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ABC Launches No Ordinary Family

A brand new show titled “No Ordinary Family” premieres on ABC on Tuesday night.

ABC has finally started giving their last line up for the fall season premieres. As a start, “No Ordinary Family” premieres on Tuesday night, September 28, 2010. No Ordinary Family is an American sci-fi TV series that features the usual American family who got extraordinary abilities after their plane crash in the Amazon River. This TV series will run an hour every Tuesday at 8 P.M. ET/PT.

In this TV series, Michael Chiklis will play as Jim Powell, a police officer who has super-strength and has the ability to jump as high as tall building. Furthermore, it is Jim who insisted that he together with his family should go on a vacation that ended up on a plane crash to Amazon River.

Then there’s Julie Benz, she will portray the character of Jim’s wife, Stephanie Powell. Stephanie is a scientist with super speed. Kay Panabaker will play as Daphne Powell who has the ability to read others’ thought. Lastly, JJ Powell, portray by Jimmy Bennett, is a teenage boy with magnificent intelligence.

Together, the Powell family will learn how to use their special abilities to cope up with their normal living like it was before the plane crash accident. They will also track down the reason behind their mysterious powers.

Among the casts are Tate Donovan as Mitch McCutcheon; Romany Malco as George St. Cloud; Christina Chang as Det. Yvonne Cho; Autumn Reeser as Katie Andrews; Josh Stewart as Watcher; and Stephen Collins as Dr. Dayton King. They will be joining the Powells in their daily living as they start learning to use their abilities and bond as a family, as one.

It seems like ABC has brought a television series that can be compared to the animated film, “The Incredible”.

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IBM to Acquire Blade Network to Compete with Cisco, HP

International Business Machines (IBM) plans to buy Blade Network Technologies to compete with Cisco and Hewlett-Packard (HP) in data center switching.

The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed but according to IBM, it expects to acquire Blade Network in the fourth quarter.

IBM is currently strengthening its data center offerings while Oracle and HP expands their businesses in corporate computing. Blade Network, a privately held company whose technology transmit data to and from severs in data centers, makes switches that links storage, servers and networks in data centers.

The announcement of IBM is the third acquisition of the company this month after the purchase of OpenPages, software maker, for an unknown sum and a $1.67 billion deal for Netezza, storage-analytics maker.

The deal between IBM and Blade Network will help the company compete to its rivals as they tie networking gears with data centers. Last April, HP acquired 3Com for almost $2.7 billion to strengthen its data center networking. Cisco Systems, the largest maker of networking equipment in the world, released its first blade servers last year, putting it in the data-center market and declaring a competition against IBM and HP.

According to a statement of Vikram Mehta, chief executive officer of Blade Networks, in a blog post on the website of the company, the news today is a very good result for their customers and for the employees of blade that are really working hard to help the company.

According to Brian White, Ticonderoga Securities analyst, Juniper will really benefit from the deal made by IBM. He said that it may allow Juniper and IBM to work more closely in the networking domain. IBM expands into the networking world so there is a big possibility that Juniper Networks will combine forces with IBM.

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Desperate Housewives Runs on its Seventh Season

Desperate Housewives starts its seventh season with new faces and lots of surprising dramas.

Desperate Housewives is one of ABC’s famous comedy-drama shows that revolve around the story of a group of women in Wisteria Lane. Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria Parker), Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), and Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross) are among of the cast of Desperate Housewives. In this show, it features how they deal with all their domestic struggles and family life as they face numerous mysteries, crimes and secrets hidden of their seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood.

On Sunday, September 26, 2010, Desperate Housewives premiered the first episode of its seventh season. The first episode is titled “Remember Paul?” where it featured Paul Young’s, which was portrayed by Mark Moses, surprising return to Wisteria Lane. Furthermore, the episode also showcased Susan Mayer getting an unusual job offer that can aid her money problems. Bree’s affection towards a younger man named Keith Watson who helped renovate her house. As well as the surprising visit of Renée Perry to the Scavos.

Renée Perry is Lynette’s friend as well as rival during their college days. Vanessa L. Williams plays the role of Renée Perry. Also, former Beverly Hills 90210 actor Brian Austin Green joined the cast as Keith Watson, a ladies’ man, who Bree likes very much in this season.

Expect lots of exciting scenario on the seventh season of Desperate Housewives. Witness more secrets to be revealed, more dramas to come, and how these ladies conquer all of the struggles they will encounter in the upcoming episodes.

Desperate Housewives’ episodes and replays can be viewed online at http://abc.go.com/shows/desperate-housewives

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IV Aspirin Cheap Medicine for Migraine

Expert’s findings consider intravenous aspirin, a cost-effective medicine option for individuals who suffered with severe headaches and migraines.

Researchers conduct an examination about the medical record of people ages 18 to 75, who have been hospitalized due to a chronic headache.  Volunteers are mostly women, where most of them were accounted to experience daily pain, usually caused by migraine.

Experts from Department of Neurology, at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) discovered that lysine acetylsalicylate or IV aspirin had an average effect on relieving severe headaches been experienced by the patients.

However, there are some minor side-effects obtain by the almost six percent of their patients like nausea, vomiting, and pain on site of the IV injection, still, there are no accounted severe side effects in the whole process.

Medical experts give five shots with one-gram doses. Eighty-six of participants kept their hourly records of their pain levels that are gauge from scale of one up to ten. In the process, there is a reported 40 percent who experienced a moderate stage of pain relief.

For people who had a severe headache case, with a scale that is rated from eight to ten, around 25 percent encounter a moderate relief from pain, and those who had mild headache experienced to get rid of pain completely. Generally they have accounted a three point’s reduction of headache on their pain scale.

Although IV aspirin is consider a cost effective medicine for migraine and Peter J. Goadsby, MD, PhD together with the Department Neurology, pointed out that these drugs can provide better treatment for headaches that is safe and effective,. However, he said that their findings still need to do an extensive research regarding the benefits of IV aspirin to people who suffers from severe headaches and migraine.

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North Korean Ruling Party Declares Conference Date

After several postponements, the ruling party in North Korea announced their first conference meeting this coming September 28.

There are growing speculations about that meeting that the North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il is going to announce his successor.

This will be the biggest political gathering to happen in North Korea for almost 30 years now.

The party is widely believed that the event is a way for Mr. Kim to promote his third son, Kim Jong-un, into a senior position in leadership.

If this thing going to happen, this will be a promotion on his part, and it indicates him to be the heir of his father, on its high ranking position as the leader of North Korea.

The rumor about Kim Jong-un as the chosen descendant of Mr. Kim came out a year ago. However, there is only little information known about this Swiss-educated man and everyone expected him to be the next leader of their secretive state.

The announcement about the coming party meeting been revealed by the Korean Central News Agency on early Tuesday.

On the statement it said that the conference of the Workers Party of Korea will held in Pyongyang this coming September 28 for electing their supreme leadership body.

This statement was released to end the speculations about the meeting precise date, after it was been delayed for several times already.

However, the news agency did not give any hint why the party been postponed the meeting several times earlier.

There are some speculations that after the North Korean leader suffered stroke, in recent years they believed that the leader sought medical treatment in one of their few allies, in China. Still, there is no given confirmation been stated by both parties regarding Mr. Kim; illness and his treatments.

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Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury of Queen

Sacha Baron Cohen signs to portray renowned Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in a forthcoming movie Deadline New York.

Sacha Noam Baron Cohen is a British comedian and actor famous for his representation of three unusual characters Ali G, Brüno and Borat. Due to Cohen’s brilliant works, he has been recognized by several award giving bodies. Now, another role will be portrayed by him and this time, it is the music legend Queen’s lead singer Freddie Mercury.

According to reports, Cohen has finally signed to portray Freddie Mercury in Deadline New York. Cohen will not be parachuting as he did during the MTV Music Awards.

Production Company GK Films signaled the creation of this film. GK Films appointed Peter Morgan to write the scripts. As for Mercury’s remaining band mates, this film has their full support to honor Mercury. Mercury passed away due to an HIV/AIDS-related disease in 1991.

Affirmed by Queen Guitarist Brain May, Cohen has been lobbying for this role for the past two years. Moreover, May confirmed to BBC that the band supports the project, as well as May and Taylor will administer the music that will be used for the film. However, it is not yet confirmed whether Cohen will sing on the said upcoming movie, and if the comedian will impersonate Mercury’s ostentatious singing style even though Cohen has participated in numerous musical productions.

Queen was founded by Mercury together with bassist John Deacon, guitarist Brain May, and drummer Roger Taylor. The group’s powerful impact made their hits on the top spot on the Billboard Chart. “We Will Rock You,” “We Are the Champions” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” are among of their songs that scored a lot.

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Black Africa Cases of HIV Significantly Declines

UN claims that cases of HIV infections in countries of Sub Saharan Africa notably reduced, making them leaders in the global decline.

A drop of 25% in news cases of HIV infection was recognized in the 22 countries in the world’s most affected as reported by the UNAids.

African countries like Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Zimbabwe, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Ethiopia lead the global reduction of HIV cases.

Michel Sidibe, UNAids executive director stated in an interview that the world is now making moves to reach the sixth Millennium Development Goal (MDG6) of halting and reversing the spread of HIV/Aids by 2015.

Sidibe also added that the world is now seeing hope for the first time where HIV has taken away dreams.

According to UNAids, factors that may have helped in this progress were the use of condoms amid adults over the last five years, more number of young people who are delaying their sexual activities and more people do not have sexual partners.

Communities are now also more open in considering circumcision, which was according to UNAids, lessens the possibility of transfer of infection.

The UNAIDS report informs that South Africa increased its efforts to achieve universal access to HIV avoidance, management, care and maintenance.

UNAids reported that countries like China also showed great dedication in the eradication of HIV.  China’s sentinel surveillance revealed that 71.5% of China’s injectable drug addicts are now using sterile syringes as compared against 40.5% in 2007.

However, reports also showed that HIV cases among the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia and along with gay men in developed countries are increasing.

UN recommends that national government should allot budget of their government revenue on HIV.

The UN is now calling for a greater investment in HIV/AIDS infection where reports claimed a $10 billion shortage last 2009.

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Lady Gaga claims first prize at the VMAs

Lady Gaga outshined country’s Taylor Swift to win the first prize at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, which hardly manage to get on the stage because of her intricate costume.

Lady Gaga, the glitzy pop singer, who sported an elegant multi-layered dress and soaring high heels, claimed the prize for the best female video for her hit Bad Romance, overshadowing other contenders that include Swift’s Fifteen.

Using her term of affection to her supporters, Lady Gaga said that “tonight, little monsters; we are the cool kids at the party.”

Stefani Germanotta, Lady Gaga’s real name, also won a couple of awards that were announced prior to start of the ceremony at the Nokia Theater, which includes best collaboration for Telephone that features Beyonce and best dance music video for Bad Romance.

Meanwhile, best rock video, the shows second award, was won by Jared Leto and his rock band 30 seconds to Mars and its video for the song for “Kings and Queens.”

Consequently, Lady Gaga led the artists, having 13 nominations, which includes a couple of nomination for video of the year. Meanwhile, who started the show with his medley of his hit songs Love the Way you Lie and Not Afraid, bagged eight nominations.

Moreover, Canadian teen pop singer Justin Beiber caused a stir as he performed on an outdoor stage, right in front of his screaming and die-hard fans, which are mostly females.

Furthermore, Swift has only one nomination in this year’s VMAs, with female pop video category. However, she was scheduled to perform her latest song in the ceremony a little bit later.

Viacom, owner of MTV, will likely to be the night’s big winner, as last year’s turnout of audience share drew 9 million viewers, a 6 percent rise compared to 2008, and the biggest audience since 2004.

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Florida pastor cancels plan of burning Koran

A pastor canceled his scheme to burn copies of Koran on Thursday at his vague Florida church, which had drawn international outcry.

In addition, this scheme has also reached President Barack Obama and he warned that it could cause al Qaeda to retaliate in a series of suicide bombings.

Moreover, Defense Secretary Robert Gates called the attention of Terry Jones, an obscure Christian pastor who leads the tiny Dove World Outreach Center church in the town of Gainesville in Florida, to say to him not to continue his plan, according to Pentagon.

Spokesman from Pentagon, Geoff Morrell stated that Gates had shown great distress in the short phone call with Jones, saying that the burning of Koran could put the lives of the American Troops, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Subsequently, Jones stated to reporters in his church that he was declining to pursue his plan that caused worldwide condemnation and increased tensions on this year’s anniversary of the September 11, 2001, al Qaeda suicide attacks on Washington and New York.

Also, he affirmed that Gates’ call influenced him, but he associated his conclusion to what according to him was an agreement between him and by Muslim leaders, which they disagree with, to move an Islamic cultural hub and mosque intended proximal to the location of the September 11 assaults that have taken away the lives of some 3,000 people.

Jones allegedly said that the imam has concurred to relocate the mosque, and that made them to cancel their plan in burning Korans on Friday.

Furthermore, he stated that on Saturday, he would go to New York alongside Imam Muhammad Musri, leader of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, to have a discussion with the New York Imam at the spotlight of the controversy, Feisal Abdul Rauf.

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Rapper T.I. released from jail after drug possession incident in LA

Rapper T.I. was released from jail on Thursday following an arrest in LA because of suspicion for possessing ecstasy, according to the police.

Clifford Harris Jr., 29, T.I.’s real name, was taken into custody alongside his wife Wednesday night on Sunset Boulevard, following an incident wherein police smelled marijuana emanating from a car in which the rapper superstar was a passenger.

Also, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County sheriff’s department said that the Grammy award-winning rapper was booked for having at hand a controlled substance but was later released after posting bail of $10,000. However, he is not yet formally accused because examination on a handful of pills resembling ecstasy as of this moment is ongoing and is currently conducted by the officials.

Subsequently, T.I. will appear on the court this coming Friday.

Moreover, the Atlanta-raised rapper and actor formerly have problems in opposition to the law, which includes various arrests on drugs and weapons indictment. In addition, five months ago, he was released from a halfway house after serving a year in prison related to federal weapons charges.

He is also the co-founder of Grand Hustle Records and was distributed by Warner Music Group’s Atlantic Records. Currently, he starred in a heist film “Takers” that bagged the top spot at the North American box office a week ago.

T.I. is an American recording artist, film & music producer, and stars in film in rare occasion. He is best known for his collaboration with other music artists such as Justin Timberlake and was responsible for several smash hits like Got Your Back alongside R&B singer Keri Hilson.

In early 2007, Forbes Magazine had publicized its first Hiphop Cash Kings list, with list of the top 20 hip hop grossing artists for the preceding business year, and  T.I. was included in their list for three times.

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