LIFE CHANGER! Bolt Says Near-Death Experience Put Him Closer To God

The world's fastest man has admitted that he now has a different perspective on life and is closer to God after his involvement in a car accident in 2009.
Usain Bolt - File photoUsain Bolt, the six-time Olympic gold medallist and 100m and 200m worldrecord holder, walked away with minor injuries after losing control of, and wrecking his BMW M3 motor car along Highway 2000 in April 2009.
That experience, the superstar sprinter said, has changed his life.
"I definitely think that I am a different person as a result of that car crash," said Bolt during an hourlong BBC 5 Live interview last Thursday. Bolt is currently promoting his second autobiography - Faster Than Lightning.
Bolt, who noted that he has since attended church on a more regular basis, also stated that he is now convinced his purpose is not just to win medals and break records, but also to inspire people. read more...

Man Performs CPR On Wallaby....'Lucky' The Wallaby Saved From Creek By Recent CPR Trainee

Would you perform CPR on a wallaby? One Australian man was able to utilize his newly-learned rescue skills on a very unlikely victim.
Lucky 2Mick Hussin was on holiday in Byron Bay, New South Wales enjoying a beer when he saw a pack of dogs chase a wallaby joey into a nearby creek, according to NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES). Hussin jumped into the creek and was able to grab the animal by the tail and pull it to shore. Hussin cupped his hands into a funnel and began performing CPR on the joey.
"I thought I might've been wasting my time, but I thought I would keep trying anyway," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "After ten minutes of performing CPR, the wallaby's hands started to move. It was the greatest feeling when I saw its paws move," Hussin said according to a WIRES press release. read more..

BREAKING NEWS > MALL MASSACRE... 30+ DEAD......Qaeda-Linked Militants Storm Upscale Shopping Center In Kenya... Opened Fire With Assault Rifles, Threw Grenades... Hostages Still In Mall... Attackers Let Muslims Walk Free

NAIROBI, Kenya — Terrified shoppers huddled in back hallways and prayed they would not be found by the Islamic extremist gunmen lobbing grenades and firing assault rifles inside Nairobi's top mall Saturday. When the coast was thought to be clear, crying mothers clutching small children and blood-splattered men sprinted out of the four-story mall.
At least 30 people were killed in the assault, with fears the toll could rise further, said Kenya Red Cross official Abbas Gullet.
The al-Qaida-linked gunmen asked the victims they had cornered if they were Muslim: If the answer was yes, several witnesses said, those people were free to go. The non-Muslims were not.
Somalia's Islamic extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility and said the attack was retribution for Kenyan forces' 2011 push into Somalia. The rebels threatened more attacks. read more...
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REPUBLICAN House Votes To Cut Food Stamps By $40 Billion

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives on Thursday approved sweeping reforms to the nation's food stamp program that would cut some $40 billion in nutrition aid over 10 years and deny benefits to millions starting in 2014.
By 217 to 210, the House said yes to the measure, with its Republican backers arguing it would help more people find jobs.
Boehner
House Speaker, Boehner
"This bill is designed to give people a hand when they need it most. Most people don't choose to be on food stamps. Most people want a job," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) "Most people want to go out and be productive so that they can earn a living, so that they can support a family, so that they can have hope for a more prosperous future. They want what we want."
While most proponents of the bill similarly argued that they were just promoting work, there was also an undercurrent of accusation that many Americans are abusing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to sponge off taxpayers. read more...

IN JAMAICA : Demons, or health scare? Students flee Sydney Pagon High School

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Hysterics, fainting spells, and reports of "demonism", described by Education Minister Ronnie Thwaites as a "health scare", have caused a mass exit of students from the Sydney Pagon Agricultural High School at Elim in north-east St Elizabeth over recent days.
Thwaites and the Ministry of Education's Regional Director Nadine Leachman told journalists yesterday that they were hoping for a resumption of "full" operations at the boarding school on Monday. "There is a health scare. I am pleased that the regional director has acted quickly and so have the health authorities, and I am told the worst has passed. We are very sorry to hear about it and we trust that on Monday there can begin full and secure operations. I am told that this morning (yesterday) things are much calmer, students who were affected are improving...," Thwaites said.
Leachman, who along with Thwaites, were guests at Siloah Primary School's prize-giving ceremony, told journalists that many parents came and collected their teenaged children following news that "students (were) getting all hysterical about spirits and things". She said some students were still on the campus, though the majority had left. read more..... 

IN JAMAICA: Cari-Folk Singers celebrate their 40th anniversary......with a concert season at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue, StAndrew

Lovers of Caribbean (especially Jamaican) folk music have an offer of a special treat this weekend. It comes from the Cari-Folk Singers, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary with a concert season at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue, StAndrew.
Opening today and closing on Sunday the season, named simply Celebrating 40, features 40 singers and musicians performing 45 items over two hours. The story told is the birth, growth and current life of the ensemble.
In front (from left) are Sherell Charles, Patricia Newland, Dalaiah Reid-Thomas, Marilyn Brown and Samantha Oates, as the Cari-Folk Singers do 'Wade in the Water', from the Negro Spirituals Suite during their 2011 concert season. - Contributed
In front (from left) are Sherell Charles, Patricia Newland,
 Dalaiah Reid-Thomas, Marilyn Brown
 and Samantha Oates, as the
Cari-Folk Singers do 'Wade in the Water',
Many and varied musical forms are employed in the telling. They are kumina and nine night (directed by Hugh Douse), reggae (directed by Grub Cooper), Caribbean island music (Noel Dexter), sacred music (Godfrey Taylor), and folk (Angela Elliot).
The show's artistic director is Winston 'Bello' Bell, while the National Dance Theatre Company's (NDTC) Kevin Moore is the movement director. Nadia Roxburgh is the lighting designer and Karen Bellamy the costume designer. Included in the group's band are master drummers Calvin Mitchell and Philip Supersad. read more...

New Hand Written Statement from Vybz Kartel.....WOW! "If roach was killed on Mannings hill road Sunday morning. What kind of intelligence could have led the police to horizon remand centre Sunday at mid day"....

kartel
Vybz Kartel
Riddimstream kartel scan1From ADIDJA PALMER aka Vybz Kartel. 
Before I begin to talk about the real issues as to why the police are taking a set on me. I must first say that the Jamaican police are the worst inefficient set of police in the world. Who say they act on intelligence when it is completely the opposite . If roach was killed on Mannings Hill Road Sunday morning. What kind of intelligence could have led the police to horizon remand centre Sunday at mid day, I have never spoken to roach or anyone associated with him nor do I have any altercation with him. I was laying on my bed on Sunday at about midday when I heard my cell door shaking. It was the police without giving me a reason for the search about to be conducted. They ask me to step out of my cell. During the search a hammer was used to tear apart a section of the wall between my cell and a cell occupied by "zebra". read more...

Chicago Park Shooting: 12 People Shot On Basketball Court including 3 y-o (VIDEO)

Twelve people, including a 3-year-old child, were shot on Thursday night in a park on Chicago's South Side, the Chicago Tribune reported.
View image on TwitterThe shootings reportedly occurred at a basketball court in Cornell Square Park in the city's Back of the Yards neighborhood. Francis John, 70, was upstairs in her three-flat home near the park when she heard gunfire. "It was a lot of boom, boom, boom,” John told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Ten adults and the 3-year-old were transported by Fire Department ambulances to area hospitals after the attack. A 12th victim was believed to have driven himself to the hospital, The Tribune reported. At the time of this writing, all of the victims are alive, Fire Department Deputy District Chief James Mungovan said. Four of the victims are in critical condition, five are in serious and two are in stable, KABC reported. No word yet on what prompted the shooting. And no details have been released about a suspect. read more...

10 y-o ASIA NEWSOM- Super Business Girl...... Detroit's Youngest Entrepreneur, Asia Newson, Is Both Adorable & Ambitious (VIDEO)

Asia Newsom, 10 y-o entrepreneur
Asia Newson, wants you to know she's Detroit's youngest entrepreneur, and she "likes to do what she likes to do!"
Not only is Newson running a candle company with her dad called "Super Business Girl," she also has ambitions to go on to become mayor of the city, and ultimately the president of the United States.
And based on her track record, we won't be surprised if we see her in the White House in a few years. Thus far, the spunky 10-year-old has achieved whatever she has put her mind to. For example, she pitched Quicken Loans founder, Dan Gilbert, on the street and convinced him to meet with her. In an interview with Local 4 WDIV Detroit, little Newson's infectious energy shines through as she explains her business and her mission. read more...

(VIDEO) Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Parkinson's Disease People who stop taking fat-soluble cholesterol drugs may be at an increased risk for developing Parkinson's disease, according to a new study.

People who stop taking fat-soluble cholesterol drugs may be at an increased risk for developing Parkinson's disease, according to a new study. Taiwanese researchers found that when people stopped taking fat-soluble statins, like simvastatin and atorvastatin, their risk for Parkinson's disease increased.

Stethoscope“The notion is that fat-soluble statins are able to penetrate the brain because they can cross, what we call, the blood-brain barrier," says Hubert Fernandez, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic. "The blood-brain barrier is our defense mechanism in preventing brain infections or unwanted substances in the brain."
They studied nearly 44,000 people who were taking statins and didn't have Parkinson's disease. After stopping, 58 percent were more likely to develop Parkinson's disease than those who kept taking the drugs.
“We should all be encouraged that there may be a drug that is generally safe and commercially available that can lower the risk for developing Parkinson’s disease," Dr. Fernandez says. "But the warning here is this is just a population-based study. We’re looking at risks, not absolute certainties.” read more...

ELITE Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce yesterday implored scholarship recipients.....Seven get scholarships from Pocket Rocket Foundation

ELITE Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce yesterday implored seven recipients of scholarship grants awarded by her Pocket Rocket Foundation to strike the correct balance between sports and academics as they strive to become world beaters.
Sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
 (fourth left) poses with the Pocket Rocket
Foundation scholarship awardees


 
Fraser-Pryce donated more than $700,000 to seven high school students as part of her effort to give back to aspiring youth in her country. Speaking at the award function, held at Devon House in Kingston yesterday, Fraser-Pryce warned the awardees that her foundation would be keeping tabs on their academic and sporting progress.
"Keeping up to date on school is very important because, as you know, balancing both, it's very good to know that you can do two things at one time and accomplish both of them at the same time. So I want you to have that balance. I want you to make sacrifices," Fraser-Pryce said. read more...

Contraband Found In Kartel's Jail Cell As Police Probe ‘Roach’ Murder - CCN

Vybz Kartel – File
Kartel
As investigators intensify their investigations into the murder of popular music producer Patrick Samuels, otherwise called ‘Roach’, according to reports from Constabulary Communication Network (CCN), police intelligence have led them to carry out a search of the jail cell of Adijah Palmer, otherwise called ‘Vybz Kartel’. 

The CCN reports that, on Sunday, Detectives seized two cellular phones and three thumb drives from the cell occupied by Palmer. The cell of Garfield Vassell, otherwise called ‘Zebra’, was also searched and the officers seized a sim card, as well as a piece of paper containing instructions purportedly written by a popular entertainer. On Monday the lawmen went back to the prison and during further searches, one DVD player and an apple iPod were taken from the cell of Palmer and a DVD player seized from the cell of Shawn Campbell, otherwise called ‘Shawn Storm’. 

The items taken from the cells will now be analyzed for evidential purposes in the Police’s search for clues as they seek to find the perpetrators behind the murder of Samuels. read more...

According To Math, Here's When You Should Buy A Powerball Ticket

The Powerball lottery jackpot has hit a whopping $400 million, and the question on everyone's mind is "At what point should I actually start caring about the Powerball Lottery"?
Powerball winner probabilityAnswering this question is not so simple, because in addition to calculating the odds of winning a potential jackpot, you also have to figure out the odds that you will have to split the potential jackpot. And the odds of a split change all the time, because the bigger the jackpot, the more people buy tickets. So we've decided to really drill down into the math to combine all the factors, including jackpot size, and the odds you will have to split the pot if you do win.
Powerball is interesting in the sense that there are a number of stagnant cash prizes that you can win, as well as an ever-increasing jackpot. 
The expected value of spending $2 on a Powerball ticket is actually  -$1.58 when you ignore the jackpot. That's right, the expected value of playing when you ignore the jackpot is negative. read more: 

The Habits Of Supremely Happy People

Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology, theorizes that while 60 percent of happiness is determined by our genetics and environment, the remaining 40 percent is up to us.
happiness habitsIn his 2004 Ted Talk, Seligman describes three different kinds of happy lives: The pleasant life, in which you fill your life with as many pleasures as you can, the life of engagement, where you find a life in your work, parenting, love and leisure and themeaningful life, which "consists of knowing what your highest strengths are, and using them to belong to and in the service of something larger than you are."
After exploring what accounts for ultimate satisfaction, Seligman says he was surprised. The pursuit of pleasure, research determined, has hardly any contribution to a lasting fulfillment. Instead, pleasure is "the whipped cream and the cherry" that adds a certain sweetness to satisfactory lives founded by the simultaneous pursuit of meaning and engagement. read more...

Paul Campbell aims to break typecast....."No More Mr. Bad Guy"

Paul Campbell,... I want that role
that will allow me to use my diction


 
ACTOR Paul Campbell is not satisfied with the film roles coming his way, but says he accepts them to stay in the system.
Speaking at the Jamaica Observer's Monday Exchange, Campbell added that the lack of suitable roles may be due to his turn as a heavy in films such as Dancehall Queen and Third World Cop. "I am not only a bad guy. I want that role that will allow me to use my diction," he stressed. "That strong character — the eloquent lawyer — that's what I would like."
Campbell, who also had an endearing role as Aloysius in The Lunatic — the screen adaptation of the Anthony Winkler novel of the same name — is in Jamaica for the premiere of his latest film, Home Again. "Paul is where the money is," joked Campbell, in his signature tone when asked about other films.
"I have been working on a few projects, Home Again, Out The Gate, Machete Joe, and now filming Jamaican Mafia in Brooklyn, New York. But like everybody who is not getting the roles we want, I am looking to roll out my own production company to produce material for film and television," he explained. read more: 

IN WESTMORELAND, JAMAICA: 'Shoot First!'... In Clashes With Criminals, Sav-La-Mar Mayor Tells Cops

Frustrated by high levels of crime in Westmoreland, Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Bertel Moore has urged the police to adopt a "shoot-first" policy to help bring the situation under control.
Bertel Moore, mayor of Savanna-la-Mar. - FILE
Bartel Moore, Mayor of Sav-la-mar
"We cannot have these killings continue to happen in our parish, so I am suggesting to the police to shoot first and then ask questions later," said Moore. The mayor was addressing last Thursday's sitting of the Westmoreland Parish Council. "These crimes cannot continue to happen like that," he said.
The parish of Westmoreland ranks as the fourth bloodiest police division this summer, National Security Minister Peter Bunting said in the House of Representatives last week. Assistant Commissioner of Police Warren Clarke, the commanding officer for Area One (Westmoreland, Hanover, St James and Trelawny), was dismissive of Moore's suggestion.
"The advice runs counter to our rules of engagement," he told The Gleaner when asked for a comment. read more...

IN JAMAICA: School Lockouts Spark Debate.....The move by two Corporate Area high schools yesterday to lock out dozens of students who showed up late

Dozens of Camperdown High students who showed up late for school were locked out of the compound yesterday. Several schools have decided to shut the gates on students who arrive late for lessons or breach the dress code. - Norman Grindley/ Chief Photographer
Dozens of Camperdown High students
who showed up late for school were
 locked out of the compound yesterday.
The move by two Corporate Area high schools yesterday to lock out dozens of students who showed up late and were in breach of the dress code has drawn fresh attention to some of the punitive measures being used by school administrators to curb the escalating problems.
For nearly two hours, students from Camperdown and Dunoon Park Technical high schools who had lined up outside the east Kingston-based compounds were denied entry by school staff and security guards.
This approach, according to some school administrators, is just one of several forms of punishment meted out to students who are increasingly showing scant regard for punctuality or the way they are attired for learning.
Other punitive measures include suspension, detentions and the assigning of demerit points.
Ruel Reid, principal of Jamaica College, said that he has had to demonstrate tough love at the all-boy institution. He recalled the backlash he faced from angry parents who accused him of trying to deny their children of an education. read more...

Jamaica Missed The Boat on HOME AGAIN Movie Starring PAUL CAMPBELL

HOME Again, a film depicting the challenges faced by individuals after deportation to Jamaica could have easily been a local production had the Government not snubbed approaches by writer/co-producer Jennifer Holness.
Jamaican-born Canadian Jennifer Holness,
writer/coproducer of the film Home Again


 
Shot in Trinidad and Tobago, the film had its Jamaican premiere at the Carib 5 Cinema in Cross Roads, St Andrew last night. Yesterday, Holness, a Jamaican-born Canadian producer, told the weekly Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange of the obstacles she and her team encountered in getting the Jamaican Government on board to ensure the production was done locally.
Holness said, with the help of the film commission (an arm of Jamaica Promotions — Jampro), she tried to tie down meetings with several Government officials, but to no avail. "The film commission really, really tried to set up meetings, but it didn't happen. We never ever had a conversation," said Holness. Read more...

Roshelle McKinley, 19-Y-O Miss Jamaica Global Confident....a third-year business administration undergraduate at the University College of the Caribbean(UCC)

19-year-old Roshelle McKinley, Miss Jamaica Global.
19-year-old Roshelle McKinley,
 Miss Jamaica Global
The confidence of 19-year-old Roshelle McKinley is at an all-time high since winning the Miss Jamaica Global competition in May. And the Bachelor of Sciences student isn't about to lose that streak. McKinley tells Flair that come Saturday, September 28, she is going for the Miss Global International crown.
Not even slightly perturbed about the 39 other contestants she will be competing against from across the globe, McKinley says, "I am eager to get the title. I am currently being groomed - I can't be too prepared, and having measured myself on the international level from day one, I would say everything is dependent on my behaviour on coronation day."
Pageants like the Miss Global help to develop poised, articulate and confident young women, and McKinley, a third-year business administration undergraduate at the University College of the Caribbean(UCC), will tell you she has never felt more at ease with herself. read more...
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Vybz Kartel's Former Road Manager Turn Dancehall Producer Killed (VIDEO)

Patrick \'Roach\' Samuels
Patrich "Roach" Samuels
Dancehall producer, Patrick 'Roach' Samuels, was shot dead by gunmen at
4:15 this morning.
 

According to a police source, the gunmen fired shots into his Chevrolet 
Avalanche while he was in the vicinity of a gas station at Mary Brown's 
corner, St Andrew. The producer is reported to have attempted to escape, but crashed nearby on 
Mannings Hill road after more shots were fired at him. 'Roach' was the former road manager for deejay Vybz Kartel and gained success with the release of several rhythms, the most recent being the 
Overproof Rhythm. read more...

St Ann children go to bed and school without food....... Mother of nine desperately seeks to improve youngsters’ lives

SHYANN Brown looks forward to going to school, not because of the education it offers, but because it is the place that she sometimes gets her only meal for the day.
This two-room brick house,
board kitchen and small yard
is home to Imogene Lawrence
and her children.


 
'Some nights we don't get dinner, miss,' the soft-spoken child said. 'Lots of nights we go to our bed without dinner. But some nights my mother cook chicken back and dumpling, miss. I like it because it is what she has, miss.' Shyann is one of nine children for her mother, the youngest being six and the eldest, 23.
And with her eldest brother from the family home recently, the two-room brick house which the family occupies in Gibraltar, St Ann, is still cramped with three girls, five boys and their mother. All the boys sleep on a single bed in one of the rooms and the four females sleep on the double bed in the other. But even at 11, Shyann believes that her mother is trying her best under the circumstances. Read more: 

Combating Cancer With An Everyday Pantry Item....Did you know…that baking soda has been shown to fight cancer, stave off colds and flu, and even treat radiation poisoning…all for just pennies a day? After 10 days of daily dosing with a special baking soda solution, Johnston went in for a second bone scan. After a few days of frantic waiting, the results finally arrived: “No convincing evidence of an osseous metastatic process.” In other words, the baking soda had stopped his cancer.

baking soda and cancerDid you know…that baking soda has been shown to fight cancer, stave off colds and flu, and even treat radiation poisoningall for just pennies a day?
Vernon Johnston has a very important question for you: “do you want to live?” That was the question he asked himself when he was diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer in 2008.
His answer was a resounding “yes!” Despite the fact that the doctor who diagnosed his cancer told him there were no treatment options, Johnston is still alive today, thanks to sodium bicarbonate, more commonly known as baking soda.

One Man’s “Dance with Cancer”

By the time Johnston’s cancer was diagnosed, it had already spread to his bones. When his doctor delivered the news, Johnston remembers thinking, Stage IVThere is no stage V. But his online research led him to a website promoting the Baking Soda And Cancer Cure.  This became the cornerstone of Johnston’s self-applied treatment program.
After 10 days of daily dosing with a special baking soda solution, Johnston went in for a second bone scan. After a few days of frantic waiting, the results finally arrived: “No convincing evidence of an osseous metastatic process.” In other words, the baking soda had stopped his cancer.

Stopping Fungus Might Stop Cancer

Two medical pioneers–Mark Sircus, Ac., OMD and Dr. Simonchini, an oncologist in Rome–have conducted compelling research on the potential of baking soda and cancer treatment.
Their groundbreaking work is based the hypothesis that fungal infections and cancer proliferation are connected, and that stopping the fungus can stop the cancer.
According to health writer Mike Adams of Natural News, “Dr. Simonchini “originally made the connection between fungal infections and cancer proliferation. He realized that when a tumor was flushed with baking soda (which is anti-fungal), it shrank and completely disappeared within days.”
Dr. Sircus expanded on this research further, exploring the effects of ingesting baking soda to halt cancer.

Baking Soda for Colds and Flu

Research has shown that baking soda can also be helpful in combating contagious illnesses like colds and flus. With cold weather arriving fast, many are seeking natural alternatives to harsh and ineffective antibiotics and vaccines.
For those who wish to use baking soda for that purpose, experts recommend the following dosage:
Day 1: Consume a total of 6 doses of half a teaspoon of baking soda in 1 cup of water. Take at 2-hour intervals.
Day 2: Continue the same protocol, but reduce to 4 doses.
Day 3: Consume only 2 doses, 1 in the morning and another at night.
Day 4: Continue on day 4 and thereafter with 1 dose in the morning until illness is cured.


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