JC Chasez saves Baby

JC Chasez, a former member of the ‘NSync band and presently a judge of America’s Best Dance Crew performed an act completely different on New Year’s Day. This time, he became the hero of the day when he was able to protect a one-year old from a potentially life-threatening situation.

As the former singer was enjoying Miami Beach, a helicopter that was flying a bit too near the beach grounds caused a beach umbrella to go flying towards the direction of one-year old Shirel and mother Netali Nissim. Chasez realized soon enough that the flying umbrella posed a danger to the child, and reacting quickly, reached out for it, securing it before it could cause any harm to the child.

Nissim had this to say about Chasez: “Shirel is safe because of him. I want to tell him thank you from the bottom of my heart. If it had not been for him, my daughter could have been seriously hurt.”

35-year old JC Chasez was on vacation with girlfriend Nicole at that time on a neighboring beach of the Fontainebleau, which was where the incident with the helicopter occurred. Guests who were around the beach said that Chasez remained “sweet and humble” with the heroic act he had done. Certainly a great day for the guy who made the song “All day long, I dream about sex” famous.

Source: People.com

This is an article that was posted by a friend of mine Monday about 3 people who are  who are being executed for a drug crime.  I suggest everyone takes a look at it:

By the end of this month, three Filipinos imprisoned in China will be executed by lethal injection as punishment for being drug traffickers.

Back in February, the President sent Vice President Jejomar Binay to plead for clemency. He was successful in getting a stay of execution for a month, but the death sentence will still go on March 31. As of the weekend, VP Binay has called for prayers, which usually means there are no legal recourses left and all people can hope for is a miracle.

Death row

In the meantime, the country’s foreign policy is being tested and stretched to the limit in the hopes of finding clemency for these three overseas contract workers. The country is literally begging China for special considerations for three people whom the country would not have otherwise have known about, much less cared about if they hadn’t left and become drug mules in the first place.

Who are we to think that our countrymen are above their law? Why the heck would other countries give in to what we want? What makes these three people so special that the country is once again putting its pride on the line? How embarrassing for our country to have to plead!

Imagine our image in the international community – we send Filipinos out to become workers, welders, nurses or maids, but sometimes unfortunately end up as prostitutes or drug mules. Then our country scrambles around asking for mercy, pity and appealing to the humanity of other governments for the stupidity, gullibility and misfortune of our people.

Now, the families of the Filipinos are writing a personal letter of appeal to the head of the Chinese government to plead for the lives of their loved ones. Realistically, the chances of getting a successful and positive response to this are slim, since China has always acted on its own volition, regardless of any international or personal pressure. What difference will it make to the Chinese government whether the father, spouse, children or parents of the victims are the ones that sign the letter, when they don’t even listen to other heads of state?

Even after The Philippine Government has already sent the 11 Taiwanese people back to the mainland at the cost of our relations with Taiwan, the Chinese Government will still do what it wants to do, especially since these three Filipinos are merely pawns in their drive to fight drug traffickers. Regardless if these people were conned or used by the real drug lords and used as unknowing mules or carriers, they will still be meted the punishment.

Who’s to blame for this situation?

The victims claim that they merely wanted to go abroad to find a better future for their families. Visions of better pay, a life abroad, and becoming dollar earners enticed these people to quit their jobs and seek their fortunes elsewhere. Greed obviously plays a role, since thoughts of easy money enticed them to leave in the first place, making them lose their diligence or not listen to their gut instinct that perhaps something was amiss. However, even if they went through what they thought was a legitimate recruitment agency, they ended up for a front for drug traffickers. Ultimately though, it was their decision to say yes and accept the terms of recruitment, heroin laded luggage included.

Should have they done a bit more research before signing on with the first available recruiter? Should they not have thought their plans more carefully before going? Perhaps rather than being blinded of promises of a better tomorrow, they should have been more diligent with their research and investigated the legitimacy of these agencies beforehand.

Shouldn’t they have carefully inspected the luggage given to them to ensure that it was free of any drugs and illegal items? Why did they blindly accept the luggage that was given to them and use it, without checking? Were they so destitute that they didn’t even have any money to pay for decent luggage to carry their belongings? Is it not common sense to not accept things from strangers?

Many blame the Government for what happened. After all, if things were better economically over here, people wouldn’t be forced to leave the country in the first place. If there were more better paying jobs here with better benefits, Filipinos wouldn’t leave en masse to work abroad.

There should also be a way for people to verify the legitimacy of a business, much like a Better Business Bureaureporting agency like in America. This way, other people could be forewarned about illegal recruiters. It’s one thing to say to be careful of illegal recruiters, but it’s another to clearly identify key things to look out for to serve as a guideline.

It’s very easy to point fingers and blame the system, the Government, China, the drug traffickers and a whole bunch of other people. We can even blame poverty, the uneducation of people, greed, desperation and a permissive culture that allows this kind of thing to happen.

Regardless of who is to blame for this, as Filipinos, we are all affected by it. The more issues like these happen to our fellow countrymen, the more disdain we get when we are at the other end of the immigration line visiting another country.

The more unknowing crimes perpetuated by Filipinos, even without their knowledge, the less likely Filipino passport holders are given US visas or any other type of visa to other countries.

The more OFWs are used as drug mules or are illegally recruited, the more being Filipino becomes more shameful. The more this happens, the more other nations look upon our country with disrespect, disdain and condemnation, as if every Filipino is a drug mule, prostitute, drug trafficker, TNT or someone out to take advantage of the resources of another country.

While we laud all the hardworking OFWs abroad, more education must be given to ensure that this doesn’t happen again. Also, tighter airport security measures right here in the Philippines should be enforced, so the drugs don’t even leave the country anymore. We will be able to nip things in the bud better and control the situation if it happens on our own territory rather than have to clean up elsewhere.

While the victims themselves have ultimate accountability, the bottom line is, all Filipinos are affected.

Story by Dine Racoma

Here is a link to the original article:

http://www.thepoc.net/commentaries/11563-whos-to-blame-for-the-death-sentence.html

The latest iPod nano with 8 gigabytes capacity has a more improve design and brighter screen. The new iPod nano rocks! You can store up to 7000 photos or 2,000 songs or watch video for 8 straight hours with this amazing device.  You can purchase this brand new at $239.99 in Amazon or if you have tight budget you can own sightly used one for only $109 (Amazon price).

When listening song, the genius playlist acts like a personal DJ that locates songs that go great with the song that you currently playing. Another great feature is that you can find songs quickly. The search features allows you to browse by album or by artist. You can also view many albums and artist on the screen by its tilt and flip feature.

I should recommend that you bought one and enjoy this awesome product of apple. Aside from the great features mentioned above, the battery life has massive improvement. This is perfect for anyone who loves music like me.

Lindsay Lohan

Hollywood actress, Lindsay Lohan, was lately involved in trouble when she had confrontation in the Betty Ford rehab center located in Southern California. According to the source, the victim was a chemical technician who suppose to handle Lohan’s breath test for alcohol. Lohan pushed the technician and pulled a telephone from the technician’s hand which results to sprain. The Riverside Country Sheriff’s detective was currently investigating this case.

Lohan has been under medication and visiting the Betty Ford Center for rehab since September 2010 and will stay there until January 3, 2011.

The woman who accused Lohan of battery later on was fired for violating the confidentiality of the patient by giving delicate information at the interview with celebrity site TMZ.

Feel free to share your opinion in this. Leave your comment below.

Marina Diamondis

The Bitish singer, Marina Diamondis, became the new Max Factor’s new model. This girl is really gorgeous and deserve project. She became popular in the fashion industry because of her unique styles and preferred colors. The source takes this news from the model’s twitter. Marina really wish for this since all she wanted is to be involved and shown to many people. She doesn’t like being a fashion designer either.

Marina also reveals she wanted to have a child but she’s not sure of getting married. Does this mean she never longed for prince to come in her life? What’s your opinion with this?

Kim Kardashian

The Socialites Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian arrive from Africa. It was along hour travel (about 24 hours according to her twit)  because of the flight delay and they were not sure to take off to Paris because of the snow. They arrive safely in their homes very tired. But guess what, after an hour Kim headed to the gym for her workout. This is how Kim maintains her sexy body. She had really that extraordinary dedication for her body and health.

Even if she left her deo, Kim’s still one of the prettiest woman today. Her determination will inspire every woman and motivate them to do work out not only to lose fats but also to be healthy.

Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds

Recently separated couple, Scarlet Johansson and Ryan Reynolds, had been spotted having dinner together at New York’s Blue Ribbon last Friday (December 17, 2010). They said they enjoyed chatting together at the venue. Does this mean they have still feelings for each other after six months of breaking up? Well, no one knows but I hope they still have. They are very perfect for each other and I can’t imagine Scarlett dating another man.

The cause of break up isn’t really that worst though. They said it’s because of their schedule and they cannot spend plenty of time for each other. It could be very possible they will end up being couple again since they were both single.

Unstoppable Movie Poster

Tony Scott, the director of the movie Unstoppable, definitely made this high tension escapist entertainment to the top. The movie has been on its top box office this December 2010. Scott deserves a credit for directing this exciting and plausible movie which never fails audience expectations. The movie is about a runaway train that loses control and carries toxic chemicals that can devastate large portion of a town. Railway workers played by Denzel Washington and Chris Pine have mission to get back the control of locomotive. Critics describe the movie to be perfectly crafted, adrenaline-pumper and concise. I really have fun watching the non-stop action movie.

Burlesque Movie Poster

I am an avid fan of Christina Aguilera and Cher and I really enjoyed watching this sexy movie Burlesque. There never even single scene in the movie that disappoints me. Maybe in the first 3 minutes you may find it boring but there’s a reason for having that kind of scene and everything was in pace and exciting then.

There were many stories involve in the movie. Casts work together in the movie and it allows every character to shine. Christina did an excellent job with her first movie. She plays the role of Ali, a sexy and innocent waitress of Tess (played by Cher) the club owner and a retired dancer. Cam Gigandet plays Jack, Ali’s love interest. I like the scene when Ali sang the song written by Jack with so much energy.

Burlesque is absolutely wonderful that brings so much fun with its viewers. It has awesome characters with their greatest performance exerted for the movie. I will never be tired of watching this movie all over again.