Thursday, February 14, 2013

Olympic Games - World reacts to Pistorius murder charge



After Oscar Pistorius was charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who was shot dead at his home, the world reacts to the shocking events in South Africa.

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Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis: "Woken up to the horrendous news about Oscar Pistorius mistakenly shooting his girlfriend. What an awful tragedy."
Sydney Olympics bronze medallist Katharine Merry: "One of the nicest guys, true gent....omg .....in shock for oscar and this situation. Imagine, just imagine... Still lying in bed staring at the ceiling........Really?? Really?"
Oscar’s father Henke Pistorius: "He is a bit emotional, but he is fine."
Pistorius’s agent, Peet van Zyl, told the Daily Telegraph: "I hope I can have access to him at the police station. At this point in time I can't give any details about what has happened. Oscar is a humble person and a lovely guy - I'm sure what's happened has been a terrible mistake but I really don't have the details at the moment."
Steenkamp’s publicist Sarit Tomlinson: "She was the sweetest human being and an absolute angel on earth. She was the kindest, most unbelievable girl."
Runner’s World magazine editor Mike Finch told Sky News: "If anybody can overcome this sort of thing it's probably Oscar. He’s had to deal with a lot in his life. He had a mother that died when he was very young, he obviously has his disability, but yet he's been amazing from a South African perspective as an ambassador. There is a certain school of people that don’t particularly like him, but I think today everybody has kind of rallied round him."
A Nike spokesman: "The company are saddened by the news, but we have no further comment to make at this stage.”
South Africa's Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee: "Our deepest sympathy and condolences have been expressed to the families of all concerned.”
Local broadcaster Daniel Silke told the BBC: "Many South Africans live in fear of violent crime, there's a high crime rate in the country and South Africans are often on edge in their home, particularly in the early hours of the morning when they hear noise. This has occurred in an atmosphere in South Africa in which crime again is at the forefront of the public debate, personal safety is again at the forefront of everybody's concerns."
Fellow South African model, and friend of Steenkamp’s, Jo-Ann Strauss: "This highlights how unsafe most South Africans feel because of crime."
Radio 702 talk show host, Redi Thlabi: "Expressing our sadness at the tragedy and talking broadly about gun ownership. Nobody is judging Oscar."
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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Hard Love 4 a Nation

Just had to share this:

Good evening.
I received this from a friend and thought you would love it as much as I did.
This is the story of a young boy whose parents were murdered during 2002 riots in Kaduna.
He was aged 11 yrs at the time this sad incident took place. His parents, Mr Austine and Mrs Josephine Moses, were missionaries until they met their untimely death, what a sad end. The boy left his house
to play football but returned home to see that all his parents had laboured for had been razed down and he would never see his mother and father again.

He was taken to London by his Uncle almost immediately after the incident. While in London, he began deploying his football skills. Though his parents were murdered, his passion for football was never killed. He played football for his school and later for a local Tandrige League club until Crystal Palace FC approached him. From that point, his career progressed in leaps and bounds.

This player played for England's under 16, 17, 19 and 21 teams between 2005 and 2010 scoring
11 goals for England during this period. He later moved to Wigan Athletic and now he plays for Chelsea. This footballer is called  VICTOR MOSES.

His story is a touching one, I share his pains. I also share his courage. He had a choice not to step into Nigeria again but he didn't take that option.

When the call to serve his fatherland came, Moses dumped England and embraced
Nigeria... That is patriotism!

Today, we see a Victor Moses bringing joy to every Nigerian including those who may
have inspired his parent's death... That is Love!

On Sunday, Moses would stand for the National Anthem and pledge allegiance to a country
that couldn't defend his parents... That is faith! Moses would deliver the "African Cup of Nations" trophy to Nigeria not minding what had happened in the past... That is forgiveness! Moses rose through bitterness and despair to the limelight of hope and courage.

He never gave up on his country. He
persevered... That is purpose!
If someone like Victor Moses, despite the bitter past, never gave up on Nigeria, then why should we..






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Willow Smith is Too Old to Play ‘Annie’



willow-smith-tongue-pierced-6-25-12*Aww, time is nobody’s friend.
Free spirit, Willow Smith is just too old now to play the role of ‘Annie’ in the upcoming “Annie” musical.
According to Deadline.com, the singer was supposed to play the orphan, but now the producers of the show are saying Willow aged out.
Pre-production started three years ago and Willow was the top candidate for the spot, but now that’s she’s 12, Will Smith’s little female twin will have to sit this one out.
But her parents will still be involved in producing the film and even brought aboard Jay-Z, who signed their kid to Roc Nation. Besides, it should be a great partnership, being that Jay has a bit of a remix history with the classic song, “Hard Knock Life.”
Although it’s not clear yet who will be taking the major role, the film will begin shooting in the fall.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic spoof news story sparks uproar, and outrage from Sammy Ameobi


Footballers and their tweets? na wa oh!


Oh, Sammy. (Getty/Twitter)
Yet again, Dirty Tackle's Future News series has served the unintended purpose of exposing the gullible and outing those who refuse to fact-check or credit their sources. But this time, the actual Sammy Ameobi got roped into it all.
And now there is a post about Zlatan Ibrahimovic telling the children of Paris to give him moneyexposing the unreliability of playing whisper down the lane on social media sites.
Though Zlatan has been known to say some ridiculous things, this was a bit too ridiculous even for him. The story included Ibrahimovic using the phrase "Zlaritable donation" and had him practicing Taekwondo while talking to the press about the French tax code. It was all good fun and taken as the satire that it was until it started getting taken out of context on Twitter and Facebook.
One parody Twitter account with nearly 100,000 followers republished part of the fake Zlatan quote on their monetized Sulia page without attribution (the excuse, which they found to be perfectly reasonable, being that they didn't read the title or follow the link to the original post from the shady mirror site they found it on).
Another Twitter account parody of a famous footballer found a screenshot of that unattributed quote on Facebook and put it on a photo of Zlatan, then tweeted it to their 500,000 followers ("what's worse, plagiarism or making people believe that someone said something that they didn't?" asked the account doing both of those things when confronted on the matter).
Suddenly that image and screenshots of the unattributed fake Zlatan quotes were spreading across social media platforms and being taken as fact by even more people who didn't think to do a quick check to see if they're real.
Those people included a BBC match commentator and Newcastle's Sammy Ameobi, who tweeted a screenshot of the fake Zlatan quote -- spreading it to even more people and with an added, verified reason to believe it was true -- along with the hashtag "#zlaritable."
Excellent question, Sammy.
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Monday, January 28, 2013

Not A Good Look: Bishop Larry Trotter, You’ve Got Some Serious ‘Splainin’ to do

bishop larry trotter & grandaughter
Instagram photo of Bishop Larry Trotter of Chicago, Illinois, in the bathtub with his granddaughter that has sparked outrage.
*The church has been in the news too many times over the last nearly 20 years for stories pertaining to pedophilia and sexual deviancy between religious leaders and the members of their church. But, the newest case is more personal.
Earlier this week, Bishop Larry Trotter, who is the senior pastor of mega-church Sweet Holy Spirit Church in Chicago, Illinois, was seen in a photo taking a bubble bath with his granddaughter.
The photo was on his Instagram account and both Bishop Trotter and his granddaughter show huge teethy smiles for the camera. The incident has been viewed as hugely inappropriate and has placed a shadow of deviance over the Bishop.

Pastor John Hannah of the John Hannah Morning Show interviewed Bishop Larry Trotter over the phone to give him an opportunity to address the picture of him and his granddaughter.
Thursday morning, the Bishop had a phone interview with Pastor John Hannah on the John Hannah Morning Show on iHeart Radio – Inspiration 1390 where he revealed that the backlash from the photo has been “hurtful” for him. He described it as a “dark” time for himself and his family since the photo was released.
The Bishop explained in his interview with Pastor Hannah that the photo was totally innocent, but “has become nasty and ugly”:
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Monday, November 26, 2012

You & God.. Awesome Conversation








Me: God, can I ask You a question?

God: Sure

Me: Promise You won't get mad ... ... ... ...


God: I promise

Me: Why did You let so much stuff happen to me today?

God: What do u mean?

Me: Well, I woke up late

God: Yes

Me: My car took forever to start

God: Okay

Me: at lunch they made my sandwich wrong & I had to wait

God: Huummm

Me: On the way home, my phone went DEAD, just as I picked up a call

God: All right

Me: And on top of it all off, when I got home ~I just want to soak my feet in my new foot massager & relax. BUT it wouldn't work!!! Nothing went right today! Why did You do that?

God: Let me see, the death angel was at your bed this morning & I had to send one
of My Angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that

Me (humbled): OH

GOD: I didn't let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that would have hit you if you were on the road.

Me: (ashamed)

God: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick & I didn't want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn't afford to miss work.

Me (embarrassed):Okay

God: Your phone went dead bcuz the person that was calling was going to give false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered.

Me (softly): I see God

God: Oh and that foot massager, it had a shortage that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark.

Me: I'm Sorry God

God: Don't be sorry, just learn to Trust Me.... in All things , the Good & the bad.

Me: I will trust You.

God: And don't doubt that My plan for your day is Always Better than your plan.

Me: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, Thank You for Everything today.

God: You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I Love looking after My Children...

REPOST if you Believe in HIM ♥
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