Collide & other: 2008

Sunday, 7 September 2008

3T MRI Leads To Better Diagnosis For Focal Epilepsy

�3T MRI is better at detection and characterizing structural brainiac abnormalities in patients with focal epilepsy than 1.5T MRI, stellar to a better diagnosis and safer treatment of patients, according to a recent study conducted at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR. "Patients with focal epilepsy throw recurrent seizures that resolution from a specific arena of their brain, ordinarily due to a structural brain irregularity," said Bronwyn E. Hamilton, MD, senior author of the study.

3T MRI detected 65 of 74 cases, compared to 55 of 74 cases detected by 1.5T MRI; lesions were accurately characterized in 63 of 74 cases victimisation 3T MRI, compared to 51 of 74 cases using 1.5T MRI. "Detection refers to lesions that were ground and enactment refers to how accurately we were able to determine what type of abnormality the lesion was, such as tumor versus vascular deformity versus inborn deformity," said Dr. Hamilton.

Epilepsy is a disease with serious consequences for patients and fellowship. Surgery offers the potential drop for long term cure in patients, but "surgery can only when be performed in patients who have a specific structural mental defectiveness in the brain that is detected on an imaging study (usually MRI); since insurance companies english hawthorn not pay for a second scan, it is preferable to obtain a 3T MRI the first go round," said Dr. Hamilton.

"I, and most of my radiology colleagues, in conjunction with the neurologists who specialize in epilepsy at our institution, feel that a patient with focal epilepsy is incompletely assessed without a 3T MRI, and will re-image patients with prior negative 1.5T MRI in order to feel more certain an abnormality has not been lost. We have had a number of patients world Health Organization had departed undiagnosed with prior negative MRI scans who later underwent 3T MRI at our creation that either disclosed a structural mastermind abnormality or better characterized it for the operating surgeon," said Dr. Hamilton.

This survey appears in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Thursday, 28 August 2008

Pub Industry Issues Challenge To BMA On "Unjust" Tax, UK

�The British Medical Association is incorrect to argue that responsible drinkers ar willing to pay more tax on alcohol to deal with the behaviour of an irresponsible minority, according to the British Beer and Pub Association.

In a letter to the BMA's Head of Science and Ethics, Dr Vivienne Nathanson, the BBPA (British Beer and Pub Association) Chief Executive Rob Hayward points to raw polling that indicates that the public overwhelmingly believes that higher taxes unfairly penalise sensible drinkers and will not significantly reduce binge drink.

Mr Hayward has asked to meet Dr Nathanson to hash out the military issue.

In the letter, Mr Hayward said:

"People wHO drink inebriant need to be fully aware of the damage that buttocks be done to their health by excess. On this our two organisations agree.

"In our view, the British Medical Association is incorrect to press the Government to deter the minority by punishing the majority with higher taxes. That is too the scene of the large legal age of the public, which overwhelmingly rejects your compositor's case for higher taxation."

Mr Hayward pointed to a BBPA-commissioned opinion poll by ComRes which found that:

- 61% of multitude said they would not be willing to pay more tax on alcohol to preclude others from problem imbibing, as against 31% world Health Organization said they would

- 82% of people say that higher taxes unfairly penalize sensible drinkers

- 86% of people say that higher taxes will not significantly reduce orgy drinking

- 60% of multitude opposed recent increases in tax to tackle orgy drinking

- 76% of people see higher taxes as a scourge to traditional pubs

Mr Hayward added: "It is authorise therefore that calls for higher taxes do not have public support on grounds either of blondness or effectiveness. In fact, piling more taxes on beer would drive more than people away from pubs, which rest the safest setting for the social pleasures associated with drunkenness responsibly."

A BMA paper, "Alcohol misapply: tackling the UK epidemic" was published on 21 February 2008. Speaking at its launch, Dr Vivienne Nathanson, the BMA's head of ethics and science, is quoted as saying: "There are a large number of people imbibing at a level that can damage their health. Many others, who are not imbibition excessively, would be unforced to pay more to protect public health." [The Times, 22 February 2008]- BMA statement from Feb.

Alcohol duty was increased by 9.1% in the Budget of March 2008 and the Chancellor Alastair Darling announced proposals for an 'escalator' to bestow 2% in a higher place inflation in each of the next four years.

Field make for the opinion research was conducted online by ComRes 'tween 1-4 July, 2008. There were 1052 respondents.

The British Beer and Pub Association is the UK's leading organisation representing the brewing and pub sector. Its members account for 98% of the beer brewed in the UK and possess nearly two thirds of Britain's 58,000 pubs.

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Friday, 8 August 2008

Brand new hosting gig

BRITISH comedian Russell Brand, fresh from starring in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, has landed the prestigious gig of hosting this year's MTV Video Music Awards in the US.

The British comic, who has spent a year in America working on stand-up shows and breaking into the movie industry, is delighted to have landed the job.

Brand, who won rave reviews for his performance in comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, said of his plans for the show: �It'll be good to preside over what is sure to be only vaguely coordinated televised insanity.

"I'm planning to have lesbian kisses with Britney and Madonna individually. It's not going to be easy, what with my genitals, but God, I will try.

"I thought I might trust my luck and improvise. I'll have a couple of glasses of gin and just stagger out there and bellow with the Jonas Brothers."

Brand was referring to Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera�s infamous lesbian kiss at the ceremony in 2003.

The MTV Video Music Awards will be held in Los Angeles on September 7.

In addition to landing the job hosting the Video Music Awards - also known as the VMAs � has been asked back to appear in a sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which was produced by Judd Apatow.

Random poll question: Are you suffering from Judd Apatow fatigue? Tell us in the poll below.

Brand is also to star alongside US comedy heavyweight Adam Sandler - who he appears alongside in upcoming film Bedtime Stories.

Sandler has also agreed to produce a film written by Brand and his BBC radio show partner Matt Morgan based around a conman posing as a priest.

Brand is no stranger to hosting award shows.

He presented the 2007 BRIT Awards and handed friend Noel Gallagher and his Oasis bandmates their Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Medina Azahara

Artist: Medina Azahara

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

En Directo SE

Year: 2007
Tracks: 16

25 AGios

Year: 2006
Tracks: 24

LA ESTACION DE LOS SUEOS

Year: 2005
Tracks: 13

Aixa

Year: 2003
Tracks: 14

Version Original

Year: 2002
Tracks: 12

Tierra De Libertad

Year: 2001
Tracks: 13

XX

Year: 2000
Tracks: 14

Balads

Year: 1999
Tracks: 15

Tanger

Year: 1998
Tracks: 13

Todo Tiene Su Fin

Year: 1997
Tracks: 10

A Toda Esa Gente CD2

Year: 1996
Tracks: 13

A Toda Esa Gente CD1

Year: 1996
Tracks: 14

La Esquina Del Viento - Andalucia

Year: 1995
Tracks: 16

En Navidad

Year: 1995
Tracks: 3

Arabe CD2

Year: 1995
Tracks: 5

Arabe CD1

Year: 1995
Tracks: 13

Donde Esta La Luz

Year: 1993
Tracks: 11

Sin tiempo

Year: 1992
Tracks: 14

En Vivo

Year: 1990
Tracks: 14

En Al-Hakim

Year: 1989
Tracks: 8

Caravana Espanola

Year: 1985
Tracks: 8

Andalucia

Year: 1982
Tracks: 8

La esquina del viento

Year: 1981
Tracks: 8

Paseando Por La Mezquita

Year: 1980
Tracks: 8

Spanish radical Medina Azahara was formed in 1979 by singer Manuel Martinez, guitarist Miguel Galan, drummer JosÃ© Antonio Molina, bassist Manuel Molina, and keyboardist Pablo Rabadan. That same year, the banding signed with CBS, issuing a self-titled album produced by Gonzalo Garcia Pelayo that featured their first strike, a song called "Paseando Por la Mezquita." That record album was followed by 1980's La Esquina Del Viento and 1982's Andalucia. Around that time, the band started being mentioned as one of the major parts of a local front known as Rock Andaluz. Before issuance 1995's Caravana Espanola, Pablo Rabadan left wing the represent, replaced by keyboardist Antonio Fernandez. When the mathematical group moved from CBS-Sony Records Limited to the main Avispa S.L., En Al-Hakim was made. On June 30, 1990, a Medina Azahara bouncy performance was recorded and released in 1992 as Sin Tiempo. That bouncy album became the band's breakthrough.

Sunday, 22 June 2008

Raventhrone

Artist: Raventhrone

   Genre(s):
Metal: Doom
   Metal

Discography:

Endless Conflict Theorem

Year: 2002
Tracks: 11

Malice In Wonderland

Year: 1999
Tracks: 10

Sunday, 15 June 2008

Dwele

Artist: Dwele

   Genre(s):
R&B: Soul
   Other

Discography:

Some Kinda

Year: 2004
Tracks: 15

Rize

Year: 2004
Tracks: 17

Beware of the Bird

Year: 2003
Tracks: 19

Mixtape

Year: 2002
Tracks: 12

Neo-soul Dwele grew up on Detroit's west face, listening to soul music from Motown visionaries Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye as advantageously as idle words on the radiocommunication. Born Andwele Gardner, he began penning songs at the old age of ten, after his church Father was murdered outdoor his abode, and attended Cody High in Detroit. Dwele washed-out a year poring over medicine at Wayne State simply and then opted for an informal education, making music at his family patch living in Dearborn and on the job for AAA. His demonstration tape, 1998's The Rize, made waves about the Motor City, and he exhausted time collaborating with Detroit hip-hop radical Slum Village and Philadelphia rapper Bahamadia. Signed to Virgin on the forte of his songwriting and performance skills, Dwele released Discipline in mid-2003 and cemented his appeal with European audiences (he was a favorite on Gilles Peterson's influential Radio 1 program) with a tour that summer. His second base album, Some Kinda, followed in 2005.

Tuesday, 3 June 2008

Dick Gaughan

Artist: Dick Gaughan

   Genre(s):
Celtic

Discography:

Sail On

Year: 1997
Tracks: 11

Handful Of Earth

Year: 1981
Tracks: 10

No More Forever

Year: 1972
Tracks: 11

Though primarily steeped in the traditions of folk music and Celtic music, Scottish singer/songwriter Dick Gaughan enjoyed a prolonged and far-reaching career in a change of creative pursuits. Born Richard Peter in 1948, he number one picked up the guitar at the age of seven, and issued his debut solo LP No More Forever in 1972. Gaughan so sign on with the folk-rock mathematical group the Boys of the Lough, releasing a 1973 self-titled LP before reversive to his solo life history with 1976's Kist o Gold. However, he shortly returned to the grouping format, forming a band named Five Hand Reel and issue some other eponymously coroneted effort that same year; over the next deuce eld, Gaughan issued quadruplet more records -- deuce solo releases (1977's Fuzz and Brass and 1978's Gaughan) as good as two more than Five Hand Reel outings (1977's For A' That and 1978's Earl o' Moray). In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he worked as a critic and columnist with Folk Review mag, and likewise acted as a member of the 7:84 Theatre Company; afterward a three-year absence from the studio, Gaughan also returned to regular musical obligation with the spill of 1981's Handful of Earth. A Different Kind of Love Song followed in 1983, and in 1985 he released Live in Edinburgh; True and Bold appeared a year later. After 1988's Call It Freedom, Gaughan once again retreated from view; much of his fourth dimension was devoted to his increasing involvement in computer engineering, and he after earned notice for his skills as a programmer and web fashion designer. Finally, he formed a new ring, the fugacious Clan Alba, which disbanded afterward releasing their 1995 self-titled debut; the solo Sweep On arrived the next year, followed in 1998 by Redwood Cathedral.

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