A Poised Taylor Swift During An Awkard Moment
MTV experienced its usual moment of controversy at the VMA’s. The first award of the night was presented to Taylor Swift for Best Female Video Award. Swift was in the process of giving her acceptance speech when Kayne West ruined her moment by grabbing the microphone and rudely interrupting her. He is quoted as saying “Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’ll let you finish, but Beyonce has one of the best videos of all time!” A stunned and shocked Swift did not finish her speech. West was then removed from the show.
Later in the show, Beyonce was awarded Video of the Year. Beyonce remembers that she won, at the age of 17, her first VMA award. Beyonce is quoted as saying “I remember how excited I was, I’d like Taylor to come out and have her moment.” Swift then came on stage and finished her speech.
Reaction to West’s behavior was immediate. The crowd booed every time his name was mentioned as a nominee. Public outrage has also been expressed through the media and internet. Celebrities have been voicing their opinions through Twitter.
West later posted on his blog admitting he was wrong and saying he was “sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom.” The blog was removed the next morning.
It is speculated that this could be a publicity stunt to generate online buzz for MTV. Regardless of the motives, West’s stage invasion has not generated positive publicity for him.
Maia Campbell is back in the news and entirely for the wrong reason. A new video has surfaced showing the once beautiful actress selling her body and whatever else for crack cocaine.
The videos show a woman seated in the passenger seat of a car eating Lays chips wearing hoop purple earrings.
Campbell is best known for her film role in Poetic Justice and role on the L.L. Cool J television show In The House. She was also the leading lady to Jaheim’s hit single “Just In Case“.
Campbell most recently appeared in Sorority Sister Slaughter in 2007.
Missing Woman Found After 18 Years
In an amazing turn of events for one southern California family, a woman who was abducted eighteen years ago, as a child, has been found and identified.
The woman, Jaycee Lee Dugard, was abducted in 1991 by two men in a sedan as she walked to her school bus as an 11-year-old girl.
“1991 kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard has been located in good health in the greater Bay Area of California,” an El Dorado County Sheriff’s spokesman said in a brief written statement.
The crime has been one of the nation’s most notorious unsolved mysteries, and her family had been resigned to the fact that they would never see her again.
This week, she walked into a police station and identified herself.
After speaking to her family, they believe that she is, in fact, their daughter, and are making arrangements to be reunited with her. A couple in is custody in the kidnapping.
Two people, whose identities have not been released, were taken into custody in connection to the abduction
More details about the case will be made public in the days and weeks to come.
Iran is experiencing its most violent protests since the Iranian Revolution more than 30 years ago, as crowds gathered to voice their disapproval of perceived election
irregularities. Mir Hossein Mousavi, a moderate candidate and the principal opposition to President Ahmadinejad, is calling for a run-off in the presidential election. At least eight people have died in street clashes between protestors and the police force. Iranian state media have clamped down on reporting the incidents, and have released their own version of events, claiming “thugs” attacked a military post and attempted to vandalize public property.
Opposition leaders to Iran’s sitting President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have called for an annulment of the election, citing election fraud and intimidation, with millions of ballots claimed to be missing. Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered an inquiry into the allegations of vote rigging. His handpicked Guardian Council, the countries top legislative body, have stopped short of declaring the elections invalid, and have promised to recount votes in contested areas.
Iran’s election results have received widespread criticism from the western media and politicians. Many EU foreign ministers have called for an inquiry into the conduct of the election, and President Barack Obama said he was “deeply troubled” by the violent manner in which the protests have been handled. Iranian expatriates living in Australia have expressed concern for what they perceive to be a hijacking of the election by hard-line conservatives.
The Care Quality Commision (CQC), a newly created overseer and “super-regulator” for health and social care, has taken little time in flexing its enforcement muscles by identifying 21 National Health Service (NHS) trusts that aren’t meeting government specified hygiene standards in protecting their patients from the risk of infection.
Among those failing were 10 adult hospital trusts, 5 primary care trusts, 4 mental health trusts and 1 ambulance trust. The 21 trusts cited are among a total of 388 trusts which the CQC is charged with overseeing. If the 21 care facilities identified don’t take immediate and rigorous steps to correct the conditions noted, they will be subject to stiffer enforcement measures such as fines and possible closure.
The CQC is taking more stringent oversight actions to reduce the incidence of all infections, but particularly MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) a superbug, ant-biotic resistant staph infection, and Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that causes diarrhea and more serious intestinal conditions such as colitis. One more hopeful note of the government report is an indication that, overall, the rate of both of these infections is on the decline.
Commission chairman Barbara Young said, “While infection rates at these (21) trusts are not necessarily higher, they can do more to strengthen their approaches to infection control and help prevent outbreaks, we will monitor their performance throughout the year and will not hesitate to use our enforcement powers to protect patients’ safety where needed.”
The 21 trusts identified in the report are: Alder Hey Children’s foundation trust, Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals trust, Barnet, Enfield And Haringey mental health trust, Barts and The London trust, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership trust, Herefordshire primary care trust, Isle of Wight primary care trust, Kettering General Hospital foundation trust, Leeds Partnerships foundation trust, Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust, Lewisham primary care trust,Manchester primary care trust, Medway foundation trust, North Bristol trust, Plymouth Hospitals trust, Royal Surrey County Hospital trust, Somerset primary care trust, South West London and St George’s mental health trust, United Lincolnshire Hospitals trust, West Sussex primary care trust, Yorkshire Ambulance Service trust.
Although the possibility that marijuana is still in the theoretical phase, there is a possibility that smoking pot increases your chances of developing testicular cancer. Studies have showed that those that smoke daily may actually be raising their risk factor for testicular cancer compared to those who do not. While testicular cancer is rare, there is a very weak link which may relate marijuana to certain cases of testicular cancer, particularly a type known as a nonseminoma.
Researchers feel confident that on a survey panel, men diagnosed with cancer were more likely honest about past drug use than men who were not diagnosed. Drug use is a major issue of concern and no one like to be caught up in the legalities that can come along with being busted. Therefore, a person who is diagnosed with cancer is less worried about the trouble and more worried about the status of their health than a person who does not have cancer. The fact that there has been weak evidence proving that the likelihood that smoking pot has lead to one kind of tumor more than another makes researchers feel even more sure that smoking pot can lead to future outbreaks.
This study does not mean that a male patient will walk into their doctors office tomorrow and be given a pamphlet or be advised by their doctor that smoking pot can increase testicular cancer. Doctors are well aware that for the moment, the results of this theory are inconclusive and in order to start advising their patients of such findings, they need more concrete evidence. For health and legal concerns, it is best to avoid illegal drug use at any point in time but for now, the concern of increased testicular cancer is held at bay.
If you have any concerns about testicular cancer or have been diagnosed, consult your doctor and be honest about any past behaviors that you have encountered. While some of this information may seem personal and make you feel uncomfortable to give out, doctors are held by a confidentiality agreement and are not allowed to release personal information about you without your permission. In order to receive the best health care possible, you should always make your doctor aware of any kind of activity, even drug related, that you have been involved in so that you can be diagnosed and treated correctly.
Currently, researchers are still testing whether or not marijuana leads to an increased risk factor for testicular cancer. Unfortunately, since marijuana is one of the most commonly used drugs, it tends to be downgraded by a number of researchers as a potential health hazard and cause for a number of concerns that have yet to be proven. Always remember that any kind of drug can be a hazard whether it is legal or illegal and you should always consult a doctor about the possible risks of any drug before using it.
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An image of a nude, seemingly underage girl was the reason for the censorship on the article. The image is from the band The Scorpions, from Germany, off of their album Virgin Killers.
Users were not able to edit other articles due to the censoring of this particular article according to Wikimedia. The article was put on a blacklist that is managed by the Internet Watch Foundation. The IWF helps law enforcement by blocking a removing child pornography from the online world.
In a discussion area on Wikipedia it is said that the article will not be removed nor will the image. It tells those who are offended that they can set up their browser to block the article specifically. According to history in Wikipedia regarding this article, it has been debated for a while now. The Wikemedia Foundation released a statement saying that they did not think the image was illegal anywhere.
Los Angeles – Heidi Montag’s sister Holly says she’s quote, “a little bit hurt†that Heidi didn’t tell her about her and Spencer’s secret beach wedding in Mexico.
Holly says she had “no idea†until she landed in Toronto yesterday and checked her texts and emails.
Holly was still in shock and got a little emotional when she appeared on The Hills Aftershow on MTV Canada last night.
According to blog gossiper Perez Hilton: “The ceremony was held on the beach. And, it wasn’t planned… There were no family members present for the ceremony, which lasted only 15 minutes.”
Spencer said to his bride during his vows: “Heidi, from the moment you came into my life, I knew my life would never be the same without you. You are the light in my life like the sun to the Earth,†according to Perez. “Your loving warmth makes me want to be a better person. Being with you, I feel complete. I’m honored to even be able to call you my wife.â€
“The minute we said our vows, I couldn’t stop crying,†Heidi told Usmagazine.com about the quickie marriage to the him half of Speidi in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
The bride’s mother objected to the wedding and was said to be “caught off guard by the news.â€
No family or friends were present for the ceremony but a photographer was there to capture the publicity-loving couple.