�91 pct of people with
disabilities think they receive less attention than other minority
groups from the presidential candidates, according to a poll recently
conducted by Disaboom (OTCBB: DSBO), the premier
on-line community for people with disabilities.� With the current
conventions and upcoming debates, masses with disabilities are
looking to the presidential candidates to submit opinions, insights
and solutions about topics that impress them, the largest minority
group in America.
A recent Kelton Research cogitation, commissioned by Disaboom, besides
indicated that one in four Americans believe that people with
disabilities receive less financial backing from the presidential candidates.
"This biotic community is made up of 54 jillion Americans and can
significantly impact the popular vote.� And still, most members of our
community feel that they encounter little attention from the
presidential candidates and from the political system as a whole,"
said Dr. Glen House, founder of Disaboom and a quadriplegic himself.
"Our national research indicates that our unheard voice is eager to
be heard on topics such as healthcare, accessibility, veterans'
issues and unemployment."
This promulgation follows Disaboom's recent findings that 57 percent
of people with disabilities support Barack Obama in the 2008
presidential election.
For more information about the political issues of interest to hoi polloi
with disabilities, visit Disaboom's political blog, "Disabled
Politico" at hypertext transfer protocol://www.disaboom.com/disabledpolitico.� Throughout the
Democratic National Convention, Disabled Politico bloggers will
account their experiences and observations from the Democratic
National Convention Blogger Tent, as they appertain to the key issues
affecting the great unwashed with disabilities.� Disaboom is likewise presenting "The
Unheard Voice," at the Democratic National Convention, a series of
disability-related events and activities aimed at showcasing the
political and social issues of importance to people with
disabilities.
For more information, delight visit
http://www.disaboom.com/Living/Election08/Default.aspx.
About Disaboom
Disaboom.com is an interactive online community that combines
lifestyle and medical information, discussion boards, a career center
and social networking opportunities for those with disabilities as
well as their home, friends, caregivers and health providers.� It
was founded by Dr. Glen House, a physician specializing in physical
medicine and rehabilitation world Health Organization is likewise quadriplegic. His firsthand
cognition of the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities
and those whose lives they touch has impelled the Disaboom mission: to
create a comprehensive, evolving source of information, stirring,
insight, and personal engagement for the disability community of interests.
About the Kelton Research Survey
The Disaboom Survey was conducted by Kelton Research between August
14 and August 21, 2008 using an email invitation and an online
survey. Quotas ar set to ensure true and accurate representation
of the total U.S. population ages 18 and over. Results of any sample
are subject to sample distribution variation. The magnitude of the variance is
measurable and is affected by the number of interviews and the level
of the percentages expressing the results. In this finicky study,
the chances are 95 in 100 that a survey result does not vary, plus or
minus, by more than 3.1 percentage points from the result that would
be obtained if interviews had been conducted with all persons in the
creation represented by the sample.
About the Disaboom Poll
The Disaboom poll was conducted by disaboom.com victimisation Vizu.com
polling technology between July 31, 2008 and August 22, 2008 victimization a
survey posted here.� Poll results
are based on the responses of 604 respondents.� Poll engineering
ensured that each respondent was limited to ballot once.
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Tuesday 2 September 2008
Saturday 23 August 2008
Album Chart: Jonas Brothers make a splash
The Jonas Brothers [ ] top the new US album chart with their third album, "A Little Bit Longer," which sold 525,000 copies during its first workweek in stores.
According to Billboard.com, that display marks the third biggest sales hebdomad for whatever album this year, behind Lil Wayne [ ]'s "Tha Carter III" (which sold 1 million-plus copies during its number one week out) and Coldplay [ ]'s "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (721,000).
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Meanwhile, the Jonas Brothers' self-titled sophomore album got a sales boost this week as well, merchandising 31,000 copies to claim the No. 10 position on The Billboard 200 record album chart. Billboard bases its flagship album chart on Nielsen SoundScan retail reports.
The group's chart dominance as well extends to the Jonas Brothers-heavy Disney soundtrack "Camp Rock," which holds steady in the No. 8 position on sales of 50,000 copies, according to Billboard.
Down one snick to check in at No. 2 this hebdomad is the "Mamma Mia" soundtrack, which moved cx,000 copies. Kid Rock [ ]'s "Rock N Roll Jesus" moves up one rung to No. 3, on gross revenue of 101,000.
Miley Cyrus [ ]' "Breakout" sold 85,000 copies and slips iI spots to No. 4, while Sugarland [ ]'s "Love on the Inside" falls from No. 3 to No. 5 on sales of 67,000.
Rounding out this week's Top 10 ar "Tha Carter III" at No. 6, "Viva La Vida" at No. 7 and Rihanna [ ]'s "Good Girl Gone Bad" at No. 9.
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Wednesday 13 August 2008
Back To School: More Stressful Than Parents Think
�August rear be a stressful time for teens and tweens, as they prepare to face some other school year - and with it, new social and academic pressures.
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America of late released a survey display that the number one reason for teenage do drugs and alcohol abuse is to
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America of late released a survey display that the number one reason for teenage do drugs and alcohol abuse is to
Wednesday 6 August 2008
Thursday 26 June 2008
Steve Kindler
Artist: Steve Kindler
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Paradise Lost
Year: 1993
Tracks: 10
Across A Rainbow Sea
Year: 1990
Tracks: 9
Automatic Writing
Year:
Tracks: 8
Like his sidekick Bob, fiddler Steve Kindler played in The Honolulu Symphony, just he cut his jazz chops as a appendage of John McLaughlin's fusion band, Mahavishnu Orchestra. Kindler has also toured and recorded with Jan Hammer, Jeff Beck, and Kitaro. Kindler's unruffled yet impassioned violin improvisations ar the perfect vehicle for his have extremely melodic compositions, combining classical, jazz, stone, and ethnic influences. In addition, Kindler is a member of Barefoot, a co-op world-music dance group.
Thursday 19 June 2008
Jon Favreau - Favreau Concerned About Iron Man Sequel
IRON MAN director JON FAVREAU has voiced his concerns about the scheduled release date for the comic book sequel - insisting he needs more time to make a good movie.
The action picture, which was released last month (May08), was a global box office smash and movie chiefs were quick to commission a sequel, slating an April 2010 release date.
But Favreau is worried that he won't be able to make the movie properly if he has to rush it to meet such a tight deadline - admitting both he and lead actor Robert Downey Jr. are unhappy with the release date.
He says, "Neither Robert nor I were consulted about this and we are both concerned about how realistic the date is. We owe it to the fans to have a great version of IM2 and, at this point, we would have less time to make it than the first one."
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Tuesday 10 June 2008
Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors & BG
Artist: Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors & BG
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Bardo
Year:
Tracks: 8
Kronos
Wednesday 4 June 2008
Red Hot Chili Peppers disband
Red Hot Chili Peppers have disbanded for at least a year.
Singer Anthony Keidis has revealed that the band members will step away from music to concentrate on their individual lives.
The singer told Rolling Stone that the band have decided to have no involvement in the band for 12 months after becoming exhausted with their hectic schedule.
The star went on to explain that he will spend more time with his family, while bassist Flea and guitarist John Frusciante are set to work on individual musical projects.
"We're disbanded for the moment," he said. "We took a very long time to make the 'Stadium Arcadium' record (released in 2006). It was a gruelling, long haul and it followed two other very long hauls, 'Californication' (1999) and 'By the Way' (2002).
"So we didn't really stop until the tour ended last year. We were all emotionally and mentally zapped at the end of that run. The discussion was, 'Let's not do anything Red Hot Chili Peppers-related for a minimum of one year, and just live and breathe and eat and learn new things.'"
He added: "I'm just home, hanging out with this really cool little kid, learning how to surf. But I'm starting to get just a little bit of a tingle that it would be nice to start thinking about songs and pieces of music. But just pieces."
Singer Anthony Keidis has revealed that the band members will step away from music to concentrate on their individual lives.
The singer told Rolling Stone that the band have decided to have no involvement in the band for 12 months after becoming exhausted with their hectic schedule.
The star went on to explain that he will spend more time with his family, while bassist Flea and guitarist John Frusciante are set to work on individual musical projects.
"We're disbanded for the moment," he said. "We took a very long time to make the 'Stadium Arcadium' record (released in 2006). It was a gruelling, long haul and it followed two other very long hauls, 'Californication' (1999) and 'By the Way' (2002).
"So we didn't really stop until the tour ended last year. We were all emotionally and mentally zapped at the end of that run. The discussion was, 'Let's not do anything Red Hot Chili Peppers-related for a minimum of one year, and just live and breathe and eat and learn new things.'"
He added: "I'm just home, hanging out with this really cool little kid, learning how to surf. But I'm starting to get just a little bit of a tingle that it would be nice to start thinking about songs and pieces of music. But just pieces."
Friday 30 May 2008
Do you want to work for NME's newsdesk
Where's Pete Doherty's next secret gig? What makes the release of Damon Albarn's next album unique? What's the difference between news online and offline? If you know the answers to these questions then you could be NME's new News Reporter.
We're looking for an ambitious, self-starting individual to help deliver NME's world-beating music news service. The successful candidate will be equally at home breaking of-the-minute news stories on NME.COM, securing artist exclusives face-to-face, providing insightful comment and analysis on the magazine pages and producing their own audio and video reports for NME Radio, NME TV and NME.COM.
If you think you can cut it at forefront of music news journalism then send us your CV, a covering letter stating why you want to work for NME and three news ideas that could work for NME immediately - with details of treatment and how the story could work both on and offline.
To apply send the above to news@nme.com with reporter in the subject line, by June 6.
We're looking for an ambitious, self-starting individual to help deliver NME's world-beating music news service. The successful candidate will be equally at home breaking of-the-minute news stories on NME.COM, securing artist exclusives face-to-face, providing insightful comment and analysis on the magazine pages and producing their own audio and video reports for NME Radio, NME TV and NME.COM.
If you think you can cut it at forefront of music news journalism then send us your CV, a covering letter stating why you want to work for NME and three news ideas that could work for NME immediately - with details of treatment and how the story could work both on and offline.
To apply send the above to news@nme.com with reporter in the subject line, by June 6.
Sunday 18 May 2008
Piers Morgan slams Keira Knightley
Piers Morgan slams Keira Knightley
'Britain's Got Talent' judge Piers John Pierpont Morgan has hit out at actress Keira Knightley for complaining about organism famous.
The newspaper publisher editor and television headliner suggested that it was hypocritical of Knightley to complain about media intrusion into her life and then posture for pic shoots for magazines.
Lewis Henry Morgan told Closer magazine: "She moans around being famous and then does endless exposure roger Sessions. You can't use the media to promote yourself and then attack them."
"My message to Keira is: 'If you'd care me to let off your suit, occlusive bleating!' Most people would change their lives in a flash to experience a one-tenth of what mass like her receive. Being famous is brilliant."
Ireland gets its Eurovision Turkey
Wednesday 7 May 2008
Garraway denies affair with dance partner
Garraway denies affair with dance partner
TV bestower Kate Garraway has said she and her married man ar as in beloved as ever, dismissing allegations nigh her relationship with her 'Strictly Come Dancing' partner Anton Du Beke.
In a statement released by her solicitors, Garraway, wHO is married to psychotherapist Derek Draper, said she had been "highly hurt" by allegations in a William Ashley Sunday newspaper.
She said: "Contrary to these insinuations Derek and I are as congregation, happy and in sexual love today as we have ever been.
She continued: "The plain accuracy is that Anton and I became friends during 'Strictly Come Dancing'."
"Since then we often work and cling out together. For that to be twisted into something else is sad, hurtful and all untrue."
The 'GMTV' presenter added: "I am super derangement and hurt by the allegations. I made it clear before publication that in that respect was no truth to them whatsoever.
"Given they were published in any event and stay to be published, I feel I have no option only to drive libel transactions against the newspaper to fix the record straightaway."
Sunday 4 May 2008
BBC criticised for censoring Pogues classic
BBC criticised for censoring Pogues classic
Kirsty MacColl's mother has described BBC Radio 1's decision to cut the words of the singer's famous Christmas strike 'Fairytale of New York' as "ridiculous".
The post opted to cut the line beginning "You scumbag, you maggot...", going come out of the closet the word "fagot" at the end.
A BBC assertion said: "Radio 1 are playing an edited version of the 'Fairytale of New York' that does not include the world 'faggot' as this is a watchword that members of our hearing would find offence."
A interpreter said that the word of honor was "faded devour" on strain, instead than bleeped out completely.
Still, the mother of the deep Kirsty MacColl, world Health Organization recorded the original variation of the birdsong with The Pogues, has criticised this decision.
Referring to the birdsong, Denim MacColl said: "These are a mates of characters. Today we give a lot of a gratuitous vulgarity and... whatever from multitude entirely o'er which I believe is quite unnecessary. These ar characters and they speak like that."
"It's absolute nonsense. Really, this is likewise ridiculous. Shane [MacGowan, The Pogues singer] has written the near beautiful sung dynasty and these characters live, they really live, and you let such sympathy for them."
She continued: "These are a duet of characters world Health Organization are non in the first flush of youth, I wouldn't have sentiment. They ar what they are, this is the way they speak."
A voice for The Pogues said: "It strikes me as really odd and I'm certainly the striation will be rattling amused."
Listen to a special program on The Pogues' 'Fairytale of New York' here.
Re: EU Confiscation of Moneys
Re: EU Confiscation of Moneys
Greater London, Apr 7 -- Over the last 48 hours it has descend to
the attention of the Company that stories consume been emerging on the
Net and in the crusade that EU officials take confiscated moneys from
Sony and Microsoft and which let later been provided to NME to
promote fair competition in the High Definition optical magnetic disk grocery.
This reportage farther goes on to state of matter that 'representatives from both
Sony and Microsoft denied any payoffs to apiece other, merely it's been rumoured
that the money was confiscated by EU officials world Health Organization wanted to boost carnival
rivalry by subsidizing NME, makers of the HD-VMD format.'
In reply to this holocene epoch press out coverage NME would like to accent that
it is non aware of, or party to any such activities by Sony, Microsoft or
any actions by the authorities within the European Sum in this regard.
Geoff Russell, NME's Performing Chief operating officer stated today, "We cannot be sure enough where
these rumours started or wherefore, only to say that we deliver had no contact with
EU Authorities in this respect. However, the NME direction squad cannot
deny that we hold watched the bluing optical maser deliberate with involvement and that
Toshiba's withdrawal changes nada for the bulk of magnetic disk replicators
and Videodisc based OEMs in the mankind, since the capital price and risk of
migrating to blue angel optical maser technologies in a food market that has a finite life is
nonsensical."
Economic and reliable production of an HD capable red laser platter is the
rationale behind the development of VMD, and this has straight off been realised.
Please look coverage of the debut of the VMD multilayer optical disc
production facility in Eindhoven in January 2008.
About VMD and Blu-ray
Both Blu-ray and VMD formats offer the capacity required for Senior high
Definition film on a hexad in optical disk; both formats have a grapevine of
players and message hit the mart; however only 1 potty be produced by
the world's stream manufacture base at a consumer-sustainable price, and
that is VMD as it is based on red ink optical maser DVD and largely uses the lapp
production chopine and equipment.
The blue laser initialize has struggled to make headway a market foothold and very
few manufacturers have acquired the equipment needed to farm 'blue'
players and discs. With a market lifetime organism shortened by planet,
cable and download, the significant investment required to bring on them
makes economic viability difficult for manufacturers, particularly in less
confluent markets where the high street price will perpetually have to be often
depress.
Around NME
Freshly Culture medium Enterprises Iraqi National Congress. is listed on the OTC BB exchange in the
U.S. under the symbolisation NMEN. NME's HD VMD drives offer the world's first
mickle food market format in true high definition based on current marxist laser
engineering and the existing Videodisc industrial substructure. Incorporating
breakthrough optical storage capacity, red laser-based players, the HD VMD
file arrange, copyright encryption, authoring tools and concretion
technologies, NME is providing the only high quality and high-value
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Grey's Anatomy star Chambers hospitalised
Grey's Anatomy star Chambers hospitalised
'Grey's Anatomy' star Justin Sir William Chambers reportedly checked into a psychiatric barbara Ward at a infirmary in Los Angeles earlier this week.
The actor's example told celebrity site TMZ.com that he "was exhausted and suffers from a sleeping disorder".
Sir William Chambers, wHO plays Dr Alex Karev in the medical record, went in to hospital "voluntarily to get or so assist".
The histrion was treated at the lapp infirmary where singer Britney Spears is presently under a psychiatric apply.
Amaran's Plight
Milky Way to close
Milky Way to close
Less than a week after being featured on “Chronicle” as a youthful goal for inexpensive amusement, the Milky Way Lounge and Lanes announced it will close up in March 2009.
The owners of the popular Milky Way and Bella Luna restaurant, 403-405 Centre Street, Jamaica Knit stitch, boldness a monthly rent step-up of or so 85 percentage: from $13,000 to $24,000. A get by was struck late last week betwixt the Milky Way and Bella Luna owners and the building’s owner to keep the outer space open up six months afterward the rent expires in Aug.
“We’d have to charge $60 for a pizza pie or $10 for a beer,” said Milky Way co-owner Kathleen Mainzer. “It’s just non feasible.”
Piece the Milky Way testament close, Bella Luna is relocating to a more remote spot in JP: the Brewery Coordination compound on Armory Street, the site of the Surface-to-air missile President Adams headquarters.
“The Brewery is a great building,” Mainzer said of the space that as well houses a dance studio, a fitness centre and a few offices for nonprofit groups. “It’s a great beehive of activity and people. The neighbors we rung to are excited we’re delivery a positive nighttime natural process to the area.”
The freshly restaurant will feature film a jazz brunch and DJ space, but no live music and surely no bowling alley, deuce draws that helped commit the Milky Way on the local represent.
“It’ll deliver flatboat scale amusement,” Mainzer said. “It scarce won’t be a club.”
In Nov, the Milky Way was forced to fill up for a week after failing to follow with the state’s freshly sprinkler scheme code. Exactly months after the owners shelled come out $80,000 to install sprinklers, they were hit by the split tide. The locus also pays around $1,300 a month to allow patrons to ballpark in the adjacent Hi-Low food market lot, as well as 80 pct of all edifice costs.
“We’ve put in nearly $400,000 in improvements that we can’t take with us,” Mainzer said. “It’s rattling strong-armer for small businesses to succeed.”
Patriot games
Fans of topical anaesthetic bluegrass-rock set Trey Day Doorsill power have a sudden interest in the Fresh England Patriots [team stats]’ Charles Martin Hall of Fame voting at patriots.com.
Turns out single of the nominees, Jon Esther Morris, is the father is former 3DT drummer Jak Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris. The seven-time all-star center, wHO played for the Pats from 1964 to 1974, is up against closely final stage Ben Coates and running back Jim Poove.
DL hits the streets
DL is no longer on the down low. After a two-year hiatus the Roxbury doorknocker, wHO gave Hub of the Universe the Cheers-inspired bingle “MASSterpiece,” is back with a follow-up to his 2005 release “The Suppression.”
Only you won’t find oneself his new plan in stores. Get “Hush Can’t Make a Break” for free digital download on his web site, daniellaurent.com. He’s too running game a free contest with an Orchard apple tree iTouch stocked with DL tracks and videos as the yard award.
“I’ll in all probability oddment up pressing up a few k copies for the streets,” DL said. “Just I’ve been gone for a minute of arc so I wanted to get this to hoi polloi as fast as possible.”
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