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Leslie Carter Died of Drug Overdose

Posted on February 3, 2012 by posh| Leave a comment

Leslie Carter, 25, sister of famous brothers Nick Carter and Aaron Carter, passed away last Tuesday and it was said that the cops ruled the death as drug overdose.

She was remembered as an aspiring singer who never made it as big as her siblings. She had a long history of mental illness and had been treated as such. When she died, it was discovered that there were prescription drugs around her. The drugs found near her were Olanzapine, Cyclobensaprine and Alprazolam. These drugs are used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and anxiety respectively.

It was her stepmother Ginger Carter who called 911. Her father, Robert Carter, attempted to give her CPR before the paramedics arrived. She was brought to the Westfield Memorial Hospital in New York where she died.

Leslie seemed extraordinarily depressed on the day of her death. She said she took a lot of pills, maybe 8 Xanax pills, and then fell asleep on the shower. Her stepmother brought her to her room but eventually, she was unconscious and that was when they called 911.

The sad part is that Leslie has a 10-month-old daughter named Alyssa who will grow up not knowing her mother.

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Too Bad for Batangas University Execs

Posted on February 2, 2012 by posh| Leave a comment

In a recent news item, it was reported that the Sandiganbayan has sentenced two former officials of the Batangas State University (BSU) here in the Philippines to 10 years imprisonment. Their crime? The two have conspired so that one of them who owns a shop will exclusively rent graduation caps and gowns to the graduating students.

The officials in question are Former BSU president Ernesto de Chavez and former vice president for academic affairs Rolando Lontoc Sr.. They were charged and now sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. They were also disqualified from holding any public office in the future.

You see, De Chavez and Lontoc were found guilty of violating Section 3 of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, which specifically prohibits government employees from getting unwarranted “benefits, advantage, or preference.”

While parents and students of BSU may actually rejoice that justice was served their case, I cannot help but think that these two school officials only committed one small act of corruption and yet they are going to serve 10 years imprisonment and their reputation, as well as that of the families, are tainted forever.

If ever they had amassed ill-gotten wealth from the rental of the caps and togas, I don’t think that it ever afforded them mansions in the United States and luxury travels.

It is just too bad that they were not able to cover their tracks and so they got caught. And they were not powerful enough to make people shut up. Tsk. Tsk.

It just saddens me that small fry like these get caught and incarcerated. I just feel that they are mere fall guys of the big fish.

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2012 Consumer Electronics Show on January 10-13

Posted on January 9, 2012 by posh| Leave a comment

The 2012 Consumer Electronic Show–the largest consumer technology trade show, will be held on January 10-13, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Celebrities likes Hollywood stars, professional athletes, music icons and entertainers will be there to promote the new products and technologies that are now shaping consumer technology.

Some of the activities include:

1. Actress Eliza Dushku will be the Entertainment Matters Ambassador at the CES program. The Entertainment Matters program is specifically designed by and for “Hollywood’s film, television and digital communities”. Dushku also will contribute to Spike TV’s “CES All Access Live” broadcast coverage from 12:30-1:45 p.m. on January 10. She will then host the network’s exclusive VIP CES party in the evening at the Tryst Nightclub in the Wynn Las Vegas.

2. Inspirational TV personality and fitness guru Jillian Michaels will give importance on the marriage of tech and fitness at the CES TechZone FitnessTech on January 10, from 10:30-11 a.m. in N256, North Hall.

3. Rapper 50 Cent will sign autographs on January 10-12, from 3-4 p.m., at the booth of his new new audio company, SMS Audio, at LVCC, South Hall, #20818. On January 11, he will talk about his new line of wireless headphones with the TechCrunch editors at the AOL Studio, LVCC, Grand Lobby, from 12-12:30 p.m.

4. Justin Bieber will unveil the new entertainment robot of TOSY Robotics at their booth located in the Robotics TechZone of the LVCC South Hall ground level (#21964, 21968, 22064, 22066 and 22068). It will be on Wednesday, January 11 from 1-3 p.m.

5. Dennis Rodman will make an appearance at the Paltalk’s booth (LVCC, South Hall, #26915) from 2-3:30 p.m. on January 12 in order to talk about Paltalk–a service that conveniently allows users to explore online chat sites with community chat rooms and cool webcam technology that lets chatters see each other.

6. Miss America 2011 Teresa Scanlan will be at the CES Floor from 10-11 am on January 10. Miss America 2012 will be held on January 14 at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

7. NBA legends Robert Horry and John Salley will be at the booth of Haier America. Horry will be there from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on January 10 while Salley will be there at the same time on January 11. Celebrity chef and author Allison Fishman will hold a live cooking demo as well as make daily appearances at Haier’s booth from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on January 10 and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on January 11-12.

8. LL COOL J, star of the CBS drama NCIS: LOS ANGELES, will introduce the new technology from Boomdizzle on the CNET stage (LVCC, South Hall Lobby), 2pm on January 10.

9. TV actor Greg Grunberg of Heroes and Wayne Brady of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, will be with OnStar for Tweet House sessions on January 11, from 1-5 p.m. in N254, North Hall.

There are just some of the celebrity appearances for the CES 2012. And well, we will also be seeing the world’s thinnest laptop from Acer at the show.

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