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The anemia of chronic disease english hawthorn be a beneficial, adaptative response to the underlying disease, rather than a negative effect of the illness, postulates an analysis article in CMAJ, http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg333.pdf.
The authors argue that anaemia may be beneficial to patients with inflammatory disease, and advocate restraint in treating mild to check forms of anemia.
"The general assumption is that anemia is a disorder and that patients would be better sour without it," state the authors.
However, they suggest that anemia of chronic disease has the characteristics of an adaptative physiologic response, and their review of the literature shows that mortality appears to increase when treatment, given to raise haemoglobin levels, overrides mild to moderate anemia of chronic disease. They call for better characterization of the cause of individual patients' anemia in future trials of anaemia treatment, and careful monitoring of adverse outcomes, including mortality, if patients with anemia of chronic disease are included in such trials.
Source:
Jennifer Paterson
Canadian Medical Association Journal
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Friday 15 August 2008
Thursday 7 August 2008
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Stars: America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel
Classification: PG13
Rating: *** (out of five)
There�s a telling, tense scene early in Sisterhood 2 where America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel gather to renew the ritual of the travelling pants. The bloomers (as you would experience if you�re familiar with the first movie or Ann Brashares� series of novels) miraculously fit all four friends. They put across them turned to ane another and stay shut down at the same time. It�s a common bond for the four unlikely but likeable friends as they have separate paths to adulthood.
But hang on � those jeans (and those friendships) appear to be fading fast. The ritual has become slow for leash of them, and it looks like the BFFs might be DOA.
And so Sisterhood 2 explores how the foursome handle more and more adult responsibilities in their ever-separating lives, all the while struggling to maintain their puerility friendships.
There�s a lot of life packed into the four lives: A gestation scare, relationship issues, coping with death, family bonds, new love vs. previous flame, a new career � the stories of their lives are intercut, and Hamri generally does a good job of giving each story the right measure of elbow room to advertize the patch along. Two of the lead actors really shine: Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) is a striking presence, radiating from the filmdom in every scene she�s in. America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) seems to own perfected the Cinderella/underdog thing. It�s out of the question not to cheer for her.
At the end of the day, Sisterhood 2 is a big recreate � hurrah for the friends as everything works out (of course).
In reality, near of us do variety and outgrow our puerility friendships. That catchup telephone set call, electronic mail, lunch, or coffee date never comes.
Sisterhood 2 gives us the chance to vicariously stay shut down to everyone we dearest.
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Friday 27 June 2008
Hardsoul feat Shaun Escoffery
Artist: Hardsoul feat Shaun Escoffery
Genre(s):
House
Discography:
No Man CDS
Year: 2006
Tracks: 3
No Man
Year: 2006
Tracks: 3
VA - George Acosta
Monday 23 June 2008
Boy George Working On Market Stall
British singer Boy George has resorted to selling T-shirts in a London market stall.
On Friday the star - real name George O'Dowd - was spotted at a booth in London's Spitalfields Market looking bored as he tried to sell clothing from his B-Rude label for £10 a piece.
As the frontman of flamboyant group Culture Club, the singer sold over 10 million records in the 1980s - but in recent years the 46-year-old has fallen upon hard times, battling an alleged drug addiction.
He told a reporter, "It's been all right - quiet today though. I'm bored and cold but we have to do a Friday stall to get a pitch on Sunday."
On Friday the star - real name George O'Dowd - was spotted at a booth in London's Spitalfields Market looking bored as he tried to sell clothing from his B-Rude label for £10 a piece.
As the frontman of flamboyant group Culture Club, the singer sold over 10 million records in the 1980s - but in recent years the 46-year-old has fallen upon hard times, battling an alleged drug addiction.
He told a reporter, "It's been all right - quiet today though. I'm bored and cold but we have to do a Friday stall to get a pitch on Sunday."
Monday 16 June 2008
Singer Lily Allen suffers miscarriage
Singer Lily Allen, who is currently in a relationship with Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons, has suffered a miscarriage.
A representative for the 22-year-old star confirmed the sad news to The Sun.
A statement said: "We can confirm that Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage."
The statement continued: "She and her partner Ed Simons will be making no further comment and we ask that their privacy be respected during this difficult time."
Allen confirmed before Christmas that she was expecting her first child.
A representative for the 22-year-old star confirmed the sad news to The Sun.
A statement said: "We can confirm that Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage."
The statement continued: "She and her partner Ed Simons will be making no further comment and we ask that their privacy be respected during this difficult time."
Allen confirmed before Christmas that she was expecting her first child.
Sunday 8 June 2008
Transitions 4 - John Digweed
John Digweed returns with a fourth and final mix in the Transitions series due out this month.
Vol.4 includes twenty-two records cut together and arranged over just ten track splits giving listeners a unique take on his cutting edge sound. I found it gives a truly special and innovative result that blew me away. "I�ve used modern production techniques to create an album that�s unlike anything you�ll ever hear me do in a club,� says Diggers of his newfound crafty approach to the mix.
John Digweed is one of the most in-demand DJs in the world playing gigs all over the world. This compilation follows the retail success of Transitions Volumes 1, 2 & 3.
I found Transitions Vol. 4 to be one of the most original compilations you�ll hear this year, with favourite tracks such as Ink & Needle, Guy J and Pig & Dan (that says a lot as the year has only begun) and a fitting finale to the series.
This CD has been a breath of fresh air. My hope and faith in the originality of music have been re-instated"
This CD has been a breath of fresh air. My hope and faith in the originality of music have been re-instated.
Track list
01 Julien Parise - A5B (Mirko Remix)
02 Henry Saiz - From Empty Lands/Guy J � Geko
03 Jeff Bennett � In Spite/Kabale und Liebe & Daniel Sanchez � Mumbling Yeah (Loco Dice Tribute Remix)
04 Nightguy � Pretty Face/Henry Saiz � From Tangled Seas/Myers Briggs � Forever
05 Sian - Wear Your Scars Like Medals/Kim Runic � Suspicious Blue/Two Lone Swordsmen � Shack 54 (Jet Project Remix)
06 Plasmik � Pitch It (Claude VonStroke Remix)/Jamie Stevens - Keep Her Space (Smith & Selway's Control Mix)
07 Jerome Sydenham & Tiger Stripes - Elevation (Ink & Needle Remix)/Guy J � Under Pressure
08 Pascal Feos & Marc Mirror � Rezolution/Spector � Mineral Drive (Jamie Stevens Remix)/J�rg Burger � Superpicture
09 Pig & Dan � Dreams Of Bells/Emmanuel - Parade (Original Mix)
10 Soliquid � Piknic Bugz (Original Mix)/Soliquid � Piknic Bugz (Gone Wild Mix)
Vol.4 includes twenty-two records cut together and arranged over just ten track splits giving listeners a unique take on his cutting edge sound. I found it gives a truly special and innovative result that blew me away. "I�ve used modern production techniques to create an album that�s unlike anything you�ll ever hear me do in a club,� says Diggers of his newfound crafty approach to the mix.
John Digweed is one of the most in-demand DJs in the world playing gigs all over the world. This compilation follows the retail success of Transitions Volumes 1, 2 & 3.
I found Transitions Vol. 4 to be one of the most original compilations you�ll hear this year, with favourite tracks such as Ink & Needle, Guy J and Pig & Dan (that says a lot as the year has only begun) and a fitting finale to the series.
This CD has been a breath of fresh air. My hope and faith in the originality of music have been re-instated"
This CD has been a breath of fresh air. My hope and faith in the originality of music have been re-instated.
Track list
01 Julien Parise - A5B (Mirko Remix)
02 Henry Saiz - From Empty Lands/Guy J � Geko
03 Jeff Bennett � In Spite/Kabale und Liebe & Daniel Sanchez � Mumbling Yeah (Loco Dice Tribute Remix)
04 Nightguy � Pretty Face/Henry Saiz � From Tangled Seas/Myers Briggs � Forever
05 Sian - Wear Your Scars Like Medals/Kim Runic � Suspicious Blue/Two Lone Swordsmen � Shack 54 (Jet Project Remix)
06 Plasmik � Pitch It (Claude VonStroke Remix)/Jamie Stevens - Keep Her Space (Smith & Selway's Control Mix)
07 Jerome Sydenham & Tiger Stripes - Elevation (Ink & Needle Remix)/Guy J � Under Pressure
08 Pascal Feos & Marc Mirror � Rezolution/Spector � Mineral Drive (Jamie Stevens Remix)/J�rg Burger � Superpicture
09 Pig & Dan � Dreams Of Bells/Emmanuel - Parade (Original Mix)
10 Soliquid � Piknic Bugz (Original Mix)/Soliquid � Piknic Bugz (Gone Wild Mix)
Ne-Yo lends Lindsay Lohan helping hand
One surprising entry on Ne-Yo's busy docket is a track called "Bossy" that he worked on with Stargate for Lindsay Lohan's next album.
George Michael to reveal all
Singer George Michael has signed a multi-million pound deal to write a "no holds barred" autobiography.
According to his publisher HarperCollins, the 44-year-old will write the book "entirely himself", without a ghost writer.
In what is being reported by the company as "one of the biggest ever book deals", the former Wham! frontman has promised to reveal the truth about his turbulent personal life and his career, which has spanned over 25 years.
His manager Andy Stephens has said "George has promised HarperCollins a no-holds barred biography and it's certainly going to be that."
He added, "People aren't stupid, they're beginning to notice that the truth is more interesting than the stories the press come up with."
The yet untitled book is due to hit shelves in the autumn.
Belinda Budge, the managing director and publisher of Harper NonFiction UK, described the deal as "incredibly exciting".
"George is one of the best known and best loved pop singers in the world, with an extraordinary story to tell," she said.
"I am particularly thrilled by this deal as I have long been a fan of George's. Most importantly this really will be a truly authentic book and an exceptional one as he's going to be writing it entirely himself."
According to his publisher HarperCollins, the 44-year-old will write the book "entirely himself", without a ghost writer.
In what is being reported by the company as "one of the biggest ever book deals", the former Wham! frontman has promised to reveal the truth about his turbulent personal life and his career, which has spanned over 25 years.
His manager Andy Stephens has said "George has promised HarperCollins a no-holds barred biography and it's certainly going to be that."
He added, "People aren't stupid, they're beginning to notice that the truth is more interesting than the stories the press come up with."
The yet untitled book is due to hit shelves in the autumn.
Belinda Budge, the managing director and publisher of Harper NonFiction UK, described the deal as "incredibly exciting".
"George is one of the best known and best loved pop singers in the world, with an extraordinary story to tell," she said.
"I am particularly thrilled by this deal as I have long been a fan of George's. Most importantly this really will be a truly authentic book and an exceptional one as he's going to be writing it entirely himself."
Grey's star Jeffrey Dean Morgan engaged?
'Grey's Anatomy' and 'PS, I Love You' star Jeffrey Dean Morgan is reportedly set to marry 'Weeds' actress Mary-Louise Parker.
According to the New York Daily News, the couple, who play a husband and wife on the television show 'Weeds', have recently told their friends that they are engaged.
The pair reportedly split last June after enjoying a short romance together but attended the US premiere of 'PS, I Love You' together in December, holding hands on the red carpet.
Neither the couple nor their representatives have commented on the recent engagement reports.
According to the New York Daily News, the couple, who play a husband and wife on the television show 'Weeds', have recently told their friends that they are engaged.
The pair reportedly split last June after enjoying a short romance together but attended the US premiere of 'PS, I Love You' together in December, holding hands on the red carpet.
Neither the couple nor their representatives have commented on the recent engagement reports.
Radikal Dub Kolektiv
Artist: Radikal Dub Kolektiv
Genre(s):
Reggae
Discography:
Bass Matters-RETAiL CD
Year: 2007
Tracks: 11
Jimmy Buffett busy with live DVD, tour
Alex Degrassi
Artist: Alex Degrassi
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Southern Exposure
Year:
Tracks: 10
Music has long been a syndicate matter for Alex de Grassi. Though he's principally self-taught as a guitarist, his grandad played fiddle with The San Francisco Symphony and his father was a authoritative piano player. Even more significant ar de Grassi's ties to one of contemporary implemental music's near influential labels: Windham Hill. In addition to his status as one and only of the company's finest and near consistently intriguing artists, de Grassi is literally a member of the Windham Hill kin. After earning a degree in urban geographics from U. C. Berkeley and acting as a street musician in London, he made ends meet by encyclopaedism the woodwork trade from his first cousin Will Ackerman, world Health Organization was but starting a small instrumental record label. De Grassi was bucked up to record his first album, Turning: Turning Back, for the newcomer Windham Hill caller. As it turns out, he had more going for him than good connections. Over the long time, de Grassi has proved to be an advanced guitar player and composer whose mastery of acoustic finger-picking styles has grown to include a variety of other techniques and cultural influences. Though he left field briefly to disk with RCA Novus, de Grassi has since returned to the Windham Hill flock. In the mid '80s, his travels to Bolivia became a major inspiration. He made numerous theater of operations recordings during his visits and get-go incorporated endemic influences from the civilization on his 1987 RCA Novus dismissal Altiplano. His contacts with Bolivia's Contemporary Orchestra of Native Instruments too determine in motion the ensemble's get-go American dismissal Arawl on the New Albion label. De Grassi continued experimenting with different genres and sounds that included guitar lullabies (1996's Beyond the Night Sky), his 1999 album of James Taylor interpretation, and 2000's collaboration with domain music creative person Quique Cruz, Tata Monk. Moving back to solo guitar work, his exploration of American folk music prat be heard on 2003's Now and Then: Folk Songs for the twenty-first Century.
Reese Witherspoon & Jake Gyllenhaal's Wedding Plans
Diane Neal - Neal To Quit Law Order Svu
Longtime LAW + ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT star DIANE NEAL is to leave the force when her contract on the U.S. cop drama ends later this year (08).
Neal, who plays Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak, has been a regular fixture on the TV programme since she joined in 2003, replacing Stephanie March.
But the star is now exiting at the end of the current series, with her final appearance to air in the season finale, which will be shown next month (May08).
A representative for the show tells TVGuide.com, "Diane spent five years on SVU and was a tremendous addition to the SVU team. She is looking forward to new opportunities and she will be missed."
The programme's creator DICk Wolf is reportedly looking for an up-and-coming actor to fill Neal's high profile role in the show.
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Oprah Winfrey - Poehler Waited On Winfrey
OPRAH WINFREY was in for a surprise when she welcomed funny girls AMY POEHLER and TINA FEY to her daytime talk show recently - POEHLER once waited on her.
The comediennes appeared on the show to promote their hit new film Baby Mama and Poehler just had to remind Winfrey of a magical moment when they first met.
She said, "I waited on you in Chicago, by the way, like, 13 years ago.
"It was a restaurant in Chicago and you were with your staff and you were handing out little gifts to them - and you got a vegetable pizza... You were, of course, wonderfully nice.
"Up until now, it was the highlight of my life."
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Once more with feeling
Shihad turns 20 this year. Frontman Jon Toogood tells Scott Kara the band has spat out the venom and is feeling positive
Jon Toogood has sold his beloved house in Wellington and moved to Melbourne. It was a big move for the Shihad frontman, but it came down to love.Yes, he loves his bandmates, who have lived in the Australian city for years, but this decision was based on love for his wife, Ronise.After five or so years of doing the long distance thing, with her in Wellington and him dividing his time between New Zealand and Melbourne, or being on tour, they finally resolved to live across the ditch together."Basically we couldn't face another year of doing the separation thing," he explains in his usual excitable lilt down the phone from his new apartment in Melbourne.Despite being gutted at selling their house in hillside suburb Brooklyn he's just happy the new Scottish owners were glad to take their cat as part of the deal. "We can go and see him anytime we like. So cool."Of course the move to Melbourne also shows the dedication - and love - he has for the band he started with drummer Tom Larkin 20 years ago when they were at Wellington College. The story goes that Larkin gave Toogood an AC/DC tape and said, "If you like it, we should jam," and the rest is history.
On April 21 they release their seventh album, Beautiful Machine, which is a far more optimistic and brighter sounding one than 2005's fiery and sometimes sombre Love Is the New Hate. That record was about getting back in touch with who they were as a band following some bad decisions and experiences in the early 2000s.You know the story. With ambitions of conquering America they changed their name to Pacifier - taken from a song on 1999's The General Electric - because in post-September 11 times Shihad was too close to Jihad.They released an album as Pacifier in 2002. Then, in 2004, realising the name change was a silly idea they changed it back to Shihad, returned home, and wrote Love Is The New Hate."We got a whole weight off our shoulders doing Love Is the New Hate, which was a good thing, and I love that record and love playing those songs, and it performed a function," says Toogood. "It was cathartic and got all that bad feeling out in the open. We were ready to move on after that, we felt more optimistic and hopeful about the world and our place in it when we started writing this record."I think Beautiful Machine does have dark places at times but it's always followed by something that pulls you back up. It's got balance, whereas Love Is the New Hate was all about spitting venom out. This one's got venom but it also has hope."
Songs like melodic and catchy single One Will Hear the Other is a good indication of where Shihad is at these days.
Jon Toogood has sold his beloved house in Wellington and moved to Melbourne. It was a big move for the Shihad frontman, but it came down to love.Yes, he loves his bandmates, who have lived in the Australian city for years, but this decision was based on love for his wife, Ronise.After five or so years of doing the long distance thing, with her in Wellington and him dividing his time between New Zealand and Melbourne, or being on tour, they finally resolved to live across the ditch together."Basically we couldn't face another year of doing the separation thing," he explains in his usual excitable lilt down the phone from his new apartment in Melbourne.Despite being gutted at selling their house in hillside suburb Brooklyn he's just happy the new Scottish owners were glad to take their cat as part of the deal. "We can go and see him anytime we like. So cool."Of course the move to Melbourne also shows the dedication - and love - he has for the band he started with drummer Tom Larkin 20 years ago when they were at Wellington College. The story goes that Larkin gave Toogood an AC/DC tape and said, "If you like it, we should jam," and the rest is history.
On April 21 they release their seventh album, Beautiful Machine, which is a far more optimistic and brighter sounding one than 2005's fiery and sometimes sombre Love Is the New Hate. That record was about getting back in touch with who they were as a band following some bad decisions and experiences in the early 2000s.You know the story. With ambitions of conquering America they changed their name to Pacifier - taken from a song on 1999's The General Electric - because in post-September 11 times Shihad was too close to Jihad.They released an album as Pacifier in 2002. Then, in 2004, realising the name change was a silly idea they changed it back to Shihad, returned home, and wrote Love Is The New Hate."We got a whole weight off our shoulders doing Love Is the New Hate, which was a good thing, and I love that record and love playing those songs, and it performed a function," says Toogood. "It was cathartic and got all that bad feeling out in the open. We were ready to move on after that, we felt more optimistic and hopeful about the world and our place in it when we started writing this record."I think Beautiful Machine does have dark places at times but it's always followed by something that pulls you back up. It's got balance, whereas Love Is the New Hate was all about spitting venom out. This one's got venom but it also has hope."
Songs like melodic and catchy single One Will Hear the Other is a good indication of where Shihad is at these days.
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