May 17 Malala Yousafzai: I was reading this in
the Metro on May 16. She is a
young Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban because she was campaigning
for girls’ education. There is a
painting of her by British artist Jonathan Yeo and it was auctioned for $102,
500.
It will go to the charity Malala Fund which will be given to
Nigerian non-profits that focus on girl’s education. Take a look at the painting.
My opinion: That’s great the painting raised money
for charity.
Sexual assault: I read this in the Metro on May 16
about how Pakistani police arrested a teacher Qari Naseer (27) and his 2
friends who raped a college student.
“Marks a rare rape arrest in Pakistan,
where prosecutions are few and victims are often stigmatized.” The accused were pelted with ink and stones.
Naseer: “I am feeling shame for doing this act.”
My opinion: There is justice here.
Sudan:
I read this in the Metro on May 16 "Muslim-born woman sentenced to death
for marriage to Christian." Her
name is Meriam Ibrahim whose father is Muslim but her mother is Orthodox
Christian. She is convicted of
“apostasy” and given 4 days to repent and escape death. She’s 26 yrs old and is 8 months pregnant.
Her husband Daniel Wani is a Christian form southern Sudan
and has US
citizenship. She would be sentenced to
get 100 lashes.
Slut walk: I was reading in the Metro May 12 “City
needs slut walk: Organizers” by Leah Germain.
The event is on May 31 at noon
at Wilbert McIntyre
Park.
Stephanie Chard says: “As we can tell about recent events,
like 630 CHED’s poll last month, rape culture is still very, very prevalent in
our culture and our society.”
There is a picture of her holding a sign: “My body was a
crime scene. My clothing didn’t make
that happen. My rapist did.”
Kailyn Lowry: She is a star of the reality TV show
Teen Mom 2. She released a memoir and
she talks about an abortion and two rapes.
It was kind of harsh to read the article.
She has one baby named Isaac with her ex-boyfriend Jo. She is now married to Javi and has a kid with
him named Lincoln.
My opinion: I didn’t know that. I have seen her 16 and
Pregnant ep and I watched the first 3 seasons of Teen Mom 2. She never mentioned she was raped on the
show.
I missed the season 4 and 5 because I don’t get MTV
anymore. However, I can go on mtv.ca to
watch it. Maybe I will for the summer.
Prostitution: I was reading in the Metro on May 13
“NYPD. Police to stop use of condoms as
evidence in prostitution cases.”
“Under the new policy announced Monday, officers may
continue to seize condoms as evidence in sex-trafficking and promotion of
prostitution cases, but they will not use them in support of prostitution
cases.”
The NYPD heard from community health advocates and took a
serious look at making changes to our current polity as it relates to our
broader public safety mission” Police Commissioner William Bratton said.
Prosthetic hand: I read in the Metro on May 13 that
there is a limb called DEKA Arm System by New Hampshire
serial inventor Dean Kamen and his team.
My opinion: That’s good news for people who lost
limbs.
Conjoined twins: Here is a Yahoo news video from my
“parking lot email draft.” (You know
where I see some interesting news and put it in a draft email and wait until
later to write about.) These are twin
brothers who are joined at the hip. It’s an interesting video.
“CONJOINED twins Shivanath and Shivram Sahu have found a
unusual way to get to school - dropping to the floor and running like a SPIDER.
The 12-year-olds, who were born joined at the waist, bare two legs and four
arms and work in tandem to get around. They have stunned doctors with their
ability to wash, dress and feed themselves - and say they are determined never
to be parted. The pair were born in a village near Raipur,
central India.
Their arrival caused quite a stir with some villagers even worshiping them,
believing they were divine incarnations. They are believed to share the same
stomach but have independent lungs, hearts and brains. At birth a local doctor
said they could not be separated but now a leading pediatrician, who has
reviewed photographs of the boys, has said an operation is potentially viable.
However, the twins and their father are vehemently against the idea and say
they will remain together all their lives.”
My opinion: It’s cool to see them running like a big
bug.
Mom dies so baby can live: I found this on Yahoo
news:
Cancer survivor Elizabeth Joice was told the chemotherapy
that helped her beat sarcoma in 2010 would also leave her infertile, so when
she and husband Max got the news that she was in fact pregnant last year,
"it very much felt like a miracle," he tells CNN.
Tumors were also found in Joice's heart and pelvis. She died
six weeks later, on March 9. Still, her doctor remembers the first time she saw
Joice hold her baby. "The joy on her face was just incredible," she
says. "She said, 'This is worth it ... I would do it all again to have
this child.'"
There are comments like:
Serge: OK, this really touched me... Brought tears to my eyes...
This mom was a MOM to the full extent, she showed what is self sacrifice and
the true meaning of LOVE for your family. Very happy that she had some time to
get to spend some time to get to know and love her baby girl. Hope DAD will
find solace that she is now pain free but gave him the ultimate gift of love.
My opinion: It’s a happy and sad story. So bittersweet. At least the mom Elizabeth did experience
happiness.
May 18 Secret millionaires: I found this on Yahoo
news way back in Nov. 2013.
“Kathleen Magowan may have passed away in 2011 at the age of
87, but her surprising charitable donations have given her a very unexpected
legacy: she's being called a "secret millionaire."
She left nearly $480,000 to Simsbury
public schools, $500,000 to the University
of St. Joseph in West
Hartford, more than $400,000 to the McLean nursing
home where she died, and nearly $375,000 to her local parish, St. Mary's Roman
Catholic Church, according to The Hartford Courant.”
Sochi bear: This was way back in Feb. 2014 at the end of
the Winter Olympics. There is giant Sochi bear and he cries a tear.
I thought it was cute. The
article begins with “So this is what it feels like when bears cry.”
Tobacco body: I found this
on Yahoo news in Dec. 2013. There’s an
article about “Shocking image of what Smoking does to your body.” Click on the picture and it mentions how
smoking affects your face, stomach, pregnancy, stress, etc. There are a lot of comments from readers
saying how they quit smoking.
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