R.I.P. Talia Joy Castellano: You Fought An Inspirational Cancer Fight

'It is with a heavy heart that we share with all of you that Talia has earned her wings at 11:22am. Please lift her beautiful soul, her beautiful light to heaven.'

That was the message posted on her Facebook page today of the Florida teen. Talia Joy Castellano amazed and inspired and millions of others with the simple, mature and inspirational manner she handled her terminal illness at her age. I admired her so much.

In an interview with her last October on her eponymous daytime show, Ms DeGeneres stopped to say:

'You really are quite something. There's a depth to your soul that is not a 13-year-old soul. You’re an old soul and you are very special and amazing, and I’m so honored that you wanted to meet me and that I got to meet you.'

That more than the truth. She was too mature for her age.

Since the news broke dozens of fans have taken to Twitter to offer their condolences including Ellen DeGeneres, Miley Cyrus, Kendall Jenner and Justin Bieber.

In one of her YouTube tutorials Talia explained that she didn't wear wigs because they made her feel 'fake and 'just not me'.  Instead, she used make-up as a confidence booster and her upbeat and entertaining video tutorials went on to attract millions of hits.

Rest in peace Talia Joy Castellano. We will never forget you. We will never forget how you gallantly and the strength you gave many to fight. Once again R.I.P. Talia Joy Castellano

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Asiana Airline To Sue KTVU-TV Over Fake Racially Offensive Names Of Asiana Pilots

A few days ago we brought you the report about published fake racially offensive names of Asiana pilot names.  Well Asiana Airline didn’t find it funny neither did we. Asiana said Monday 15th july 2013 that it will sue a San Francisco TV station that damaged the airline's reputation by using bogus and racially offensive names for four pilots on a plane that crashed earlier this month in San Francisco.

Fake Racially Offensive Names Of Asiana Pilots

An anchor for KTVU-TV read the names on the air Friday and then apologized after a break. The report was accompanied by a graphic with the phony names listed alongside a photo of the burned-out plane that had crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, killing three and injuring dozens.

Video of the report has spread widely across the Internet since it was broadcast. The National Transportation Safety Board has also apologized, saying a summer intern erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew.

Asiana has decided to sue KTVU-TV to "strongly respond to its racially discriminatory report" that disparaged Asians, Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin said. She said the airline will likely file suit in U.S. courts. She said the report seriously damaged Asiana's reputation. Asiana hasn't determined whether to launch a similar suit against the NTSB, Lee said.

Tom Raponi, KTVU Vice President & General Manager, said in a statement that KTVU would not be making any further comment because of the airline's threat of a lawsuit.

Neither the station nor the NTSB has said where the names originated.

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Irreconcilable Difference: Funke Akindele's Marriage Suffers A Seperation

The usual suspect in separation and divorce is always irreconcilable difference. Barely after celebrating one year anniversary of their wedding comes this shocker and it's not a rumour or media publicity stunt. The popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele got married to Kehinde Oloyede, amidst a lot of media furore just last year. Reports are that the marriage may be on it's last legs. This Nigeria entertainment news is based on a Facebook post made by Kehinde Oloyede which it seems he has deleted. He wrote:

"It’s with heavy heart that am announcing the separation of me nd ma wife Mrs olufunke akindele,we’ve both agreed to go our separate ways coz of irreconcilable differences. we still best of friends nd we 4ever remain gud friends.
..."Am doing just fine, gettn along without u,don't need u anymore in ma life.u d greatest mistake av made in recent time.

Kehinde Oloyede and Funke Akindele kiss

Funke's publicist confirmed that the two have indeed gone their separate ways (for now). They've actually been having issues for a while and Funke had actually been planning to divorce him quietly, but Mr Oloyede decided to make it public. Funke also recently changed her BB name from Mrs Funke Akindele Oloyede to Everybody loves Jenifa. Funke and Kehinde

Is Nollywood marriage is fast becoming like Hollywood marriage? Marriage was union meant to be for better for worse till death do you part. I prays goes back to status quo lest they take to the next level which is divorce.

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New Song Coming - RCCG Open Heavens Devotion Tuesday 16th July 2013

NEW SONG COMING COMINGBY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

Memorise:

…..Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. John 9:25b

Read:

John 9:24-25

Open Heavens Message
It is good to have a single contact with God but much better to enjoy a continuous flow of God’s blessing by abiding in Him. At an advanced age, Sarah had contact with God and suddenly laughter erupted. Every hearer of her conception story and subsequent childbirth were also infected with laughter: no wonder she name Isaac laughter (Genesis 22:1-6).

Have you been going through sorrow for a while? Is your name synonymous with sorrow like Jabez? Are you sorrowful because for a long time nothing new has come to you? Is there a long standing problem that has defied all prayer efforts? Fear not! Your laughter season is just round the corner. Very short, like it happened to Sarah, many people will come and laugh and rejoice with you.

A single contact with God can put a new song in your mouth. This was the experience of the man who was born blind recorded in John 9:24-25. After the Lord opened his eyes, people began to argue so much on his issue. But when he was called to clarify his story he told them:
“…..Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.” John 9:25b

That will be your new song from today! You will be singing: Once I was sick but now I am healed; once I was bound but now I am free; once I was begging to feed but now I am a lender to nations; once I was barren but now I am praying to God to stop adding more children to me; once I was last but now I am first; once I was completely ignored over important matters but now without consulting me, nothing can be done; once I was crawling spiritually, but now I am flying; once no suitor came for my hand in marriage but now I have several serious suitors that I don’t even know which one to choose from; once I was homeless but now I have a comfortable place; once I was a tenant harassed by my landlord but now I am a landlord with understanding tenants in Jesus name. a new song is coming your way this season. Believe it, receive it, action it and expect it to manifest.

Bible In One Year:

Numbers 21-24

Prayer Point
Thank God for giving you a new song. Thank God for the success of past conventions of The Redeemed Christian Church of God. Ask that this year’s convention will be pleasantly different.

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Fulfilling His Purpose - RCCG Open Heavens Devotion Monday 15th July 2013

FULFILLING HIS PURPOSE BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

Memorise:
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: Ephesians 1:11

Read:
Ephesians 1:9-12

Open Heavens Message
Isaiah 60:1 commands us to arise and shine. To shine is to fulfill purpose. In Mark 10:46-52, when Bartimaeus was led to Jesus and He commanded his eyes to be opened, He was simply asking his eyes to fulfill the purpose for which they were created. No part of your body is there just for fun: every part has a purpose. Also in Acts 3:1-8, when Peter commanded the lame man to walk, he was only asking the legs to fulfill their purpose. Whenever Jesus heals or delivers an individual, it is in connection with creating fresh avenues for the fellow to fulfill divine purpose. In Mark 8:14-16, Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law so that she could serve – fulfill her purpose.

Are you sick? The healing power of God will touch and heal you so that you can fulfill God’s purpose. God’s purpose for the man of Gadara was to be an evangelist, so when He came to him and met him occupied with insanity – which is the devil’s purpose, He delivered him and he fulfilled his purpose as an evangelist. Anything hindering you from fulfilling God’s purpose for your life shall be removed by the power of the Holy Ghost. In Esther 4:13-16, when the nation of Israel was facing organized extermination plans, Mordecai met Queen Esther and told her to fulfill her purpose. May you fulfill your purpose as president, governor, senator, minister, pastor, leader, etc. You are not occupying that vantage position for your own purpose but for His divine purpose.

You are not there to serve yourself, but to both serve and please Him. To allow you get into that office or position, He has displaced several other people who want to occupy it. Are you justifying His decision to choose you to serve His purpose? Have you been ordained? If yes, do you know that you were not just ordained just to bear a title or so that people will begin to address you by your title, but to fulfill His purpose? God did not call you into the office of a pastor or evangelist so that you can go about shaking your head and announcing that a great man of God is coming, but to preach His Word, win souls, disciple converts, lay hands on the sick, etc. Are you fulfilling His purpose? You cannot shine until you do this

Key Point
The position a believer occupies, the resources and achievements he gets and every opportunity that comes his or her way are all to help the fellow fulfill a divine purpose.

Bible In One Year:
Jeremiah 17-20

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Why A Woman Will Stab Her 8 Month Old Baby Boy 90 Times Beats Me

Some women are desperately looking for a child either by adopting or carrying the pregnancy for 9 months while one Chinese woman wants to kill her own 8 months old baby with 90 scissors stabs to the face. It's so insane. Why a woman will stab her 8 month old baby boy 90 times with a scissors beats the hell out of me. The mental health of this woman is in question.

An eight-month-old baby boy has miraculously survived after his mother stabbed him 90 times with a pair of scissors. Xiao Bao, from Xuzhou, eastern China's Jiangsu Province, needed more than 100 stitches after his mother relentlessly stabbed him for biting her while she was breastfeeding.

Xiao Bao lives with his mother and two uncles, who earn a living by recycling trash. According to the Daily Mail, it was one of the uncles rushed Xiao Bao to the hospital after he discovered his nephew's limp body in a pool of blood in the yard of their home.

Xiao Bao's mother later confessed to stabbing her baby after he nipped her during breastfeeding.

After the horrifying incident, neighbors have pleaded with the local government officials to take the baby away. However, authorities have rejected their pleas, saying that there was no evidence that the mother was suffering from a mental illness and that Xiao Bao still has his two uncles as guardians.

Mental illness is still a taboo subject and modern China, and neither medication nor psychiatric treatment is commonly accepted. Nonetheless, a 2009 study published in the journal The Lancet, estimated that 91 percent of the 173 million Chinese adults believed to suffer psychiatric problems never receive treatment.

What kinda relationship will this woman have with her son by the time he grows up?

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Food For Thought: No Excuses Allowed

Question: What is one dream that you've had in your head for a while and have not yet taken action on?

And what is the thing that is stopping you?

 - Darren Rowse

What ever you think is stopping you cannot stop you if you put your mind and might into that dream. No Excuses Allowed!!

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