Washington (ANI): 50 Cent has topped Forbes' yearly list of the biggest earning hip-hop stars for 2008, making 150 gazillion dollars in the last year. The rapper, real name Curtis Jackson, has almost two-fold the earnings of Shawn JAY ZCarter who sits in second place with 82 meg dollars.
According to Forbes magazine, Jackson made his millions through his successful clothing line, video games, G-Unit Records and his album sales. Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Kanye West and Timbaland made it to the circus tent five places with remuneration of 35 million dollars, 30 million dollars and 22 1000000 dollars, respectively.
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Download Charlie Palmieri mp3
 Artist: Charlie Palmieri: mp3 download Genre(s): Jazz Discography:  La Herencia Year: 2007 Tracks: 16  Latin Bugalu Year: 2001 Tracks: 8  Con Salsa y Sabor: Charlie Palmieri and Menique Year: Tracks: 8 The old brother of Eddie Palmieri, Charlie Palmieri was every bit as talented a piano player as his sib, very percussive and responsive to musical rhythm piece as well flashing florid passages that were understandably the product of a classic education. His pianissimo studies began at seven-spot and he accompanied the Juilliard School of Music, turn pro at 16. He started the group el Conjunto Pin Pin in 1948, and then played in a serial of ensembles -- including those of Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, and Pupi Campo -- in the beginning forming his possess Charanga Duboney grouping in 1958. As music director of the Alegre All Stars while recording for the Alegre enounce in the sixties, Palmieri stimulated rival among Latin labels like Tico and Fania, which formed their possess all-star bands in reply. Like many Latin wind artists of the time, Palmieri flirted with the popular Latin boogaloo style in the 1960s and made some records for major labels wish RCA Victor and Atlantic. He endured a near mental breakdown in 1969, but rebounded to work over once more for Puente on his El Mambo de Tito Puente video programme, and he also institute a second calling as a historiographer and teacher of Latin music and chronicle at several New York colleges in the seventies. Palmieri affected briefly to Puerto Rico from 1980 to 1983, and after woe a severe centre attempt and shot upon his regress to New York, he recovered to lead respective Latin combos, including Combo Gigante. One of his last recordings was a galvanic cameo appearance on Mongo Santamaria's "Mayeya" in 1987 (now on Mongo's Afro Blue: The Picante Collection for Concord Picante), and he appeared in England for the first time in 1988 shortly before his decease. Almost all of Palmieri's exploit is tough to recover through and through domestic channels, only Messidor's A Giant Step is available on CD. |
Tuesday 12 August 2008
Mona , Stronger
Mona Singh, the 'princess of Bhangra' and daughter of fabled British-Asian music pioneer, Channi Singh, is once once more back on the scene with her latest album. After a string of successful and noteworthy credits to her name,
Wednesday 6 August 2008
Daniel Agust
Artist: Daniel Agust
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Indie
Discography:
Swallowed a Star
Year: 2006
Tracks: 10
DanÃel Ãgúst first-class honours degree degree came to recognition as the principal singer/songwriter of the Icelandic electronica collective Gus Gus, wHO had several run into singles in their native country and attained some international recognition with iI albums in the late '90s. After leaving Gus Gus, Ãgúst worked on film and objective soundtracks, as considerably as euphony for dance companies. He re-entered the pop music arena in 2006 with his solo debut, Swallowed a Star. While not bereaved of electronic touches in its production, it marked a turn toward
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Statins Linked To Lower Dementia Risk
�A US study that followed over 1,500 older Mexican Americans for 5 years found that statin users
were about half as likely to develop dementedness, or to have cognitive impairment without dementia, as
those world Health Organization did not use statins. Statins are normally positive for lowering LDL or "bad" cholesterol.
The study is published in the twenty-ninth July online issue of Neurology and was the work of
researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, led by Mary Haan, epidemiology prof at the
University's School of Public Health.
Previous research has shown interracial results around the essence of cholesterin lowering drugs on cognitive
function. For this longitudinal study, the researchers tried the connexion between statins and incidence of
dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia over 5 days of comply up.
The participants were 1,789 senior Mexican Americans in Sacramento, California, world Health Organization suffered from
metabolic conditions such as high cholesterin, type 2 diabetes and high rip pressure, that put them
at higher risk of developing dementedness, Alzheimer's Disease, or cognitive impairment without
dementia.
The participants underwent cognitive and clinical evaluations every 12 to 15 months such that those
wHO fell below a specific threshold on the cognitive tests had clinical tests. Diagnoses of dementia
were independently confirmed by an adjudication team.
The results showed that:
452 (27 per cent) of the 1,674 participants free of dementia at the begin of the study took statins at
some point during the study.
Over 5 years of follow up, 130 participants (8 per cent) developed dementia or cognitive impairment
without dementia.
After adjusting for education, smoke status, inherited factors, and history of stroke or diabetes at
the start of the study, participants who used statins were about half as likely as those who did not use
them to develop dementia or cognitive impairment without dementia. (Cox proportional risk ratio =
0.52; 95 per cent assurance interval = 0.34 to 0.80).
Haan and colleagues concluded that:
"Statin users were less likely to get incident dementia/cognitive impairment without dementia during a
5-year follow-up."
They suggested that their findings added to the emerging evidence of a "protective effect of lipid-lowering medicine use
on cognitive outcomes".
In a single out statement, Haan said that:
"The bottom line is that if a person takes statins over a course of around 5-7 geezerhood, it reduces the risk of
dementia by half, and that's a actually big change."
She also emphasised that the study looked at statins as a preventative, non a intervention for existing
dementia.
In before research on this cohort, which was originally recruited in 1997 to enquire the risk on
dementedness and Alzheimer's of metabolic and vascular conditions like high blood pressure and diabetes,
Haan and colleagues found people with sure metabolic conditions were at higher jeopardy of Alzheimer's
and dementedness. For example, they set up that people with type 2 diabetes were closely three times more
potential to develop Alzheimer's.
Haan explained the potentiality impact of using statins earlier rather than later, in a high danger
group:
"In sr. people you have so many different chronic conditions, especially in this mathematical group, that the
chance of any interposition having an effect is fairly limited."
"Say you're 75 or 80 and you've got six diseases. How often is a treatment truly going to help? This
showed if you started using statins before the dementia developed you could prevent it in about half of
the cases," she added.
The researchers suggest that many people on statins don't realize that they are possibly protecting
themselves from dementia, and hope their findings will prompt others to localise up randomised trials to test
the effectiveness of statins at preventing dementia.
Haan said mass should not use these findings as a reason to start out taking statins for anything other
than what they are indicated for, only she hoped that these findings will:
"Open the door to lipid-lowering medication testing for dementia and other types of cognitive impairment."
Haan aforementioned it was not clear how statins worked to protect against dementia and cognitive impairment,
but one emerging risk factor is high insulin, and peradventure statins turn down insulin levels in the brain, since
high levels of encephalon insulin throw been joined to Alzheimer's symptoms. Further research is planned to
find out exactly what happens at the biochemical level.
"Use of statins and incidence of dementia and cognitive deterioration without dementedness in a
cohort study."
Cramer, C., Haan, M. N., Galea, S., Langa, K. M., Kalbfleisch, J. D.
Neurology 2008; 71: 344-350
Published online, July 29 2008, Volume 71, Issue 5
Click here for Abstract.
Source: University of Michigan, journal abstract.
Written by: Catharine Paddock, PhD
Copyright: Medical News Today
Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today
More information
were about half as likely to develop dementedness, or to have cognitive impairment without dementia, as
those world Health Organization did not use statins. Statins are normally positive for lowering LDL or "bad" cholesterol.
The study is published in the twenty-ninth July online issue of Neurology and was the work of
researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, led by Mary Haan, epidemiology prof at the
University's School of Public Health.
Previous research has shown interracial results around the essence of cholesterin lowering drugs on cognitive
function. For this longitudinal study, the researchers tried the connexion between statins and incidence of
dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia over 5 days of comply up.
The participants were 1,789 senior Mexican Americans in Sacramento, California, world Health Organization suffered from
metabolic conditions such as high cholesterin, type 2 diabetes and high rip pressure, that put them
at higher risk of developing dementedness, Alzheimer's Disease, or cognitive impairment without
dementia.
The participants underwent cognitive and clinical evaluations every 12 to 15 months such that those
wHO fell below a specific threshold on the cognitive tests had clinical tests. Diagnoses of dementia
were independently confirmed by an adjudication team.
The results showed that:
452 (27 per cent) of the 1,674 participants free of dementia at the begin of the study took statins at
some point during the study.
Over 5 years of follow up, 130 participants (8 per cent) developed dementia or cognitive impairment
without dementia.
After adjusting for education, smoke status, inherited factors, and history of stroke or diabetes at
the start of the study, participants who used statins were about half as likely as those who did not use
them to develop dementia or cognitive impairment without dementia. (Cox proportional risk ratio =
0.52; 95 per cent assurance interval = 0.34 to 0.80).
Haan and colleagues concluded that:
"Statin users were less likely to get incident dementia/cognitive impairment without dementia during a
5-year follow-up."
They suggested that their findings added to the emerging evidence of a "protective effect of lipid-lowering medicine use
on cognitive outcomes".
In a single out statement, Haan said that:
"The bottom line is that if a person takes statins over a course of around 5-7 geezerhood, it reduces the risk of
dementia by half, and that's a actually big change."
She also emphasised that the study looked at statins as a preventative, non a intervention for existing
dementia.
In before research on this cohort, which was originally recruited in 1997 to enquire the risk on
dementedness and Alzheimer's of metabolic and vascular conditions like high blood pressure and diabetes,
Haan and colleagues found people with sure metabolic conditions were at higher jeopardy of Alzheimer's
and dementedness. For example, they set up that people with type 2 diabetes were closely three times more
potential to develop Alzheimer's.
Haan explained the potentiality impact of using statins earlier rather than later, in a high danger
group:
"In sr. people you have so many different chronic conditions, especially in this mathematical group, that the
chance of any interposition having an effect is fairly limited."
"Say you're 75 or 80 and you've got six diseases. How often is a treatment truly going to help? This
showed if you started using statins before the dementia developed you could prevent it in about half of
the cases," she added.
The researchers suggest that many people on statins don't realize that they are possibly protecting
themselves from dementia, and hope their findings will prompt others to localise up randomised trials to test
the effectiveness of statins at preventing dementia.
Haan said mass should not use these findings as a reason to start out taking statins for anything other
than what they are indicated for, only she hoped that these findings will:
"Open the door to lipid-lowering medication testing for dementia and other types of cognitive impairment."
Haan aforementioned it was not clear how statins worked to protect against dementia and cognitive impairment,
but one emerging risk factor is high insulin, and peradventure statins turn down insulin levels in the brain, since
high levels of encephalon insulin throw been joined to Alzheimer's symptoms. Further research is planned to
find out exactly what happens at the biochemical level.
"Use of statins and incidence of dementia and cognitive deterioration without dementedness in a
cohort study."
Cramer, C., Haan, M. N., Galea, S., Langa, K. M., Kalbfleisch, J. D.
Neurology 2008; 71: 344-350
Published online, July 29 2008, Volume 71, Issue 5
Click here for Abstract.
Source: University of Michigan, journal abstract.
Written by: Catharine Paddock, PhD
Copyright: Medical News Today
Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today
More information
Thursday 3 July 2008
The Sugars, The Curse Of The Sugars
As debuts go, The Curse Of The Sugars is pretty sweet. Bursting with a retro energy that the band call ‘gospel grunge’, the Leeds trio prove themselves well worthy of the buzz that's been surrounding them.
Despite an unexpected assortment of influences - rock and roll, indie, surf-punk, 50s R&B and disco beats - the album doesn't pull in too many directions at once. There's something kitsch, almost vaudeville to the singing at times, but added distortion and a punk sensibility give a rather addictive experience. And although they owe a strong debt to the past, producer Will Jackson (who has also worked with The Pigeon Detectives and The Cribs) ensures that The Sugars' output is dark, twisted and above all, fresh.
Signed to talent-spotting label Bad Sneakers, the band sound like musical extras from a Tarantino movie. Two contrasting front-persons; guitarist Matt Bolton and bassist Anna Greenway share the singing duties on vein-melting duets like Monsters, and they're brilliant together. Bolton's tenacious tenor crooning is a perfect foil to Greenway's deceptive innocence, which in itself is not dissimilar to Meg White's vocal.
Opener Black Friday is a perfect example of the party dynamic The Sugars create, with Bolton's vocals soaring over noisy guitars and pounding drums to form a punchy melody about frustrated love. The doo-wop rhythms of Heaven Knows are far prettier, while Way To My Heart gets dirty, fusing Bolton's excellent vocal pipes with a punk bass line and tropical guitars, as reminiscent of old Havana as modern day Leeds.
By the time the album ends on You Better Go - a gorgeous ballad with strings sung by Greenway - there's no doubt that a great live act have made a seamless transition to record. This despite losing their original drummer to a wrist injury two weeks before the studio date. Last minute replacement Alex Lewis sits in more than adequately, playing relentlessly through this classy, blues drenched debut.
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