POTTERmoi: July 2014

Thursday, July 24, 2014

THE WORLD'S LARGEST INDOOR DOME OPENS

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President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III led the inauguration of the Iglesia ni Cristo's Philippine Arena in Bulacan this morning (July 21), touted as the world's largest indoor arena.

Aquino congratulated the influential religious group for its 100th anniversary, saying INC's sense of community [and] faith extends beyond the church.

Philippine Arena

The Philippine Arena is part of the Ciudad de Victoria (City of Victory) complex of the Iglesia ni Cristo that is estimated to be about 130 hectares.

Construction of the arena began on Aug. 17, 2011 and ended last May 30, 2014. The dome can accommodate some 55,000 people.

The Philippine Arena has four levels. The parking area, offices and stage can be found on Level 1. On Level 2 are the main entrance from the great stairs, and lower bowl seats. The VIP rooms are on Level 3, while the concourse or general patronage area is found on Level 4.

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Friday, July 18, 2014

DID BABY WAKE-UP ON HER FUNERAL?

UPDATE: July 15 -- ABS-CBN now reports that the mother says she was misled by a 'quack doctor' that the baby was still alive after the child purportedly moved during the funeral service.

After the baby was taken out of her casket, the family brought her to a hospital where doctors confirmed she had no pulse and was dead.

Original story below:

A 3-year-old girl who was previously pronounced medically dead awoke at her funeral in Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, in the Philippines on Sunday.

Aurora Police Senior Inspector Heidil Teelan confirmed the incident to the The Philippine Star.

The girl, whose name has not been released, apparently suffered through several days of high fever before she was brought to a local medical clinic where a physician pronounced her dead.

Then, at the funeral, an attendee removed the "cover of the coffin to arrange the supposed remains saw the head of the girl move," according to the paper.

If you think you've read this story before, you have not. But people waking up at their funerals does occasionally happen.

Here are seven examples of the phenomenon as compiled by The Week.

In 2011, the shock of waking up at her own funeral actually helped cause a Russian woman's death, according to Fox News.