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Common drugs can cause abnormal heart beats
January 31st, 2011 |
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Many common drugs, including some antibiotics, anti-histamines and anti-psychotics, can cause a potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythm, known as arrhythmia. The group of drugs most commonly associated with this side-effects are anti-psychotic drugs, taken by patients with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Patients taking these drugs are up to three times more likely to die [...]
Prominent Former Egyptian MP and Presidential Candidate: The Looting of the Cairo Museum Was Carried Out by Government Employees
January 30th, 2011 |
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As I noted earlier, there have been many reports that the looting in Egypt has been carried out by agents provocateur.There have also been widespread rumors that the looting of the Cairo Museum, and the damage to several mummies, was carried out by gov…
Jimmy Buffett Stage Fall Sends Singer To Hospital With Head Injury
January 26th, 2011 |
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Man Down! Singer Jimmy Buffett is nursing a bloddy head injury after he fell off stage during a performance in Australia this week. AC_FL_RunContent(‘codebase’,'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0′,’width’,’485′,’height’,’350′,’title’,'Video Player’,'src’,'http://www.nydailynews.com/swf/video_player/vp_485_single_06092010′, ‘FlashVars’, ‘embedCode=Z4NmQwMjqg_ZLtv-YbTOOLUdUzVpDpog’, ‘quality’,'high’, ‘play’, ‘true’, ‘loop’, ‘true’, ‘allowFullScreen’, ‘true’, ‘pluginspage’,'http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash’,'movie’,'http://www.nydailynews.com/swf/video_player/vp_485_single_06092010′ ); Witnesses say the “Cheeseburger in Paradise” singer, 64, may have been temporarily blinded by flashing lights when he stumbled [...]
The Black Keys Tour Cancelled Due To Exhaustion
January 17th, 2011 |
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The Black Keys are sleepy. The bluesy-rock duo, comprised of musicians Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, cancelled their tour of Australia — Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and Melbourne — and New Zealand this week due to exhaustion. Shows in Germany, Switzerland, and France scheduled for March have also been scrapped. In a statement Monday, the [...]
Orlando Bloom Miranda Kerr Baby On The Way: “She’s In Laborâ€
January 7th, 2011 |
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Dimple-cheeked Victoria’s Secret beauty Miranda Kerr has gone into labor with her first child with hubby Orlando Bloom — just a few days after her paternal grandparents lost their home and barely escaped with their lives about a blazing inferno engulfed their Australian home. A family insider, who asked not to be identified, spilled the [...]
England humble Australia in Ashes cricket series
January 7th, 2011 |
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Only a monsoon or a doughty Australian fight-back Friday could prevent the English cricket team giving Australia a 3-1 hiding in the Ashes series in the fifth and final Test in Sydney. The former looked a more likely prospect than the latter, with the home side still 151 runs short of making England bat again [...]
To Bee Or Not To Be?
January 5th, 2011 |
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Painting by Anthony Freda: www.AnthonyFreda.com.Bees – upon which the entire human food chain rests – are suffering a sharp decline.As the Guardian pointed out Monday:The abundance of four common species of bumblebee in the US has dropped by 96% in ju…
Yousuf’s return likely in Pakistan World Cup squad
January 4th, 2011 |
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Veteran Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yousuf is likely to be included in the probables squad for the 2011 Cricket World Cup after receiving all out support from captain Shahid Afridi. Yousuf, 36, was discarded as a spent force by Pakistani selectors last month because of his indifferent form and suspect fitness. He was not even considered [...]
Ponting survives axe, CA endorses him as skipper
December 31st, 2010 |
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Despite calls for his sack getting louder everyday, Ricky Ponting looks certain to survive the axe as his deputy Michael Clarke and Cricket Australia (CA) have endorsed him as the Australian skipper after he returns from injury. CA’s chief executive James Sutherland also endorsed Ponting’s continuation as skipper upon return from his injury and quashed [...]
Injured Ponting to miss Sydney Test, Clarke may take over
December 30th, 2010 |
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Australian Test captain Ricky Ponting has been ruled out of the fifth and last Test of the Ashes series in Sydney due to a broken finger and Michael Clarke is expected to take over the reins. The selectors are expected to pick Clarke to lead but a formal announcement will be made only after directors [...]
Pamela Anderson ad rejected at Hong Kong airport
December 29th, 2010 |
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An advertisement featuring a scantily clad Pamela Anderson frisking and stripping travellers has been rejected by Hong Kong airport, animal protection campaigners have said. The commercial is the latest to be made by the group People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in their long-running campaign against the use of animal furs and skins [...]
Ponting looks good to play in Melbourne, says Clarke
December 24th, 2010 |
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Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke Friday said that skipper Ricky Ponting is almost certain to play in the fourth Ashes Test against England starting here Sunday. Clarke said Ponting felt good after a net session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and it will be difficult to keep him out of action on the Boxing Day. [...]
SingTel Optus loses bid to halt Vodafone mobile-phone campaign
December 21st, 2010 |
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Singapore Telecommunications’s Australian unit, previously ruled to have misled customers with its data-service advertisements, lost a bid in Sydney federal court to stop Vodafone Group Plc. from publicising its “infinite” mobile-phone plans.
Australia Federal Court Judge John Nicholas today denied SingTel Optus Pty Ltd.’s request for a temporary injunction barring Vodafone from advertising the plans, which offer unmetered calls to fixed-line and mobile-phone numbers for A$45 ($59) a month.
Disney Celebrity Role Models Justin Timberlake Britney Spears?
December 20th, 2010 |
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Disney is plotting a mentorship program in a bid to safeguard its moneymaking young stars from the pitfalls of early fame following a rash of public relation scandals fueled by former Disney darlings. The studio is turning to golden stars Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake to counsel its young stars. In the past five years, [...]
Australia ‘slight favourites’ to reclaim Ashes urn: Mark Waugh
December 20th, 2010 |
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Former opener Mark Waugh has said Australia’s emphatic victory in the Perth Test has made them favourites to reclaim the Ashes. The 267-run win for Ricky Ponting’s team in the third Ashes Test in Perth was made more remarkable by the fact that the home side went into the match as underdogs. Speaking on foxsports.com.au’s [...]
GIC among bidders for Australia’s Centro shopping malls
December 20th, 2010 |
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Australia’s Centro Properties Group has received A$13.5 billion ($17.5 billion) worth of indicative bids for its shopping malls, with top bidders including Australian and Singapore investors, the Sydney Morning Herald said on Monday.
Among the interested buyers for some or all of Centro’s assets up for sale are Westfield, Lend Lease’s Australian Prime Property Fund, CFS Retail Trust, Queensland Investment Corp, and the Singapore Government Investment Corp (GIC), the paper said without citing its sources.
Bluesfest 2011 Sideshows
December 17th, 2010 |
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FEATURING TRUCKS & TEDESCHI, ROBERT RANDOLPH,
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, MAVIS STAPLES,
IRMA
THOMAS
 Mavis Staples |
Bluesfest today announced its first run of
festival sideshows for Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide based audiences. And, what an electrifying array of musical
delights it is, featuring some of the best world-class blues, roots, gospel, and soul talent announced so far for
Bluesfest 2011.
For the first show, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band will be ably supported by the amazing funk
soul pedal-steel master guitarist Robert Randolph and the Family Band in Sydney on April 21 at the Enmore Theatre,
and Melbourne on April 22 at the Palace Theatre.
This next show is ‘A Gospel Celebration!’ with Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Aaron Neville. Opening proceedings
will be none other than Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and legendary vocalist Mavis Staples. The dates are April 20 in
Melbourne at The Palais and April 25 in Sydney at the Opera House.
The third festival sideshow will include Irma Thomas. The soul queen of New Orleans will be traveling down under
for her first ever Australian tour. This “N’awlins Soul Sister No 1” is responsible for cutting some of the finest ever
soul music in the history of New Orelans music including “Time Is On My Side” later recorded by the Rolling Stones,
and “Ruler Of My Heart” which was changed to “Pain In My Heart” and recorded by Otis Redding. This sideshow is
scheduled for April 21 at The Factory in Sydney.
Click here for all information related to Bluesfest 2011
in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Hugh Jackman “Oprah†Stunt Gone Wrong Leaves Actor With Black Eye
December 14th, 2010 |
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Ouch! Actor Hugh Jackman was injured and served a black eye after he crash landed while riding a flying fox during filming of The Oprah Winfrey Show in Sydney on Monday. The accident occured when Jackman jumped off the Sydney Opera House and “flew” onto the stage and crashed into a light rigging while gliding [...]