By Jethro Nededog, The Wrap
August 15, 2014

Reports are heating up that hip-hop royalty Beyonce and Jay Z are heading toward divorce.

Since the notorious Solange elevator brawl, there have been several reports that divorce is inevitable. And in Friday’s issue of Us Weekly, the magazine’s sources weighed in. One source told the publication that Beyonce “is done” after they conclude the remaining On The Run shows in Paris, France on Sept. 13.

“If the reports are true they’re going to divorce, they are probably working behind the scenes to figure out the timing of the announcement and how they’ll divide their business entities,” Bravo’s “Untying the Knot” star and divorce attorney, Vikki Ziegler, told TheWrap.

Ziegler says that the couple’s pre-nup, though they haven’t publicly confirmed that they have one, will determine how difficult the divorce will be. Another contributing factor is whether they keep joint or separate finances.

“That would be a huge factor,” the attorney said. “If they kept everything separate and discussed how they will be separately paid from their joint business ventures, such as the present tour, or if they’ve put everything into a marital pot for the last six years of marriage.”

The couple’s net worth has been estimated at $1 billion. “They’re almost on par with net worth,” Ziegler said.

“I think it’s estimated that Jay Z’s at $520 million and she’s at $480 million,” she continued. “We’re talking one of the biggest divorces in celebrity history, topping Michael Jordan in the athletic world and most others that we’ve seen.”

Custody is never included in a pre-nup and Ziegler said that would become a pretty big deal as it will probably include child support payments to whomever becomes the custodial parent.

“In New York, which is not like other states, joint custody is not preferred if the parties can’t co-parent,” she said. “The court usually awards custody to the better, more fit parent.”

And again, two-year-old Ivy isn’t just any child. The payments would have to support the life she’s used to.

“From what I can tell, this baby has a great lifestyle, vacations, wardrobe, nannies, those are all factors that will govern the amount of child support,” Ziegler pointed out. “And that can be hefty. It could be $50-$100,000 a month. And that’s nontaxable.”

Those are just a few of the basic components of divorce. But, what if emotions are high? How will that affect the proceedings?

“You never know when someone is angry,” the attorney said. “So, say Jay Z did cheat on several occasions and Beyonce is angry. People do things that that they normally wouldn’t do. They could be fighting over jewelry, cars and boats, something so insignificant as a yacht they can go purchase on their own. They may not want to let it go. People fight over crazy things when they’re angry.”

On her Bravo show, Ziegler helps divorcing couples cut through the emotions, so they can split the property fairly and avoid years and years in court. So, what would Ziegler’s advice for Beyonce and Jay Z be?

“Celebrity breakups are on such a different level,” she said. “I think statistics show that 80 percent of celebrities divorce. I’m not shocked at the news of a divorce, because of my business.”

“I don’t know them personally, but I know a lot of friends that know them,” she continued. “And I can honestly tell you that it’s certainly in their very best interest to strike a deal behind closed doors, because this can negatively affect them in so many ways. Even though they’re so wealthy, your reputation is everything. You’re born with it and you die with it. You always want to try to preserve it. Some people never come back once they’ve been scrutinized in the media.”

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Each and everyone know about a coconut tree but don’t understands how a coconut tree is useful to us in different ways. A coconut palm has coconuts, coconut leaves, buds, and also its flower. All are very useful to us. The height of the coconut tree will be very large. The leaves of the coconut tree is also very large in height. Coconut is the main food giving part of a coconut tree. It has many uses in our real life. Coconut is used for making variety of delicious dishes. We use Coconut in curries, payasams and also in many other food items. Coconut chutney is a very tasty dish of south India. Crushed coconut is used in our lunch as a side dish.

A natural drink is always good for our health as it contains nothing to harm our body. Coconut water is a main healthy natural drink for the people in all countries especially in summer season. Coconut milk is a main part used for making payasam(a sweet dish) and also in some of the dishes for breakfast. The leaves of this tree has many uses. Coconut leaves is used in making shelters in some of the countries. They are used for roofing the houses and feel a cool atmosphere in those places. With the help of coconut many craft items can be made such as flowers, animals etc.

The leaves of the coconut tree are also used for making broomsticks for cleaning. Many toys can be built with the help of these leaves for children like balls, dancing snake etc. Philippines is the country which produces large number of coconut tree. The root of the coconut is used for making medicines. The coconut has a great market value which is a main source of profit for the people. Each and every part of a coconut has wonderful uses in our daily life.

Coir from Coconut – its uses

Coir is a very useful material made from the shell of a coconut. Coir can be reused to make wide range of useful items such as mats, beds, carpets. Its a fiber taken from the husk of a coconut. This coir can be used for taking water from the wells. In India there are different coir making industries. Coir making is one of the important sources of income for many people in different parts of India.

Role of Coconut in poojas and marriages

A coconut tree consists of flowers. It includes a male flower and female flower. In Kerala, a state of India, where flowers are a compulsory item for marriages. These coconuts are also used for religious activities in temples. The devotees break coconut in front of temples with a belief that their difficulties in life will vanish with the breaking of coconut. Also these coconuts are used for making payasam in temples.

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By Rev. Sun Myung Moon, tparents.org

Why is parental love precious? Parental love is vertical, but it doesn’t conclude as just vertical. Vertical love embraces horizontal love and helps it settle down. Parents play the role of beacon to dissuade children from wrong habits in life.

Vertical love exists surely to create the horizontal love. In this principle, parental love is established by the intensive integration of vertical and horizontal love centering upon God’s love. Because parental love is responsible for both the vertical and horizontal elements, parents naturally want to give their precious things to their children. By letting the children receive these gifts in their purity, parents want them to expand horizontally. This is the essence of love.

Parental love is the greatest love in the world. Even people in the top rank of the world are nothing in front of their children. Parental love is unconditional and unlimited in the presence of children. Parental love is the origin of love. That’s why orphans who never received parental love long for it most of all. Even if orphans have something to eat and a house in which to sleep, their hearts always hunger and are full of longing because they lack parental love. Even if they lead a joyful life in an orphanage, their time is not truly happy. The little orphans always long for parents even while they sing and dance, are awake or asleep. That’s because every human being is supposed to grow up in the bosom of love.
Parental love of a thousand years ago and that of the present time is identical. In the fluctuating course of history, parental love never changes.

Parental love is the primary love. A sound man who grew up with parental love understands what love is. Because children love their parents, they come to learn love from their experience of loving parents. That is the highest joy for children. Without having parents, we never experience love.

One son can receive both man’s love and woman’s love through the parents. The father represents all the men in the world and the mother represents all the women in the world. In the historical view, the parents are an historical man and woman.

When children want to praise a woman, they compare her with their mother, and when there is a handsome man, children compare him with their father.

Is there a limit to parental love? Parents want to love their children not only for their childhood but for their entire lifetime and for eternity. If a father- and son-relationship is established centering on absolute love, through it will come infinite power, infinite stimulation and something infinitely new. If a father- and son-relationship lacks such a bond, their relationship will surely stop at certain time.

Mr Williams viewed the cancellation as a “personal failure”. (Image courtesy: Still from The Crazy Ones)

Indo-Asian News Service | August 16, 2014 (Los Angeles)

When TV show The Crazy Ones was cancelled after one season, the late Robin Williams, who hanged himself at his home earlier this week, was reportedly left “devastated”.

The news that the show wasn’t going to return for another season was a setback to the actor, who is said to have been in deep depression before committing suicide. Tmz.com reports that Mr Williams viewed the cancellation as a “personal failure”.

As Mr Williams had said before the show debuted, “My face is all over the town (on billboards) and it’s all on my back.”

So, it was no wonder that the cancellation left him upset.

“It hit him hard,” said a source, adding that this was the reason why the iconic actor entered the Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center last month.

Also, he was increasingly depressed that he was older, and good roles for him were few and far between, said another source.

With the new release of the iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5S. Everyone expected something magical with iOS7. But Apple decided to once again play it safe. There is so much Android can do that it is becoming apparent that iOS is no longer a threat. Here is a SMALL list of 100 things that iPhone 5S and 5C running iOS 7 still can’t do that most newer Android phones can.

Whatever task that you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul.
Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who
promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your
mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except in
the consciousness of doing your best. ~Bernard M. Baruch

Fun Turtle Facts for Kids

• Turtles are reptiles.

• Turtles have a hard shell that protects them like a shield, this upper shell is called a ‘carapace’.

• Turtles also have a lower shell called a ‘plastron’.

• Many turtle species (not all) can hide their heads inside their shells when attacked by predators.

• Turtles have existed for around 215 million years.

• Like other reptiles, turtles are cold blooded.

• The largest turtle is the leatherback sea turtle, it can weigh over 900 kg! (2000 lb)Turtles lay eggs.

• In some species of turtle the temperature determines if the egg will develop into a male or female, lower temperatures lead to a male while higher temperatures lead to a female.

• Some turtles lay eggs in the sand and leave them to hatch on their own. The young turtles make their way to the top of the sand and scramble to the water while trying to avoid predators.

• Sea turtles have special glands which help remove salt from the water they drink.

• Many turtle species are endangered.

 Source: Science Kids

Your vision will become clear
only when you look into your heart …
Who looks outside, dreams.
Who looks inside, awakens.

~Carl Jung

This season on American Horror Story is taking a page from the record books. E! News has confirmed, the FX anthology series has just cast Jyoti Amge, the world’s smallest living woman. The 20-year-old Indian woman proudly holds that title, standing at 2′ 0.6″ according to the Limca Book of Records and Guinness Book of Records, and now she’ll hold a new title: AHS: Freak Show cast member.