NY Taxi Driver prays on the trunk!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7wMvrWMLXo
AMAZING STORIES
And remember your God in your heart in humility and fear without being in apparent in speech in the mornings and evenings and don't be among the heedless [Al-Quran 7:205].
Mohtaram Bhai!
Mera apse ik sawal ha. Kia taxi pe char ke namaz parna aur wo bhi chowk me, logon ke rash men, shor sharaba, kia Khuda ko yad kar raha ha ya dikhawa ha? Kia koi tawaju se Khuda to yad karsakta ha?
Mohtaram Bhai!
Mera apse ik sawal ha. Kia taxi pe char ke namaz parna aur wo bhi chowk me, logon ke rash men, shor sharaba, kia Khuda ko yad kar raha ha ya dikhawa ha? Kia koi tawaju se Khuda to yad karsakta ha?
The world's biggest family,The man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:39 PM on 19th February 2011
+ Ziona Chana lives with all of them in a 100-room mansion
+ His wives take it in turns to share his bed
+ It takes 30 whole chickens just to make dinner
He is head of the world's biggest family - and says he is 'blessed' to have his 39 wives.
Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.
They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives sleep in giant communal dormitories.
The full monty: The Ziona family in its entirety with all 181 members
The full monty: The Ziona family in its entirety with all 181 members
You treat this place like a hotel: With 100 rooms the Ziona mansion is the biggest concrete structure in the hilly village of Baktawng
You treat this place like a hotel: With 100 rooms the Ziona mansion is the biggest concrete structure in the hilly village of Baktawng
Mr Chana told the Sun: 'Today I feel like God's special child. He's given me so many people to look after.
'I consider myself a lucky man to be the husband of 39 women and head of the world's largest family.'
The family is organised with almost military discipline, with the oldest wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals.
One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice.
Coincidentally, Mr Chana is also head of a sect that allows members to take as many wives as he wants.
Feeling peckish? The senior ladies of the Chana family show what it takes just to make a meal
Feeling peckish? The senior ladies of the Chana family show what it takes just to make a meal
The wives and I: Mr Ziona Chana poses with his 39 wives at their home in Baktawang, Mizoram, India
The wives and I: Mr Ziona Chana poses with his 39 wives at their home in Baktawang, Mizoram, India
He even married ten women in one year, when he was at his most prolific, and enjoys his own double bed while his wives have to make do with communal dormitories.
He keeps the youngest women near to his bedroom with the older members of the family sleeping further away - and there is a rotation system for who visits Mr Chana's bedroom.
Rinkmini, one of Mr Chana's wives who is 35 years old, said: 'We stay around him as he is the most important person in the house. He is the most handsome person in the village.
She says Mr Chana noticed her on a morning walk in the village 18 years ago and wrote her a letter asking for her hand in marriage.
Shared bedroom: A look inside the four-storey mansion, Chhuanthar Run - The House of the New Generation
Shared bedroom: A look inside the four-storey mansion, Chhuanthar Run - The House of the New Generation
Another of his wives, Huntharnghanki, said the entire family gets along well. The family system is reportedly based on 'mutual love and respect'
And Mr Chana, whose religious sect has 4,00 members, says he has not stopped looking for new wives.
'To expand my sect, I am willing to go even to the U.S. to marry,' he said.
One of his sons insisted that Mr Chana, whose grandfather also had many wives, marries the poor women from the village so he can look after them.
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:39 PM on 19th February 2011
+ Ziona Chana lives with all of them in a 100-room mansion
+ His wives take it in turns to share his bed
+ It takes 30 whole chickens just to make dinner
He is head of the world's biggest family - and says he is 'blessed' to have his 39 wives.
Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.
They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives sleep in giant communal dormitories.
The full monty: The Ziona family in its entirety with all 181 members
The full monty: The Ziona family in its entirety with all 181 members
You treat this place like a hotel: With 100 rooms the Ziona mansion is the biggest concrete structure in the hilly village of Baktawng
You treat this place like a hotel: With 100 rooms the Ziona mansion is the biggest concrete structure in the hilly village of Baktawng
Mr Chana told the Sun: 'Today I feel like God's special child. He's given me so many people to look after.
'I consider myself a lucky man to be the husband of 39 women and head of the world's largest family.'
The family is organised with almost military discipline, with the oldest wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals.
One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice.
Coincidentally, Mr Chana is also head of a sect that allows members to take as many wives as he wants.
Feeling peckish? The senior ladies of the Chana family show what it takes just to make a meal
Feeling peckish? The senior ladies of the Chana family show what it takes just to make a meal
The wives and I: Mr Ziona Chana poses with his 39 wives at their home in Baktawang, Mizoram, India
The wives and I: Mr Ziona Chana poses with his 39 wives at their home in Baktawang, Mizoram, India
He even married ten women in one year, when he was at his most prolific, and enjoys his own double bed while his wives have to make do with communal dormitories.
He keeps the youngest women near to his bedroom with the older members of the family sleeping further away - and there is a rotation system for who visits Mr Chana's bedroom.
Rinkmini, one of Mr Chana's wives who is 35 years old, said: 'We stay around him as he is the most important person in the house. He is the most handsome person in the village.
She says Mr Chana noticed her on a morning walk in the village 18 years ago and wrote her a letter asking for her hand in marriage.
Shared bedroom: A look inside the four-storey mansion, Chhuanthar Run - The House of the New Generation
Shared bedroom: A look inside the four-storey mansion, Chhuanthar Run - The House of the New Generation
Another of his wives, Huntharnghanki, said the entire family gets along well. The family system is reportedly based on 'mutual love and respect'
And Mr Chana, whose religious sect has 4,00 members, says he has not stopped looking for new wives.
'To expand my sect, I am willing to go even to the U.S. to marry,' he said.
One of his sons insisted that Mr Chana, whose grandfather also had many wives, marries the poor women from the village so he can look after them.
Couple gave birth to 4 children during 11 year world tour
New York: CMD: A couple of North Carolina, Herman and Candelaria Zapp, when set out for a world tour in 2000 in an 83 year old car (Garaham Paige - 1928 Model). Not only they travelled 142,000 miles and visited 24 countries, but also became parents of four children (8 year Pampa, 4 year Tehue, 3 year Paloma and one year Wallaby), and the children have been given the citizenship of different countries. [Source: jang.com.pk/jang].
March 30, 2011, 3:15 pm
When a Girl Is Executed … for Being Raped
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
We’re all focused right now on Libya and budget battles at home, but this story from Bangladesh just broke my heart and outraged me — and offers a reminder of the daily human rights struggles of so many women and girls in villages around the world. A 14-year-old Bangladeshi girl, Hena,allegedly was ambushed when she went to an outdoor toilet, gagged, beaten and raped by an older man in her village (who was actually her cousin). They were caught by wife of the alleged rapist, and the wife then beat Hena up. An imam at a local mosque issued a fatwa saying that Hena was guilty of adultery and must be punished, and a village makeshift court sentenced Hena to 100 lashes in a public whipping.
Her last words were protestations of innocence. An excellent CNN blog post, based on interviews with family members, says that the parents “had no choice but to mind the imam’s order. They watched as the whip broke the skin of their youngest child and she fell unconscious to the ground.”
Hena collapsed after 70 lashes and was taken to the hospital. She died a week later, by some accounts because of internal bleeding and a general loss of blood. The doctors recorded her death as a suicide. (Women and girls who are raped are typically expected to commit suicide, to spare everyone the embarrassment of an honor crime.) I’ve covered enough of these kinds of stories to know that it’s difficult to know exactly what happened unless you’re on the scene talking to everyone who was there; maybe the imam has a different version of events. But all accounts that I’ve seen such that this was a brutal attack on a helpless girl in the name of sharia and justice.
Fortunately, Bangladesh has a robust civil society, which has reacted with outrage to the case. A court ordered the body exhumed after word leaked out, and an examination revealed severe injuries. Lawsuits are now underway against the doctors who had called her death a suicide, and several people have been rounded up — including the alleged rapist. The Bangladesh press is on the case. But Hena’s family is under police protection because of concern that other villagers will take revenge at them for getting the imam and others in trouble.
Let’s hope that the public reaction and punishments are so strong that the word goes out to all of Bangladesh’s villages that such misogynist fatwas are not only immoral but also illegal. And that the crime lies not in being raped, but in raping.
http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/0 ... n&emc=tyb1
When a Girl Is Executed … for Being Raped
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
We’re all focused right now on Libya and budget battles at home, but this story from Bangladesh just broke my heart and outraged me — and offers a reminder of the daily human rights struggles of so many women and girls in villages around the world. A 14-year-old Bangladeshi girl, Hena,allegedly was ambushed when she went to an outdoor toilet, gagged, beaten and raped by an older man in her village (who was actually her cousin). They were caught by wife of the alleged rapist, and the wife then beat Hena up. An imam at a local mosque issued a fatwa saying that Hena was guilty of adultery and must be punished, and a village makeshift court sentenced Hena to 100 lashes in a public whipping.
Her last words were protestations of innocence. An excellent CNN blog post, based on interviews with family members, says that the parents “had no choice but to mind the imam’s order. They watched as the whip broke the skin of their youngest child and she fell unconscious to the ground.”
Hena collapsed after 70 lashes and was taken to the hospital. She died a week later, by some accounts because of internal bleeding and a general loss of blood. The doctors recorded her death as a suicide. (Women and girls who are raped are typically expected to commit suicide, to spare everyone the embarrassment of an honor crime.) I’ve covered enough of these kinds of stories to know that it’s difficult to know exactly what happened unless you’re on the scene talking to everyone who was there; maybe the imam has a different version of events. But all accounts that I’ve seen such that this was a brutal attack on a helpless girl in the name of sharia and justice.
Fortunately, Bangladesh has a robust civil society, which has reacted with outrage to the case. A court ordered the body exhumed after word leaked out, and an examination revealed severe injuries. Lawsuits are now underway against the doctors who had called her death a suicide, and several people have been rounded up — including the alleged rapist. The Bangladesh press is on the case. But Hena’s family is under police protection because of concern that other villagers will take revenge at them for getting the imam and others in trouble.
Let’s hope that the public reaction and punishments are so strong that the word goes out to all of Bangladesh’s villages that such misogynist fatwas are not only immoral but also illegal. And that the crime lies not in being raped, but in raping.
http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/0 ... n&emc=tyb1
The Loliondo Wonder Pt. 1 (Northern Tanzania)
Part I.....(10 min video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKOwDQcPwbs
The Loliondo Wonder Pt. 2
Part II (14 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c03FulCf ... re=related
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Part I...
Uploaded by NTVKenya on Mar 22, 2011
http://www.ntv.co.ke
Since biblical times, history has been replete with pastors and preachers and so called prophets, claiming to do what modern science has been unable to do, heal the sick, with the touch of a hand, the wave of a wand or some other seemingly mysterious action. Yet few, if any, have ever actually earned the name faith healer for actually curing the sick. For the past few months in a tiny, far flung village in the north of Tanzania, thousands of people of every walk of life and shade of personality now camp under the stars, waiting for one 76 year old former lutheran priest to heal them of their illnesses. Ambilikile Mwasapile is the name of the man, who has an entire country spellbound, with a concoction that he says can cure every ailment, especially chronic diseases like hiv/aids, cancer and diabetes. Audacious as it sounds, thousands have seen him, and thousands more keep going to see him. John-Allan Namu has just returned from this pilgrimage of the sick, and now reports in the first part of NTV's series, The Loliondo Wonder.
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Part II.....
Uploaded by NTVKenya on Mar 23, 2011
http://www.ntv.co.ke
The concoction served up by retired Lutheran priest, 76 year old Ambilikile Mwasapile could be one of two things; either the most anticipated medicine ever, curing all ailments, or the centre piece of the biggest scam to have hit neighbouring Tanzania. But judging from the crowds that are being stopped from going to Loliondo to sample this medicine, many believe that it is the latter. In our final part of our two part series, The Loliondo Wonder, John-Allan Namu speaks to Ambilikile Mwasapile about his allegedly god given cure, finding yet more testimonies supporting it, in a tale that defies description.
Part I.....(10 min video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKOwDQcPwbs
The Loliondo Wonder Pt. 2
Part II (14 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c03FulCf ... re=related
..........................................................................................
Part I...
Uploaded by NTVKenya on Mar 22, 2011
http://www.ntv.co.ke
Since biblical times, history has been replete with pastors and preachers and so called prophets, claiming to do what modern science has been unable to do, heal the sick, with the touch of a hand, the wave of a wand or some other seemingly mysterious action. Yet few, if any, have ever actually earned the name faith healer for actually curing the sick. For the past few months in a tiny, far flung village in the north of Tanzania, thousands of people of every walk of life and shade of personality now camp under the stars, waiting for one 76 year old former lutheran priest to heal them of their illnesses. Ambilikile Mwasapile is the name of the man, who has an entire country spellbound, with a concoction that he says can cure every ailment, especially chronic diseases like hiv/aids, cancer and diabetes. Audacious as it sounds, thousands have seen him, and thousands more keep going to see him. John-Allan Namu has just returned from this pilgrimage of the sick, and now reports in the first part of NTV's series, The Loliondo Wonder.
..........................
Part II.....
Uploaded by NTVKenya on Mar 23, 2011
http://www.ntv.co.ke
The concoction served up by retired Lutheran priest, 76 year old Ambilikile Mwasapile could be one of two things; either the most anticipated medicine ever, curing all ailments, or the centre piece of the biggest scam to have hit neighbouring Tanzania. But judging from the crowds that are being stopped from going to Loliondo to sample this medicine, many believe that it is the latter. In our final part of our two part series, The Loliondo Wonder, John-Allan Namu speaks to Ambilikile Mwasapile about his allegedly god given cure, finding yet more testimonies supporting it, in a tale that defies description.
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Indian 'living god' in critical condition
HYDERABAD, India (AFP) – One of India's best-known spiritual leaders, famous for his apparent miracles and long list of influential followers, is on life support in a southern hospital, officials said on Tuesday.
Satya Sai Baba, 85, who has devotees in more than 100 countries, was admitted to a hospital funded by his organisation in the town of Puttaparthi with lung and chest congestion on March 28.
His condition has since deteriorated and he is now on a ventilator and is receiving kidney dialysis, the most recent health bulletin from the hospital said on Tuesday.
He remains "critical," although his "level of consciousness has considerably improved" and his vital systems are "stable", said the update from the Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences.
Thousands of followers have begun arriving in Puttaparthi, home to Sai Baba's ashram in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, with many agitated by conflicting information given out by local authorities.
Government officials have sought to play down the seriousness of his condition, while police are preventing groups from gathering in the town, according to local reports.
The wild-haired leader has a following of millions in India and abroad, many of whom believe him to be a living god, and the reincarnation of the great spiritual guru, Sai Baba of Shirdi, who died in 1918.
The guru, who claims to have performed several miracles including bringing men back to life, counts former Indian prime ministers, top businessmen and even the country's cricketers among his devotees.
His organisation funds health and education projects in India, including a string of hospitals that claim to be able to cure ailments beyond the capabilities of mainstream medicine.
He and Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, the so-called "hugging saint" of Kerala, are the best known of thousands of Hindu ascetics.
The swami's birth in Andhra Pradesh is shrouded in mystery.
One hagiographical account by a biographer claimed the mysterious sounding of drums signalled his impending birth.
In his teens he is said to have begun singing verses in Sanskrit, a language of which he had no prior knowledge, and then became able to materialise flowers and sweets to the astonishment of observers.
His devotees also credit him with an ability to remember his past lives, a frequent claim of Indian holy men, and he is believed to produce sacred ash every day.
His work in education and health have won him widespread acclaim and respectability, but his reputation has also been damaged by allegations of sexual abuse and paedophilia.
A BBC programme in 2004 called "The Secret Swami" featured interviews with former followers who claimed Sai Baba took advantage of them. The allegations were denied by the spiritual leader's organisation.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110405/wl ... 0405120421
HYDERABAD, India (AFP) – One of India's best-known spiritual leaders, famous for his apparent miracles and long list of influential followers, is on life support in a southern hospital, officials said on Tuesday.
Satya Sai Baba, 85, who has devotees in more than 100 countries, was admitted to a hospital funded by his organisation in the town of Puttaparthi with lung and chest congestion on March 28.
His condition has since deteriorated and he is now on a ventilator and is receiving kidney dialysis, the most recent health bulletin from the hospital said on Tuesday.
He remains "critical," although his "level of consciousness has considerably improved" and his vital systems are "stable", said the update from the Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences.
Thousands of followers have begun arriving in Puttaparthi, home to Sai Baba's ashram in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, with many agitated by conflicting information given out by local authorities.
Government officials have sought to play down the seriousness of his condition, while police are preventing groups from gathering in the town, according to local reports.
The wild-haired leader has a following of millions in India and abroad, many of whom believe him to be a living god, and the reincarnation of the great spiritual guru, Sai Baba of Shirdi, who died in 1918.
The guru, who claims to have performed several miracles including bringing men back to life, counts former Indian prime ministers, top businessmen and even the country's cricketers among his devotees.
His organisation funds health and education projects in India, including a string of hospitals that claim to be able to cure ailments beyond the capabilities of mainstream medicine.
He and Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, the so-called "hugging saint" of Kerala, are the best known of thousands of Hindu ascetics.
The swami's birth in Andhra Pradesh is shrouded in mystery.
One hagiographical account by a biographer claimed the mysterious sounding of drums signalled his impending birth.
In his teens he is said to have begun singing verses in Sanskrit, a language of which he had no prior knowledge, and then became able to materialise flowers and sweets to the astonishment of observers.
His devotees also credit him with an ability to remember his past lives, a frequent claim of Indian holy men, and he is believed to produce sacred ash every day.
His work in education and health have won him widespread acclaim and respectability, but his reputation has also been damaged by allegations of sexual abuse and paedophilia.
A BBC programme in 2004 called "The Secret Swami" featured interviews with former followers who claimed Sai Baba took advantage of them. The allegations were denied by the spiritual leader's organisation.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110405/wl ... 0405120421
There is a video at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 81887.html
Chinese girls born in single body with two heads
A hospital in southwestern China says conjoined twin girls with a single body and two heads have been born at its facility.
A staffer surnamed Wang at Suining City Central Hospital in Sichuan province says the girls were born on Thursday.
Wang said today the parents, who are farmers, did not want to have the babies at first, fearing they could not afford to keep them alive. She said they transferred the twins to a hospital in the nearby metropolis of Chongqing to be examined by experts.
The local Huaxi Metropolis Daily reported the twins weighed nine pounds and measured 51 centimetres. They have two spines and two esophaguses and share other organs. Doctors were quoted as saying it would be nearly impossible to separate them.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 81887.html
Chinese girls born in single body with two heads
A hospital in southwestern China says conjoined twin girls with a single body and two heads have been born at its facility.
A staffer surnamed Wang at Suining City Central Hospital in Sichuan province says the girls were born on Thursday.
Wang said today the parents, who are farmers, did not want to have the babies at first, fearing they could not afford to keep them alive. She said they transferred the twins to a hospital in the nearby metropolis of Chongqing to be examined by experts.
The local Huaxi Metropolis Daily reported the twins weighed nine pounds and measured 51 centimetres. They have two spines and two esophaguses and share other organs. Doctors were quoted as saying it would be nearly impossible to separate them.
End of the world sparks prayers, parties
Agence France-Presse May 21, 2011
Warnings by a U.S. fundamentalist preacher that today is Judgment Day have sent some people into hiding or scrambling to repent, while others are planning parties to wave off good Christians as they are beamed up to heaven.
Eighty-nine-year-old teleevangelist Harold Camping has predicted that at 6 p.m. local time in each of the world's regions the Rapture will happen and good Christians will be beamed up to heaven.
In the light of the prediction, thousands of ethnic Hmong converged on northwestern Dien Bien province a few weeks ago after hearing broadcasts on Camping's global religious broadcasting network, Family Radio, that Jesus was coming on May 21.
The Vietnamese government said some in the huge gathering were calling for a breakaway Hmong kingdom, and disrupted their wait for Christ, sending several hundred fleeing into the forests to hide, a resident said.
But their families are still in the region, waiting for Christ's return, the resident said.
In Ciudad Juarez, one of the hardest-hit cities in Mexico's drug wars, huge billboards proclaim that "Christ is coming back on May 21."
According to the authorities, the apocalyptic message hasn't provoked panic or hoarding, but one resident, Rosy Alderete, said she was "worried by the coincidence" that earthquakes have rocked the world in recent months.
Camping's prophecy says the end will be signalled in each region by powerful earthquakes, after which the good will be whisked up to heaven and the not-so-good will suffer through hell on earth until Oct. 21, when God will pull the plug on the planet once and for all.
In the United States, where Camping's evangelizing organization is based, some people have been quitting their jobs and hitting the road to urge others to repent before it's too late.
A New York couple, Abby Haddad Carson and her husband, Robert Carson, a few years ago stopped saving money to send their kids to college and started going on missions spreading the news the end of the world will begin today.
Their children are not only worried about whether or not they will be able to afford to go to college, but also somewhat embarrassed by their parents' actions.
© Copyright (c) The Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/search/sea ... rs+parties
Agence France-Presse May 21, 2011
Warnings by a U.S. fundamentalist preacher that today is Judgment Day have sent some people into hiding or scrambling to repent, while others are planning parties to wave off good Christians as they are beamed up to heaven.
Eighty-nine-year-old teleevangelist Harold Camping has predicted that at 6 p.m. local time in each of the world's regions the Rapture will happen and good Christians will be beamed up to heaven.
In the light of the prediction, thousands of ethnic Hmong converged on northwestern Dien Bien province a few weeks ago after hearing broadcasts on Camping's global religious broadcasting network, Family Radio, that Jesus was coming on May 21.
The Vietnamese government said some in the huge gathering were calling for a breakaway Hmong kingdom, and disrupted their wait for Christ, sending several hundred fleeing into the forests to hide, a resident said.
But their families are still in the region, waiting for Christ's return, the resident said.
In Ciudad Juarez, one of the hardest-hit cities in Mexico's drug wars, huge billboards proclaim that "Christ is coming back on May 21."
According to the authorities, the apocalyptic message hasn't provoked panic or hoarding, but one resident, Rosy Alderete, said she was "worried by the coincidence" that earthquakes have rocked the world in recent months.
Camping's prophecy says the end will be signalled in each region by powerful earthquakes, after which the good will be whisked up to heaven and the not-so-good will suffer through hell on earth until Oct. 21, when God will pull the plug on the planet once and for all.
In the United States, where Camping's evangelizing organization is based, some people have been quitting their jobs and hitting the road to urge others to repent before it's too late.
A New York couple, Abby Haddad Carson and her husband, Robert Carson, a few years ago stopped saving money to send their kids to college and started going on missions spreading the news the end of the world will begin today.
Their children are not only worried about whether or not they will be able to afford to go to college, but also somewhat embarrassed by their parents' actions.
© Copyright (c) The Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/search/sea ... rs+parties
There is a related multimedia linked at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/healt ... emc=tha210
Ready to Swim 103 Miles With the Sharks
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
KEY WEST, Fla. — Any day now, Diana Nyad will set out to do something no athlete has ever done: swim all day and all night, then all day and all night, then all day again.
She will swim about 60 hours in the churning sea, 103 miles across the Straits of Florida from Cuba to Key West. Every hour and a half, she will stop to tread water for a few minutes as she swallows a liquid mixture of predigested protein and eats an occasional bit of banana or dollop of peanut butter. She will most likely hallucinate and endure the stings of countless jellyfish. Along the way, sea salt will swell her tongue to cartoonish proportions and rub her skin raw.
“She is up against the most outlandish, outrageous, unbelievable physical endurance activity of, certainly, my lifetime,” said Steven Munatones, a champion open-water swimmer who runs the organization Open Water Source and will serve as an independent observer during Ms. Nyad’s swim. “I can’t imagine being in the ocean for 60 hours. I can’t imagine doing anything for 60 hours. It is inconceivable. It simply is.”
“Especially,” he added, “at her age.”
Her age is 61. Ms. Nyad attempted this swim once before, unsuccessfully, in 1978 at the age of 28. She swam inside a shark cage for 41 hours 49 minutes until the raucous weather and powerful current pushed her far off course and she was forced to give up. She had traveled only 50 miles. (One year later, she swam 102 miles from Bimini, in the Bahamas, to Jupiter, Fla., without a shark cage. She still holds the record for the world’s longest ocean swim.)
This time, armed with better technology and a battered but tough body, she is certain she will make it. “Physically, I am much stronger than I was before, although I was faster in my 20s,” said Ms. Nyad, who looks sturdy enough to defy a linebacker. “I feel strong, powerful, and endurance-wise, I’m fit.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/healt ... emc=tha210
Ready to Swim 103 Miles With the Sharks
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
KEY WEST, Fla. — Any day now, Diana Nyad will set out to do something no athlete has ever done: swim all day and all night, then all day and all night, then all day again.
She will swim about 60 hours in the churning sea, 103 miles across the Straits of Florida from Cuba to Key West. Every hour and a half, she will stop to tread water for a few minutes as she swallows a liquid mixture of predigested protein and eats an occasional bit of banana or dollop of peanut butter. She will most likely hallucinate and endure the stings of countless jellyfish. Along the way, sea salt will swell her tongue to cartoonish proportions and rub her skin raw.
“She is up against the most outlandish, outrageous, unbelievable physical endurance activity of, certainly, my lifetime,” said Steven Munatones, a champion open-water swimmer who runs the organization Open Water Source and will serve as an independent observer during Ms. Nyad’s swim. “I can’t imagine being in the ocean for 60 hours. I can’t imagine doing anything for 60 hours. It is inconceivable. It simply is.”
“Especially,” he added, “at her age.”
Her age is 61. Ms. Nyad attempted this swim once before, unsuccessfully, in 1978 at the age of 28. She swam inside a shark cage for 41 hours 49 minutes until the raucous weather and powerful current pushed her far off course and she was forced to give up. She had traveled only 50 miles. (One year later, she swam 102 miles from Bimini, in the Bahamas, to Jupiter, Fla., without a shark cage. She still holds the record for the world’s longest ocean swim.)
This time, armed with better technology and a battered but tough body, she is certain she will make it. “Physically, I am much stronger than I was before, although I was faster in my 20s,” said Ms. Nyad, who looks sturdy enough to defy a linebacker. “I feel strong, powerful, and endurance-wise, I’m fit.”
[ Desisurfer.com ] Indian Parliament House Violence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDro_Vgs ... ture=email
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDro_Vgs ... ture=email
Interesting video clip,
It shows the great manners of Indian leaders(!!?), it a big slap to Indian Rishis, Yogis and sages who used to taught to give respect to each others मातृ देवो भवः पितृ देवो भव. and जहा इन्सानको भगवान समजा जाता था. and where Human beings were treated as a God!
Where are the old Indian culture? where it is gone? Where is that old good India which was once advance in civilization in the world? this is the same India which finds 1 to 9 numbers first. which country introduced to the world YOGAS, MEDITATION and AAYURVED MEDICATION.
This is a shame in the face of biggest democracy in the world, shame on the face of Indian peoples. No WONDER IF ANY TAKE CONTROL ON INDIA BECAUSE OF THESE CORRUPTED AND FIGHTER LEADERS.
This kind foolish acts definitely ruin the great past images of India.
It shows the great manners of Indian leaders(!!?), it a big slap to Indian Rishis, Yogis and sages who used to taught to give respect to each others मातृ देवो भवः पितृ देवो भव. and जहा इन्सानको भगवान समजा जाता था. and where Human beings were treated as a God!
Where are the old Indian culture? where it is gone? Where is that old good India which was once advance in civilization in the world? this is the same India which finds 1 to 9 numbers first. which country introduced to the world YOGAS, MEDITATION and AAYURVED MEDICATION.
This is a shame in the face of biggest democracy in the world, shame on the face of Indian peoples. No WONDER IF ANY TAKE CONTROL ON INDIA BECAUSE OF THESE CORRUPTED AND FIGHTER LEADERS.
This kind foolish acts definitely ruin the great past images of India.
Krishna can born anywhere!!!!
Watch the link below a Muslim couple give a ride to Krishna!!!
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Stolen Purse - please watch!
This is a good example!
Watch the whole thing and please forward to family and friends,
especially all the ladies. Just make sure that the women you know see
this video. This video is worth watching. It could happen to anyone!
You just can't trust people these days.
http://www.wimp.com/goodsamaritan
Watch the whole thing and please forward to family and friends,
especially all the ladies. Just make sure that the women you know see
this video. This video is worth watching. It could happen to anyone!
You just can't trust people these days.
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The Afterlife Investigations - Movie Feature - The Scole Experiments
Breakthrough scientific evidence for the afterlife. The Scole Experiments. For five years a group of mediums and scientists witnessed more phenomena than in any other experiment in the history of the paranormal, including recorded conversations with the dead, written messages on sealed film, video of spirit faces and even spirit forms materializing. These experiments may finally convince you there is life after death. The scientific team in change of overseeing these experiments include world renowned Cambridge Scientist - Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, Dr. David Fontana and Researcher Montague Keen who died during the filming of the documentary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qSEi_sf ... ure=relmfu
Breakthrough scientific evidence for the afterlife. The Scole Experiments. For five years a group of mediums and scientists witnessed more phenomena than in any other experiment in the history of the paranormal, including recorded conversations with the dead, written messages on sealed film, video of spirit faces and even spirit forms materializing. These experiments may finally convince you there is life after death. The scientific team in change of overseeing these experiments include world renowned Cambridge Scientist - Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, Dr. David Fontana and Researcher Montague Keen who died during the filming of the documentary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qSEi_sf ... ure=relmfu
Uzbekistan's policy of secretly sterilising womenBy Natalia Antelava
BBC World Service
The BBC has been told by doctors that Uzbekistan is running a secret programme to sterilise women - and has talked to women sterilised without their knowledge or consent.
Adolat has striking looks, a quiet voice and a secret that she finds deeply shameful.
She knows what happened is not her fault, but she cannot help feeling guilty about it.
Adolat comes from Uzbekistan, where life centres around children and a big family is the definition of personal success. Adolat thinks of herself as a failure.
"What am I after what happened to me?" she says as her hand strokes her daughter's hair - the girl whose birth changed Adolat's life.
"I always dreamed of having four - two daughters and two sons - but after my second daughter I couldn't get pregnant," she says.
She went to see a doctor and found out that she had been sterilised after giving birth to her daughter by Caesarean section.
More....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17612550
BBC World Service
The BBC has been told by doctors that Uzbekistan is running a secret programme to sterilise women - and has talked to women sterilised without their knowledge or consent.
Adolat has striking looks, a quiet voice and a secret that she finds deeply shameful.
She knows what happened is not her fault, but she cannot help feeling guilty about it.
Adolat comes from Uzbekistan, where life centres around children and a big family is the definition of personal success. Adolat thinks of herself as a failure.
"What am I after what happened to me?" she says as her hand strokes her daughter's hair - the girl whose birth changed Adolat's life.
"I always dreamed of having four - two daughters and two sons - but after my second daughter I couldn't get pregnant," she says.
She went to see a doctor and found out that she had been sterilised after giving birth to her daughter by Caesarean section.
More....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17612550
Dubai - Water Fountain tribute to Whitney Houston
Check out this amazing Dubai Water fountain tribute to Whitney Houston, choreographed to "I will always love you" song with dancing water and lights.
Pretty amazing! 5 minute video
Just click on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssFJhuXTvUE
This is the Dubai Fountain, where there are 6600 lights, 25 projectors, and 902 ft long, and the water shoots up 490 ft into the air, (like a 50 storey building)
and it cost about $800 million dollars to build.
Check out this amazing Dubai Water fountain tribute to Whitney Houston, choreographed to "I will always love you" song with dancing water and lights.
Pretty amazing! 5 minute video
Just click on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssFJhuXTvUE
This is the Dubai Fountain, where there are 6600 lights, 25 projectors, and 902 ft long, and the water shoots up 490 ft into the air, (like a 50 storey building)
and it cost about $800 million dollars to build.
Pregnant baby girl born in Saudi Arabia
27.11.2008
An outstanding incident took place in the medical practice of Saudi doctors. A year-old girl turned out to be pregnant. Doctors said that it was the first incident in the history of modern medicine. Arab media outlets discuss whether the removal of the fetus from the baby girl is going to be considered a murder.
It turned out that the mother of the pregnant baby originally had two embryos during her pregnancy. One of the embryos began to develop in the uterus of the other child. In spite of the fact that doctors describe the incident as unique, there can be other similar examples found in history.
A 36-year-old farmer had the embryo of his twin brother removed in the town of Nagpur, India, in 2006. The man asked for medical help only after his swollen belly hampered his breathing.
Doctors were certain that the man had a gigantic tumor in his belly. However, they found fragments of human genitalia, hairs, limbs and jaws in the patient and finally removed a weird underdeveloped creature having legs and arms with long nails.
In 2002, Indian doctors found a fetus in the body of a six-month-old boy. The dead fetus, which surgeons removed from the boy, weighed one kilo, whereas the boy himself weighed 6.5 kilos.
The anomalous phenomenon is known as fetus in fetu. Such incidents are extremely rare: an embryo inside an embryo may appear once in 500,000 pregnancies. The phenomenon always occurs at an early stage of pregnancy. As a rule, the fetuses die in mother’s womb.
It may also happen that a child with a fetus inside survives the entire pregnancy. In this case the embryo continues to live inside its owner’s body like a trapped parasite.
A fetus in fetu can be considered alive, but only in the sense that its component tissues have not yet died or been eliminated. Thus, the life of a fetus in fetu is inherently limited to that of an invasive tumor. In principle, its cells must have some degree of normal metabolic activity to have remained viable. However, without the gestational conditions attainable (so far) only in utero with the amnion and placenta, a fetus in fetu can develop into, at best, an especially well-differentiated teratoma; or, at worst, a high-grade metastatic teratocarcinoma. In terms of physical maturation, its organs have a working blood supply from the host, but all cases of fetus in fetu present critical defects, such as no functional brain, heart, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, or urinary tract. Accordingly, while a fetus in fetu can share select morphological features with a normal fetus, it has no prospect of any life outside of the host twin. Moreover, it poses clear threats to the life of the host twin on whom its own life depends.
Also read: Doctors remove parasite child
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EfI2i90S5M
27.11.2008
An outstanding incident took place in the medical practice of Saudi doctors. A year-old girl turned out to be pregnant. Doctors said that it was the first incident in the history of modern medicine. Arab media outlets discuss whether the removal of the fetus from the baby girl is going to be considered a murder.
It turned out that the mother of the pregnant baby originally had two embryos during her pregnancy. One of the embryos began to develop in the uterus of the other child. In spite of the fact that doctors describe the incident as unique, there can be other similar examples found in history.
A 36-year-old farmer had the embryo of his twin brother removed in the town of Nagpur, India, in 2006. The man asked for medical help only after his swollen belly hampered his breathing.
Doctors were certain that the man had a gigantic tumor in his belly. However, they found fragments of human genitalia, hairs, limbs and jaws in the patient and finally removed a weird underdeveloped creature having legs and arms with long nails.
In 2002, Indian doctors found a fetus in the body of a six-month-old boy. The dead fetus, which surgeons removed from the boy, weighed one kilo, whereas the boy himself weighed 6.5 kilos.
The anomalous phenomenon is known as fetus in fetu. Such incidents are extremely rare: an embryo inside an embryo may appear once in 500,000 pregnancies. The phenomenon always occurs at an early stage of pregnancy. As a rule, the fetuses die in mother’s womb.
It may also happen that a child with a fetus inside survives the entire pregnancy. In this case the embryo continues to live inside its owner’s body like a trapped parasite.
A fetus in fetu can be considered alive, but only in the sense that its component tissues have not yet died or been eliminated. Thus, the life of a fetus in fetu is inherently limited to that of an invasive tumor. In principle, its cells must have some degree of normal metabolic activity to have remained viable. However, without the gestational conditions attainable (so far) only in utero with the amnion and placenta, a fetus in fetu can develop into, at best, an especially well-differentiated teratoma; or, at worst, a high-grade metastatic teratocarcinoma. In terms of physical maturation, its organs have a working blood supply from the host, but all cases of fetus in fetu present critical defects, such as no functional brain, heart, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, or urinary tract. Accordingly, while a fetus in fetu can share select morphological features with a normal fetus, it has no prospect of any life outside of the host twin. Moreover, it poses clear threats to the life of the host twin on whom its own life depends.
Also read: Doctors remove parasite child
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EfI2i90S5M
Self-taught african teen wows MIT
Submitted by Jur on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 19:08
15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus.
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Submitted by Jur on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 19:08
15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus.
http://www.sciencedump.com/content/self ... n-wows-mit
American Polyglot Practicing 20 Languages .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOiXtWcQ8GI
This is one cool kid.. lol..
http://static.video.qq.com/TPout.swf?au ... 010673xh67
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOiXtWcQ8GI
This is one cool kid.. lol..
http://static.video.qq.com/TPout.swf?au ... 010673xh67
'Evil Twin' Embryo Removed From Woman's Brain
Doctors have discovered an embryonic twin complete with bone, hair and teeth in the brain of a woman having surgery for a suspected tumour.
Yamini Karanam, 26, sought medical help last September after she began to struggle with conversations and reading.
Doctors were initially unsure what was causing the Indiana University PhD student's health problems.
She had keyhole surgery deep into the brain which found a "teratoma" - the embryonic twin.
Ms Karanam jokingly told NBC Los Angeles it was her "evil twin sister who's been torturing me for the past 26 years".
Surgeons removed the teratoma and she is expected to make a full recovery.
Dr Hrayr Shahinian, at the Skullbase Institute in Los Angeles, told NBC it was only the second teratoma he had encountered out of up to 8,000 brain tumours he has removed.
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/evi ... ar-AAbwt7a
Doctors have discovered an embryonic twin complete with bone, hair and teeth in the brain of a woman having surgery for a suspected tumour.
Yamini Karanam, 26, sought medical help last September after she began to struggle with conversations and reading.
Doctors were initially unsure what was causing the Indiana University PhD student's health problems.
She had keyhole surgery deep into the brain which found a "teratoma" - the embryonic twin.
Ms Karanam jokingly told NBC Los Angeles it was her "evil twin sister who's been torturing me for the past 26 years".
Surgeons removed the teratoma and she is expected to make a full recovery.
Dr Hrayr Shahinian, at the Skullbase Institute in Los Angeles, told NBC it was only the second teratoma he had encountered out of up to 8,000 brain tumours he has removed.
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/evi ... ar-AAbwt7a
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Baby Girl Born With Possible Absorbed Twins Inside Her
Feb 9, 2015, 12:35 PM ET
By SYDNEY LUPKIN
Sydney Lupkin More from Sydney »
Health Reporter
via World News
A baby girl born in Hong Kong appeared to have a growth of some kind in her left side, but doctors soon discovered the growth contained what could be "absorbed" siblings.
The nearly 9-pound baby girl had a rare condition called fetus-in-fetu, which happens when a partially developed fetus becomes incorporated into a normally developing fetus (its twin) in the womb. This condition affects about 1 in 500,000 births, according to the case study published in the Hong Kong Medical Journal this month.
The mass was between the girl's liver and left kidney, and it included two partially formed fetus-like structures, one weighing half an ounce and the other weighing a third of an ounce.
Baby Girl Born With Possible Absorbed Twins Inside Her
Feb 9, 2015, 12:35 PM ET
By SYDNEY LUPKIN
Sydney Lupkin More from Sydney »
Health Reporter
via World News
A baby girl born in Hong Kong appeared to have a growth of some kind in her left side, but doctors soon discovered the growth contained what could be "absorbed" siblings.
The nearly 9-pound baby girl had a rare condition called fetus-in-fetu, which happens when a partially developed fetus becomes incorporated into a normally developing fetus (its twin) in the womb. This condition affects about 1 in 500,000 births, according to the case study published in the Hong Kong Medical Journal this month.
The mass was between the girl's liver and left kidney, and it included two partially formed fetus-like structures, one weighing half an ounce and the other weighing a third of an ounce.
The sisters with a combined age of 391: Quartet to be recognised as world's oldest siblings.
Four sisters are set to become the world's oldest siblings with a combined age of nearly 400 and claim their secret to a long life is down to eating only British food.
Twins Freda and Doris Latham have just celebrated their 101st birthday alongside sisters Gladys Camp, 96, and Phyllis Friend, 93, in their home county of Devon.
Between the four of them, they have lived through 19 Prime Ministers, four monarchs and survived two World Wars.
Their combined age of 391 years beats the previous record of the world's oldest set of sisters who had a combined age of 386.
The four siblings put their long and record-breaking life down to a healthy British diet.
They are now hoping to get their achievement officially recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Gladys, who lives in Kentisbury, Devon, while the other three live in nearby Barnstaple, said: 'It would be wonderful if we were officially recognised as the oldest sisters in the world. People are talking about the world, not just in this country.
Four sisters are set to become the world's oldest siblings with a combined age of nearly 400 and claim their secret to a long life is down to eating only British food.
Twins Freda and Doris Latham have just celebrated their 101st birthday alongside sisters Gladys Camp, 96, and Phyllis Friend, 93, in their home county of Devon.
Between the four of them, they have lived through 19 Prime Ministers, four monarchs and survived two World Wars.
Their combined age of 391 years beats the previous record of the world's oldest set of sisters who had a combined age of 386.
The four siblings put their long and record-breaking life down to a healthy British diet.
They are now hoping to get their achievement officially recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Gladys, who lives in Kentisbury, Devon, while the other three live in nearby Barnstaple, said: 'It would be wonderful if we were officially recognised as the oldest sisters in the world. People are talking about the world, not just in this country.
80 Unreal Places You Thought Only Existed in Your Imagination
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97 -year-old woman takes on Trans-America rally
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ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
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2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest winners
After due deliberation, and having reviewed over 17,000 images, the judges have announced the results of the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, with this year's grand prize winner embarking on an eight-day National Geographic Photo Expedition to Costa Rica and the Panama Canal for two. Join us as we take a look at the winners, the runners up as well as a selection of the other stunning images from this year's competition
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/20 ... md#image=1
After due deliberation, and having reviewed over 17,000 images, the judges have announced the results of the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, with this year's grand prize winner embarking on an eight-day National Geographic Photo Expedition to Costa Rica and the Panama Canal for two. Join us as we take a look at the winners, the runners up as well as a selection of the other stunning images from this year's competition
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/20 ... md#image=1