Dienstag, 11. September 2012

RING LOST AND FOUND ON WEDDING DAY

Best Man Loses Wedding Ring at Altar

By Ben Forer | ABC News Blogs – 20 hours ago

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(ABC News)As Elizabeth Gray and Lewis Aubrey were in the final stages of becoming husband and wife at a church outside London, the ceremony was interrupted by a loud ping.

"Suddenly you just hear this noise that sounded like metal dropping and with that the vicar said to the best man … 'Was that the ring?' and he went, 'Yeah,'" Gray told ABC News. "Then all eyes turned to the floor."

"When I heard the ring I just assumed it had fallen on the floor and was just going to be a foot away from my foot," Aubrey said. "When I looked down to see, there was no sign of it."

They lifted drainage grates, tore apart floral arrangements and searched formal wear, but no one in the congregation was able to locate the ring.

"No one knew where it had gone at all," said Gray. "I was kind of just thinking, Oh, God the show's got to go on. I've stood at the altar, all my friends and family are here, I want to get married."

Gray had spent six months looking for the perfect ring and the best man who dropped it wasn't just Aubrey's closest friend, it was his brother, Matt. Unable to find the ring, they went on with the wedding ceremony, using Gray's mother's wedding ring.

"It kind of felt nice and it felt right to use my mum's because it means something. So I used that and then the service continued," Gray told ABC News.

Following the service, the newlyweds took photos and headed off to the reception, while guests stayed behind and scoured the church for the ring to no avail. After eating dinner the vicar returned to the church, determined to find it.

"In the end, there was a crack between the step and the raised dais," Rev. Nicholas Calver told The Telegraph. "I thought it must be down there so I levered them apart with a spade to make the gap bigger, shone a torch down and saw the ring. I was delighted to find it."

Calver made his way to the site of the reception with the ring and gave it to Matt Aubrey, who entered the reception hall holding it triumphantly.

"My brother was holding the ring like Frodo from 'Lord of the Rings,' and everyone erupted," said Aubrey. "The vicar actually blessed the marriage then and so I kind of got married twice."

"The vicar is definitely a hero," Gray said.

Montag, 10. September 2012

CARELSS PASTORS

Lagos: Pastor, wife remanded in prison over disapperance of friend's two children

Crime Guard

Saturday, September 8, 2012

By Adeola Adenuga & Oluwatobiloba Adeyemi

Pastor Isaac Komolafe and wife, Olasunkanmi, have been remanded in prison for inability to produce their friend's two children in their custody since September 2010.

Trouble started when Mr. Salimon Ogunyemi dragged them before an Agege Grade A Customary Court for unauthorised transfer of the children to an unknown person.

According to Pastor (Mrs) Olasunkanmi Komolafe, Biola Ogunyemi, a friend, brought the children to her when she wanted to travel abroad.

The children: Boluwatife and Abayomi, had been in their custody for about two years until someone, who claimed to be Biola Ogunyemi's cousin, came and took them away.

When asked how the court could get in touch with the so-called cousin, Pastor (Mrs) Komolafe could not explain the whereabouts of the man, and that informed the decision of the judge to remand her and her husband in Kirikiri Prison.

The court president, Mr. Emmaunel Shokunle, ordered that Pastor Komolafe and his wife of Christ Cornerstone Bible Church, lpaja, be remanded in custody pending the time the so called cousin would appear in court

Donnerstag, 6. September 2012

KIDS AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

Canadian Experts Call for Nationwide Ban on Spanking

By Sarah B. Weir, Yahoo! blogger | Team Mom – 3 hours ago

Canada's top medical journal has called for the repeal of the country's 120-year-old "spanking law," which allows corporal punishment. In astrongly worded editorial published on September 4, John Fletcher, the editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), called physical punishment an "anachronistic excuse for poor parenting." The editorial accompanies a meta-analysis of 20 years of research about the ill effects of spanking, conducted by Joan Durant PhD of the University of Manitoba, first published in February and reprinted in the current volume of the CMAJ.

An estimated fifty percent of Canadian parents spank their children, and Canada, like the United States, protects parents' right to physically discipline kids. Section 43 of the Canadian Criminal Codestates, "A parent is justified in using force by way of correction…if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances." Worldwide, more than 30 countries prohibit corporal punishment in the home including Austria, New Zealand, and Sweden.

Fletcher and Durant argue that current research shows spanking is an ineffective tool and that there is substantial evidence linking it to mental health issues including depression and substance abuse as well as to increased aggressive behavior. "Surely any bias should be toward protecting children, who are the most vulnerable," writes Fletcher. "To have a specific code excusing parents is to suggest that assault by a parent is a normal and accepted part of bringing up children. It is not. While section 43 stands, it is a constant excuse for parents to cling to an ineffective method of child discipline when better approaches are available."

Spanking is a controversial issue in Canada, and Section 43 been contested a number of times. Most recently, in 2004, the Supreme Court upheld it in a 6-3 ruling. A United Nations panel on children's rights has called on the country to repeal the law. In response to the CMAJ, a spokesperson forMinister of Justice Rob Nicholson told the National Post, "Parents are in the best position to raise their children. We believe it is up to them, not the government, to decide what is best for their children so long as it is within reason."

Spanking is also a hotly contested topic in the United States. While more than 70 percent of mothers admit to having hit their kids at least once, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) discourages the practice. A July report by the Journal Pediatrics, which backs up the CMAJ's findings, concluded, "Harsh physical punishment in the absence of child maltreatment is associated with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance abuse/dependence, and personality disorders in a general population sample."

In his editorial, Fletcher asserts that, "Parents need to be re-educated as to how to discipline their children." Durant, who is also the author of popular free online parenting guide, 'Positive Discipline,' says she hopes doctors will look at spanking as a medical issue and do more to advise parents on alternatives. "If we had two or three studies that showed that if you took 500 mg of vitamin C a day you could reduce cancer risk," she said in a statement emphasizing the breadth and depth of scientific research on the negative effects of physical punishment, "we would all be taking 500 mg of vitamin C a day."

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