record album Calling All Stations) brought Wilson down and left him unfairly carrying the system of weights of the failure. He is tardily edifice back a solo vocation.





Mount Wilson was born in Dumfries, Scotland, September 9, 1968. His first-class honours degree high school rock bands included his brother Steve. In 1988 he met bar piano player Paul Holmes at a bar where his girlfriend american ginseng. They started a songwriting partnership and deuce long time after they formed Guaranteed Pure, which as well included Steve Wilson and future Cut bassist John Haimes. The group released a duet of tapes and one CD, Swing Your Bag which they recorded at Fish's studio. The deed runway appeared on the Fish curated digest Outpatients รข€˜93, but the grouping failed to attract much interest. Holmes returned to the piano bar circuit and Guaranteed Pure disintegrated.





Beam Wilson was non left without a band for long. In January 1994 he was asked by to unite Stiltskin. The group instantly entered the studio apartment to record The Mind's Eye (1995). In the lag, the vocal "Inside" got featured on television system in an advertisement for Levi's jeans. The exposure shot the individual to No. 1, but the grouping fell aside o'er national dissensions.





That's when Wilson heard that Genesis were look for a new singer. He passed the auditory modality and panax quinquefolius and contributed lyrics to the 1997 album Calling All Stations. His voice existence slightly resonant of Peter Gabriel, fans of the band were hoping for a devolve to the group's sooner good, merely the isaac Bashevis Singer ne'er had a chance to leave his depression. After record album and ticket gross sales failed to meet expectations in America, voice of Genesis' 1998 reality circuit was off, the group put on the ice, and Wilson on the side pillaged. He immediately formed Cut with drummer Nir Z. (Collins' drumming replacing), John Haimes and brother Steve, releasing Millionairehead on the German market in 1999. In 2001 he made an acoustic solo tour of Europe which yielded the self-released record album Unplugged, retitled Live and Acoustic when picked up by Inside Out Music in mid-2002.






Radiohead Feeling Generous, Apparently

1. Radiohead, "Super Collider (Live in Dublin)"Always looking for innovate new music-distribution methods, Radiohead leaked this brand-new song by playing it in public in front of a crowd of people, where anyone with ears could download it to their brains. This seems like it might catch on. [Stereogum]

2. Radiohead, "The Rip" (Portishead cover)
Apparently in a generous mood this weekend, Radiohead have decided that giving away their own songs just wasn't enough, so they gave us a cover of one of Portishead's most recent tracks as well. [Stereogum]

3. Jay-Z, "A Billi"
Hov sees ten times more dead people (the kind who used to be presidents) than Lil Wayne does on this reworking of his "A Milli." [Nobody Dance No More]



4. DMX feat. Freeway, "Where You Been?"
We understand why DMX named his sweet new party anthem "Where You Been?," since he's probably asked that question a lot. [Get Weird Turn Pro]

5. Ladyhawke, "Paris Is Burning (Peaches Remix)"
Peaches cobbles together a particularly sizzling remix of Ladyhawke's recent Francophilic single. [Electrorash] —Ehren Gresehover


Maelo

Maelo   
Artist: Maelo

   Genre(s): 
Latin: Dance
   



Discography:


Salsa   
 Salsa

   Year:    
Tracks: 1




 





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LiveDaily News Break, May 8: Santana, Staind, Blake Shelton and more

Today's edition features news and tour information about Santana [ tickets ], Staind [ tickets ], Blake Shelton [ tickets ] and The Jonas Brothers [ tickets ]. We'll also list off this week's Top 5 best-selling albums. * * *Carlos Santana and his backing band will bring their "Live Your Light" tour to the western half of North America this summer and fall. Following a month-long European run kicking off June 20, the artists will return to the US with a tour itinerary that kicks off Sept 6 in Auburn, WA and stretches into mid-October.* * *Staind and 3 Doors Down will hit the road together for a summer co-headlining run, with both bands expected to issue new studio albums later this year. Alt-rockers Hinder will also be on board for the 16-date July trek.* * *Country singer Blake Shelton just dropped a deluxe edition of his latest album, "Pure BS," and he'll support the set through late summer. Shelton, who's been on the road most of the year, will continue his tour of more than 40 shows by crisscrossing the US through late August.* * *The Jonas Brothers are the next teenage act to sign on with Disney Digital for a 3-D feature film that will include footage from their upcoming �Burning Up� concert tour. Scheduled for a 2009 release, the film will also include behind the scenes footage and insight into the lives of the three brothers�Kevin, Joe and Nick.* * *Pop icon Madonna�s latest album, �Hard Candy,� debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week, pushing Marah Carey�s �E-=MC2� to the No. 2 spot. Rounding the top five are Leona Lewis� �Spirit,� at No. 3, Lyfe Jennings� �Lyfe Change� at No. 4 and Def Leopard�s �Songs From the Sparkle Lounge� at No. 5.

Baby girl for Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba has reportedly given birth.

The actress – who was due to welcome her first child with fiance Cash Warren in late May – is said to have been wheeled into Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 10pm on Friday night, where she later gave birth to a baby girl.

Cash – who was spotted on Friday taking birthing balls into hospital - was seen bringing food into the maternity ward, while Jessica's father was overheard saying, "She's beautiful".

Jessica's representative Brad Cafarelli had no comment about the baby reports.

The 27-year-old Hispanic actress recently said she was excited about welcoming her "brown baby" into the world, but has now explained the remark.

She said: "I mean - my dad is dark-skinned, Mexican, Cash's daddy is dark-skinned, African-American, and our moms are both white. So there's a 50-50 chance of our kid coming out dark or light. It would be nice if the daddies can see themselves in our baby!"

Jessica also revealed she has decked out the baby's nursery with some expensive ornaments, including a chandelier.

She added: "I got a really beautiful chandelier!"





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Stars Help To Raise $4 Million At Charity Auction

Actors Kevin Spacey, Kate Beckinsale and Hugh Grant helped to raise more than $4 million (?2 million) for cancer research, after attending a charity auction in London on Saturday . U2 frontman Bono, Pirates Of The Caribbean hunk Orlando Bloom and his model girlfriend Miranda Kerr were also in attendance at the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Gala, which was held in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace - the former home of British royal King Henry VIII. Philanthropist Bono made a surprise appearance on stage hailing the work of the organisation, before making way for Notting Hill star Grant to begin the auction. And Grant showed his generous side by bidding $250,000 (?125,000) for a chance to have dinner with the former president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, who founded the organisation. The money will go towards funding cancer research in the U.K. and Russia, reports People.com. Bloom admitted he was thrilled to be a part of the event - and would have loved the chance to dine with the former Soviet leader had it not been such an expensive auction item. He says, "It is amazing to come and support something associated with Mikhail Gorbachev because of what he did. He's going to go down in history because of the way he changed the world."


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