July 18, 2011

Did Jennifer Lopez Cheat On Marc Anthony?

By: OfficialMagicPG

Did on on screen romance entice Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony to end their marriage? Some say that ‘J-Lo’ hit it off with ‘The Cuban Brad Pitt‘ William Levy on the shoot of her video ‘I’m Into You‘. Hmmm.. coincidence in the name of the song much?

Reps for William Levy told ‘TMZ‘

“The only relationship there was or is, is a professional relationship. That’s all there’s ever been.”

Take a look at the Video for Jennifer Lopez’s song ‘I’m Into You‘ and make your own assumption. Sometimes ‘things’ can happen when professionals tend to work with each other for awhile. Bonds are created, secrets are shared and sometimes romances do occur.

Telenovela star, William Levy separated from his wife shortly after the completion of the video as well. Did his wife think something was up? Did William confess to his wife? The world may never know. I’m sure everyone will be on the look out to see if ‘J-Lo‘ and Levy show up anywhere together.

Facebook ban spurs picket at Ateneo de Davao

Students and some faculty members picketed the Ateneo de Davao University last week in protest of the restrictions imposed on them in going online on social networking site Facebook within campus.

Students complained that they were required to pay more than P1,300 as “information technology fee" each semester.

But the administration of Ateneo de Davao clarified that Facebook is “not totally banned" in their university, but rather the restrictions prohibit students from going to the popular site from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. only.

School officials said that the sheer number of people who go on Facebook on campus heavily overburdens the university’s internet service bandwidth, such that it negatively impacts on the university’s other online services.
GMA News' newscast "Saksi" on Monday reported on the picket.
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After the official announcement of the ban, an open letter was issued stating: “The College Faculty Union of Ateneo de Davao University (CFU) vehemently protests the blocking of social networking sites such as Facebook and Friendster, including other sites. The blocking is initiated by the Technical Service Office (TSO) of the university, as the internet site claims to be [sic]. This infringes on the freedom of information and of expression which requires thorough discussion beforehand to determine what constitutes a violation or not. The CFU will file grievance as initial and LEGAL response directed to the head of TSO."

On her blog, Ateneo de Davao professor Dominique Cimafranca noted that the picketers held up placards with Facebook’s blue-and-white “f" logo and the statement “Stop Facebook Ban."

“They do know what an ‘F’ means academically, right?" she wrote wryly that she had quipped to her fellow faculty member.

Also last week, another university in Mindanao, state-run University of Southern Mindanao prohibited school personnel from going on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites during office hours. — Marlon Anthony Tonson/VS, GMA News

My Favorite TV Series - How I Met Your Mother

The year is 2030. Ted Mosby is relaying the story of how he met his wife to his daughter and son. The story starts in the year 2005, when then twenty-seven year old architect Ted was spurred on to want to get married after lawyer Marshall Eriksen and kindergarten teacher Lily Aldrin, his best friends from their college days at Wesleyan and Marshall who was his roommate at the time, got engaged after nine years of dating each other.

Ted's new quest in life was much to the dismay of his womanizing friend, Barney Stinson. But soon after Marshall and Lily's engagement, Ted believed that his life mate was going to be news reporter and aspiring news anchor Robin Scherbatsky, who, despite having had a romantic relationship with her after this time, ended up being who the kids know as their "Aunt" Robin.

As Ted relays the story to his kids, the constants are that their Uncle Marshall, Aunt Lily, Uncle Barney and Aunt Robin are always in the picture and thus have something to do with how he got together with their mother.

12 year old girl with HIV

A 12–year-old girl from this city has become the youngest person to become infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through sexual intercourse, a city health official said.

Dr. Josephine Villafuerte, City Health Office (CHO) chief, said the girl is the youngest since the city started monitoring HIV cases in 1993.

"Naay mga bata na karon na naga-engage na sa sex at a very young age (There are children now who engage in sex at a very young age)," Villafuerte said.

She said 22 new cases of persons living with HIV, 21 of them are males, have been recorded between January and March this year. The new cases have brought the number of persons living with HIV in the city to 140.

Villafuerte said 39 new cases have been recorded in the city in the whole of 2010.

Although the figure shows that HIV is prevalent among men, Villafuerte said it is not yet conclusive that the highest incidence in the city is indeed men having sex with men.

HIV is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids). Aids is the late stage of the chronic disease, which is caused by HIV infection.

"Even if they are positive with HIV, there is still hope. There are free medicines we can provide for them," Villafuerte said.

Villafuerte said HIV must not be associated with death since there are advancements, which can now prolong the lives of persons living with HIV.

Less than 20 people have died of HIV infection in the Davao City since 1993, she said. (Sun.Star Davao/Sunnex)

Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on July 18, 2011.

July 17, 2011

Japan wins 1st World Cup title in penalty shootout.

Japan lifted the women's World Cup with a dramatic win over the USA on Sunday, delivering a boost to the morale of a country still reeling from the deadly March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori made two saves as the final was settled by a penalty shoot-out before defender Saki Kumagai converted the spot-kick to give Japan their first World Cup title.

Under captain Homare Sawa, Japan won the hearts of fans with impressive displays just four months after the national disaster.

The massive earthquake -- registering 8.9 on the richter scale -- and resulting tsunami devastated the northeast coast of Japan, killing thousands and sparking the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

While none of the Japan squad were directly caught up in the disaster, the Japanese women's football league was heavily effected.

Worst hit of all was the TEPCP Mareeze club, based near Fukushima, which was forced to suspend playing activity and withdraw from the L-League, Japan's top women's league, for the entire season.

The players were forced to train elsewhere, but left-back Aya Sameshima, who played in Sunday's final, was taken on by US team Boston Breakers.

The start of the season was delayed by a month to help conserve power, while the men's professional J-League was put on hold for six weeks.

The women's league was harder hit as the majority of players are amateurs who fit training and playing around their work or studies.

With morale low across the country, the players found it difficult to return to football, let alone think about the women's World Cup.

"Early on, I felt that it might not be the right moment to play football and that I should have something else to do," said Japan defender Azusa Iwashimizu.

"But after a while, when the team activities had stopped and I was training alone, it made me realise just how much I love to play football."

With many of the 'Nadeshiko' are based in Japan, their World Cup preparations were badly affected.

When the USA recorded back-to-back 2-0 wins over Japan during friendlies in March, coach Norio Sasaki admitted his side were not as well prepared as their American rivals.

But Japan matured and developed in Germany.

Group stage wins over New Zealand and Mexico were followed by a 2-0 defeat to England before the Nadeshiko pulled off the giant-killing of the tournament to beat Germany in the quarter-finals, then Sweden in the last four.

And Sunday's dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over the United States completed the fairytale as Japan beat the USA for the first time at the 26th attempt.

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