-- Edited by BoaseyT0niiB0nii (Mod) on Saturday 1st of January 2011 06:07:51 PM

According to Vybz Kartel apparently Isaiah Laing is out to get him.. since he didnt perform at Sting 2010. Kartel says that he is being ha****ed and fear for his life. The now SINGJAY ...in a recent interview with Cliff Hughes indicated that he is taking the dispute to the public so that the nation can see what is happening - that Laing wants him to pay for what he has done to his annual reggae dancehallmusic show Sting 2010.
Click HERE to listen the latest interview with Vybz Kartel and Cliff Hughes.

Mining and sawmilling were the deadliest jobs for workers this year with 17 persons killed in the two sectors out of an alarming total of 24 persons overall.

Industrial deaths recorded a horrible year, with 24 persons killed to date, and with more than 50% of them from the mining industry alone.
This is compared to 14 deaths recorded last year and would be a worrying 400% increase from 2007, the Ministry of Labour disclosed yesterday in its end-of-year report.
Describing 2010 as a sad year for labour, the Ministry indicated that an analysis of the deaths shows that more than 50% are in the mining sector with another 17% from the forestry sector.
This is dishearteningly consistent with last years figures which indicated that logging and mining remained the deadliest jobs locally.
More than half of the persons killed were between the ages of 15 and 35 years.
According to Minister of Labour, Manzoor Nadir, too many chances are being taken with the lives of the workers.
we have to reduce the risks of accidents and try to eliminate them from workplaces. These are avoidable losses of life and employers and workers have to better observe safety and health protocols and not take chances with the limb and life of workers.
13 mining deaths
In the mining sector, 13 persons died, while sawmilling accounted for four persons. The security and construction sectors accounted for two each while one utility worker was killed. Two persons were listed under unaccounted.
Among the notables for the year was the death of a Barama Company Limited employee whose remains were found in a wood chipper machine in the veneer factory at the Buck Hall site, Esssequibo River.
In April, Minister Nadir, had described the deadliest jobs as being the mining and forestry sectors. Almost 50% of the deaths over the last four years occurred in the two sectors.
In 2007, two of the five-workplace deaths were in the forestry sector while in 2008, this figure doubled. Of those ten persons, three died from logging-related incidents and two from mining.
Last year, the deaths went up even further with 14 persons losing their lives including four from logging incidents and one from mining.
Eight persons were killed in the first quarter of 2010 alone. Of this, five died from pit collapses and other mining-related events.
Back in April, Nadir had also disclosed that in the forestry sector, the felling of trees had seen several persons killed over the years.
A clear indication that proper procedures were not followed. Packing of the logs and transportation out of the timber concessions has also seen several accidents, with deaths also being recorded.
However, while the deadliest jobs are in the mining and forestry sectors, industrial accidents were the most prevalent in the agricultural sector with over 900 occurring last year. Almost 700 of these accidents, involving workers from GuySuCo and from the rice industry, were blamed on persons stepping on or being hit by objects.
Regions Five and Six were the most dangerous regions to work in, according to figures shown to Kaieteur News.
Over-exertion (strain) and falling objects were also major causes of injuries, with almost 120 persons being hurt.
After agriculture, the manufacturing industry was also determined to be a risky place to be in, with more than 100 persons suffering injuries mainly to the upper body.
What is most significant here is that while forestry and mining have the highest number of deaths as compared by sectors, accidents only account for about 5% there, with the majority of incidents being in the agri sector, Minister Nadir pointed out.
$30M collected
In the areas of industrial action, the Minister said that he was forced to condemn
workers of the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) and the Linden Municipality, who took industrial action, deeming their action a breach of the Constitutions Essential Services Act, under which a number of entities fall.
the Labour Administration will continue to strengthen the capacity to effectively do its work and continue to give vigorous representation to workers who feel that they have been treated unjustly, Nadir warned.
In 2010, the Ministry received over 1100 complaints from employees and settled almost 900, which brought in approximately $30M on behalf of the workers from errant employers.
The Government is committed to ensuring the rights of workers are respected, labour laws are strictly observed and interventions are made where employers fail to honour their obligations.
The Ministry also disclosed that it held a series of promotional campaigns focused on educating workers on the safety protocols of the workplace and the labour laws.
These campaigns were supported by the launch in early December of the highly sought after Labour Laws Primer.
In 2010, the Labour Ministry conducted an extensive inspection program for worksites to ensure that workers fully benefit from the protection afforded under the labour laws.
Major outreaches were conducted at workplaces between Crabwood Creek and Corriverton, Rose Hall, Port Mourant and New Amsterdam, East Bank Demerara, Kwakwani, Linden, Mahdia, Bartica, Port Kaituma, Vreed-en-Hoop, Parika and Mabaruma.
These have contributed to a much safer working environment. In all, over 3000 inspections were done in 2010.
While these are 25% less than what was planned by the Ministry, emphasis was placed on the quality of inspections and the follow-up to ensure that employers complied with the citations of the labour officers, the report said.(Leonard Gildarie)

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-- Edited by Thuglifenigga on Monday 3rd of January 2011 08:17:59 AM

SANTIAGO, Chile A magnitude-7.1 earthquake shook southern Chile on Sunday, prompting tens of thousands to flee the coast for higher ground amid fears it could generate a tsunami like the one that ravaged the area last year.

There were no reports of deaths or damage, and Vicente Nunez, head of the National Emergency Office, said no tsunami alert was issued.
"There has been no harm to people, no harm to property," Nunez said. "We will continue monitoring."
ThWhen the first temblor struck, people in several coastal cities quickly moved away from the ocean, abandoning some shopping centers entirely.

In the communities of La Araucania, Puerto Saavedra, Tolten and Teodoro Smith, an estimated 50,000 people voluntarily evacuated to higher ground, according to Nunez.
Hundreds of tourists spending the New Year's holiday at the resorts of Villarica and Pucon cut their trips short and headed north, clogging roads and toll stations.
Residents of the region have fresh memories of the magnitude-8.8 quake and resulting tsunami on Feb. 27, 2010, that killed at least 521 people and left 200,000 homeless.
Sergio Barrientos, director of the seismology office at the University of Chile, said Sunday's temblor was itself an aftershock of last year's mega-quake.
e Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii also said a destructive Pacific Ocean-wide tsunami was not expected.
President Sebastian Pinera urged calm in an address to the nation.
"There was an exercise of self-evacuation, which is exactly what we have asked people to do," Pinera said. "Fortunately we do not have to lament accidents or losses of life."
Some cell-phone communications and electrical power were knocked out in the Araucania region where the quake was centered, 370 miles (595 kilometers) south-southwest of the capital, Santiago.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter was about 45 miles (70 kilometers) away from the provincial capital of Temuco, which has a population of about 250,000.
The quake struck at a depth of about 11 miles (17 kilometers), according to the USGS, and there was at least one aftershock of 5.0 magnitude.
When the first temblor struck, people in several coastal cities quickly moved away from the ocean, abandoning some shopping centers entirely.
In the communities of La Araucania, Puerto Saavedra, Tolten and Teodoro Smith, an estimated 50,000 people voluntarily evacuated to higher ground, according to Nunez.
Hundreds of tourists spending the New Year's holiday at the resorts of Villarica and Pucon cut their trips short and headed north, clogging roads and toll stations.
Residents of the region have fresh memories of the magnitude-8.8 quake and resulting tsunami on Feb. 27, 2010, that killed at least 521 people and left 200,000 homeless.
Sergio Barrientos, director of the seismology office at the University of Chile, said Sunday's temblor was itself an aftershock of last year's mega-quake.

Dramatic shootout: German Township Patrolman Jeremy Blum is wounded in a police shootout with a gunman at Enon Beach trailer park near Enon, Ohio. Blum was shot in the arm and shoulder

 

 

 

Mother-of-two Suzanne Waughtel Hopper, 40, had driven to the trailer park after
reports came in of shots being fired in the Enon Beach area late
Saturday morning.

It was as she examined the area and took photos that the door of a nearby silver
trailer opened and a man fired a single shot from a shotgun.

Deputy Hopper was killed instantly by the blast.

The officer who had accompanied there desperately tried to reach her body
as a gun battle then ensued at the trailer park just southwest of
Springfield and about 50 miles west of Columbus.

Sergeant Dustin White had been interviewing a family whose trailer had been shot at when he heard his partner scream.

Enon Beach resident Angelina Inman said: 'He was itching to get her. He kept
radioing in, can he please get her, and he was told no because it
wasn't secure. You could see him crying - he wanted to get her, he
wanted to get her bad.'

The as-yet unidentified man fired again on police who responded to the
'officer down' call, sparking a furious gun battle as officers returned
fire with handguns and automatic weapons.

It was during this firefight that Patrolman Jeremy Blum, 32, was also wounded.

In graphic video footage of the shootout, Patrolman Blum can be seen
screaming in pain, throwing his weapon in front of him and crawling
away from his advanced position at the scene.

Officer Hopper's body, lying in front of the trailer on her back, has been blurred in the footage.

Withering fire: Patrolman Blum can be seen crouching in this photo, as police officers train fire on the silver
trailer ahead of them. The dead body of Deputy Suzanne Hopper lies just ahead of them

Blum was flown to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition.

The shooter, who has not been named until relatives have been notified,  was
also killed in the gunfight as officers from several different
agencies converged on the scene.

Clark County Sheriff Gene A Kelley, who held an emotional press conference at the scene, said he was sure
the gunman had been brought down by the hail of police bullets.

With his voice breaking and fighting back tears, Sheriff Kelley said: 'When
we entered the trailer the suspect was deceased, apparently from the
exchange of gunfire.

'Our deputy never had the opportunity to return fire or take cover. She was
an outstanding deputy, is married and a parent of two children.

'This is my worst day in 24 years as a sheriff of Clark County.'

Two Enon Beach residents first made the call to police, saying they were 
inside their mobile home when they were shaken by a boom and spraying
glass.

A shot had been fired at their trailer, shattering a window.

Deputy Hopper,
described as a diligent and careful investigator, attended the scene
and was taking photos of the scene when a man in a nearby silver trailer
emerged, pointed his shotgun at the deputy and fired.

Five-time Grammy winner Shania Twain got hitched Saturday in a match that has all the makings of a country song.

Twain's new husband, Swiss businessman Frederic Thiebaud, is the ex-spouse of her former best friend, Marie-Anne Thiebaud. About two years ago, Twain's first husband, music producer Robert (Mutt) Lange, left her for ... you guessed it:
Marie-Anne.

 

Both Lange, 62, and Marie-Anne Thiebaud denied they had any romantic involvement until after the couples had already split, but Twain, 45, was reportedly devastated when
she learned of their affair. She and Frederic Thiebaud later found comfort in
each other's arms.

Giving new meaning to her hit, "Oh, I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" the beautiful country crooner and Thiebaud tied the knot at a romantic oceanside ceremony in Puerto Rico. They were engaged two months ago,
after dating for more than a year.

"They were married at sunset in Rincon, Puerto Rico, in front of 40 of their closest family and friends," Twain's spokesperson told People.com.

In a photo posted by TMZ.com, the bride is shown in a strapless white gown with a black sash around her waist and a white veil that flows down her back to the ground. The groom looks dapper in a white suit
and vest with a black shirt and shoes.

Twain announced their engagement on her website in December.

"I'm in love!" she wrote. "Frederic Nicolas Thiebaud has been a true gift to me as a compassionate, understanding friend and over time, an amazing love has
blossomed from this precious friendship."

"In the last two and a half years of adjusting to life after separation and divorce," she explained, "I needed to lean on others more often than I was
accustomed to. These people have been gifts, and I am fortunate to have so many
of these beautiful people - friends, family and beloved fans, [whose] support I
cherish more deeply with each day that passes."

Twain - who has a 9-year-old son, Eja, with Lange - was married to her first husband for 14 years. She has been on hiatus from her block-buster country music career since
the release of her 2002 album, 'Up!'

After watching Anowa Anjah and Rosa Acosta stretching their sexy limbs to the limit, Maliah Michel has decided to throw her assets into the ring.

Im not really sure Id call what Maliah is doing in this video stretching though, looks more like a warm up to a hot sex session.

WASHINGTON  A major earthquake of 7.1 magnitude hit central Chile Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was initially reported as a 7.2 but was then revised downward.

The epicenter was 60 miles northwest of Temuco at a depth of 20.5 miles, it said.

"No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical and tsunami data," said the Hawaii-based Tsunami Center.

Chile, the world's top copper producer, has seen its economy surge on the heavy spending to rebuild cities ravaged by a quake in February last year and record prices for its main export.

 

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40879694/ns/world_news-americas/?gt1=43001

ON HIS TWITTER PAGE VYBZ KARTEL ANSWA TO BEENIE DISS WITH DA WORDS "Me do dancehall hero an dem a ansa di song. So a dem did a eat di %&%* all along"..HE GONNA ANSWA WID A TRACK TO BEENIE OR LIKE AIDONIA HE SAY THAT BEENIE IS A POP DUNG ARTIST?AWHOE

-- Edited by Gamepun (Snr.Mod) on Tuesday 14th of December 2010 08:49:53 AM

Drama outweighed substance as far as the local music scene went in 2010. There was not much to write home about musically, but, true to form, dancehall performers provided endless incidents. A reggae icon got the ultimate honour from the rock community, while one of contemporary reggaes biggest stars languished in jail for nearly one year. Entertainment also bade a final farewell to several stalwarts. Here is a look back at some key moments in Jamaican popular music 2010. Newsmakers Jimmy Cliff was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March. The star of the classic 1972 film, The Harder They Come, became only the second reggae act to be recognised with this award, Bob Marley being the first in 1994. The Harder They Come and its soundtrack, which featured several of Cliffs biggest hit songs, have had a major impact on rock music. Buju Banton: Freedom or a lengthy prison sentence still hangs in the balance for the 37-year-old singjay who was arrested and charged by Federal agents for drug possession in South Florida in December 2009. His initial trial ended in a hung jury, and a new trial has been set for February. Banton, who is out on bail, released a new album in the summer, which has been nominated for a Grammy Award. READ MORE

Popular entertainer Vybz Kartel took to the media on Tuesday to voice his grouse with the police force after they shut down his show at the Building in New Kingston on Sunday, December 26. The police raided the club, searched patrons and shut down the Kartel in Concert. Kartel told the host of the radio programme that his show was singled out for no reason and said he would like to have a meeting with the Police High Command to work out whatever issues they have with him. Corey Todd, Manager of the Building and the artiste's business for Kartel in Concert, was also on air giving his version of events. According to him, he was treated badly by the police. He said he was taken to three police stations and his United States passport taken from him without an explanation. Kartel promises to make it up to his fans by staging a free concert inside the Building next week. Meanwhile, Todd says he plans to take legal action against the police for their actions. As for rumours that the police used tear gas during the raid, Todd says he is not sure that occurred but patrons were treated with "excessive force". However, Superintendent Derrick 'Cowboy' Knight, head of the Half-Way Tree Police says the police went to the location based on information received that there were illegal firearms, drugs, wanted men and other persons of interest at the location. He says the police will continue to follow leads. "This entertainment location poses a serious security risk as the capacity is between around 1,500-2,000 and Sunday night over 8,000 persons were crammed inside with another 3,000 persons standing outside." He added that two persons were taken in for questioning including Todd, while a female patron was arrested and charged with assaulting the police and defamatory language.

Tucker Carlson filled in for Sean Hannity Tuesday night on Fox News and made a shocking claim: Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick should be executed.

Carlson led a panel discussion pegged to President Obama's recent phone call with the Eagles owner, in which he applauded the Eagles for giving Vick a second chance following his time in jail over his dogfighting scandal.

But Carlson is not as forgiving as Obama or the Eagles.

"I'm a Christian, I've made mistakes myself, I believe fervently in second chances," Carlson said. "But Michael Vick killed dogs, and he did in a heartless and cruel way. And I think, personally, he should've been executed for that. He wasn't, but the idea that the President of the United States would be getting behind someone who murdered dogs? Kind of beyond the pale."

The South East Regional Health Authority, SERHA is refuting claims that a baby was thrown from a building at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston.

The statement from SERHA follows the discovery of a babys body on the grounds of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital this morning.Earlier reports had suggested the baby was thrown from a building.

Chairman of the SERHA board Lyttleton Shirley says the baby is believed to be no more than three days old.

SERHA board chairman Littleton Shirley says the babys body was found on the grounds of the hospital approximately 5:00 this morning during a routine patrol of the compound by the police.

Mr. Shirley says a thorough check of the hospitals records revealed that the baby was not a patient and that no baby is missing.

The SERHA board chairman says the authority is traumatized and shocked by this gruesome act.

He is assuring the public that babies under the care of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital are highly protected and cared for.

Mr. Shirley adds that he also wants to make it profoundly clear that the baby was not thrown from any hospital building.

This as a full audit of the hospital and its patients revealed that the maternal patients have accounted for all their babies.

He says an audit was also conducted in the morgue and all the bodies are accounted for.

Mr. Shirley also notes that an examination of the body by medical personnel revealed that there was no *la*hd or body fluids present at the site where the mutilated body was found.

He says this suggests that the body could have been transported to the compound.

Mr. Shirley further states that the hospital staff has begun an audit of all mothers discharged from the hospital within the last 48 hours to assist the police with their investigations into the matter.

A local evangelist is demanding a musical clash with Dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel.

Evangelist Taylor, who didn't want the name of the church he attends published, says he wants Isaiah Laing, the promoter of the annual Sting show, to arrange a clash between himself and Kartel.

"I want Laing to organise that clash, because Mr Vybz Kartel has been leading the generation astray for too long and we have to stop him. He is deceiving them," said the evangelist.

He accused the deejay of several immoral actions: "He's high in the demonic world, says he reads The Da Vinci Code book ...," the evangelist claims.

"We need to trample Vybz Kartel, we're fed up of him now. Other pastors and I sit down and we listen to his songs, he is the one, there is a great force behind him," he further stated.

 

gun lyrics

He said in the deejay's music you can feel the power behind it. "His words are powerful. I want to clash him and after I beat him we will baptise him in the name of The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. We'll put him in the church and let him teach Sunday school," he said.

The evangelist said that Kartel is a well-educated young man, who is fooling around and not using his education in the right way. Pointing out how sensible the deejay was, the evangelist referred to his song Thank You Jah in which he quotes a section of the Bible.

He complained, however, that instead of doing more positive things, the deejay is passing on gun lyrics to the children.

"He sings that the barba boy run but the preacher will never run. We don't want the Portmore Empire, because once I get him, I get the whole Gaza. I will call him up and tell him that he's destroying the youths, the spirit of the Lord will speak through me. I want him to become a speaker for the Lord as he has the ability to turn Jamaicaaround. He's the only one we see with that power," he added.

 

repent

"We want him to surrender his life to the Lord. When I win we're going to bring him to Caymanas Bay and baptise him and put him in the church to preach the gospel. If he repents and turns his life to the Lord he will get back his visa," said the evangelist.

Taylor said Kartel is the only artiste he is interested in changing. "He is the only one I want. Mavado, Bounty Killer and all those others artistes are nothing compared to him. If we get him we get a whole multitude of young people back into the church. The church will be filled with young people because he's the leader of the next generation," he added.

According to the evangelist, "I will clash Kartel for free, no money, just want him to turn over him life and stop leading the youth in the wrong direction."

Efforts by THE WEEKEND STAR to get a comment from Kartel in reference to the evangelist's wishes, were unsuccessful up to press time.

 

 

Source: http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20100730/ent/ent1.html

`Beenie Man manager Blue told the Star News what the track is all about.

The song is not a diss song as many are making it out to be, but it is actually a correction to an earlier song which Vybz Kartel did on the same rhythm. Its not really a disrespect and him no diss Kartel, ano disrespect, Blue explained. (The Star)

Blue also said, Beenie is simply trying to defend the honour of dancehall music and protect it and its pioneers as he merely disagreed with some of the things Kartel said in his song in regards to the styles he claims he created.

In the track Beenie Man a fight over style weh mi grandma mek/Oh awoww!, yuh no hear nothing yet/before Clarks a beat, man a wear Gator crep,.

In another verse change mi skin colour that me naw do you see the freak thing, that me nah do .

obviously refering to Dancehall Hero Vybz Kartel, who claims he is the dancehall Pele, the Jordon, the last Don.

-- Edited by BoaseyT0niiB0nii (Mod) on Tuesday 14th of December 2010 05:54:58 PM

MI NOTICE THIS PROBLEM ZEEN

AND NUH MATTER HOW MUCH U CORRECT IT AND SHOW SOME A DEM THE CORRECT WAY...DEM STILL NUH DWEET

ALRITE

SIMPLE.....

IF U HAVE A KARTEL OR MOVADO SINGLE WHERE DO U POST IT??

DANCEHALL SINGLE RIGHT???

IF U HAVE A ASSASIN ALBUM....WHERE DO U POST IT??

DANCEHALL ALBUMS RIGHT??

MI NOTICE SOME PPL POSTING THEM MIXTAPES AND THEM MUSIC VIDEOS IN DANCEHALL RIDDIMS AND REGGAE SINGLES AND POP SECTION

LIKE SERIOUSLY....UNU EVEN GUH SCHOOL?

NO WONDER U SEE SO MUCH ACCIDENTS ON THE ROAD....PPL DONT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS

THIS BREDDA NAME BLACK FANTASY POSTING SOME LUU POST CRAP...AND HIM KEEP PUTTING IT IN "HIP HOP SECTION"

NOW JAMAICA, U.S, EUROPE, MEDIAZONE.....INTERNET...TELL ME SOMETHING....WAT LOGICAL REASONING TELL U SAY A LUUU POST FI GUH INNA HIP HOP ALBUMS

AND WHEN U TALK TO THEM BOUT THESE THINGS THEM TELL U SAY U UNFAIR AND YAAH FIGHT GHETTO YUTES

NOW IT MEK MI A WONDER...IF DEM ALWAYS A PUT STUFF INNA DI WRONG PLACES....ZEEN

MI A WONDER IF WHEN DEM A SEX DEM GIRL....IF DEM POST DEM THING INNA DI WRONG PLACE TOO

MI SERIOUS......

ITS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN....

WEH U THINK?....AND NO GIMMI NUH""

SPEAK U MIND PON DIS

Two days after celebrating his 93rd birthday, the first President of Trinidad and Tobago Sir Ellis Clarke has died.

Sir Ellis passed away peacefully last night at 7.15 at his home at 6 Pine Grove, Fairways, Maraval. He never recovered from the massive stroke which he suffered last month.

On November 24, Sir Ellis was rushed to Westshore Medical Centre in Cocorite for medical treatment for the ailment.

In a statement from the residence last evening, the family said it wished to thank all those who offered prayers and best wishes during his brief illness.

Sir Ellis son Peter read the statement to the Newsday team waiting outside the former Presidents residence. After the brief statement, Peter returned inside to join the rest of the family.

I want to thank you for respecting our wishes, I know that you have to do your job. I am going inside with my family, Peter said as he requested respect for the familys privacy in their time of grief.

When Newsday arrived, the team noted activity in one of the upstairs rooms. It seemed like persons were preparing Sir Ellis body to be taken away. There was a white van parked outside with its rear door open.

At about 9.34 pm, two undertakers came out with the body, wrapped in maroon material.

Sir Ellis, who was one of the main architects of this countrys 1962 Independence Constitution, served as President from 1976 to 1987.

An attorney, he was a sought-after authority on constitutional matters, dispute resolution and diplomatic conflicts and was currently at the forefront of the countrys efforts at constitutional reform.

Sir Ellis, a Roman Catholic, also attended Mass regularly as well as meetings of various committees of which he was a member.

His contemporary, Sir Ulric Cross said he visited him on Wednesday at about 10 am.

He was not alert. His eyes were closed and he was lying on his left side, Sir Ulric said. It was very sad to see him like that since we have known each other since the age of 11.

Sir Ulric said only Sir Ellis son-in-law was present when he visited.

In a previous interview, Sir Ulric regarded his former classmate at St Marys College as brilliant. Both also distinguished themselves in the legal profession.

I used to say 1917 was a vintage year for Trinidad and Tobago, he said then.

Yesterday, Sir Ulric said he learnt from a nurse that there was not much doctors could have done for the former President again.

It is a great loss for Trinidad and Tobago, he said. Funeral arrangements are yet to be announced.

The on-line encyclopedia Wikipedia has already updated its information to indicate that Sir Ellis has died. Sir Ellis was the father of Peter and Margaret Ann. He was also the grandfather of five.

Margaret Ann arrived from Scotland in Trinidad on November 25, the day after Sir Ellis stroke. It was customary for Margaret Ann to return home every year to celebrate Sir Ellis birthday on December 28, which is observed in the Roman Catholic tradition as Holy Innocents Day. Sir Elliss full name was Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke.

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Sir Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke, an only child, was born on December 28 1917 into a middle class family from Belmont. He received his high school education at St Marys College, where he won an island scholarship in mathematics.


He pursued his tertiary education at London University where he obtained his LLB. He was called to the Bar at Grays Inn, London in 1941.
Not long after his return to Trinidad and Tobago, Ellis Clarke was called to the Bar in his homeland, engaging in private practice from 1941-1954.

Between 1954 and 1962 Ellis Clarke held several posts in the Colonial Government: Solicitor General, Deputy Colonial Secretary, Attorney General and Constitutional Advisor to the Cabinet.


After the attainment of Independence, Ellis Clarke became a foreign diplomat, holding numerous posts between 1962 to 1976, sometimes simultaneously, including Trinidad and Tobagos Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

He was an ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago to the United States and Mexico. He was also Trinidad and Tobagos Representative on the Council of the Organisation of American States. He also held the post of Chairman of BWIA from 1968 to 1973. He was appointed Governor-General by Her Majesty the Queen of England in 1972, and assumed duties on 31st January 1973.

Upon proclamation of Republican status on September, 1976, the post of Governor-General became obsolete. Following a meeting of the Electoral College, as provided by the Constitution, Ellis Clarke was elected unopposed as President, becoming the first President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago - an office he held until 1987.
Ellis Clarke was involved in the draft Constitution, culminating in his attendance at the Marlborough House Conference from May 28 to June 8, 1962.

He was bestowed the Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG.) in 1960 and made a Knight Bachelor (Kt Bachelor) in 1963. He was one of the first to be awarded this countrys then highest honour, the Trinity Cross (now known as the Order of Trinidad and Tobago) in 1969.

Not since Susan Boyle opened her mouth and surprised a global audience with her dulcet tones has there been such a talent as Lin Yu Chun, a contestant on a Taiwanese talent show called 'Super Star Avenue,' which is much like 'American Idol'. Chun destroys all preconceived notions with a powerhouse delivery of Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' that's sure to give you chills. And with Whitney's current illness, there's certainly an opening in the music world for a successor to the ballad throne.
Watch his audition and forward to the 1:10 mark



Fast Forward To 1:10 MARK


-- Edited by KrYsIs on Thursday 8th of April 2010 08:34:34 AM

Some are blaming it on the line up, the fact that top acts such as Mavado was not there contributed heavily to the poor crowd support at Sting 2010. How poor was it .. according to one report from the Observer news paper..

"Perhaps the greatest initial indicator that the event would fall short of previous years was the crowd support. By Sting standards, the huge Jamworld venue in Portmore St Catherine was empty, even after the midnight hour, when the event faithfuls would usually been seen streaming in to catch their favourite reggae and dancehall acts."

Vybz Kartel predicted that this sting would be the floppiest ever.. and went on to have his show at the Building Nightclub only to have the stings cut for that one.
I dont believe the building nightclub show impacted that much on sting..its perhaps the fact that the people already had a number of ordinary shows leading up to the event and the fact that nothing special was being prepared for sting.. then it would have been no different from GT Taylor's Reggae Extravaganza, no different from Author Guinness celebration and all the other free shows put on by LIME, CLARO, DIGICEL and BOOM just before the main event. A number of the acts performed at these shows and will only just replicate what they did there at Sting 2010.
Its clear if there is no Clash there is no Real Sting as we know it.

-- Edited by SVG on Wednesday 29th of December 2010 02:19:43 PM

Death stalked the Caribbean Community (Caricom) in 2010 overshadowing many significant events such as the election of the first woman head of government in Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda and St Maarten, as well as the continued impact of the global economic and financial crisis on the region.

None of the 15-member Caricom grouping was spared, as the hand of death swept across the region transforming the capital of the French-speaking nation of Haiti into a massive graveyard and bringing about a change in the leadership of government in Barbados.

Prominent academics, internationally acclaimed entertainers, well respected regional jurists and ordinary citizens contributed to the death toll over the past 12 months, in addition to the significant numbers murdered in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize and Guyana.

Even the extradition of an alleged Jamaican drug lord to the United States led to more than 70 deaths, while plane crashes in Suriname, The Bahamas and St Vincent and the Grenadines left many families without their loved ones.

But it was in Haiti that the stench of death lingered the most. On January 12, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook the impoverished country, killing an estimated 300,000 people and leaving more than a million others homeless. It literally destroyed all the buildings in the capital Port-au-Prince.

"This is actually the largest earthquake we have seen in the last 200 years in this region. There has not been an earthquake of magnitude six range since the 1970s," said US geophysicist Julie Dutton.

The US Geological Survey said the quake was centred about 14 miles west of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of initial magnitude of 5.9 and 5.5 forcing panic-stricken residents to file out into the streets desperately trying to dig people from rubble or searching for missing relatives.

The earthquake also decimated the government by killing scores of public servants who would have been required to play a major role in rebuilding the country that the international donors said would need billions of dollars in aid over the coming years.

But even as Haiti grappled with the aftermath of the earthquake, the country was plunged into another crisis with a cholera outbreak that has so far killed more than 2,700 people.

Cholera had not been documented in Haiti for decades and apart from blaming Nepalese soldiers serving with the United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Haiti, angry and fearful Haitians were lynching voodoo leaders, who they also blamed for spreading the water borne disease despite a new study providing the strongest evidence yet that the disease came from South Asia.

As if the death toll from the earthquake and cholera outbreak was not enough, the country also suffered loss of lives due to the rains and winds associated with the tropical storms of the June to November 2010 Atlantic hurricane season.

Outgoing Caricom Secretary General, Sir Edwin Carrington whose 44-year-old son Andre Gerard Edwin Carrington died this year "after a prolonged illness" said the devastation caused by the earthquake and the cholera outbreak in Haiti demonstrated "the true value of membership of the community that when one partner is damaged, all turn to its aid".

And so it was in the case of Barbados, as Caricom citizens joined in mourning the death of Prime Minister David Thompson, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer in October.

Thompson, 48, who became the island's sixth prime minister after he led his Democratic Labour Party (DLP) to victory in 2008, was the third Barbados head of government to die in office following prime ministers Tom Adams in 1985 and Errol Barrow two years later.

The Caribbean learnt of the full extent of Thompson's illness on September 16, when his personal physician Dr Richard Ishmael said that tests done in the United States had confirmed that he was suffering from carcinoma of the pancreas, manifested in the form of a tumour of his pancreatic gland.

Thompson's deputy, Fruendel Stuart, who had the task of notifying members of the Cabinet of the prime minister's death, was later sworn in as the country's new leader.

Politically, the Caribbean welcomed more women at the head of governments through elections, while the incumbents in St Kitts and Nevis and St Vincent and the Grenadines were returned to office with reduced majorities.

Up until yesterday, Haitians were still unsure as to who would replace President Rene Preval next February following the November 28 presidential elections, which were marred by allegations of voter irregularities and fraud.

Former first lady Mirlande Manigat and government technocrat Jude Celestin emerged as the two front runners for a second round of voting in January, but the results led to massive protests.

Britain announced to the citizens of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) that they would have to wait beyond July next year to elect a new government.

But London's relationship with its Caribbean overseas territories also took a battering in 2010, with the newly-elected Anguilla Chief Minister Hubert Hughes telling voters that he was emphatically asked by the island's British Governor, Alistair Harrison, to resign.

Hughes said that the Governor also called for the immediate dismissal of the Minister of Communication and Works Evan Gumbs and the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Walcott Richardson. But the chief minister assured residents that the government they elected in February continues to function.'

In May, Patrick Manning called fresh general elections in Trinidad and Tobago nearly three years before the constitutional deadline and it resulted in the oil-rich twin-island republic electing its first ever woman head of government in 58-year-old Kamla Persad Bissessar, for whom 2010 had been very kind.

In February she became the first woman to be elected Opposition Leader in Trinidad and Tobago, one month after she decisively got rid of the leader of the main opposition United National Congress (UNC), Basdeo Panday, in a bruising campaign in which she was portrayed as everything from a drunk to a weak leader.

Persad-Bissessar joins the late Dame Eugenia Charles of Dominica, Janet Jagan of Guyana and Portia Simpson Miller of Jamaica who have headed governments in their respective Caribbean countries.

For now, she will have company in the persons of Premier Paula Cox in Bermuda, who replaced a retired Dr Ewart Browne and veteran politician Sarah Wescott-Williams in St Maarten, both of whom took over as heads of their respective governments in October.

In Suriname, Desi Bouterse returned from the political wilderness, a conviction in absentia on drug-trafficking charges and being accused of the 1982 murder of 15 people, to become the President of the Dutch-speaking Caricom country.

Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer was indebted to the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal for the survival of his administration in Antigua and Barbuda, after a lower court had earlier ruled that his election and that of two senior government ministers were invalid due to polling day irregularities in March 2009.

But the Appeal Court found that Justice Louise Blenman had erred when she invalidated the victories of the three ministers.

Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his Education Minister Petter St Jean will no doubt be hoping for a similar ruling in their dual citizenship case that is now before the courts, while in Jamaica, the issue of dual citizenship has been playing itself out in the courts, so far without affecting the balance of power in the 60-member Parliament.

Former Barbados prime minister Owen Arthur, according to Mia Mottley, needed the help of a "kangaroo court" established by the Barbados Labour Party to oust her from the position of Opposition Leader she held since 2008.

In Jamaica, Prime Minister Bruce Golding survived various calls for his resignation in Jamaica over his handling of the extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.

Violence flared in West Kingston when security forces launched an offensive to capture Coke in May, resulting in the deaths of more than 70 persons and the imposition of a limited state of emergency. Coke later surrendered to law enforcement officials and waived his rights to an extradition trial in Jamaica.

In August, less than a month after telling journalists that he "never came to stay forever", Sir Edwin, the longest serving Caricom Secretary General, announced that he was resigning as the region's premier public servant after 18 years.

His resignation coincides with a decision by regional leaders to revisit the governance structure within the 37-year-old grouping with the outgoing Caricom Chairman, Prime Minister Golding acknowledging that the issue "has plagued Caricom for many, many years.

"It has been the subject of numerous studies, consultations, discussions and proposals have been made," Golding said.

Economically, the region still grappled with the effects of the global economic crisis, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) acknowledging that the effect had been uneven.

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said countries that followed sound policies "fared rather well" but "on the other hand, countries in Central America took longer to recover, and the tourism-dependent Caribbean countries are still suffering".

In fact, at yearend, the region tourism industry was still hoping that Britain would reform its controversial air passenger duty (APD) that stakeholders said could cripple the industry.

Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), Richard Skerritt said that the new proposal had been submitted to Britain along with a detailed assessment of the impact of APD on Caribbean countries.

Antigua and Barbuda, which depends heavily on the tourism sector, announced during the year that it agreed to a US$124 million Stand-By Agreement with the IMF and that the deal came with one key conditionality that the government cannot increase its stock of arrears or contract short term debt.

In January, the IMF said it had reached a US$1.25 billion Stand By Agreement with Jamaica.

For their part, the leaders of six Eastern Caribbean states signed a treaty establishing a single economic space among them and immediately signalled that they were prepared to widen the initiative to include other regional countries.

The leaders of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines signed the revised Treaty of Basseterre bringing into being the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Economic Union.

Montserrat, the other full member of the Eastern Caribbean grouping, is awaiting the go ahead from Britain to participate in the initiative that the leaders said is an upgrade on the original accord that led to the establishment of the OECS 29 years ago.

St Lucia and St Vincent bore the brunt of the passage of Hurricane Tomas in late October with the death toll in St Lucia at seven.

Earlier in September, at least nine people were confirmed dead in Jamaica as the heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Nicole affected the island.

Acclaimed Caribbean academic Professor Rex Nettleford, 77, died in a United States hospital and the region also bade farewell to social anthropologist Professor Alton Barry Chevannes, the noted economist Professor Denis Pantin, journalist and university lecturer John Maxwell, the journalist Norman Faria, who served as Guyana's Honorary Consul in Barbados for 16 years, the prominent St Lucian educator and cultural activist, Patricia Ellen Charles and former Privy Council judge , Sir Vincent Flossiac.

Johan Ferrier, Suriname's first president after the country gained independence in 1975 died a few months short of his 100th birthday, while former Dominica president Crispin Sorhaindo and Dr Bernard Yankey, a former OECS Commissioner to Canada also died during the year.

Suriname also mourned the death of the Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname, Andre Telting who had been running the institution since 2000 and Guyana said farewell to former deputy prime minister Winston Murray, who died without regaining consciousness 11 days after he collapsed and hit his head.

The live performances of Dame Marie Selipha Descartes, widely regarded as St Lucia's Queen of Culture, 59-year-old Jamaican reggae singer Gregory Isaacs, and Montserrat's Alphonsus Edmund Cassell (Arrow) came to an end in 2010. The Caribbean music industry also said goodbye to Oneil Edwards, a member of the Jamaican group, Voicemail, who was shot and killed by gunmen.

With dead models hanging from nooses around their necks and dismembered heads littering the floor, Kanye West has produced what must surely be his most controversial video yet.

As well as Kanye, the video also features cameo appearances from Nicki Minaj, Jay Z, Rick Ross and indie-folk star Bon Iver.

The full video was leaked on YouTube, where an earlier sample had already been published.  With foul language and graphic scenes it is too offensive to post here.

The top-rated comment on the video sharing site stated: 'The song's awesome, there's not denying that. And yes it's called monster so I understand all the *la*hd and gore; I dig it.

-- Edited by BoaseyT0niiB0nii (Mod) on Thursday 30th of December 2010 09:48:15 PM

Chris Brown Apologizes For Using Anti-Gay Slurs During Argument W/Raz B. Raz's Brother Ricky Romance Threatens To Put His "Motherf*cking Pistol" In Chris' Mouth! / Chris Brown & Raz B Go At It On Twitter Over Rihanna. Both Label The Other As Homosexual & Worse. Peep The Tweets Inside!

As we reported , singers Chris Brown and Raz B got into a heated argument via Twitter. Both probably should have used better judgement by avoiding the public beef that was sparked by a tweet Raz made dissing Chris for how he treated Rihanna.

Today Chris is attempting to clear the air, hoping to avoid a backlash from the gay community by issuing a public apology for using homophobic slurs during the argument.

"Yesterday was an unfortunate lack in judgment sparked by public Twitter attacks from Raz B, who was bent on getting attention. Words cannot begin to express how sorry and frustrated I am over what transpired publicly on Twitter," Brown told TMZ. "I have learned over the past few years to not condone or represent acts of violence against anyone. Molestation and victims of such acts are not to be taken lightly; and for my comments I apologize -- from the bottom of my heart."

Meanwhile Raz's brother Ricky Romance released a video threatening Brown's life.

"This message is for Chris Brown... if I see you in L.A. im gonna put my motherf*cking pistol in your mouth, I promise you," Romance says in the video. "So make sure you keep them tweets to yourself my n*gga, and make sure you apologize."

This is getting mad strange, check the video out below.

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Twitter seems to the spot for entertainers to air each other out. Almost weekly there is some kind of beef popping off via the social network. Todays drama featured Chris Brown and Raz B going in on each other about Rihanna of all people.

Since news broke that Rihanna and baseball player Matt Kemp split up, Raz B has been tweeting nonstop about his love for the singer.

This is the video that made me fall for @Rihanna ummmm Im gonna chew you up a bubblegum, Raz tweeted, adding a link to Ris Rude Boy video.

Its an odd way to try to get someone like Rihannas attention, but Raz has been doing a lot of strange sh*t lately.

He continued his Rihanna tweets, then out of nowhere dissed singers Eric Benet and Chris Brown.

Im sitting here thinking how can n*ggas like @ebenet & @ChrisBrown disrespect women as intelligent as @HalleBerry11 and @Rihanna.

That was all it took to get Breezy fired up, he quickly shot back, @razb2k n*gga you want attention! Grow up n*gga!!! D*ck in the booty a** lil boy.

From that point on the two exchanged insults back and forth.

Raz: @Chrisbrown Do you hit your boyfriend @andre_merritt like you do your women?

CB: Tell me this @razb2k!! Why when the money was coming in u won't complaining about getting butplugged! #homothug!!!

Raz: @chrisbrown I luv how u resort 2 disrespectful low brow tactics when u clearly sabotaged ur own career by beating women!

CB: I ain't deleting my tweet either!! I was minding my damn business and Peter pan decides to pop off!!! # whatalame. I'm not homophobic! He's just disrespectful!!!

Raz: Ur not homophobic, ur juz homosexual on the low! yo @chrisbrown i heard about all yo BoyFriends & tell yo cheerleader @1omarion 2 shut the f*ck up b4 i send J BOOG 2 f*ck HIS MaMa again

CB: @razb2k when I need tips on how to demolish my career I'll call ya!!!!! it's funny how I'm nominated for 3 grAmmys off of a mixtape and ur scrambling for change!! ur a x backup singer!!!!! What do u make? Like $1.99 an hour. This argument lasted longer than your career.

Raz: @chrisbrown you steady talking about your career and homothugs but you have yet to respond about your boyfriend @Andre_Merritt

CB: @razb2k merry christmas.i just gave you 20 thousand more followers.. u shouldve did this first instead of telling the world you got raped.

Raz: @Chrisbrown Since you took this that far! Dude, i wasnt Raped! what a disrespect to every Kid around the world that has been Molested!!!!!

CB: @razb2k... you didnt get raped??? so that means you liked it.. #EPICFAIL you have a lower back tattoo that says "different strokes"

Raz: @chrisbrown u victimize victims, ur a homophobe, ur on the down low & a woman beater. Merry Christmas & thx 4 showin every1 ur true colors. My step-dad is doin 25 2 life 4 abusin my mom & i heard U say ur mom was abused & this is how u represent urself by disrespectin WOMEN?!

CB: RAZBFACT: he can braid a n*ggaz hair with his toes!!!!! C'mon son. AWWW YOUR butt hurt!!! literally.. i cant .. i gotta stop

Raz: @chrisbrown Is this your way of coming on to me???? Dude im not Gay! i was molested! stop disrespecting the LGBT community! Fact! i'll be Starring in the KING of RHYTHM Movie! ike Tunner Life story! I have role for you! YOU need to stop Hidin behind that Michael jackson picture! MJ would never hit a Woman! you should take down Mike and PUT up IKE.

CB: OK... im done GODBLESS YA @razb2k .. go get all my mixtapes and get that F.A.M.E album so you can learn how to be great!love ya #teambreezy

Raz: @chrisbrown Oh yea, your Michael Jackson tribute was cool, until you made it about yourself!!!!! What a Disgrace!!!! God bless you too! @Rihanna I see why you not with that Clown. Keep going hard I wish you the best with your success.

And that was that, it's crazy how twitter gets people to say things they would normally never say in public.

Here's how three brazen bandits ransacked a Manhattan diamond store and walked away with nearly $900,000 worth of baubles in a heist reminiscent of the movie "Ocean's Eleven."

Police yesterday released a 24-second video of the thieves -- who wore masks, hats and dark clothing -- using their gloved hands to quickly empty display cases at Ultra Diamond on Sixth Avenue at 23rd Street, in the Flatiron
District, at 5 p.m. Christmas Day.

In a break-in style similar to one portrayed in the hit 2001 George Clooney movie about a Las Vegas casino robbery, the crafty crooks climbed to the roof of an adjacent building and crossed over to the roof of the store, which also houses a Burlington Coat Factory.

Two of them smashed a hole in the store's wall, possibly with a sledgehammer and crawled inside, according to law-enforcement sources.

To cover their tracks, they managed to disable some of the store's video cameras and its recording system.

But they didn't foil all of the surveillance equipment, because investigators found at least one camera still functioning, sources said.It provided the video that police released yesterday.

While inside, the bandits used a claw hammer to smash several glass display cases, and began piling up their loot.

As this was going on, one of the crooks used a cellphone to alert the third man, who snaked his way through the hole in the wall.

All three men, who seemed to be highly professional, then broke into an office in the store and looted more jewelry from a safe.

When they were done, the men left through the hole in the wall with their loot, which included gold and platinum wedding bands, diamond engagement rings, watches, earrings, bracelets and other jewelry.

The total haul was valued at $897,000, but cost $321,000 wholesale.

The thieves apparently left the way they came, via the adjacent building, while the streets below were largely deserted because of the holiday.

"We're extremely grateful that no one was in the store at the time," said Kris Land, a spokesman for Ultra. "It's a
heartbreaking situation."

The store also expressed gratitude to investigating police.

"We are extremely pleased with the amount of attention being put on this," Land said.

The suspects remain at large.

Police dismissed speculation that the heist was carried off by a disgruntled current or former worker for the diamond firm.NY POST

A new study shows that toxicperfluoroalkyls, which are used in surface protection treatments and coatings to keep grease from leaking through fast food wrappers, are being ingested by people through their food and showing up as contaminants in *la*hd.

Scientists said the exposure to humans through this means "should be considered as a significant indirect source of PFCA." That means you now have a new reason to avoid fast foods. You may not realize it, but you and your family are continually exposed to perfluoroalkyls, which include perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS). And these chemicals can be detected in nearly everyone in the U.S.!

 

Besides food packaging and fast food wrappers, everyday sources of this exposure include: drinking water, dust, air, carpet and fabric protectors, flame retardants, non-stick pots and pans, stain-proof clothing, and even cord *la*hd and breast milk.

But it's not just PFOA and PFOS that show up. The CDC's Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals 2009 (considered the most comprehensive assessment of the exposure of the U.S. population to chemicals in our environment), detected a total of 12 different types of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in Americans tested.

I've written many articles about non-stick cookware, highlighting the fact that they are one of the most common sources of PFCs. But this study shows fast food wrappers are yet another pervasive source!
Three years ago, environmental chemists Scott Mabury and Jessica D'eon established that perfluorinated chemicals, specifically polyfluoroalkyl phosphate esters, known as PAPs, can and do transfer from the wrappers into food. PAPS are byproducts of PFCAs and PFOA.

According to Madbury, regulators who approved these chemicals for use with food and other products made three assumptions, which have now been proven wrong:
1. The chemicals won't migrate from paper into food.
2. The chemicals won't become available to your body.
3. Your body won't process these chemicals.

Contrary to the regulators' findings, we now know PFCs have many health dangers, including being part of a group of chemicals referred to as"gender-bending," because they can disrupt your endocrine system and sex hormones.

In animal studies, PFOA has also been associated with other health dangers such as:
"Significant increases in treatment related deaths" in rat offspring at doses that did not affect the mothers.
Serious changes in the weight of various organs, including brain, prostate, liver, thymus and kidneys.
Deaths of a significant number of rat pups of mothers exposed to PFOA.
Damage to the pituitary at all doses in female rat offspring (The pituitary secretes hormones that regulate growth, reproduction, and many metabolic processes. Change in pituitary size is associated with toxicity.)
Tumor development after prolonged exposure.
Other studies have linked PFC's to:
Infertility: A study published in the journal Human Reproduction last year found that both PFOA and PFOS dramatically increased the odds of infertility from 70 to 134 percent; PFOA was linked to a 60 to 154 percent increase in the chance of infertility.
Thyroid disease: A study published in Environmental Health Perspectives found thatPFOA can damage your thyroid function. Individuals with the highest PFOA concentrations were more than twice as likely to report current thyroid disease. Your thyroid contains thyroglobulin protein, which binds to iodine to form hormones, which in turn influence essentially every organ, tissue and cell in your body. Thyroid hormones are also required for growth and development in children. Left untreated, thyroid disease can lead to heart disease, infertility, muscle weakness, and osteoporosis.
Cancer: PFOA has been associated with tumors in at least four different organs in animal tests (liver, pancreas, testicles and mammary glands in rats), and has been associated with increases in prostate cancer in PFOA plant workers. The EPA has ruled PFCs as "likely carcinogens," and has stated that PFOA "poses developmental and reproductive risks to humans."

Immune system problems: Several studies indicate that PFCs have an adverse effect on your immune system. As described in a report on PFCs by the Environmental Working Group (EWG),PFOA was found to decrease all immune cell sub-populations studied in the thymus and spleen, and caused immuno-suppression.
Increased LDL cholesterol levels: A study in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine showed that children and teens with higher PFOA levels had higher levels of total cholesterol and LDL or "bad" cholesterol, while PFOs was associated with increased total cholesterol, including both LDL cholesterol and HDL or "good" cholesterol.
For more information on these studies, please review the Environmental Working Groups extensive report.
So what can you do to protect your health? I strongly recommend avoiding any product that contains these toxic compounds, particularly foods sold in grease-proof packaging, such as fast food and popcorn. Besides the toxic burden of the wrappers, I think it's also important to realize that you are not getting proper nutrition from the food that comes in them.
Most important, however, is ditching your non-stick cookware, because most brands are a MAJOR source of PFC's, particularly PFOA. The moment you heat them, they start to liberate fluoride vapors that are so toxic they will kill small birds! Every time you cook with them, you inhale these chemicals, and the food in the pan absorbs them too, turning every home-cooked meal toxic.

To identify other products to avoid, the EWG has compiled a list of common products containing PFC's for you here.
Keep in mind that avoiding these products is especially crucial for pregnant women or couples who want to have children, since PFC's can have a serious impact on fertility, and on a baby's delicate hormonal system.
Dr. Joseph Mercola is the founder and director of Mercola.com. Become a fan of Dr. Mercola on Facebook, follow him on Twitter, and check out Dr. Mercola's report on sun exposure!

Kim Kardashian is continuing on with her music career, despite doubt from naysayers about the reality TV star's talent.

As previously reported Kim is working on her new album The Dream and reportedly has a pretty good voice.

Since then, Kim's been spotted in L.A. with her rumored flame Kanye West for the shoot of her new single.

Tmz reports that Kanye West teamed up with Kim Kardashian and video director Hype Williams in L.A. yesterday on set.

Sources connected to the video tell us ... Hype -- the most famous music video director on the planet -- spent hours working with Kim and Kanye during a secret closed set shoot.

Although the video is in the works, TMZ says it's unclear when the world will finally get a chance to hear KK's voice.

Tucker Carlson filled in for Sean Hannity Tuesday night on Fox News and made a shocking claim: Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick should be executed.

Carlson led a panel discussion pegged to President Obama's recent phone call with the Eagles owner, in which he applauded the Eagles for giving Vick a second chance following his time in jail over his dogfighting scandal.

But Carlson is not as forgiving as Obama or the Eagles.

"I'm a Christian, I've made mistakes myself, I believe fervently in second chances," Carlson said. "But Michael Vick killed dogs, and he did in a heartless and cruel way. And I think, personally, he should've been executed for that. He wasn't, but the idea that the President of the United States would be getting behind someone who murdered dogs? Kind of beyond the pale."

What's your take on Carlson's comments? Do you think Fox should fire him? Or was what he said ok in your opinion?

Anowa Adjah aka "The Nigerian Powerhouse" is showing that women with larger bodies need not feel ashamed of their weight.

The fitness guru proves that females over 200 pounds can be just as sexy and physically fit as ladies with smaller body types.

Peep Anowa as she works out, displaying her incredible flexibility.

A policewoman suffered injuries as she unloaded her weapon while on duty yesterday morning.

The STAR understands that the woman constable, who is stationed at the St Andrew Central Division, was hit by bullet fragments in her face after her weapon accidentally went off while she attempted to unload it.

THE STAR understands that the injured policewoman had to be taken to the hospital following the incident where she underwent surgery and is now under observation.

Up to press time last night, further details about the incident remained limited.

"The information sketchy, nobody no really know wha gwaan," a police corporal from the Half-Way Tree Police Station told THE STAR.

Another police officer told THE STAR that "a first me a hear bout it,".

Just over two weeks ago, another woman constable lost a finger after she accidentally shot it off while she attempted to unload her weapon at the New Kingston Police Post.

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Reports are that Black Ryno is very happy about his performance at the just concluded greatest one night reggae and dancehall show Sting 2010. Ryno alongside Kiprich graced the stage on the last moments of the sting show and put on a commendable performance. The artiste was more or less well received and has acknowledged that it was not about the money, implying he may have received little or nothing for his appearance. Ryno is excepted to be off on tour the the Bahamas in 2011 and will be moving on to other shows overseas... Ryno has come long way for 2010 after being burnt out, roughed up and accused of wrong doings through out the year.

Its always cool to see young kids working hard to pursue their dreams.

9-year old Starr Andrews has her sights set on making it to the Olympics one day soon. She has a ton of talent, Im betting well be seeing a lot more of her in the future.

Check her out as she performs to Willow Smiths song Whip My Hair.

I think this is the first time Ive heard this type of song at a skating competition thats whats up

TBA 2011
TBA
Tekken Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage House of Night
January 2011
Jan 5
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
Jan 7
Season of the Witch Ong Bak 3 The Absent The Time That Remains
Jan 14
The Green Hornet The Dilemma Barney's Version Every Day A Somewhat Gentle Man
Jan 21
The Company Men No Strings Attached The Way Back
Jan 28
The Mechanic The Rite From Prada to Nada Biutiful Kaboom Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster Seconds Apart
March 2011
Mar TBA
Even the Rain London Boulevard I Am
Mar 1
Heartbeats
Mar 4
The Roommate Sanctum Waiting for Forever Frankie and Alice The Other Woman Cold Weather
Mar 11
Gnomeo and Juliet The Eagle Just Go With It Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Cedar Rapids In Her Skin
Mar 18
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son I Am Number Four Unknown Vanishing on 7th Street
Mar 25
Hall Pass Drive Angry Of Gods and Men Shelter The Lion of Judah The Grace Card
March 2011
Mar TBA
Everything Must Go The 5th Quarter Lord of the Dance
Mar 2
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Mar 4
Rango Take Me Home Tonight The Adjustment Bureau Apollo 18 Happythankyoumoreplease Old Cats
Mar 11
Battle: Los Angeles Mars Needs Moms! Jane Eyre Red Riding Hood Certified Copy Kill the Irishman
Mar 18
Beastly Limitless Cracks The Lincoln Lawyer Paul Desert Flower Winter in Wartime
Mar 23
The Beaver
Mar 25
Sucker Punch Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules Miral Win Win Skateland Peep World
April 2011
Apr TBA
The Conspirator Friends with Kids Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Apr 1
DAM 999 Hop Mother's Day Source Code Super Incendies The Princess of Montpensier
Apr 8
Your Highness Hanna Ceremony Arthur Meek's Cutoff Born to be Wild
Apr 15
Scream 4 Rio The Intruder Soul Surfer Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen Atlas Shrugged
Apr 22
Water for Elephants Haywire Born to Be a Star African Cats: Kingdom of Courage Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family Intent
Apr 29
Fast Five Prom What's Your Number?
May 2011
May 6
Thor Something Borrowed Jumping the Broom
May 13
Priest Bridesmaids
May 20
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
May 26
The Hangover 2
May 27
Kung Fu Panda 2 The Tree of Life
June 2011
Jun 3
X-Men: First Class Beginners
Jun 10
Super 8
Jun 17
Green Lantern Bad Teacher
Jun 24
Cars 2 Rise of the Apes
July 2011
Jul 1
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Monte Carlo Larry Crowne
Jul 8
One for the Money Zookeeper
Jul 13
Rapt
Jul 15
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II Winnie the Pooh The Sitter
Jul 22
Captain America: The First Avenger Friends with Benefits
Jul 29
Cowboys and Aliens Crazy, Stupid, Love
August 2011
Aug TBA
The Whistleblower
Aug 3
The Smurfs
Aug 5
The Darkest Hour The Change Up
Aug 12
30 Minutes or Less Mr. Popper's Penguins The Help
Aug 19
Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World Fright Night The Mistaken Conan 3D
Aug 26
Final Destination 5
September 2011
Sep TBA
The Loop
Sep 2
Colombiana Untitled David R. Ellis 3D Shark Thriller
Sep 9
Warrior The Apparition
Sep 16
Piranha 3 DD Straw Dogs Johnny English Reborn Drive
Sep 23
Moneyball Abduction Dolphin Tale
Sep 30
Anonymous Dream House Now Courageous
October 2011
Oct TBA
The Rum Diary
Oct 7
Real Steel Wanderlust
Oct 14
The Thing Footloose The Three Musketeers
Oct 21
Contagion Paranormal Activity 3
Oct 28
Dibbuk Box
November 2011
Nov TBA
Leo Tolstoy: Genius Alive
Nov 4
**** in Boots Tower Heist
Nov 11
Immortals 11 11 11 Jack and Jill
Nov 18
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Happy Feet 2 in 3-D
Nov 23
Project X The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made Arthur Christmas
December 2011
Dec TBA
The Ides of March
Dec 9
Hugo Cabret New Year's Eve
Dec 16
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol Alvin and the Chipmunks 3D Sherlock Holmes 2
Dec 21
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Dec 23
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn We Bought a Zoo
Dec 28
War Horse

TBA 2012
TBA
The Wolverine Deadpool Popeye Kung Fu Hustle 2
January 2012
Jan 13
Premium Rush Everybody Loves Whales Joyful Noise
Jan 20
Underworld 4
Jan 27
Lombardi
March 2012
Mar 10
Safe House The Vow
Mar 17
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
March 2012
Mar 2
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Mar 9
Frankenweenie
Mar 16
21 Jump Street Contraband
Mar 30
Clash of the Titans 2 The Croods
April 2012
Apr TBA
Dorothy of Oz
Apr 6
Pirates
May 2012
May 4
The Avengers
May 18
Madagascar 3 Battleship
May 25
Men in Black III
June 2012
Jun 1
Untitled Judd Apatow Comedy Project
Jun 8
John Carter of Mars
Jun 15
Brave
Jun 22
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Jun 29
Star Trek 2
July 2012
Jul 3
Spider-Man 3D
Jul 13
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift
Jul 20
The Dark Knight Rises
August 2012
Aug 3
The Bourne Legacy
September 2012
Sep 21
Hotel Transylvania
November 2012
Nov TBA
Superman: The Man of Steel James Bond 23
Nov 2
Monsters, Inc. 2
Nov 9
Ouija
Nov 16
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II
Nov 21
The Guardians 47 Ronin
December 2012
Dec TBA
Lincoln
Dec 14
Life of Pi
Dec 19
The Hobbit
Dec 21
Snow White and the Huntsman

TBA 2013
TBA
Mortal Kombat X-Men Origins: Magneto Austin Powers 4
March 2013
Mar TBA
Me and My Shadow
Mar 22
Reboot Ralph
May 2013
May 3
Iron Man 3
May 17
The Dark Tower
December 2013
Dec TBA
The Hobbit 2

The 2013 release schedule is still very preliminary. Here are some concept movies that are not in active development but may eventually hit the big screen in 2013 or beyond:
I Am Legend 2
Star Wars: New Trilogy I
Toy Story 4
Call of Duty
Terminator 5
Ju****ic Park V
Friends: The Movie
Halo
Justice League: Mortal
Rush Hour 4
The Expendables 2
The Last Airbender 2
Taken 2
Star Wars: New Trilogy III
Salt 2
Cloverfield 2
Jumper 2
Predators 2
Friday the 13th Sequel
Star Wars: New Trilogy II
The Subtle Knife
Army of the Dead
Alien Prequel Two
Stargirl
Madden Curse

which 3 song yuh think is the most underrated of 2010? for me its:
1.'bramma- the song'
2.'aidonia-fall in love'
3.'Kibaki-guide us'

afta mi nuh chat inna di chatbox since dem shot malcom x?
wha mediazone really come to?

if a man waa bleach a fi him bizniz that still but wtf. a wa unnuh get more girls or sumting? lol.
i wudn jump to say a man sell out him race bcuz him bleach, unnuh muss have a good reason why unnuh duh dat, why?

Fresh from releasing her fifth album, Loud, last month and all set to launch her new fragrance Rebl Fleur (Rebel Flower) next year, Barbadian superstar Rihanna seems just as busy at home as she is on the international scene.

Now back home for the Christmas holidays, the 22-year-old beauty has been spending time with family and friends, riding the waves on the West Coast and enjoying the adoration of her local fans.

Here, she signs autographs outside her aunts store on Swan Street, The City.

Rihanna is set to tour Australia next month, followed by the February sales launch in New York of her new scent, described as daring, sexy and truly memorable (RJ)

The boxing day show at the Building put on by Vybz Kartel and his management team was shut down last night as the authorities ran in and dismantled the event as they did last week Thursday at the same venue and in the process arrested one young lady for having a "3 star ratchet" in her things.
Reports indicate that the show had too many patrons, this was a breach and therefore could not be accommodated in the Building NiteClub resulting in breaches in hazard and fire safety regulations.
Speculations are that Sting promoter Laing had something to do with it. Whilst some are saying its time that some bad luck run the way of the wrong doer, hell boy, that being the Eminem of Dancehall aka Vybz Kartel.

NEW YORK CITY -- The Obama administration confirmed on Monday afternoon that the president, in a call with the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, expressed gratitude for the team's decision to give a second chance to quarterback Michael Vick.

But the nexus of the call, spokesman Bill Burton told The Huffington Post, was on the team's plans to use alternative energy sources at their stadium. And while the president was thankful that Vick was given a career do-over, he still thought that the actions committed by the QB -- the orchestration of an illegal dog-fighting ring, the killing of animals and the deceiving of investigators looking into the matter -- were condemnable.

 

Here's Burton's statement:

 

The President did place a call to Mr. Lurie to discuss plans for the use of alternative energy at Lincoln Financial Field, during which they spoke about that and other issues. He of course condemns the crimes that Michael Vick was convicted of but, as he's said previously, he does think that individuals who have paid for their crimes should have an opportunity to contribute to society again.

News of Obama's call to Lurie was first reported by Sports Illustrated's Peter King. Vick's comeback has been celebrated by many sports fans, of whom Obama is one, but the notion that the president was seemingly willing to forgive the crimes rubbed a few folks the wrong way. Burton's statement helps to patch that aspect up.

American Airline jets are seen at the Miami International Airport: The man was trying to board an AA flight to Jamaica at the airport when the bag exploded

AN explosive device presumed to be destined for Jamaica, ignited yesterday while being off-loaded from an American Airlines plane, disrupting operations at the heavily trafficked Miami International Airport.

No one was reported injured in the incident, which occurred at 11:30 am but airport authorities shut down four gates, stalling operations for several hours at the usually congested Florida, United States airport.

 

The device called a primer which is used in firearms, belonged to a naturalised American man who was immediately taken into custody, authorities said.

Media relations manager at the Miami International Airport, Mark Henderson told the Observer that the incident was being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).

He confirmed that the airport was forced to shut down operations at four of its gates, impacting four flights. Two of the gates were later reopened.

"The gate where the plane (that) was involved in the incident came in and the one adjacent to that are still closed for now," Henderson said.

There were no major disruptions of the airport's overall operations.

Observer sources said the passenger whose country of origin was not ascertained, had hundreds of primers in his bag. He arrived at Miami from Boston, Massachusetts on an AA flight, with connection to another AA flight to Kingston.

The primer ignited as the bag was being offloaded from the Boston flight by a baggage handler who apparently suffered no injury.

And, last night American Airlines director of corporate communications for Miami, Caribbean, Latin America and US Hispanic, Martha Pantin also confirmed the incident, but declined to give details, saying only that the matter was being dealt with by the Miami Dade Police and the Transportation Security Administration.

The incident made headlines in the US yesterday, with CNN reporting that the 37-year-old passenger, whose name has not been released, had been charged with transportation of hazardous materials. If convicted, he could face a sentence of up to five years.

The 737 jet on which the passenger had travelled from Boston had 148 passengers and a crew of six.

CNN also quoted FBI special agent Michael Leverock as saying that the incident did not appear to be terrorism-related and that it was the movement of the bag across the tarmac that set off the explosion.

When the primers ignited several were said to have hit the bag handler's shoes, but there were no reports of injuries.

The bomb squad was also called in.