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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Entertainment Template 2.0 Has Been Released

Entertainment Templates 2.0 has been released some time ago. This template improved the comment form. While enhancements is Hit Views Post (new). Each post is clicked will be counted by the counter views.

Please download and install it on your blog. In the download file is a file and how to istallig html code files, for the standard script and image categories.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Elizabeth Smart on her abduction: 'I never let it hold me back'

In June of 2002, then-14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her family's home in Salt Lake City, Utah. In March of 2003 she was found alive, 18 miles away, with presumed kidnappers Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Ileen Barzee. She was returned to her family. In the years that followed, Smart refused to discuss the specifics of her abduction with the press, even though her ordeal captivated the nation. However, in recent weeks she has begun to open up publicly, notably at a women's conference, "Overcoming the Unimaginable," sponsored by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Now 21, an upbeat-looking and -sounding Smart spoke about how she's moved on from the incident, telling the audience in video shown this morning on the Today Show that "I have never let it hold me back, and I have gone on to do everything, so far, that I have wanted to do, and I think that's so important." She added, "We all have our trials, and we all experience hard times, but I don't think we should ever let it disable us from what we want to do."

Watch the "Today" show segment (after a 15-second ad):

Smart's recent willingness to speak out is a dramatic about-face. In 2006, when repeatedly pressed to discuss her ordeal during an interview with TV host Nancy Grace, Smart responded, "To be frankly honest, I really don't appreciate you bringing all of this up."

According to testimony Smart gave during a court proceeding, Brian David Mitchell entered her bedroom after she'd been put to bed by her parents. He held a knife to her throat and threatened to murder her family if she refused to quietly leave with him. Smart said that Mitchell then took her to a cabin in the nearby woods. Wanda Ileen Barzee was waiting there to prepare her for a marriage ceremony performed by Mitchell to make Smart his wife. Smart has said that she was repeatedly raped and assaulted during her captivity, which came to an end when a couple familiar with her case through "America's Most Wanted" spotted her traveling with Mitchell and Barzee and reported her whereabouts to local authorities.

Despite everything she went through, Smart says that her faith never wavered - instead it provided her with the strength to persist: "I know that we do have angels on the other side that we don't see. We're never truly left alone in our darkest hour." (Yahoo/AF)

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Makeout Session Detailed in Anna Nicole Doc's Diary

Oh, so it can get worse. A California Medical Board investigator testified Wednesday that a 2007 search of the home of former Anna Nicole Smith physician Sandeep Kapoor turned up a journal in which the doctor wrote, "I was making out with Anna, my patient, blurring the lines. I gave her Methadone, Valium. Can she ruin me?"

If what he wrote in his diary was true, so much for that whole "How dare you, I'm gay!" excuse. Kapoor and psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich, who along with Howard K. Stern are facing charges of facilitating Smith's drug habit, have both been accused of having inappropriate contact with their patient.

Investigator Jon Genens said on the stand that he believed this entry, dated June 13, 2005, was the only mention of Smith in Kapoor's journal, which had entries dated between 1999 and 2005. Various records pertaining to Smith's and her son Daniel's medical treatment were also found in the doctor's kitchen and closet, Genens testified earlier today. He said they contained numerous differences from the supposed duplicates that Kapoor's attorney had at his office, including notes about Smith's vital signs and prescription instructions.

A progress report found in Kapoor's home dated April 24, 2006, contained the note, "benzo addiction? to avoid"—a note not included on the otherwise identical copy at the lawyer's office.

Genens continued: During a checkup conducted about a year before Smith's death on Feb. 8, 2007, Kapoor documented a lesion on the former Playmate's left thigh and that she felt pain in her left leg. Another document from the same date, but made out using one of Smith's aliases, listed a different blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rate than the forms with Smith's name on them.

"Doctors' notes need to accurately reflect what's going on with their patients," Genens said. He also testified that another journal entry indicated that Kapoor was abusing Ambien, BuSpar and Wellbutrin. "I have to get off the drugs," he wrote in 2002, according to Genens. The hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to take the cases against Kapoor, Eroshevich and Stern to trial is expected to wrap up this week.(News:eonline.com, Pic:Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images; Danny Moloshok / Reuters; Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images; Ning Chiu/ZUMApress.com)