I am an admirer of Michael Douglas and I really feel sorry for all what has happened to him lately. But I am sure he will get through it all successfully and continue to entertain us and make us dream with his extraordinary and wonderful acting skills. I have always had a great esteem for Michael and to me he is like a role model. Unlike other celebrities who usually deserve all the troubles that usually befalls them, one can't really assert that he is responsible in anyway for what has happened to him of recent.
To begin with, his son Cameron Douglas was convicted for possession of drugs and dealing. Judged and sentence to five years. Throughout the process and hard time his son was going through, he was always very supportive of his son, going to court regularly during the whole trial till the day he was finally sentenced. Also his ex-wife Luker who is the mother of Cameron was spotted several times in and out of the court room. Michael Douglas in a TV interview after the trial is said to have blame himself for the whores of his son by describing himself as a bad father. Saying that if he had father his son properly, his son would not have been in the situation which he was presently. Also trying to take full responsibility for what was happening to his son and family, he said his wife was very young when they had Cameron and did not have much of what was needed to do the job that was required since he (had some special parenting needs) to be up feet But that nevertheless she did offer all what she could. Judging from the outcome one might say all what she could was not enough. I personally think that where his son ended or was heading to did not have anything to do with his parenting skills and in fact, just the fact that he tries to take his son's blames or blames himself for what had happen and was happening to his son portrays him in my eyes as a good and responsible father. Well I guess that's just my opinion.
Michael Douglas also suffers a cancer of the throat which he has been battling with for a while. None of us can ever say that anybody is responsible for a sickness. Especially not cancer. And as if that was not ok, he was recently sued by his ex-wife for proceeds from his latest movie " Wall Street, Money Never Sleeps". Who claimed that according to their divorce settlement she is entitled to half of all his pay checks. The judge dismissed the case that the divorce settlement which she is talking about was reached in Santa Babara. Though this doesn't seem like the end of the case, at least for now Michael Douglas can cash his cheque without any worries and take care of his health. I wish him all the best.
(Edited after he turned 66) This picture shows a marvelously looking Michael Douglas but don't be fooled be appearances. The actor, producer and movie giant is actually going through what I can call a rough path. In fact a rough path is an under statement. Michael Douglas is currently struggling with health, legal and family issues as have already been explained above. The actor who turned 66 years some months ago is having a throat cancer and undergoing a chemotherapy and fighting hard to over come the sickness, while the son Cameron Douglas is still in jail for possession of drugs. He is also just coming out of a law suit filed by his ex-wife Diandra Luker, for proceeds from his recent movie which I personally love "Wall Street, Money Never Sleeps". The law suit was dismissed by the judge.Tthe judge dismissed the case on the basis of the fact that the divorce settlement was done in Santa Babara, one can't really say that Michael Douglas's troubles are over yet.
A scene shoot at the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film "The Circus" shows a woman walking with her hands on her ears appearing as if to be talking on a cellphone. This footage has been quite a buzz since then on the internet because of course at that time there no cell phones. Now the question here is, was she really talking on a cell phone? That will be very difficult to answer since no one can say for sure whether or not what she is holding is a cell phone or something else like some hearing aid or some other hearing device since on the footage there isn't any clear view of what she is holding. But what makes many people to want to believe or to believe that is a cell phone is the fact that she appears to be talking and for all the time that she was accidentally shoot on the footage.
For that reason, many sensation loving individuals have jump to the conclusion that she is a time traveler. But for that to be true we are going to have to look at it from a more technical point of view. For example even if one time travels from one point in time to another can they have the means to communicate with the future from which they come from? If yes then would be quite interesting since it will seem to establish that even though there no satellites at that time communication could still be possible over air wave. Or that technology is not limited by time. Meaning that I could travel from 2020 back to 1789 and carry my iphone 5 with me to call my parents while in the middle of the jungle. Funny isn't it?
Also I ask myself important questions like why is it only now that this footage is being given so much attention when it has actually been around for a very long time? People answer you that our world is evolving and we get to look at thinks more critically but I say we are in a world that is more moved and absurdly responsive to sensational issues. So some people just take advantage of that fact. Nevertheless, as I already said before no matter what the truth is we will never know if she really is a time traveler or just some ordinary 1928 lady. And every one of us will just have to make our own judgement as to whether she is a time traveler or all of this was a make up.
The Internet is certainly a great tool for work, research, entertainment and so on. It makes the world a little global village. With the introduction of the World Wide Web into the homes and lives of so many people around the world the lives of many people have changed in ways that we can't even imagine. Though the Internet is such a great tool. With all its unimaginable benefits, it also have some negative effects that range from child exposure to undesired content, porn and so on. The Internet came along with virtual email addresses, where we can receive and send messages all over the world from the comfort of our house, office, or cyber cafe. But since the invention of robots that can fish these email addresses left on certain websites and social networks and later used by some unscrupulous individuals to send huge amount of emails making false claims( some of these emails ends up in the spam box while some actually make their way to your inbox). And those who are easily lulled to believe in making fast an easy money or who are simply ignorant ends up being victims of what has become known as "Internet Scam".
I have usually receive tones of these emails and most of the time I just delete them or ignore them. But some people have actually fallen victim to this new theft call "Internet Scam", so I thought it was time I ring a bell or sound a warning to all those who actually thinks that an individual they've never seen or known could actually give them millions of dollars from some business or deal. Below follows a list of some of these emails that ended up in my mail box. I'm sure they were in yours too. Most of the time the story is the same just the names, country and amounts changes. So beware when you see any of these kind of stuff in your inbox or spam box.
Case Study One
FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER MUSTAPHA BENSON MUSTAPHA BENSON CHAMBERS #222 ERIC MOORE CRESCENT LAGOS - NIGERIA
I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral ethics. But please treat with absolute secrecy and personal.
I am Barrister.Mustapha Benson a solicitor at law, I am the Personal Attorney to Mr.David Brumley a nationality of your country, who lived in Nigeria for
nineteen years, and who until his demise was my client based on engagement entered into with my chambers in 1985.
The said deceased, who is hereafter referred to as my client passedaway with his family in an auto crash here in Nigeria some years back. He was a
Contractor to an Oil Company (Shell Petroluem). He had an account valued at US$11,500,000.00(Eleven Million fIVE Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) which has
been dormant and unclaimed due to unavailability of a next of kin/relatives to claim his money.
In accordance with the escheat laws of Nigeria, the Board Of Directors of the Bank met a forth night ago and resolved to turn the estate of the deceased
over to the Government having waited for too long without the deceased relatives/next of kin surfacing. And if this is done,invariably the funds will end
up becoming Government property. It is as a result of this, that I am moved to contact you considering the fact if you can be or you are the next of kin
to the deceased. Note that, all legal documentations to back up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin, will be available by my chambers as witness to
your status as bonafide inheritor.
In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding to stand as the deceased next of kin to enable us claim the inheritance before the
time period given by the Bank elapse. If you are interested and in agreement with me, please write back immediately for more details.
I need you to send me the following informations that will be used to secure all legal documents that will back us up in this transaction.
Be rest assured that it is a risk free project and the proceeds will be shared 50% each once the funds are repatriated into your account either in the
United States or elsewhere. Once again, I will use my position to obtain the relevant papers that will prove you the bonafide beneficiary of this fund which will also protect you from any breach of the law.
The Board of Directors and the International Promotion Department of Coca Cola Bottling Company in conjunction with the UN Development Programmerwish to gladly inform you that your email has won prize money of £500,000.00 Pound Sterlings, in our 2010 Global Upliftment Programmer.This program is aimed to encourage you to patronize our products and also help uplift families financial status around the globe, (Hence no ticket sold).
To claim your winning prize you are required to reconfirm your winner's particulars as accompanied above and also send your personal details immediately to our paying Bank for the immediate release of your prize. (Below is here the contact info to the Bank)
Bank Name: Barclays Bank Plc. Contact Person: Andrew Howard.
On behalf of the entire management and staff we say Congratulations once again!
Mrs. Gina Cruz. Online Co-coordinator
Case Study Three
Hi,
Re:Be my Trustee
Am Barrister Timothy Mccarron, from England.I got your contact with hope you are trustworthy. I would like you to receive the Amount of $35 Million united states Dollars on trust for me. I will like you to stand as the next of kin to my late client Andreas Schranner whose bank account is presently dormant/ready for claims. let me have your full names and addresses to process the transaction and transfer of the money to you withing 9banking days. you can view the website below to reconfirm my clients unfortunate departure.after the successfully transfer to your account,you will rewire 80% of the total fund to me withing 24hrs the money clears for withdrawals in your account, holding back 20% of the total sum.as your commission for your assistance.I looking foward to your coperation and reply. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Case Study Four
Abuja} the Head Quarters of the Ecowas todayafter the raffle draw has given 850,000.00 (eight hundred and fifty thousand United states Dollars) to 8 active users of the internet.you where lucky to be one of the active users who emerged as a beneficiary.
For your information, the Mail, VAT & Shipping fees have been paid by the Ecowas Grant Award before your package was registered. What you need to pay is the Security keeping fee of the FEDEX Company as stated in our privacy terms & condition page, in order to secure your Package. The cost for the Security keeping fee is $140USD
1.Name: 2.Sex: 3.Age: 4.Country: 5.Phone Number :6.Occupation: 7.Address:
Some of these false claims might really seem genuine from the content in the messages. For example case stud case study three actually have a real BBC link that links to an accident that happened back in 2000. With the names of one of the victims and the funds he is supposedly wanting to give me once belonged to to the victim. While case study one have the name of a petroleum giant, Shell, an the country where the deceased supposedly lived is also a major petroleum producing country Nigeria. Known for corruption and frauds of all kind. In the same line, in case study two the fraudster used Coca-cola and the UN Development Program. All genuine and real entities. Finally in case study four notice the used of ECO WAS and FEDEX and you are being ask to pay just $140 USD as a way of getting your package valued at $850,000.00USD. All this use of names of genuinely existing entities, companies, and names of people who made the news or is making the news is in an attempt to make the fake real.
But if you do study all these mails carefully irrespective of the fact that it is first of all suspicious and illegal in itself an as the author also puts it ( wanting you to be a partner in fraud), then you will realised that they do exist some inconsistencies. Take a close look at case study one see how the scammer successfully uses words that let your imagination do the rest. above he stated that the deceased is of the same country as me that is USA. So he does not ask my country of origin but nevertheless at the end he states "repatriated into your account either in the United States or elsewhere." Note how he is very precocious and uses the English language to his advantage. But unfortunately I am not from the USA. So he doesn't know any thing about me and his tricky use of English is fruitless and does not get the desired goal, which is trying to guess my nationality. In case study four he uses "Re:Be my trustee". Meaning I have previously sent him an email. But as I recall I never have. Secondly his client is a German as he claim and i am everything but German so how in hell am I supposed to be the next of kin? And finally in case study four realised how how he talks of their privacy statement which of course you are not aware of but they don't provide a web site were you can actually verify that their privacy statement states that.
All article written, edited and posted by A P Geofrey.
Making Money Online With PayBox as an "Early Bird" User
PayBoxis an online payment processor that is is being designed as we speak. Just like Paypal, PayBoxis going to make it possible for account holders after it's fully and publicly launch to buy products online from stores that accept the PayBox payment method, and also to receive payments from customers who shop at their online stores. Also PayBox is going to make it possible to for account holders to be able to send or transfer money to each other just by clicking on a simple "SEND" button. All these from the comfort of their house or office. In one sentence, PayBox is the next best alternative or is the best alternative to Paypal in the making. That said, let's go back to what makes me to write this blog post or what is causing all th fuss. Now since the developers of this new online payment processor wants it to be the best in the market after it's release to the general public, they have introduce what they call "Early Bird" users. "Early Bird" users refer to those who sign up now (open an account) before it is public launch to the general public or while it is still in the testing and development phase. Don't worry you don't need to put any dime into the account or pay to sign up all that is completely free. Instead on the contrary you get paid up to $50 for signing up and your account can earn up to $20 extra every day as long as it is active. As an Early Bird user you will need to sign in to your account frequently(at least once every two days) and you will also need to take a few surveys related to online payment, social net working and shopping inside your account area. Also as an Early Bird user you will be expected to test the new features as they are being released bit by bit so as to evaluate their functionalities and problems and report them accordingly for possible adjustments to be made by the development team. And for doing all these you get paid a huge amount of up to $20 every day into your account. You can check your account balance right in your account area. I myself I'm an Early Bird user and earned $250 in one week. So I strongly recommend all to join it's no scam.
Don't wait any longer time is limited, join now as an "Early Bird" user and start earning a whole lot of extra cash. Click here to join All article written and published by A P Geofrey
The deception of African teams at the 2010 FIFA World Cup all began with the host African country, South Africa drawing with Mexico 1-1. Then Nigeria lost their first match followed by Algeria. A relieved win of 1-0 was to come from the less expected Ghanaian side whose star player Essien was absent due to an injury. But just as Africa started rejoicing, Cameroon the football giant of the continent received a shameful defeat in their first match from the hands of Japan which was considered the outsider of their group. Cote d'Ivoire was to bring in hope again after playing a 0-0 draw with world football champions and aspirants to the trophy Portugal.
As the second round of the group stage opened up with the host nation South Africa, all Africans had their fingers crossed. But they were soon to realize that football is a game of surprises and that even the home advantage cannot make up for poor football, lapses and errors as Paraguay rode onto South Africa 3-0. Even more shocking news was still to come as Greece which previously had been beaten by Korea Republic 2-0, won Nigeria in their second encounter by two goals to nil. Algeria played a miraculous 0-0 against England though it would prove useless as it will not help them pass the group stage of the competition. Ghana was to consolidate their position both in their group and as Africa best team in the World cup by playing a 1-1 draw against Australia. And Cameroon on whom all Africans counted on to lift the trophy on African soil will continue in their deception by losing 2-1 against Denmark while Cote d'Ivoire was obviously losing against the world football giants Brazil. Making it one out of the six African countries participating in the tournament to have won a match and four to have played a draw as of the second day of play.
The last day of the group stage was to be more catastrophic with five out of the six African countries being packed back home prematurely, leaving just one team to continue striving for the African glory as all Africans had hoped from the very first day that South Africa was chosen as the organizers of the competition. Cameroon the continent's football heroes of the 90's left the competition with zero points. This alone was to be one of the greatest disappointments of the tournament and African football. Cote d'Ivoire one of the countries with the highest number of professionals had try to pull out of a group G filled with football big names such as Brazil and Portugal. And all their heroic attempts proved to be fruitless as they were to be eliminated at the first round with a total of four points on their counter.
At the round of sixteen, you had Ghana the only African team still standing tall in the midst of European and South American football giants such as Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, England etc. And with the whole of Africa praying, cheering, and chanting for them they will successfully beat USA a fresh man too in the football scene two goals to one, to advance to the quarter finals of the tournament. Where the gods of Africa will also add up to the many disappointments already recorded by the other African teams to refuse the Ghanaian side a ninety-four minute penalty from being transformed to a well deserved gaol, given the fact that two Uruguay players virtually caught the ball that was already in the nets with their hands. The Ghanaians were to lost the match on penalty shoots by 4-2. Thus putting an end to the African dream of wining a World Cup on African soil, and marking the heights of the deception of African teams at the 2010 FIFA World cup.
Article completely written, edited and posted by A. P. Geofrey.
As the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off this Friday the eleventh of June, the whole world will be focused on the African continent specifically South Africa. During this summer for a total of thirty-one days. Africa will be the scene of the most exciting, joyful, and fanatic world event. This is a time for Africans in general and South Africans in particular to show their worth to world. It's the opportunity that Africa needs to let the world know that it is not just a place of negative events as the western media have always portrayed it. This is a time that all African nations needs to come together hand in hand and surport South Africa in any way posible or needed. Though most African teams don't go in as the best favorites, with one of the most promissing teams ( Ivory Coast ) falling in what have been named "the group of death", it would be a great gift to the African continent if one of the six African countries competing in this World Cup that is, South Africa, Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and Ghana was to lift the world cup for the first time and on African soil.
" Internet Scam"