Monday 1 September 2008

Four injured in goth knife horror

A knife attack on a radical of 'alternative dressers' near Leeds net week has left quaternary people seriously injured.


Police ar still investigating the attack at Rothwell's John O'Gaunts estate in the early hours of Thursday (August 28), which left peerless man with a severed ear.


A group of teenagers, said to be dressed in goth/emo clothing, were attacked after a grouping of boys leapt to the defense of two girls existence robbed at knifepoint. All had been camping overnight at Rothwell Country Park, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post.


A 26-year-old man is currently in a "critical simply stable" status at Leeds General Infirmary with head injuries, including a cut off ear. A 17-year-old son suffered head injuries and is in a stable condition, patch two further individuals cause since been released from hospital.


A man and deuce youths arrested on hunch of robbery and attempted murder remained in law custody yesterday.


It is understood that the teenage victims were 'goths and moshers'. Saturday (August 30) saw a gathering of alternative dressers gather outside Leeds Corn Exchange in a show of solidarity after the attack.

NME.COM user Sarah Webster got in touch to tell us that "there was a gathering outside the Leeds Corn Exchange [depicted above] of alternative dressers to point their financial backing and esteem to those who were injured whilst trying to protect others".



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Friday 22 August 2008

30 Hospitals Across The Hudson Valley Region Of New York State Form Alliance To Ensure Patient Safety

�On Thursday, August 7, the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association (NorMet) filed with the
United States Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research &
Quality, to become a Patient Safety Organization. A new initiative offered thru the Federal
Government, this makes NorMet unitary of the first in the state and the nation to file, giving the 30
hospitals participating in the PSO unprecedented federal protections to bring forward critically
significant work to prevent patient safety errors and save lives.


Hospitals partnering with the NorMet PSO testament share information about quality of upkeep, identify
threats to patient safety, and then train and implement best practices. The finish is to become
among the safest hospitals in the nation, and in doing so, patient lives will be saved and
improved, and health tutelage costs rock-bottom.


"By endorsing NorMet filing as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO), the CEOs who draw these
hospitals have again demonstrated their commitment to delivering the safest, highest quality of
care," aforementioned Neil Abitabilo, President of NorMet. "Their commitment to delivering fantabulous care
with compassion to the people of the region is reiterated with their illusionist support of this new
initiative."


The NorMet PSO will be a nonprofit 501(c)3 establishment. Its mission will be to ameliorate the
safety and lineament of infirmary care for patients in the 30 hospitals throughout a septet county neighborhood
north of New York City. These hospitals own over 7200 acute-care beds, serving some 2.5
million people, and as of 2006, are providing annual services of approximately:


-- 260,464 inmate discharges;

-- 719,927 emergency room visits; and

-- 3,873,291 outpatient visits.


clearing theater, advocates with elected officials on behalf the 30 hospitals in the sevener county
region, and serves as involvement with numerous regulatory and health related agencies, all to support
the hospitals' ability to provide first-class clinical care with pity.


The NorMet Health Care Foundation [a 501(c)3] and Association [a 501(c)6] besides provide and/or
facilitates many educational services for members in the topics of quality improvement, disaster
preparation, workforce preparation, and wellness information engineering. Within the past quintuplet years,
NorMet has proudly served as one of the original 42 grantees for the US Department of Health &
Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, on a national Medical Reserve Corps
demonstration project in disaster preparation. NorMet too partnered with area colleges as a
grantee of the US Department of Labor, in nurse education.


"The PSO is one more model of how our hospitals are consecrated to providing the highest quality
of care in the most efficient and safe ways possible. Not only do they realize that healthcare is
local, and a very human business, but they also understand the business and economic shock of
quality care, and are dedicated to delivering it!" terminated Abitabilo.

Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association
www.normet.org


Source

Peggy Binzer
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
www.mckennalong.com


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Tuesday 12 August 2008

'Dark Knight' stays on top with $26M; 'Pineapple Express' is in 2nd place






LOS ANGELES - Batman was higher than Hollywood's newest pot heads.

"The Dark Knight" took in $26 one thousand thousand to finish as the No. 1 movie for the fourth straight weekend, beating the stoner comedy "Pineapple Express," which open in s place with $22.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The weekend haulage lifted the Warner Bros. Batman sequel to No. 3 on the all-time domestic box office charts with $441.5 million, behind only "Titanic" ($600.8 million) and the original "Star Wars" ($461 million).

The last movie to stay No. 1 for four consecutive weekends was "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" in late 2003 and 2004, according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers. That movie did it during a a good deal slower time of year, with nowhere near the competition "The Dark Knight" has faced during Hollywood's busy summer season.

"It's about unheard of. Summer doesn't usually afford films that much of a wide-open playing field," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers.

"The Dark Knight" should outperform "Star Wars" to become No. 2 on the revenue chart by this coming weekend.

However, the numbers reflect today's higher admission prices, and "The Dark Knight" will not glide path "Star Wars" or "Titanic" in terms of existent number of tickets sold. Taking inflation into accounting, "The Dark Knight" would need to pull in about $900 million to match the number of tickets sold for "Titanic" and around $1.2 billion to equal "Star Wars."

Even so, "The Dark Knight" has far outdone even its studio's expectations. Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., said he would have been felicitous if the movie simply exceeded the $205 jillion domestic summate of its predecessor, "Batman Begins."

It should top out at $510 million to $520 trillion, Fellman said.

"It has taken on a life of its possess, and in doing so got so much overconfident press and word of mouth that older audiences who unremarkably don't

Wednesday 6 August 2008

BBC: Hells Angels Tried to Kill Mick Jagger


Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger was the target of an blackwash plot that the Hells Angels motorcycle gang attempted to run out in 1969, according to a new British Broadcasting Corp. documentary.








Jagger on the loose with his life only because a small boat used by the would-be assassins was swamped on the night of the planned hit, according to the report.


The Hells Angels planned to murder the super-slim, hip-shaking British rock-and-roll icon later on the

Johnny looks a Razor-fright

LOOK out ladies! JOHNNY BORRELL is back out on the town.
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The RAZORLIGHT vocaliser spent a boozy night at London's Punk cabaret
and left hand looking kinda worse for wear.

According to reports he got behind the decks at the voguish club to spin a few
records at the Smash 'n' Grab nighttime.
Looking at the state of matter of him I count his head was in a bit of spin at the
end. RONNIE WOOD'S Russian bit on the side EKATERINA IVANOVA also
made an appearance on an evenful nox at the club.
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She concluded up leaving with a mysterious bloody cut to her leg after her male
companion was reportedly ejected for kicking a member of security.

Barely recognisable drag queen JODIE HARSH made a rare appearance sans
the make up.
He still looked better than the Z-lister world Health Organization inspired his stage name
though...

Merck To Sell Discounted Antiretrovirals To Mexico


Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said drugmaker Merck has agreed to sell deuce antiretroviral drugs at a reduced monetary value in Mexico, the AP/International Herald Tribune reports.

Cordova aforementioned that Merck will sell Stocrin, a first-line antiretroviral, and Isentress, a newer antiretroviral, at discounts of up to 40%. Cordova added that about 22,000 HIV-positive people in the area being treated by the Public Health Department occupy Stocrin and about cc take Isentress (AP/International Herald Tribune, 8/1).

At a recent meeting with officials representing 50 humanitarian organizations, Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced that the country was in talks with the pharmaceutical industry to cut the price of antiretrovirals. Calderon as well said he would launch a committee to facilitate negotiate the price of drugs and work to achieve fairer prices to help HIV-positive people receive treatment.

According to Prensa Latina, antiretrovirals are four times more expensive in Mexico than in other countries with comparable incomes (Prensa Latina, 7/30).


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Thursday 3 July 2008

Josh Hartnett - Josh Hartnett To Star In West End Version Of Rain Man


Josh Hartnett has signed to star in a stage version of Rain Man, it has been confirmed.

The Pearl Harbour actor is to play car dealer Charlie Babbitt, the role originated by Tom Cruise in the 1988 film, in a limited run of the play from August.

British actor Adam Godley, Olivier-nominated for Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick as well as Mouth to Mouth, is to follow in the Oscar-winning footsteps of Dustin Hoffman by playing Raymond Babbitt, Charlie's autistic brother.

In a statement, Harnett, 29, said it always been his "intent to work on the London stage".

"While I've had many opportunities, it was only when I read the complex and charismatic character of Charlie Babbitt that I knew the time was right," he added.

"I feel very fortunate to make my London bow with such an esteemed producer and director and I'm also looking forward to working with Adam Godley, who is an extraordinary talent. Can't wait to live and work in London, a city I adore!"

Nica Burns, the show's producer, told industry trade newspaper the Stage he and the team behind the show were "very excited".

He continued: "Josh was our first choice for the role from day one. He hasn't done stage work for a while, because he has been so popular on film."

Burns also revealed Hartnett had rejected film roles to take the West End part and said he predicted the Black Dahlia star would complement Godley wonderfully.

"This is not the film on stage, it's a theatrical adaptation of what is a really great story," he added.

The play, written by Dan Gordon, is to have a limited run at the Apollo Theatre from August 28th.





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