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Halle Berry

Halle Berry

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We almost forgot about this, not! This is part of the book posted on her website.

I looked at my watch, it was 4:30pm on January 21, 2009, the day I had been waiting to come for eight months. It was the day of the deposition in the child support case I had filed against the father of my third son, William Leonard Roberts Jr. also known as the big-time rapper (not the notorious drug dealer, don’t get them confused) Rick Ross.
I had started this battle against William 17 months earlier after our tumultuous four-year relationship filled with passion and pain. My lawyer Ileana M. Almeida had spent the last eight months trying to get Will’s lawyer Allan Zamren to make Will do the deposition for the case. They’d canceled two times already so I was surprised that William had finally showed up and was glad we were gonna to get things going. Ever since he’d become a celebrity, Will had been a different person. That mixed with his touring and promotions schedule and the life of a rap star is what made it so hard for anything in the child support case to move forward. His attitude also made things difficult. (more…)

Almost a year later, and this record by Eric Benet is still the S$#@!

Crunching by Machine

There are pros and cons to using your gym’s abdominal crunch machines. They can be a nice change of pace from floor crunches; they also enable you to increase the weight as you become stronger. Depending on their design, however, some crunch machines make it easier for you to rely (unintentionally) on other muscle groups – such as your hips or legs – rather than working the abs themselves as much as possible.

Here are some pointers for getting the most from your time on the crunch machine:

• Move slowly both during the bend and the return to your upright position.
• Keep your neck in a neutral position; do not bend it backward or forward.
• Don’t perform the crunch primarily by pushing down on the arm pad. Instead, concentrate on doing the crunch by contracting your abs.

Ever heard of the H1N1 virus? It’s the virus popularly referred to as swine flu — until the U.S. pork industry got involved.

The industry, fearing that uninformed consumers will avoid buying pork because they mistakenly assume the infection can be traced back to meat, has been lobbying to change the virus’ name, and its effort seems to be paying off with increased use of a new, if somewhat clumsy, moniker.

“It never should have been called swine flu,” said Dave Warner, director-communications, National Pork Producers Council. The sickness, named after its point of origin, is airborne and contracted by human-to-human contact. But some consumers hear the name and think they could get sick from eating pork, and it’s a real headache for the pork industry, which has seen other industries take hits from consumer confusion. For instance, the recent peanut recall affected sales of peanut butter, which was safe. (more…)

Salma Hayek is into designer clothes delivered to her apartment, “Japanese face massages,” and iPhone apps from the iTunes store according to the screen shots posted by the hackers who busted into her mac.com account. It’s all pretty mundane stuff in the life of the rich and famous.

The lesson to learn from this, other than how to dress like Salma, is how to choose a secure password. The hack, posted on 4chan, was accomplished with the knowledge of Hayek’s birthday (September 2) and “her best known movie role,” which were then used to reset the password.

It’s the same sort of problem Alaska Governor Sarah Palin faced when someone hacked her Yahoo! Mail account during last year’s campaign. Your secret questions really should be personal stuff that strangers can’t easily determine. Famous people need to be especially careful, since the details of their lives are more readily available.

Cablevision Systems Corp plans to roll out super-fast Internet access connections that can allow a customer to download a full-length high-definition movie in less 10 minutes. The New York-based cable operator said on Tuesday it is also doubling the speed of its Wi-Fi wireless Internet service — free for subscribers — as it steps up its offerings to counter the competitive threat of Verizon Communications’ FiOS service. Cablevision customers will pay nearly $100 a month to use the new high-speed Internet service, which will deliver download speeds of up to 101 megabits per second and upload speeds of up to 15 megabits per second. Such speeds can enable the download of up to 750 digital photos or 150 songs in one minute. (more…)

She made history as the fattest ever mother of triplets, weighing in at 40 stone.

But far from ensuring her babies don’t go the same way she did, Leanne Salt is happy to admit feeding them junk food, including fish and chips and McDonald’s meals.

Yesterday the 24-year-old – still dangerously overweight at 30 stone – told of her approach to motherhood which doctors say is certain to leave them facing health problems.

They were six months old when they had their first McDonald’s,’ she said. ‘They had chicken nuggets and chips and loved it.

‘They like fish and chips too, but I take the batter off the fish, so I guess that’s healthy.’ (more…)

LAKELAND | A woman who went on a Sunday morning car ride with two others cost her husband his job. Police say the trio cruised Lakeland in Deputy Charles ‘Chip’ Buckner’s squad car.

Buckner, 44, a 21-year veteran of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, resigned Monday following the arrest of his wife, Gail, his wife’s mother and a young man. Officials said the three took Buckner’s marked patrol car while he was asleep.

Sheriff Grady Judd said it’s unclear whether Buckner did anything wrong.

‘You shouldn’t have to hide your keys from your wife,’ he said.

Judd said Buckner was not being blamed for his wife’s transgressions. (more…)

What is this world coming to? A priest at Holy Cross Catholic Church is stabbed during confession. He is a man of the cloth just doing God’s work at church this weekend. Then, he was stabbed twice in a confessional.

Thankfully, Father Michael Massaro will be fine now after surgery. The suspect, 57-year-old Josephine Gatchell, was arrested Sunday at a friend’s house.

Deputies say Saturday afternoon she stormed into the confessional room after the last person had left. Gatchell then stabbed Father Massaro once in the thigh, then in his ribs, and took off.

Officers searched for more than a day until they found her at a friend’s house. (more…)

Do Not Lock Your Joints When Lifting Weights When strength training with weights, it’s important not to lock your joints (knees, elbows, etc.) during the exercises.

Locking the joints when you’re lifting weight can put enormous strain on them and lead to injury. Another safety tip: Whenever you’re lifting weights in a standing position, always keep your knees slightly bent. This can help reduce stress on the lower back.