The Heart Foundation is holding a pole dancing display in Darwin today to raise awareness about heart disease in women.

The foundation says heart disease is the biggest killer of women, with four times as many dying from the disease than breast cancer.

It says 890 people out of every 100,000 in the Territory die from heart disease, and women are particularly at risk because they have low awareness of the threat.

Higher rates of smoking, poor diet and high levels of rheumatic heart disease in remote communities are contributing to the higher death rates.

Royal Darwin Hospital’s director of cardiology, Marcus Ilton, says regular exercise is the best protection.

“Whatever activity you’re doing, it needs to be something that you can continue doing, that you enjoy doing and is not a burden for you and is not necessarily expensive.

“So whatever activity you take on, make sure it is fun.”

Royal Darwin Hospital’s director of cardiology, Marcus Ilton, says Territory death rates are higher because of higher smoking rates and high rates of rheumatic heart disease in remote communities.

“In the Territory we have the highest mortality rate for both men and women across this country of about 890 people per year per 100,000.

“So that equates to nearly 1500 people and about 47 per cent of them are women.”

Source: ABC News

Recession snatching their plush jobs women are now on their toes to tunes as ‘gentlemen’s club entertainers’ at upscale jiggle joints in Manhattan.

Women who previously earned their living as stock agents, fashion executives and real – estate agents have now clutched the poles to sway their way as pole dancers and strippers for about 1,500 dollars for a night.

With the big bucks aiding to remove the dent caused by recession, the girls are also much for the job due to its flexible working hours.

A financial analyst by profession at Morgan Stanley, Randi Newton, 28, who lives in Midtown with recession laying hands on her job has now taken to pole dancing at Rick’s Cabaret in Murray Hill. She entertains three or four days a week and makes about ‘160,000 dollars a year on tips alone’. Newton calls herself as an ‘independent contractor’.

The New York Post quoted Newton as saying of her shift to the dancing job as : “A few nights after I got laid off, I went with friends to a strip club to get drunk and forget my unemployment troubles. The manager offered me a job as a dancer. I thought it was different. And fun”.

Newton also appreciates her new job atmosphere as, “It was very odd seeing a strip club being better run than a major brokerage firm, not to mention I’ve never had problems with sexual harassment at Rick’s,”

Owner of Sapphire Club on East 60th Street opened in January, Peter Feinstein’s words flow thus : “I am receiving a lot of applications from women who recently lost their jobs in particular New York City real-estate agents.”

Becky, 24 who worked as a pastry chef previously has now become a ‘massage girl’ at Rick’s.

Becky said : “I couldn’t find anything after I got laid off because it’s hard to land a chef job these days,” .

Though recession’s tightening grip has caused a lot of lay offs in different fields, business in the ‘Jiggle Joints’ seemed to be on an upsurge with owners into hiring more talent than ever at present.

A rep for Flash Dancers also went on to say about the mounting applications in surplus, as about 40 forms a month to occupy five positions.

Eric Langdan, Rick’s president has said that about 50 candidates a week compete for positions at their club.

“These places give men hope. Even in the worst of times, for us it’s the best of times,” said Langdan.

Greener pastures on the other side?

Free pole Fitness class are being offered by LLc a long with Gorham Fitness Studio. The free class started on March the 16, 2009 and will last for 6 weeks. Initially the classes will start off doing basic fitness moves with the pole. Portable dance pole