Global Media Post http://www.globalmediapost.com Bringing The World Back To Australia Sat, 19 May 2012 16:59:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.globalmediapost.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/globalmedia-logo.jpghttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/GlobalMediaPost?bg=99CCFF&fg=444444&anim=0Global Media PostGlobalMediaPosthttp://feedburner.google.com Cannes: Jackie Chan ‘retiring from action movies’ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalMediaPost/~3/8S55_dtrJao/ http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/20/cannes-jackie-chan-retiring-from-action-movies/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 16:53:43 +0000 Editor http://www.globalmediapost.com/?p=19217
  • Iran’s ‘Separation’: “Oscar glow, and rare stamp of approval for Iran’s movie industry”
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    • ]]>     “Speaking in Cannes, Jackie Chan said that his latest Hollywood outing, Chinese Zodiac, would be the last time audiences see him in a leading action role…  Chan has been talking of retirement for the past couple of years but said today that this time he really means it.  He is not giving up his acting career, however. Chan would like to move into more serious roles”

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  • 2012 Film Program: “Bringing the best in dance and musicals to the Dunstan Playhouse”
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    • ]]>     “Rebekah Brooks: The Movie has been announced in Cannes, with American producers likening her life story to Pip in Great Expectations.  Producer Gene Kirkwood said Brooks’s downfall also carried echoes of Richard Nixon. The film will be based on a recent Vanity Fair article by Suzanna Andrews called Untangling Rebekah Brooks, which traced her journey from News of the World secretary to the most powerful woman in Rupert Murdoch’s empire.  The project is in the development stage and no actress is attached, although Nicole Kidman has been suggested as a good physical likeness”

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    ]]>     http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/20/cannes-rebekah-brooks-film-announced/feed/ 0 http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/20/cannes-rebekah-brooks-film-announced/     Drug ‘reduces cancer tumours’ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalMediaPost/~3/Vcsuy2RiW-o/ http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/20/drug-reduces-cancer-tumours/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 16:45:24 +0000 Editor http://www.globalmediapost.com/?p=19206
  • Lancet: “Aspirin a day ‘cuts cancer death by 37 per cent’ “
  • Marvel, ‘£1-a-day drug reduces hip and knee replacement need’
  • “Clot-busting heart drug a stroke of luck for modern-day Lazaruses”
    • ]]>     “Former Australian navy diver Matthew Hutchinson was diagnosed with an aggressive form of melanoma last December.  Although he immediately had the melanoma removed, three weeks later the NSW government worker began experiencing blurred vision and would regularly trip over his feet.  Scans showed he had multiple lesions in his brain.  It was an emotional time for the father of three, who welcomed his third child in January around the time he was given only six to sixteen weeks to live.  After radiation therapy failed to have an impact on the brain tumours, which continued to grow, Mr Hutchinson was referred to Dr Georgina Long at the Melanoma Institute Australia and was put on the drug Dabrafenib on compassionate grounds. The drug is still in clinical trials but it’s working”

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    ]]>     http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/20/drug-reduces-cancer-tumours/feed/ 0 http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/20/drug-reduces-cancer-tumours/     “Promising signs for Iran nuclear talks” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalMediaPost/~3/AIS-b-pasN8/ http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/19/officials-see-promising-signs-for-iran-nuclear-talks/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 13:42:52 +0000 Editor http://www.globalmediapost.com/?p=19174
  • Ex-Middle East adviser: ‘We still have time’ to prevent Iran’s nuclear program
  • “Iran makes nuclear fuel rod, offers to restart talks”
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    • ]]>     “American negotiators, heading into a crucial round of talks with Iran over its nuclear program next week in Baghdad, are allowing themselves a rare emotion after more than a decade of fruitless haggling with Tehran: hope. With signs that Iran is under more pressure than it has been in years to make a deal, senior Obama administration officials said the United States and five other major powers were prepared to offer a package of inducements to obtain a verifiable agreement to suspend its efforts to enrich uranium closer to weapons grade”

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  • “41 civilians shot dead by Syrian security forces in the capital Damascus”
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  • “Syria pounds protest hubs, 79 die”
    • ]]>     “Syrian regime forces have fired on protesters who took to the streets of Aleppo, wounding several people at the biggest rally seen in the country’s second city since a revolt erupted last year, a watchdog said.  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said demonstrators also suffered gunshot wounds in Douma, a key protest hub near Damascus, but did not provide any casualty figures”

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  • IMF report: “Global economy to slow sharply”
  • “Sir Mervyn King: no reason to despair over economy”
  • “Forget ‘economic spring’ – Greek outlook is stormy”
    • ]]>     “Britain’s economy may suffer “permanent” damage and ‘never quite get back up’ if the euro collapses in a chaotic way, the Government’s chief economic forecaster has said”

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  • “Leaders of Germany, France, Italy meet amid growing fears about Europe’s finances”
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    • ]]>     “France led calls for a push to keep Greece in the eurozone as world leaders met for the G8 summit in Camp David after a torrid week for the crisis-ridden region”

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  • “French, Italian leaders meet as crisis rolls on”
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    • ]]>     “US President Barack Obama pledged at a summit  to work with Europe on a package that balances growth with debt reduction as world leaders try to prevent the worsening euro zone crisis from destabilizing the global economy.  At the wooded Camp David retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains, Obama and leaders from other major economic powers are seeking ways to soothe financial markets after worries about Spain’s banking problems and the risk of a Greek exit from the euro zone sent world stocks to their lowest levels this year”

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  • “Leaders of Germany, France, Italy meet amid growing fears about Europe’s finances”
  • “France, German leaders meet amid euro, Syria crises”
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    • ]]>     “US President Barack Obama has thrown his weight behind French calls more pro-growth policies in Europe, as G8 leaders huddle at Camp David for a summit darkened by Greece’s possible eurozone exit. Obama set the stage on Friday for a fractious meeting of world leaders by forging an alliance with new French President Francois Hollande over the need to jolt Europe back to growth. Fearing Europe’s economic crisis is poised worsen – with dangerous repercussions for the US economy and perhaps Obama’s chances of re-election – Obama weighed in, risking the ire of German Chancellor Angela Merkel who has championed an austerity-first approach. Shortly before welcoming Merkel and other leaders to his famed presidential retreat outside Washington, Obama noted that events in Europe held ‘extraordinary’ importance for the United States”

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  • What now for the hermit DPRK?
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    • ]]>     “The grandfather of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jung-un, worked as a collaborator with Japanese soldiers who were hunting Kim Il-sung during the Second World War, according to documents unearthed in Tokyo”

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    • ]]>     “China is using its growing economic strength to extend its military’s influence by taking on new missions and investing in more advanced weaponry, the Pentagon said…  But the main focus of China’s military buildup continues to be directed toward weapons that would be used in a conflict over Taiwan, the self-governing island that China considers part of its territory”

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  • “Chen Guangcheng leaves US embassy after China ‘assurances’ “
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    • ]]>     “Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who emerged at the center of a diplomatic row between the US and China, left Beijing on a United Airlines flight bound for Newark, NJ, Saturday afternoon after Chinese officials and American diplomats swiftly arranged his travel out of the country for an uncertain new life in the United States. Chen, in a brief telephone interview with The Washington Post, said he still did not have a valid passport in hand when he received a call Saturday from Chinese officials telling him to pack his belongings”

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    • ]]>     “On December 10, 2011, the world’s biggest online retailer, Amazon, sent chills down the spines of traditional retailers when it called on its army of millions of customers to take to the shops with their smartphones and use the Amazon barcode scanner application to scan the prices on any three toys, electronics, sporting goods or music.  The prize?  Five per cent off the price of each Amazon product in return for each bar scan. The purpose is to build a lethal database of price comparisons to wage against their competitors in the dog-eat-dog fight for the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on retail each year.  Apps such as Amazon’s Price Check have been dubbed ‘killer’ mobile apps because they allow customers to get real-time pricing information from other competitors – and check if it is cheaper a few doors away or online”

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    • ]]>     Constitutions, interventions and other melancholy tales: The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG to deliver the annual Australian Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration

    The Hon Michael Kirby is one of Australia’s most remarkable jurists and human rights advocates. He will deliver the annual Don Dunstan Foundation Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration entitled “Constitutions, interventions and other melancholy tales” on May 29 at 7.00pm in Bonython Hall North Terrace, University of Adelaide.

    One of the most exceptional Australians of all time, Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue, has given her name to the Don Dunstan Foundation to conduct an annual oration that is delivered in Reconciliation Week.

    The Oration is delivered by an eminent person who has helped to shape the social fabric of Australia. Past orators have included Rev Tim Costello, Dr Jackie Huggins AM and Mr Fred Chaney AO, Mr Ray Martin AM and former Prime Minister Paul Keating. This year the oration is intended to inform South Australians of the matters they must consider in advocating for social justice for Aboriginal people.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Michael Kirby was Australia’s longest serving judge when he retired from the High Court of Australia in 2009. He also served the Australian Conciliation & Arbitration Commission, the Australian Law Reform Commission, the Federal Court of Australia, the New South Wales Court of Appeal and, the Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands. He was Acting Chief Justice of Australia twice. He has been appointed Honorary Visiting Professor by twelve universities and participates regularly in many local and international conferences and meetings. He has been awarded twenty honorary doctorates.

    Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG is an Aboriginal woman who has given her lifetime to improve the welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. She has been named Australian of the Year on two occasions and was the inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). She was the first Aboriginal woman to be inducted into the Order of Australia and is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1999.

    The Don Dunstan Foundation works throughout Australia to gain a deeper understanding of social justice issues and to share these understandings with the greater community to influence change.

    WHAT:

    Don Dunstan Foundation’s Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration by The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG

    WHERE:

    Bonython Hall, North Terrace, University of Adelaide

    WHEN
    7pm, Tuesday May 29th 2012

    HOW MUCH:

    General Admission $20, DDF Subscriber & Concession $10

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    www.trybooking.com/BJQM or 08 8303 3364

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  • London 2012 Olympics: “Passengers braced for heavy delays at Heathrow as athletes get VIP passport lanes”
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    • ]]>     “The Olympic flame has arrived in Britain to begin its 70-day relay around the country ahead of the games.  The flame flew to Britain from Greece on the gold-painted British Airways Flight 2012 and landed at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall”

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    ]]>     http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/19/olympic-flame-arrives-in-uk/feed/ 0 http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/19/olympic-flame-arrives-in-uk/     “Queen’s Jubilee lunch overshadowed” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalMediaPost/~3/YP3YzVPFIBo/ http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/19/queens-jubilee-lunch-overshadowed/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:25:28 +0000 Editor http://www.globalmediapost.com/?p=19116
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    • ]]>     “The Queen’s Jubilee luncheon with monarchs from around the world was overshadowed today by a row over the presence of the King of Bahrain, whose regime is accused of a catalogue of human rights abuses”

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    ]]>     http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/19/queens-jubilee-lunch-overshadowed/feed/ 0 http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/19/queens-jubilee-lunch-overshadowed/     Brooks may challenge charges decision http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalMediaPost/~3/lQIdV9mxf6s/ http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/19/brooks-considering-challenging-charges-decision/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:12:31 +0000 Editor http://www.globalmediapost.com/?p=19111
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    • ]]>     “Rebekah Brooks is considering challenging the decision to press charges against her on the grounds that the Crown Prosecution Service QC who took the decision was once the victim of a tabloid sting”

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  • “Facebook prepares to file for $100bn IPO next week”
  • “Apple to pay dividend and buy back shares”
    • ]]>     “Facebook has announced it will sell its shares for $US38, which values the world’s largest online social network at more than $US100 billion.  It means investor demand is strong for the world’s largest online social network.  Facebook Inc and its early investors now stand to reap as much as $US18.4 billion ($A18.6 billion) from the IPO, if the extra shares reserved to cover additional demand are sold as part of the transaction.  The IPO values the company at about $US104 billion, above Amazon, Disney and Kraft.  Facebook’s stock is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market sometime on Friday (Saturday AEST) under the ticker symbol FB”

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    ]]>     http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/18/facebook-valued-at-us-100-billion/feed/ 0 http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/18/facebook-valued-at-us-100-billion/     Celebrities who have saved lives http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GlobalMediaPost/~3/wSFJBKCpGjw/ http://www.globalmediapost.com/2012/05/18/celebrities-who-have-saved-lives/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 12:16:32 +0000 Editor http://www.globalmediapost.com/?p=19102
  • “Dustin Hoffman saves jogger’s life in UK”
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    • ]]>     Celebrities Who Have Saved Lives

    Whether a regular person or celebrity, we are all human and strive to help others when we can. These celebrities have all been credited with saving the lives of others:

    • Mila Kunis – When a 50-year-old man working at Mila Kunis’ house collapsed and started choking, vomiting and coughing up blood, she had a friend call 911. She rolled the man into the recovery position, ensuring that he would not choke on his own bodily fluids. She offered to travel with the man to the hospital, but was told it wasn’t necessary.
    • Patrick Dempsey – Not only does Patrick Dempsey save lives on television, but he saves them in real life as well. After a car flipped over near his home in Malibu, California, Dempsey saved the teen driver from the twisted wreck. He called paramedics and the teen was taken suffered only a concussion and an eye injury.
    • Kate Winslet – Kate Winslet was staying at Sir Richard Branson’s Caribbean estate for the weekend when a fire broke out, destroying the entire home. However, Winslet managed to carry Branson’s 90-year-old mother out of the house and brought her to safety.
    • Demi Moore – Surprising as it may sound, stars have even saved lives through the Internet. When a depressed fan sent a message about killing herself to Demi Moore on Twitter, Moore shared it with her 400,000 followers, commenting that she hoped the messenger was joking. Several followers inspired by the exchange contacted authorities, and the Twitter messenger got the help she needed.
    • Vin Diesel – While going a motorcycle ride in Hollywood, Vin Diesel witnessed the vehicle crash and burst into flames. With calculated, quick thinking he managed to get the driver to crawl out and save the two children passengers before the car was completely destroyed by fire. Everyone was left unhurt by the incident.
    • Zoe Saldana – After witnessing a car accident, Zoe Saldana helped a badly injured elderly woman out of her car and off the road. Saldana stayed with the woman until paramedics arrived, giving details about what she had witnessed the firemen and police officers. Saldana even went back to the car to retrieve the woman’s purse and sweater.
    • Tom Cruise – While on a vacation cruise off the island of Capri, Tom Cruise and companions spotted a sailboat on fire with an emergency raft containing five people nearby. Cruise and the yachts skiff and brought the distressed people to safety moments before the vessel sank.
    • Dustin Hoffman – Dustin Hoffman was in a London’s Hyde Park when a nearby jogger collapsed from a heart attack. He called the emergency number and stayed with the jogger until help arrived, telling paramedics what had happened. The jogger later recovered.

    For non-celebrities, there are a variety of ways to help others as well. Consider earning a degree in nursing online.

    Sources

    Global Grind (2012)

    “People” (1996)

     

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    Jim Hightower

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    • ]]>     Based on the popular roman of the same name by Guy de Maupassant, Bel Ami (Good Friend) is in essence a French period tale of high morality and base instincts told in English and aided by a tremendously strong English-speaking cast. The acting by Robert Pattinson in the title role is superb and his love conquests — Uma Thuman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Chrisitna Ricci  – all participate in bringing life  and strength to this film set in 19th Century Paris, the city of light and darkness,  haves and have nots, where the ladies hold sway and power over their husbands and involve themselves in intrigue, politics and romance with demure and modest manners.  Georges is back from the Algerian front and barely making ends meet as a railway clerk, hungry and poor. A chance meeting with an old army colleague sets him on the path to riches and the chance of a place in French society, but this transition from peasant’s son  to gentleman is only possible through planned seduction and manipulation on an unbelievably grand scale. Bel Ami, rated MA, opens on May 24 and is in my view an excellent choice for adult viewing.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Meanwhile, the much gentler and rather surprising French romantic comedy  Delicacy, rated M, finds the popular Audrey Tautou teamed with Francois Damiens, in a seemingly unlikely match. Abridged from David Foenkinos’ international best-selling novel  of the same name,  Delicacy is a perfect film for the Mums, consequently Palace Nova is putting on a special Mother’s Day Event screening on Sunday at 1.30pm.

    Felicity Rai

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    • ]]>     “Vidal Sassoon, the British-born hair-care magnate who built a global enterprise of salons and hair products and helped liberate women from time-consuming beauty parlor coiffures by popularizing a wash-and-go approach to hairstyling, died May 9 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 84. Trim and dashing, with a baby face and cultured manner that belied his Cockney upbringing in a Jewish orphanage in London, Mr. Sassoon became an international sensation in the 1960s with his vast network of salons and styling schools”

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    A Vidal Sassoon hairstyle creation from the 1960s

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