�Australian Medical Association President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, aforementioned that findings in a new news report show the obesity epidemic is costing the state $58 gazillion a twelvemonth and confirms that many Australians ar suffering pregnant health problems due to obesity.
"This reflects the dollar cost to Australians and the human cost to individuals," she aforesaid.
Dr Capolingua said the Access Economics report, which was licensed by Diabetes Australia, reinforces the want for a 'whole-of-society' attack to preventing obesity.
"Governments, the food industry, the health and education sectors, and individuals need to take responsibility for Australia's bulging waist," she said.
"The factors that put up to obesity are complex and divers. There ar no 'quick fix' solutions, and the key to success will be in a multifarious approach."
Dr Capolingua aforementioned doctors play an important role in health advice, monitoring and assessing disease risk, prevention and assisting and managing the individual's particular portion in respect to corpulency.
"It is vital that individuals ar not stigmatized but that they are supported and afforded the dignity of what for some, arse be a very hard issue.
"Doctors play a vital character in early intervention, just help for our overweight community must be backed up with government intervention. Public wellness programs, changes to food marketing and advertising, food labelling and taxation measures, along with urban planning regulations to make leisure options more accessible for ordinary people are all vitally important." she aforesaid.
The Access Economic reputation found that 3.71 million Australians, or 17.5 per cent of the population, were corpulent. We cognize that organism that overweight predisposes people to type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, spunk disease, many forms of cancer, and premature end.
Dr Capolingua said she was pleased that Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, was considering the musical theme of national targets to reduce the proportion of Australian children at an unhealthy organic structure weight - proposing a five per cent reducing within 10 years.
"Targets are important in order to meter success, and we pauperization the government action underpinning these goals in order to accomplish or better those targets," she aforesaid.
The AMA Position Statement on Obesity can be found here.
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Friday, 29 August 2008
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Lost star Fox gets a huge pay rise
'Lost' lead Matthew Fox has agreed a unexampled pay deal with the makers of the hit show.
The Hollywood Reporter says that Fox is expected to take in around $225,000 an episode, up from his current salary of about $150,000 an episode.
The trade everyday says that the raise puts Fox on a par with the stars of 'Desperate Housewives'.
The other main stars of 'Lost' are also reported to be renegotiating their deals with the makers of the show.
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Saturday, 9 August 2008
Angis
Artist: Angis
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Metal: Death,Black
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Pries Ausra
Year: 1998
Tracks: 6
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Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Early Fireworks At Weekend Box Office
In what looked like a holiday weekend at the box office -- and there will be such a weekend beginning next Friday -- the two top films earned a combined $113.6 million and the top 12 movies pulled in $179.2 million, lifting the box office 22 percent over the same weekend a year ago, according to studio estimates. Topping the list was the Disney /Pixar animated film WALL-E, which took in about $62.5 million, making it the third-best opening for a Pixar film behind The Incredibles ($70.5 million) and Finding Nemo ($70.2 million). The film, the best-reviewed of the year, performed at the low end of analysts' predictions. However, the No. 2 film, Wanted, starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy, soared well above their predictions, earning $51.1 million (plus $33 million overseas). In addition, last week's top film, Warner Bros.' Get Smart slipped to third place with $20 million, while Paramount /DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda added another $11.7 million to its total. "The box office is incredibly robust right now," Media by Numbers chief Paul Dergarabedian told today's (Monday) Los Angeles Times. "Historically, films do well when times are tough, when going to the movies is an inexpensive way to forget about your troubles. This is a perfect example of that." One glaring failure on the list was Paramount's The Love Guru, which plunged 61 percent to just $5.4 million in its second week. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers: 1. WALL-E, $62.5 million; 2. Wanted, $51.1 million; 3. Get Smart, $20 million; 4. Kung Fu Panda, $11.7 million; 5. The Incredible Hulk, $9.2 million; 6. The Love Guru, $5.4 million; 7. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $5 million; 8. The Happening, $3.9 million; 9. Sex and the City, $3.8 million; 10. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, $3.2 million.
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Benny Page
Artist: Benny Page
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Drum & Bass
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Year: 2005
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Neckbreaker / Kist
Year: 2004
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Graff Series (GRAFFS1)
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Monday, 9 June 2008
Sarah Harding To Go Solo
Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding is reportedly set to follow in bandmate Nadine Coyle's footsteps and pursue a solo career.
The 'No Good Advice' hitmaker, 26, is said to be working on her first solo project and has recorded a funky track with nu-rave group the Filthy Dukes on the soundtrack of forthcoming Hollywood movie Wild Child, which stars Julia Roberts's niece, Emma.
A source reveals, "It is a really exciting project for Sarah to be involved with.
"She was chuffed to be approached and recognized as a singer in her own right.
"It's a pretty cool album with some big names featured on it including Rihanna, Robbie Williams and Nelly Furtado, so it promises to be a springboard for other things.
"Sarah's always maintained that she loves Girls Aloud and has no desire for the band to split - but that doesn't mean she's not willing to branch out."
Cheryl Cole recently provided backing vocals on will.i.am's track 'Heartbreaker', fueling rumors the band -- who shot to fame on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 -- are set to split.
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Sunday, 1 June 2008
Two films top the Oscars shortlist
The nominations for the 80th Academy Awards have been announced, with 'No Country for Old Men' and 'There Will Be Blood' leading the shortlist with eight nominations each.
'Atonement', 'Juno' and 'Michael Clayton' have also received numerous nominations.
As expected Wicklow resident Daniel Day-Lewis has been nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in 'There Will Be Blood'.
The other nominees for Best Actor are: George Clooney ('Michael Clayton'), Johnny Depp ('Sweeney Todd'), Tommy Lee Jones ('In the Valley of Elah') and Viggo Mortensen ('Eastern Promises').
The Best Actress shortlist is: Cate Blanchett ('Elizabeth: The Golden Age'), Julie Christie ('Away from Her'), Marion Cotillard ('La Vie en Rose'), Laura Linney ('The Savages') and Ellen Page ('Juno').
The nominees for Best Supporting Actor are: Casey Affleck ('The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'), Javier Bardem ('No Country for Old Men'), Philip Seymour Hoffman ('Charlie Wilson's War'), Hal Holbrook ('Into the Wild') and Tom Wilkinson ('Michael Clayton').
Along with Irish teenager Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett ('I'm Not There'), Ruby Dee ('American Gangster'), Amy Ryan ('Gone Baby Gone') and Tilda Swinton ('Michael Clayton') have been nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category.
Shortlisted for Best Director are: Julian Schnabel ('The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'), Jason Reitman ('Juno'), Tony Gilroy ('Michael Clayton'), Joel and Ethan Coen ('No Country for Old Men') and Paul Thomas Anderson ('There Will Be Blood').
The films nominated for Best Picture are: 'Atonement', 'Michael Clayton', 'No Country for Old Men', 'There Will Be Blood' and 'Juno'.
The five films nominated for Best Foreign Film are: 'The Counterfeiters' (Austria), 'Beaufort' (Israel), 'Katyn' (Poland), 'Mongol' (Kazakhstan) and '12' (Russia).
The nominees for Best Documentary Feature are: 'No End in Sight', 'Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience', 'Sicko', 'Taxi to the Dark Side' and 'War/Dance'.
The nominees for Best Animated Film are: 'Persepolis', 'Ratatouille' and 'Surf's Up'.
The nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay are: Christopher Hampton ('Atonement'), Sarah Polley ('Away from Her'), Ronald Harwood ('The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'), Joel and Ethan Coen ('No Country for Old Men') and Paul Thomas Anderson ('There Will Be Blood').
The nominees for Best Original Screenplay are: Diablo Cody ('Juno'), Nancy Oliver ('Lars and the Real Girl'), Tony Gilroy ('Michael Clayton'), Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco and Brad Bird ('Ratatouille') and Tamara Jenkins ('The Savages').
For more on the Oscar nominations, click here and here.
'Atonement', 'Juno' and 'Michael Clayton' have also received numerous nominations.
As expected Wicklow resident Daniel Day-Lewis has been nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in 'There Will Be Blood'.
The other nominees for Best Actor are: George Clooney ('Michael Clayton'), Johnny Depp ('Sweeney Todd'), Tommy Lee Jones ('In the Valley of Elah') and Viggo Mortensen ('Eastern Promises').
The Best Actress shortlist is: Cate Blanchett ('Elizabeth: The Golden Age'), Julie Christie ('Away from Her'), Marion Cotillard ('La Vie en Rose'), Laura Linney ('The Savages') and Ellen Page ('Juno').
The nominees for Best Supporting Actor are: Casey Affleck ('The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'), Javier Bardem ('No Country for Old Men'), Philip Seymour Hoffman ('Charlie Wilson's War'), Hal Holbrook ('Into the Wild') and Tom Wilkinson ('Michael Clayton').
Along with Irish teenager Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett ('I'm Not There'), Ruby Dee ('American Gangster'), Amy Ryan ('Gone Baby Gone') and Tilda Swinton ('Michael Clayton') have been nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category.
Shortlisted for Best Director are: Julian Schnabel ('The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'), Jason Reitman ('Juno'), Tony Gilroy ('Michael Clayton'), Joel and Ethan Coen ('No Country for Old Men') and Paul Thomas Anderson ('There Will Be Blood').
The films nominated for Best Picture are: 'Atonement', 'Michael Clayton', 'No Country for Old Men', 'There Will Be Blood' and 'Juno'.
The five films nominated for Best Foreign Film are: 'The Counterfeiters' (Austria), 'Beaufort' (Israel), 'Katyn' (Poland), 'Mongol' (Kazakhstan) and '12' (Russia).
The nominees for Best Documentary Feature are: 'No End in Sight', 'Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience', 'Sicko', 'Taxi to the Dark Side' and 'War/Dance'.
The nominees for Best Animated Film are: 'Persepolis', 'Ratatouille' and 'Surf's Up'.
The nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay are: Christopher Hampton ('Atonement'), Sarah Polley ('Away from Her'), Ronald Harwood ('The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'), Joel and Ethan Coen ('No Country for Old Men') and Paul Thomas Anderson ('There Will Be Blood').
The nominees for Best Original Screenplay are: Diablo Cody ('Juno'), Nancy Oliver ('Lars and the Real Girl'), Tony Gilroy ('Michael Clayton'), Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco and Brad Bird ('Ratatouille') and Tamara Jenkins ('The Savages').
For more on the Oscar nominations, click here and here.
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