mother killed her two sons, aged 4 and 7, by throwing them from 15th-floor balcony because she was ‘fed up’ with their behaviour

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  Galina Ryabkova, 30, was seen looking emotionless on surveillance video from the block of flats following the incident
• Neighbours in the complex were alerted after hearing the bodies of the boys hitting the ground
• The mother said she was 'fed up with children,' and 'decided to get rid of them'

By ANTHONY BOND

PUBLISHED: 21:21, 25 June 2012 | UPDATED: 07:28, 26 June 2012

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A mother has been arrested after allegedly throwing her two young sons to their deaths from a 15th-floor balcony because she was 'fed up' with them.

Galina Ryabkova, 30, was seen looking emotionless on surveillance video taken from the block of flats in Moscow, Russia, in the moments following the incident.

Neighbours in the complex were alerted after hearing the bodies of the boys, aged 4 and 7, hitting the ground.

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Tragic: Galina Ryabkova, pictured, has been arrested after allegedly throwing her two young sons to their deaths from a 15th-floor balcony because she was 'fed up' with them

Heartbreaking: Galina Ryabkova, 30, calmly walks into the foyer of her apartment block just moments after the incident

Shocking: A resident in the complex attempts to talk to Mrs Ryabkova after the incident in an attempt to prevent her from escaping

Despite the efforts of neighbours, the youngsters died before the emergency services arrived.

According to RT, the woman said she was 'fed up with children,' and 'decided to get rid of them'.

The woman - whose husband was away on a business trip - lived on the 8th floor of the building and it is believed she took the children to the 15th floor before throwing them off on Sunday.

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One neighbour in the same apartment block described the horrific scenes following the incident to Life News.

The man, who wished to remain anonymous, said his wife woke him up to say that children were falling out of the building.

Awful: The mother is calm as two other concerned neighbours arrive to detain her. It has been reported that the woman was 'fed up with children,' and 'decided to get rid of them'

Horrific: The woman is believed to have told a neighbour that she 'threw' her children away

The couple ran out to see the two children lying on the ground in front of the main entrance to the complex.

The man added: 'Just at that time their mother was leaving the building. We asked her if these were her children and she replied, emotionlessly, "Yes, I threw them away.”' 

CCTV from the apartment block - as reported by New York Daily News - shows one of the children landing just out of frame at the front of the building.

It then shows Mrs Ryabkova coming downstairs wearing jeans and a white T-shirt.

Investigation: Police officers are pictured arriving at the complex of flats shortly after the incident

As she calmly sits in the lobby of the building, shocked neighbours surround her in an attempt to prevent her from escaping.

The video ends by showing police officers arrive at the building to discover the grim scene and arrest the mother.

It has been reported that Mrs Ryabkova has attempted to kill herself in the past and that her husband may have been cheating on her.

Mrs Ryabkova will be sent to a psychiatric hospital for tests while the investigation into what happened continues.

VIDEO: CCTV uncovered by LifeNews Russia 

Pastor Okotie’s second marriage crashes

ublished on June 24, 2012 by pmnews   ·   37 Comments

Simon Ateba

The glamorous marriage between Kris Okotie and his beautiful wife, Stephanie, has crashed less than four years after their big wedding, the funky preacher announced today.

In a dramatic announcement after a moving ministration, the controversial pastor of the Household of God Church and three-time presidential candidate, told his church their differences were irreconcilable and the couple had divorced.

“Stephanie and I are no longer married. We have separated. You can see she’s not in church today. It’s due to irreconcilable differences and you should please respect our wishes at this time because there is no going back.” With this terse statement Okotie announced the break up the marriage.

P.M.NEWS learnt that the congregation couldn’t believe the shocking news they had just heard from the charismatic former pop star turned cleric and politician.

Okotie reportedly made the announcement which invariably spoilt the day for most of the worshippers who had earlier had a very memorable brethren’s’ birthday celebration characterised by soul lifting songs, dancing, prayers, ministration and cutting of the cake.

While Okotie is divorcing for the second time, Stephanie has now been married three times and has three children from her first two marriages.

The break-up also puts an end to dream twins that Okotie expected her to deliver someday.

On 7 August, 2008, Okotie married Stephanie Henshaw, the woman he described as the most beautiful on earth, in a glamorous wedding attended by a horde of journalists and celebrities.

The funky preacher and celebrity singer had directed wealthy members of his church to donate millions of naira in gifts and cash and they made it one of the biggest and most-talked about wedding that year.

There were 12 committees made up of members born in each month of the year. Members born in the month of June, Okotie’s birth month, contributed the most. The eloquent preacher was born on 16 June, 1958, in Delta State.

Aside this, Okotie had selected 120 members, 10 from each month to form the wedding train. Each of them wore aso ebi.

The celebrity pastor also invited two journalists from each media organisation in the country to give total coverage to his second marriage.

Okotie’s traditional wedding took place on 7 August, at 6 George Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, by 2 p.m. while the registry ceremony followed the next day, Friday, 8 August, at the Ikoyi registry, at 4 p.m, and the thanksgiving and benediction took place on Sunday, 10 August, at the Household of God Church, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos.

The clergyman told his church members early that year that he would be getting married to Stephanie because of her beauty which he described as angelic.

The eloquent preacher had also said that Stephanie has been under his watch for five years and did not mind the number of children she had from her previous marriages.

Mid-2007, when Okotie made his choice public, his church almost broke up as some female celebrities who thought they were the favoured candidates for ‘the post‘ of Mrs. Okotie, received the shocker of their lives when he settled for Stephanie, the unassuming woman in his glamorous church.

Ladies like Sola Salako, church administrator for several years and Okotie’s close aide; Vien Tetsola, a former Miss Nigeria; Ure Okezie, daughter of former minister, Dr. Okezie, and others, were rumoured to have left the church because of the announcement.

Celebrities such as Mofe Damijo and many others were also said to have simply quit Okotie‘s church then, while some have reluctantly returned.

Okotie’s marriage to Stephanie was his second attempt at matrimonial life. He was first married to Tyna his long time friend, but the marriage packed up after 17 years without any child.

Okotie loved his first wife so much that there was hardly a sermon in which he did not mention Tyna.

Long after they separated, he still spoke about her with deep emotions as if they were still married.

So much did Okotie talk about Tyna that some of his admirers in the church became jealous. But when he announced that he was set to marry Stephanie, he hardly mentioned the name of his first wife publicly.

Stephanie then became his centre of attraction.

On one occasion, Okotie invited Stephanie to the altar for a formal introduction.

After dancing around her for some minutes to the delight of the congregation, Okotie looked at Stephanie as she was going back to her seat, looked at the church and looked at Stephanie again and said in Igbo language, “Lekwa nwanyi nka marama” meaning “Look at her, isn`t she beautiful?”

Pastor Chris Okotie, founder of Household of God Church, Oregun, Lagos, is another firebrand preacher that often sends his audience into ecstasy.

He is also known for televangelism, and for preaching the end times which he titles The Apocalypsus.

In his messages, Okotie always reveals his knowledge of the book of Revelations beyond the ordinary and in a very complicated language which has prompted many to go to church with one or two dictionaries!

source PM NEWS

Mom who made sex tape with son, 16, is jailed for four years... but says it was just a case of 'genetic attraction' after they were reunited after 15 years apart By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

A woman who made a sex tape with her teenage son after they were reunited after 15 years apart claims their relationship was not incest - but a case of 'genetic attraction'.

Mistie Rebecca Atkinson, 32, was sentenced to four years and eight months behind bars in Napa County Superior Court, California on Wednesday.

It came after she was found in a Ukiah, California motel room with the 16-year-old boy, who had recorded his mother giving him oral sex on his phone.

Sick: Mistie Atkinson, 32, (pictured left in her police mug shot and right on Facebook) has been convicted of incest after having sex with her son, 16 - but she claims it was a case of 'genetic attraction'

Authorities also recovered nude photos Atkinson had sent him after tracking him down through Facebook. She had not seen him for 15 years.

But in a letter to the court, Atkinson, claimed she did not consider it incest, the Napa Valley Register reported.

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'I don't feel like I should have the charge of incest because there is something called genetic attraction that is a very powerful [phenomenon] that happens to 50 [per cent] of people becoming reunited with a long-lost relative,' she wrote.

Little research has been carried out on genetic sexual attraction. But some psychologists say family members who are separated for a long time could become sexually attracted to each other when they meet as adults.

Guilty: Atkinson's son had a video on his phone of his mother giving him oral sex, police said

Caught: They were found together in a motel room after relatives learned of their explicit Facebook messages

Atkinson could be out in as little as two years and four months for good behaviour.

GENETIC SEXUAL ATTRACTION

Genetic sexual attraction is a phenomenon where close biological family members, such as siblings or cousins, become attracted to each other when they meet as adults.

If family members do not know each other during the critical years of development, they risk finding each other attractive.

Little research has been carried out into the phenomenon but some psychologists claim it exists due to shared personality traits, which are desirable in a partner.

GSA is rare between people brought up together, due to reverse sexual printing, where people become desensitized to finding family members attractive to prevent inbreeding.

She reportedly had no contact with her son until last year when she began sending him inappropriate messages on the social networking site.

The boy was living with his father at the time and was aware Atkinson was his mother. She did not have custody rights to her him.

'It appears she hadn't had any contact with the son for 15 years' a source told the New York Daily News.

'She contacted him late last year via Facebook and was sending him messages inappropriately.'

The sexual contact began after police responded to domestic violence reports between Atkinson and her live-in boyfriend in Nice, California.

The relationship came to light when the boy's relatives reported the inappropriate Facebook messages between him and Atkinson.

Atkinson and the teen were found in a motel room on March 2.

Apart: Atkinson had tracked down her son through Facebook after 15 years apart

Convicted: Atkinson was sentenced to more than four years behind bars at Napa County Superior Court

Police found videos on the boy’s phone from a month earlier showing Atkinson performing oral sex on the teenager and having sex with him.

Atkinson also sent nude pictures of herself to him from her phone, court documents said. They had also talked about running away together.

In May, she had pleaded no contest to incest, oral copulation, lewd contact with a minor and distribution of lewd material to a minor.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2163376/Mistie-Atkinson-Mom-sex-tape-son-16-claims-just-case-genetic-attraction.html#ixzz1yj0NoYy1

Bubble man hoping to find cure

Blighted ... Chandra is hoping to be cured

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By HARRY HAWKINS

Published: 20th June 2012

A MAN so badly ravaged by tumours he became known as "bubble man" is hoping there might be a cure for his condition — after meeting a top skin doctor.

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Chandra Wisnu suffers from a mystery skin disease which left him with growths all over his face and body.

The dad of four, from Indonesia, rarely leaves his house and when he did he was forced to cover his face with a balaclava for fear of frightening, or being ridiculed, by others.

Chandra, 57, said the lesions began to develop on his face when he was just 19 years old.

By the time he was 24 they had spread to his back and by age 32 they almost completely covered his body.

During the early stages of the disease, Chandra’s parents took him to see a number of doctors and dermatologists who were baffled by the severity of his condition.

Bubbles ... Chandra's skin is covered

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He said: “There was no special treatment for my disease, I was just told to see one dermatologist after another because they did not know how to treat me.

“After this my dad did not believe there was any reason to take me to hospital anymore and I never saw a doctor again.

“People have never mocked or ridiculed me directly, but they do stare at me and avoid me, most people act very strange around me.

“It makes me feel very insecure and angry when people treat me differently.

“People are afraid, they are frightened of my horrible face and worried they might catch the disease."

With doctors baffled by his unusual condition Chandra gave up hope and tried to live a normal life in spite of his condition.

But when his eldest son Martin, 32, and daughter, Lis Candra, 26, began showing signs of the condition, Chandra went public with his story in a bid to find a treatment and prevent his children from suffering his same fate.

After hearing of his plight, Dr Anthony Gapsari a leading skin specialist from the US, came forward in a bid to help diagnose Chandra’s unusual condition.

And Chandra has been given fresh hope that he can now be rid of the tumours.

culled The Sun

BRIDE WHO STOLE FROM HER OFFICE TO FUND WEDDING HEADS FOR JAIL INSTEAD OF HONEYMOON

A bride who stole money from her employer to help pay for a lavish wedding celebration has been jailed for 20 months.

Lane was arrested at home and unable to go on honeymoon to Mexico

Kirsty Lane fraudulently siphoned £168,000 from the company where she worked, but her boss Peter Sutton was a guest at the wedding and his suspicions were raised by the sumptuous nature of the event.

Lane, 29, married Graham in January last year at the Tudor-built Great Hall at Mains hotel near Blackpool.

She laid on a fireworks display, magician, two bands, harpist, saxophonist, a DJ, free bar, face painting and feathered masks.

Managing director Mr Sutton said: "We were greeted with flowers and champagne, entertainers, cellists and just a magnificent setting. The sheer scale of it was staggering."

Kirsty Lane's Lavish Wedding Included:

:: A harpist
:: Balloon modelling
:: Canapés and Buck's Fizz
:: A swing singer
:: A free bar
:: A saxophonist
:: Face painting
:: Feather masks
:: A Motown-style band
:: A magician
:: A DJ
:: Jewel encrusted iPods for bridesmaids
:: The couple's initials illuminated in fireworks
:: One white limo for the couple
:: Matching black Ugg boots for bride and bridesmaids

But when Mr Sutton returned to the office, where the newly-wed bride worked as a part-time accounts clerk, he discovered that she had falsified invoices.

Instead of paying suppliers to the audio-visual firm in Leyland, Lancashire, she had diverted money into her own account.

She even bought bridesmaids dresses courtesy of the company and a jewel encrusted iPad case for £1,500.

Mr Sutton said her "unbridled greed" almost ruined the firm.

He said: "We employ 22 people. The greed that Kirsty Lane showed jeopardised the livelihoods of these people."

"It was the wedding that first started to raise alarm bells. Up to that point we had no idea. She was always claiming poverty and didn't do anything that would tip us off."

The former bride, who cried throughout Wednesday's hearing, had admitted 122 counts of fraud at the company Pure AV.

She was arrested at home and was unable to go on honeymoon to Mexico.

Lesley Brown, mother of first test tube baby, dies in Bristol

The woman who gave birth to the world's first test tube baby has died.

Lesley Brown, 64, who lived in Whitchurch, Bristol, made history in July 1978 when her daughter Louise was born at Oldham General Hospital.

Mrs Brown had been trying for a baby with her husband John for nine years before she became the first woman to give birth following IVF treatment.

She died at the Bristol Royal Infirmary on 6 June with her family by her side, it has been announced.

She successfully conceived following pioneering treatment by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.

Louise Brown now has a son of her own

She leaves behind daughters Louise and Natalie, who were both born following IVF treatment, her stepdaughter Sharon and five grandchildren.

Her husband died five years ago.

A private funeral service was held in Bristol on Wednesday morning.

Louise Brown said: "Mum was a very quiet and private person who ended up in the world spotlight because she wanted a family so much.

"We are all missing her terribly."

Dr Steptoe and Prof Edwards set up the Bourn Hall Clinic in Cambridge two years after Louise Brown's birth. It has now become a leading centre for IVF treatment.

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The attention around Lesley Brown's pregnancy brought with it concerns for her baby's safety.

At a celebration to mark Louise Brown's 30th birthday one of the scientists who pioneered the fertility treatment revealed Mrs Brown had been forced to go into hiding.

Prof Robert Edwards said in an interview in 2008: "We were concerned that she would lose the baby, the foetus, because the press were chasing Mrs Brown all over Bristol where she lived.

"So secretly Patrick Steptoe hid the mother in his car and drove her to his mother's house in Lincoln - the press didn't know where she was."

Mrs Brown recounted that once she was in Oldham hospital reporters tried a variety of methods to sneak into her room from a bomb hoax to posing as cleaners.

Once Louise was born it made front-page headlines all over the world.

Speaking on behalf of Prof Edwards and the team at the clinic, chief executive Mike Macamee said: "Lesley was a devoted mum and grandmother and through her bravery and determination many millions of women have been given the chance to become mothers.

"She was a lovely, gentle lady and we will all remember her with deep affection."

Speaking in 2008, Mrs Brown said she had been so desperate to have a baby that she was willing to put up with anything to give birth.

At the time, she said: "I'm just so grateful that I'm a mum at all because without IVF I never would have been and I wouldn't have my grandchildren."

Her blocked fallopian tubes meant getting pregnant naturally was impossible.

In 1976, she heard about new research and was referred to Dr Steptoe, after which she agreed to the experimental procedure.

Although other women had been implanted with fertilised eggs, Mrs Brown was the first to achieve a pregnancy which went beyond a few weeks.

Culled BBC News

MEET MAN WHO HAS 29 COLLEGE DEGREES AND STILL COUNTING

Every June, students all over the country don their caps and gowns for graduation. Whether it's from high school, college or graduate school, most people could easily count their own graduations on one hand.

But not 71-year-old Michael Nicholson of Kalamazoo, Mich.Nicholson has earned 29 degrees and is now pursuing his 30th.

"I just stayed in school and took menial jobs to pay for the education and just made a point of getting more degrees and eventually I retired so that I could go full-time to school," Nicholson told ABCNews.com.

"It's stimulation to go to the class, look at the material that's required and meet the teacher and students. It makes life interesting for me," he said. "Otherwise, things would be pretty dull."

Nicholson has one bachelor's degree, two associate's degrees, 22 master's degrees, three specialist degrees and one doctoral degree.

Most of the degrees are related to education such as educational leadership, library science and school psychology, but other degrees include home economics, health education and law enforcement.

Nicholson is currently working on a master's degree in criminal justice.

"I would like to get to 33 or 34. I'm almost there," he said. "When I complete that, I'll feel like I've completed my basic education. After that, if I'm still alive -- that would take me to 80 or 81 -- I would then be free to pursue any type of degree."

Nicholson's early interest in education came from the encouragement of his parents, who wanted him to be well-educated. His Canadian father was forced to drop out of school after the third grade to work and his mother graduated from high school.

"We were motivated to continue with our educations and go as far as we could go," he said of himself and his siblings. "She [his mother] wanted something better for us than simply working at a factory, so she kept doing the necessary for us to continue."

Nicholson's first degree was a bachelor's in religious education from William Tyndale College in Michigan in 1963.

Five degrees later, he was pursuing his doctorate in education from Western Michigan University in 1978.

While pursuing the doctorate, he met Western Michigan University Professor Tom Carey when Nicholson was working as a parking lot attendant writing tickets for the university. He wrote Carey three tickets in one day and the two have now known each other for 35 years.

"I've had 18,000 students in class and I've never heard of anybody like this," Carey told ABCNews.com. "He's the ultimate life-long learner. I marvel at his tenacity to go to school."

Nicholson has earned all of his degrees; none of them have been honorary or awarded degrees. Though Carey was never Nicholson's professor, the two meet at least once a year for Nicholson to give Carey an updated resume, which he shows students in his classes.

"He's intrinsically motivated. It's unique, but it almost sounds bizarre," Carey said. "Some people collect animals and he collects tassels."

And collect tassels he does. Nicholson has been to 28 of his 29 graduation ceremonies.

What does he enjoy about the graduation ceremonies? "Just the pomp and circumstance. ... I could do without the speeches," he said with a laugh.

"Eventually, it became getting as many as I could," he said. "There's the excitement of graduation, but the overall objective was to get the degree."

He has earned degrees from a dozen schools in places including Michigan, Texas, Indiana and Canada, and he always goes to class.

"I would not take an Internet class. That's far too difficult," Nicholson said. "I'm not one of those all-A students."

He still works on a typewriter and his wife Sharon Nicholson helps him type up his assignments. His wife is highly educated in her own right, with seven degrees of her own.

"She helps me with my homework all the time," he said. "I cannot function on a computer, so she has to do it."

When asked what advice he would give to recent graduates, Nicholson paused before saying, "Don't quit too soon. Keep up with your aspirations. A lot of people tend to throw in the towel and have to come back to it later. Don't give up on your aspirations too soon."

And the admittedly competitive Nicholson has no plans to give up on his own aspirations, hinting that he has his eye on a few more degrees in the next few years.

"He likes going to school and doesn't want responsibility," Carey said. "This is what Mike lives for. He's about 70 and he's not going to stop. It wouldn't surprise me if at one point he tried law school or something else."

Culled Yahoo

The travails of Ikogosi warm spring... Tai Solarin, Ajasin, Obasanjo’s connection

It is the only tourism site in the whole world where warm and cold spring flows side by side . God located this wonderful site in Ikogosi , Ekiti State, Nigeria. Wale Ojo - Lanre tells the story. .

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to host Olympics opening ceremony party

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are preparing to hold their own Olympic party, inviting only A-list guests.

The Hollywood couple are hosting an Olympic-themed Night At The Museum-style extravaganza with princes William and Harry expected to attend.

Brad and Angelina's Olympic do could be set to rival the official ceremony (AFP/Getty)

Their charity do will be staged two days before the official Olympic opening ceremony at London's Victoria & Albert Museum.

Held in honour of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, the black tie party will raise funds for the Sports For Peace initiative and is to feature a champagne reception before a four-course banquet dinner.

Once the bash has finished Brangelina are then planning to host a super-exclusive afterparty in their luxury London townhouse.

'Forget the official opening ceremony, this is the party to be at,' a source told The Mirror.

Their Olympic-themed party is said to be being organised by Brad and huge buckets of home-made cocktails will be made to mark the occasion.

'The who's who of British and American celebrity will be in attendance, and invitees have been ordered not to take any photos from their phones,' the source went on to add.

Brad and Angelina's party is to take place on July 25th, two days before the official London 2012 opening ceremony, to which the pair have already bagged seats.