�The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is majestic to announce a landmark investment of $15 zillion by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) into research that will motivate the understanding, intervention, treatment and prevention of mental illness and addiction to the side by side level of excellence.
This financial backing from the Large-Scale Institutional Endeavours part of CFI's Research Hospital Fund volition allow CAMH to leveraging our scientific strengths, and transform lives with a new integrated, multi-disciplinary and innovative research environment.
"This alone support and endorsement is the engine that will drive real change for people impacted by mental illness and addiction," aforesaid CAMH Vice President of Research Dr. Bruce Pollock. "The modern environment that we canful now build as piece of our bold renovation will greatly increase the opportunities for researchers, clients, and partners to work together to generate well timed, relevant research that can seamlessly translate into clinical practice that provides optimum care."
CFI's contribution, the largest individual cary Grant in CAMH's history, kicks off a $38 million project that will enable CAMH to focus on transforming lives across 6 research themes: Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders, Addictions, Community Health & Knowledge Exchange, Neuroimaging, Pharmacogentics and Neuroscience. With the additional financial support coming from donors through the CAMH Foundation, this integrated and pioneering project will address key issues such as;
* Optimizing treatment across mental sickness and substance use disorders, including the development of individualized treatment based on molecular genetic science
* Translating discoveries into improved clinical practice, bar and intervention strategies
* Reaching out to underserved and understudied communities such as First Nations, remote populations, the workplace, women, the aged, and children.
"As we celebrate CAMH's tenth anniversary and officially open the number one phase of our redeveloping Queen Street site, we're also witnessing a turning point in the history of mental illness and addiction inquiry, thanks to the generosity, support and faith of CFI," aforesaid CAMH President and CEO Dr. Paul Garfinkel. "Due to mark, psychiatry and addiction intervention are behind many other areas of medicine. This support provides many of the tools we need to dramatically improve node, community and workplace wellness, reduce the burden of these diseases and their impact on the health care system."
"CAMH's proposal brings together a group of outstanding researchers to advance a first, innovative research agenda," according to CFI's International Assessment Committee. "The proposed enquiry will be an of import factor in enhancing knowledge and world awareness of mental health and addictions."
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and habituation teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental wellness. CAMH combines clinical care, research, educational activity, policy maturation and health promotion to transform the lives of people unnatural by mental health and addiction issues.
CAMH is amply affiliated with the University of Toronto, and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.
Source: Michael Torres
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
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Monday, 18 August 2008
Lykki Li, Crystal Castles, Broken Social Scene for CMJ 2008
The get-go acts receive been unveiled for this year�s CMJ Music Marathon taking place October 21-25 in New York City.
A Place To Bury Strangers, Broken Social Scene, Cool Kids and Crystal Castles will all perform passim the event, which showcases hundreds of acts in venues crosswise Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Beach House, Deerhoof, Gang Gang Dance, Jay Reatard, Lee �Scratch� Perry, Lykke Li, Minus The Bear, Roisin Murphy, The Dears, They Might Be Giants, and Yo Majesty have also been unveiled to take part.
CMJ has showcased many of today�s most successful acts of the Apostles over its 27 years, including MGMT, The Shins, Arcade Fire, The Killers, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM and U2.
Stay tuned to NME.COM for the up-to-the-minute CMJ updates.
--By our New York staff.
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A Place To Bury Strangers, Broken Social Scene, Cool Kids and Crystal Castles will all perform passim the event, which showcases hundreds of acts in venues crosswise Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Beach House, Deerhoof, Gang Gang Dance, Jay Reatard, Lee �Scratch� Perry, Lykke Li, Minus The Bear, Roisin Murphy, The Dears, They Might Be Giants, and Yo Majesty have also been unveiled to take part.
CMJ has showcased many of today�s most successful acts of the Apostles over its 27 years, including MGMT, The Shins, Arcade Fire, The Killers, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM and U2.
Stay tuned to NME.COM for the up-to-the-minute CMJ updates.
--By our New York staff.
Find out more around NME.
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Friday, 8 August 2008
40 Cal- Mooga is out this week
40 Cal, of Harlem hip-hop juggernauts The Diplomats is on his hustle in a way that most rappers only mouth about. Each successive year has seen a greater level of recognition for the emcee, who came up through NYC's hyper-competitive battle and mixtape circuit before hook up with one of the most influential crews in rap music. But while freestyles and the mixtape grind have kept 40's skills extra sharp, the record album format is where he truly towers over the competition.
Mooga (put one over for 'money'), his debut for Gold Dust, is an record album built for repeated listens, in the tradition of worn out walkman rotation tapes. Over the arena sized beats The Diplomats are known for, 40 as well as Dipset affiliates Duke Da God and JR Writer show that it's possible to construct complete songs without sacrificing the clever couplets and over the top swagger that make knock music so much fun. From short-winded out landrover beats to club bangers to reflective meditations on responsibility, Mooga is the work of an creative person on the come-up. Expect big things from ane of rap music's new stars.
Tracklist:
40 Intro (prod.by M.G.I.)
Shooters On Deck (poke.by Trakdealas)
On My Sh*t feat. Sudaboss (prod.by Los)
Movie Shoot (prod.by Chinky P)
Ten Stacks (egg on.by Chinky P)
Rewind That (prod.by Mel Staxx)
Harlem Shuffle effort. JR Writer
Hustlas Anthem feat. S.A.S. (poke.by Srada)
Googa Googa (stab.by Konstantine Jones)
Cuarenta (egg on.by Lounge Lizards)
Spit How I Live It (egg on.by Doeboy)
New Beginning effort. Duke Da God (egg on. by A the Arketek)
Grown Man Bills
Heartbeat (prod.by GQ Beats)
Heatin' Up (nudge. by Cookin Soul)
Memories (poke.by X.O.)
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Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Bill Conti
Artist: Bill Conti
Genre(s):
Soundtrack
New Age
Instrumental
Discography:
The Thomas Crown Affair
Year: 1999
Tracks: 32
Blood In Blood Out
Year: 1993
Tracks: 22
The Big Blue (aka Le Grand Bleu)
Year: 1988
Tracks: 22
Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets
Year: 1984
Tracks: 5
Escape To Victory
Year: 1981
Tracks: 11
Rocky 1
Year: 1976
Tracks: 13
A fecund composer of film and idiot box music, Bill Conti remains nigh intimately associated with his work on the successful Jolting films. Born April 13, 1942 in Providence, Rhode Island, he conditioned piano from his father of the Church, and later took up the bassoon. While perusal composition at Louisiana State University, Conti also performed with the school's symphonic music orchestra, disbursal his evenings acting jazz in area clubs; he afterwards earned his Master's academic degree from Julliard earlier relocating to Italy in 1967. There he first stony-broke into films, composing and transcription music for productions including Juliette de Sade and Candidate Per un Assassino. In 1971 Conti scored Vittorio de Sica's Oscar-winning Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini, delivery his euphony to the attention of international audiences; he subsequently returned to the U.S., where he composed the soundtracks for features including 1973's Blume in Love and 1974's Harry and Tonto.
Conti shot to fame in 1976 with his score for Rocky; the soundtrack album went platinum, and the main theme, "Gonna Fly Now," topped the U.S. pop charts. Conti and asterisk Sylvester Stallone subsequently reunited for chapters 2, trey and five-spot in the Rough series, as intimately as 1978's F.I.S.T. and Eden Alley; in 1981 he scored the James Bond feature For Your Eyes Only, marking a Top Five reach with the claim rails, song by Sheena Easton. After two premature nominations, Conti south Korean won an Oscar in 1983 for his exercise on The Right Stuff; at around the same fourth dimension he became a fecund composer of televison themes, writing music for serial including Dallas, Falcon Crest, Cagney and Lacey and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. He too served as musical director for a number of Academy Awards telecasts, taking an Emmy for his work on the 1992 ceremony.
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Acclaimed Hollywood film effects artist dead
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pioneering special effects and makeup artist Stan Winston, a four-time Oscar winner who transformed Arnold Schwarzenegger into "The Terminator" and brought dinosaurs to life in the "Jurassic Park" films, has died at age 62, his studio said on Monday.
Winston, whose studio's work was on display in the high-tech armored suits worn by Robert Downey Jr. in the current superhero blockbuster "Iron Man," died at home in Malibu, California, on Sunday surrounded by family.
He had fought a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, a cancer of blood plasma cells, a spokeswoman for the Stan Winston Studio said.
Winston, a collaborator with such filmmaking giants as Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Tim Burton, was best known for his landmark physical effects and animatronics, and later for blending them seamlessly with computer-graphics imagery.
Winston crafted some of modern cinema's most breathtaking creatures, including the terrifying monsters of "Aliens" and the killer cyborgs of "The Terminator" and its sequel for Cameron.
In the makeup department, Winston worked with Burton to create the bizarre, shear-fingered looks of Johnny Depp in "Edward Scissorhands" and Danny DeVito's grotesque Penguin guise in "Batman Returns."
But Winston's most celebrated creations were the prehistoric reptiles he brought to life in Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park."
The design and construction of the life-size, robotic dinosaurs, including a two-story-tall tyrannosaurus rex in "Jurassic Park," were heralded as a pioneering technical feat in movie magic.
Winston, whose studio's work was on display in the high-tech armored suits worn by Robert Downey Jr. in the current superhero blockbuster "Iron Man," died at home in Malibu, California, on Sunday surrounded by family.
He had fought a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, a cancer of blood plasma cells, a spokeswoman for the Stan Winston Studio said.
Winston, a collaborator with such filmmaking giants as Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Tim Burton, was best known for his landmark physical effects and animatronics, and later for blending them seamlessly with computer-graphics imagery.
Winston crafted some of modern cinema's most breathtaking creatures, including the terrifying monsters of "Aliens" and the killer cyborgs of "The Terminator" and its sequel for Cameron.
In the makeup department, Winston worked with Burton to create the bizarre, shear-fingered looks of Johnny Depp in "Edward Scissorhands" and Danny DeVito's grotesque Penguin guise in "Batman Returns."
But Winston's most celebrated creations were the prehistoric reptiles he brought to life in Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park."
The design and construction of the life-size, robotic dinosaurs, including a two-story-tall tyrannosaurus rex in "Jurassic Park," were heralded as a pioneering technical feat in movie magic.
Monday, 9 June 2008
Gary Dourdan - Csi Star Pleads Guilty To Drug Possession Charges
Actor Gary Dourdan has pleaded guilty to charges of cocaine and ecstasy possession having been arrested last month.
The CSI star was arrested in Palm Springs, California, on April 28th after being discovered asleep at the wheel of a parked car and was detained when officers found narcotics.
Though he had been charged earlier this month with felony drug possession having reportedly been found with heroin, as well as cocaine and ecstasy, the heroin charge was dismissed at Wednesday's hearing in Indio, California.
His lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley said the actor has been given "diversion" or a drug treatment programme which he must complete for all charges to be dismissed.
"He very much regrets what happened and he's very embarrassed by what occurred, but he's looking forward to moving on and getting back to work," he told reporters.
"He is very grateful to the court for being understanding and giving him an opportunity to resolve the issue and move forward."
While the guilty plea sees Dourdan avoiding possible jail time, he will instead be required to complete a 16-class treatment programme.
The 41-year-old actor had said he was "obviously... embarrassed" at the arrest.
"I am profoundly grateful to everyone for their support," he added in a statement.
Having made his name in Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, Dourdan won the part of forensics expert Warrick Brown on CSI, CBS' Emmy award-winning crime show.
His character is scheduled to leave the show at the end of the eighth season.
29/05/2008 08:42:37
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Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Sally Oldfield and Pekka Pohjola
Artist: Sally Oldfield and Pekka Pohjola
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Keesojen Lehto
Year: 1977
Tracks: 6
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