We'll soon be able to bring dead back to life, says heart specialist: He claims he could have saved Sopranos star James Gandolfini

Posted by Unknown Rabu, 31 Juli 2013 0 komentar
  • Dr Sam Parnia said his research is on the cusp of major breakthroughs
  • At the moment medics can bring people back to life within two hours but he believes this window is about to be significantly widened
  • Average resuscitation rate for cardiac arrest patients in UK is 16% but at Dr Parnia's Stony Brook University School of Medicine it is 33%
  • He added: 'My basic message: The death we commonly perceive today in 2013 is a death that can be reversed'Medical advances mean it will soon be possible to bring the dead back to life, a doctor claims.
    Modern techniques will enable a patient to be revived up to 24 hours after they stop breathing, Dr Sam Parnia says.
    The American critical care physician, who trained in London, said: ‘We may soon be rescuing people from death’s clutches hours, or even longer, after they have actually died.’
    Dr Sam Parnia has claimed people could be brought back to life 24 hours after they have died
    Mr Parnia said James Gandolfini may have survived if he had his heart attack in New York
    Claims: Dr Sam Parnia says medical advances mean it could soon be possible to bring people back to life 24 hours after they stopped breathing. Dr Parnia also said he could have saved the life of actor James Gandolfini
    He claims the US actor James Gandolfini, star of The Sopranos – who died aged 51 in Rome last month – might have survived if he had suffered his massive heart attack in New York.
    ‘I believe if he died here, he could still be alive. We’d cool him down, pump oxygen to the tissues, which prevents them from dying,’ Dr Parnia told Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine. ‘Clinically dead, he could then be cared for by the cardiologist. He would make an angiogram, find the clot, take it out, put in a stent and we would restart the heart.’
    Dr Parnia, whose new book on resuscitation science is called Erasing Death, said death should be reversible for many patients, providing they are in the right place getting the right treatment.
    He claims the US actor James Gandolfini, star of The Sopranos – who died aged 51 in Rome last month – might have survived if he had suffered his massive heart attack in New York.
    ‘I believe if he died here, he could still be alive. We’d cool him down, pump oxygen to the tissues, which prevents them from dying,’ Dr Parnia told Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine. ‘Clinically dead, he could then be cared for by the cardiologist. He would make an angiogram, find the clot, take it out, put in a stent and we would restart the heart.’
    Dr Parnia, whose new book on resuscitation science is called Erasing Death, said death should be reversible for many patients, providing they are in the right place getting the right treatment.
     
    ‘Of course we can’t rescue everybody and many people with heart attacks have other major problems,’ he said. ‘But if all the latest medical technologies and training had been implemented, which clearly hasn’t been done, then in principle the only people who should die and stay dead are those that have an underlying condition that is untreatable.
    ‘A heart attack is treatable. Blood loss as well. A terminal cancer isn’t, neither are many infections with multiresistant pathogens. In these cases, even if we’d restart the heart, it would stop again and again.
    ‘My basic message: The death we commonly perceive today in 2013 is a death that can be reversed.’ Dr Parnia, head of intensive care at the Stony Brook University Hospital in New York, said resuscitation figures tell their own story.
    The average resuscitation rate for cardiac arrest patients is 18 per cent in US hospitals and 16 per cent in Britain. But at his hospital it is 33 per cent – and the rate peaked at 38 per cent earlier this year.
    Eternal life: Critical care physician, Dr Sam Parnia, said his 'revival research' is on the cusp of major breakthroughs which will allow the dead to rise again
    Eternal life: Critical care physician, Dr Sam Parnia, said his 'revival research' is on the cusp of major breakthroughs which will allow the dead to rise again after being dead for some time
    ‘Most, but not all of our patients, get discharged with no neurological damage whatsoever,’ he said, adding that it is a ‘widely held misconception’ – even among doctors – that the brain begins to suffer massive damage from oxygen deprivation three to five minutes after the heart stops.
    ‘In the past decade we have seen tremendous progress. With today’s medicine, we can bring people back to life up to one, maybe two hours, sometimes even longer, after their heart stopped beating and they have thus died by circulatory failure.
    ‘In the future, we will likely get better at reversing death.’
    The techniques he advocates are not cryogenics – freezing the body immediately after death – but cooling it down to best preserve brain cells while keeping up the level of oxygen in the blood. This buys time to fix the underlying problem and restart the heart, he claims.
    He says that if someone collapses with a heart attack, call 999 then immediately place bags of frozen vegetables on them until the ambulance arrives, as it helps protect the brain.
    ‘It is possible that in 20 years, we may be able to restore people to life 12 hours or maybe even 24 hours after they have died.
    ‘You could call that resurrection, if you will. But I still call it resuscitation science.’

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2381442/Dr-Sam-Parnia-claims-corpses-soon-revived-24-hours-death.html#ixzz2aevrsZ91
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Writer's Workshop Wednesday ~ My Life is NOT a John Hughes Film, by Tanjia

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Welcome to Writer's Workshop Wednesday!  This is my way of paying it forward to all the people out there who want to start writing, but don't have their own blogs yet, or who are established writers that are looking to appeal to a different audience. I have also opened this up to those who would like to post anonymously about topics that are too difficult to write about publicly. Each week, I will host one or two posts by different writers.

I hope that you enjoy this series, I hope you find some new writers to follow, I hope this helps them out and I hope we can all learn something from them.

This piece comes from a good friend of mine, and someone who is brave enough to spend a week at a time in the forest with my son and husband as a Scout leader. Anyone who'd sign up for a week with pubescent boys who don't shower deserves a medal in my opinion.

Interestingly, we grew up not very far from one another, then both moved out here to meet one night while we were both playing bunco drinking.  I've known for years that she is hilarious...but this here was something unexpected. I had no idea what a talent she had as a writer. She asked to submit something, and after reading this, I immediately asked her what I needed to do to help her set up a blog of her own. Give this brand spanking new writer some love. And a beer. 

Without further adieu, I give you Tanjia

My Life is NOT a John Hughes Film
For those of you that are a certain age you might know the name right off the top of your head. But for those of you who might be scratching your head wondering...he is the genius behind such great 80's movies as Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club....just to name a few.
There is a beautiful simplicity to 80's movies that I do enjoy. Basically in a nutshell there is some teenage angst, some hijinks and then an easy resolution that makes the main characters happy.
Yeah and my life is nothing like that....hijinks aside, there have been very few easy resolutions in my life.
Now if you look further into the movies, you see the fragility of the characters. The inner turmoil. Most of the characters just want to be seen and appreciated for who they are.
I think most of us could relate to this. I know I can.
God I cannot tell you how many years I waited to be seen by my EX. All of the things I did to get him to see me and to acknowledge my needs.
Unlike a John Hughes film, he didn't come to a radical moment of clarity upon he simply "got it". It just never happened. So what was the resolution? Divorce.
And it isn't easy, but then neither was being invisible emotionally in my marriage. It is a horrible feeling, being invisible. And one that can not only destroy the confidence that you have in yourself, it can also destroy pieces of your heart and soul.
Now though, it seems to have created a new life issue. I spent so much time being invisible that now I sometimes seem to go in the opposite direction.
Now I find myself being a bit neurotic about the most benign crap you can imagine. Like if the toilets are cleaned. How soon the kitchen is cleaned. What shampoo I use and if the boys have on clean socks.
I get that this new-found neurosis is my mind trying to make sense out of the shenanigans that is my current life. It goes deeper as well. Like who sees me cry and how much I laugh. Who I let into my world and whom I trust. Because after being invisible for so long, the other tragic victim is the ability to trust.
Most especially yourself.
Talk about bad habits. This isn't an easy way to live. To be so guarded that what you put out to the world is so superficial as to be worthless in creating real relationships in your life.
I push many people away as I try to find new normal. As I work with my trust issues and work about not feeling invisible.
I don't have a brilliant writer to help shape a better plot twist.
So I guess as the writer/director of this crazy thing called my life, I get to be in the driver's seat of the shenanigans. So maybe I have something I can do about it.
Of course being bat shit crazy is always an option. bwaaa haaa haaa
But maybe I just need to keep working on that faith and the hope that my new normal is just around the corner. That I will get a handle on my trust issues and learn to live easy again.
And maybe, just maybe one day, I will get that awesome moment of a dramatic, romantic music scene or a fist pump, just like the movies.
Yeah...I just might.
T

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Writer's Workshop Wednesday ~ Sarah from The Sadder But Wiser Girl

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Welcome to Writer's Workshop Wednesday!  This is my way of paying it forward to all the people out there who want to start writing, but don't have their own blogs yet, or who are established writers that are looking to appeal to a different audience. I have also opened this up to those who would like to post anonymously about topics that are too difficult to write about publicly. Each week, I will host one or two posts by different writers.

I hope that you enjoy this series, I hope you find some new writers to follow, I hope this helps them out and I hope we can all learn something from them.

Today's piece is by fellow blogger/mom/ADHD queen, Sarah Almond. She writes over at The Sadder But Wiser Girl. I can't even tell you how many times she's posted a blog or a status and I'm sitting over here nodding my head because I get it. Oh my do I get it. She's funny and genuine, she's kind and considerate, she's quirky and awesome. 

You can find her on Facebook here and on her blog here. With love and respect, I give you Sarah.

I'm Tired-A Guest Post By Sarah Almond 

As movie buffs, we watch a lot of movies in our house. We often catch ourselves quoting certain movies often throughout the day, as well as singing songs from some of them. One song in particular that I find myself singing lately is from the movie Blazing Saddles. 


Madeline Kahn, one of my favorite funny females, gets up to sing her number. She sings about being tired. Why is that? While I’m not tired in the context that she sings about, I find it hysterical. 

As a mom, wife, and female, I can so relate to this. 

Right now it’s 11:45 in the morning and I can’t even keep my eyes open! 

No, I’m not a new mom. I don’t have babies keeping me up half the night. I’m not chasing after an active toddler. I have two children-one is an eight year old boy with ADD and numerous other issues and a five year old girl who has an iron will. 

I certainly don’t like to complain. And I certainly don’t say anything to my husband. He always manages to turn it into a contest “I bet I’m more tired than you are…” He works 65 hours a week these days, but I think I’m still allowed to feel sleepy now and then. 

That’s right, I am TIRED. 

I’m tired of everything not being quite good enough. I’m not good enough for anyone to hire me. I’m not a good enough housekeeper. I’m not a good enough Mom. I’m sure even the pets have their two cents worth to put in here when it comes to rating my goodness. 

I’m tired of arguing. My son can turn anything into an argument. Even breakfast: 

Me: “What do you want for breakfast.” 

Son: “Cheerios. No milk in the Cheerios. And orange juice.” 

Me: “We’re out of orange juice. You can have milk, apple juice, or water.” 

Son: “But I want orange juice.” 

Me: “We don’t have any orange juice. I gave you your choices.” 

Son: “Well can’t you go get orange juice?” 

We live in the middle of nowhere, and I’m standing in front of him still wearing my pajamas and unshowered. Me: Um, no.” 

Son: “MY LIFE IS RUINED! THIS IS THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE! You are so mean to me!” 

He has been up for five minutes…It makes for one long tiring day of arguing. I’m tired of being a mediator and saying sentences like this 1000 times a day: “I’m sorry he breathed on you to try to support his hypothesis, and I’m sorry she tried to lick your nose. Just get along.” 

I’m tired of being broke. I’m tired of my hair not cooperating. What’s a girl got to do? I do an awful lot of work to get my hair to look this bad.

I’m tired of crabby husbands who can’t take a little time each day or even just once in a while to say a kind word and show a wife a little appreciation and love. 

I’m tired of other human beings in my household not eating the food I cook. I wonder why I bother to even attempt to make meals much of the time. 

I’m tired of my phone not staying charged long enough. And I’m tired of forgetting to charge it. 

I’m tired of people not getting that what I do is important, not only as a mom, but as a writer. Just once I’d like someone to say to me “You write? Tell me more!” instead of acting like he or she did not hear what I just said. 

I’m tired of kids television programming, even if it is educational. 

I’m so tired that I don’t sleep. I have to take stuff to help me sleep, but even that has its caveats. It either takes forever to work, or I fall asleep sitting up at my laptop, which I can assure you is not the most restful kind of sleep that you can get! 


So yeah, I’m tired… 

So Moms, I know you love your kids and your husbands, but we’re all allowed to be tired. What makes you tired? What are you tired of? 

Sarah Almond is a freelance writer and blogger who pens the wildly unpopular humor blog The Sadder But Wiser Girl. 


She also is the mother of two adorable future Nobel prize winners and the wife of an Evil Genius. You can read all about her adventures at http://thesadderbutwisergirl.com Bring chocolate, lots of chocolate.

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Kenyan lawyer takes State of Israel, Jews to Hague over Jesus' death

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 30 Juli 2013 0 komentar

Dola Indidis wants the IJC to consider a re-trial of Jesus Christ, convict those responsible for his unlawful crucifixion.

Kenyan lawyer suing State of Israel
Kenyan lawyer suing State of Israel Photo: YouTube Screenshot
A Kenyan lawyer has filed a petition with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, suggesting that the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ was unlawful, and The State of Israel among others should be held responsible, Kenyan news outlet the Nairobian reported on Friday.

Dola Indidis, a lawyer and former spokesman of the Kenyan Judiciary is reportedly attempting to sue Tiberius (Emperor of Rome 42 BC-37AD), Pontius Pilate, a selection of Jewish elders, King Herod, the Republic of Italy and the State of Israel.

"Evidence today is on record in the bible, and you cannot discredit the bible," Indidis told Kenyan Citizen News.

Yes, those he suggests should have been convicted during the original trial have not been alive for more than 2000 years, however Indidis insists that the government for whom they acted can and should still be held responsible.

“I filed the case because it’s my duty to uphold the dignity of Jesus and I have gone to the ICJ to seek justice for the man from Nazareth,” Indidid told the Nairobian. “His selective and malicious prosecution violated his human rights through judicial misconduct, abuse of office bias and prejudice.”

Indidis apparently named the states of Italy and Israel in the lawsuit because upon the attainment of independence, the two states incorporated the laws of the Roman Empire, those in force at the time of the Crucifixion.

He is challenged the mode of questioning used during Jesus' trial, prosecution, hearing and sentencing; the form of punishment meted out on Him while undergoing judicial proceedings and the substance of the information used to convict him.

The case was first filed in the High Court in Nairobi, but was rejected. Indidis had then applied to have it heard at the ICJ, which, the Kenyan news website Standard Media (SDE) reported constituted a pre-trial panel that would consider his case.

Indidis says he wants to establish what crime Jesus was charged with and prays that the court decides “that the proceedings before the Roman courts were a nullity in law for they did not conform to the rule of law at the material time and any time thereafter.”

“Some of those present spat in his face, struck him with their fists, slapped him, taunted him, and pronounced him worthy of death,” Indidis also told SDE.

When Jesus died, Indidis insists he was not given an opportunity to be heard. "I am suing as a friend," he said.

Indidis insisted on the validity of his case, saying "I know with a matter of fact and truth we have a good case with a high probability of success and I hope it is done in my lifetime."

When asked about the case, a spokesperson from the IJC told legal news website Legal Cheek, "The ICJ has no jurisdiction for such a case. The ICJ settles disputes between states. It is not even theoretically possible for us to consider this case."

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Things That Piss Me Off Tuesday - the unfriendly skies, polluted water and egotistical wiener edition

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I'll warn you people. I'm in a mood today, and it's not a good one. It's a good thing it's Tuesday.

Off we go.

The Unfriendly Skies
It generally takes a lot for me to say wow these days, but this story did just that. This one is going to piss you all off too, so you might want to sit down before you read it.

Baraka Kanaan is the head of a non-profit organization and used to be a college professor. He's also in a wheelchair due to injuries sustained in a car accident over a decade ago.  Last summer, he took a trip from Hawaii to Massachusetts, as many disabled people do every day in this country. He verified with the carrier ahead of time that there were accommodations for his wheelchair and that there wouldn't be any mobility problems.


When the plane landed in Massachusetts, though, the Delta Airlines employees told him that they had no way to get him off the plane. Under the Air Carrier Access Act, airlines are required to provide assistance with ramps, lifts or other devices, but Delta's employees claimed they had none of those items. This man was forced to crawl down the center aisle, down the stairs and across the tarmac to reach his chair.

On his return trip, the employees at the airport said that the equipment was still unavailable and that they had no way to get him back on the plane. Forced to crawl again, this time the employees offered to place cardboard underneath him so he wouldn't get as dirty.

He obviously complained, and all Delta offered him was a $100 trip voucher and points. He declined their offer, and filed a lawsuit in federal court instead.

Does this really surprise anyone?
Halliburton lied and destroyed evidence about the oil spill in the gulf in 2010, in an attempt to keep blame focused on BP. This isn't an accusation, by the way, it's an admission. They said they did it.

For those who aren't sure of the connection between Halliburton and the spill, they were the ones who made the cement used in the deep water rig set-up. BP didn't use the recommended number of stabilizers, and Halliburton promptly threw them under the bus resting all liability for the spill at their feet, when Halliburton knew that the lack of stabilizers likely didn't contribute at all to the spill. They did this all while quietly destroying evidence that the number of stabilizers was irrelevant, of course.

Their punishment?

This is the part that'll piss you off, I promise.

They are to plead guilty to one count of criminal conduct, pay a $200,000 fine and be subject to three years of probation.

$200,000.

That's it.

Of course, this admission will complicate any pending litigation, as they truly share a larger portion of the responsibility for the spill than anyone was aware.

Seriously, get off the phone
In Spain last week, a high speed train derailed, killing 79 people and injuring hundreds more. The video is horrific, and I highly recommend you don't watch it if you can't handle that kind of stuff.

Not only was the train conductor known for speeding as he drove the train almost twice the speed limit for the curve when it derailed, he was on the phone AND reading documents at the same time.

79 people are dead because he liked to go fast, dead because he wasn't paying attention. 79.

Carlos Danger is in danger
Oh, Anthony. The mayoral candidate has slipped to fourth in the polls this week in the wake of his latest sexting scandal. I highly suspect that the information that has come out recently isn't everything, and wouldn't be surprised one single bit if there is more.

Here's the thing. No one really cares how you get your freak on...it's the fact that you lied to everyone about it, swore it was over and done with, posed for that picture of your wife and baby, all while you were still sending dick pics to girls you met online.

It's not the sexting that bothers me, truly, though in this day and age it's pretty moronic for someone who's already been caught to do it again knowing full well that it's probably going to come out. Once you post that stuff online or send it away in a message, it's going to live on forever. You can't delete it, you can't wish it away, you can't pretend it never happened because you involved other people in your sordid crap who will toss you under the bus and make that shit public the second you piss them off.

It's the lying.

The lying to everyone, that is the issue. Anthony, if you want to be a shitty husband and your wife wants to put up with that, it's absolutely your right and hers to decide that. It's fairly obvious that y'all don't have an open marriage and that she's not okay with what you do, but you keep promising not to do it anymore, then you do it again. If she wants to tolerate that, for whatever her reasons are, it's not my place to judge. In fact, I'll defend her right to try and save her marriage until the cows come home. What I won't do, though, is defend you.

You lie to everyone, including those voters you claim to care about. What you do on your private time isn't necessarily a reflection of your abilities as a politician, but it is indicative of your ability to fudge moral codes, to stand there before your constituents and portray yourself as something you aren't, to display a lack of remorse and to prove to the world that your ego is writing checks that your press conferences can't cash.

You aren't winning this race, I can tell you that much.

You'd be better served getting your house in order before you attempt anything in the public spotlight again. Lord knows people in this country have short memories when it comes to this stuff, so if you are truly as capable a leader as you claim to be, they'll forgive you.

You truly just have to stop sending dick pics first.

Seriously. No one wants to see that shit.


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Wonder(ful) Women - Lynda Carter, Irena Sendler & Dina Fentiman

Posted by Unknown Senin, 29 Juli 2013 0 komentar
Welcome to the third edition of Wonder(ful) Women! This is my newest, and most fabulously kickass series yet, because I'm featuring real-life female superheroes every week. My hope is to bring awareness to stories in the news, and make the women I know in real life realize how much they inspire me and everyone around them.


Off we go.

Lynda Carter
This woman single-handedly made me believe that I could be a superhero. She inspired an entire generation of under-roo clad little girls to truly think that they could fight for truth, freedom and justice. 



She isn't just Wonder Woman on tv, she fights for all those ideals in real life too, speaking out as an advocate for pro-choice legislation, LGBT rights and women's cancer research. She revealed publicly that she has struggled with alcoholism as well. 

She personified the character we grew up loving, and she's who we automatically associate with the role. She is smart, strong and beautiful. She is still unbelievably gorgeous today, and turned 62 last week.

Thanks for proving that women can kick just as much ass as the men, even in heels.

Irena Sendler
We have all heard the story of Schindler's List and the man who helped to save the lives of over 1200 Jews during the Holocaust. Irena Sendler, the woman who saved close to twice that many Jewish children by smuggling them out before they could be shipped to concentration camps. Some were snuck out of orphanages, others away from families who would be taken shortly.

Her story was not widely known until her death last week at the age of 98 and has never received the attention and adoration of Schindler's. When she was caught by the German authorities, she was beaten, tortured and set to be executed, but somehow survived.

She was humble until the day of her death, insisting that she hadn't done anything out of the ordinary, and that any good person would have done the same.


A member of an underground group of exiled Polish government officials, she constructed a complex secret network to get the children to safety, hiding them in ambulances, in coffins, in suitcases and more.

She kept detailed records on where each child was from and where they were sent, hiding them in glass jars buried next to a German base. They were never discovered, and when the war ended, she turned the information over to authorities so that surviving family members could attempt to find their children.

She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

This woman is a hero. No doubt in my mind.

Dina Fentiman
Through my lifetime, I've come to know too many people who can call themselves suicide survivors. Someone they loved, someone near and dear to them, someone they weren't ready to live the rest of their life without, chose to go anyway.

Dina is one of them. She is also the voice behind The Plucky Procrastinator.  You can find her on Facebook here and on her blog here.


Her husband and the father of her children took his own life in 2009.

She is one of the strongest people I know, truly.

Instead of letting this event destroy her, instead of allowing herself to be a victim, she has become a force to be reckoned with in the world. She is a vocal advocate of mental health in general, and specifically advocates for awareness of depression and anxiety as they often contribute to suicide.

Every Monday on her Facebook page, she hosts Mental Health Mondays, offering support, information, hotlines, and more. Today she has featured a few pieces on children of suicide.

She is making a difference, a real difference, in the lives of individuals and their families every.single.week. because of what she does.

Dina also happens to be one of the kindest, most genuine people in the world. Thank you, Dina, for sharing your journey with it and for using it to help others.  I am blessed to call you a friend. xoxo

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BREAKING NEWS- Gen Sani Abacha Did Not Die - Al mustashan

Posted by Unknown Minggu, 28 Juli 2013 0 komentar
Nigeria's military strongman, General Sani Abacha, has died at the age of 54 after reportedly suffering a heart attack.
 
A special announcement on Nigerian radio said that "the head of state, General Sani Abacha, passed away in the early hours of Monday A uniformed officer stood before the State House in Abuja to announce the general's death to the public. Martial music filled the state-controlled radio airwaves, officially marking his passing. Some of Abacha's myriad critics and opponents celebrated on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city.
Government leaders are reported to have convened an emergency meeting.
General Abacha made few public appearances since greeting Pope John Paul on his visit to Nigeria in March, and recently failed to attend a special function in Lagos.
But a report by Nigerian radio on Sunday said visiting Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, had met General Abacha for two hours of talks.
Accompanied by General Abacha, Mr Arafat also inspected a guard of honour and heard a 21-gun salute before being seen off by the president at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
It is not immediately clear who will succeed General Abacha.
Nigeria under Abacha
The general seized power in 1993 after cancelling presidential elections.
He steadily consolidated his grip on power, with purges of the army and restrictions on political activity.
After the execution in 1995 of nine opposition activists, including Ken Saro-Wiwa, and with the presumed winner of the 1993 elections, Chief Moshood Abiola, still in jail, Nigeria was suspended from the Commonwealth and became diplomatically isolated.
Yet it spearheaded the African military intervention that restored Sierra Leone to civilian rule in March 1998.
Government members portrayed General Abacha as the only man who could unite such a diverse nation.
But his opponents in Nigeria saw him as part of a military elite desperate to hang on to power.
While repeatedly promising to oversee the country's return to democratic civilian rule, in April he became the only nominated candidate for the presidency and was expected to keep hold of power.

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You Hate The Fact That You Bought The Dream When They Sold You One

Posted by Unknown Sabtu, 27 Juli 2013 0 komentar
You know...I'm getting really tired of people making such a big deal out of Princess Kate's round post-partum belly.


Don't misinterpret my words here.

I think she is beautiful. Just from the short amount of time that she spent in the hospital, it's fairly obvious that she had an uncomplicated vaginal delivery. She walked out of the hospital the following day, and while the entire world seemed to be focused on her abdomen, I was eyeballing her ankles, which weren't sloshing around at all like mine were right after giving birth.

She really is gorgeous, and they make a beautiful new family.

What is bothering me is the fact that it's such an enigma for a woman in the public eye to be seen out and about with a round belly after giving birth.

It shouldn't be a big deal.

This is what new moms look like.

It takes six weeks for a uterus to shrink back to normal size after birth. For anyone's uterus to shrink back. Being famous, being rich, having personal trainers and chefs, having all the binders and wraps in the world can't change basic biology. 

It takes six weeks for it to shrink down, and that's just your uterus. It's often said that it takes about a year for your entire body to get back to what it was before pregnancy.

Except we live in a world full of celebrities that refuse to be seen publicly until their stomachs are flat again. Who refuse any kind of public appearance until they are thin again. Who believe that we'll somehow think less of them if they, god forbid, look like they just had a baby.

They did just have a baby. They aren't supposed to be back in their skinny jeans the next day. Honest.

The polar opposite of Kate's perfect public post-partum pooch is Kim Kardashian, who actually refused to be photographed again after the baby until she was "photo worthy", presumably because she thinks she has some image to uphold. Some false, house arrested, shut-in-until-perfect image.

It's not real.

It's no great wonder that so many women, myself included, beat ourselves up for looking like we just had a baby when we did just have a baby.

In other words, looking like we are supposed to at a time in our lives when we are supposed to look that way.

But we reject it. We push it away. We tell ourselves we are fat and sloppy. We see this artificial image that Hollywood throws at us, in this imagined world where every new mom hides in her house until she's runway worthy again and compare ourselves to it. Never mind the fact that we aren't rich or famous, don't have personal trainers and chefs and binders and wraps. We still compare ourselves.

We need to stop.

Real life isn't like that.

Real new moms have to go to doctor's appointments and grocery stores. They might even leave the confines of their houses to take older kids to school, to have coffee with friends. And they take those still-round bellies with them.

Kate, I applaud you for wearing a dress that didn't hide your mommy belly.

Kate, I commend you for making all us commoners feel normal.

Kate, I thank you for portraying real motherhood for all the world to see.

Kate, I appreciate you for proving that motherhood is beautiful, even and especially when it's still round.

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Wickedness!!! Ritualist Caught for Killing a 4 Year Old Boy In Enugu (SEE PHOTO)

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The News was all over the BBM, when a young 4 year old boy was kidnapped from his primary school on Tuesday 2nd July, 2013 by 9am at his school in Achara Layout Enugu.

There was a phone number placed in some Bc’s where people could be contacted if they had seen him, as at 4th of july(not certain), news broke and we heard that he has been killed by a potential ritualist, Though the Ritualist was Caught. The video contains all that is needed to be seen.
See Photo After Cut

How long will we continue like this? A country which is fast developing but still having traits of the uncivilised world. From Boko-haram to Ritualists and then Robbers.

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My wife beats me silly, flirts around’ – Deeper Life member to court

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The Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Lagos State was  recently stunned when a man begged that his marriage to his wife of eight years be dissolved.
Samuel Sunday, who claimed to be a member of the Deeper Life Bible Church in Lagos, appeared befor the court to seek the dissolution of his marriage to his wife, Rose.
Sunday, in his testimony before the court, alleged that his wife is promiscuous and beats him.
He further accused her of not meeting her responsibilities as a wife and mother since the onset  of their marriage which is blessed with two children.
“My child and I don’t enjoy her  because  she’s never  available  whenever we need her. She’s   always outside with other men.

“Anytime I give my wife feed allowance, she complains it’s  not enough and would fight me. One day, she held my manhood, but for the  intervention  neighbours, she would have killed me.”
Sunday alleged further that since his wife began to work, she had  denied him sex, and would always want things her way.
He stated that he is fed up with their union and therefore asked for the dissolution of the marriage.
Rose, a factory worker, however, told the court that her husband refused to allow her associate with their neighbours, adding that this usually caused the frequent quarrels between them.
Defending herself on the allegation that she once held on to her husband’s private part, she said, “I held his private part because he stripped me naked.”
She added that despite his harshness, she does not want to leave him and their children.
According to her, ‘’My husband beats me because I do not attend  his  church.”
She appealed to the court not to dissolve the marriage.
The case was adjourned for further hearing.

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2 Cousins Die Committing Incest In Imo

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 Mathias Nwoko and his female Cousin, Angela Ihuoma AnyanwuHell was let loose at Umualianya kindred Umumpe, Umuevu Okirika-Nweke in Ahiazu Mbaise LGA of Imo State last Monday when a man, Mr Mathias Nwoko and his female Cousin, Angela Ihuoma Anyanwu, met their untimely death while making love to each other.
Sources in the community told 247ureports.com that the late Mathias, 45, had returned home from his Onitsha base to attend the priestly ordination of his kinsman, Rev. Fr. Anayochukwu Onuoha, held at Mater Dei Cathedral, Umuahia, Abia State last Saturday June 20 2013.

It was learnt that all through the ordination ceremony, Mathias and the late Angela were literally tied to each other, with the latter taking the front seat of the former’s jeep.
Their entanglement was said to have continued the next day, Sunday, during the ceremony marking the first Holy and Thanksgiving Mass at Holy Ghost Parish, Umuevu Okirika-Nweke.
The deceased were also seen together at the ordination reception and later at the compound of the new priest where they were dancing to the music coming from Mathias’ car’s loudspeakers, while he occasionally was shooting gunshots from his pump action gun as Angela fed him with cartridges.
Interestingly, the deceased cousins were among family members who received prayers from the new priest, who earlier enjoined the people of the community to shun hypocrisy, atrocities and other iniquities if they must avoid God’s anger.
The late Mathias who was said to have been married for 13 years without any child, however, returned home with a young girl as his fiancƩe who he left in the house.
It was gathered that while the fiancƩe was home watching videos and waiting for Mathias, he only returned around 11pm and told her to go to sleep while he collected torchlight to see Angela off to her house.
But that was not to be as the duo diverted to Mathias’ semi-completed building.
Worried by her daughter’s non arrival to the house, Angela’s mother called her phone line but Mathias was said to have answered the phone telling the woman that her daughter was with him.
Also, alarmed by Mathias’ absence in the house up till Monday morning, his fiancĆ©e began to look for him within the house and was shocked to have stumbled on the naked but entangled bodies locked in death.
She immediately alerted Mathias’ family members who could not believe their eyes. Also, Angela’s mother who was returning from Morning mass was simply speechless at the sight of the deceased.
The lady who was on top of the man had her blouse on but naked from the waist region while the man had his singlet on his neck. The two were dead.
Their bodies were removed and deposited at Holy Rosary Hospital, Ogbor Nguru in Aboh Mbaise LGA.
When contacted, the state police public relations officer (PPRO), Mrs Joy Elemoko, promised to call back to inform our reporter about the outcome of police investigation.

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Things are just different with this one

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Twenty days from now, my youngest child will start kindergarten.


I've sent off three others, nervous and unsure of how they would adapt. Some were more ready than the rest. All of them moved seamlessly from preschool to kindergarten in the same building with the same friends and the same familiar faces.

This time it's different.

He didn't go to preschool there. He didn't go to preschool at all for most of this year.

His health got in the way.

Back in October, a fairly routine trip to the doctor for a lingering cold turned into something else entirely when we discovered that his blood sugar was much, much higher than it should have been. Since then, we've had this cycle of testing at home, blood draws every few months, specialist physicians, emergency phone calls, and worry.

A lot of worry.

He is in a rarely experienced pre-diabetic window.

He insists on doing it himself.
He shows many risk factors for Type 1 diabetes, but he isn't there yet. He could turn the corner at any moment, or he could outgrow it and a live a life free of insulin and pumps and needles. We don't know what will happen.

No one does.

There is no crystal ball in anyone's office that tells the future for a kid like him.

His sugar has been in the normal range for a few months now save a few outliers, but he hasn't been sick either. We pulled him from school in October when we realized how much his moods were being dictated by his levels.

Without a firm diagnosis, we don't have any sort of treatment plan other than to wait and watch.

And to keep that emergency phone number handy in case the day comes when we need it.

I feel better when I can lay hands on him, when I can see him with my own eyes, when the monitor is right here and I can check him.

The trouble is that he could be in this limbo stage for years.

His doctor actually recommended against a health plan at this point because he'll only be in school for a few hours a day, in the mornings, when his sugars are normally the most stable. The health clerk isn't even in the building when he will be there. There is no insulin to give him yet because his pancreas is still working. We essentially have no treatment plan to write down.

And I'm scared to death.

I tell myself that he will be fine.

He's a resilient child, maybe the most of them all. He's already had to deal with things that the other kids haven't. He's been though two surgeries and sits patiently for blood draws from his veins when kids twice his age scream and fight.

He just knows that things are different for him. He's sensed it for a while now.

I tell myself that he will be fine.

Maybe I'm convincing myself.

When the day comes that I let this one go, when I put him in the hands of someone else, even though it's only for a few hours a day, it's going to take everything in me to hold it together.

I don't worry about whether he'll adjust to the schedules. I don't worry about his socialization. I don't worry about his motor skills or his readiness. I don't worry about his behavior.

I certainly don't worry about whether his backpack is the right one or whether his clothes match and his hair is perfectly combed.

I have bigger things to worry about with this one.

Much bigger.

To his future teacher, I don't know who you are yet, but I'm apologizing in advance if I hover sometimes. This boy of mine is amazing. He's strong and independent, he's confident and outgoing, he's so excited to be in your classroom every day. He can't wait to be a kindergartener.

You would never think that there is anything that could be going terribly wrong inside his tiny body, but looks can be deceiving.

He's more fragile than he seems, but he won't let you treat him that way.

So, don't.

Treat him like every other five year old in your class. Treat him like he is healthy and normal. Treat him like there is nothing wrong with him. Just teach him.

Let me do the worrying. It comes with the job description.

I will just ask you to please be patient with me when I do it.

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Writer's Workshop Friday - I am not my mother's daughter, by Anonymous

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Welcome to Writer's Workshop Wednesday!  This is my way of paying it forward to all the people out there who want to start writing, but don't have their own blogs yet, or who are established writers that are looking to appeal to a different audience. I have also opened this up to those who would like to post anonymously about topics that are too difficult to write about publicly. Each week, I will host one or two posts by different writers.

I hope that you enjoy this series, I hope you find some new writers to follow, I hope this helps them out and I hope we can all learn something from them.

I know that it's not Wednesday, but this submission just came in and I didn't want to wait to share it with you all. 

This one is anonymous, from a daughter of a mother who has spent most her life questioning everything, who sees things more clearly now, but still doesn't understand. 

With love and respect, her story.

I am not my mother's daughter
Technically, I am, of course. There's no denying the fact that we are genetically linked and that for a time when I was a child, she was the center of my universe, the one person that I was supposed to be able to look up to, the one who was supposed to love me unconditionally. 

Except that looking back now, I'm not sure that ever really existed. I'm not sure that any of my memories of my childhood are real the way that I remember them. I know now that so much was tempered by someone else, someone who isn't here anymore.

I know that most of my life was a competition. She took things from me because she could until I realized what she was doing and drew a line in the sand. She still tries though.

My mother is mentally unstable. What exactly is wrong with her remains a mystery because she refuses to believe that anything could be wrong.  She won't get help. She refuses evaluations. She insists that she is fine and always finds someone or something else to blame everything on.

I've been thrown under that bus too many times to count, blamed for things that couldn't possibly have been my fault because it was easier for her to do that than to admit that her choices had hurt other people, and had hurt herself.

I think that maybe she doesn't really have a choice in the truest sense anyway, that maybe whatever is going on inside her mind is too far gone for her to even be capable of deliberate choice. There are many who have said that it's possible that she has borderline personality disorder, and I know that it's certainly possible. 

I know that it's probably more than possible. I know that it's probable.

She lies. She manipulates. She mimics whatever tragedy affects someone else and attempts to one-up them. It's like a sick game where the biggest loser wins. It always has to be about her. It always has to be worse for her. Bigger. More painful. Everything always has to be about her. 

She uses people for whatever she wants to use them for until she tires of them. She will tell anyone who will listen about how many times those who are supposed to love and support her, namely me, have betrayed her. She will sway their opinions, make them hate me, set them on me like a pack of rabid dogs insisting that I should be ashamed of myself for the things she said I did.

Except none of it is ever true. Not in whole anyway. There may be tiny pieces of truth that have been contorted to suit her, but never full truth about anything. Everything is always spun to make her out to be the victim, because that's what she wants. Everything is spun to lay fault at the feet of someone else.

All the time.

She doesn't want help. She wants sympathy. She wants someone, anyone, to feel sorry for her, and she will go to extreme measures to get it.

Once people start to get close enough to actually ask questions, to wonder why things never get better for her, or start to care enough to take an active role in her health conditions, she turns on them, just like she did to me and to so many others.

Again, she doesn't want help. She wants sympathy. 

She doesn't want to get better. She wants attention.

She plays to her audience perfectly. And they fall for it, new people, all the time.

I've given up trying to warn them. I have a hard enough time dealing with the aftermath that affects me, I can't try to save everyone else too. Besides which, it doesn't work, my warnings. Already manipulated by her, they are already conditioned to hate me, to automatically distrust everything I say. They'll learn eventually. 

They always do.

They can run away from it. They can learn the lesson and move on with their lives. I can't.

I can't just ignore her. I am her daughter. 

But I am not like her.

And I never will be.

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B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G News! Age Means Nothing In Islamic Marriage – Muslims Group.

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**National assembly must comment constructively, else it will mean that the lawmakers are disrespecting the Islamic faith.
**Islam prescribes that a girl who is of tender age is left untouched by her husband until she attains puberty.

The Muslims Rights Concern (MURIC) has declared that there was no age factor in Islamic marriage and that non-Muslims should not interfere in issues related to Islam.

The group's Director of MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, said in a press statement that: “The raging controversy on child marriage as it affects the review of the Nigerian constitution has been on the floor of the National Assembly for days. It has also occupied a prime of place in cyberspace as the Nigerian social media has fully gone to town over it. Feminists and other activists acting under the guise of protecting the Muslim female child have also exploited the scenario to lampoon Muslims and their institution of marriage.”

“The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) will like to put the records straight before too much damage is done to the polity. Islam is a complete way of life and its institutions (including that of marriage) are based on divinely ordained and well documented rules. Whoever wishes to legislate constructively or comment objectively on any aspect of Islam must therefore arm himself with the divine and documentary evidence. Anything short of this will earn lawmakers and commentators disrespect and contempt of Islamdom.”

MURIC further stated that conditions of marriage in Islam are four, namely: proposal and acceptance (al-Ijaab wa alqubuul), approval by both parents (ridaa alwaalidayn), payment of a dowry by the groom (al-mihr) and the presence of at least two male witnesses at the ceremony (shaahidayn ‘aadilayn).
And to which it argued: “Age is, therefore, not part of the conditions which must be met before marriage can be solemnised in Islam. Where the bride is a ‘minor,’ Islam prescribes protective solemnisation of marriage without consummation (sex).

This means that the girl who is deemed to be of tender age is left untouched by the man until she attains puberty.
Another major condition for child marriage is that the girl herself has the right to repudiate the marriage when she attains maturity if she does not like her ‘spouse.” - 

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Patrick Obahiagbon Answers Patience Jonathan “Warning- Master’s Degree Holders Only”

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INFO SOON
Initially, it was Prof. Wole Soyinka and now its Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon that has finally broken his silence on the raging Rivers State controversy.
See his message to our Dear Patience Jonathan below:
“Is the malodorous excrescence in Rivers State, cascadingly oozing out from erebus Dame, all about the satiation of a megalomaniacal presidential termagant?
“Let someone assist me in whispering to the Dame that ‘Alagamus Paret Ai Ai Num, Ai Ai Num Cest Daret, Opotere Alagamus’.”
Oya ooo….Dame and fans, come and reply this one.
obahiagbon-new1


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Pakistani Cleric 'Gives Away Babies' in Honor of Ramadan

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Baby - illustration
Baby - illustration
Flash 90
Ramadan is always a highly competitive time for TV ratings in the Muslim world.
After fasting during the day, Muslim families get together each night for 30 days to break their fast with the traditional iftar meal. During these family get-togethers, TV ratings tend to increase dramatically - as do the lengths some presenters will go towards to up their ratings.
This year, one TV cleric is trying to gain his share of the Ramadan viewing figures through a unique prize give away.
The prize? Babies.

The British Telegraph reported Wednesday that Aamit Liaquat Hussain has given away two abandoned babies so far, in what he insists is actually an act of kindness to childless couples.
"This is the beautiful girl who was thrown on a pile of garbage by somebody. See how beautiful and innocent she is," he declared, showing the baby girl to the camera.
Hussain is no stranger to controversy. In 2008 he hosted a show with other Islamic clerics in which he declared that members of the Ahmadi minority Muslim sect "deserved to die" as heretics.
During his religious-orientated programs, viewers constantly call in to donate money.
Bina Shah, a Pakistani writer based in Karachi, where the programme was filmed, condemned it as "the worst violation of media ethics I can think of."
"It just speaks to the commercialization of everything in Pakistani society including religion," she said.
Producers of the show could not be reached for comment.
Some Middle Eastern media observers, however, may fail to see what all the fuss is about, given the use of prime-time Ramadan TV slots to air virulently antisemitic TV shows in the Arab world.

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Thursday Nerdsday - Family Cosplay (we really are those people)

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Since Comic Con was last week in San Diego, and we dressed up for the one here in Denver, I thought I would write a little about our family cosplay.

Also, I need to write this so that I will get on costume planning for the year because it takes months to assemble it all. MONTHS.

We start planning a year in advance.

And no, I'm not kidding.

I have had children for 12 years, and for half that time, I have done themed group costumes with the kids. It started out innocent enough, dressing just the girls alike for a few years, first as dueling Tinkerbelles, then witches, then bees. I laughed when people finally got the play on our last name, which is pronounced "da-bee".

The boys were forced to play along in 2008 for the first time, as cowboys and cowgirls.

Then I got serious.

2009 will go down as the year the crazy began. The Wizard of Oz is one of my all time favorite movies, and the kids love it too. I mentioned something about how it might be fun to dress like the characters for Halloween one night, and our fate was sealed.

The Scarecrow, Dorothy and Toto, The Tin Man, The Cowardly
Lion and a Flying Monkey.
The Wicked Witch took the picture.
In 2010, I the kids decided they wanted to be characters from Toy Story. My oldest had a deep love affair with Buzz Lightyear, so that was a no-brainer. Little boy was a LGM (little green man) because he was still tiny and it was adorable. Freckles wanted to be Little Bo Peep. Mini-me wanted very specifically to be the version of Barbie that wears the teal leotard. It was the first year that I roped my mother-in-law into helping assemble the costumes too. Trust me when I say that you will find some very interesting things if you search for leotards online. 

Buzz, Barbie, LGM, Little Bo Peep
2011 was another movie themed year, this time with Alice in Wonderland. It got interesting when Freckles broke her foot, but we just worked the cast into the theme.

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
The Queen's cast
The White Rabbit, Alice, Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts
Last year, tired of me dressing him like a flying monkey and Tweedle Dum, my husband took over planning. (and she rubbed her hands together laughing manically). He wanted superheroes, specifically DC superheroes. So this happened.

Superman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Catwoman, Batman and Batgirl

It's to the point now where we have a reputation to uphold. No one is told of our costume plans before we reveal them at the school party the Friday night before Halloween. It seems like every year we step up our game even more, and every year I think we'll never top this theme.

At Comic Con this year, most of our family dressed up again.

My Clark Kent and tiny Batman
He made this one himself.
Wonder Woman and Supergirl
You'll just have to wait to see what we dress as this year. It's going to be good....and super geeky, that much I can promise you.

There may even be some steampunk crossover, possibly even a corset. ;)

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Dr. Doyin Okupe, The "Attack Lion" Gets A BMW Car Gift From President Goodluck Jonathan

Posted by Unknown Rabu, 24 Juli 2013 0 komentar
Brand new BMW
By SaharaReporters, New York
For all his 'attacking' against perceived opponents of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, also known as " Attack Lion " received a brand-new  bimmer (BMW car) from president Goodluck Jonathan.
The new ride is already working wonders and Mr. okupe who recently went into recess on the account of low patronage
from the presidency has resumed his full attacking role.

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News reporter unwittingly draws giant penis on live TV

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News reporter Siobhan Riley was talking about traffic congestion in Saginaw, Michigan when she drew the undeniably phallic shape


WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Live TV can be a cruel mistress and no one knows that better right now than reporter Siobhan Riley after she unwittingly drew a shape resembling a large penis on a Tuesday evening bulletin.
The unfortunate – if hilarious - incident happened during a live news report on ABC12 which covers the mid-Michigan area.
Riley was using an onscreen map to show viewers an area in the center of Saginaw blighted by construction work when she drew the undeniably phallic shape.
The clip of Riley’s dodgy drawing has of course gone viral and attracted plenty of smart alec comments about how maybe she had something else on her mind while she was presenting the news.
Neither Riley nor the TV station have commented on the incident.

Riley was using an onscreen map to show viewers an area in the center of Saginaw blighted by construction work when she drew the undeniably phallic shape
What a cock up! Siobhan Riley unwittingly drew a shape resembling a large penis on a Tuesday evening bulletin on ABC12

The clip of Riley's dodgy drawing has gone viral and attracted plenty of comments about how maybe she had something else on her mind
Riley was using an onscreen map to show viewers an area in the center of Saginaw blighted by construction work when she drew the undeniably phallic shape

Tipping point? Neither Riley nor the TV station have commented on the incident.
Tipping point? Neither Riley nor the TV station have commented on the incident

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