Charlie's Angels' Canceled by ABC
So much for the return of "Charlie's Angels."
ABC has canceled the revamp of the 1970s TV show after just four episodes, the network confirms to TheWrap.
The series, which starred Minka Kelly, Annie Ilonzeh and Rachael Taylor as three young female detectives in Miami, had floundered in the ratings, though it posted an 8 percent increase in the all-important adults 18-49 demographic for its most recent episode Thursday. Its Sept. 22 premiere posted a lukewarm 2.1/6 in the demo and generally went downhill from there, plunging 20 percent for its Oct. 7 episode to a 1.2/4.
ABC plans to continue running the remaining episodes on Thursdays at 8.
"Charlie's Angels" joins NBC's "The Playboy Club" and "Free Agents" on the list of new offerings to be pulled so far this season. Not officially canceled yet but not looking promising: CBS' Kevin Dillon comedy "How to Be a Gentleman," which has halted production and been moved to Saturday nights; and the CW reality offering "Hater," which has been removed from the network's schedule, with the possibility that it may air sometime in the future, likely in the summer.
Monday, October 17, 2011
RIM offers free premium apps to customers following service interruptions
October 17, 2011 04:48PM
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Research In Motion (RIM) announced today that a selection of premium apps worth a total value of more than $100 will be offered free of charge to subscribers as an expression of appreciation for their patience during the recent service disruptions.
The apps will be made available to customers over the coming weeks on BlackBerry® App World and will continue to be available until December 31, 2011.
“Our global network supports the communications needs of more than 70 million customers,” said RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis.
“We truly appreciate and value our relationship with our customers. We’ve worked hard to earn their trust over the past 12 years, and we’re committed to providing the high standard of reliability they expect, today and in the future.”
It should be noted that last week, many customers experienced service interruptions and delays over a period of approximately 3 days in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa, 1.5 days in Latin America and Canada, and 1 day in the United States. Global teams worked around the clock to contain the issue and minimize the impact to customers as much as possible. As of Thursday, October 13, service levels returned to normal.
The complete selection of premium apps will become available to download at BlackBerry App World over a period of four weeks beginning Wednesday, October 19. The selections over this period will include the following (with more to come):
SIMS 3, Electronic Arts Bejeweled, Electronic Arts N.O.V.A., Gameloft Texas Hold’em Poker 2, Gameloft Bubble Bash 2, Gameloft Photo Editor Ultimate, Ice Cold Apps DriveSafe.ly Pro, iSpeech.org iSpeech Translator Pro, iSpeech.org Drive Safe.ly Enterprise, iSpeech.org Nobex RadioTM Premium, Nobex Shazam Encore, Shazam• Vlingo Plus: Virtual Assistant.
Vlingo RIM’s enterprise customers will also be offered one month of free technical support. Current customers will be offered a complimentary one month extension of their existing technical support contract, and customers who do not currently have a technical support contract will be offered a one month trial of RIM’s BlackBerry Technical Support Services - Enhanced Support, free of charge. Additional details about the program and information about how to register will be available at www.blackberry.com/enterpriseoffer.
“We are grateful to our loyal BlackBerry customers for their patience,” added Lazaridis. “We have apologized to our customers and we will work tirelessly to restore their confidence. We are taking immediate and aggressive steps to help prevent something like this from happening again.”
The availability of this offer will depend on the type of device, operating system version, access to BlackBerry App World and local conditions and/or restrictions.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
kareN liFe StorY
For 91 days, the whole of Africa had its eyes on the
Big Brother Amplified TV reality show: the fights, the
kisses, the shower scenes, the gossips which all
tallied up to give a creative and power packed show
made up of 26 contestants from around the
continent.
Reports from the Big Brother Amplified website
suggest that this year’s edition was the most viewed
from cable television; also recording the most
followership online. But most will agree that one of
the Nigerian contestants, the notoriousKaren Igho
was the most prominent as she stood out right from
the beginning of the show to the very end.And oh
yea, she also won and walked away with N32M!
Let’s do a quick survey: Facebooksuggests that
Karen has about 9500 ‘Likes’ on her fan page. The
closest to that isWezawith 7000 plus. Karen
managed to summon all the controversies around her
into one big punch and convincingly knocked out any
other contestants who stood in her way.
Karen’s strategy was simple – she says ‘I was just
myself’.
We might have seen Karen’s down to earth
mannerisms and her sometimes over-the-top
tantrums in the house but we knew little about her
personal life. Most viewers who had either praised or
chastised her didn’t knowKaren’s story.
She claims that her 45-year-old mother was a
gangster and she (Karen) worked as a stripper in
Europe before coming back to Nigeria to participate
in theNext Movie Starreality show. It’s been a
rough one for the light skinned lady, little wonder
why she wears a tough skin.
And on her father, she says ‘I don’t really know my
father. He married my mother at a very young age
but now he is dead. He died of HIV AIDS. I am not
ashamed to say it. I wish I saw him to ask him
questions, to ask him why he blamed me for things I
didn’t do. I didn’t get the chance to tell him I loved
him.’
Speaking at a press conference organized by MNET
Nigeriaat Planet One, Lagos on her return last
week, Karen poured out her heart out in an
interactive ‘Question and Answer’ session.
‘The journey wasn’t an easy one. Whatever anyone
said about me, good or bad, I thank you and I say one
love. I had no strategy unlike what most people think.
I was just myself.’
As per being a role model, Karen says we shouldn’t
expect her to change from the character she
portrayed in the house. ‘It’s real life in there and out
here, so I won’t stop anything’.
Who would agree that most men watched the BBA
show because of Karen’s boob job? A lot of guys
won’t deny too, they outrightly sat in front of their TV
sets waiting for her to gesticulate just to grab a
glimpse of her ‘endowment’. Others have criticised
and frowned at her ‘enhancement’, but Karen says
there’s a reason behind it. ‘My boobs were never a
strategy, when I discovered I had lumps in my
breasts, I had removed them and had the boob job
done to prevent any further occurrence. It’s funny
how my mother got to hear on the show. My 17-year-
old sister recently discovered lumps in her breasts
too’.
Now, she ‘wants to create awareness. I want people
to know that the disease is real. I am going to use
part of my winnings to do a massive campaign about
this disease.’
Talking about her winning BBA6, Karen said ‘I didn’t
know I was going to win even though I didn’t see
anybody as my competitor. My head was straight. I
saw everybody as potential winner. That is why we
were in the house in the first place. Anyways, we are
all stars.’
And when asked if she would ever go back to the
house (maybe for a BBA all winners edition), she
responded ‘Of course I will, so Africa will vote for me
again!’ She also added ‘As per the money, I will think
of what to do with it later on. But I will keep to my
words. I will give some to my friends in the house like
I said I would.’
Big Brother Amplified TV reality show: the fights, the
kisses, the shower scenes, the gossips which all
tallied up to give a creative and power packed show
made up of 26 contestants from around the
continent.
Reports from the Big Brother Amplified website
suggest that this year’s edition was the most viewed
from cable television; also recording the most
followership online. But most will agree that one of
the Nigerian contestants, the notoriousKaren Igho
was the most prominent as she stood out right from
the beginning of the show to the very end.And oh
yea, she also won and walked away with N32M!
Let’s do a quick survey: Facebooksuggests that
Karen has about 9500 ‘Likes’ on her fan page. The
closest to that isWezawith 7000 plus. Karen
managed to summon all the controversies around her
into one big punch and convincingly knocked out any
other contestants who stood in her way.
Karen’s strategy was simple – she says ‘I was just
myself’.
We might have seen Karen’s down to earth
mannerisms and her sometimes over-the-top
tantrums in the house but we knew little about her
personal life. Most viewers who had either praised or
chastised her didn’t knowKaren’s story.
She claims that her 45-year-old mother was a
gangster and she (Karen) worked as a stripper in
Europe before coming back to Nigeria to participate
in theNext Movie Starreality show. It’s been a
rough one for the light skinned lady, little wonder
why she wears a tough skin.
And on her father, she says ‘I don’t really know my
father. He married my mother at a very young age
but now he is dead. He died of HIV AIDS. I am not
ashamed to say it. I wish I saw him to ask him
questions, to ask him why he blamed me for things I
didn’t do. I didn’t get the chance to tell him I loved
him.’
Speaking at a press conference organized by MNET
Nigeriaat Planet One, Lagos on her return last
week, Karen poured out her heart out in an
interactive ‘Question and Answer’ session.
‘The journey wasn’t an easy one. Whatever anyone
said about me, good or bad, I thank you and I say one
love. I had no strategy unlike what most people think.
I was just myself.’
As per being a role model, Karen says we shouldn’t
expect her to change from the character she
portrayed in the house. ‘It’s real life in there and out
here, so I won’t stop anything’.
Who would agree that most men watched the BBA
show because of Karen’s boob job? A lot of guys
won’t deny too, they outrightly sat in front of their TV
sets waiting for her to gesticulate just to grab a
glimpse of her ‘endowment’. Others have criticised
and frowned at her ‘enhancement’, but Karen says
there’s a reason behind it. ‘My boobs were never a
strategy, when I discovered I had lumps in my
breasts, I had removed them and had the boob job
done to prevent any further occurrence. It’s funny
how my mother got to hear on the show. My 17-year-
old sister recently discovered lumps in her breasts
too’.
Now, she ‘wants to create awareness. I want people
to know that the disease is real. I am going to use
part of my winnings to do a massive campaign about
this disease.’
Talking about her winning BBA6, Karen said ‘I didn’t
know I was going to win even though I didn’t see
anybody as my competitor. My head was straight. I
saw everybody as potential winner. That is why we
were in the house in the first place. Anyways, we are
all stars.’
And when asked if she would ever go back to the
house (maybe for a BBA all winners edition), she
responded ‘Of course I will, so Africa will vote for me
again!’ She also added ‘As per the money, I will think
of what to do with it later on. But I will keep to my
words. I will give some to my friends in the house like
I said I would.’
Gulder AltimatE SeaRcH
Gulder ultimate search is here again, 2011 edition will accomodate 30 contestants... Will keep you informed
happy BirthDaY PatT
Today 10th August, is my birthday, this is wishing me a successfull celebration and many years to come and God blessings Amen.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
EArly sex increases Cervical cancer risk
‘Early sex increases cervical cancer risk’
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Mike Iroezindu, a medical practitioner, has said that exposure to sex before the age of 18 increases the risk of cervical cancer.
“Having sex before the age of 18 increases the risk of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which is the causative factor for cervical cancer,” he said. “Immature cells seem to be susceptible to it.” He said that cervical cancer was among the most common cancers that affect a woman’s reproductive organ. “When a woman is exposed to HPV, her immune typically prevents the virus from doing harm, however, in a small group of women, the virus survives for years before it eventually converts some cells on the surface of the cervix into cancer cells,” he said.
According to him, cancer in general begins when healthy cells acquire a genetic mutation that turns them into abnormal cells. “There are two types of the cervical cancer; one is squamous cell carcinoma that begins in the thin, flat cells that line the bottom of the cervix,” he said. “This type accounts for 80 to 90 per cent of cervical cancer in women. There is also the Adeno carcinomas that occur in the glandular cells that line the upper portion of the cervix, this type makes up to 10 to 20 per cent of cervical cancer.”
He said that early cervical cancer generally produced no signs and symptoms, and advocated for regular pap screening. “The pap test detects abnormal cell growth or formation in the cervix,” he said.
He said that as the cancer developed, some of the symptoms that might be experienced include vaginal bleeding after intercourse. Other symptoms, he said, include watery and bloody vaginal discharge that might be heavy and have a foul smell. In some cases, he said, pelvic pain as well as pain during intercourse could also be experienced. Diamond Cancer Campaign
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Mike Iroezindu, a medical practitioner, has said that exposure to sex before the age of 18 increases the risk of cervical cancer.
“Having sex before the age of 18 increases the risk of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which is the causative factor for cervical cancer,” he said. “Immature cells seem to be susceptible to it.” He said that cervical cancer was among the most common cancers that affect a woman’s reproductive organ. “When a woman is exposed to HPV, her immune typically prevents the virus from doing harm, however, in a small group of women, the virus survives for years before it eventually converts some cells on the surface of the cervix into cancer cells,” he said.
According to him, cancer in general begins when healthy cells acquire a genetic mutation that turns them into abnormal cells. “There are two types of the cervical cancer; one is squamous cell carcinoma that begins in the thin, flat cells that line the bottom of the cervix,” he said. “This type accounts for 80 to 90 per cent of cervical cancer in women. There is also the Adeno carcinomas that occur in the glandular cells that line the upper portion of the cervix, this type makes up to 10 to 20 per cent of cervical cancer.”
He said that early cervical cancer generally produced no signs and symptoms, and advocated for regular pap screening. “The pap test detects abnormal cell growth or formation in the cervix,” he said.
He said that as the cancer developed, some of the symptoms that might be experienced include vaginal bleeding after intercourse. Other symptoms, he said, include watery and bloody vaginal discharge that might be heavy and have a foul smell. In some cases, he said, pelvic pain as well as pain during intercourse could also be experienced. Diamond Cancer Campaign
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