LOS ANGELES, March 20 (TheWrap.com) - Eddie Izzard is moving to "Mockingbird Lane."
The "United States of Tara" and "The Riches" actor Izzard has signed on for a starring role in "Mockingbird Lane," NBC's upcoming revamp of the classic comedy series "The Munsters." Izzard will play Grandpa, a character played by Al Lewis ibuy nike air force 2
n the 1960s series.
Izzard will also produce on the series.
The pilot -- which was initially discontinued nike running shoes
passed on by the network, then revived by NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt -- will represent a radical departure from the CBS series of yore. Billed as a "radical reinvention" of the original, "Mockingbird Lane" will be "a visually nike dunks release dates
spectacular one-hour drama." Yes, drama.
Bryan Fuller, of "Dead Like Me" and "Pushing Daisies" renown, is writing and executive-producing the pilot. "X-Men" helmsman Bryan Singer will direct.
Deadline first reported the news.
2012年3月22日星期四
2012年3月21日星期三
Robert De Niro apologizes for "white first lady" joke
(Reuters) - Actor Robert De Niro on Wednesday apologized for joking at a Democratic fundraiser with Michelle Obama about the possibility of having a "white nike outlet in orlando
first lady" at the White House after November's presidential elections.
The Oscar-winning star of "The Godfather: Part II" and "Raging Bull" said he had intended no offense with the remark about the wives of Republican presidential contenders Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney.
"My remarks, although spoken with satirical jest, were not nike outlet vacaville
meant to offend or embarrass anyone -- especially the first lady," De Niro said in a statement.
De Niro found himself in hot water after Monday's fundraiser in New York when he introduced Michelle Obama as the main speaker.
"Callista Gingrich, Karen Santorum, Ann Romney. Now donike store coupons
you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?" De Niro said. "Too soon, right?"
Newt Gingrich called the remarks inexcusable and divisive. Michelle Obama's office said the joke was "inappropriate."
(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy)
first lady" at the White House after November's presidential elections.
The Oscar-winning star of "The Godfather: Part II" and "Raging Bull" said he had intended no offense with the remark about the wives of Republican presidential contenders Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney.
"My remarks, although spoken with satirical jest, were not nike outlet vacaville
meant to offend or embarrass anyone -- especially the first lady," De Niro said in a statement.
De Niro found himself in hot water after Monday's fundraiser in New York when he introduced Michelle Obama as the main speaker.
"Callista Gingrich, Karen Santorum, Ann Romney. Now donike store coupons
you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?" De Niro said. "Too soon, right?"
Newt Gingrich called the remarks inexcusable and divisive. Michelle Obama's office said the joke was "inappropriate."
(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy)
Ashton Kutcher to fly on Branson's first spacecraft
(Reuters) - Ashton Kutcher has signed up as an astronaut tourist on Richard Branson's first spacecraft.
The British entrepreneur said on his blog that Kutcher, star of television comedy "Two and a Half Men," will take a ride on a Virgin Galactic flight into suborbital space, which gives passengers a few minutes of weightlessness.
"I gave Ashton a quick call to congratulatenike outlet wrentham
and welcome him. He is as thrilled as we are at the prospect of being among the first to cross the final frontier (and back!) with us and to experience the magic of space for himself," Branson said on his blog.
Virgin Galactic, a part of Branson's Virgin Group of companies that includes Virgin airlines, expects to test fly a spacecraft beyond earth's atmosphere this year with commercial passenger service to follow in 2013 or 2014.
Kutcher was the 500th person to sign up for rides on SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger, two-pilot spaceship being built and tested by Scaled Composites, an aerospace company founded by aircraft designer Burt Rutan and now owned by Northrop Grumman.
The suborbital flights cost about $200,000 per person, new nike shoes
are designed to reach an altitude of about 68 miles, giving fliers a few minutes to experience zero gravity and glimpse earth set against the blackness of space.
Branson said he and his children will be on the first commercial flight and considers Virgin Galactic, which is the most visible of a handful of companies developing spaceships for tourism, "the most exciting business we have ever launched."
A spokesperson for Kutcher did not return a call seeking comment.
Kutcher, 34, took up a new acting job replacing Charlie Sheen nike outlet orlando
on "Two and a Half Men" this past September.
(Reporting by Christine Kearney, Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
The British entrepreneur said on his blog that Kutcher, star of television comedy "Two and a Half Men," will take a ride on a Virgin Galactic flight into suborbital space, which gives passengers a few minutes of weightlessness.
"I gave Ashton a quick call to congratulatenike outlet wrentham
and welcome him. He is as thrilled as we are at the prospect of being among the first to cross the final frontier (and back!) with us and to experience the magic of space for himself," Branson said on his blog.
Virgin Galactic, a part of Branson's Virgin Group of companies that includes Virgin airlines, expects to test fly a spacecraft beyond earth's atmosphere this year with commercial passenger service to follow in 2013 or 2014.
Kutcher was the 500th person to sign up for rides on SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger, two-pilot spaceship being built and tested by Scaled Composites, an aerospace company founded by aircraft designer Burt Rutan and now owned by Northrop Grumman.
The suborbital flights cost about $200,000 per person, new nike shoes
are designed to reach an altitude of about 68 miles, giving fliers a few minutes to experience zero gravity and glimpse earth set against the blackness of space.
Branson said he and his children will be on the first commercial flight and considers Virgin Galactic, which is the most visible of a handful of companies developing spaceships for tourism, "the most exciting business we have ever launched."
A spokesperson for Kutcher did not return a call seeking comment.
Kutcher, 34, took up a new acting job replacing Charlie Sheen nike outlet orlando
on "Two and a Half Men" this past September.
(Reporting by Christine Kearney, Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
2012年3月15日星期四
High-Profile Chinese Politician Bo Xilai Is Removed from Post
Bo Xilai, the high-profile Chinese official who was once seen as a favorite for elevation to the top echelon of Chinese politicalbaby nike dunks
power, has been removed from his office as Communist Party secretary of the southwestern megacity of Chongqing, the official Xinhua news agency announced. Bo's axing comes one day after he was publicly criticized by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Bo's rise was derailed last month when a key deputy, former police chief and Chongqing vice mayor Wang Lijun, made a surprise visit to a U.S. consulate. Wang spent an evening at the consulate and was then detained by state security officers upon leaving. Wang has also been removed from his official post, Xinhua announced today
At a press conference yesterday at the closing of the National People's Congress, Wen called on Chongqing officials to "reflect and earnestly draw lessons from the Wang Lijun incident."
(MORE: Fate of Chinese Political Star Fuels Intrigue at Annual Congress)
Chinese politics are murky at the best of times, but Bo's removal comes during a sensitive leadership transition period, when there is a strong tendency toward even greater secrecy and much of the decision making happens behind close doors. But the Wang Lijun incident has thrown some of that maneuvering into the open. This fall President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen will begin stepping down from their official posts, with Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang seen as the most likely candidates for their replacement. The makeup of the Politburo standing committee, the country's highest level decision making body, will also be reconfigured, with seven of the nine members expected to be replaced. Bo was considered to be a favorite for one of those seats until Wang appeared Feb. 7 at the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, a city about 200 miles from Chongqing. During a press conference at the NPC last week Bo denied that he was under investigation or that he had offered to resign. Bo said he took responsibility for everything that happens in Chongqing but acknowledge he was surprised by Wang's sudden appearance at the U.S. consulate.
(MORE: Inside China's Great Online Publishing Boom)
In recent years Bo, 62, pushed an aggressive nike soccer cleats customize
crackdown on corruption and organized crime in Chongqing. He also sought to revive Mao-era songs and similar "red culture." Those campaigns, combined with a "Chongqing model" of economic development that emphasized a better distribution of wealth and improved public services, helped raise Bo's stature both at home and abroad. But those efforts also had detractors who suggested that Bo's anti-gang crackdown, which was led by Wang, ran roughshod over civil rights. And the "red culture" campaign reminded some of the Cultural Revolution, when such songs were popular. In his criticism of the Chongqing officials yesterday Wen made an oblique reference to the Cultural Revolution, citing a major Communist Party plenum held shortly after the end of that chaotic and bloody political campaign, and saying that "our practice must be based on the experiences and lessons we have gained from history."
The state press announcement said that Bo will be replaced in Chongqing by Zhang Dejiang, the former party secretary of the prosperous coastal province of Guangdong and a graduate of Kim Il Sung University in North Korea. Cheng Li, an expert on Chinese politics at the Brookings Institution, said that like Bo, Zhang is also a "princeling," the child of a former party official. More significantly both Bo and Zhang are proteges of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin. Thus replacing Bo with Zhang retains a balance of party factions, Li says. "Based on what happened, we do know a deal has been made," Li says. "The person who replace Bo is also from the same faction." Political analysts had previously speculated that Bo would be given an honorary position, possible at a political body such as the NPC. The Xinhua announcement gave no indication of Bo's next position, but it is safe to say that he is not moving up.
Li, of Brookings, says he expects that thekids nike mercurial soccer cleats
Communist Party will eventually announce an investigation and possibly charges against Bo. There is a chance that Bo could be removed from his position on the 25-member Politburo as well, Li says, something that hasn't happened since former Shanghai Mayor Chen Liangyu was removed from office in 2006 and jailed for corruption. But Bo's downfall is happening more suddenly, and under a more intense public spotlight. On Thursday after his removal was announced "Bo Xilai" become a top 10 trending term on Sina Weibo, a Chinese Twitter-like service. "China has change a lot in these six years and that gives a tremendous burden for the national leadership to tell people what really happening," Li says. "If they give an interpretation that does not satisfy the public there could be strong reactions and it will only embarrass the top leadership."
power, has been removed from his office as Communist Party secretary of the southwestern megacity of Chongqing, the official Xinhua news agency announced. Bo's axing comes one day after he was publicly criticized by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Bo's rise was derailed last month when a key deputy, former police chief and Chongqing vice mayor Wang Lijun, made a surprise visit to a U.S. consulate. Wang spent an evening at the consulate and was then detained by state security officers upon leaving. Wang has also been removed from his official post, Xinhua announced today
At a press conference yesterday at the closing of the National People's Congress, Wen called on Chongqing officials to "reflect and earnestly draw lessons from the Wang Lijun incident."
(MORE: Fate of Chinese Political Star Fuels Intrigue at Annual Congress)
Chinese politics are murky at the best of times, but Bo's removal comes during a sensitive leadership transition period, when there is a strong tendency toward even greater secrecy and much of the decision making happens behind close doors. But the Wang Lijun incident has thrown some of that maneuvering into the open. This fall President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen will begin stepping down from their official posts, with Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang seen as the most likely candidates for their replacement. The makeup of the Politburo standing committee, the country's highest level decision making body, will also be reconfigured, with seven of the nine members expected to be replaced. Bo was considered to be a favorite for one of those seats until Wang appeared Feb. 7 at the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, a city about 200 miles from Chongqing. During a press conference at the NPC last week Bo denied that he was under investigation or that he had offered to resign. Bo said he took responsibility for everything that happens in Chongqing but acknowledge he was surprised by Wang's sudden appearance at the U.S. consulate.
(MORE: Inside China's Great Online Publishing Boom)
In recent years Bo, 62, pushed an aggressive nike soccer cleats customize
crackdown on corruption and organized crime in Chongqing. He also sought to revive Mao-era songs and similar "red culture." Those campaigns, combined with a "Chongqing model" of economic development that emphasized a better distribution of wealth and improved public services, helped raise Bo's stature both at home and abroad. But those efforts also had detractors who suggested that Bo's anti-gang crackdown, which was led by Wang, ran roughshod over civil rights. And the "red culture" campaign reminded some of the Cultural Revolution, when such songs were popular. In his criticism of the Chongqing officials yesterday Wen made an oblique reference to the Cultural Revolution, citing a major Communist Party plenum held shortly after the end of that chaotic and bloody political campaign, and saying that "our practice must be based on the experiences and lessons we have gained from history."
The state press announcement said that Bo will be replaced in Chongqing by Zhang Dejiang, the former party secretary of the prosperous coastal province of Guangdong and a graduate of Kim Il Sung University in North Korea. Cheng Li, an expert on Chinese politics at the Brookings Institution, said that like Bo, Zhang is also a "princeling," the child of a former party official. More significantly both Bo and Zhang are proteges of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin. Thus replacing Bo with Zhang retains a balance of party factions, Li says. "Based on what happened, we do know a deal has been made," Li says. "The person who replace Bo is also from the same faction." Political analysts had previously speculated that Bo would be given an honorary position, possible at a political body such as the NPC. The Xinhua announcement gave no indication of Bo's next position, but it is safe to say that he is not moving up.
Li, of Brookings, says he expects that thekids nike mercurial soccer cleats
Communist Party will eventually announce an investigation and possibly charges against Bo. There is a chance that Bo could be removed from his position on the 25-member Politburo as well, Li says, something that hasn't happened since former Shanghai Mayor Chen Liangyu was removed from office in 2006 and jailed for corruption. But Bo's downfall is happening more suddenly, and under a more intense public spotlight. On Thursday after his removal was announced "Bo Xilai" become a top 10 trending term on Sina Weibo, a Chinese Twitter-like service. "China has change a lot in these six years and that gives a tremendous burden for the national leadership to tell people what really happening," Li says. "If they give an interpretation that does not satisfy the public there could be strong reactions and it will only embarrass the top leadership."
Why Ron Paul May Cut a Deal With Mitt Romney
For Ron Paul, victory is finally in sight. No, not a swearing-in ceremony next January 20, or even a single statewide win. Halfway through the primary season, Paul has won only a preference poll in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and he is running dead last in delegates among the four GOP candidates for President. He has spent a lot, if not always wisely: the $31.55 he has dropped per vote (more than even Mitt Romney) is a sum that might shock even a Democrat.
But winning the presidency was never Paul's foremost goal, and as he nears the end of his last presidential crusade, he has one more chance to promote his ideas. The Republican race is a muddled mess. Even after his southern losses, nike green soccer cleats
only Romney has a real shot at amassing the 1,144 delegates required to wrap up the nomination, and he would then face the task of unifying the GOP's warring factions. Which is why Paul's campaign has sent discreet signals to Camp Romney that the keys to Paul's shop can be had for the right price.
(PHOTOS: The Rich History of Mitt Romney)
History suggests the two men are already in cahoots. Throughout the primary, Paul has been Romney's secret weapon. During the 20 GOP debates, Paul attacked Romney's rivals a total of 39 times while sparing Romney entirely, according to an analysis by the liberal group ThinkProgress. Paul leapt to Romney's defense when his tenure at Bain Capital and his taste for firing insurance companies came under attack, and skewered a series of Romney antagonists in TV ads. "He is our deputy campaign manager," jokes one Romney ally.
Paul's advisers bristle at suggestions that the libertarian icon is in league the GOP frontrunner. They say Paul still has a shot at the nomination if he can hold Romney beneath the delegate threshold until Tampa and then force a floor fight that sends delegates fleeing to Paul on a secondary ballot. This may be the company line, but the scenario is improbable enough that even Paul has conceded his "chances are slim."
(VIDEO: 10 Questions with Ron Paul)
Even as they tamp down rumors of a pact, Paul's advisers concede that the friendship between Paul and Romney is the initial step toward a deal. And behind the scenes, discussions between the two campaigns -- as well as initial discussions with the Santorum and Gingrich camps, according to one Paul adviser -- are slowly taking shape.
An alliance could benefit both camps. Paul's support would go a long way toward helping Romney with a bloc of young Republicans who have been turning out in huge numbers for Paul and who otherwise might stay home in November. It might also help Romney grab all of Paul's delegates. Such an arrangement would help Paul get what a Romney ally called "an important speaking role at the convention."
Paul's camp contends he will exceed the 270 delegates Romney garnered in 2008, which earned him an undercard slot on the penultimate evening nike men s watches
in St. Paul. Josh Putnam, a political scientist at Davidson College who studies delegate allocation, notes that Paul's campaign hasn't furnished evidence to back up those claims. But he says there is a chance Paul could "completely exploit the system and take delegates from caucus states where there's no written rule to how delegates are allocated." Paul's aides say they expect to win a plurality of delegates in a batch of blue-to-purple caucus states where it failed to win the popular vote, including Iowa, Minnesota, Maine, Nevada and Washington.
(MORE: Ron Paul, The Prophet)
Paul's acolytes insist their man cannot be bought. "Romney wants the ring of power. He wants it so bad," says Doug Wead, a Paul senior adviser. "Negotiating with Ron Paul is very difficult because he doesn't want anything. If he got the ring, he would throw it into Mount Doom."
Maybe so, but at 76, Paul is understandably concerned about the future of his movement. Aides say if Paul can't win the nomination, four legislative priorities would top the Texas Representative's wish list: deep spending cuts that lead to a balanced budget; the restoration of civil liberties; a commitment to reclaim the legislative branch's right to declare war, which it abdicated to the executive branch in recent decades; and reforms that shore up the U.S. monetary system, such an audit of the Federal Reserve or competing-currency legislation. The Texas Representative might also be enticed, says campaign chairman Jesse Benton, by the prospect of serving as a presidential adviser, a Cabinet position for someone in his orbit or "perhaps a vice presidency."
Not for himself, but rather his son. Rand Paul, the junior senator from Kentucky and a Tea Party icon, is expected to launch his own White House bid in 2016. Being on the ticket now -- or even being mentioned for it -- would be a helpful step. Says one Paul adviser: "If you're talking about putting Rand on the ticket, of course that would be worth delivering our people to Romney."
(MORE: Swampland's Coverage ofkids nike air max 95
the 2012 Election)
Romney is unlikely to go for that. At the same time, Paul's backers recognize that selling supporters on an alliance with Romney carries special risks, since Paul's bond with his backers is predicted on his record of principled stands. A pact would have to be done "very cautiously," says Benton. "We wouldn't ask our people to do that if we worried they were just being coopted or that we were in some way selling out."
But it may soon be time for Paul's army to decide if it wants to win or lose in the fall. "There's clearly something going on between the two of them, and that's a very good thing," says David Adams, a Kentucky Tea Party strategist who helmed Rand Paul's Senate primary campaign. "The main goal is stopping this lurch to the left. Mitt Romney and Ron Paul can go a long way toward healing what ails our nation."
But winning the presidency was never Paul's foremost goal, and as he nears the end of his last presidential crusade, he has one more chance to promote his ideas. The Republican race is a muddled mess. Even after his southern losses, nike green soccer cleats
only Romney has a real shot at amassing the 1,144 delegates required to wrap up the nomination, and he would then face the task of unifying the GOP's warring factions. Which is why Paul's campaign has sent discreet signals to Camp Romney that the keys to Paul's shop can be had for the right price.
(PHOTOS: The Rich History of Mitt Romney)
History suggests the two men are already in cahoots. Throughout the primary, Paul has been Romney's secret weapon. During the 20 GOP debates, Paul attacked Romney's rivals a total of 39 times while sparing Romney entirely, according to an analysis by the liberal group ThinkProgress. Paul leapt to Romney's defense when his tenure at Bain Capital and his taste for firing insurance companies came under attack, and skewered a series of Romney antagonists in TV ads. "He is our deputy campaign manager," jokes one Romney ally.
Paul's advisers bristle at suggestions that the libertarian icon is in league the GOP frontrunner. They say Paul still has a shot at the nomination if he can hold Romney beneath the delegate threshold until Tampa and then force a floor fight that sends delegates fleeing to Paul on a secondary ballot. This may be the company line, but the scenario is improbable enough that even Paul has conceded his "chances are slim."
(VIDEO: 10 Questions with Ron Paul)
Even as they tamp down rumors of a pact, Paul's advisers concede that the friendship between Paul and Romney is the initial step toward a deal. And behind the scenes, discussions between the two campaigns -- as well as initial discussions with the Santorum and Gingrich camps, according to one Paul adviser -- are slowly taking shape.
An alliance could benefit both camps. Paul's support would go a long way toward helping Romney with a bloc of young Republicans who have been turning out in huge numbers for Paul and who otherwise might stay home in November. It might also help Romney grab all of Paul's delegates. Such an arrangement would help Paul get what a Romney ally called "an important speaking role at the convention."
Paul's camp contends he will exceed the 270 delegates Romney garnered in 2008, which earned him an undercard slot on the penultimate evening nike men s watches
in St. Paul. Josh Putnam, a political scientist at Davidson College who studies delegate allocation, notes that Paul's campaign hasn't furnished evidence to back up those claims. But he says there is a chance Paul could "completely exploit the system and take delegates from caucus states where there's no written rule to how delegates are allocated." Paul's aides say they expect to win a plurality of delegates in a batch of blue-to-purple caucus states where it failed to win the popular vote, including Iowa, Minnesota, Maine, Nevada and Washington.
(MORE: Ron Paul, The Prophet)
Paul's acolytes insist their man cannot be bought. "Romney wants the ring of power. He wants it so bad," says Doug Wead, a Paul senior adviser. "Negotiating with Ron Paul is very difficult because he doesn't want anything. If he got the ring, he would throw it into Mount Doom."
Maybe so, but at 76, Paul is understandably concerned about the future of his movement. Aides say if Paul can't win the nomination, four legislative priorities would top the Texas Representative's wish list: deep spending cuts that lead to a balanced budget; the restoration of civil liberties; a commitment to reclaim the legislative branch's right to declare war, which it abdicated to the executive branch in recent decades; and reforms that shore up the U.S. monetary system, such an audit of the Federal Reserve or competing-currency legislation. The Texas Representative might also be enticed, says campaign chairman Jesse Benton, by the prospect of serving as a presidential adviser, a Cabinet position for someone in his orbit or "perhaps a vice presidency."
Not for himself, but rather his son. Rand Paul, the junior senator from Kentucky and a Tea Party icon, is expected to launch his own White House bid in 2016. Being on the ticket now -- or even being mentioned for it -- would be a helpful step. Says one Paul adviser: "If you're talking about putting Rand on the ticket, of course that would be worth delivering our people to Romney."
(MORE: Swampland's Coverage ofkids nike air max 95
the 2012 Election)
Romney is unlikely to go for that. At the same time, Paul's backers recognize that selling supporters on an alliance with Romney carries special risks, since Paul's bond with his backers is predicted on his record of principled stands. A pact would have to be done "very cautiously," says Benton. "We wouldn't ask our people to do that if we worried they were just being coopted or that we were in some way selling out."
But it may soon be time for Paul's army to decide if it wants to win or lose in the fall. "There's clearly something going on between the two of them, and that's a very good thing," says David Adams, a Kentucky Tea Party strategist who helmed Rand Paul's Senate primary campaign. "The main goal is stopping this lurch to the left. Mitt Romney and Ron Paul can go a long way toward healing what ails our nation."
Few women screened for chlamydia, most common sexually transmitted disease in U.S.
It can cause pain, infertility and problematic pregnancy, but few young women ever get tested for the disease.
Chlamydia is the most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease in the U.S. and yet only 38% of women aged 15 to 25 were screened in 2010, Reuters reported.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 1.3 million new cases in 2010. Still, since the STD often betrays no symptoms, the number could be twice as high, the organization said.
The disease is easily treated with antibiotics but can wreak havoc in women who don’t know they’re infected.
Without treatment, the Chlamydia infection can spread into the uterus or fallopian tubes and cause pelvic inflammatory disease.
The uterus and surrounding tissues can also become affected resulting in chronic pain, infertility and potentially fatal ectopic pregnancies.
The CDC has recommended that women be screened annually for chlamydia.
If an infection is found, the health organization recommends the patient return three months after being treated for a follow-up test.
SAFE SEX CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU
Testing rates were slightly better for older women and specific minority group — 42% of women aged 20 to 25 were tested. More than half of black women say they were been tested with 47% saying they had been screened in the prior year.
Men can contract chlamydia too — one in four show no symptoms while the others may experience symptoms similar to gonorrhea, including burning feeling while urinating, discharge and pain.
Condoms, if used properly, can help prevent infection between partners.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/women-screened-chlamydia-common-sexually-transmitted-disease-u-s-article-1.1038896#ixzz1pAqJ5cgC
Chlamydia is the most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease in the U.S. and yet only 38% of women aged 15 to 25 were screened in 2010, Reuters reported.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 1.3 million new cases in 2010. Still, since the STD often betrays no symptoms, the number could be twice as high, the organization said.
The disease is easily treated with antibiotics but can wreak havoc in women who don’t know they’re infected.
Without treatment, the Chlamydia infection can spread into the uterus or fallopian tubes and cause pelvic inflammatory disease.
The uterus and surrounding tissues can also become affected resulting in chronic pain, infertility and potentially fatal ectopic pregnancies.
The CDC has recommended that women be screened annually for chlamydia.
If an infection is found, the health organization recommends the patient return three months after being treated for a follow-up test.
SAFE SEX CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU
Testing rates were slightly better for older women and specific minority group — 42% of women aged 20 to 25 were tested. More than half of black women say they were been tested with 47% saying they had been screened in the prior year.
Men can contract chlamydia too — one in four show no symptoms while the others may experience symptoms similar to gonorrhea, including burning feeling while urinating, discharge and pain.
Condoms, if used properly, can help prevent infection between partners.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/women-screened-chlamydia-common-sexually-transmitted-disease-u-s-article-1.1038896#ixzz1pAqJ5cgC
With new app, it’s Amateur Night at the “App-ollo”
It’s Amateur Night at the "App-ollo."
Performers at the legendary "Amateur Night at the Apollo" don't have to contend with just the "boos" of audience in the theater anymore - but also anyone with a smartphone, thanks to a new mobile app.
"Amateur Night Digital" gives fans of the 78-year-old show from around the world the chance to watch, comment, and even boo performers from their cell phones and computers.
"The audience can make their cheers and boos heard from around the world," said the Apollo's Digital Media Manager Dexter Upshaw.
"When they're booing in the seats, people can pull out their phones and chat about the performance."
The app is also aimed at the theater's worldwide audience, who can watch and vote for their favorite acts when the videos are posted the following day.
Since its launch at tnike custom tennis shoes
he start of the 2012 season on February 1, more than 375,000 fans have visited the Amateur Night Digital page.
"With the app, it's all about the audience experience," said Upshaw. "[The performers] are putting themselves on the stage, and now in front of the world."
Contestants who didn't win their night's competition but also didn't get booted, now have a second chance to rally votes in the new "Remix Round."
While Amateur Night stars like Ella Fitzgerald and Stevie Wonder only had one shot to impress the notoriously tough Apollo crowd, the "Remix Round" gives performers a second chance to rally their virtual fan base and make it through to the final "Show Off" round.
"I was kind of feeling down hearing people in the audience trying to boo me on the stage," said Latrell Phoenix, a 23-year-old asblack and gold nike basketball shoes
piring singer from Philadelphia who performed in Amateur Night last Wednesday. "Then I looked on the app after the show and realized, 'Oh, people actually like me.' "
While Phoenix fell short of winning his night's competition and making it to the next round, he hopes that the digital app will be his ticket to a place in the spotlight.
"I was surprised to see how many people went anike 6.0 shoes online
nd voted the next day," said Phoenix, who currently leads the pack of remix contestants from his week with more than 3500 views. "It's given me a second chance."
Performers at the legendary "Amateur Night at the Apollo" don't have to contend with just the "boos" of audience in the theater anymore - but also anyone with a smartphone, thanks to a new mobile app.
"Amateur Night Digital" gives fans of the 78-year-old show from around the world the chance to watch, comment, and even boo performers from their cell phones and computers.
"The audience can make their cheers and boos heard from around the world," said the Apollo's Digital Media Manager Dexter Upshaw.
"When they're booing in the seats, people can pull out their phones and chat about the performance."
The app is also aimed at the theater's worldwide audience, who can watch and vote for their favorite acts when the videos are posted the following day.
Since its launch at tnike custom tennis shoes
he start of the 2012 season on February 1, more than 375,000 fans have visited the Amateur Night Digital page.
"With the app, it's all about the audience experience," said Upshaw. "[The performers] are putting themselves on the stage, and now in front of the world."
Contestants who didn't win their night's competition but also didn't get booted, now have a second chance to rally votes in the new "Remix Round."
While Amateur Night stars like Ella Fitzgerald and Stevie Wonder only had one shot to impress the notoriously tough Apollo crowd, the "Remix Round" gives performers a second chance to rally their virtual fan base and make it through to the final "Show Off" round.
"I was kind of feeling down hearing people in the audience trying to boo me on the stage," said Latrell Phoenix, a 23-year-old asblack and gold nike basketball shoes
piring singer from Philadelphia who performed in Amateur Night last Wednesday. "Then I looked on the app after the show and realized, 'Oh, people actually like me.' "
While Phoenix fell short of winning his night's competition and making it to the next round, he hopes that the digital app will be his ticket to a place in the spotlight.
"I was surprised to see how many people went anike 6.0 shoes online
nd voted the next day," said Phoenix, who currently leads the pack of remix contestants from his week with more than 3500 views. "It's given me a second chance."
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