Fed-up judge gives animal abusers a taste of their own medicine

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Monica Pop
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Some people can be so cruel sometimes that it makes us lose our faith in humanity. I don’t understand how hurting animals can bring joy to them, and all I ever hope for is for every person who abuses animals get what they deserve, a long time behind bars.

Besides the punishment which comes in a form of a fine and some prison time, now-former judge Michael Cicconetti gave animal abusers creative punishments in an attempt to teach them a valuable lesson that will stick with them for many years.

Judge Cicconetti is a huge animal lover and believes that animal abuse and neglect should never take place because animals are meant to be loved unconditionally, not suffer from the hands of those who are supposed to care for them.

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This judge’s punishments were so clever that a huge number of people heard of them and praised him for his creativity.

One time, a woman was found guilty of forcing her dog live in filth, so along with a fine, judge Cicconetti sentenced her to spend an entire day at the county’s dump.

“I want you to go down to the county dump, to the landfill, and I want them to find the stinkiest, smelliest, God-awful odor place they can find in that dump and I want you to sit there for eight hours tomorrow, to think about what you did to that dog while you smell the odor. If you puke, you puke,” he was reported to had told her.

Another woman was found guilty of abandoning a litter of kittens in the woods, so the judge sentenced her to spend a night in the woods all by herself, just to see how it feels and how scary it is.

Thank you, judge Cicconetti for your love for animals.

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Tom Selleck admits he experiences health issues after over 50 years of doing his own film stunts

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Monica Pop
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Hollywood is the place where dreams are made, but the number of people who get there and manage to stay is limited to those most talented and most fortunate.

Having a successful career in the film industry isn’t something many can brag about, but luckily for us, Tom Selleck is one of those celebs who has been on TV for many years.

This actor’s big break came when he was cast in the lead role as Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I., which brough him five Emmy Award nominations, winning one in 1985.

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Before reaching stardom, however, he landed minor roles in films and series, played in a number of commercials, and made a pair of appearances on The Dating Game. Speaking of the game show, he recalled, “Humiliating and embarrassing. I lost. Twice. I wasn’t particularly funny or glib.” Selleck was then offered a spot on 20th Century Fox’s talent program, where he spent around two years before taking leave to do six months of active duty. Once he returned, he was dropped, but that didn’t break his spirit.

“The luckiest thing that happened was that I didn’t get a real job until I was 35,” Selleck shared with AARP. “When I was 25, I looked 35 but sounded 15. There are a lot of very good actors who make it as younger leading men but don’t graduate — because the audience won’t accept them as grown up.”

Magnum P.I. came at the time when he was almost ready to give up chasing a career as an actor. “I think if Magnum hadn’t worked out, I’d never have worked again in this business,” he shared in an interview with Closer Weekly. 

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Ever since 2010, Selleck has been a co-star in the television series Blue Bloods where he plays Frank Reagan, the commissioner of the New York City Police Department. The show has been renewed for its 13th season.

Over the course of his career of many years, Selleck has done most of the stunts himself, but as it turns out, this decision has taken its toll and his body isn’t the way it was.

“My back’s kind of messed up,” Selleck shared.

“When you do stunts in movies—I do a lot of them—you’re taking a risk, but you’re also sitting around a lot. So you might do a fight scene, and then you sit in your chair, and it’s not like you have a personal trainer saying, ‘Okay, we’re ready to go, but Tom needs ten minutes of stretching and warm-up.’”

“And I think the price,” he added, “I see it with peers, I talk to them sometimes. You just see the price of all those stunts. They weren’t that hard, but I think it’s the stop-and-go of all that stuff.”

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The actor keeps in shape by working on his ranch in Ventura, California. He’s also very passionate about horses, love he has passed down to his daughter.

Selleck has been married to wife Jillie Mack for 35 years. What makes their union one of the strongest in Hollywood is that he always puts his family first.

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Speaking to People, Selleck said in 2012, “I quit Magnum to have a family.

“It took a long time to get off the train, but I try very hard to have balance, and this ranch has helped me do that.”

“We both thought it was the best environment for Hannah to grow up,” his wife added.

We wish Tom Selleck great health.

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Why are single women without children so happy?

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Monica Pop
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Some people believe that life is all about finding the one, getting married, and starting a family. But is this the norm? Certainly not. There are also those who find happiness in being single and free, and that’s totally fine.

Many people don’t want to commit, and they are not judged for their decision as they were in the past. At the end of the day, there is no exact definition of what happiness is, because different people find it in different things.

Recent research shows that single women who don’t have children are the happiest people of all. Relationships do make people happy, but according to Professor Paul Dolan from the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at LSE, when two people get married the women are the ones who have a higher risk for both mental and physical health problems in middle age.

“[t]he healthiest and happiest population subgroup are women who never married or had children.”  he says.

For a number of women, the stress is heavily weighted upon having a relationship and children.

Professor Dolan claims that recent data shows that the “traditional” model of success, which is a marriage and children, isn’t correlated with happiness and satisfaction. Even today, women are the ones who are expected to clean the house and do most of the chores. They also tend to do more of the emotional work in a relationship.

“There’s evidence that women spend longer on domestic tasks than men, and I think they also do more emotional work — so they still do more housework and cooking and things as well as more emotional labor,” says University of Essex Professor Emily Grundy.

In the past, women were more dependent on men. They were not allowed to work and have careers, but as years went by and all this changed drastically, women became independent, and with that, the need to be married by any cost diminished.

“Certainly, there’s a common finding from a lot of studies that women who don’t have a partner tend to do more social activities and more friends compared to women with partners whereas with men it’s the reverse — men without a partner tend to do much less of that,” says Grundy.

The truth is that men can also benefit from the lack of responsibility to another person or family, with the difference that women weren’t allowed to enjoy those benefits for a long period of time.

It is beautiful that every person can choose to do what makes them happy. If that is being in a relationship and having kids, just go for it, but never judge those who decide to stay single and don’t see themselves as a parent material.

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7-month-old boy beaten by his aunt’s boyfriend refuses to die after life support switched off

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Monica Pop
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When Berry and Elsie Webber went on their honeymoon, all they hoped for was to spend some great time together. They were at ease knowing they left their kids in the hands of their caring aunt who would keep a close eye on them. However, they never imagined the aunt’s long time boyfriend would do something unimaginable. That cruel man named Andrew Nolan tortured and severely beaten 7-month-old Bobby, leaving him fighting for his life. The incident took place while Elsie’s sister was out with the other kids.

The violent assault lasted for four hours. At the time he was rushed to the hospital, little Bobby had multiple skull fractures, a fracture to his vertebra, a bruised genitalia, and bite marks all over his tiny body.

Bobby was placed on life support, and the doctors’ prognosis were poor. They advised the parents to switch off the ventilator and let their son go.

The Webbers made a decision to take that advice, but once the life support was turned off, Bobby continued breathing on his own.

Was it a miracle? Definitely yes. Everyone was surprised and realized the brave little boy was willing to fight.

Today, four years after the horrific incident, Bobby is still doing his best to live his life as best as he can. The injuries he suffered from caused him to develop quadriplegic cerebral palsy and vision impairment, but that doesn’t stop him from fighting.

“Absolutely everything that Bobby achieves blows my mind,” his mom told Daily Mail Australia.

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“The hardest part is the constant position changing. He can’t sit up or crawl to get to where he wants to be, he relies on us to help him,” Elsie said.

“It never stops. As soon as Bobby wakes up, there is a lot of lifting involved. We give him his first round of medication and try to get him changed. We take him to the toilet because he’s toilet training at the moment. But he’s nearly completely toilet trained — which is amazing.”

“It is honestly one of his biggest achievements, and it has changed so much for us as a family. We were told all these things, he would never do any of this stuff but here he is doing it. He’s in remission from epilepsy, as well.”

Thankfully, Bobby is in remission from epilepsy and he’s involved in social activities. Currently, he attends Liberty Allstars cheer-leading every Sunday where he gets to bond and have fun with other kids with special abilities.

“It has given him the opportunity to be in a sport, and he doesn’t feel like he’s different,” Elise said.

“He doesn’t have stigma, and he gets so much joy from being at Liberty, going out into competitions and hearing everybody clap for something that he is proud of. It has been wonderful for awareness of his body.”

“He really responds so well to music and just the supportive environment for me, Bobby and Olivia is a blessing. There are people in that gym who were once complete strangers and are now family and friends.”

The story of Bobby is both heartbreaking and inspiring. He deserves all the praise for never giving up, no matter how hard things are.

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She received a call while getting married in church and immediately left without saying a word

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Monica Pop
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The wedding day is one of the most beautiful and most memorable days in every couple’s lives. It is the day when two people say ‘I do’ and commit to each other, hoping it would be forever.

The wedding day of a woman named Sarah Ray of Tennessee took a dramatic turn and the ceremony was delayed after she heard that her father and grandmother were involved in an accident.

Just as she was about to walk towards the aisle, Sarah suddenly rushed outside the church. The guests were left in shock as they believed she ran away and didn’t want the ceremony to proceed. But that was far from the truth.

Sarah works as a paramedic, and she was certain she could help the fellow first responders.

Her future husband didn’t get mad at all, on the contrary, he was proud of her and the way she reacted, as he knew she has a heart of gold.

Once she made sure her dad and her grandma were fine, after they were provided with medical help, Sarah returned to the church and married the love of her life, the person who totally understood how great of a person she is.

Speaking of her wedding day, Sarah said that she wouldn’t hesitate even a bit to save a life, even during her wedding, and not only her father’s, but of any person out there.

We wish this amazing woman all the happiness.

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They saw him start digging huge ditches in the backyard and loading soil into bags 

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Monica Pop
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DIY projects are always a challenge. To build and create something from scratch requires a lot of dedication, a creative mind, and in the case of a man named Alex Dodman, watching plenty of YouTube videos.

The Essex native recently moved to a new home which needed renovation. Being interested in doing most of the renovation himself, he made a plan and turned his new place into an incredibly beautiful home for himself, his wife Sarah, and their two children, Allie and Eddie.

Once the renovation was done, it was the time for a new pool. Believe it or not, Alex constructed it mostly by himself. He started the project back in 2020, but then the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and his work was delayed.

He bought most of the materials needed through Facebook and the final project cost him around $10,000, which is much less than to hire a professional for the job.

“I did everything myself,” he said, “from picking up the materials and bringing them into my garden to hiring a digger and digging the hole, as well as the tiling and all of the plumbing.”

Constructing a swimming pool was truly challenging, but Alex was determined to turn his backyard into a place for enjoyment. In order to be able to understand the entire process, he watched plenty of YouTube videos, especially the work of a woman from Holland who was his inspiration as he admired her DIY creation.

When the pool was finished, he was proud of what he achieved, and his family loved it.

This wasn’t the first time, however, for Alex to build something from scratch. In the past, he created a home theater and a gym all by himself which helped him safe around $75,000. Impressive, isn’t it?

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After 30 years of marriage, just as she imagined enjoying good times in her second youth, she was surprised with an unexpected divorce

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Monica Pop
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When two people get married, they believe it is forever. The truth is, however, that for a marriage to function the way it should, besides love, it takes kindness and commitment.

After 30 years of marriage, a woman named Violeta experienced heartbreak. Her husband filed for divorce, and she was left shocked, to say the least. But she managed to overcome the difficult period and she is now sharing her life story.

“I have been thinking of writing to you for a long time. I didn’t have the courage and I was ashamed, but now I have resigned.

“My partner was attentive and behaved exemplary with me. We intended to rekindle the romance of youth when our kids graduated from school, and we saw them tie the knot. To retire in later life, we decided to construct a home in the mountains.

“Two years ago, when we were watching television, my husband said he wanted to talk to me.

“I had no clue he would deliver such awful news to me. He quietly confessed that he was in love. But not with me. He gently explained to me that they had been dating for some time, that she is a student, and that he wants to live with her.

“Fortunately, I was sitted on the armchair. I didn’t even have the courage to confront him, demand answers from him, or ask questions. Through my tears, I could only shiver and ask, “Okay, but what about me?”

“He packed his things the very following day and left. I was upset, but I couldn’t even point the finger at the girl who had his attention.

“The only thing I regretted was that I didn’t see his transformation and that I let him leave. Quickly after, I got a divorce notice. I endured so much pain. I was accused of letting him go too easy by the kids. But I believed that fighting for him was pointless.”

I believed that he would later regret the decision. I also began a new life. In order to replace the void in my spirit, I didn’t want to find anybody else, but only looked for peace.  I travelled, met new people, and tightened my bonds with the close ones. While he was gone, I felt fantastic.

“My husband finally came home in peace after a considerable period during which no one knew anything about him. I felt bad for the guy. He was ill and had a terrible look. He wished for us to reconnect.

“It wasn’t until then that I began to feel upset and recognized how much pain he had caused me. He had used me as a ‘poor weather cloak.’

“I asked him to leave my house with a smile on his face and the same composure that he had when he told me he was in love with another woman. I told him that his place is next to the woman he cherished so much and for whom he abruptly left his family.

“He no longer lives with her, is single, and is still attempting a reconciliation with the kids.

“But even if I would fall in love again, I would never marry again since I take care of my life and cherish every second spent with my grandkids. Because, even at 55, life is worth living wonderfully, responsibly, and quietly”

Couple opens wedding gift 9 years after aunt told them not to

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Nicole
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The day of the wedding is the moment that most of us eagerly wait to happen. It is the day dedicated to us and it signifies crowning of the intimate relationship that we have. Besides that, wedding means a lot of guests and a lot of lovely presents from family and friends. Some will be good, some will be wonderful, but some are… just odd.

The wedding day of Kathy and Brandon Gunn was like any other. It was an event woven with love, good friends, beloved family members and lots of gifts and wonderful memories. However, their Aunt Alison made their day quite extraordinary. She gave them the most unusual gift ever!

Aunt Alison’s present was a mystery on the day of the wedding since she instructed the young couple to open the gift when their first disagreement occurs. Imagine their excitement about it.

Nevertheless, Kathy and Brandon followed their aunt’s instructions. The gift ended up in their closet and they almost forgot about its existence. Like many other couples out there, Gunns had many disagreements and disputes. But, they never even thought of opening the gift that meant a lot to them – not until nine years later.

The time of opening the gift was not actually the moment of their bitter argument. It was the other way around. Their marriage was going well and their lives were complete. The idea of opening the box came when Kathy and Brandon talked about buying a gift for their friends’ wedding. They remembered the old box, opened it and they found the best present they got in their lives.

The box contained some ‘life saving cash’ and two notes, one for Brandon and one Kathy. Aunt Alison’s note to Kathy read:

“Kathy, go get a pizza, shrimp, or something you both like. Go get a bath ready.”

On the other hand, Brandon’s note said:

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Looking at the words ‘bottle of wine’, ‘flowers’, ‘food’ and ‘bath’ it didn’t take a lot of thinking to predict what was the next thing to do.

Kathy and Brandon do not regret opening the box 9 years later. They strongly believe the box was some kind of link that kept them going. It somehow made them have a marriage that is filled with love and support. The simplicity of the gift and the well-thought intention were the things that make this gift very special to them.

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Kathy finally adds:

“To us, it would have meant that we didn’t have what it takes to make our marriage work – and we’re both too stubborn and determined for that. So, it forced us to reassess situations. Was it really time to open the box? What if this isn’t our worst fight? What if there’s a worse one ahead of us and we don’t have our box?!? As my Great Uncle Bill would say, ‘Nothing is ever so bad that it couldn’t get worse.’”

Reading this story, it turns out that the small things actually do matter!

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