BAGHDAD A U.S. soldier opened fire on fellow troops and at least five were killed Monday, the Pentagon and U.S. Command said.

It was unclear whether the shooter was among the dead in the shooting, which the U.S. Command said in a brief statement occurred about 2 p.m. at Camp Liberty near Baghdad International Airport.

Pentagon officials first indicated that a U.S. Army soldier shot the others and then turned the gun on himself. Later, the officials said it was unclear whether the shooter was among the five dead.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because the issue is sensitive and details unclear.

There have been several incidents recently when gunmen dressed as Iraqi soldiers have opened fire on American troops, including an attack in the northern city of Mosul on May 2 when two soldiers and the gunman were killed.

The toll from the Monday shooting was the highest for U.S. personnel in a single attack since April 10, when a suicide truck driver killed five American soldiers with a blast near a police headquarters in Mosul. The U.S. death toll in April was 19, the highest in seven months, amid an upsurge of violence in Iraq.

Separately, the military announced Monday that a U.S. soldier was also killed a day earlier when a roadside b**** exploded near his vehicle in Basra province of southern Baghdad.

Also Monday, a senior Iraqi traffic officer was assassinated Monday morning on his way to work in Baghdad. It was the second attack on a high-ranking traffic police officer in the capital in as many days.

Lets see if we got this rightJHuds boyfriend David Otunga proposes to her, she says yes and then 5 months later she proposes to him. Hmmm

According to people.com, Jennifer Hudson returned the gesture with a surprise of her own: a proposal on Otungas birthday.

JHuds tour on hold due to illness.

The Grammy-winning singer did it last month with style, presenting Otunga - a Harvard-educated-lawyer-turned-pro-wrestler - with a personally designed Neil Lane 5 carat engagement ring.

The only hitch was that neither Hudson or Lane knew Otungas ring size, and when Hudson gave it to her fiancé last month, it was too big. So last weekend, in town for Hudsons tour dates, Otunga, 29, and Hudson went to Lanes L.A. store getting it resized.

Okay that was different!!! We wish the couple all the luck in the world.

JHud is preggers.

Chris Browns attorney is seeking police records to try to find out who leaked information about the alleged beating of Rihanna.

Attorney Mark Geragos filed a motion Wednesday in Los Angeles, seeking police personnel and investigative records.

Geragos wrote that he wants the documents to see if he can discredit or attack the credibility of police witnesses during a preliminary hearing in early June. Geragos wrote that if the files contain evidence of police misconduct, they may form a basis for the case against the R&B singer to be dismissed.

He also wants the files of a police investigation into the leaking of a photo of a bruised and battered Rihanna that was leaked to celebrity gossip Web site TMZ.

Brown, 20, remains free on bail after his Feb. 8 arrest with his then-girlfriend.

Geragos wrote in the filing that he believes a Los Angeles Police Department officer sold the photo to TMZ.

However the site acquired the photo, Browns attorney wrote that it has been damaging to the singers case.

The purpose of the leak was necessarily for profit and to vilify Mr. Brown and poison the potential jury pool, Geragos wrote.

He added that it was seen by hundreds of thousands of viewers and remains on TMZ.

The LAPD has launched its own investigation into how the photo, which it said appeared to be part of its investigation, was leaked. A department spokesman said Thursday morning there was no update on the investigation.

Geragos is also seeking the personnel files and other records of 25 LAPD officers and employees who apparently handled the case. He is also seeking information about any misconduct complaints others may have filed against the officers in other cases. The request is for several groups of police workers, including officers, a detective, supervisors, a criminalist and a forensic photographer.

The motions are scheduled to be heard May 28.

Police said at the time of Browns arrest that he was involved in a fight in the Hanc**k Park neighborhood with a woman who was later identified as Rihanna.

He was later charged with felony assault likely to cause great bodily harm and making criminal threats. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

If convicted, Brown could be sentenced to probation or nearly five years in prison.

His squeaky-clean image has been damaged by the case, with radio stations boycotting his music, fellow artists criticizing him, and Brown withdrawing himself from several high-profile events, including the Grammy Awards.

An attorney for Rihanna has said the 21-year-old Barbados-born singer will testify if required, but would prefer that the case be resolved before a trial.

Looks like Madea might not be the only one going to jail! Dawne Wilson, Tyler Perrys alleged stalker, has finally been indicted on a felony aggrevated stalking charge, says TMZ. Says the site,

the Fulton County, Ga. grand jury in the Dawne Wilson case concluded yesterday there was enough evidence to move things forward to trial.

Wilson was popped at Perrys recording studio after allegedly violating a stay away order. Shes been on the hunt for him for a long time.

Wilson is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow.

Perry isnt the only one facing a stalker - read about Tyreses stalker scandal here.

Just when you thought the sex scandal was behind her [click to read], London Deelishis Charles keeps it poppin. We posted the first part of this interview with DJ Vlad back in March where she speaks on Chris Brown and Rihanna. In this portion she admits that she did make a sex video for an ex-boyfriend who has threatened to release it online. The Flavor of Love winner pleads with him on the air not to do it rationalizing that, I was in love.

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Now we all know that in the age of webcams and digital cellphones Deelishis didnt do anything that millions of people havent done already. So well ask the lucky mystery man to respect her gangsta and not release it, especially if its you Flavor Flav! Nobody wants to see you doing that. Ha!

Would you release a sex tape of an ex if they became famous? Let us know in the comments!

Twin sisters have changed their names in a tribute to Madonna.

Lianne and Emma Dawson, 23, from Leeds, are now Lianne Madonna Vogue On The Cover Of A Magazine McHale Dawson and Emma Madonna Confessions On A Dance Floor McHale Dawson.

'Our mum is not surprised,' said Emma.

CNN) -- Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence, Saudi media reported Sunday.

Arab News, a Saudi English-language daily newspaper based in Riyadh, reported that Judge Hamad Al-Razine said that "if a person gives SR 1,200 [$320] to his wife and she spends 900 riyals [$240] to purchase an abaya [the black cover that women in Saudi Arabia must wear] from a brand shop and if her husband slaps her on the face as a reaction to her action, she deserves that punishment."

Women in the audience immediately and loudly protested Al-Razine's statement, and were shocked to learn the remarks came from a judge, the newspaper reported.

Arab News reported that Al-Razine made his remark as he was attempting to explain why incidents of domestic violence had increased in Saudi Arabia. He said that women and men shared responsibility, but added that "nobody puts even a fraction of blame" on women, the newspaper said.

Al-Razine "also pointed out that women's indecent behavior and use of offensive words against their husbands were some of the reasons for domestic violence in the country," it added.

Domestic violence, which used to be a taboo subject in the conservative kingdom, has become a hot topic in recent years. Groups like the National Family Safety Program have campaigned to educate the public about the problem and help prevent domestic abuse.

Saudi women's rights activist Wajeha Al-Huwaider told CNN that Saudi women routinely face such attitudes.

"This is how men in Saudi Arabia see women," she said in a telephone interview from the Saudi city of Dahran. "It's not something they read in a book or learned from a friend. They've been raised to see women this way, that they're less than a person."

Al-Huwaider added that "I'm not surprised to see a judge or a religious man saying that - they've been raised in the same culture - a culture that tells them it's ok to raise your hand to a woman that this works."

Another Saudi judge, in the city of Onaiza, was the source of a separate recent controversy: he twice denied a request from the mother of an 8-year-old girl that the girl be granted a divorce from her 47-year-old husband.

Last month, after human-groups condemned the union, the girl was granted the divorce.

 

Three armed thieves in Mexico City hid their faces while robbing watches from a department store by wearing the blue surgical masks which are now ubiquitous in the flu-hit city.

Employees and security guards at a branch of the Sanborns department store told the daily Excelsior newspaper that the thieves were able to slip through the shop on Sunday without attracting attention, as they blended into a sea of masked shoppers.

One of the robbers threatened store assistants with a gun while another guarded the door and the third helped himself to watches from the jewelry department.

Banks in the Mexican capital have been forced to abandon normal rules over not letting in customers wearing face coverings

Faced with the flu outbreak, which has killed up to 149 people and triggered a major global health scare, government took emergency measures over the weekend and advised residents in the crowded city to wear face masks at all times outside their homes.

Noel Thompson, star Writer western bureau A 60-year-old man charged with sexually molesting his 16-year-old daughter was granted bail when he appeared in the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's court yesterday. It is uncertain, however, when he will take up his $100,000 bail offer, as he told the court that he has no one to bail him. Resident Magistrate Evan Brown questioned the reason for having the elderly man in custody over a prolonged period with no bail being offered. "Do you have anyone to bail you," RM Brown asked the accused. Seemingly dazed Looking very tattered and seemingly dazed, he gazed at the ceiling and in different directions before looking back at the RM.He gave no immediate answer and the RM had to repeat the question. "Mi nuh ave nobody fi bail mi sar," the accused faintly responded finally. "What about your relatives, do you have any who can bail you?" the judge reiterated. "Mi ave mi sister dem but dem can't bail mi cause dem get old," he replied. After holding a brief conference with the clerk of the courts Ruel Gibson, RM Brown described it as "absolute nonsense" that the court should have held the accused in custody without offering him bail. "Tell your sisters to go down to the court office and get you bailed," he eventually told the accused. The prosecution is alleging that the girl's mother died a few years ago and she and her brother went to live with their father. It is alleged that the son slept in a bed by himself, while the girl, who was 13 at the time, slept in her father's bed. The house had no electricity and the lamp would be lit occasionally when the accused could afford to buy kerosene oil. It is further alleged that over a three-year period, the girl was sexually molested. The last incident is alleged to have occurred on January 19 of this year. The child made a report to a relative the following day and the accused was arrested and charged with incest.

(CNN) -- A man shot and killed his wife and two of their children and then killed himself in central Florida on Sunday night, authorities said.

Troy Ryan Bellar, 34, used a high-powered rifle with a scope to shoot his 31-year-old wife, Wendy, when she tried to leave their home, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

Two of the couple's children -- 5-month-old Zack and 7-year-old Ryan -- also were killed, but a 13-year-old got away, with the father chasing and firing after him, officials said.

"It is beyond my understanding why a man would shoot and kill his 5-month-old baby boy, his 7-year-old baby boy, try to kill his 13-year-old son, shoot his wife and then turn the gun on himself," said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. "There is no explanation for that."

The shootings happened in Lakeland, Florida, just east of Tampa.

When the shooting began, the couple's son, Nathan, ran out of the house and down the street -- with his dad chasing him through the garage and firing several shots, authorities said.

Nathan was unhurt and will be placed with family members.

Investigators do not know what led to the shooting, but believe it was preceded by "some kind of domestic disturbance," a statement from the sheriff's office said.

Bellar was arrested twice in Polk County: for aggravated assault in 1994, and for driving under the influence in 1999.

His wife was arrested in March for battery domestic violence.

ORAL SEX COULD RENDER YOU IMPOTENT, WITH A HIGH CANCER RISK!


This topic has always been a sticky topic, no pun intended. Recently alot of men
have been visiting pharmacies and purchasing female hormones ( Estrogen and Progesterone) in a bid to grow breasts for their significant other.

The question then is,
what are the side effects of one individual ingesting the hormones from the opposite sex?

Amongst the thousands of weird senarios and questions seen on the internet from time to time. A young man was curious about female hormones and thus ask?
       
"Q: What can a guy expect from taking female hormones?"
further stating,
"My gf decided she wanted to see me in full makeup. She loved it"

The response to this question was rather shocking.

"Is your girlfriend a medical doctor? If not, she will be RISKING YOUR LIFE by 'starting you on female hormones'.Hormones are NOT a fun way of spicing up your sex life (incidentally, it will have the opposite effect; female hormones will render you impotent, and ultimately sterile).they are potent and dangerous drugs; without proper medical supervision, they can kill or permanently disable you"

To make my point clear one needs to examine that statement. Even though it was not originated from a credible source one cannot ignore some factual statements.

1. "She will be risking your life by 'STARTING YOU ON FEMALE HORMONES'.

    This is indicating that the INGESTION of female hormones is dangerous and thus it is risky to drink or otherwise swallow "OESTROGEN or PROGESTERONE" whether you are getting it from the Pharmacy or directly from the Source BELOW.

2. "Female hormones will render you [males implied] impotent and ultimately sterile"

    Such a statement is self explanatory and is the basis of an ongoing debate on whether men can get impotence from performing oral sex with women. This could also denote that it is not [as was populary believed amongst men] that " impotent men have to resort to oral sex for pleasure, but rather, men who resort to oral sex will certainly develop impotence.

What are the implications?
The washington post declared from a study done in 2005 in america [the mecka for deviant sexual activities] that;

"The findings on oral sex among teens are sure to stir debate over abstinence-only sex education. Supporters of such programs say they have resulted in young people delaying intercourse, but opponents say they also have led young people to substitute other behaviors, especially fellatio and cunnilingus. The new data tend to support this view, showing that nearly one in four virgin teens has engaged in oral sex."

The definiton of virgin,[ that many people including myself believe to be outdated and badly needing a revision] has no bearing on the point of sex anymore. This has lead to individuals [mainly women]laying claims to perfect virginity alongside a list of satisfied ones,[mainly men]many of whom would say otherwise.

In closing my friends, not only is oral sex dangerous to the participants but it has implications that could also render a person gay. Many women claim women give better Cunnilingus and thus they sometimes give in to offers from the same sex. Could a love for oral sex drive you to deviant sex? 

Lets not forget though the real "culprits" behind the damage that is eminent. Hormones, they are made by the body for the body and has multiple unwanted effects on the body it wasn't MADE FOR.

I therefore say it is no coincidence then, that men within this age are buying male enhancement pills for better sex drive and too, that women may seem unaffected as their impotence will never "show", nope, not since the invention of lubricants.

Did i neglect to mention the risk of getting a type of oral cancer [commonly found in men] lol.. until next time
selah
Alli West

Health and Science May 11,2007

"The study, which appears in this week's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), shows that men and women who reported having six or more oral-sex partners during their lifetime had a nearly ninefold increased risk of developing cancer of the tonsils or at the base of the tongue."

References
The washington post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/15/AR2005091500915.html

yahoo answers
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071214135820AAHdy2D

Health & Science
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1619814,00.html

The Browder Files
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The mother of an eight-year-old boy who died recently is alleging that her son was 'kicked to death' by boys at his school.

Vinetta Patrick, the mother of Tyreake 'Tray' Currie, says her son was admitted for over a week in hospital after he was kicked several times by older boys of his school, Holy Rosary Primary in East Kingston, as he waited for his father to collect him.

"After Tray came in from school he started vomiting in the evening. He felt well enough to go to school the next day but when his father went to pick him up the teacher told him that Tray was sick ," Ms. Patrick told THE STAR.

Tyreake's father, Terrence Currie, who had taken Tyreake to May Pen eventually had to take him to the May Pen Hospital where he was admitted and later transferred to the Bustamante Children's Hospital where he died. Ms. Patrick said that Tyreake told doctors in her presence that he had been kicked by a group of fifth and sixth grade boys of the school after refusing to play "salad a kick" the same evening he was waiting on his father.

"I went to the school on the Friday and the teachers said they didn't know of anything and that I should keep them posted. Until now, look how long 'Tray' in the hospital til him gone and nobody from the school don't come look fi him at the hospital or call mi," Ms. Patrick said.

Ms. Patrick said that her son had broken his arm after another student pushed him in November of last year but that she had tried in vain to find a different school for Tyreake to attend this year, "Him tell him grandmother that he didn't want to go back to that school because them too abusive, now dem tek weh mi son. Tray suh quiet, and dem tek him weh," she lamented.

Upon Tray's passing last Wednesday, Ms. Patrick said that the doctors had informed her that her son's death was possibly due to "trauma of the pancreas", which she believes could possibly have been an extension of the injuries he had received from the kicks.

The Rollington Town police who are investigating say they are yet to establish the mother's claim that the child was kicked at school. "We have received a report but we have nothing so far to support the claim," the investigating officer told THE STAR.

He added that the teacher at the school said no student had reported the incident to her and also that although the incident occurred on May 21, the teacher said she did not receive any information about the incident until May 28. The post-mortem is to be conducted on June 19. Efforts to get any comments from the Holy Rosary Primary School were unsuccessful as we were told that the principal was in a meeting and messages left by the news team were not returned.

The police are urging motorists in the Corporate Area to be careful of thieves who are staging accidents by walking into the path of moving vehicles and playing hurt before robbing their victims.

Checks with the police revealed that at least three cases have been reported in the last three weeks.

"We had the first report about two weeks ago and received two more the following week," said Constable Michael Creary of the Area Four police, which covers five divisions in the Corporate Area.

The reported cases occurred at nights with one of the cases occurring in a east Kingston community while the other two occurred in sections of St Andrew.

The police said that based on the reports, the alleged 'crashers' simply waited for a car that is travelling at a speed ideal for them to run into its path without being seriously hurt. The concerned motorist, who would try to attend to the situation, would then be robbed.

Cash, cellphones and other personal belongings are among the items that have been reported stolen in the incidents.

The police also said that they suspected that there will be more cases in this new trend and are urging motorists to be cautious.

"We are urging persons to be on the alert for these unscrupulous individuals. This is another creative means for them to rob people. Should you fall in a situation like that, try and seek the assistance of a nearby person, don't just dash out of the vehicle," Constable Creary urged.

Thousands of Kenyan women vowed Wednesday to begin a weeklong sex strike to try to protest their countrys bickering leadership, which they say threatens to revive the *lo**y chaos that convulsed the African country last year.

Leaders from Kenyas largest and oldest group dedicated to womens rights, the Womens Development Organization, said they hope the boycott will persuade men to pressure the government to make peace.

Eleven womens groups are participating in the strike. The groups have also called on the wives of President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to abstain. It was not clear how either wife responded to the request.

We have looked at all issues which can bring people to talk and we have seen that sex is the answer, said Rukia Subow, chairman of the Womens Development Organization. It does not know tribe, it does not have a (political) party and it happens in the lowest households.

Sex strikes are rare worldwide. Many men in Kenya are polygamous, as is allowed by law.

Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua said he was unaware of the strike.

The disputed election between Kibaki and then-challenger Odinga led to violence that killed more than 1,000 people and left more than 600,000 homeless. The two were installed after a month of mediation, but infighting has threatened to break apart the fragile coalition.

A man who slept with his gun may have to rethink that particular life strategy, after he shot himself while sleeping.

The 24-year man, of Northport, Alabama, told police that he must have accidentally let off the .40-caliber pistol by knocking it with his hand.

The gun discharged, hitting the man in the shoulder.

The injury was not life-threatening, said Captain Loyd Baker of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit, who did not have a homicide to investigate.

The Old Harbour police have taken four male students from a school in that town into custody after they were accused of extorting money from female students who they threatened to fondle if they did not pay, THE STAR understands. The boys were taken into custody yesterday after they were reported for 'taxing' female students up to $1,000 per day in order for them to attend classes and not be sexually harassed. It is reported that in one case a female student has paid close to $100,000 since September last year in order to attend classes. No stone unturned The Old Harbour police confirmed that four 15-year-old male students of the school who were reported to be involved in the taking set on the students were taken into custody. When contacted, Deputy Superintendent of Police Duetress Foster Gardener, who is in charge of the Old Harbour police, said that the police would be leaving no stone unturned in stamping out the practice. She said this behaviour would be thoroughly investigated with a view to prosecute the guilty culprits. She added that students who suffer similar fate should come to the Old Harbour Police Station and report the matter. In recent times, several schools in St. Catherine have been touted as a training centre for the criminal gangs operating in the old capital, Spanish Town. In a recent interview with head of St. Catherine North police Superintendent Harry Daley, he promised to step up operations to rid the parish of this scourge of criminal behaviour.

Singapore - An 18-year-old student jumped to his death because he was convinced his genitals were too small, a Singapore coroner's report said on Wednesday.

In delivering the verdict of suicide, state Coroner Tan Boon Heng said that the incident highlighted the importance of sex education in and outside schools.

The junior college student's death showed that even intelligent young people can be "victims of misinformation," Tan said.

"The deceased was so tormented by his unfounded (belief in his) inadequacy that it drove him to end his life," the ruling said.

The doctor told him that his penis was normal
The case is being forwarded to the ministry of education.

Sex education in the city-state is delivered as a short series of lessons.

"If parents are aware of their children being tormented... they should seek professional help, lest such tragic deaths should happen again," said the report, published in The Straits Times.

The student, a member of the school volleyball team and described as "cheerful and energetic," jumped from a housing block on March 3.

The youth had confided in his mother in October that he was worried that his private parts were too small.

She took him to a clinic, where the doctor told him that his penis was a normal size for an Asian man and prescribed multi-vitamins.

The son told his mother in January that his life was "boring and meaningless" and that the only thing stopping him from suicide was his family's love.

Despite strong emotional support from his girlfriend, he remained convinced that he had a problem. His sister sent him a text message on March 3 asking if he was coming home for dinner.

He replied that he would eat out. The next and final message she received told her and their mother to take care.

In a suicide note, he apologised to his girlfriend and family for killing himself.

He said it was not due to the stress of his exams, "but it was more about his physical development. ... He still knew there was something wrong with his body parts," the investigation report said. - Sapa-dpa

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

A boss and his secretary who were having an affair saw their romantic tryst interrupted in a wince-inducing manner - after a car crash led her to accidentally bite his penis off.

According to reports in China Press and Sin Chew Daily, the 30-year-old woman was performing oral sex on her boss in a car in a Singapore park, when the car was struck by a reversing van.

The impact caused her to bite the man's penis off.

Just in case this wasn't already bad enough for those involved, the incident was observed by a private detective who had been sent by the woman's husband to catch them out.

He described how, shortly after parking, the car started to 'shake violently' - but then was hit by the van. He said that the woman screamed loudly, with her mouth covered in *lo**.

Helpfully, the investigator called an ambulance to take the man to hospital. His lover followed him there, with part of his penis.

The investigator said he's never seen an incident like it before.

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HAYS, Kan. - Sitting on the front row in her college classes carefully taking notes, Nola Ochs is just as likely to answer questions as to ask them. That's not the only thing distinguishing her from fellow students at Fort Hays State University. She's 95, and when she graduates May 12, she'll be what is believed to be the world's oldest person to be awarded a college degree.

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She didn't plan it that way. She just loved to learn as a teenager on a Hodgeman County farm, then as a teacher at a one-room school after graduating from high school and later as a farm wife and mother.

"That yearning for study was still there. I came here with no thought of it being an unusual thing at all," she said. "It was something I wanted to do. It gave me a feeling of satisfaction. I like to study and learn."

The record Ochs will break, according to Guinness World Records, belongs to Mozelle Richardson, who at age 90 in 2004 received a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma.

"We should all be so lucky and do such amazing things. Her achievement challenges us all to reach for our own goals and dreams," said Tom Nelson, AARP chief operating officer in Washington.

She's getting offers for television appearances, and reporters show up wanting to interview her. She acknowledges enjoying it.

"It brings attention to this college and this part of the state. Good people live here," she said. "And I still wear the same size hat."

But she added: "I don't dwell on my age. It might limit what I can do. As long as I have my mind and health, it's just a number."

Ochs is proudest of being the matriarch of a family that includes three sons a fourth died in 1995 along with 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

"They're all such fine boys," she said. "Our main crop is our children, and the farm is a good place to raise them."

Ochs started taking classes at Dodge City Community College after her husband of 39 years, Vernon, died in 1972. A class here and there over the years, and she was close to having enough hours for an undergraduate degree.

Last fall, Ochs moved the 100 miles from her farm southwest of Jetmore to an apartment on campus to complete the final 30 hours to get a general studies degree with an emphasis on history.

At 5-foot-2, her white hair pulled into a bun, she walks purposely down hallways to classes with her books in a cloth tote bag. Students nod and smile; she's described as witty, charming and down to earth.

"Everybody has accepted me, and I feel just like another student," she said. "The students respect me."

Coming out of a classroom, Skyla Foster, a junior majoring in history, sees Ochs and calls out to her. To everyone on campus, she's "Nola," not Mrs. Ochs and that's the way she wants it.

"She is pretty neat, a very interesting person and very knowledgeable," Foster said.

Todd Leahy, history department chairman, wondered at first if Ochs could keep up with the other students. After her second week, all doubts were gone, as he discovered she could provide tidbits of history.

Leahy, who had Ochs in four classes, wants to record oral histories with her after she graduates.

"I can tell them about it, but to have Nola in class adds a dynamic that can't be topped," Leahy said. "It's a firsthand perspective you seldom get."

For instance, Ochs offered recollections of the 1930s Midwest dust bowl, when skies were so dark that lamps were lit during the day and wet sheets were placed over windows to keep out dust that sounded like pelting sleet hitting the house.

During a discussion about World War II, Ochs told how she and her husband, along with other wheat farmers in the area, grew soybeans on some of their acres for the war effort.

"I would have never talked about that in class, but she brought it up and we talked about it," Leahy said. "She often adds color to the face of history."

Ochs hasn't complained about the work, nor has she asked for special considerations.

In her one-bedroom apartment, books are open and papers and notes are within easy reach when she sits down at her computer to research and write.

"I came up here with that purpose. No, I never doubted it. Other people did it," she said. "I came up here to work, and I enjoy it."

Ochs said she has learned new things. She said she has attained a better understanding of Russian history and the role Dwight Eisenhower played in the D-Day invasion.

An added joy for Ochs is that her 21-year-old granddaughter, Alexandra Ochs, will graduate with her.

"How many people my age have a chance to hang out with their grandmothers? She's really accepted by the other students," Alexandra said. "They enjoy her, but probably not as much as I do."

Ochs said she looks forward to getting home to help with the wheat harvest, as she has done every year for as long as she can remember. After harvest, she might travel or take more classes at a community college.

After that?

"I'm going to seek employment on a cruise ship as a storyteller," she said, smiling.

The determined look in her eye leaves no doubt she's serious

RACES

Grand Prix	Date	Winning Driver	Team	Laps	Time
Australia	29/03/2009	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	58	1:34:15.784
Malaysia	05/04/2009	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	31	55:30.622
China	19/04/2009	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	56	1:57:43.485
Bahrain	26/04/2009	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	57	1:31:48.182
Spain	10/05/2009	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	66	Winner

DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Jenson Button	British	Brawn-Mercedes	41
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Brawn-Mercedes	27
3	Sebastian Vettel	German	RBR-Renault	23
4	Mark Webber	Australian	RBR-Renault	15.5
5	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Toyota	14.5
6	Timo Glock	German	Toyota	12
7	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren-Mercedes	9
8	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Renault	9
9	Nick Heidfeld	German	BMW Sauber	6
10	Nico Rosberg	German	Williams-Toyota	4.5

CONSTRUCTOR'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Pos	Team	Points
1	Brawn-Mercedes	68
2	RBR-Renault	38.5
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-- Edited by Romina at 20:02, 2009-02-21

 Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Rio Ferdinand has not cracked a rib and hopes to be available for Manchester United's Champions League semi-final second leg away to Arsenal on Tuesday.

 

 

The injury setback could have been a significant blow to Ferguson's hopes of retaining United's English and European crowns as Ferdinand was thought to be out for the Premier League fixtures against Middlesbrough, Manchester City, Wigan and Arsenal, as well as next week's semi-final second leg at the Emirates.

He will miss United's Premier League game with Middlesbrough on Saturday but manager Sir Alex Ferguson is confident he could be fit to face the Gunners.

''It's good news with Rio. It is not a cracked bone, he had a bit of bruising on the lung which was why he was coughing up *lo** but there has been nothing since then,'' Ferguson said.

''Hopefully we can get him ready for Tuesday, he seems almost back to normal. But he won't play tomorrow.

''Of course when you see it at the time you fear the worst but now it is just a case of getting him back training, hopefully on Sunday, and getting him ready for Tuesday.''

Ferdinand was allowed home in the early hours of Thursday morning after being assessed at a Salford hospital, undergoing tests to determine whether he had suffered a punctured lung.

He left the field on Wednesday cl**tching his right side after he ran into Eduardo, and moments later he was sandwiched between keeper Edwin van der Sar and Nicklas Bendtnercontesting a high ball.

"Rio is desperate to play but he'll take medical advice and won't jeopardise anything to the detriment of the team," said a source close to the player.

"He was in a bad way after the injury but it was typical of him that he wanted to come straight back on and didn't know he'd already been subbed."

 Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has admitted he will have to sell players to help fund summer transfer targets.Benitez will look to strengthen his squad in close season to keep pace with Manchester United and Chelsea and make another push for the Premier League title next term.

 

The Reds have been linked with a second attempt to sign Aston Villa's Gareth Barry, as well as Valencia striker David Villa and Portsmouth right-back Glen Johnson, but in order to bring in that calibre of player he will have to trim his squad.

Ryan Babel and Andrea Dossena have been unconvincing and could be sacrificed, and Sami Hyypia is reported to have been offered a deal to join the coaching staff.

"More or less I will have an idea of how much we will have to spend," said Benitez.

"I think we'd have to sell players to increase the money we'll need, but at the moment we're not talking about names and money.

"We are working on targets and we will try to do things as quickly and cheaply as possible.

"Every year it is important to sign good players, the right players. We know we have better players than before and it will be difficult to find better players than we have now.

"But we are working very hard during the season, looking for and watching players. We will be ready."

 Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has confirmed that Xabi Alonso will be missing for the Premier League title chasers' crucial trip to West Ham United on Saturday.

 

 

The Spanish midfielder suffered severe bruising in the tackle that landed Newcastle United's Joey Barton a red card - and subsequently banishment from the club by his manager Alan Shearer - in last weekend's 3-0 win at Anfield.

But the injury blow has been softened by the news that fellow midfielder Javier Mascherano has recovered from an ankle injury and hamstrung striker Fernando Torres have both been passed fit to travel with squad.

"Xabi is not fit and cannot play," Benitez said. "We think maybe in the next week he will be okay. We had an idea that he could be fit for this game but in the end it was impossible.

"Javier was training and is in the squad, and so is Fernando."

Benitez will be hoping to call upon both stars against one of the meanest defences outside of the 'big four'. With the Hammers closing in on seventh spot and a place in the Europa League next season no quarter will be given at Upton Park.

West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola thinks his side still need a win and a draw from their last three games to book their place in Europe and is aiming to pick up valuable points against the Reds.

"It is another opportunity for us to beat a top team and also it has got double the value that if we win this game we have a great chance to get into Europe," Zola said.

"We are just saying we need four points but we are going to try to get nine - that is the approach we have."

Zola is determined to earn his first win against one of the league's top-four clubs as a manager, although he is wary of Liverpool's style away from home.

"In my opinion they are a team you'd rather play at their home than away as if you look at their record away it must be one of the best in the Premier League," the Italian said.

"So it is a really tough match for us but my players are determined to beat one of the really top sides.

"We played Manchester United at home and Chelsea at home and we went very close and were unlucky. We keep trying as we lost against those teams but we learnt a lot from them and we are confident that Saturday is going to be a different game."

Striker Carlton Cole is approaching a return from his groin injury but the Liverpool clash may come too soon

 Arsenal starlet Theo Walcott has signed a new long-term contract with the Premier League club.

 

 

The 20-year-old England international, who joined the Gunners from Southampton in January 2006, is reported to have agreed a four-year deal worth £60,000-a-week.

Walcott has now made more than 100 appearances and scored 14 goals for Arsenal and is in no doubt the Emirates Stadium is the best place for his career to develop.

"I am so happy here and just want to say thanks to everyone who has helped me get to this point in my career,'' Walcott said in a statement.

"Together with the belief of my team-mates, the boss and everyone on the staff, everyone has got behind me here at Arsenal which is brilliant.''

Walcott added: "It is fantastic to work with the best manager in the world and play at Emirates Stadium, which is an unbelievable place to play in.

"I just want to continue playing my football at this club and look forward to many successful seasons ahead.''

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger believes Walcott is integral to the club's future.

"Theo is an intelligent player with amazing ability and speed, and has developed extremely well this season,'' said the Gunners boss.

"At still only 20 years of age, Theo has huge potential for the forthcoming years and we are all looking forward to see him grow even more in an Arsenal shirt.''

Dutch striker Robin van Persie is set to follow suit with a new five-year deal in the next few weeks.

"I am hoping he will sign a new deal and I am trying very hard to get him to sign. I want Robin on board," said Wenger.

"He is a very important player in the squad and on the pitch he is a very efficient player."

Wenger added: "We want him to stay because we gave him a chance when he was in a very bad position at Feyenoord.

"I think he developed well here and I don't see a reason for him to go and he loves the club.

"We will let you know as soon as we get close."

Wenger maintains the club must do all they can to keep the players they have nurtured.

"You cannot imagine that we work as we did with young players and give them a chance, then let them go," he said.

"We are criticised because we play young players, then we are supposed to let them go when they are in a position where they start to perform at the top level? That is not acceptable.

 Manchester City have denied that talks took place on Monday with senior officials from Barcelona over a possible £40m British transfer record deal to bring star striker Samuel Eto'oto the Premier League.

 

 

Several UK newspapers reported that Barcelona president Joan Laporta met with Man City executive chairman Garry Cook in London ahead of Tuesday's Champions League semi-final, first leg against Chelsea.

The 28-year-old Cameroon international has been in exceptional form this season scoring 32 goals in 42 appearances for the Catalan giants, but has so far stalled on the offer of a new four-year contract.

With Eto'o about to begin the last year of his current deal a £40m fee would represent good business for Laporta and Barca's management team.

Since taking over Manchester City last August the Abu Dhabi United Group have been keen to add marquee names to the club's playing staff and have already broken the British transfer record once, splashing £32m on acquiring the services of Brazilian forward Robinho from Real Madrid and in January launched an audacious but ultimately unsuccessful £103m world record transfer bid for AC Milan player maker Kaká.

Last summer Tottenham Hotspur were linked with a move for Eto'o but baulked at his demand for weekly wages in excess of £100,000 a week. As City reportedly offered Kaká £500,000 a week, Eto'o's comparatively modest request would not be a deal-breaker.

Eto'o is expected to start Tuesday night's game against Chelsea as part of Barcelona's fearsome three-pronged attack alongside Lionel Messi and Thierry Henry.

A British woman who had been facing possible execution in Laos will escape the death sentence because she is pregnant, a spokesman for the Laotian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

The countrys criminal law prohibits courts from sentencing pregnant women to death, spokesman Khenthong Nuanthasing told CNN. The womans trial hasnt been scheduled yet, he said, but is likely to happen next week.

Samantha Orobator, 20, was facing death by firing squad for drug trafficking, said Clare Algar, the executive director of Reprieve, a London-based human rights group.

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Marley Campbell making his name and voice known with big tunes

As you might or might not know, Mavado and Serani are touring in Europe until Memorial weekend where the Alliance will perform at "Best of The Best" in Miami, Florida.

whats up every1 its my first post

im looking for a cd with either all (showtime, surprize, unfinished business) on it, or cd's with either of them on it just with a lot of it...anyone know of any titles?

also the same with the wes roc riddim

if there's a good site with a good search bar searching riddims for cds that would help out too i guess

also ive been searching for a name of a track, its a classic, the chorus sounds like "she woke up this mornin, she didn't eat no breakfast, woee, yeea"...i think it's Barrington Levy, riddim sounds like the collie budds finally da herbs come around.

peace n respect!

The mayor of Mississippis largest city died early Thursday, less than two days after losing a re-election bid in a contentious Democratic primary that came a week before his second federal trial. He was 60.

Mayor Frank Melton died peacefully at 12:10 a.m. at a Jackson hospital with his wife by his side, city spokeswoman Goldia Revies told The Associated Press.

Melton, who had a history of serious heart problems, was taken to the hospital from his home by ambulance on Tuesday night, shortly after polls closed.

At an emergency meeting Wednesday, the City Council tapped its president, Leslie Burl McLemore, to be acting mayor.

Unofficial results show Melton came in fourth of nine candidates. The top two finishers Harvey Johnson, the former mayor Melton unseated in 2005, and city Councilman Marshand Crisler advanced to a May 19 runoff.

Next week, a second trial was set to start for Melton and a former bodyguard, who each faced two federal civil rights charges related to a sledgehammer attack on a duplex on Aug. 26, 2006, that Melton considered a crackhouse.

A judge declared a mistrial in the first case in February after a jury failed to reach a verdict.

Melton had a serious heart condition that sent him to the hospital several times in recent years, including for bypass surgery.

Meltons first federal trial was postponed while he was treated for his heart condition and he looked gaunt and tired through much of that trial. His doctor testified at the time that he was in end stage cardiomyopathy. She said she recommended a heart transplant, but Melton refused to get on a donor list.

He and the bodyguard, Jackson police officer Michael Recio, were both acquitted in April 2007 on state charges related to the raid.

Melton came to Mississippi from Tyler, Texas, in the 1980s to run NBC affiliate WLBT-TV. He soon made a name for himself with an opinion piece called The Bottom Line in which he called out criminals and verbally attacked city officials he considered ineffective.

And that, my friends, is the bottom line, became his catchphrase.

His wife, a pediatrician, and his two children stayed behind in Texas, prompting vicious rumors about his personal life. Melton brushed aside criticism, and did things his own, sometimes unusual way.

He became a fixture in poor neighborhoods, where he would talk to youngsters about personal accountability and hard work. He tried to broker a cease fire among gangs and volunteered as a swim instructor at an area YMCA.

He was elected by a landslide in 2005 after campaigning on a tough-on-crime platform. Since then, however, he was hounded by legal problems related to his unorthodox tactics.

Prosecutors say he was drunk on scotch and power when he ordered a group of young men some with criminal records to destroy the duplex in a poor neighborhood. Melton said he was only trying rid the city of a drug den.

im not starting no rumour but i havent heard any shawn storm on the recent notnice riddims, waah gwaan fi him, and also , do u think he's lyrical

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Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy Tellem has landed his third #1 nationwide single, as his track Turn My Swag On will top Billboards Urban Airplay chart next week. Just last month, Soulja Boys single Kiss Me Thru The Phone also hit #1 on Urban and Crossover radio. Both singles have sold a c****ined 2.5 million digital copies and are taken from the rappers sophomore album iSouljaboytellum. Soulja Boys first #1 single was the massive hit single Crank That (Soulja Boy), which sat at the top of the charts for seven weeks in 2007. This morning during an interview with Good Day L,A, the rapper explained that he still isnt satisfied with his success.

AHH

Stephen Fray

KINGSTON, Jamaica JUST over a week after holding passengers and the flight crew of an aircraft hostage on the runway of the Sangster International Airport, Stephen Fray will appear in court to face multiple charges arising out of that incident.

Reports from the Jamaica Gleaner state the 21-year-old has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, shooting with intent, robbery with aggravation, assault at common law, and breaches of the Civil Aviation Authority and Airports Authority Acts.

Following his arrest on April 20, Fray underwent a battery of identification parades and interrogation by police investigators.

On the previous night (Apr. 19), he forced his way through airport security and boarded CanJet flight 918 which was bound for Halifax, Canada, with a scheduled stop in Santa Clara, Cuba.

Fray initially released all 159 passengers and two of the eight crew members. The standoff lasted until 6:40 the next morning when members of the Jamaica Defence Force Counter Terrorism Operations Group disarmed Fray and released the remaining hostages.

No one was reported to have suffered injuries during the ordeal. According to government reports, it is believed that Fray suffers from some type of mental challenges. His motivation for the hijacking is still unknown.

Immediately following the incident, the Jamaican government had promised to reimburse hostages who were robbed during the hijacking. However, it is unclear if this promise was kept.

Eminems highly anticipated comeback disc Relapse leaked onto the net today (May 7), two weeks before its official release date.

Earlier today there was a full on onslaught of Eminem material that hit the net including snippets of tracks and a clip from his Crack A Bottle music video. On Insane, one track that leaked separately this afternoon the reclusive rapper graphically jokes about getting molested by his step dad.

My step father said that I *u*ked in the bed, he spit, till one night he snuck in and said/ were going out back I want my dick *u*ked in the shed/cant we just play with Teddy Rucksbin instead/ after I f**k you in the butt, get some head/ bust a nut, get some rest/ the next day my mother said I dont know wassup with this kid/ the bastard wont even eat nothing hes fed/ he just hung himself in the bedroom, hes dead/ Debbie dont let that motherf**ker get you upset/ let me go in there put a f**king cigarette to his neck / I bet you hes faking it/ I bet you he just probably wants to see how upset she could get. [Listen Here]

On Monday (May 4), a song planned for release on iTunes the following day came out early. Old Times Sake, featuring Dr. Dre, has the dynamic duo rhyming about smoking weed.

Relapse will hit stores on May 19.

Adidjah Palmer aka Vybz Kartel yesterday failed to show up in the Black River Resident Magistrates Court in St Elizabeth for the hearing into a lawsuit filed against him.

Kartel is being sued by Christman Extravaganza promoter GT Taylor after he collected a deposit for the yearly show and failed to turn up.

Yesterday, the court was informed that Vybz Kartel had collected a deposit and had agreed to return it because he did not turn up at the show.

Resident Magistrate Stanley Clarke has postponed the matter until June 3.

Grammy winner and multi-platinum artist T.I. will utilize his non-profit K.I.N.G. foundation next week to hold an anti-gun and violence rally in Harlem, NY. Assisting the Atlanta natives endeavor are Reverend Al Sharptons National Action Network, the LIFE Camp, and the Political Swagger Foundation. Announced as Responsibility is a Lifestyle: its Time to Bury Da Beef, the involved groups plan to initiate a call to action to engage elected officials, community organizers, artists, and every American citizen to accept responsibility to build safer communities. The pertinent declaration from these organizations came after statistics from the Center for Disease Control revealed that 16 youths (aged 10-24) are killed daily from gun-related violence. Recently, a 13-year-old child was fatally shot in the head on a Harlem street corner. In Queens, a double-homicide claimed the lives of a 17 and 19 year old. Since being convicted of several felony weapons charges last year, T.I. has spent the majority of his time traveling the nation and speaking out against guns and advocating education. In 2006, a shooting claimed the life of T.I.s best friend Philant Johnson, who was murdered in front of rapper following a post-concert dispute. The rally/press conference will take place on Monday May 11 the National Action Network building, located on 106 West 145th Street and Lenox Ave (Malcolm X Blvd), New York, NY 10039. For more information, visit www.thekingfoundation.com, www.politicalswagger.com, www.LIFEcampinc.com, or www.CHANGEinitiative.org.

Popular singer Gyptian will be questioned by the Stony Hill Police in connection with the alleged assault of a man in Stony Hill recently.

According to the police they received a report from the injured man, saying he was assaulted after being involved in a squabble about money. The man is said to have had to seek treatment at the Kingston Public Hospital after the incident.

It is alleged that the victim was asked to visit the singer at a location in Stony Hill to discuss the theft of $300,000 belonging to the singer. When he got there, he was sent to the back of the premises to look at something. He was attacked by three men who beat him all over the body with a pickaxe stick. He reportedly suffered injuries to the head, hands and feet and is unable to walk or move his hands.

Although no report was made against the singer, the police say he will be questioned as investigations continu

In no uncertain terms, a Montana man tells judge why he won't serve

APRIL 30--There are probably better ways to avoid jury duty than the approach recently taken by a Montana man. After Erik Slye, 36, received a jury notice earlier this year, he filed a notarized affidavit seeking to be excused from serving on a District Court panel in Gallatin County. Slye's caustic affidavit, which he prepared with help from his wife Jennifer, can be found below. The document, of course, did not sit well with court officials and led a judge to threaten to jail Slye. But after being summoned to court, Slye apologized for the affidavit and avoided being cited on a criminal failure to appear rap. And he also was excused from serving on a jury. (1 page)