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[08 Feb 2007|03:57pm] |
ANNA NICOLE SMITH DIED THIS AFTERNOON!
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That poor 5-month old parentless baby...
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| Hanson Tour 2007 |
[06 Feb 2007|03:30pm] |
with special guest, Rachel Weintraub.
March 2 - New Haven, CT
March 4 - Allentown, PA
March 6 - (GET EXCITED) NEW YORK NEW YORKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
landing in NY on the 1st, leaving the 7th...
(start fighting over me now please!!!!)
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[18 Jan 2007|05:51pm] |
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LA LOHAN IN REHAB!!!!!!!!!!! oooh boy.
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[20 Nov 2006|04:11pm] |
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Perez Hilton is co-hosting MTV New Years Eve-- are you serious?
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[29 Sep 2006|03:37pm] |
soooo there's basically no one in my office right now and I'm doing my usual afternoon blog read and I open up one of my favorite sites for a little trashy gossip....
As I'm scrolling through the Lindsay, Paris, and other tabloid ready starlet scandals-- I come across a COMPLETELY innappropriate post about good ol' Nicole Richie.
This blog, which I have always held is one of the more mature, straight news blogs-- posted pictures of her coming out of a narcotics annonymous meeting, WHERE the meetings are located and what days and time they take place.
It literally made me sick to my stomach. HOW FUCKING DARE THEY INVADE HER PRIVACY LIKE THAT? HOW DARE THEY?!
I'm ALL about celebrity gossip. Give me a nice power couple break up or paternity scandal anyday-- but to reveal what meetings she's going to, for what drugs, where they are and when they are so anyone could just show up at a meeting posing as an addict just to get a glimpse of her?
I won't dignify the blog by posting which one it was, but I'm sure you'll figure it out-- but I know I won't ever look at it again.
It was just one step to far.
(I'm sorry Michele-- I know that this is no longer a livejournal, but has turned into my celebblog-- but quite honestly, I don't have a life to journal about these days! and PS you're the one that turned me on to said blog!!!!!! You LOVE neysaying society, you should stop reading it too. LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUU!)
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[27 Sep 2006|10:22am] |
I CANNOT believe that Anna Nicole's baby daddy is HER LAWYER Howard K. Stern-- even I had no idea and I'm a total celeb stalker!
RIDICULOUS!
And POOR Reverand Run-- mtv was onhand for the birth of their new baby for season 2 of 'runs house'-- and the baby was born with her organs outside her body and died shortly after. So...sooo... sad. I feel awful for their family.
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[12 Sep 2006|03:21pm] |
Does anyone else find it interesting that as soon as Thomas Roberts came out of the closet (!!!) this happens?
CNN Headline News scraps afternoon newscast
Tue Sep 12, 3:34 AM ET
CNN Headline News said Monday it will eliminate its 4-6 p.m. ET newscast in order to bolster its editorial resources elsewhere. Co-anchors Thomas Roberts and Kathleen Kennedy will remain at the cable news channel in as-yet-unspecified roles.
To fill the time, two newscasts will be increased by an hour each. Those are newscasts anchored by Christi Paul and Mike Galanos, and by Chuck Roberts and Linda Stouffer.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
what a crock!
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[11 Sep 2006|12:21pm] |
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poor Anna Nicole Smith...
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| Part II |
[16 Aug 2006|10:23pm] |
I HEART KYNDRA'S HOOPS.
Rocky REALLY is hideous. I bet no one even calls her Rocky... just like no one called Lauren, LC.
Oh, and Kelan? I'm just going to call him Talan.
THESE GIRLS ARE SO CUNTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
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[16 Aug 2006|10:17pm] |
What have we learned in the first 15 minutes of LB3?
Rocky is HIDEOUS. NICE EFFING NAILS, BITCH!
Tessa is boring. MISTAAAAAAAKE. Oh, and she's fugs. a
What the hell is Jessica still doing there? Oh, right. Being pathetic and dating 16 year olds. COOL. Meanwhile, said 16 year old is NOT attractive. I don't get it. I understood the JWahl thing... I mean aside from the coke habit and mistreating women thing, but whatever.
Lauren's sister Breanna is HEINOUS. Obvi only on because of her sister,
This show is fucking amazing. More to come. Duh.
OH! Material Girls comes out Friday?! There's my weekend in 2 words. I fucking adore The Duff.
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| The MTV Curse |
[09 Aug 2006|12:43pm] |
Oh my god, this little bit of gossip just destroyed my entire universe. DESTROYED.
Travis Barker filed for divorce from his beautiful bunny wife, Shanna.
I'M HEARTBROKEN. HEARTBROKEN I SAY!!!
They were the couple I wanted to be. I was in love with them being in love. THEY WERE SO GODDAMN IN LOVE.
what a crock...
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| Laguna Beach Creepisms |
[22 Jul 2006|06:34pm] |
Cedric Channels
Cedric George Channels (born 26 November 1986 in Orange County, California) was a supporting cast member during Season 2. He was mainly seen as fellow cast member Jason Wahler's best friend and sidekick. Channels decided to announce that he doesn't fit the white-hetero-alpha-male mold of his Orange County peers. "Yes, I am gay, and I have a very supportive partner who repects me in all of my choices. My friends are aware of my orientation and are cool with it. It's not a big deal for them." Regarding the gossip surrounding Channels being spotted as getting close to another man, Lucaz Sealer, at the hot spot Marquee in New York City, Channels responded in NYDaily by saying, "I don't associate myself with stereotypes of any kind. That's all I can say.
REALLY? CEDRIC IS GAY? I HAD NO IDEA!
I have the WORST gaydar...ever... You could tell me Elton John was straight and I'd agree. Absolute WORST ever!
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[20 Jul 2006|11:02am] |
Is it me... or did little Haley Joel Osment get pretty hot? I only took notice of this this morning when I read that last night he crashed his car into a pole... idiot.
SIMILARLY, he looks like James Van Der Beek's CLONE.
Case in point:
 
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| How do you spell Bush? I-D-I-O-T |
[19 Jul 2006|03:50pm] |
In honor of our president reinforcing the fact that he is an utter and complete failure by using his first veto to shoot down the funding and legality of embryonic stem cell research, I thought I'd post a letter I wrote last year to NY Govorner Pataki urging him to support research and funding in this field...
Governor Pataki,
I am writing to you to encourage your support of the A06300 Bill proposal that would establish the state institute in New York for stem cell research and would provide regulatory oversight and support of the research for the development of regenerative therapies. As section 3883 of the bill states that you, as the governor of New York, would be appointing the members of the board for the institute and your support would be invaluable.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver introduced the bill to create a state institute for stem cell research. It would receive $100 million from the state this year and $200 million next year. Senator Nicholas Spano is planning to introduce a similar bill to the New York state senate. If passed, legislation would have the state of New York spending $100 million annually on embryonic stem cell research.
It is to my understanding that you have called the bill “a positive thing” yet are unsure that the state could supply the necessary funds. I believe that this is a project that deserves priority in funding; and, like California, the state could raise significant funds by selling state bonds. The state assembly has twice passed a bill permitting embryonic stem cell research in the state, yet the senate never voted on this. At this point, top scientists are being lured away from the state to places where the money is flowing, i.e.: private research endeavors, and in the case that New York state will eventually have greater involvement in stem cell research, we would want the best scientific research team possible—which is why we should act now.
We as a nation typically rely on the federal government to fund bio medical research, yet for reasons other than the beneficial value of science, they have in this case withdrawn their support. Several states such as California, Illinois, Wisconsin and New Jersey have proposed or instated funding support for stem cell research. Biotechnology is a crucial, growing element of our national economy, and by supporting the growth of this industry; New York (state) could possibly employ thousands of people. The humanistic and economic benefits of the field of research are invaluable, and New York, as a leader in its academic and medical institutions, is the ideal candidate for participation in this exciting field of study.
Stem cell research is based on advancing the knowledge about how an organism develops from a single cell and how a healthy cell can replace a damaged cell in the human body. It is regarded as a form of regenerative or reparative medicine. Stem cells have two distinguishing characteristics, which differentiate them from other cells. First of all, they are unspecialized cells, which means they are not a specific cell type, yet have the potential to become specified later through cell division. Secondly, stem cells can be induced or forced to become cells with special functions such as a beating cell of the heart muscle or a liver cell.
There are two types of stem cells, embryonic and adult stem cells. In 1998, researchers learned how to isolate stem cells from leftover or excess embryos using embryos created for in vitro fertilization procedures, The theory is to save a life, not store one. They are not derived from eggs fertilized in a woman’s body, but rather in a lab.
The stem cells are cultured from a blastocyst, which is a 3-5 day old cluster of cells with the potential to become a human. At this stage, the cells are unspecified yet once the cells are cultured from the embryo, the potential for further development as a fetus has been terminated. Embryonic stem cells can proliferate for over a year in a lab without differentiating, yet most adult stem cells cannot-- leading us to believe that adult stem cells are far more limiting than embryonic cells in their possible treatment options.
One major reason to conduct embryonic research is to understand how cell proliferation is regulated during embryonic development, but if not regulated in the matured life, abnormal cell division may lead to cancer? We currently have only 20 federally funded stem cell lines in the United States. On August 9th, 2001 President Bush declared that federal funds could be used to support stem cells lines that were in existence prior to that date, yet no federal dollars could be used to research new human embryonic cell lines. Recent research has essentially told us that these cell lines are useless for therapeutic application, as they have been grown on feeder cells contaminated by animal by-products. This has increased the risk of viruses or other macromolecules, which may have been transmitted to the human stem cells; non-human molecules have tainted these stem cell lines, which compromises their therapeutic potential. We need to study non-contaminated samples in order to truly reap any beneficial results.
Stem cell research could lead to the treatment and possible cures for diseases including Parkinson’s, Diabetes, certain types of cancers, diabetes, heart disuse and countless other afflictions. Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder which effects 2% of all adults over 65 years of age; that is roughly 1 out of every 50 senior citizens! It is caused by the break down and loss of neurons (brain cells) that produce dopamine, a chemical substance that transmits messages between neurons involved in the control of body movement. The loss of dopamine prompts symptoms such as tremors, rigidity, and abnormal decreased mobility.
PD may be the first disease to be treated with embryonic stem cell transplantation because we understand the specific cells types that are targeted by the disease, the DA neurons. In recent studies, scientists directed the embryonic stem cells of mice to differentiate into DA neurons by introducing a gene by the name of Nurrl. When transplanted into the brains of a rodent model of Parkinson’s, these stem cell derived neurons were able to reinnervate the brains of the subjects, releasing Dopamine and in turn, improving motor function.
In regard to human stem cell therapy, researchers are working to develop a number of strategies for producing Dopamine neurons from human embryonic stem cells in the laboratory, for transplantation into human’s suffering from PD. Embryonic stem cells offer a greater possibility for regenerative therapy, yet there are similar, if not limited, successes in the arena of adult stem cell therapies as well. The successful generation of an unlimited supply of these Dopamine neurons could make the treatment option of neurotransplantation available for Parkinson’s patients in the future. Ergo, it is imperative that we explore the possibilities of both Embryonic and Adult stem cell therapies.
In addition to these cell-based therapies, stem cells could also be used to screen new drugs and toxins, and to understand birth defects. I believe strongly in using stem cells to understand and possibly teach us how to prevent and treat these defects. It could better countless lives throughout the world. We need to conduct embryonic and adult stem cell research to determine how cells remain unspecialized yet self-renewing for extended periods of time, and also to identify the signals that cause these stem cells to become specialized cells.
My best friend, Krista, suffers from Muscular Dystrophy, a degenerative disorder in which muscles become weak and atrophied. She was diagnosed in early childhood and cannot walk long distances, play sports, or even stand up from a chair normally. She constantly needs assistance and as of now, there are no treatment options available to her. The possibility of therapy through stem cell research offers Krista, her family, and her friends hope. I hope you consider taking an active role in the support of both adult and embryonic, therapeutic stem cell options
Sincerely,
Rachel Weintraub
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