Doctors Warn About Wii Knee Injury Phenomenon

Researchers from Leeds Teaching Hospital have warned users of the Nintendo Wii Gaming console that they might be at risk of injuries if they spend too much time playing their favourite games and if they are not used to exercising.vThe team coined the expression "Wii Knee" and many osteopaths suggest that the increase in the number of sprains, fractures and injuries might be partly due to parents (or grandparents) trying to outdo their children. The long festive period coupled with the fact that many will receive the Wii as a Christmas gift means that this Christmas could see a surge in the number of injuries. Nintendo's gaming console has been an outright success ever since its release back in 2006 and is still commanding high prices; its user base is growing thanks to a number of games like Wii Sports which, unlike Sony's PS3 and Microsoft Xbox 360, are more physical. Already a number of websites like Wiidamage, Wiiinjury or Wiihaveaproblem, have documented the damages that the Wii can cause both to the human body and to foreign objects (like a 70-inch LCD television).

Source: http://www.itproportal.com/articles/2008/12/22/doctors-warn-about-wii-knee-injury-phenomenon/

Ireland plans €7bn banking sector bail-out with Anglo Irish first in line

The government is expected to make its part of the investment by buying preference shares. The country's two biggest lenders, Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Bank, would reportedly get €2bn each from the state, and shareholders would have the option to invest another €1bn in each. Anglo Irish, whose chairman and chief executive stepped down on Friday after now ex-chairman Sean FitzPatrick failed to disclose €87m in personal loans, may get €1bn from the government. The bank's shares have been almost wiped out this year, losing 98pc of their value as Ireland's property boom came to an abrupt end and concern about bad loans increased. After Friday's resignations, the shares dropped 40pc to 25 cents. At its height, Anglo Irish was trading at €17 a share and was worth €13bn. Anglo Irish declined to comment on whether it would be getting government funding. Reports said the government's injection of funds into Anglo Irish is dependent on the whole board stepping down, with the exception of newly appointed chairman Donal O'Connor. Mr O'Connor was formerly a senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Chief executive David Drumm and non-executive director Lar Bradshaw, who borrowed jointly with Mr FitzPatrick, also resigned last week. As the global financial crisis worsened dramatically in the autumn, Ireland moved to guarantee deposits at its largest banks, and the country is working on a €10bn recapitalisation plan for its lenders. Unlike Britain, Ireland has not yet bailed out or nationalised any of its banks, and none of its institutions has undertaken capital raising.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/3885706/Ireland-plans-7bn-banking-sector--bail-out-with-Anglo-Irish-first-in-line.html