Dear Pastor,

I strongly believe abortion is definitely to be considered murder. Most people are probably not aware that a foetus's heart begins to beat at 21 days of conception, and all the organs are formed at eight weeks of gestation. I have seen many eight-week foetuses and I can see a real human being.

 

S.K., California, U.S.A

Dear S.K.,

The Bible teaches that life begins at conception. But some folks do not accept that to be true. That is why some people support abortion on demand. Clearly you are pro-life.

Dear Pastor,

I believe that young people can abstain from sex. I am 20 years old and I am also a student. For the last five months, I have not been having sex. This is not my first time abstaining from sex. The longest time I have abstained from sexual intercourse is almost eight months.

I just want to say to other young people that they do not have to be addicted to sex. As long as you keep yourself occupied, you won't have a continual need for having sex. The reason for this is, you have other important things to think about. I can truly say, maybe if I was not studying, I would have more urge to have sex but because I have a lot of course work to do, by the time I reach home, I cannot think of sex. I just have to get straight to my school work. Even if you are not going to school, you can do other things to occupy your time and mind.

The benefit that one like me will get from abstaining from sex is spiritual upliftment, especially if you are unmarried. Abstaining from sex has caused me to concentrate more on my school work and most importantly, the Lord.

Abstinence is not a hard thing for an individual to do.

J.R.

Dear J.R.,

 

I wish you well. I hope that you are not just bragging. You give the impression that if you were not studying you would have occupied your time in having sex. So I hope that after you have graduated, you will continue to abstain from sex until you are married.

Visitors and staff at the Spanish Town courthouse in St Catherine are crying out for help with the sanitary conveniences.

The Star visited the court facility and saw people complaining that they are angry that they are unable to do bodily functions at the facilities provided.

A number of persons were seen acting in disgust about the situation. "This is a sad situation, you come to court and yu can't urinate or do anything else. If yu lef, dem issue warrant fi yu arrest, " Martin Martindalem, a litigant said.

His view was shared among a number of persons who also turned up at the court. "We cannot even go to the bathrooms as they have now padlocked the doors," a court employee said.

The concerns surround the toilets not being flushed due to the lack of water.

It was revealed that for the past two weeks, there has been a shortage of water at the court, due to a pump at the premises not working.

Many people expressed that with the Circuit Court in session, the situation needs urgent attention as the problem can cause an outbreak of various sicknesses.

Meanwhile, senior personnel at the court's office say they are waiting for the pump to be repaired so the matter can be addressed.

Laughter gripped the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday when a 'taxi fare' matter was heard.

The accused in the matter, Rohan Mcleod, was charged with credit by fraud.

The court heard that on the day of the incident, Mcleod had acquired the services of a taxi to take him to his required destination. However, after he reached his destination, he exited the cab without paying his fare.

In his defence, Mcleod explained to the court that it was a misunderstanding. He said his 'babymada' had the responsibility to pay for his fare that day as he had informed her before he left the taxi.

The complainant, the driver of the taxi, who was present when the matter was heard, told the court that the cost of the journey was $400.

Mcleod was then ordered to pay the outstanding amount for his taxi fare in court which he did which caused some amusement.

The matter then took a twist as Mcleod handed the taxi driver $500 to cover the taxi fare but later stretched his hand to receive his change, which rekindled the laughter in the court.

The taxi driver was eventually allowed to leave with the $500 paid to him by Mcleod.

The matter was then admonished and discharged.

Dancehall artiste Munga Honourable is alleged to have been at the centre of a conflict at the last staging of Hot Mondays, held at Lime Lite Nite Club in Half-Way Tree, where it is alleged that a selector was assaulted and the deejay later attacked.

According to an eyewitness, Fire Links' selector, Fire Ray, was attacked at the club and about half-an-hour later the deejay was also assaulted when he tried to leave the venue.

The source told THE STAR that the selector's attacker "give him round 18 box inna him face".

He said that later in the night Munga was attacked downstairs by persons who accused him of being involved in the earlier incident.

Another patron at the club told THE STAR said that an individual held on to the deejay when he arrived downstairs, which led to the conflict.

It is said that while Munga's three friends tried to shield him from the accuser, he got away and attacked the artiste.

 

close associate

There was said to be a tussle involving the attacker, Munga's entourage and men associated with the selector who was assaulted earlier.

Yesterday, when THE STAR dialled Munga's mobile phone, someone who identified himself as Richard Brown from Hilltop Records and a close associate of the artiste, said that he was doing recording and could not speak.

"Wi nuh really waan talk bout no incident. Wi waan talk bout some songs like Clean And Fresh," he said.

Several calls to selector Fire Ray's cellphone went directly to his voicemail. When contacted, Fire Links said he needed more information before he could speak about the incident. However, subsequent calls to his phone went unanswered.

After a few years of not being on the music scene, Alliance member, Marlon 'Bling Dawg' Williams, is now making a comeback and asserts that he's here to stay.

Bling Dawg, formerly known as Ricky Rudie, began his professional career in 1994 and has had songs such as Say My Name, Kiss My Baby Good Morning, Phone Call, Exercise, Shotta Ting and Circumstances.

The break, he said, was a much needed one, as at the time, it was the best choice for him, his family and his career. "I took a break from the business for various reasons such as my child and to enhance my career. A child is something that you have to plan for and I was busy doing that. I took time to do some research and read some more books and stuff, because you can never know too much. It's still a learning process from Bling Dawg buss until now. Now I'm fully focused on the music," said Bling.

He is so far thrilled with the way things have been going for his career since the comeback as he said, "Right now it looking great. Mi just voice on the Turn It Up rhythm for Dave Kelly and that's a joy for mi because from mi a likkle youth mi waan voice fi dem man deh."

"Bling Dawg is back on a next levelish!" he exclaimed.

He, however, noted that he is in no rush to return to the top.

"It takes time and practice to perfect your craft. Nuff man doan know the art of deejaying, dem just a hide behind autotune. Bling Dawg nuh follow nobody enuh. Mi nuh have to hear a man seh something fi me decide fi mek a song about it. Mi nah drop the standard of my lyrical dexterity."

Bling Dawg has a two-month-old daughter, Zoey, who is one of his main motivators.

"A mi heartstring that," he said.

Recent songs from him include, Our Name on the Saudi Arabia rhythm, God Mi Seh for Madhouse Records, Nuh Stab Mi In Mi Back on the Tan Bad rhythm and Next Level on Baby G's Badda Dan rhythm among others

Rihanna

says women who criticise her for being sexy are "unhappy with themselves". The pop beauty - who is famous for her flesh-flashing stage outfits and revealing fashion choices - is proud of her body and insists girls who attack her online are "hypocrites".

She said: "People think I'm overly sexy. It bothers them for some reason. Girls don't like to see other girls dressed sexy . It's a little intimidating, I don't mean that in a ****y way. There's always going to be somebody not liking what you do. People have a lot of crazy opinions on things. Things I say, things I wear, places I go. It's just stupid. I'm a 22-year-old human being. It's fine for me to go to a club.

"People are hypocrites. They can't wait to say something horrible. Most of them are unhappy with themselves. It's women who are mad at other women. They should take a look at their own lives. A lot of people don't have the guts to confront themselves."

Although her online critics make her angry, Rihanna can accept that her overtly sexual image could annoy people.

But she is determined not to change her behaviour or style just to please anyone else.

She added in an interview with the United Kingdom edition of GQ magazine: "Public figures can become annoying. They see me a lot and every time they see me my boobs are out, so it can get a little irritating. I get that. But I have to do what makes me happy, what I feel like doing."

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Producers Andrew Myrie aka 'Anju Blaxxx' and T'Jean Bennett are ready to launch their label 'UIM Records' officially in the entertainment fraternity.

The duo have been working on various projects for the past couple of months and felt that now is the time to release their new project which is entitled the 'Sanction Rhythm'. According to a release sent to THE STAR, Myrie said, "We thought it was time to showcase our latest project, which we are sure the public is going to love."

The launch, that will take place on December 8 at the Village Café, will be the debut of the highly anticipated rhythm. The rhythm will feature dancehall's sensations Beenie Man, Gyptian, Mr Vegas, Ding Dong, Voicemail, Konshens, D'Angel, Cherine Anderson, Timberlee, Toi and UIM's own featured artiste Blak Diamon.

UIM will also be shooting the video for the Sanction rhythm which features a medley of almost all the artistes. The video will be shot by Gareth Cobran this week.

Recently, UIM Records received strong feedback for the collaboration Fresh to Death, an infectious track which featured Chino, Laden, Chedda, Nicky B and Konshens. They later did the female remix which featured dancehall's certified divas Tami Chynn, Tifa, Timberlee, Natalie Storm, Stacious and Keida. The song was dubbed a real female anthem of fierce and sexy attitude.

The producers have developed a buzz on the entertainment that has taken them to new levels and promises to raise the bar as they grow in the entertainment industry.

Mavado - file

Last week marked the last Stulla Wednesday at the New Quad in New Kingston. After only two months in existence, singjay Mavado yesterday announced that he will be putting his popular weekly event on a short break while he finds a new location for the event.

In a release sent to THE STAR, Mavado was quoted as saying, "We would like to thank Quad for partnering with us on the Stulla Wednesdays venture. It's been a great success since its launch, but it's time to move on to new pastures. As soon as we secure a new venue for Stulla we will let all of our many fans and patrons know. Stulla is a brand and we intend to keep giving the fans what they need. And you can look out for Stulla Tonic Wine in 2011."

Stulla Wednesdays saw stars such as Shaggy, Bounty Killer, Beenie, Cham, Sizzla, Elephant Man, Damian and Stephen Marley, Chino, Chase Cross, Flexxx, Chi Ching Ching, Stacious and many more turn out every week for the authentic dancehall vibes at Stulla Wednesdays.

Boom Boom, Swatch International, Arif Cooper and the Fresh Team are the event's resident sound systems, and Mavado assures they will also be present at the new location.

"Boom Boom, Arif and Swatch, as well as the special guests we had passing through every week, really created a unique vibe and energy," said Mavado. "They were all very entertaining and the feedback from the patrons was great, the balance of music was perfect and we will be bringing the package with us to Stulla's new home."

Bass Odyssey, Gary Chucks, ZJ Ice and many more top-tier selectors also made successful appearances at Stulla Wednesdays. Special guests will also continue to appear weekly at the new Stulla Wednesdays.

Taking it to her Twitter account, the 'Pink Friday' singer honestly says she was in shock when the 79-year-old host tapped her booty during the Q and A session of 'Live with Regis and Kelly'.

Video After The Jump

Nicki Minaj has spoken up her mind about getting a smack on the bottom by Regis Philbin. Making use of her Twitter account, the Young Money raptress admitted she was completely surprised when the 79-year-old talk show host suddenly tapped her booty during the Q&A session of "Live with Regis and Kelly".

On Tuesday, November 30, the "Your Love" hitmaker was asked by her follower on Twitter, "YO NICK!!! what went thru your mind when Regis had slapped ya? that was epic!" In response to the question, the raptress, who has recently debuted her album titled "Pink Friday", simply answered, "Lol. I was in shock!"

The groping incident itself took place on Monday, November 29 when Nicki joined Regis and his co-host Kelly Ripa for a quick interview after she performed "Right Thru Me". After stroking the front of the singer's tight dress and telling her he loves the way she dressed, Regis patted the 25-year-old's booty as saying, "It looks like you have a little strap around you there, you know what I mean?"

While Regis' act prompted his co-host Kelly to shout "Regis! What just happened?", Nicki joked with the TV personality about the advice she got from fellow rapper Lil Wayne. "Wayne tells me to go hard," she said. In return, Regis asked, "Go hard?" He then added, "I wish I could." Nicki responded with a smile and eye-rolling.

Lil Wayne just got out of jail and Im hearing he may have knocked up a new chick! According to mediatakeout.com, one of Weezys girlfriends is claiming that shes pregnant.

The woman attends college in New Orleans and was dating Weezy before he got locked up.

SMH!!!

In what has to be the FIRST OF ITS KIND, MediaTakeOut.com EXCLUSIVELY learned a Chicago man is suing former NBA star Antoine Walker - for SLEEPING WITH HIS FIANCE.

According to documents filed in United States federal court, EXCLUSIVELY obtained by MediaTakeOut.com, a Chicago man named Kevin Dixon is suing the NBA star. Kevin is claiming that Antoine slept with his fiance and then laughed at him after doing it. And that by doing so, Antoine INTENTIONALLY caused him EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. And that's not all. Kevin claims that when Antoine was kickin' game at his fiance (the lovely Johanna, photo'd below), he was lying and talking GREASY about Kevin - and thus is also liable for DEFAMATION.

So what does Kevin want for his troubles. The lawsuit requests $5 MILLION. We're gonna follow this case, cause if he can win on this . . . there's a WHOOOOOLE lotta women out there that may need to hire Kevin's lawyer!!!

JAMAICAN Reggae star Buju Banton, today won an appeal against an order which denied him the right to perform on a concert on January 16.

Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, had applied for permission to perform at the concert on November 23 but his motion was dismissed by United States Judge Anthony Porcelli on the grounds that the artiste was a flight risk.

 

But in overturning the ruling today Judge James Moody cited that the issue had been already addressed when Banton was released on bail in October.

David Oscar Markus, who is the singer's lead attorney, was grateful for the ruling which will allow his client to earn much needed income to pay for his security detail which is costing Banton US$20,000 monthly.

The concert, dubbed 'Before The Dawn', will be held at the Bay Front Amphitheatre in downtown Miami and will feature Banton and other prominent Reggae artistes. The concert is being produced by Rockers Island.

Banton was held in the Pinellas County Jail for 11 months after being hauled out of his home in Tamarac, South Florida following the arrest of James Mack and Ian Thomas during a sting operation in Saratoga, Tampa.

Both were held attempting to purchase cocaine from undercover agents in a police controlled warehouse and have pleaded guilty.

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Court-allows-Buju-to-perform#ixzz16u4n1nqQ

Tads Records is offering music fans the ultimate Dancehall experience a compilation of the year's biggest street anthems and radio bangers from high-riding deejay Vybz Kartel.

 Mixed by popular Jamaican radio disc jock DJ Wayne, Clarks: De Mixtape Raw is slated to hit iTunes and other digital outlets on Friday, December 10th.

Starting off the year with the release of Pon Di Gaza 2.0, Vybz Kartel's successful double album that was released in February, Tads is looking to cap off 2010 with an EP of singles from Kartel's catalogue of radio favourites from 2010, including Clarks the ode to the British shoe giant that has become a staple in Hip Hop and Dancehall fashion with styles such as Wallabees and Desert Boots. Clarks remained among the top three Reggae singles garnering the most radio airplay overseas for nearly 35 weeks.

 

some high rollers want use Beenie Man fi endorse a new liquor weh dem waan bring in to the Jamaican marketplace and dem see how Beenie Man ah endorse LIME and COURTS and waan some of that chemistry fi bring to fi dem product

Eminem topped the Grammy nominations with a whopping 10 nods when the honors for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were announced on Wednesday night.


Jay-Z and Lady Gaga garnered six nomination apiece with newcomer Bruno Mars snatching up seven.


Eminem's distinctions included the coveted best album nomination for his top-selling opus Recovery.


Oddly, Bruno Mars' solo album Doo-Wops & Hooligans was not included in the honors, but he was due to his collaborative work with B.o.B., Cee-Lo and others. The Roots and Cee-Lo also received four nominations for their critically acclaimed works

Below is a partial list of the nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, which will be televised on February 13, 2011.

Album of the Year

Recovery Eminem
Need You Now Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream Katy Perry
The Suburbs Arcade Fire

Record of the Year

Love the Way You Lie Eminem & Rihanna
Nothin on You B.o.B & Bruno Mars
Empire State of Mind Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Need You Now Lady Antebellum
F**k You Cee Lo Green

Song of the Year

Love the Way You Lie Eminem & Rihanna
F**k You- Cee Lo Green
The House That Built Me Miranda Lambert
Beg, Steal, or Borrow Ray LaMontagne
Need You Now Lady Antebellum

Best New Artist

Drake
Esperanza Spalding
Justin Bieber
Florence + the Machine
Mumford & Sons

Best Pop Vocal Album

My World 2.0 Justin Bieber
I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle
The Fame Monster Lady Gaga
Battle Studies John Mayer
Teenage Dream Katy Perry

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

Dont Stop Believin (Regionals Version) Glee
Cast Misery Maroon 5
The Only Exception Paramore
Babyfather Sade
Hey, Soul Sister (Live) Train

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Sara Bareilles King of Anything
Beyoncé Halo
Norah Jones Chasing Pirates
Lady Gaga Bad Romance
Katy Perry Teenage Dream

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Michael Bublé Havent Met You Yet
Michael Jackson This Is It
Adam Lambert Whataya Want From Me
Bruno Mars Just the Way You Are
John Mayer Half of My Heart

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

Airplanes II B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
Imagine Herbie Han****, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
If It Wasnt For Bad Elton John & Leon Russell
Telephone Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
California Gurls Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

Best Dance Recording

Rocket Goldfrapp
In For The Kill La Roux
Dance in the Dark Lady Gaga
Only Girl (In The World) Rihanna
Dancing on My Own Robyn

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Gone Already Faith Evans
Bittersweet Fantasia
Everything to Me Monica
Tired Kelly Price
Holding You Down (Goin in Circles) Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Second Chance El DeBarge
Finding My Way Back Jaheim
Why Would You Stay Kem
Were Still Friends Musiq Soulchild
There Goes My Baby Usher

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

Love Chuck Brown, Jill Scott, and Marcus Miller
Take My Time Chris Brown & Tank
Youve Got a Friend Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
Shine John Legend & The Roots
Soldier of Love Sade

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

When a Woman Loves R. Kelly
Hang On in There John Legend & The Roots
Youre So Amazing Calvin Richardson
In Between Ryan Shaw
Go (Live) Betty Wright

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Little One Bilal
F**k You Cee Lo Green
Orion Carolyn Malachi
Tightrope Janelle Monáe & Big Boi
Still Eric Roberson

Best R&B Song

Bittersweet Fantasia
Find My Way Back Jaheim
Second Chance El DeBarge
Shine John Legend & The Roots
Why Would You Stay Kem

Best R&B Album

The Love & War Masterpeace Raheem DeVaughn
Back to Me Fantasia
Another Round Jaheim
Wake Up! John Legend & The Roots
Still Standing Monica

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Graffiti Chris Brown
Untitled R. Kelly
Transition Ryan Leslie
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe
Raymond v. Raymond Usher

Best Rap Solo Performance

Over Drake
Not Afraid Eminem
How Low Ludacris
Im Back T.I.
POWER Kanye West

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Shutterbugg Big Boi & Cutty
Fancy Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz
On to the Next One Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
My Chick Bad Ludacris & Nicki Minaj
Lose My Mind Young Jeezy & Plies

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Nothin on You B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
Deuces Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
Love the Way You Lie Eminem & Rihanna
Empire State of Mind Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Wake Up! Everybody John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common

Best Rap Song

Empire State Of Mind Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Love the Way You Lie Eminem & Rihanna
Not Afraid Eminem
Nothin on You B.o.B & Bruno Mars
On to the Next One Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

Best Rap Album

The Adventures of Bobby Ray B.o.B
Thank Me Later Drake
Recovery Eminem
The Blueprint 3 Jay-Z
How I Got Over The Roots

Best Short Form Music Video

Aint No Grave/The Johnny Cash Project Johnny Cash
Love the Way You Lie Eminem & Rihanna
Stylo Gorillaz, Mos Def, and Bobby Womack
Cee Lo Green F**k You
Lady Gaga Bad Romance

 

Jennifer Lopez is embroiled in a new sex tape scandal and has launched a legal battle to prevent the films being made public..
The singer has taken her ex-husband Ojai Noa and his agent Ed Meyer to court to stop their reported attempt to sell and market videos made during the couple's 11-month marriage in 1997.


In the videos she is seen flashing her private parts and displaying other 'deviant behavior', according to documents filed in the singer's legal fight to keep the tapes secret.


'This is among other nudity on her part in the now 21 hours of home movies that we have so far recovered', Meyer said in the papers, adding that Ojani is continually finding more and more home videos with Lopez that he didn't remember he had.


Although the tapes do not contain full sex scenes they could be of great embar****ment to the star who is married to Mark Anthony and has two children.


'It must also be stated that in Noa's Home Videos, Lopez gives her full consent to Noa taping her'.
But Lopez is not agreeing to these tapes being made public saying they are private and personal, claiming that Noa and filmmaker Meyer are violating an injunction which blocks the release of the videos.


This recent battle between Lopez and her ex-husband is the latest in a long history of legal wrangling - with Noa allegedly trying to cash in on his relationship with the Latin star.


Four years ago, Lopez sued Noa to prevent him from publishing a book containing details of their short-lived marriage.
In 2007, a court-appointed arbitrator issued a permanent injunction forbidding Noa from 'criticising, denigrating, casting in a negative light or otherwise disparaging' the Jenny From The Block singer.


Lopez was awarded $545,000 in compensation and Noa was ordered to hand over all copies of materials related to his proposed book to Lopez's legal team.


In November 2009, Lopez again sued Noa for breach of contract and invasion of privacy, citing a previous confidentiality agreement between the two of them to prevent Noa from releasing his planned film, How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The J-Lo and Ojani Noa Story and 'previously unseen home video footage'.

 

She only gave birth six weeks ago, but Alicia Keys is already showing off a svelte post-pregnancy figure.


The 29-year-old singer looked trim in a flattering black dress and matching black boots as she attended a special screening of new Javier Bardem film Biutiful, in New York last night.


Keys gave birth to her first child - a son Egypt Dean on October 14, by her husband Swizz Beatz.
'There is no word to properly describe LOVE, to describe BLISS, to express a FEELING like this!!! Thank U 4 your love, support & prayers! ' she tweeted, two days after the birth.


Keys married the 32-year-old rap producer, real name Kaseem Dean, July 31, shortly after announcing they were expecting.


The nuptials were held in Corsica in front of close friends including Queen Latifah and U2 rocker Bono, and presided over by Deepak Chopra.
Last night she looked happy and relaxed with an unusually high hairstyle.

(What other activities should be curtailed: SEX, COOKING, SLEEPING APART, SITTING APART and other intimate acts)

Talk about a scarlet letter.

 

Female staffers at a company in Norway have been told to wear red bracelets when they have their periods to clue in the boss that this is the reason for more frequent bathroom visits.

The outrageous demand was detailed in a report from a workers' union about the "tyrannical" bathroom rules in companies in Norway, according to the Daily Mail.

The report charged that firms were getting too obsessive about their workers taking too many bathroom breaks, according to Current.com.

A full 66% of managers, in order to monitor the breaks, insisted that workers request an electronic key to get into the bathroom, the study noted. 

About a third of the companies put their johns under video surveillance and some even made workers sign a "visitors book," according to the report.

It noted: "But the most extreme action was taken by one manager who made women having their period wear a red bracelet to justify more frequent trips to the loo. Women quite justifiably feel humiliated by being tagged in this way, so that all their colleagues are aware of this intimate detail of their private life."

While the name of the firm that made female workers wear red bracelets was not disclosed, the report has gone for review to Bjorn Erik Thon, Norway's chief consumer ombudsman, according Current.com.

Thon stated that "toilet codes relating to menstrual cycles are clear violations of privacy" and are "very insulting to the people concerned."

And, he added, "Monitoring in the workplace is becoming a growing problem. We will be carrying out a full review of the rules surrounding employment and privacy over the coming year."

Now fully recovered from a motorbike accident that occurred over the Heroes weekend, Dancehall recording artiste Blak Ryno has decided its time to unfold a new chapter in his life with the aim of returning to the apex of dancehall

 
The artiste whose given name is Romane Anderson after being summoned to bed rest by his doctors a few weeks ago, used the time and did some career restructuring including a new management team accompanied by a name change. The moniker Ryno The Stinger which he currently dons has been truncated to simply Ryno.
 
According to Ryno After speaking to my management team the decision was taken to change my name to just Ryno. Right now a music and positivity me a deal with and people ah say the Stinger thing a beat me, originally me use the name because my friend dem use to say me lyrics dem a sting, but is like the streets have a different meaning for the word, so since a music me a pree me just a try shed anything that not positive from around me.
 
When asked if people would like the new name he added, Well them always a call me Ryno from long time so is not even nothing new but if them want to call me Blak Ryno same way that cool, but a just Ryno me a work wid from now.
 
Meanwhile, with the New Year fast approaching the Wine N Dip singer has been booked for a number of shows in the Bahamas, Dominica and other Caribbean territories ahead of his confirmed appearance on the greatest one night show on earth Sting on December 26th at Jam World, Portmore, St. Catherine.
 
Ryno is also gearing to shoot another video for his latest collaborative effort titled Seh Dem A Friend with new protégé Kaliba and is also featured on hitmakers Notice Production Red N Black compilation with a track entitled Money Me A Pree.

Miami based video director Shutah of (Shutah Films) will be coming to Jamaica this weekend to shoot the anticipated medley video for Media House OutAroad.com Production latest project titled the Flirtation Riddim.

The video will be shot in several locations across Kingston while a portion of the video will be captured on the sands of the popular Helshire Beach.

The Flirtation Riddim features some of Jamaicas finest crap of artistes such as Vybz Kartel, Konshens, Tiana, Andrew & Wada *la*hd, Sotto Bless and Sunshine. However Vybz Kartel will not be included in the medley as there is no commercial version for his track.

Since its release the Flirtation Riddim has been added to several overseas radio stations playlist such as BBC 1xrtra, Choice Fm, Peoples FM and several other underground radio stations in the UK. The Flirtation Riddim is also big winner on radio stations in Trinidad, US, Belize and Jamaica.

Once again, International Artiste and Minister, Chevelle Franklyn prepares for her annual trip to Lagos, Nigeria to minister at arguably the largest Gospel concert in the world with a expected crowd of over 500,000 people, This would be Chevelle third consecutive year at this grand event called 'The Experience'

'The Experience' is convened and hosted by Pastor Paul Adefarasin of House on the Rock, it is an interdenominational Gospel concert which features some of the best-known musical talents of our time. The event, which debuted in December 2006 with over 70,000 persons in attendance rapidly gained momentum at its second outing with a quantum leap in attendance of well over 250,000 people! With last year's unprecedented crowd estimated at 500,000, The Experience has now become known as the largest musical concert in Africa. Uniquely the Event runs through the night starting at 7.00pm and runs until 6am the following morning a colossal 11 hrs of uninterrupted prayer and live music!

DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? IS SOMETHING BOTHERING YOU? WRITE TO: TELL ME PASTOR, DR AARON DUMAS, P.O. BOX 188, KING STREET, KINGSTON. TELEPHONE 929-1667/8 E-MAIL PASTOR@JAMAICASTAR.COM

Dear Pastor,

I want to start off by congratulating you on the wonderful job you are doing in helping a lot of people. I read your column daily.

My problem started after dating a man for five years. It was not any ordinary relationship, because I grew to love him. About a year in the relationship, he lost one of his eyes and I continued to be there for him.

The company decided to compensate him by giving him some money and he didn't even let me know when he received the money. He became very distant. Then I asked him what was wrong. He said he was not feeling the relationship anymore and that our love or relationship could not go to the shop. After he told me that, I did a little investigation. One of his friends told me that he got the money for his eye, and he started dating an older woman who had three children already and she was giving him money.

 

it still hurts

After I confronted him and asked him if it was because he got the money he left me, he said no and up to now he doesn't have a good reason. Pastor, I did not fight or quarrel with him. I just let him go, and up to this day it still hurts to know that I was there with him when he didn't have anything and now he is behaving like that.

Pastor, to me it is because he is with this woman and now they share a son. However, I forgave him and talk with him as a friend, but deep down I wish things were different. I am afraid to get close with another man. And if I do talk to them, after a while I just get cross and want to stay by myself. I don't know what else to do. It is killing me and I really want to have someone in my life.

Please give me your fatherly advice.

R.

Dear R.,

This man is ungrateful. You did everything to help him and after he was compensated he kept it as a secret. Perhaps he felt that if he had told you, you would have wanted him to share the money with you. Even if you had that in mind he could have said yes or no.

You have to forgive him and move on. What he did is still bothering you because you have not forgiven him. The money that he got will not last forever. You claim that you have forgiven him but you have not. If you had, it would not continue to haunt you. And you would not find it so difficult to establish another relationship. So talk to God about the matter and ask Him to help you to move on.

Pastor

 

Dancehall personality Chi Ching Ching said he is thankful that his dream of becoming an artiste is finally becoming a reality.

The artiste, whose real name is Radion Beckford, started his career as a dancer, flocking the street dances around the Corporate Area.

"Mi start out being a dancer walking around wid a red carpet then mi start wid slangs like 'popcorn pop' and 'everyday'. But my real interest is being an artiste. Mi love the deejay thing and mi see seh it inna mi from morning but mi haffi start somewhere," he told THE STAR.

"I have been doing songs and they have been getting heavy rotation locally and abroad and my slangs are still going on well. If you pick up a mixtape or turn on your radio, you are going to hear Chi Ching Ching on it."

Being multitalented, he said he can host events, dance, deejay and give patrons a taste of his slangs.

"I combine all those talents in one and do them on stage shows," he said, noting that he recently returned from a performance in Brooklyn, New York.

Based on how his career is progressing, the artiste said he is very pleased.

"It's been a good look for me and mi nah quit. Right now, I'm feeling like a World Cup atmosphere 'cause mi off the bench and a mek an entry. Dem caan tek mi wicket 'cause I'm going for a century. Mi woulda dumb if mi nuh talk," Chi Ching told THE STAR.

 

music videos

In recent times, he said he has voiced songs like Too Many Many Men featuring Harry Toddler for Supa Hype and Walk And Talk featuring Samboni for NCF Production.

He also did a song called Winnings for Stephen McGregor on a rhythm of the same name. He also did a song with Future Fambo for Sean Paul's SP Records about three weeks ago. And, he is gearing up to record songs for Seanizzle and Chimney Records.

Chi Ching will also be releasing music videos for his songs Walk And Wine and I'm From Jamaica in the near future. In addition, he has confirmed bookings for events in Sweden, Canada and England.

An obviously disappointed Rodney 'Bounty Killer' Pryce left the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, after an application for his passport to be returned was rescheduled.

Pryce's attorney Christopher Townsend made the application for the passport which was taken from the artiste by the police as a condition for his $500,000 bail in an assault case.

However, Resident Magistrate Lorna Shelly Williams rescheduled the matter to be mentioned tomorrow, giving herself enough time to peruse the application for variation of the artiste's bail condition.

The assault case was postponed last month as the complainant, Racquel Smith, did not show up.

The trial will begin on January 11.

Pryce was arrested in September after Smith reported that the artiste used a hammer to beat her in her knees and head. She also told the police that he used an electric insect swatter that resembles a tennis racket to beat her.

On an earlier court date in October, Smith, 19, had communicated through her attorney, Terrence Ballentine, that she wanted the matter to go to mediation, however, RM Lorna Shelly Williams had denied the request.

Because of overcrowding problems and complaints from women that men were sexually ha****ing them, India set aside female only trains so women could ride comfortably

Problem is, some men would still sneak into the female only coaches, causing problems.

To combat this, An all female police task force was created in New Delhi to find and punish men who dared press their luck.

Now if a man is caught on a train reserved for women, he will literally get the sh*t slapped out of him by the female cops and train passengers.

Gurgaon police commissioner S Deswal, who led a recent raid told News.Com.AU: "We found many male passengers in the women's coach. The moment the women saw us, they got the courage to teach the men a lesson. "We want our young girls and women to feel confident and safe while travelling in the metro."

In addition to getting b*tch slapped, the men are further humiliated by being forced to do squats and push ups. They must also pay a fine of 250 rupees ($A5.50).

71-Y-O RAPED TWICE IN FOUR MONTHS
Rasbert Turner and Dwayne McLeod, Star Writers A 71-year-old St Catherine woman is now left to go through the trauma of being raped not just once, but twice in three months. The Bog Walk police are now working relentlessly as they try to ascertain the identity of a man who reportedly broke into the elderly woman's home before raping her last week. According to reports, the elderly woman who lives alone was at her home near Kent Village in the parish when she was attacked. The police say a man used a crowbar to break off a door on the woman's house and gained entry. He then forcefully had sex with the woman several times before leaving, after which she made a report to the police who immediately launched an investigation. Investigators are yet to link a suspect to the incident but are still trying. Police sources informed THE STAR that the woman was also raped in August of this year. Following intense investigations into that incident her alleged attacker was taken into custody where he remains while awaiting trial. THE STAR heard that not a single relative of the woman can be located. Meanwhile, residents of the community are saddened by the incident. "Lawd it look like dem a tek a set pon di ole woman. A di second time dem rape her since year," Juliet, a resident said.

 

Dancehall diva Stacious showed off her culinary skills at the recently held CB Pan Chicken Championships and burning up the competition.

Stacious won $1.5 million for her favourite charity.

She said although it was a bit challenging, she is very happy she won and is able to give back to something she cares about.

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As the festive season approaches many are looking forward to drinking and hanging out with friends.
Well it might not be so easy as an additional tax by the government has now ensured that those who want to drink and smoke will have to dig deeper into their pockets to do so.


Consumers of alcoholic beverages and smokers have again been hit with increased taxes as government seeks to raise an additional $772 million for the 2010/11 fiscal year.

The increases take effect today.

Finance Minister Audley Shaw, who unveiled the new measures in Parliament yesterday, said the increased taxes will "assist the government in meeting its revenue targets for the 2010/2011 fiscal year".

Shaw said a single specific Special Consumption Tax (SCT) of $960 per litre of pure alcohol will be applied to beers and stouts, wines (including beverages commonly known as tonic wines), cordials, liqueurs, vodka, whiskey, brandy, gin, underproof and overproof rum, except white overproof rum.

GRANVILLE, St James The Granville Police were forced to call in reinforcement as brazen gunmen this morning peppered the police station with bullets in retaliation for the deadly shooting of 25-year-old Leon Griffiths in the community early this morning.

The militant gunmen, who marched from a hilly section of the community, descended on the police station which they sprayed with gunshots from high-powered firearms, forcing police and civilians who were standing in close proximity to take cover.

Earlier, residents used debris which they set on fire to block several sections of the community.

Several sections of the community were cordoned off by the police.

 

A man who became aroused during a TSA pat-down was arrested after he ejaculated on an agent, according to a bizarre, unverified report.

From Dead Serious News:

A 47 year old gay man was arrested at San Francisco International Airport after ejaculating while being patted down by a male TSA agent. Percy Cummings, an interior designer from San Francisco, is being held without bail after the alleged incident, charged with sexually assaulting a Federal agent.

According to Cummings partner, Sergio Armani, Cummings has multiple piercings on his manhood which were detected during a full body scan. As a result, Cummings was pulled aside for a pat-down. Armani stated that the unidentified TSA agent spent an inordinate amount of time groping Cummings, who had apparently become sexually aroused. Cummings, who has a history of sexual dysfunction, ejaculated while the TSA agents hand was feeling the piercings. The TSA agent, according to several witnesses, promptly called for back up. Cummings was thrown to the ground and handcuffed.


A TSA spokesperson declined to comment on this specifc [sic] case, but said that anyone ejaculating during a pat-down would be subject to arrest.

Although the claims in the report have not been verified, the story has become a trending Internet topic.

 

After stepping out of her black, high wedge-heeled shoes and stepping up to the stage at the Village Blues Bar on Sunday night, Queen Ifrica performed 'Lioness on the Rise', near capacity audience whooping its encouragement.

Performing with an emphasis on melody and the range of her voice, without trying to whip up the audience with theatrics - not that they were not duly whipped up anyway - Ifrica eventually instructed the person playing the tracks "pull it up Ryan".

And she instructed the audience "this is where you clap", which they did. "Me used to all kinds of audiences, but this one close up," Ifrica said. "And guess what? Me shy. But me love it, cause a music."

Ifrica was the penultimate performer on the final staging of 'Seh Sup'm', the poetry and live-music event which is staged on the final Sunday of the month, for 2010. The November edition of the Root Cause produced event was a benefit for the M&N Foundation for Aspiring Youth, the two organisations' second collaboration of the year.

While Ifrica did not deliver spoken word pieces she certainly spoke her mind at the Village Blues Bar, in between Iguana, Heroes, Brown Skin, Far AwayProtect and Serve and Below the Waist, she spoke at length about visiting Tredegar Park, the importance of showing children affection, bleaching (introducing her all-natural cousin on stage in the process), how women should support their men and advertising, among other issues

Tony Rebel wrapped up the night in fine style, with a mixture of deejaying and singing, the latter including Gregory Isaacs' Night Nurse' supported by a scaled down Triplicity. He claimed his place in originating Jamaican music, saying "the genre whe name singjay inna reggae, a me create it. And me make the name too".

While the term is now widely used, he said "them not even know who create it. Me talk up a Village. A me".

 

 

When this flasher woke up this morning, snapped a condom on his dong, threw on a messenger bag and headed into the subway to delight one special lady with the fruit of his loins, he probably wasn't expecting this. HollabackNYC has a video (SFW on mute) of the woman every woman wants to be when confronted by a flasher, calling him out and screaming, "Oh, you're getting f****** arrested. I'm not leaving your side."You almost feel sorry for the flasher, who seems so flabbergasted at the whole thing he can't even form a defense. Almost.
lol @ "this s***'s going on YouTube, yo."

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/subway-victim-nicola-brigg-tells-story-20101130 CLICK HERE TO WATCH NEWS REPORT

 

The whistle-blower website WikiLeaks published nearly 400,000 classified military documents from the Iraq war on Friday, calling it the largest classified military leak in history.

The latest round of leaked documents provides a new picture of how many Iraqi civilians have been killed, a new window on the role that Iran has played in supporting Iraqi militants and many accounts of abuse by Iraqi's army and police, according to The New York Times.

The Times was one of a handful of news organizations that was provided early access to the papers.

According to new documents, the vast majority of slain civilians were killed by other Iraqis.

The U.S. military is notifying Iraqis named in the documents, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell told CNN.

"There are 300 names of Iraqis in here that we think would be particularly endangered by their exposure," he said. "We have passed that information on to U.S. Forces Iraq. They are in the process right now of contacting those Iraqis to try to safeguard them."

The Pentagon had not previously warned Iraqi civilians who have cooperated with the United States that their names may be posted on the internet.

"We don't want to start notifying people and then find out that their names aren't in any of these documents that are released," Col. David Lapan, a top Pentagon spokesman, said earlier Friday. "Why put people through the trouble and the concern for no reason?"

The Pentagon denounced the release, which WikiLeaks said comprised 391,832 reports.

"This is all classified secret information never designed to be exposed to the public," Morrell told CNN Friday. "Our greatest fear is that it puts our troops in even greater danger than they inherently are on these battlefields. That it will expose tactics, techniques and procedures -- how they operate on the battlefield, how they respond under attack, the capabilities of our equipment ... how we cultivate sources (and) how we work with Iraqis."

After a similar release of 77,000 classified documents from the war in Afghanistan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen said Wiki Leaks "might already have on their hands the *la*hd of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family."

Morrell echoed that sentiment Friday.

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Wikileaks began on Sunday November 28th publishing 251,287 leaked United States embassy cables, the largest set of confidential documents ever to be released into the public domain. The documents will give people around the world an unprecedented insight into US Government foreign activities.

The cables, which date from 1966 up until the end of February this year, contain confidential communications between 274 embassies in countries throughout the world and the State Department in Washington DC. 15,652 of the cables are classified Secret.

The embassy cables will be released in stages over the next few months. The subject matter of these cables is of such importance, and the geographical spread so broad, that to do otherwise would not do this material justice.

The cables show the extent of US spying on its allies and the UN; turning a blind eye to corruption and human rights abuse in "client states"; backroom deals with supposedly neutral countries; lobbying for US corporations; and the measures US diplomats take to advance those who have access to them.

This document release reveals the contradictions between the USs public persona and what it says behind closed doors and shows that if citizens in a democracy want their governments to reflect their wishes, they should ask to see whats going on behind the scenes.

Every American schoolchild is taught that George Washington the countrys first President could not tell a lie. If the administrations of his successors lived up to the same principle, todays document flood would be a mere embar****ment. Instead, the US Government has been warning governments -- even the most corrupt -- around the world about the coming leaks and is bracing itself for the exposures.

The full set consists of 251,287 documents, comprising 261,276,536 words (seven times the size of "The Iraq War Logs", the world's previously largest classified information release).

The cables cover from 28th December 1966 to 28th February 2010 and originate from 274 embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions.

 

 

'Baby Klaus' has been diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a condition in which excess fluid builds up in the brain and can damage sensitive tissue.


Neurosurgeons at a hospital in San Antonio are fighting to save the life of an 11-month old baby born with a rare condition that caused his head to swell to more than twice the normal size.

"Baby Klaus," as his parents and local media are calling him, was born with hydrocephalus, a build-up of excess fluid in the brain that has caused his head to swell to more than 130% larger than a typical newborn's head.

After several doctors near their home in west Texas refused to operate or told them that their baby would die soon, the stricken baby's parents, who identified themselves as Klaus Sr. and Beatrice, found a hopeful savior in Dr. David Jimenez, the chairmen of the department of neurosurgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.

Jimenez and his staff inserted a tube in the baby's head to drain the fluid and relieve the pressure, and the child's head is already about a foot smaller than it was when his parents brought him in about two weeks ago, San Antonio's KENS5-TV reported.

Still, doctors and hydrocephalus experts said Baby Klaus's had a particular severe case and that progress would be slow.

"It's like nothing that I've seen before," Jimenez said.

Known to doctors as "water on the brain," hydrocephalus occurs in about 1 out of 500 babies born and can cause brain damage, according to the Mayo Clinic's website. If left untreated, the condition can be fatal.

Baby Klaus's parents told local media in a news conference that they are praying for their son every day and hopeful that the fact that he has managed to live almost a year is a sign that he will survive. It is likely, though, that he faces extensive reconstructive surgery in the future, Jimenez said.

"What I can tell about my son is he's a great fighter," Klaus, Sr. told KENS5-TV. "He's a warrior."

The  photos were sent in by a loyal and trusted MTO reader (thanks GIRRRRL). They were apparently taken at an unsupervised party that the 17 year old Bobbi Kris attended.

As the images show, Bobbi was drinking the VERY HIGH ALCOHOL energy drink Four Loko. And she's smoking a NEWPORT cigarette. In another pic she's MAKING OUT with a woman.

Whitney . . . Bobby . .. go get your daughter. She obviously needs some GUIDANCE!!!