Sunday 31 August 2008

Mp3 music: Midnight Movies






Midnight Movies
   

Artist: Midnight Movies: mp3 download


   Genre(s): 

Indie

   







Midnight Movies's discography:


Midnight Movies
   

 Midnight Movies

   Year: 2004   

Tracks: 11






Midnight Movies formed in Los Angeles in 2002. Comprised of Gena Olivier (vocals, drums), Larry Schemel (guitar), and Jason Hammons (keyboards, guitar), the indie rock trinity cursorily crafted a dwight Lyman Moody and fashionable good. They became a major facial expression on the L.A. music scene inside a twelvemonth, and earned a nomination for Best New Artist at the L.A. Weekly Music Awards in May 2003. Just as their self-released six-song EP arrived, Midnight Movies received another nomination for Best Pop/Rock set in spring 2004. Midnight Movies' self-titled studio-length debut was released on Emperor Norton the following August. The group resurfaced in 2007 with Leo the Girl, which featured raw bassist Ryan Wood and drummer Sandra Vu, with Olivier treatment keyboard and vocal duties and move over by Steve Fisk.






Thursday 21 August 2008

Researchers Block Damage To Fetal Brain Following Maternal Alcohol Consumption - Sheep Study Holds Promise For Humans, But More Research Needed

�In a study on fetal alcoholic beverage syndrome, researchers were able to foreclose the hurt that alcoholic beverage causes to cells in a key area of the foetal brain by blocking acid sensitive atomic number 19 channels and preventing the acidic environs that alcohol produces. The cerebellum, the portion of the brainpower that is responsible for balance and muscle coordination, is particularly vulnerable to injury from alcohol during development.


The researchers also found that although alcohol lowers the amount of oxygen in the blood of the mother, it is not the deficiency of o that indemnification the fetal cerebellum, just the drop in pH.


The report with sheep, published in the August issue of the American Journal of Physiology, demonstrated that the damage throne be prevented by block acid sensitive potassium channels, known as TASK channels, that lead into the Purkinje cells. The study, "Acid Sensitive Channel Inhibition Prevents Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Cerebellar Purkinje Cell Loss," was carried out by Jayanth Ramadoss, Emilie R. Lunde, Nengtai Ouyang, Wei-Jung A. Chen and Timothy A. Cudd. The research was done at Texas A&M University.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome


Fetal alcohol syndrome is a condition in which paternal drinking during pregnancy injures the brainiac of the developing fetus. Alcohol is the virtually common movement of trauma to the fetal brain. Children born with foetal alcohol syndrome may suffer cognitive impairments and difficulty regulating their behavior. They often have difficulty in school and exhibit behavioral problems, such as impulsiveness, later in life.


The syndrome is estimated to occur in approximately one in every 1,000 births in Western countries. Milder forms of the condition, known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, come more ofttimes.


Maternal imbibition lowers the blood pH of both the mother and the fetus, making the blood more acidulent. The researchers hypothesized that this acidity damages the Purkinje cells of the fetal cerebellum. Using 56 pregnant sheep, they induced the change in pH in some sheep victimization alcohol, patch in others they manipulated the extracellular pH. This approach allowed them to test their hypothesis that it was the light in pH that created the terms, not the alcohol, per se.


Alcohol produced a 45% reducing in Purkinje cells of the fetal cerebellum, spell the pH changes alone produced a 24% lessening. A expend in the number of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum is a measure of damage.


However, when the researchers used a drug, doxapram, to block the TASK channels leading into the Purkinje cells, they prevented the change in pH in the fetal cerebellar cells and prevented any reduction in the number of these cells.


"This study demonstrates that steer pharmacological blockade of TASK 1 and TASK 3 channels protects the well-nigh sensitive target of foetal alcohol photo, cerebellar Purkinje cells," the authors over.

Finding adds to growing body of work


This work complements influence by former researchers wHO have found success with supplements such as choline, a precursor for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. These supplements may act on the same mechanism that Dr. Cudd's research lab has been researching.



A fuller sound interview with Drs. Cudd and Ramadoss is available in Episode 12 of the APS podcast, Life Lines, at http://www.lifelines.tv.


Funding: The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pediatrics Initiatives and the NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.


Physiology is the study of how molecules, cells, tissues and organs

Thursday 26 June 2008

Crow says Aniston ended marriage to Pitt

Musician Sheryl Crow has contradicted the widely held belief that Brad Pitt left wife Jennifer Aniston after meeting Angelina Jolie.
Crow, who became close with the former 'Friends' star after her break-up with cyclist Lance Armstrong, insists that Aniston was the one who ended the relationship in 2005.
Speaking to Contactmusic Crow said: "For both of us, the perceived idea is that, in our big relationships, we both got dumped. Believe me, this is not true".
She added: "No one ever knows what goes on in relationships. Unfortunately, for some people like Jennifer and me, so much is written about things that you don't say and so many emotions are attributed to you that you haven't had," she added.
Ever since Pitt and Jolie became close on the set 'Mr and Mrs Smith', it had been believed that the actor left his wife for Jolie.
However a number of Aniston's pals have given credence to Crow's claims and one friend told the National Enquirer: "Once Jen saw the writing on the wall, she dumped Brad. She took a cold, hard look at her marriage and realised it was irretrievably broken".
They added: "She and Brad had vastly different personal agendas and feelings about love, career and having a family."

Monday 16 June 2008

Jason Bateman Signs TV Development Deal

Jason Bateman has signed a one-year first-look deal with 20th Century Fox TV, allowing the actor to develop new series along with producing and directing new projects.
The deal for the comeback king, who all but disappeared from Hollywood until his starring role in the series ‘Arrested Development’ put him back on the map, includes working on the new show ‘Do Not Disturb’ starring Jerry O’Connell.
“I’m an avid consumer of television, and I’ve got varying tastes,” Bateman told Variety while discussing the agreement.
He’ll next be seen in the Will Smith movie ‘Hancock’, which comes of the back of his successful role in the hit film ‘Juno.’
Photo courtesy of Fox.


Sunday 8 June 2008

Cristian de la Fuente Recovering After Surgery

Dancing With The Stars finalist Cristian de la Fuente is recuperating after undergoing surgery on his arm yesterday morning.
The 34-year-old actor thanked fans for their well-wishes after he injured the tendon in his left arm performing a samba on the hit show at the end of last month.
He told People magazine, “Thank you to everyone for their concern and well wishes.”
Dr. Neal S. Elattrache, who performed the operation, added, “I was able to get a perfect repair of the bicep. Cristian will spend about a week in a splint, then start rehab.
“(In three months) he will have a full recovery and full strength back.”

Monday 26 May 2008

Ledger family prepare for Heath's funeral

The family of Heath Ledger have returned to their native Australia where they will hold a private funeral for the actor in his home town of Perth.
Ledger's father Kim, mother Sally and sister Kate flew from Los Angeles to Brisbane, Australia, late last night.
The family are now home in Perth, where the body of the Oscar-nominated actor is to be laid to rest next to two of his grandparents in Karrakatta Cemetery.
It is also reported that the toxicology results of the 'Brokeback Mountain' star's autopsy are to be revealed this week.
The initial medical examiner's report was inconclusive as to the cause of his death on 22 January.

Friday 23 May 2008

Singer Lenny Kravitz is hospitalised

Singer Lenny Kravitz is hospitalised



Vocalist Lenny Kravitz has been admitted to a hospital in Miami to be treated for severe bronchitis.
The 43-year-old musician has reportedly been suffering from a serial of severe respiratory nerve pathway infections, as well as grippe, since mid-January.
A spokesperson for the star said in a statement: "Due to extreme dehydration and fatigue, doctors were unable to control it with outpatient handling and advised the singer to check into the hospital."
"He was taken this good morning to the emergency brake room at Wax Sinai Hospital in Miami for immediate handling."
Kravitz's sickness has forced him to remit forwarding events for his fresh album 'It Is Time for a Making love Revolution'.