AUSTRALIA Summer News, Mar 13, 2012

Senior Travel: Learning vacation -- time to plan Orlando Sentinel Last week, a reader inquired about a column I did two years ago about asummer study-vacation program in Oxford, England and I guess that means it's time for an update. For years, seniors and not-yet-seniors have turned first to what is now Road ... See all stories on this topic »

The Overnight Report: Crash Or Crash Through? International Business Times AU The US rolled into summer time over the weekend. Relevant Australian states will roll off summer time on April 1 so until then the NYSE will close at 7am Sydney time, and thereafter at 6am for the southern winter. There were no economic releases of ... See all stories on this topic »

Rally round the West Indies The Roar This time Australia stops off in the West Indies. But after an entertaining homesummer, why should fans care about facing a team that now gets as little credibility as Bangladesh, Zimbabwe or even Ireland? It may feel weird to say it, but the Windies ... See all stories on this topic »

Olympic medals expert makes his 2012 London Games predictions Universal Sports (blog) Johnson's model of Olympic success has shown uncanny accuracy time and again. He first constructed the model with an undergraduate student co-author before the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. Since then, the model has proven itself over six ... See all stories on this topic »

Aussie coach warns against complacency PakTribune.com BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Australia's coach Mickey Arthur has warned the tourists that a West Indies trip following a demanding and successful summershould not be regarded as an end-of-season holiday. As the ODI squad adjusted to the vast time difference ... See all stories on this topic »

CCC probes top cop on fires The Australian The West Australian newspaper reported yesterday that the inquiry centred on whether Mr O'Callaghan lied to an inquiry last March and to a parliamentary hearing about precisely what time on February 6, last year, he became aware of the gravity of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Holman to lift stocks in England The Australian But age and retirements eventually caught up and the so-called golden era ofAustralian soccer has seemingly disappeared for the time being, leaving Cahill (Everton), Schwarzer (Fulham), Chris Herd (Villa) and Vincenzo Grella (Blackburn) as the ... See all stories on this topic »

Contracts won't distract us: Hussey The Australian "Every time you go out and play for Australia, there is pressure involved and I don't think anyone really looks forward to winning contracts or losing contracts (while playing). It's just about doing your job and winning the game for your team. See all stories on this topic »

A steel-capped summer of cricket ABC Online We saw one of the blackest days in recent Australian cricket, when New Zealand defeated Australia in the second test. The last time that happened onAustralian soil, Geoff Lawson and Craig McDermott were opening the bowling, and Bob Hawke was the Prime ... See all stories on this topic »

Pacific NW Film Scoring Program Announces Summer Intensive Program in Film Scoring Film Music Now in it's 11th year, it has attracted participants from as far away asAustralia, Brazil, Dubai, Japan, Scotland. United Arab Emirates as well as from all over the US and Canada. The program includes the first 2 “core” classes of the internationally ... See all stories on this topic »

Shield final coverage resurrected ESPNcricinfo.com ... coverage for the first time since 2007, as Fox Sports had decided the schedule was too packed to show the game. The greater number of outside broadcasts required by thissummer's Twenty20 Big Bash League and their attendant cost was also a factor. See all stories on this topic » ESPNcricinfo.com

Stosur ousted; other top women survive The Desert Sun The Russian, who has beaten Stosur five times in seven tries, topped the world No. 6 from Australia 6-1, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5) at the BNP Paribas Open, taking advantage when Stosur struggled at times during the match on serve. Stosur recorded six double ... See all stories on this topic »

The summer the great batsmen fell The Roar With the Australian summer behind us, we are still waiting. Will Sachin ever get there? For others the pressure was on from the first ball. Questions over the future of Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey appeared almost every day in the papers and were a ... See all stories on this topic »

Formula One team Red Bull deny they are looking to sign McLaren driver Lewis ... Telegraph.co.uk Speculation linking Hamilton with a move to Red Bull intensified last summer at the Canadian Grand Prix when the 2008 world champion made an impromptu visit to see Horner in the latter's motorhome. Horner said at the time that a move was highly ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

The regeneration of one-day international cricket The Roar By Millsy29, 14 Mar 2012 Millsy29 is a Roar Rookie Australiacelebrates, but are the One Day side really important toAustralians? (AP Photo/Mal Fairclough) Before we began the longest summer of cricket ever, which started in spring and finished in ... See all stories on this topic » The Roar

F1 : 2012 Australia - Sauber F1 - Albert Park Formula 1 race preview F1SA Formula One preview - After 12 comprehensive days of pre-season testing at the circuits in Jerez and Barcelona, it is time to go racing on the weekend of 16th to 18th March which will see the championship kick off with the QantasAustralian Grand Prix ... See all stories on this topic »

ODI return consumed Harris ESPNcricinfo.com As he prepares to match wits with his Australia team-mates Ricky Ponting and Ed Cowan in the Sheffield Shield final, Ryan Harris has admitted he was so consumed by keeping his place in the national ODI team that it resulted in his worst bowling in... See all stories on this topic » ESPNcricinfo.com

Professor has a surprisingly accurate formula for predicting Olympic medal results National Post A Canadian-born professor of economics whose Olympic medal count predictions have been 93% accurate over the last decade predicts that Canada will take 17 medals this summer in London, and rank 15th overall. The forecast, based on a set of economic ... See all stories on this topic » National Post

BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2011 ... MarketWatch (press release) The Company anticipates Augment's reimbursement level to be established inAustralia during the second half of 2012 or early 2013, enabling a full launch at that time. -- In January 2012, the Company announced receipt of the CE Mark for GEM 21S(R) in ... See all stories on this topic »

Southeastern Aust briefly returning to summer heat Stock and Land ADELAIDE and Melbourne are both likely to tip 30 degrees this week for the firsttime since February. March so far has been cooler than normal, with Melbourne currently 1.3 degrees below the long term average. In a typical March, Adelaide has around ... See all stories on this topic »

Samit Patel: Aim is to eclipse Australia Sportinglife.com England became the number one side on the International Cricket Council's official table last summer and are guaranteed to keep the position for their forthcoming two-match series against Sri Lanka following South Africa's rain-affected draw against ... See all stories on this topic » Sportinglife.com

Grease star live in Bangkok Bangkok Post Dubbed "Summer Night with Olivia Newton-John", the gig will take place in Bitec's Hall 106, on March 23, at 8pm. Expect to see the four-time Grammy Award-winner sing Billboard hits including If Not For You, If You Love Me, Let Me Know, Let Me Be There, ... See all stories on this topic »

The Aussie peace protester of London Australian Times Although the days are becoming longer and warmer, the evenings remind us that summer is still beyond our grasp. Her chocolate brown hair cascades over a brightly checkered jacket and falls to rest on a hand-knitted pink scarf. See all stories on this topic » Australian Times

Aussie YouTube Sensation Cody Simpson Set To Tour With Big TimeRush Uinterview.com Already wildly popular in his native Australia (his Facebook page has over 2 million "Likes"), Cody Simpson, 15, is about to hit the big time with American audiences. Simpson, a pop sensation who was discovered on YouTube in 2009, will tour with the ... See all stories on this topic » Uinterview.com

Pop culture Q&A: 'Chew' chef is the daughter of Dr. Oz, not his wife Kansas City Star It will be back this summer. Q: One of my favorite holiday movies is "A Christmas Visitor" starring Dee Wallace Stone. It is about a Christmas inAustralia, and is also known by "Bushfire Moon." I have been unable to locate it in any form. See all stories on this topic »

'Love Boat' may become scrap metal The Australian The ship, which replaced the original Pacific Princess in 2002, has been based in Australia over summer for the past five years. The original "Love Boat'' visited Australia from time to time in the 1990s. See all stories on this topic »

UAE football team ready to rewrite history gulfnews.com By Ashley Hammond, Staff Reporter The UAE team celebrate after defeating Australia in the Asian qualifiers for the London Olympic Games at the Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi recently. Tashkent: Olympic qualification would mark a defining ... See all stories on this topic » gulfnews.com

Brett Holman on the move to Aston Villa The Australian Holman has emerged as one of Australia's most important players since a breakout performance at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. Recommended Coverage Vermaelen grabs late winner THOMAS Vermaelen has scored ... See all stories on this topic »

SAMIT SPECIAL ... called-up Patel The Sun Now they are in Sri Lanka for a mini two-Test series eager to bounce back and stay ahead of this summer's opponents South Africa. Patel, in the Test squad for the first time, reckons only a dynasty like the one created by Australia from 1995 to 2009 ... See all stories on this topic » The Sun

We need to do more to attract top foreign students Waterloo Record By Todd Hirsch Just prior to the International Indian Film Academy awards being held in Toronto last summer, Indo-Canadian journalist and reporter Faiz Jamil prepared an essay for CBC online focusing on the awareness that contemporary Indians have of ... See all stories on this topic »

The Blaze of Glory XI - part two ESPNcricinfo.com (blog) It is also possible that, given that he was in New York during a honeymoon which consisted of a four-month cricket tour, that the new Mrs Bradman at some point, perhaps on the sidewalk right below my window, pulled the Don aside and said: “Nexttime ... See all stories on this topic » ESPNcricinfo.com (blog)

Gethin Jenkins backs Wales coach Warren Gatland to be Lions boss WalesOnline by Delme Parfitt, Western Mail Wales stand-in skipper Gethin Jenkins has spoken of his hope that Warren Gatland will take charge of the British & Irish Lions on next year's tour of Australia. The Lions head coach for the 2013 trip Down Under will be ... See all stories on this topic »

Inside Moët & Chandon Exec Digital The name is synonymous for both exquisite bubbly and a good time, so sip back and relax as Exec Digital goes undercover with one of Moët's insiders, Katie Jacobs – Marketing Manager at Moët Hennessy Australia. Moët is the world's most loved champagne. See all stories on this topic »

Back For Another Crack - Webber Wound Up For 2012 Title Campaign PaddockTalk Webber is, by some distance, the most experienced Formula 1 driver Australiahas ever had – his 176-race career tally is already 50 more than the great Sir Jack Brabham started, and 60 more than our other World Champion, Alan Jones. See all stories on this topic »

Holman is first piece in McLeish jigsaw expressandstar.com The AZ Alkmaar midfielder's contract expires in the summerand he has been persuaded to leave Holland for new challenge at Villa Park. Australia international Holman has spent the best part of a decade in the Eredivisie having begun his career Down ... See all stories on this topic » expressandstar.com

Warren Gatland tops list of candidates for role of Lions head coach The Guardian Gatland is taking Wales on a three-Test tour to Australia this summer, which would allow him to make advance preparation before the Lions trip, and he would then take a sabbatical from the end of July for a year to allow him to focus on the Lions. See all stories on this topic »

Sex and death … not-so-strange bedfellows The Conversation Darrell Kemp receives funding from Macquarie University, the AustralianResearch Council, The Australia Pacific Science Foundation, and AustralianGeographic. He works for Macquarie University and is affiliated with James Cook University. See all stories on this topic »

Leaving Team Sky behind to start Olympic training BBC Sport (blog) To go there as part of a British team, riding for Brad all week, and for him to finish it off in the time trial is a great feeling. For the firsttime, I took on the role of road captain, calling any shots if we needed to ride or if something went ... See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport (blog)

London gears up for 2012 Games China Daily The Queen previously kicked off Canada's Montreal Olympic Games in 1976, while the Duke did it on her behalf at Melbourne,Australia, in 1956. Mayor Boris Johnson promised Londoners a "summer like no other" after sending a giant set of Olympic rings ... See all stories on this topic » China Daily

Philander looks to continue form SuperSport.com Proteas bowler Vernon Philander will look to continue his impressive performances after his stellar display in the rain-affected first test match against New Zealand last week. performances against Australia in South Africa's home series this summer. See all stories on this topic » SuperSport.com

Fox Sports to televise Sheffield Shield final Courier Mail AT the start of the summer he was an anonymous club cricketer, but Tasmania's "Action Jackson" stands between the Bulls and Shield glory. QUEENSLAND Bulls have qualified for the Sheffield Shield final, dismissing South Australia for 103 in their second ... See all stories on this topic »

Will Tiger Woods be cautious with his schedule? ESPN More than a few have made that observation, and while it is true that Woods was playing poorly -- he was 3-over par at the time -- does anyone really think he would want to endure more injury drama simply because the ball was not going where he ... See all stories on this topic »

Big Scores Posted in Challenging Conditions at Newcastle's Surfest The International News Magazine NEWCASTLE, NSW/Australia (Tuesday, March 13, 2012) – Today at Newcastle's Surfest competitors were greeted with small but clean 2 foot (1 meter) surf for the ASP 6-Star Burton Toyota Pro and the ASP 6-Star Hunter Ports Women's Classic. See all stories on this topic »

Global Hotel Recovery In 2011 Signals Growing Market Confidence Business Review Australia (press release) Travellers from countries with traditionally strong currencies such as Switzerland, Australia and Sweden enjoyed significant price falls across the world but many inbound visitors were faced with more expensive accommodation. There was a rollercoaster ... See all stories on this topic »

Australia and NZ's daylight saving ends April 1 Daylight saving time (DST) in Australia and New Zealand begins at 2am local time, when the clocks move forward to 3am (03:00), on Sunday, April 1, 2012. www.timeanddate.com/news/.../australia-nz-end-dst-2012.html

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WEBMD - Why Am I So Tired? 10 Causes of Fatigue and Fatigue Treatment Tips, Mar 13, 2012

 "This morning, you promised yourself that you'd head straight to the gym right after work. But by the end of the day, you were so beat that all you could think about is collapsing on the couch with takeout and the remote.
Why are you so tired all the time? Are you just not getting enough sleep, or could something be medically wrong?
Chronic tiredness is one of the most common complaints that bring people to their doctor, says J. Fred Ralston Jr., MD, an internist practicing in western Tennessee and a past president of the American College of Physicians.
"People put it all kinds of different ways: Some say they're tired, some say they're fatigued, some say they just aren't able to do what they need to do," Ralston says.
If you're constantly plagued by exhaustion, there are a host of medical issues that could be wrong, and we'll talk about those later. You may also wonder if you're doing too much. But the most likely answer is just the opposite: You're not doing enough."
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MEDICINENET - Carotid Arteries Disease Picture Image on MedicineNet.com, Mar 13, 2012

 "Carotid Arteries Disease: Also called carotid artery stenosis, the term refers to the narrowing of the carotid arteries. This narrowing is usually caused by the buildup of fatty substances and cholesterol deposits, called plaque. Carotid artery occlusion refers to complete blockage of the artery. When the carotid arteries are obstructed, you are at an increased risk for a stroke, the third leading cause of death in the U.S"
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