Sunday, November 13, 2011

Miraculous restorations of fertility – Sacred Belt of the Virgin Mary.



Miracles do happen? My friend had been married for 13years, childless, yet never once gave up the dreams of having her own children. Medically went through all the tests and procedures on fertility, tried just about every tip given to become pregnant.


Finally a Doctor (from Banting, Selangor) suggested she seek traditional treatments. Determined and hopeful, she decided to give it a try and three months later found out she was pregnant. The following 4years she had 2 more babies.


No medical intervention, no pills whatsoever, merely drink water collected from seven mosques and reciting some holy verses from the Quran!


Virgin Mary ‘fertility’ relic - Orthodox disciples believe that the belt helps women to conceive children.


 Images here.

A sacred relic, believed by some Orthodox Christians to be the belt of the Virgin Mary, is drawing thousands of Russian pilgrims in search of a cure for a myriad of ailments including infertility. Source here.


Legend has it that the arc that’s been brought from Greece contains part of the belt of camel hair that Virgin Mary wove and carried during all of her earthly life before Her ascent to heaven.



The belt of Virgin Mary in the Vatopedi monastery

For the past 2000 years, the relic has been kept at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mount Athos, in Greece. The belt is normally taken to a Greek city once a year at the request of believers.



It had never been taken abroad, and the only exception the Greeks have made was for Russia. The monastery refused earlier requests from other countries, including the U.S. and Romania. Twenty monks from Athos accompanied it to Russia, Interfax reported. The relic will stay in Russia until Nov. 23, 2011and will be taken to 12 cities.



The relic arrived in Russia after an initiative taken by the influential Russian Orthodox Church, who is actively promoting motherhood to help the government halt a steadily rise in population decline.


  • The country’s latest census released earlier this year shows the country’s population has shrunk by another 2.2 million people since 2002 and now stands at 142.9 million. 
  • The shrinking population has become somewhat of a matter of national security for Russian leaders.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Gloria Dwomoh Jailed For Force-Feeding Baby To Death - Over-feeding equal child abuse?

We usually read articles on poverty, of the abandoned or neglected children dying of starvation or under nutrition. 




This article however, is just the other way round! Do you know that overfeeding can in itself be abusive and may be considered a crime, and that a mother, a nurse,  was sentenced to jail for force feeding her kid to death?



It was reported on November 11th , 2011 Nurse Gloria Dwomoh 31, was found guilty and sentenced to 3 years jail for force-feeding, causing or allowing the death of her baby in the first case of its kind in Britain.


Judge Brian Barker, said the case was ‘truly rare and truly tragic’. Post-mortem examination found 10-month-old Diamond died from pneumonia caused by food, including meat and cereals, in her lungs.


Gloria Dwomoh used a small milk jug to tip baby rice, African corn porridge and chicken soup into her mouth. She claimed pouring food from a jug was a traditional feeding method and widely used in her home country, Ghana. More here.

 

      Maury - fattest girl in the world 







Overfeeding can in itself be abusive and may be considered a crime


Parents of seven obese children have been accused by social workers of neglecting their children by allowing them to get too overweight.

Now they’ve been told that four of the children will be taken away and put up for adoption. Dundee City Council said: ‘The council always acts in the best interests of children, with their welfare and safety in mind.’  Interesting read here.


Thursday, November 10, 2011

Kids have feelings too – I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candies




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Today is 11-11-11, 11th November 2011.





There are little precious things that truly matters to kids. So watch out mums - kids and their innocent feelings! 


My daughter was inseparable with her baby doll. Her naughty brother had different ideas. He decided to use a permanent black marker pen and drew a lovely thick moustache and beard on its face. 


She was so upset, terribly miserable and cried non-stop. I will never forget that hectic day!


No other dolls .. she insisted on having the same one. I had to rush to Toys"R"Us to get a replacement; the nearest store (Subang Jaya) did not have any. I had to drive all the way to their KL outlet and, fortunately found one.


Guess what happened? Few weeks later the brother decided to draw again - this time face of a clown - red nose, red cheeks, and thick raised eyebrows etc! 




Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Judge Beating Disabled Daughter Video Goes Viral – Hillary Adams, Virtue of Spanking Michael Pearl



A 23 year old woman reignites a debate over parental discipline by posting a video of her dad, a Texas judge, ferociously whipping her with powerful belt lashes punishing her for illegally downloading music. Adams secretly recorded it with a hidden camera seven years ago when she was 16.



She has had ataxic cerebral palsy from birth that led her to a passion for technology. Hillary Adams told ABC News affiliate KXTV. "It had happened before, my father's harassment was getting really bad, I decided to finally publish the video that I had been sitting on for 7 years.”



She recently uploaded it to YouTube and the social sharing site Reddit. The video went viral, racking up almost 6million views since it was first uploaded 27th Oct 2011, and inspiring the wrath of the community of readers there, who posted his home address, phone number, and workplace contact information and to demand an investigation.


Local officials now say they're stepping up police presence in the small town after many people have called in death threats.


She explained to Keaton Fox - kfox@kristv.com, "I think a lot of the people in the community were tricked because all they saw was the outside," Adams said. "They saw him treating his wife and daughter, oh, look what I gave them, look at these amazing cars and watches and pianos, everything like that and just this other side of him, was hidden for so long, because he was so good at controlling the situation and covering anything up."



Hillary Adams has since Tweeted about the explosion of attention the video has received, "It is my wish that people stop threatening my father and start offering professional help. That is what he really needs," she wrote.
Read more here.



Preaching Virtue of Spanking, Even as Deaths Fuel Debate
ERIK ECKHOLM
November 6, 2011
PLEASANTVILLE, Tenn. —   Debate over the Michael Pearls’ teachings, first seen on Christian Web sites, gained new intensity after the death of a third child, all allegedly at the hands of parents who kept the Pearls’ book, “To Train Up a Child,” in their homes. On Sept. 29, the parents were charged with homicide by abuse. More here.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Home Alone - Girl, 3, Survives for 2 Days After Mom Dies, twins Sandhya and Usha, Amy Winehouse.


 Shylah

We are very meticulous when looking into the security of our homes – placing additional locks, security alarms, engaging professional security firms, cameras and grilles to ensure we are safe inside and prevent from break-ins etc.

What if unforeseen circumstances ‘unexpectedly’ happen behind these closed doors? Being home alone and in cases of emergencies, have you the necessary plans to ensure that help is within reach?

 

Girl, 3, Survives for 2 Days After Mom Dies

A 3-year-old girl comforted herself with her favorite toy, ate cheese, leftover lasagna and milk for two days after her mother (28 years old) died unexpectedly in their New Zealand home.

Police coaxed Shylah to drag a coffee table to the door so she could reach the lock and unlock the door, before she told them, "Mummy won't wake up," Pete Silbery said. Read more here.

 

On Aug 26, 2011, 54-yr-old twins Sandhya and Usha Nadkarni were found dead in their flat at Ideal Colony in Kothrud.


The police suspect the Nadkarni sisters died due to suffocation caused after a pest control was conducted in their ground floor flat. "They had shut the doors and windows tightly after the pest control and had probably slept without any ventilation." Source here.




Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead at her home in Camden Square NW1London on 26th July 2011.  Winehouse was apparently 'beyond help' when paramedics arrived.


Amy had a hugely successful musical career with the release of her debut album Frank in 2003, and the record considered her breakthrough album - Back To Black in 2006.


During her career, Winehouse won awards including five Grammy Awards, a Q Music Award for Best Album for Back To Black and a World Music Award in 2008 for World's Best Selling Pop/Rock Female Artist. Read more here.




Update -16th November 2011;



NEW YORK — Amy Winehouse had written all the songs that were to appear on her third album. She even picked out song titles. Here.






Wednesday, November 2, 2011

‘Pregnant Man’ Ready To Get Rid of Uterus - Thomas Beatie the world's first male mother.

 TRACY LAGONDINO

Thomas Beatie was born as a woman, Tracy Lagondino, in Hawaii in 1974, but says he always felt like he wanted to be a man. When he was in his twenties he began having testosterone injections, giving him facial hair, a lower voice and altering his sexual organs.
 


In 2002 he had a mastectomy and legally became a man. Sterilization is not a requirement for sex changes so he chose to keep his vagina, uterus and other female sexual organs. He told Oprah: 'I wanted to have a child one day. I didn't know how’.
’It was just a dream.'




His wife, Nancy Beatie 46, couldn't carry the couple's children as she had a hysterectomy when she was younger.  The couple bought sperm from an anonymous donor and Mr Beatie underwent artificial insemination. Photos of Mr Beatie with a baby bump and a beard made headlines all over the world.


He gave birth to all three babies naturally, Susan, three, Austin, two, and Jansen, who turned one last July 2011. Here and here.



Additional reading

 

Seahorse 
Male pregnancy (here)






Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries - 10million wedding of the year ended after 72days?

FilmMagic; 
Albert Michael/Startraks

 
Queen of bling! Kim Kardashian's beau Kris Humphries pops the question with a '$2million ring'
 
 Credit: Albert Michael/startraksphoto.com
“She took my breath away,” Kris said of his bride.
“She was so shockingly beautiful.”

 Kim Kardashian Divorce:

10 Signs the Marriage Was One Big Hoax All Along. here