Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Michael Jackson`s kids talk about him all the time
Michael Jackson`s kids `talk about him all the time`Michael Jackson`s kids talk about him all the timeMichael Jackson’s children talk about their father 'all the time', according to the late star’s brother Jackie.The former Jackson 5 star told People magazine that the King of Pop is still a major part of Prince, Paris and Blanket’s lives.'They are around their father 24 hours a day,' he said. '
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Janet Jackson Started Dieting When She Was 11
Celebrities arrive at the Lanvin Show during the Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011Janet Jackson has been performing since she was seven, and she admits she's been battling issues with her weight since she was "very little."She explained: "It’s been a tough road, a tough battle since I was very little and not feeling worthy. There were self-esteem issues, issues dealing with food stemming
Saturday, May 15, 2010
More important than a matter of life and death?
The great Bill Shankley once said that football was more important than a matter of life or death. Whilst it is difficult to contest most of what he did, this is one thing that is simply not true. Clearly, this was said somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but to him, football may have been that important. The game provided him with his life. And while he understood that tragedy and football can never be wholly separated, he never lost his staunch belief that football was the most important thing and that through the bad times, football must continue.
However, when the bad times come, it is never easy to separate the tragedy and grief from the desire to see the game continue. Earlier today, it was announced that Besian Idrizaj has become the latest footballer to tragically pass away in recent years. Whilst it is doubtful that the majority of football fans will ever have heard of the Austrian, this should make no difference. Football has always been a tight community, and the loss of one of its members is a tragedy.
Idrizaj passed away last night, having suffered a heart attack in his sleep. He was only 22 years old. He came to England at a relatively young age, having been signed to the Liverpool youth academy. However, he never quite made the grade there, and had loans spells at Luton and Crystal Palace, before returning to his homeland for a season. He moved back to England to join Swansea City last summer, but only made four appearances after a spell out of the game.
He had collapsed twice before on the pitch within two months of each other. At the time, it was thought to have been a heart attack, but it was later confirmed as a virus. However, despite recommendations that he should quit the game for health reasons, his love of the game convinced him to carry on playing.
He is not the only player to have tragically passed away in recent times. Indeed, there seems to be a growing number of players that have suffered heart attacks – many during a match. Three of the highest profile cases in recent years are Marc-Vivien Foé, Miklos Fehér and Antonio Puerta. Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed during the second half of the 2003 Confederations Cup semi-final. Despite numerous attempts to resuscitate him, they were unable to. Miklos Fehér was a Hungarian international, who collapsed on the field during a league game in January 2004. His teammates rushed to him, performing CPR before the medics arrived.
Antonio Puerta is possibly the highest profile case. A Spanish international, he played for Sevilla, but collapsed in his own penalty area during a match. After recovering consciousness, he was substituted and walked off the field. However, he collapsed again in the changing rooms and tragically passed away.
However, there have many a number of other cases recently. Less than a year ago, Espanyol captain Dani Jarque passed away ahead of a friendly match in Italy. He had been on the phone to his girlfriend, when he suffered a heart attack. Closer to home, Motherwell captain, Phil O’Donnell died after collapsing on the pitch toward the end of a league game in December 2007. One particularly tragic, and preventable, death was that of Croatian footballer Hrvoje Custic, who passed away after hitting his head on a concrete wall during a game. It raises the question of why there was a concrete wall less than 2m from the touchline – it was a tragedy waiting to happen.
Football cannot take any blame for these tragedies. Virtually all of them were as a result of pre-existing heart conditions. However, it should be argued that there should be a greater focus on screening for these conditions, not only at the highest level, but throughout the footballing pyramid. Earlier this year, Sevilla defender Sergio Sanchez had a heart condition detected that would potentially have been a serious risk. Also in Spain, Real Madrid midfielder, Ruben de la Red has been sidelined since collapsing in October 2008.
There are signs that football is beginning to implement the tests and screening procedures that may help to detect these heart conditions before they lead to a tragic end. However, it is then up to the player whether he continues. Besian Idrizaj made this choice with tragic consequences. As Bill Shankley said, for some, football is more important than life…
Football is more important than a matter of life and death
However, when the bad times come, it is never easy to separate the tragedy and grief from the desire to see the game continue. Earlier today, it was announced that Besian Idrizaj has become the latest footballer to tragically pass away in recent years. Whilst it is doubtful that the majority of football fans will ever have heard of the Austrian, this should make no difference. Football has always been a tight community, and the loss of one of its members is a tragedy.
Idrizaj passed away last night, having suffered a heart attack in his sleep. He was only 22 years old. He came to England at a relatively young age, having been signed to the Liverpool youth academy. However, he never quite made the grade there, and had loans spells at Luton and Crystal Palace, before returning to his homeland for a season. He moved back to England to join Swansea City last summer, but only made four appearances after a spell out of the game.
Besian Idrizaj is the latest tragedy to befall football
He had collapsed twice before on the pitch within two months of each other. At the time, it was thought to have been a heart attack, but it was later confirmed as a virus. However, despite recommendations that he should quit the game for health reasons, his love of the game convinced him to carry on playing.
A tribute to Marc-Vivien Foe
He is not the only player to have tragically passed away in recent times. Indeed, there seems to be a growing number of players that have suffered heart attacks – many during a match. Three of the highest profile cases in recent years are Marc-Vivien Foé, Miklos Fehér and Antonio Puerta. Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed during the second half of the 2003 Confederations Cup semi-final. Despite numerous attempts to resuscitate him, they were unable to. Miklos Fehér was a Hungarian international, who collapsed on the field during a league game in January 2004. His teammates rushed to him, performing CPR before the medics arrived.
Team-mates rush to the aid of Miklos Feher
Antonio Puerta is possibly the highest profile case. A Spanish international, he played for Sevilla, but collapsed in his own penalty area during a match. After recovering consciousness, he was substituted and walked off the field. However, he collapsed again in the changing rooms and tragically passed away.
Spanish international Antonio Puerta collapsed in August 2007
However, there have many a number of other cases recently. Less than a year ago, Espanyol captain Dani Jarque passed away ahead of a friendly match in Italy. He had been on the phone to his girlfriend, when he suffered a heart attack. Closer to home, Motherwell captain, Phil O’Donnell died after collapsing on the pitch toward the end of a league game in December 2007. One particularly tragic, and preventable, death was that of Croatian footballer Hrvoje Custic, who passed away after hitting his head on a concrete wall during a game. It raises the question of why there was a concrete wall less than 2m from the touchline – it was a tragedy waiting to happen.
Tributes left for Espanyol captain, Dani Jarque
Football cannot take any blame for these tragedies. Virtually all of them were as a result of pre-existing heart conditions. However, it should be argued that there should be a greater focus on screening for these conditions, not only at the highest level, but throughout the footballing pyramid. Earlier this year, Sevilla defender Sergio Sanchez had a heart condition detected that would potentially have been a serious risk. Also in Spain, Real Madrid midfielder, Ruben de la Red has been sidelined since collapsing in October 2008.
Sergio Sanchez's career is in the balance
There are signs that football is beginning to implement the tests and screening procedures that may help to detect these heart conditions before they lead to a tragic end. However, it is then up to the player whether he continues. Besian Idrizaj made this choice with tragic consequences. As Bill Shankley said, for some, football is more important than life…
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
spring already? almost...
So today was the first day of the new spring term. I had my new classes and I am feeling slightly overwhelmed but excited. AP Chem seems overwhelming and slightly intimidating. AP English seems like a challenge but I think I will have "fun" because I love writing. I am excited. My AP English teacher seems really nice and her whole speech was that she would be there for us which I was very glad. Spanish 3 seems scary because our teacher wants us only to speak Spanish. -___-. I wish I had Mr. Young for Spanish again because he only spoke Spanish for the first month. Intermediate Web Design seems super easy so I will just chill in that class.
I came home today and my mom says "oh some actor died". When we turned on prime time I was so shocked that it was Heath Ledger! This was even more random that Anna Nicole Smith's death. I was really shocked and sad. I think Heath Ledger was a great actor. I really enjoyed most of his movies. They said he overdosed on over the counter pills. One factor they believe to be his "suicide" or "death" was the overwhelming stress of his role as Joker in the upcoming The Dark Knight (batman movie). In his last interview, he expressed the mental toll it was to become Joker and how Joker was such a heartless character who had no morals. I believe that one factor in his death is the controversial topic of "when does the actor stop becoming his/her character". It reminds me of the suicide of Lee Eun Joo (the korean actress who died a couple years ago). My parents had just recently watched the Scarlett Letter (korean movie) with her and it was her recent role and she played a very twisted sad character who was very suicidal and in most of her movies, she was played as a sad woman who usually died in the end. She was heavily depressed and it seemed she could not snap out of her character. I think that is not the sole reason to Heath Ledger's death but that reason + heavy medication + depression = unstable mental state. It really is sad to see these kind of things happen to people. I really send out my heart for his family and his poor young daughter.
my favorite movies with heath ledger:
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU
A KNIGHTS TALE
LORDS OF DOGTOWN
It would be an interesting study to study the mental state of actors and how they actually can get in and out of character. It can take a mental toll for those who play really intense characters. It can be a mental drain to believe for months that you are one person and then revert back to yourself. Heath Ledger dead at age 28
Heath Ledger as "Joker"
In Intermediate Web Design, I was reading this article about the "online generation" which is pretty much us. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/arts/television/22front.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin"> the rough and tumble online universe traversed by young cybernauts talks about impact of growing up with the internet. There is going to be a PBS "frontline" special called "growing up online" about this. There are the bad and good things about growing up from the internet. The one thing they talk about in the article that I totally relate is the growing plagarism and "cut and paste" writing in education. Seriously, when is the last time I've read a book for a English class without the aid of Sparknotes or Wikipedia? That is how I survived English Honors 10. I think personally, we all need slowly need to learn to not rely on the internet and the computer. We do not own the computer, the computer owns us.
Here is some interesting info I found out; BEST WAY TO COOK YOUR RAMEN is by following the directions on the ramen package. I was watching a Korean show and there was a man who owned a ramen restaurant and he cooked his ramen from ramen packages and his best advice was to actually follow the directions. He also made his own soup base so my mom was like naww his ramen just tastes good because of his base. Well my mom tried it today with regular water and she said it does make a difference. So go and read that ramen package instruction.
one of my favorite ramen packages:
cooking directions
I came home today and my mom says "oh some actor died". When we turned on prime time I was so shocked that it was Heath Ledger! This was even more random that Anna Nicole Smith's death. I was really shocked and sad. I think Heath Ledger was a great actor. I really enjoyed most of his movies. They said he overdosed on over the counter pills. One factor they believe to be his "suicide" or "death" was the overwhelming stress of his role as Joker in the upcoming The Dark Knight (batman movie). In his last interview, he expressed the mental toll it was to become Joker and how Joker was such a heartless character who had no morals. I believe that one factor in his death is the controversial topic of "when does the actor stop becoming his/her character". It reminds me of the suicide of Lee Eun Joo (the korean actress who died a couple years ago). My parents had just recently watched the Scarlett Letter (korean movie) with her and it was her recent role and she played a very twisted sad character who was very suicidal and in most of her movies, she was played as a sad woman who usually died in the end. She was heavily depressed and it seemed she could not snap out of her character. I think that is not the sole reason to Heath Ledger's death but that reason + heavy medication + depression = unstable mental state. It really is sad to see these kind of things happen to people. I really send out my heart for his family and his poor young daughter.
my favorite movies with heath ledger:
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU
A KNIGHTS TALE
LORDS OF DOGTOWNIt would be an interesting study to study the mental state of actors and how they actually can get in and out of character. It can take a mental toll for those who play really intense characters. It can be a mental drain to believe for months that you are one person and then revert back to yourself. Heath Ledger dead at age 28
Heath Ledger as "Joker""Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan said earlier this month that Ledger's performance as the Joker would be wildly different than Jack Nicholson's turn in 1989's "Batman.
It was a very great challenge for Heath," Nolan said. "He's extremely original, extremely frightening, tremendously edgy. A very young character, a very anarchic presence that taps into a lot of our basic fears and panic."
In Intermediate Web Design, I was reading this article about the "online generation" which is pretty much us. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/arts/television/22front.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin"> the rough and tumble online universe traversed by young cybernauts talks about impact of growing up with the internet. There is going to be a PBS "frontline" special called "growing up online" about this. There are the bad and good things about growing up from the internet. The one thing they talk about in the article that I totally relate is the growing plagarism and "cut and paste" writing in education. Seriously, when is the last time I've read a book for a English class without the aid of Sparknotes or Wikipedia? That is how I survived English Honors 10. I think personally, we all need slowly need to learn to not rely on the internet and the computer. We do not own the computer, the computer owns us.
Here is some interesting info I found out; BEST WAY TO COOK YOUR RAMEN is by following the directions on the ramen package. I was watching a Korean show and there was a man who owned a ramen restaurant and he cooked his ramen from ramen packages and his best advice was to actually follow the directions. He also made his own soup base so my mom was like naww his ramen just tastes good because of his base. Well my mom tried it today with regular water and she said it does make a difference. So go and read that ramen package instruction.
one of my favorite ramen packages:
cooking directions- Bring to boil 2 cups of water.
- Add noodle and ingredients to boiling water and simmer 4 minutes, stir occasionally.
- Optionally, add fresh vegetables and scallion, if desired.
COOLEST THING EVER
googled: teenage inspirations
yeah that is our blog.
googled: teenage inspirations
yeah that is our blog.
---CHRISTINA
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)