Storm-Tossed Cruise Ship Returns To N.J. Port: 'All Hell Broke Loose

A passenger from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Anthem of the Seas waits for transportation after arriving at the Cape Liberty cruise port in Bayonne, N.J., Wednesday. The ship was forced to turn around after hitting a strong storm at sea.

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After enduring winds that topped 120 mph and waves that tossed their ship around, passengers of the Anthem of the Seas are on dry land Thursday, having cut short a planned cruise to the Bahamas. Royal Caribbean says the storm that damaged the ship and forced its return to New Jersey "far exceeded forecasts."

The cruise line also says it will revise its policies about avoiding severe weather. Passengers had posted photos and video showing damage and extreme conditions on board. When the ship docked Wednesday night, passengers say, the onboard speakers played Barry Manilow's song "Looks Like We Made It" and cheering erupted from the balconies.

"Our ship and our crew performed very well to keep everyone safe during severe weather," the cruise line says. And while it apologized to passengers "for what they went through," Royal Caribbean adds, "of more than 6,000 people on board, only four minor injuries were reported."

The Anthem of the Seas — one of the world's largest cruise ships, at more than 168,000 tons — ran into the powerful storm off the coast of the Carolinas on Sunday afternoon. Extreme conditions that shattered glass and damaged roof panels on the ship prompted the captain to order passengers to stay in their cabins.

One of those passengers was Cheryl Howell, who tells NJ.com that it was her first cruise.

"I went on it myself," she said. "So the second day of this wonderful vacation all hell broke loose."

Howell agreed with Royal Caribbean's praise for the ship's crew. Here's more of what she said:

"The first day was great. The second day we were watching a musical and everything started sliding. All I can remember is glass shattering everywhere and it was very scary to hear the glass."

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"I was on the sixth deck and waves were coming over my balcony. It was very scary."

As we reported Monday, Royal Caribbean said that after a "tough day" for its guests, it would refund their ticket costs and give passengers a 50 percent discount on a future cruise.

HOOOOOO...SECRET ABOUT SOME INDIAN

In the heart of Indiranagar, Bangalore’s young, techie neighborhood, a series of storefronts and restaurants assaults your senses — Starbucks! California Pizza Kitchen! United Colors of Benetton! In the middle of this show of middle-class success sits a window display of what an older Indian man might delicately call ladies’ items — bras, lacy underwear,intimacies. Inside, though, daintiness gets ditched: Drake’s beats blast through the speaker and bright pink, peach and striped patterns bloom everywhere as a few young women browse and Sherin Mariel provides consultations — measuring bust and cup sizes, offering sisterly advice. But when a lady finds a perfect fit, she can’t buy it here. She takes her purchase to the Web, because this is the first physical store of Zivame.com, a ecommerce company headquartered here.

Zivame, Clovia, PrettySecrets and a few others are emerging leaders of a new fleet of lingerie startups that are taking advantage of India’s online shopping craze, an industry worth an estimated $23 billion, Goldman Sachs reported last year. They’re capitalizing on the attitudes of young sexuality-positive working women — with money to spare — who will take their leaning in with a side of lace and polka dots, thank you. Here in India — where 400 million people are expected to be online this year, surpassing the United States, according to the Internet and Mobile Association of India — ecommerce is in a gilded age. There’s Amazon’s $2 billion competitors and Snapdeal, as well as Lenskart, jewelry home-delivery services, grocery booms and more. “It’s like the Wild West here,” says NYU Stern professor of business Anindya Ghose.

Women are getting bolder about what they wear inside.

Sure, new players will face an uphill battle to compete with the bigwigs, Ghose says, but these companies believe that it’s all about going niche. Series C–funded Zivame’s CEO, Richa Kar, sees a targeted market here: women who want to feel good about their bodies. And the way Kar talks about buying bras — bras and panties hang around her busy office like casual ornaments and a collaged poster of scantily clad women greets you in the lobby — is a far cry from the old days. (Most lingerie stores are staffed by men, who can make shoppers uncomfortable, and who don’t provide insight on sizing — a tricky matter — she says.) Meanwhile, in small towns, one of which Kar is from, women shop for bras at mom-and-pop stores with their mothers until the age of 21, buying dull beige and careless colors.

Shocking Breaking News ............. About J.B Danquah

Credible information reaching citifmonline.com says the Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a man suspected to have killed the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu.

Sources at the command who confirmed the arrest to Citi News Franklin Badu Jnr, the alleged killer was nabbed in an operation led by the Regional Commander, COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare.
The operation begun last night and ended Thursday dawn. Details of how the arrest and the identity of the suspect are unknown for now. According to Citi News’ Franklin Badu Jnr., the police are currently interrogating the suspect to ascertain whether he acted independently or was contracted to kill.
Investigations into the gruesome killing of the MP began on Tuesday morning, after his demise at dawn that same day. Efforts to capture the suspect intensified after the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) was asked to take over the investigations.
A Member of Parliament on the minority side according to police sources, was also instrumental in the arrest of the suspect. The arrest comes a day after five of the six persons who were invited for questioning over the killing were discharged. As at Wednesday evening, the police was only holding the late MP’s private security guard, who they said had more questions to answer.
The stabbing
The MP was killed by unknown assailants at his residence at Shiashi in Accra, where he lived with his family. Some neighbours of the late MP have told Citi News they heard about a struggle between the MP and his attackers, which forced them out of their homes only to find out that he had been killed.
They claimed to have seen a ladder behind the late MP’s bedroom, which they suspect was used by the assailants to access his room where he was killed and left in a pool of blood.
According to them, they saw a man run out of the house but he could not use the main entrance because they had then called in the police who were stationed at the gate waiting to enter.
About J.B Danquah
The late Joseph Boakye Danquah, once served as a Deputy Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs.
He was the Abuakwa North MP from 2000 until 2008, when he lost the seat to the NPP’s Prof. Samuel Amoako.
He returned in 2012 to win the seat. He left behind a wife and two children. Joseph Boakye Danquah, a chartered Accountant by profession, is the grandson of late J.B Danquah, a Ghanaian statesman, pan-Africanist, scholar and historian, who played a significant role in pre- and post-colonial Ghana.
J.B Danquah escaped similar attack in 2010
The late MP escaped a similar attack in 2010, although Citi News has no facts to suggest that the incident of 2010 is connected to the current one. In that attack, the MP sustained a deep cut on his arm.
The assailants attacked him at a house at East Legon, believed to be his then girlfriend’s house. In February 2013, three persons who were prosecuted for allegedly causing harm to the late MP in that attack were convicted with fines.
In that case, the married MP’s girlfriend, was the one accused of plotting the attack on him over his refusal to give her money.

MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IN MEN LIFE

TIME WITH UR CREATOR Holy Bible (NKJV) 1.3 - 1Sam 30:8 " So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?" And He answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all." Life is full of anxieties, trials,temptations and problems but there is only one solution to these unexpected things called "PRAYER". Life is not complete without communicating to ur creator through prayer so let us devote time with our creator through prayer daily. The day u stop praying u will die spiritually like a person living earth without Jesus Christ the Only Saviour of all men. Pray for a sinner today to save somebody from going to hell fire today. May God bless u and answer all ur prayers. God love u that is why Jesus came and died. pls send it to all ur friends and a door will open for u today. Shalom.

OMG.. The End Time Is Near

THE BIGEST MISTAKE MEN CAN MAKE ON THIS EARTH IS TO DIE WITHOUT KNOW JESUS CHRIST INTO UR LIFE. IT ALSO PAINS ME THAT MUSLIEMS SEE CHRISTIANS AS THEIR ARC- ENEMIES WHILES WE CHRISTIANS SHOW LOVE TO THEM. JESUS CHRIST IS LORD OF LORD AND KINGS OF KINGS AND AT THE SAME TIME THE WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE NOBODY GOES TO HEAVEN WITHOUT HIM. GOD LOVE U AND WANT SAVE. RELIGION WILL NEVER TAKE U TO HEAVEN BUT JESUS CHRIST IS READY TO TAKE U TO HEAVEN IF ONLY U BELIEVE AND ACCEPT HIS SONSHIP. SHALOM. FROM: GODLOVE PUBLICATIONS

How Ghana Football Association Develop Youth

The Technical Directorate of the Ghana Football Association has invited forty (40) young players who starred in the 2015 and 2014 editions of the Airtel Rising Stars Project for the third phase of the to be National Under 17 selection exercise.

Airtel Rising Stars, the most consistent talent hunt program in the country, has for the last five years been discovering

KOJO BONSU IS TO BE BLAMED

Assemblyman for Ridge Nhyiaeso in Kumasi, Abraham Boadi, has accused the Mayor of Kumasi, Kojo Bonsu for the violent clashes over the fencing of a cemetery in Tafo.

The Tafo community has been placed under a curfew following clashes between some Muslim youth and the traditional authorities in the area.

The locals and traditional authorities are reportedly fighting off attempts