Goodwill is in the process of promoting a “being green” campaign, with management officials at the store chain noting that every costume or item bought at Goodwill is one less item in a landfill.
According to Goodwill, the 26 stores in Northern New England are stocked with items from nearly one million donors.
The Goodwill store on Loudon Road still has a bunch of different costume ideas and many other Halloween accessories.
Assistant Manager Dawn Cole noted that they have already gone through six racks full of clothes with Halloween costume potential, including old prom dresses, wedding gowns, princess outfits, superhero costumes, scrubs, “crazy jackets,” or orange T-shirts with Halloween slogans and logs.
Goodwill store still has a bunch of different costume ideas and many other Halloween accessories
“What we do is when we’re process things, which is how we go through our donations and hang clothes to sell, we’ll find that have been donated from the 1960s, things that people aren’t going to wear, and we’ll set them aside for Halloween,” she said.
Goodwill also receive costumes from stores that go out of business.
“For usually under $10, they can get a $200 costume,” Dawn Cole said.
Dawn Cole said there have been “lots and lots and lots of people” coming through the store of late. She said there were more sales on a Saturday last week than when the store held a bridal show earlier this year. Cole said business has been steady and growing in recent years.
“We’d like to think we’re recession proof, because of where our price line is,” she said.
“But that’s not always the case. The customers can vary from a guy who lives in a tent down by the Merrimack River to the guy who drives up in the Mercedes. That’s my customer base. It’s not just people who can’t shop in regular retail stores. It’s everybody.”
Goodwill not only sells used items but also new items that are often bought by the store in bulk, according to Dawn Cole. She said the store offers new items of things one might not want to buy used like socks and underwear. Those items tend to be priced lower than most retail outlets, even if they aren’t donated to the store, she said.
Halloween is nearly upon us and with it, the need for some seriously spooky last minute costumes. So whether you seek some full-on Dracula attire, a ghostly frock, a dash of fake blood or pair of comedy fangs, you’ll find them all here:
London’s most famous and well-equipped fancy dress shop stocks everything from opulent Elizabethan frocks to contemporary, freakish rubber costumes. There are new costumes being added constantly, from Angry Birds to the Honey Monster. Online store is also excellent.
One of London’s biggest and best second-hand shops and an excellent place to get kitted out for a fancy-dress party, with a mighty selection of cheap garments and accessories from the 1920s-1980s. They’ll be choosing extra stock especially for Halloween so there will be plenty to choose from for vintage scares. Also have branches in Dalston, Soho and Brighton.
Charles H. Fox Ltd., 22 Tavistock Street, WC2E 7PY (020 7257 6159)
This is the place professionals in the film and theatre industries come for make-up, wigs, latex and lashes. 1-2-1 tranny workshops are also on offer, alongside glamour, editorial and avant-garde make-up workshops.
An impressive selection of authentic-looking costumes and trimmings but at a price: around £80 an outfit for a week’s hire. Their attention to detail makes them a popular choice for costume drama inspired dress. If you’re channeling Downton Abbey or Jane Eyre, The Costume Studio can help.
Find your memorable Halloween costume in one of the London shops
This well-known Camden shop has an extensive range of masks and accessories, as well as full character outfits from Harry Potter to Superman. You can also order from their website to avoid the inevitable and enormous Halloween queues.
With more than 35,000 costumes from historical to comic, crammed into a warehouse basement, this is Old Street’s hidden gem. These guys are well prepped for Halloween, but transformed many people’s outfits during Vintage at Southbank too.
National Theatre Costume Hire, Chichester House, Kennington Park Business Estate, 1-3 Brixton Road, SW9 6DE (020 7735 4774).
Any member of the public can can make an appointment at the National Theatre’s costume warehouse, whether they’re looking for a specific item or a whole ensemble. Rails are arranged chronologically from dramatic 18th century ballgowns to 1920s flapper dresses for women, and top hats and tails to Elizabethan ruffs and doublets for men. Enthusiastic staff are on hand to help you build a top-to-toe look.
Prangsta, 304 New Cross Road, SE14 6AF (020 8694 9869).
A bespoke costumier in New Cross with a unique made-to-measure service as well as ready made costumes and staff who can help you put an outfit together thanks to their styling service. This is the go-to venue for circus styling, and 18th century outfits are their bestsellers, but recent demand means they’ve just increased their 1920s range.
A vast selection of theatrical make-up, fake eyelashes and body jewellery will help you get into character. Plenty of scary effects available for Halloween, from realistic gelatin wounds to dental fit vampire fangs. Book in for a dramatic make-over if you’d like them to do the hard part for you.
If you don’t have any idea, or you don’t have enough time or simply you don’t want to spend money to get a Halloween costume, here are some fun ideas that will have you being the life of the monster bash – and most of these items you probably have around your home:
• Carry a quarter and a hammer. What are you? A Quarter-pounder.
• Dress in pink and carry a feather. What are you? Tickled pink.
• Dress all in black, tie a shot glass around your neck. What are you? A shot in the dark!
• Quarter (or preferably enlarged photocopy of one) taped to your back. What are you? A quarter-back.
Find your Halloween costume in your closet
• Wear all white. Attach (or paint) yellow circle to your stomach. You are an egg. Add horns and a pitchfork and you are a deviled egg.
• Dress normally. Pin some socks, dryer sheets, hand towels to your shirt. Static cling.
• Get some cat and dog stuffed animals. Use double sided tape or string to attach to an umbrella. Its raining cats and dogs.
• Wear normal clothes. Attach a dollar to each ear. What are you? A Bucaneer. (Buck-an-ear).
• An empty box of cereal. A toy knife. Instant “Cereal Killer.”
• Put a sign that says “Go Ceilings!!!!” on your shirt. What are you? A Ceiling Fan! Cheer to help the effect.
• Where cat ears and carry a paper bag – cats out of the bag
• Carry a large empty picture frame… minus the glass… a self-portrait
• Wear black… using white tape make dash lines down the front of you. Attach a plastic fork… Fork in the road
• Wear an apron and chef’s hat and carry an iron – Iron Chef
MTV’s most famous animated duo, Beavis and Butt-Head made their triumphant return last night.
From hilarious commentary about other MTV shows to plenty of misadventures and snarky asides from the Beavis and Butt-Head, there’s a lot to love about this reboot – as especially evidenced by the three funniest moments from the premiere.
To toast the launch of the much-talked-about Beavis and Butt-Head series reboot, some of the original B&B pioneers, including Baboon Animation and Titmouse staff, reunited last night over drinks and to watch the premiere, at Blue Haven, a pub in Manhattan.
Included among the butt-munchers were some of today’s strongest powerhouses in new media and animation for both kids and adults.
Among participants were Emmy-nominated director-writer Mike de Seve, known for his writing/directing work on DreamWorks’ Madagascar and Monsters vs. Aliens, and directing several SNL shorts, over 50 episodes of the Beavis and Butt-Head series, Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas, and on the B&B feature film; Kit Lybourne, an Executive Producer of the original Liquid Television, on which Beavis and Butt-Head premiered in 1993 and co-founder of the Oxygen network and The Whistle, a new transmedia sports network for kids; Machi Tantillo, former Studio Director at MTV Animation and executive at Oxygen; and directors and artists from Adult Swim’s Superjail and The Venture Brothers series.
Beavis and Butt-Head series reboot premiered last night in New York
Only few of the original crew went back to their seats to help on the Beavis and Butt-Head reboot in Los Angeles, but most are on to new territories like iPad and transmedia, said Mike de Seve.
“The new Beavis is just hilarious. But I think a lot of us can’t help ourselves-breaking the new ground is what gets our motors going” Mike de Seve said. “Rrrrrrr,” he added, “Like that.”
Superjail co-creator Ben Gruber, who broke into the biz through Beavis and Butt-Head and also Mike de Seve’s writing team at MTV Films, remembers the B&B crew:
“They were some of the kindest and some of the filthiest people I ever worked with.”
“It was a blast. B&B was fun, it was provocative, and it was actually universal in the same way that Dreamworks and Pixar movies are. No, I’m serious,” said Mike de Seve over a bottom-shelf whiskey.
“The point is, make it from the heart – characters who really, really want something that you can relate to, and are going for it against absolutely impossible odds. That works whether it’s chicks and beer they want, or to find Nemo. That drive is what gets audiences cheering. And in B&B fans’ case, farting.”
Ben Gruber recalled about the Beavis and Butt-Head crew:
“It was just a really great, nice group of people. We were all young. We’d work hard during the day, then go out drinking at Siberia, this bar actually down in the subway. If you worked all night (studio head) Machi would give you a toothbrush in the morning.”
Former MTV Animation VP John Andrews (now a development executive at Six Point Harness, makers of MTV’s other premiering cartoon, Good Vibes) joined the party by teleconference.
John Andrews recalls: “It was amazing to have your own cartoon studio right in the middle of Times Square. Like having a pinball machine in your living room.”
He also remembers that it occasionally got hairy, like the time a Beavis and Butt-Head episode was so controversial they had to move Mike Judge’s voice recording to a secret location for a week.
“And we hired Joe Frasier’s nephew as bodyguard,” says John Andrews.
“He was large,” says Mike de Seve.
“We needed large.”
Mike de Seve noted: “It’s amazing to me that so many friends and colleagues still work together. We’re not afraid to try new things. Have you had this calamari with bacon sauce for example?”
Ben Gruber is currently writing with Mike de Seve’s collective, Baboon Animation, on KikoRiki, which is the number one cartoon in Russia today.
“We’ve gone global,” laughs Mike de Seve.
“Till they take our passports.”
Baboon Animation is a collective of NY and LA writers, directors and artists in animation and new media, whose motto is “Cartoons for Humans.”
Baboon is providing the writing for Russia’s number one family series, KikoRiki; and Kit Laybourne’s new transmedia network The Whistle; and providing the writing and co-direction on the 5-star-rated iPad spy app, Operation Ajax from Cognito Comics (due for full release November 16).
Sinead O’Connor debuted her newly shaven head and her tattoos at amfAR Inspiration Gala in Hollywood last night.
With her fuller figure, unmatching purple dress and ensemble of tattoos, Sinead O’Connor, 44, looked a far from her chart-topping self in the 1990s.
The Irish singer explained in an interview once: “I’d been trying to grow it, but someone asked if I was Enya. I was so shocked, I shaved all my hair off.
“I don’t feel like me unless I have my hair shaved. So even when I’m an old lady, I’m going to have it.”
Sinead O’Connor and Blondie singer Deborah Harry looked more erratic than elegant as they posed together at the amfAR Inspiration Gala held at West Hollywood hotel, The Château Marmont.
Sinead O’Connor showed off her colourful Jesus tattoo in the centre of her chest and the inking down her forearms.
Sinead O’Connor and Deborah Harry looked more erratic than elegant as they posed together at the amfAR Inspiration Gala held at West Hollywood hotel, The Château Marmont
Deborah Harry also looked bizarre, with an unflattering tartan red, black and white dress which she eccentrically teamed with fishnet pop socks, black elbow length gloves and high heels.
The singers seemed particularly happy to see each other at the event, in aid of amfAR, the foundation for AIDS research, and posed for several photographs together.
Sinead O’Connor has recently been hitting the headlines for her personal life, splitting from her third husband Steve Cooney in March.
Sinead O’Connor has also recently criticized the UK X Factor for the way the judges treat the contestants.
“I find it hard to watch it,” the singer said.
“I don’t think the people running the show are the kind of people who think about the effect of their behaviour upon people.”
Sinead O’Connor and Deborah Harry also performed at the event which attracted many celebrities as Sandra Bullock, Colin Farrell and Rose McGowan.
Sinead O’Connor put in an energetic performance on the outdoor stage to the assembled partygoers.
Deborah Harry, 66, tours and releases records with Blondie which still consists of her former boyfriend Chris Stein.
Ashley Brown, mother of a three-year-old girl rescued her daughter from a burning building by tossing her from a third-story window.
Ashley Brown, 23, from Stone Mountain, Georgia, said her first thought was to save her two babies when a fire broke out from a ground floor apartment, leaving the family trapped inside.
A video footage shows the frantic Ashley Brown manoeuvring her toddler down the building, after dropping her six-month-old son into a stranger’s arms.
Lawrence Fort caught the baby moments after a kitchen fire broke out in his apartment.
After pounding on neighbours’ doors to alert them of the fire, Lawrence Fort saw the family of three was trapped, grabbed a fluffy coat and yelled to the mother to drop her baby into his arms.
Ashley Brown, mother of a three-year-old girl rescued her daughter from a burning building by tossing her from a third-story window
Ashley Brown said dropping the baby was “the most difficult decision of her life”, according to local TV station Channel 2.
The mother-of-two also told AJC.com: “Some people were saying drop him. And some people were saying don’t.
“He looked at me and I looked at him. I said <<Please catch my baby>>. He said, <<I promise I will>>, and he caught him.”
From the balcony, Ashley Brown dropped her baby, James. Then, the woman tied a rope to her three-year-old daughter Jayda’s waist and arm, and lowered the child to a crowd of neighbours.
The incident was captured on a cell phone with video showing the rope slipping from the toddler’s ankle and catching her at the ankle as the child tumbles into a crowd below.
Ashley Brown and her six-month-old son, James
Ashley Brown was reportedly helping her mother-in-law, Denise Watson, to safety when fire and rescue officials arrived to the scene, and she was rescued.
According to AJC, fire damaged the building in the 500 block of 3 Oaks Bend after starting at approximately 6:45 p.m.
DeKalb Police Officer Miguel Anchundia said authorities also helped two other women trapped in another apartment on the third floor.
It was reported that a cat also survived after being tossed from a third-floor window.
According to police, four people, including the children, were transported to a hospital in stable condition. AJC reports Ashley Brown’s both children are doing fine after the ordeal.
Alexa Ray Joel revealed an ex-boyfriend gave her an STI, HPV, during a bizarre interview.
Alexa Ray Joel, 25, made the shocking revelation that she contracted HPV (human papillomavirus) while speaking with XO Jane.
During the interview XO Jane began talking about when an ex-boyfriend have given her a sexually transmitted disease, then Alexa Ray Joel, who is the daughter of Joel and Christine Brinkley, revealed she had contracted HPV.
Alexa Ray Joel said: “I had it. But I mean, a lot of people get it from my ex.
“I mean it was fine, you know. There are no side effects.
“You just go and get it taken care of.”
Alexa Ray Joel revealed an ex-boyfriend gave her an STI, HPV, during a bizarre interview
Alexa Ray Joel, who is also a singer and a songwriter just like her father, said:
“It’s something like, I think the statistics were something like 98% of people will have it.”
While Alexa Ray Joel revealed she was living with the ex, at the time she did not give the name of the man who she believes gave her the disease.
HPV, which has nearly 200 known types, causes no symptoms in most people some types can cause warts while others can lead to cancer in the genital areas.
In 2009, Alexa Ray Joel swallowed a handful of sleeping pills in what was reported as a suicide attempt following a break-up with her boyfriend.
After the ambulance came, Alexa Ray Joel was taken to New York’s St. Vincent’s Hospital where she was treated and released after a few hours.
In 2010, she spoke about the incident for the first time saying: “My West Village apartment never felt like my home. It was lonely. I was out of a relationship, and I was struggling with it. It was too big for me.”
“I have a flair for the dramatic,” Alexa Ray Joel told the New York Post of the incident.
“I got caught up in my own head. It was a panic. I didn’t want to die. I just didn’t want to feel what I was feeling at that moment anymore.”
Alexa Ray Joel’s drama was triggered by her split from boyfriend of five years, rock musician Jimmy Riot, whom she met when she was 19 and he was 34.
A major British study found that taking aspirin regularly can reduce the long-term risk of cancer by 60%.
Researchers found that aspirin can reduce the risk of cancer by 60% in people with a family history of the disease.
The huge study covered 16 countries and is the first proof that aspirin has a preventive action that is likely to benefit anyone using it every day.
Many people who take low-dose aspirin to prevent heart disease will gain from its anti-cancer properties, while healthy people may follow the example of increasing numbers of doctors who take it for insurance.
A major British study found that taking aspirin regularly can reduce the long-term risk of cancer by 60 per cent
The study included 861 patients with Lynch syndrome, a genetic fault leading to bowel and other cancers at an early age, half of them were given two aspirins a day, 600 mg in total, for two years.
The rest of the patients included in the study were given placebo, or dummy, pills, says a report published online in The Lancet medical journal.
Initially, the researchers found no change in cancer rates between the groups. However, when they followed up the study after 5 years, they detected a significant difference.
By 2010, the researchers had identified a total of 19 new bowel cancers among those given aspirin and 34 among the placebo group, a cut of 44% among patients taking the drug.
Then, researchers focused on the 60% of patients who they were certain had conscientiously taken aspirin for at least two years they found an even more striking result.
In that group, only ten cancers were discovered compared with 23 in the placebo group, a cut of 63%.
Rates of other cancers linked to Lynch syndrome were almost halved by taking aspirin.
Professor Sir John Burn from Newcastle University, who led the research, said:
“What we have finally shown is that aspirin has a major preventive effect on cancer but it doesn’t become apparent until years later.”
The study is being hailed as the last piece of the jigsaw after years spent trying to prove that aspirin has a direct effect in stopping tumours.
A big step forward came last year with a study which showed that low-dose aspirin cuts overall death rates by a third after five years’ use.
However, it used records to look at the incidental benefits for patients taking it to stave off further heart attacks and strokes. The latest trial actually set out to prove that cancer could be prevented in people taking it for no other reason.
According to experts, healthy middle-aged people who start taking aspirin around the age of 45 or 50 for 20 to 30 years could expect to reap the most benefit because cancer rates rise with age.
There is widespread concern that side-effects such as stomach bleeding and haemorrhagic stroke outweigh any advantage among healthy people.
Prof. Burn, who takes aspirin every day, estimates there are 30,000 people with Lynch syndrome in the UK who might benefit from aspirin treatment.
“If we put them all on two aspirins a day now, in the next 30 years or so we would prevent 10,000 cancers. On the other hand, this would cause around 1,000 ulcers.
“If we can prevent 10,000 cancers in return for 1,000 ulcers and 100 strokes, in most people’s minds that’s a good deal, especially if you’ve grown up in a family with three, four, five, six people who have had cancer.
“On the other hand, if you’re just in the general population and you don’t have cancer in your family, then that’s going to be a much finer balance.”
According to Prof. Burn, further research will take place to discover the ideal dose of aspirin.
Angry at the fate of the euro, Greeks are comparing the German government with the Nazis who occupied their country in the Second World War.
In a Greek newspaper some cartoons have presented modern-day German officials dressed in Nazi uniform.
Meanwhile, a street poster depicts Chancellor Angela Merkel dressed as an officer in Hitler’s regime accompanied with the words: “Public nuisance”.
Angela Merkel wears a swastika armband bearing the EU stars logo on the outside.
The campaign has been provoked by Germany’s role in driving through painful measures to stop Greece’s debt crisis from spiralling out of control.
Angela Merkel wears a swastika armband bearing the EU stars logo on the outside
Greek people are furious at the deal; even though it means the banks will write off 50% of the country’s debt and Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou said his country had “avoided a mortal national danger”.
In the same time, Greek opposition blasted the landmark agreement, with conservatives warning it condemned the country to “nine more years of collapse and poverty”.
The Greek government officials, who agreed to the belt-tightening moves, have been also portrayed in cartoons giving the Nazi “Sieg Heil” salute.
Germany’s interference has revived historical enmities and evoked comparisons to the massive destruction of Greece at the hands of Hitler’s Germany more than 65 years ago.
Cartoons have sprung up depicting the European Union’s “troika” as ferocious soldiers in Second World War uniforms.
The liberal newspaper Eleftherotypia is regularly targeting Greek finance minister Evangelos Venizelos, who is often shown in cartoons making a Nazi salute.
One of the cartoons shows a German soldier watching over Minister Evangelos Venizelos as he barks at a Greek citizen to pay more taxes.
Another cartoon presents a young Greek answering a German soldier asking why there were no names on a list of Greece’s newly formed labour reserve, saying: “They are empty as you exterminated the Communists, the Jews, the homosexuals, the gypsies and the crazies last time.”
Ferhat Tokay, a 13-year-old boy has been pulled alive from the rubble in Ercis after 108 hours since earthquake hit the south-eastern Turkey.
Ferhat Tokay was rescued from a collapsed building in Ercis.
Only few hours before the boy has been rescued, another man was freed from a flattened apartment block and taken to hospital.
According to Turkish authorities, 570 people are known to have died in Sunday’s 7.2-magnitude quake and more than 2,500 were injured.
Up to now, 187 people have been rescued, but hundreds are still missing and hopes are fading of finding any more survivors.
Meanwhile, rain and snow are hindering the rescue and relief effort.
Ferhat Tokay, a 13-year-old boy has been pulled alive from the rubble in Ercis after 108 hours since earthquake hit the south-eastern Turkey
Ferhat Tokay, the rescued 13-year-old boy was found alive late on Thursday and pulled out by search teams early in the morning.
“He was taken to hospital in Sahra and his health appears good,” said a rescue official.
Rescue workers are continuing to dig through the debris in some places, but at other sites they have stopped work and attention is turning to the needs of the survivors.
Authorities delivered tents and other aid supplies are being after some initial criticism that the response was too slow.
People in Ercis, the hardest-hit town, have formed long queues to try to get hold of tents but many have been told there are none left.
“Everyone is getting sick and wet,” said Fetih Zengin, 38, whose house was badly damaged.
“We have been waiting in line for four days and still nothing.”
Zeki Yatkin, who lost his father in the quake, said:
“They say we will get prefabricated houses in one-and-a-half months.
“We can’t tolerate the cold, but what else can we do?”
Yesterday, the south-eastern Turkey was hit again by another 5.2-magnitude aftershock, but there are no reports of any further casualties.
Turkish PM Recep Erdogan had initially said country did not need any help from abroad, but later changed his mind.
Turkish government accepted an offer of clothes, blankets and other supplies from Israel, despite the recent deterioration in their relationship.
There are also reports saying that prefabricated homes from Israel have been sent to Van province.
The United Nations says it is sending thousands of tents as well as blankets and mattresses.
Aid from several other countries is starting to arrive in Turkey too.
A small passenger aircraft crashed on Russ Baker Way, a busy street from Richmond, Canada, injuring all nine aboard, but miraculously all passengers were alive.
The aircraft broke in half and burst into flames as it hit the ground near Vancouver International Airport on Thursday afternoon.
Three people, two of them believed to be crew members, are in critical condition. A person on the ground was also injured in the crash and taken to hospital.
A small passenger aircraft crashed on Russ Baker Way, a busy street from Richmond, Canada, injuring all nine aboard, but miraculously all passengers were alive
The Beech King Air 100 caught fire after it came to rest on a street just 900 meteres from Vancouver International Airport.
Witness Steven Baran told CBC News that the aircraft slammed onto the road and slid into a car before stopping.
Steven Baran, who works for the post office at the airport, said no-one in the car appeared to be hurt and his first instinct was to help the plane passengers.
“The rear door was ajar and one of the fellows pulled it down. One after another, we just pulled passengers out real quick.”
According to Alyssa Polinsky, spokeswoman for Vancouver Coastal Health, three people were taken to Vancouver General Hospital in critical condition, while three more were stable.
Another three people were taken to the nearby Richmond General Hospital with injuries considered to be non-life threatening.
A pedestrian was also sent to hospital after being struck by a flying object. The person’s condition was unknown.
Two people in a car were also reported to have suffered minor injuries.
During an interview, Alyssa Polinsky said:
”We have everything from burns to fractures and back injuries.”
She also said she had no information on any identities.
The aircraft capacity is up to nine passengers.
“The plane’s basically broken in half, as far as I can see,” said Graeme Wallace, who works at a nearby pilot supply store.
Graeme Wallace also said about half of the plane was burning, but emergency crews put out the fire.
The aircraft was operated by British Columbia-based Northern Thunderbird Air and was bound for Kelowna.
According to Bill Yearwood, from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the flight took off at 3:40 p.m. but turned around when the crew got the “indication of a problem” about 15 minutes after take-off.
The plane did not make it back to the airport, crashing on Russ Baker Way in Richmond, about 900 metres short of the runway.
In an audio recording, obtained by CBC News, the pilot can be heard telling air traffic control that he is declaring an emergency and turning back to Vancouver, but is confident he can reach the airfield.
The air traffic controller asks the pilot to confirm whether he “doesn’t need equipment or help” on the runway.
The pilot responds: “Negative, everything’s good here at the moment”.
Visibility was good with clear skies at the time of the crash, according to meteorologists.
Vancouver Airport Authority went into emergency mode at 4:12 p.m. local time.
Charla Nash, the woman who had her face and hands ripped off in a horrifying attack by a pet chimpanzee has spoken publicly for the first time since she had a face transplant.
Charla Nash, 55, is single mother from Stamford, Connecticut, nearly died after the mauling in 2009.
The woman tried to catch her boss’ escaped pet ape Travis, when the 14-year-old male chimp went berserk.
The chimp attack left Charla Nash terribly disfigured, but a 20-hour operation earlier this year that involved scores of doctors has given her a new face.
Charla Nash has decided today to bravely face the cameras.
Charla Nash has spoken publicly for the first time since she had a face transplant
Charla Nash’s interview is part of a documentary series called Extraordinary People.
Charla Nash said: “A lot of people tell me I look beautiful and I never had anyone tell me that before.
“I look OK now and I don’t have to worry about scaring anyone.”
The chimp attack has left Charla Nash blind, but family members have been doing everything in their power to help her through her ordeal.
Charla Nash before the chimp attack
Charla Nash spoke of her disappointment that her hand transplant was unsuccessful, but she’s optimistic she may one day get a successful hand transplant.
Charla Nash’s recovery will take years and she will always have to take anti-rejection drugs.
One of her doctors, Bohdan Pomahac said it would be a gradual recovery.
“Nine months to a year is typically when they can control the face and smile,” Dr. Pomahac said.
Charla Nash’s twin brother, Mike said: “I saw her and I said <<wow>>. It’s amazing, the miracles of science.”
Despite her trauma, Charla Nash remains determined to lead as normal a life as possible.
“I think in the beginning, I always wondered <<why me?>>
“But then again, my whole life has not been easy but I never gave up.”
Charla Nash’s face transplant operation was carried out in May, when more than 30 surgeons, nurses and anaesthetists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, led by Dr. Bohdan Pomanhac, worked to rebuilt her face.
The team kept the date secret to protect Charla Nash’s privacy.
The doctors took the donor’s skin, underlying muscle, nerves and upper palate and transplanted the whole face on to Charla Nash’s skull.
Charla Nash’s hands had to be removed after she developed severe complications, including kidney failure and pneumonia, which caused low circulation in the new hands.
She has hidden her face under a veil for the past two years.
Charla Nash bravely revealed her disfigured features in an interview with Oprah Winfrey just a few months after the attack, when she said:
“I wear (the veil) so I don’t scare people. Sometimes other people might insult you, so I figure maybe it’s easier if I just walk around covered up.”
The chimp that attacked Charla Nash two years ago was later shot by police. Sandra Herold, the chimp owner speculated the pet was trying to protect her and didn’t recognize Charla Nash because she had changed her hairstyle.
Sandra Herold died of an aneurysm in 2010.
Charla Nash’s family are suing her estate for $50million and wants to sue the state for $150million, saying officials failed to prevent the attack.
Steven Tyler, Aerosmith front man has struggled with addiction problems for most of his life but this morning he spoke out on The Today Show to refute claims that his horrific fall on Tuesday was caused by intoxication.
Steven Tyler, 63, called in to The Today Show to discuss the issue with host Matt Lauer and revealed an image of himself taken shortly after the fall in which he sported broken teeth and a nasty black eye.
The singer, who fell whilst taking a shower, first entered rehab back in 1984 but insists that this time he was completely sober.
Steven Tyler revealed on The Today Show an image of himself taken shortly after the fall in which he sported broken teeth and a nasty black eye
“I went in looking like Baryshnikov, and walked out looking like [boxer] Leon Spinks!” Steven Tyler told Matt Lauer.
“Just quite frankly I passed out… I fell on my face, I woke up with the water running on me, not knowing where the hell I was.”
When Matt Lauer approached the subject of a relapse, Steven Tyler was only too happy to clear the air.
“Being in the program I’m in, it’s something we have to accept. I went public with my problems only to address them straight on – people thinking [I relapsed] is natural and normal.”
“It still bothers me a little, but it’s something I’ll have to deal with the rest of my life.”
Obviously it takes more than a nasty knock to keep him down, and last night Steven Tyler proved his resilience.
Steven Tyler took to the stage in Paraguay for a make-up concert to replace the one he missed the previous night due to a nasty shower fall.
“I wore my sunglasses for my first song, took ’em off and the crowd roared.
“Not only did I break my face but we broke the house record – life is beautiful Matt!”
Steven Tyler has a black eye and had two new teeth implanted in the wake of the accident for which he was hospitalized, meaning that he had to cancel the original concert.
He performed at the Jockey Club in Asuncion with all his usual gusto, clearly not allowing his injuries to distract him from the show.
Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry tweeted: “Steven even played harp with his busted lip my mind was blown. He put on one of his best shows ever. Aerosmith rocks on.”
“Gotta hand it to Steven for playing the show tonight considering how sick was from food poisoning the night before. He’s amazing.”
Steven Tyler suffered a cut on his forehead and knocked out two teeth after he fell in a hotel shower during a stop on Aerosmith’s South American tour.
He was taken to hospital for a CT and walked out by himself a few hours later.
Steven Tyler is fine and back in action thanks to a Paraguyan dentist who replaced his missing teeth.
The dentist, Maria Bastos, called into a local radio station today claiming that the singer is “doing splendidly” after the procedure.
Steven Tyler’s daughter Mia thanked fans on Twitter for “all the love regarding my dad and his accident”, adding:
“My dad takes a lickin but always keeps on tickin. Can’t nothin bring down the Demon Of Screamin!”
Steven Tyler was staying at the Bourbon Hotel in Asuncion, Paraguay, where he was due to perform a concert tonight with his band, Aerosmith.
Facebook has a new server farm located in the northern Swedish city of Lulea.
Facebook’s Lulea plant is the firm’s first facility outside the U.S., in a location chosen because the fierce cold will help to keep the company’s racks of high-performance computers cool.
The company looked at several sites across Europe, and picked Lulea for its cold climate. The move will see Facebook become faster for European users.
“Facebook has more users outside the U.S. than inside,” said Tom Furlong, Facebook director of site operations.
“It was time for us to expand in Europe.”
Tom Furlong said users across Europe would get better performance from having a node for data traffic closer to them.
Facebook’s Lulea plant is the firm's first facility outside the US, in a location chosen because the fierce cold will help to keep the company's racks of high-performance computers cool
Facebook currently stores data at its sites in California, Virginia and Oregon and is building another facility in North Carolina.
Companies rely on additional data centres not only to provide faster connections for people nearby, but also as backup in event of a system failure.
BlackBerry’s recent service collapse showed how much damage can be caused by companies having too few data centres to shoulder the load if one hits a technical hitch.
Lulea is located 60 miles (100 kilometers), south of the Arctic Cicle and lies near hydropower stations on a river that generates twice as much electricity as the Hoover Dam on the border of Nevada and Arizona, Facebook said.
In case of a blackout, construction designs call for each building to have 14 backup diesel generators with a total output of 40 MW.
Facebook’s Lulea data center, which will consist of three 300,000-square foot (28,000-square meter) server buildings, is scheduled for completion by 2014. Lulea site will need 120 MW of energy, fully derived from hydropower.
While many server farms rely on chiller systems, Facebook’s will use an advanced cooling system powered by evaporating water.
For around eight months of the year, Lulea plant will cool itself using the icy outside air.
The heat from the server racks will also warm up the offices at the plant.
Facebook didn’t comment on the price of its investment, but Lulea officials have previously projected construction costs of up to 5 billion kronor ($760 million).
“We knocked on doors at Facebook’s head office (in Palo Alto, California) and today they’re moving in to Lulea – this is huge, really huge,” said Matz Engman, who heads the Lulea Business Agency, a public-private partnership working to attract businesses to the region.
As winter temperatures well below freezing and summertime highs that rarely climb above 80F (25 degrees C), Lulea has used its frigid climate as a selling point in its efforts to establish itself as a hub for server farms.
It was reported that other Nordic cities have adopted similar strategies.
Google purchased a paper mill in Hamina, southern Finland, two years ago and turned it into a data center, using seawater from the Baltic Sea for its cooling system.
Servers inside data centers are the backbone of Internet services such as Facebook. The servers store and transmit billions of status updates, links, photos and all the outside apps used by Facebook’s members.
Baby Azra Karaduman, a 14-day-old infant was pulled alive from the rubble of the Turkish earthquake at almost 48 hours after the disaster struck.
Baby Azra Karaduman miraculously survived despite being naked in freezing conditions. The little baby mother and grandmother were later plucked alive from the same collapsed building.
A rescuer cradled baby Azra, who was then wrapped in a blanket and handed over to a medic amid a scrum of emergency workers and journalists.
She was said to be in good health but was flown to a hospital in Ankara.
Wednesday afternoon, a ten-year-old boy was pulled alive from the rubble after an incredible 54 hours.
Baby Azra Karaduman, a 14-day-old infant was pulled alive from the rubble of the Turkish earthquake at almost 48 hours after the disaster struck
According to Turkish authorities, yesterday the death toll had risen to at least 432 in Ercis and the provincial capital, Van, as a result of the 7.2-magnitude quake on Sunday.
The rescue teams worked against the time to free dozens trapped inside mounds of concrete, twisted steel and construction debris.
At least nine people were rescued on Wednesday, although many more bodies were discovered.
Authorities have warned survivors not to enter damaged buildings.
Thousands spent a fourth night outdoors in cars or tents in near-freezing conditions, afraid to return to their homes.
Baby Azra’s mother, Semiha, and grandmother, Gulsaadet, were huddled together with the baby clinging to her mother’s shoulder when rescuers found them, emergency worker Kadir Direk said.
There was a bakery at the ground floor of the building, which may have kept them warm, he added.
Kadir Direk said baby Azra’s mother was semi-conscious but woke when he reached her.
Baby Azra’s uncle Senol Yigit watched the rescue from outside, sobbing:
“It’s a miracle!”
“I’m so happy. What can I say? We had lost hope when we first saw the building.”
But rescuers could not find the baby Azra’s father and there were no other signs of life in the shattered building.
Baby Azra’s family lives in Sivas, central Turkey, but was visiting the girl’s grandmother and grandfather.
A 9-year-old boy, Oguz Isler was also rescued along with his sister and cousin, but last night he was waiting at the foot of the same pile of debris that was his aunt’s apartment block for news of his parents who remain buried inside.
The brave pilot of an Iran Air Boeing 727-200 prevented a major disaster by successfully bringing down the plane full of passengers without the front landing gear at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport.
On October 18, Captain Hooshang Shahbazi was in command of the IranAir 727 as it made an emergency landing at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport.
The Iran Air Boeing 727-200 was performing flight IR-742 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Tehran Imam Khomeini (Iran) with 94 passengers and 19 crew.
The plane was on approach to Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport around 15:20, local time, when the crew did not receive a down and locked indication for the nose gear and aborted the approach.
Iran Air Boeing 727-200 landed without the nose gear at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport
Following unsuccessful troubleshooting the crew decided to divert to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport where a low approach confirmed the nose gear was not extended. The crew subsequently performed a landing without the nose gear on runway 29L at about 16:00 local time and came to a standstill on both main gear and the nose of the aircraft.
A video of the incident shows the plane coming in, with the front landing gear still retracted and nothing to stop the front of the plane hitting and grinding along the runway.
A slight wobble of the wings as the plane came down hinted at the difficult job Captain Hooshang Shahbazi had ahead of him – to land a stricken plane in a crosswind without hitting the breaks on the runway and bringing the nose down too hard.
The video also shows how Captain Shahbazi not only landed the plane but kept the nose up for as long as possible while the aircraft slowed down.
An Iran Air spokesman said: “Following unsuccessful troubleshooting the crew decided to divert to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, where a low approach confirmed the nose gear was not extended.
“The crew subsequently performed a landing without the nose gear on runway 29L and came to a standstill on both main gear and the nose of the aircraft.
“The aircraft was evacuated, no injuries occurred.”
Scott Olsen, an Iraq war veteran was critically injured by a projectile during Tuesday night clash between Occupy Oakland protesters and police.
Scott Olsen, 24, from Daly City, California, was hospitalized in serious condition after he suffered a fractured skull in a march with other protesters toward City Hall.
In New York, an impromptu Occupy Wall Street march caused widespread disruption last night as it spread across the city, causing police to shut several streets and arrest some protesters.
The New York march was to show solidarity with Occupy Oakland protesters after police in the Californian city were accused of using unnecessary force by unleashing tear gas on a crowd on Tuesday evening.
Several hundred protesters began marching from Zuccotti Park, the base of the Occupy Wall Street movement, towards City Hall Park which was cordoned off.
Occupy Wall Street demonstrators broke off into several smaller groups, some of whom confronted police. At some intersections, marchers were met with a line of police motorcycles or mesh barriers blocking access to the road.
The march ended peacefully shortly after 11:00 p.m., as the largest group of protesters walked back to Zuccotti Park, followed by a line of NYPD patrol cars.
Scott Olsen, an Iraq war veteran was critically injured by a projectile during Tuesday night clash between Occupy Oakland protesters and police
On Tuesday night, Occupy Oakland demonstrators had been making an attempt to re-establish a presence in the area of a disbanded protesters’ camp when they were met by officers in riot gear as tensions grew over demonstration encampments across the San Francisco Bay Area.
For the moment it’s not known exactly what type of object struck veteran Scott Olsen or who might have thrown it, though Guy’s group said it was lodged by officers. Several small skirmishes had broken out in the night with police clearing the area by firing tear gas and protesters throwing rocks and bottles at them.
During a news conference, Police Chief Howard Jordan said that the events leading up to Scott Olsen’s injury would be investigated as vigorously as a fatal police shooting.
“It’s unfortunate it happened. I wish that it didn’t happen. Our goal, obviously, isn’t to cause injury to anyone.”
According to an Oakland hospital spokesman, Scott Olsen, a network administrator in Daly City, was in critical condition on Wednesday.
Scott Olsen, who was born in Onalaska, Wisconsin, is an Iraq Veterans Against the War member and served in 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines.
He served in Iraq in 2006 and 2007 before leaving the military last year.
“Oakland Police Department fired a tear gas canister at his head, fracturing his skull,” said Scott Olsen’s friend Joshua Shepherd.
Scott Olsen was being treated for injuries sustained during the protest at Highland General Hospital.
Oakland city officials later allowed protesters back into the plaza where their 15-day-old encampment had been raided, but said they would continue prohibiting people from spending the night there.
Authorities had announced on Tuesday night over a loudspeaker that those who refused to leave could be targeted by “chemical agents”. One woman in a wheelchair, who was struggling to breathe, had to be helped away by friends while another woman, hit by a canister, was carried off.
Harold Lovell, a man from Cook County, Illinois, believed to be a victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy has been found alive in Florida.
Harold Lovell vanished from his family’s home in Cook County, Illinois, on May 1977, and was never heard from again.
At that time, for his family, all signs pointed to John Wayne Gacy, the prolific killer who murdered 33 young men in the 1970s.
Harold Lovell was reconnected with his family earlier this week after authorities in Illinois called him.
The man left his family in 1977 ago due to a fight with one of his parents and didn’t know his siblings were looking for him.
Harold Lovell, the man believed to be John Wayne Gacy's victim was found alive in Florida
Harold Lovell was found living in Florida and met his brother and sister in Alabama yesterday.
Harold Lovell’s brother Tim Lovell and sister Theresa Hasselberg researched John Wayne Gacy’s every move before his arrest, and even constructed a timeline on when he and their brother may have met.
Harold Lovell in 1975, two years before he vanished
Authorities re-opened John Wayne Gacy case a few weeks ago, in hopes of identifying eight of his victims.
Thirty years ago, the skeletal remains of eight young men were found under John Wayne Gacy’s home and their identities were never confirmed.
Few weeks ago, detectives secretly exhumed the bones in hopes of answering a final question: Who were they?
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office urged relatives of anyone who vanished between 1970 and John Wayne Gacy’s 1978 arrest – and still unaccounted for – to undergo tests to compare their DNA with that of the skeletal remains.
One of them was Harold Lovell’s family, who had ended their search after seeing a composite sketch of a John Wayne Gacy victim who resembled him.
Harold Lovell’s family members applied for the DNA testing to confirm what they feared all along, but were shocked by what happened next.
A search of police records found that Harold Lovell, 53, was alive, and living in Florida.
Authorities reached Harold Lovell, who goes by his middle name, and bought him a bus ticket, and the family was reunited Tuesday after 34 years.
Harold Lovell said that he left home on that day in 1977 because he “never felt wanted” by his mother and stepfather.
According to Chicago Tribune, Harold Lovell had settled in the Sunshine State 30 years ago, doing various odd jobs.
The man had several arrests in Florida on charges ranging from marijuana possession to domestic violence.
Harold Lovell said: “I’ve gone from having nothing to having all this. I’m still pinching myself.”
At one point, Harold Lovell returned to the Chicago area in search of his mother, but she had died in 2001, believing that her son was the victim of the cruel killer, John Wayne Gacy.
What makes the story even more bizarre is that Harold Lovell may have actually crossed paths with John Wayne Gacy at some point.
According to Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart, a piece of jewelry found in John Wayne Gacy’s home at the time of his 1978 arrest was specifically identified by Harold Lovell’s mother as belonging to him.
Harold Lovell fit the profile of John Wayne Gacy’s victims – white, same age group and in the same vicinity.
Authorities are scheduled to talk with Harold Lovell next week.
Sheriff Thomas Dart said that the new probe sheds light on the shoddy record-keeping of missing person cases in the 70s and 80s.
Back then, records were kept on a town-by-town basis, and in an age before computers, many were either lost or destroyed.
John Wayne Gacy, who is remembered as one of history's most bizarre killers largely because of his work as an amateur clown, was convicted of murdering 33 young men
In John Wayne Gacy’s case, one of the bodies found in his home was later identified as a young man whose case had been closed, Sheriff Thomas Dart said.
John Wayne Gacy, who is remembered as one of history’s most bizarre killers largely because of his work as an amateur clown, was convicted of murdering 33 young men, sometimes luring them to his Chicago-area home for sex by impersonating a police officer or promising them construction work.
The serial killer stabbed one and strangled the others between 1972 and 1978. Most of his victims were buried in a crawl space under his home. Four were dumped in a river.
John Wayne Gacy was executed in 1994. His last words were “Kiss my ass”.
Eric and Dea Millerberg, the Utah neighbours of 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen found dead after she mysteriously vanished six weeks ago while babysitting their child, are now “persons of interest” in the case.
Alexis Rasmussen from North Ogden vanished on September 10 after babysitting for neighbourhood couple Eric and Dea Millerberg, who are both currently behind bars on other charges.
On October 18, police found Alexis Rasmussen’s body in a shallow grave near Interstate 84 east of Ogden.
16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen found dead after she mysteriously vanished six weeks ago while babysitting Eric and Dea Millerberg’s child
Weber County Attorney Dee Smith is now calling the couple “persons of interest” after Eric Millerberg, 36, was sent back to prison on Tuesday for violating his probation in a 2010 fraud case.
Dea Millerberg remains jailed after being charged on October 7 with two prescription fraud felonies.
Eric Millerberg was repeatedly in prison from 1997 to 2006 for burglary, discharge of a firearm and failure to stop at the command of police, according to Department of Corrections records.
Eric Millerberg
Eric Millerberg was affiliated with Silent Aryan Warrios, a white supremacist prison gang group, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
The man was originally convicted of forgery and credit card fraud when he was arrested for having drugs. Eric Millerberg did not reference the disappearance of Alexis Rasmussen during his court appearance.
Eric Millerberg claimed to have a prescription for oxycodone, which police found in his possession.
“I have pains. I have a metal plate in my neck and six screws,” he said.
Eric Millerberg was ordered to return to prison, where he is expected to serve up to a five year sentence.
Dea Millerberg
Earlier this week Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said the public should not be fearing a killer at-large.
“I am confident police do know who is responsible for her death,” Smith told the Salt Lake Tribune.
“I don’t think (the suspects) are in a position where the general public needs to be worried about them.”
Authorities are waiting for the results of Alexis Rasmussen autopsy to decide on what the suspects will be charged with, and this could take at least a month, so the investigation will probably stretch into December.
“The body’s disposal suggests foul play, but I can’t say to what degree,” Smith told Salt Lake Tribune, adding investigators believe Alexis Rasmussen died soon after she disappeared and this is a “homicide”.
The Utah State Medical Examiner’s Office on Saturday confirmed through fingerprint and dental records that the body found at a rural site on Tuesday was that of Alexis Rasmussen.
Her family members had acknowledged that Alexis Rasmussen ran away before, and police previously said they were treating the investigation as a missing person case.
According to police, Alexis Rasmussen was last seen when she was babysitting on September 10, but she reportedly left before midnight to meet a friend. The boy claimed he only texted Alexis Rasmussen that night and did not meet her.
Tonya and Bryan Ricks, from Colorado Springs have been sentenced to 25 years in prison for abusing and starving their child resulting in serious bodily harm and failure to provide medical attention.
Tonya and Bryan Ricks pleaded guilty to starving their teenage son until he weighed just 37 pounds (17 kg) and leaving his seizure disorder untreated for five years.
According to doctors, the teenage boy would have suffered from as many as 12 seizures a day which compounded by malnutrition, left him bedridden, incapable of speech and unable to support his own body weight.
Tonya Ricks
Tonya and Bryan Ricks’ son was found in his own urine and faeces in 2009.
The couple’s other five children, age six months to ten years were also taken into custody and were severely malnourished.
Bryan Ricks
Tonya and Bryan Ricks made an emotional appeal to the judge prior to the sentencing, asking for mercy and expressing remorse over what they put their children through, KKTV reported.
“I am truly, truly sorry for putting them in this situation. It would mean a lot if they [her children] could hear it from me,” Tony Ricks said.
Though the judge applauded them for pleading guilty and not putting their children through the trial, he said it did not outweigh the “severe, continuous abuse”.
Tonya and Bryan Ricks’ 16-year-old son wrote a letter asking for a lengthy sentence which was read out to the court on Monday.
“I’m hoping my parents go to jail for a very long time for what they did to me,” he wrote.
The Ricks family problem was first noticed by Robert Stout, a Colorado Springs electrician in 2008.
The electrician told 11 News he reported the living conditions to police and was most concerned about the boy.
Robert Stout described him as being “frozen” and did not even flinch when a fly landed on his face.
“The thing I thought of was my son, that I would hope that somebody would call for my son if he was ever in trouble. So that’s why I had to call somebody, just to look in to see if what I saw was right.”
All six children were severely malnourished and had health problems which went untreated for years, doctors testified in court.
The children had rotting teeth, brittle hair and alligator-like skin and also suffered from viruses, infections, and many of the girls had asthma.
Two of the girls were suffering from fevers of more than 100 F when they had been taken from the home.
Another girl had a heart condition called ADT, a hole in the heart and the 16-year-old boy suffered from untreated daily seizures, numerous each day.
Neither of the children could hold a fork, tie their shoes or even owned a toothbrush. All children are now in foster care.
According to the foster mother, the 16-year-old has gained 60 pounds (15 kg) since he was taken from the home but “may never be able to walk again or live on his own”.
The teenager’s feet are turned in, from lack of growth and development, inhibiting his ability to walk.
Steven Tyler, Aerosmith frontman and “American Idol” judge was hospitalized in Paraguay and released after a serious fall in his hotel bathroom, when he lost two teeth, cut his eyebrow and mouth.
Steven Tyler, 63, was staying at the Bourbon Hotel in Asuncion, Paraguay, where he was due to perform a concert tonight with his band, Aerosmith
Aerosmith was in Paraguay to perform at a rock festival, and their appearance was postponed until Wednesday, according to Paraguay’s ABC newspaper.
Steven Tyler lost two teeth after a serious fall in his hotel shower in Paraguay
Steven Tyler’s manager, Nicolas Garzia later told TMZ that dehydration caused by food poisoning was behind singer’s fall, and the injuries he had were “minor.”
Nicolas Garzia, who organized the Paraguay gig, suggested that the fall was due to a bout of food poisoning that caused Steven Tyler to be disorientated. He also said that Steven Tyler had been dehydrated and was suffering gastrointestinal problems.
Steven Tyler has vowed to perform the concert tomorrow, obviously keen not to repeat the events of two years ago when a broken shoulder forced Aerosmith to scrap a North American tour, after he fell off stage in South Dakota.
The singer received stitches and had emergency dental work done during a nearly four-hour stay at the La Costa medical center in Paraguay’s capital, according to a hospital statement.
According to eyewitnesses, Steven Tyler was in good condition when discharged.
Steven Tyler suffered cuts to his face and lost two of his teeth after falling in his hotel bathroom, according to ABC.
Aerosmith band is currently touring Latin America.
Marcelo Antunez, a spokesman for the local concert organizers, told reporters:
“Mr. Tyler had a small accident that prevents him from staging the concert tonight.”
“He is fine, he’s in his hotel but he’s not able to do the concert,” Marcelo Antunez said, adding the show would be postponed until Wednesday.
Gustavo Perez, a bellboy at the Bourbon hotel near Asuncion, told local radio that Steven Tyler slipped when he was taking a shower and “had a nasty fall”.
Stacy Schuler, a teacher at Mason High School in Warren County, Ohio, is accused of having sex with five high school students.
Stacy Schuler, 33, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to holding drink and drug fuelled orgies at her home and she has claimed she has no memory of the events.
The teacher is accused of having threesomes and indulging in sex with one student on her kitchen counter and in the shower.
Stacy Schuler’s lawyer, Charlie Rittgers claims prosecutors have wrongly portrayed her as a “sex maniac” with an insatiable appetite for young men.
He said prosecutors wanted Stacy Schuler to be seen as someone with an “insatiable appetite for sex, drugs and alcohol who wanted to be passed around”.
Stacy Schuler, 33, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to holding drink and drug fuelled orgies at her home and she has claimed she has no memory of the events
Charlie Rittgers also told a court in Lebanon, Ohio, Stacy Schuler suffered from medical and psychological issues that impaired her judgement.
Stacy Schuler is charged with 16 felony counts of sexual battery and three misdemeanour counts of providing alcohol to minors.
The teacher had sex with five students from Mason High School at her home from August through December last year.
Stacy Schuler worked as a health and gym teacher before resigning earlier this year.
The first incident happened on August 20 after a Mason-Springboro football scrimmage game involving two students who visited her house.
One of the students told the court he had sex with Stacy Schuler on five occasions.
Another student said she made vodka smoothies and they smoked marijuana before teacher had sex with both the 18 year olds.
One of them now aged 19 and studying at Ohio State University, told how Stacy Schuler gave him a massage and then made a pass at him which led to sex.
The student told the court: “She looked at me and said, <<anything you want to do, whatever>>. I just kind of looked at her like what?”
The boy said after he and his friend had sex with Stacy Schuler they all went outside naked to smoke a cigarette.
Other students are due to give evidence against Stacy Schuler who has waived her right to a jury trial.
Stacy Schuler is accused of having sex with two of the teenagers in her shower.
Stacy Schuler faces up to ten years in jail if convicted of all the offences.
Stacy Schuler earned a certificate of completion for a four-hour course called “Child Abuse & Neglect Training” shortly after being hired in 2000. The course is meant to train teachers in recognizing students suffering from abuse.
Brenda Lynette Harding, a 30-year-old mother of two has been jailed for having a sexual relationship with 15-year-old Tristen Hagen who went on to suicide shortly after she ended the affair.
Tristen Hagen was targeted by Brenda Lynette Harding last year while she looked after him in Canon City, Colorado. According to police, the woman had cared for the boy since he was 13 and that he also lived with her for a period.
When Tristen’s father Mike Hagen suspected that an inappropriate relationship was taking place, he ordered Brenda Lynette Harding to stop seeing his son.
Brenda Lynette Harding, a 30-year-old mother of two has been jailed for having a sexual relationship with 15-year-old Tristen Hagen who went on to suicide shortly after she ended the affair
7News reported that Brenda Lynette Harding ended the relationship and Tristen Hagen was reported missing a day later on April 2 this year.
Teenager’s dead body was found two days later within sight of Brenda Lynette Harding’s home. An autopsy revealed Tristen Hagen had taken an overdose of pills.
Tristen Hagen’s dead body was found within sight of Brenda Lynette Harding's home
Authorities on the scene said: “From the vantage point where the body was discovered, Harding’s house could be clearly seen in an almost direct line of sight and his body lay in such a manner that it appeared he might have been looking at her house.”
Brenda Lynette Harding was sentenced to 90 days in jail and ten years to life on probation in Canon City, Colorado.
The woman must also register as a sex offender and not have contact with anyone under the age of 18, including her own two children, until a risk assessment can be completed.
Teenager Tristen Hagen, from the town of Buena Vista in Colorado, met Brenda Lynette Harding because as a friend of his stepmother.
Police said Tristen Hagen and Brenda Lynette Harding began to have a sexual relationship in June 2010.
The Canon City Daily Record reported from Brenda Lynette Harding’s trial where District Attorney Thom LeDoux spoke about how the teenager could not deal with the adult nature of the relationship.
The teenager’s father, Mike Hagen, said: “We found his lifeless body on a hill. She was told by me and other people to leave him alone. We don’t want to see this happen to anyone else.”
The father also posted on a Facebook memorial page for Tristen Hagen: “Son, we miss your smile, your laugh, your off the wall comments, we miss everything about you. I pray to god justice will be served on 10/24. I love you Tristen. You will live forever thru all of us.”
The Facebook page is filled with loving tributes from Tristen Hagen’s siblings telling of how much they miss their brother and asking that “justice be served” at Harding’s trial.
At Brenda Lynette Harding’s sentencing on Monday, Judge Julie G. Marshall noted she was not sentencing her for the boy’s death.
“While my heart goes out to the family in this case, I can’t sentence her for his choice to kill himself,” judge said.
“I am sentencing her for sexual assault on a child.”
Brenda Lynette Harding was charged with three felony counts of sexual assault on a child. The mother of two pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault on a child.
Andy Rooney was hospitalized yesterday after suffering serious complications following surgery.
According to CBS, Andy Rooney, 92, is in a stable condition and, at the request of his family, offered no other information about his medical problems or where he was hospitalized.
The writer was a regular presence on television’s most popular newsmagazine.
Since 1978, “A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney” wrapped up the Sunday night program, often with a look at the absurdities of life and language.
Andy Rooney was hospitalized yesterday after suffering serious complications following surgery
Andy Rooney could talk about what was in the news or what was in his closet.
One of Andy Rooney’s three Emmy Awards was for an essay about whether there was a real Mrs. Smith behind Mrs. Smith’s Pies.
On October 2, Andy Rooney delivered his 1,097th and final essay, saying it was a moment he dreaded.
“I wish I could do this forever. I can’t, though,” Andy Rooney said.
True to his often cantankerous nature, Andy Rooney noted that he hated being recognized on the street. So if you see him in a restaurant, he said as he signed off, “please, just let me eat my dinner.”
Andy Rooney has had a long career as a writer, and that’s how he saw himself.
He worked for the military newspaper Stars and Stripes and wrote four books about World War II. Andy Rooney also wrote for entertainment personalities Arthur Godfrey and Garry Moore and had a longtime partnership with newsman Harry Reasoner.
With “60 Minutes” looking for something new at the end of its show, Andy Rooney’s first essay appeared on July 2, 1978: a complaint about people who kept track of how many people died in auto accidents over holiday weekends.
In 1993, CBS released a two-volume VHS tape set of the best of Andy Rooney’s commentaries and field reports, called “The Andy Rooney Television Collection – His Best Minutes.” In 2006, CBS released three DVDs of his more recent commentaries, “Andy Rooney On Almost Everything”, “Things That Bother Andy Rooney” and “Andy Rooney’s Solutions.”
Jennifer Lopez revealed why she broke down in tears and left the stage while performing at Mohegan Sun arena on Saturday night.
Jennifer Lopez, 42, has sought to explain why she became emotional in front of the packed auditorium after performing a rendition of new song One Love, revealing she reacted to the sympathetic atmosphere in the crowd.
The American Idol judge told later Access Hollywood:
“You know what it was? I was standing there and I realized that I did bare a little bit of my thoughts in this song and I acted it out kind of for the audience.
“And the way they received it was very touching. I think that they felt what I felt, which was that I’m just a girl like everyone else.”
Jennifer Lopez revealed why she broke down in tears and left the stage while performing at Mohegan Sun arena on Saturday night
Wearing a sparkling costume, Jennifer Lopez seemed quite overcome, holding a hand to her chest and looking out over the crowd.
“I’m going to sing you the last song I wrote about love. A lot has changed since then,” the star told the crowd.
“We wanted to do a section of the show that talked about love,” she said.
“And through it, I go through all the different moments of my life.
“At the end of the day it’s a journey. It’s about love, It’s about loving yourself.
“The audience saw me being open so they saw it was a regular person like everybody else. I have feelings like everybody else.
“My life gets great and gets not so great sometimes,”Jennifer Lopez admitted. “It is what it is.”
Jennifer Lopez also acknowledged she became more emotional when she spotted her mother in the audience, and when she performed song Until It Beats No More.
“I didn’t see her the whole time until this one moment, and I was a bit emotional.
“The song reminds me of my babies. It always did.
“My mom, my family – they are there during the hard times. The babies – I’m strong for them.”
Her show at Mohegan Sun Arena also saw a cavalcade of potentially emotional moments for Jennifer Lopez when dancers recreated her important relationships while she sang.
One moment was when a P. Diddy double danced with the female dancer wearing a copy of her infamous slit-down-to-the navel Versace gown. Another one was while a ringer for her ex-husband Cris Judd danced with a pared down Lopez look-a-like in jeans.
Next moment was when a doppelganger was wearing a copy of the mint green gown Jennifer Lopez wore to the Oscars with then fiancé Ben Affleck as she twirled with a square-jawed replica of The Town star.
In the end came the most dazzling pairing from the twosome reliving Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s American Idol performance from May, only weeks before they announced the end of their marriage.
Jennifer Lopez might have pleaded with us “not to be fooled by the rocks that she’s got” in a past song but if it weren’t for strategically placed sequins, she would have literally bared all to her audience at one point.
Currently, the showbiz world is abuzz with rumours about Jennifer Lopez romance with A-Team hunk Bradley Cooper, 37.
However, Jennifer Lopez pledged not to speak about any romances until she is in another serious relationship at her fashion line launch in Connecticut last week.
The star said she wants to protect her three-year-old twins Emme and Max in case her relationships do not work out.
Jennifer Lopez said: “As a mom, and having children, right now they’re my first priority.
“And because of them, I wouldn’t ever comment on anything until I’m in a serious relationship again.
“It would just be confusing for them and it would be unfair. And so at the end of the day, it’s about them.”
Jennifer Lopez tried to hide her face when she was spotted enjoying some time alone with Bradley Cooper earlier this week.
Jennifer Lopez and Bradley Cooper are believed to have started dating in September, when they were spotted enjoying dinner at Per Se restaurant in New York.
Jennifer Lopez had tried to explain the cosy meeting away by insisting it was just a professional meeting.
