Australian Rules Football

Australian rules: Cats back on top

Paul Chapman kicked a match-high three goals and was named the game's most valuable player as the Geelong Cats won their second Australian Rules football title in three years, beating the St. Kilda Saints 12.8 (80) to 9. 14 (68) tonight.

Playing before 99,251 fans in rainy conditions and on a soggy pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Cats, from an industrial port city about an hour southwest of Melbourne, overcame a seven-point deficit after three quarters and prevented the Saints from scoring a goal in the final quarter.

St. Kilda, which had the best regular-season record in the Australian Football League this year, was attempting to win its second league title in its 113-year history, having won its only grand final in 1966.

Geelong won the AFL title in 2007 before losing last year's championship match to Hawthorn. The team has eight titles overall.

Cats forward Max Rooke clinched the victory with a goal after the final siren, with the end margin of 12 points the biggest that had separated the two teams all day.

"We were very, very lucky and we're very proud of what we've done," Geelong coach Mark Thompson said after his side kicked the only three goals of the final quarter.

Australian Rules Football

Australian rules: Cats back on top

Paul Chapman kicked a match-high three goals and was named the game's most valuable player as the Geelong Cats won their second Australian Rules football title in three years, beating the St. Kilda Saints 12.8 (80) to 9. 14 (68) tonight.

Playing before 99,251 fans in rainy conditions and on a soggy pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Cats, from an industrial port city about an hour southwest of Melbourne, overcame a seven-point deficit after three quarters and prevented the Saints from scoring a goal in the final quarter.

St. Kilda, which had the best regular-season record in the Australian Football League this year, was attempting to win its second league title in its 113-year history, having won its only grand final in 1966.

Geelong won the AFL title in 2007 before losing last year's championship match to Hawthorn. The team has eight titles overall.

Cats forward Max Rooke clinched the victory with a goal after the final siren, with the end margin of 12 points the biggest that had separated the two teams all day.

"We were very, very lucky and we're very proud of what we've done," Geelong coach Mark Thompson said after his side kicked the only three goals of the final quarter.

Australian Rules Football

Australian rules: Cats back on top

Paul Chapman kicked a match-high three goals and was named the game's most valuable player as the Geelong Cats won their second Australian Rules football title in three years, beating the St. Kilda Saints 12.8 (80) to 9. 14 (68) tonight.

Playing before 99,251 fans in rainy conditions and on a soggy pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Cats, from an industrial port city about an hour southwest of Melbourne, overcame a seven-point deficit after three quarters and prevented the Saints from scoring a goal in the final quarter.

St. Kilda, which had the best regular-season record in the Australian Football League this year, was attempting to win its second league title in its 113-year history, having won its only grand final in 1966.

Geelong won the AFL title in 2007 before losing last year's championship match to Hawthorn. The team has eight titles overall.

Cats forward Max Rooke clinched the victory with a goal after the final siren, with the end margin of 12 points the biggest that had separated the two teams all day.

"We were very, very lucky and we're very proud of what we've done," Geelong coach Mark Thompson said after his side kicked the only three goals of the final quarter.

soldier boy

Soulja Boy Fiance Photos - Meet Sexy Rosa Acosta!

Popular rapper, Soulja Boy, is sparking media attention this week with news of an engagement to his model girlfriend Rosa Acosta.

According to reports, Soulja Boy (not Soldier Boy) proposed to the dark-haired beauty sometime last week and the two are thrilled about planning the wedding.

So who is Rosa Acosta and what’s her story?

Well the Dominican Republic native is a model and an accomplished ballerina. She came to the US in 2006 to try and boost her modeling career. If she looks a little familiar to you, it’s probably because she’s appeared in music videos for P. Diddy, Drake, Mario and 50 Cent.

Soulja Boy and Rosa hardly have a high profile relationship, so why is the engagement sparking so much interest from mainstream media?

It appears that the couple is trying to keep the news under wraps, which only fuels media interest in the entertainment business.

Soulja Boy is known for sharing every intimate detail of his life with his friends on twitter but has failed to mention anything about an engagement to his loyal followers. Why so hush, hush?

News of the engagement has been confirmed by sources close to the couple but neither party have confirmed the news themselves. Do you think Soulja Boy is getting married – and what do you think of his fiancé?

soldier boy

Soulja Boy Fiance Photos - Meet Sexy Rosa Acosta!

Popular rapper, Soulja Boy, is sparking media attention this week with news of an engagement to his model girlfriend Rosa Acosta.

According to reports, Soulja Boy (not Soldier Boy) proposed to the dark-haired beauty sometime last week and the two are thrilled about planning the wedding.

So who is Rosa Acosta and what’s her story?

Well the Dominican Republic native is a model and an accomplished ballerina. She came to the US in 2006 to try and boost her modeling career. If she looks a little familiar to you, it’s probably because she’s appeared in music videos for P. Diddy, Drake, Mario and 50 Cent.

Soulja Boy and Rosa hardly have a high profile relationship, so why is the engagement sparking so much interest from mainstream media?

It appears that the couple is trying to keep the news under wraps, which only fuels media interest in the entertainment business.

Soulja Boy is known for sharing every intimate detail of his life with his friends on twitter but has failed to mention anything about an engagement to his loyal followers. Why so hush, hush?

News of the engagement has been confirmed by sources close to the couple but neither party have confirmed the news themselves. Do you think Soulja Boy is getting married – and what do you think of his fiancé?

soldier boy

Soulja Boy Fiance Photos - Meet Sexy Rosa Acosta!

Popular rapper, Soulja Boy, is sparking media attention this week with news of an engagement to his model girlfriend Rosa Acosta.

According to reports, Soulja Boy (not Soldier Boy) proposed to the dark-haired beauty sometime last week and the two are thrilled about planning the wedding.

So who is Rosa Acosta and what’s her story?

Well the Dominican Republic native is a model and an accomplished ballerina. She came to the US in 2006 to try and boost her modeling career. If she looks a little familiar to you, it’s probably because she’s appeared in music videos for P. Diddy, Drake, Mario and 50 Cent.

Soulja Boy and Rosa hardly have a high profile relationship, so why is the engagement sparking so much interest from mainstream media?

It appears that the couple is trying to keep the news under wraps, which only fuels media interest in the entertainment business.

Soulja Boy is known for sharing every intimate detail of his life with his friends on twitter but has failed to mention anything about an engagement to his loyal followers. Why so hush, hush?

News of the engagement has been confirmed by sources close to the couple but neither party have confirmed the news themselves. Do you think Soulja Boy is getting married – and what do you think of his fiancé?

Hiv Vaccine

HIV vaccine: five damaging Aids myths

The HIV vaccine has been hailed as a "milestone" in the fight against Aids, after decades during which scientists have struggled to counter false information about the virus.

Here we present five of the myths – rejected by almost all the medical community – that have deflected attention from mainstream opinion about how to save lives. 

Showering after sex prevents Aids
During his 2006 rape trial the current South African President Jacob Zuma revealed that he showered after having sex with an HIV-positive woman to reduce the risk of infection. The politician's views were condemned as ignorant and irresponsible in a country where more than five million people have Aids. 

HIV does not cause Aids

The overwhelming majority of scientists accept the link between HIV and Aids but a small band of sceptics continues to insist that the virus is either harmless or non-existent, and does not cause the syndrome. Their theory was picked up by Thabo Mbeki, the former South African president, who argued that poverty was the real cause of the Aids epidemic. Health activists accuse "Aids deniers – whose most prominent advocate is the US biologist Professor Peter Duesberg – of costing lives by convincing people not to take antiretroviral drugs. 

Aids is a CIA conspiracy
In the late 1980s rumours began to circulate claiming that Aids had been created by the US government as a biological weapon. There were various conflicting theories about who the CIA wished to target – Russians, homosexuals or Russians – and whether the disease was deliberately released or slipped out by mistake. No convincing evidence has been presented to support any of the claims. 

Anti-retroviral drugs actually cause Aids
The side-effects experienced by some people on HIV medication have led to questions about whether they do more harm than good. It has even been suggested that they are "toxic" and damage the human immune system, making patients more susceptible to contracting full-blown Aids. But large-scale statistical studies have shown that antiretroviral drugs substantially lower death rates. 

Aids can be transmitted by mosquitoes
Potentially fatal diseases such as malaria and yellow fever can be contracted through mosquito bites, so why not Aids? The crucial difference is how the diseases are transmitted. The insects inject saliva but not blood into their victims, and unlike malaria and yellow fever, Aids does not exist in saliva.