Urban places often develop in resort locations such as Cozumel and Isla Mujeres often damaging the original ecosystem. The wealthy companies spend a great deal of money developing these locations into hotel and tourism centers. The tourists find these places to be a very desirable plot of real estate. The very structure of these tourism centers and the sub sequential effect on the local economy leads to a sort of economic persuasion in the favor of the wealthy companies. The Eco-conscious activists appear to be loosing out. Today a Mexican Judge held a 1.1 million dollar (15 million peso) bond against legal action allowing the improvements upon Cozumel and Isla Mujeres beaches. The activists argue that if the repairs are not done properly, endangered species of marine snails may be lost. The Government sides with the companies who view these repairs as a necessary way to save thousands of jobs that a destroyed beach would cause. This decision may prove it harder to raise ecological oppositions to industrial expansions for anyone other than the financially backed or the wealthy. Its seems as though companies with an interest in tourism have governmental persuasion in these situations due to the large amount of people they employ and the amount of taxes the government would get. The likelihood that a company will receive funding for a possibly futile or temporary project seems to overshadow the possibility that an activist group can save an endangered species or ecosystem. It would be ideal if companies were expected to consult ecosystem analysts before creating large-scale expansions and land expansions. The changes to the environment can cause extreme and permanent changes to the ecosystem.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxuS9nD3ns654NRA6byKCBbGt8sQD9BPO8E00
Friday, November 06, 2009
Iran Prison Rape Cover Up
Jessie Lucas
November 6th
5:37 PM
Iran is currently in trouble for covering up abuses people were experiencing while detained in prisons. A twenty seven year old activist was arrested twice. During the second time he was severely beaten as well as sodomized and then left him bound and bleeding on the street in the nation’s capital. The report, which hospital officials tried to destroy, described injuries consistent with sexual assault. Another young activist was also arrested. He was handcuffed, blindfolded, and bound and also raped while in custody. A woman, age twenty one, also spoke up about how she was raped four times when she was taken into custody. This isn’t the first time Iranian prison guards have been accused of sexual assault. The former Parliament speaker stated that he received reports of savage rapes by prison guards that caused the detainees both physical and mental damage. However the government did not believe him and in fact stated that the speaker should be jailed for making such allegations.
Really Iran? What are you doing? People are accusing your prison guards of horrible atrocities and instead of investigating the allegations, they are suggesting that those who complain be arrested! Whaaat? It’s horrible when these kinds of things go unnoticed or unrecognized but when they are completely ignored and evidence is destroyed it somehow makes it even worse. The fact that the government is trying to cover up that their prison system is corrupt and their guards immoral (for lack of a better word that is appropriate for this blog) is completely unacceptable. The fact that nobody is really stepping in to stop them is even worse. Although I am aware that it is not just in Iran that abuses such as these happen in prisons, in fact they occur here in the US. However it is still mind boggling that people do this to others and get away with it.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h1eEcqd27sPTDgP_v9GqGs520ULwD9BQ9K9O0
November 6th
5:37 PM
Iran is currently in trouble for covering up abuses people were experiencing while detained in prisons. A twenty seven year old activist was arrested twice. During the second time he was severely beaten as well as sodomized and then left him bound and bleeding on the street in the nation’s capital. The report, which hospital officials tried to destroy, described injuries consistent with sexual assault. Another young activist was also arrested. He was handcuffed, blindfolded, and bound and also raped while in custody. A woman, age twenty one, also spoke up about how she was raped four times when she was taken into custody. This isn’t the first time Iranian prison guards have been accused of sexual assault. The former Parliament speaker stated that he received reports of savage rapes by prison guards that caused the detainees both physical and mental damage. However the government did not believe him and in fact stated that the speaker should be jailed for making such allegations.
Really Iran? What are you doing? People are accusing your prison guards of horrible atrocities and instead of investigating the allegations, they are suggesting that those who complain be arrested! Whaaat? It’s horrible when these kinds of things go unnoticed or unrecognized but when they are completely ignored and evidence is destroyed it somehow makes it even worse. The fact that the government is trying to cover up that their prison system is corrupt and their guards immoral (for lack of a better word that is appropriate for this blog) is completely unacceptable. The fact that nobody is really stepping in to stop them is even worse. Although I am aware that it is not just in Iran that abuses such as these happen in prisons, in fact they occur here in the US. However it is still mind boggling that people do this to others and get away with it.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h1eEcqd27sPTDgP_v9GqGs520ULwD9BQ9K9O0
Speaking out about domestic violence
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091107f1.html
Aisha Crawford
11/6
4:43
This article talks about the fear and lack of protectin that women in domestic violence situations have in Japan. Domestic violence here usually goes unreported; and when it does most of the time the police try to talk the women into staying instead of taking them and their children away to a safety haven. This issue has been hidden for so long because women often feel frightened and ashamed backed with their low status in society. Spousal abuse is very low profile in Japan. In 2001 there was a law that criminalized spousal violence. This new law now in effect includes psychological abuse and threats, and allow for family restraining orders against abusive partners.
Activists still feel that this is not enough. Through Tokyo's Aoyama-Omotesando district a march took place that was deemed Japan's first public demonstration by domestic violence victims.These victims with their masked kids marched proudly showing how they had overcome their obstacles and encouraging others to do the same.
It is very surprising that in an industrialized place like japan that women are still not fully protected by the law. It is kind of scary because women always get the back end of the stick. However the fearfulness and shame are felt by women all around the world. I did this article because of the ongoing Rihanna and Chris Brown domestic violent issue. IT is just interesting to see that other women go throught this and that they should not feel bad but instead fuel their energy to get out.
Palm Trees Accually Bring Problems!
Matthew kenney
11/6/09
4:19 pm
In the last few months, Uganda has been through some difficulties with environmental destruction and private companies. Lately, a vegetable oil company made a deal with the Ugandan government to set up a vegetable oil plantation that would supposedly bring more money to the country and more jobs. The private oil company split the land and cleared out thousands of acres for palm trees that they make vegetable oil out of. After some views into the operation, people discovered that the plantation that was supposedly sounded good ended up being the exact opposite. The company had torn down the whole jungle in their area and planted palm trees. They also went out of their designated zone. Finally, they have been polluting the soil and water with fertilizers.
What do I think about this? First off, I kind of laughed at the Ugandans because they were so quick to make a buck and do something good that they got taken advantage of. Then again, its not right and or helpful to do this so I soon stopped. Then I looked at the sleazy company that was behind this. These days, it is so common for large companies to break rules and cheat just to make extra profit that it doesn’t even phase anyone. I have always been a supporter of justice to companies that do things such as this and I hope this company will get what’s coming to it. Go Uganda for trying to improve but try not to be had next time.
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=49113
11/6/09
4:19 pm
In the last few months, Uganda has been through some difficulties with environmental destruction and private companies. Lately, a vegetable oil company made a deal with the Ugandan government to set up a vegetable oil plantation that would supposedly bring more money to the country and more jobs. The private oil company split the land and cleared out thousands of acres for palm trees that they make vegetable oil out of. After some views into the operation, people discovered that the plantation that was supposedly sounded good ended up being the exact opposite. The company had torn down the whole jungle in their area and planted palm trees. They also went out of their designated zone. Finally, they have been polluting the soil and water with fertilizers.
What do I think about this? First off, I kind of laughed at the Ugandans because they were so quick to make a buck and do something good that they got taken advantage of. Then again, its not right and or helpful to do this so I soon stopped. Then I looked at the sleazy company that was behind this. These days, it is so common for large companies to break rules and cheat just to make extra profit that it doesn’t even phase anyone. I have always been a supporter of justice to companies that do things such as this and I hope this company will get what’s coming to it. Go Uganda for trying to improve but try not to be had next time.
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=49113
Thousands Flee Ethnic Violence in Northern DRC
Zeina Mvemba
4:40 PM
11/6/09
Following many ethnic attacks, and acts of violence against civilians, 16,000 people have left the DRC in hopes of finding refuge and safe haven. Leaving the DRC for the Republic of Congo, officials say the fighting occurred between the Enyele and Munzaya tribes, over farming and fishing rights. The fighting killed 60 people, 40 were injured and many villages were burned. The fighting between these tribes has lasted since March, where a total of more than 200 houses were burned and around 1,200 fled to the Republic of Congo. Along with the current 16,000 refugees from the DRC, officials say the Republic of Congo was already hosting around 9,000 refugees from the DRC’s previous civil war.
This ethnic conflict is probably one that affects me the most, because my father was born in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and I have many family members who reside there. It is hard to see this country at such unrest, which makes me uneasy because this could happen to anyone in my own family. As stated in the article, the DRC is still recovering from their civil war, and it’s sad to see even more conflict break out. Also, it’s disheartening to see all the relocation that has forced civilians from their own villages. I can’t imagine leaving my own country because of fear, never knowing if I’ll ever return. The DRC’s civil war officially ended in 2003, and some refugees still have not returned to the country, I can only imagine and hope that these current refugees will one day be able to return to their villages and make peace again.
U.S. set to leave Iraq, continue war efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan
Matthew Henderson
11/06/2009
The wars in Iraq and AfPak, or Afghanistan/Pakistan, are completely different. The U.S. and president Obama are poised to exit Iraq by December 31st 2011. This does not mean in any way that we will be getting out of the middle-east. Obama is in the process of determining how big of a surge to put into AfPak now that we are finally exiting Iraq. It is looking like we will meet our exit goal in Iraq. The people are ready for the war in Iraq to be over as was promised and that looks like it is what they will get. Many believe that bombings in response from the Taliban show that we are making progress there. The question now is to what extent will we up our involvement in Afghanistan.
I will definitely be glad to see us leave Iraq. It will be long overdue, in fact we never should have been there in the first place. It was just a war of greed and stupidity from the start. As far as Afghanistan goes I feel like the small amount of progress that they are just now trying to imagine that they are seeing is definitely not enough to justify the lives and money spent over there. The British failed in Afghanistan, the Russians Failed in Afghanistan, whether we want to believe it or not we have failed in Afghanistan. To keep pumping more money into this thing and losing more lives everyday is just ridiculous to me. Sometimes you just have to cut your losses. As the bartender from Boondock Saints would say, we need to make like a tree… and get the fuck out of there.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/06/content_12395686.htm
11/06/2009
The wars in Iraq and AfPak, or Afghanistan/Pakistan, are completely different. The U.S. and president Obama are poised to exit Iraq by December 31st 2011. This does not mean in any way that we will be getting out of the middle-east. Obama is in the process of determining how big of a surge to put into AfPak now that we are finally exiting Iraq. It is looking like we will meet our exit goal in Iraq. The people are ready for the war in Iraq to be over as was promised and that looks like it is what they will get. Many believe that bombings in response from the Taliban show that we are making progress there. The question now is to what extent will we up our involvement in Afghanistan.
I will definitely be glad to see us leave Iraq. It will be long overdue, in fact we never should have been there in the first place. It was just a war of greed and stupidity from the start. As far as Afghanistan goes I feel like the small amount of progress that they are just now trying to imagine that they are seeing is definitely not enough to justify the lives and money spent over there. The British failed in Afghanistan, the Russians Failed in Afghanistan, whether we want to believe it or not we have failed in Afghanistan. To keep pumping more money into this thing and losing more lives everyday is just ridiculous to me. Sometimes you just have to cut your losses. As the bartender from Boondock Saints would say, we need to make like a tree… and get the fuck out of there.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/06/content_12395686.htm
Gunmen Kill US airman in Mexico bar attack
Caitlin Adams
11/6/09
Gunmen Kill US airman in Mexico bar attack
This article deals with an event that is causing the city of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. A gang of gunmen killed the US airman along with five others this week. A few days prior to this attack, four men were killed outside of an elementary school. This brings Ciudad Juarez homicide numbers to 30 in just four days. This is raising a problem in figuring out what is behind these crimes. The facts are also not clear making it harder to get a clear answer. This city has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Also, they have a lot of crimes drug related.
Figuring out why these crimes are taking place and if they have any links to each other would really help in a preventative way. If they could figure out why these crimes are taking place, they could take measures to stop them from happening. If this city is known for its high crime rates you would think they would really be looking into what is going on behind the scenes. It shouldn’t take people dying to realize something needs to be done.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33628834/ns/world_news-americas/
11/6/09
Gunmen Kill US airman in Mexico bar attack
This article deals with an event that is causing the city of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. A gang of gunmen killed the US airman along with five others this week. A few days prior to this attack, four men were killed outside of an elementary school. This brings Ciudad Juarez homicide numbers to 30 in just four days. This is raising a problem in figuring out what is behind these crimes. The facts are also not clear making it harder to get a clear answer. This city has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Also, they have a lot of crimes drug related.
Figuring out why these crimes are taking place and if they have any links to each other would really help in a preventative way. If they could figure out why these crimes are taking place, they could take measures to stop them from happening. If this city is known for its high crime rates you would think they would really be looking into what is going on behind the scenes. It shouldn’t take people dying to realize something needs to be done.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33628834/ns/world_news-americas/
'The Deportee's Wife' tells her story
Yareni De Anda
11/06/09
4:25pm
The article is about a woman who's husband was arrested and deported for what his wife sees as "a mistake that he admits" and he tried to fix. She is the wife of a guy that at some point in his life made a mistake, a mistake that he learned from and did not made again. She says that when she met him she was ignorant to the fact that her husband had been deported in the past and that a part of that incident was possecion of a handgun which lead to his deportation (to Mexico). According to the article her and husband asked for their case to be reevaluated in hoping that her husband would be given a second chance but their request got denied and her husband got deported. After the incident the woman started performing a solo show in Mexico and the U.S. to reveal her moving story with the purpose of making people react and feel what she feels going through this difficult time. Her moving story is representative of many other stories of families and wives that are victims of a broken immigration system. She seeks for people to feel uncomfortable when hearing her story and to become sympathetic to it. The article mentions how all her efforts to open people's eyes by sharing her story have been backed up by organizations such as "the AHRC, APEX Austin and the Advocates for Human Rights" and she will continue sharing her story and moving people's hearts.
The one point that got my attention from this article is the fact that she and her husband now live in Mexico as if al had been just a nightmare but that their experience made a difference in the way they lived their lives now. I thought it was particularly interesting the point she makes that even though her husband had broken the law for whatever reason,as many people that fall within that category of criminals, was not given a second chance and were in many ways obligated to leave everything that they had known. She as an American citizen was not longer proud of being an American and in her own words disapointed in her owns country's system and policies. To be able to live with the person she loved she had to give a lot of her rights up by just having to move to a different country, she was not going to be able to enjoy or exercise her own rights as a citizen.
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=28&a=424310
11/06/09
4:25pm
The article is about a woman who's husband was arrested and deported for what his wife sees as "a mistake that he admits" and he tried to fix. She is the wife of a guy that at some point in his life made a mistake, a mistake that he learned from and did not made again. She says that when she met him she was ignorant to the fact that her husband had been deported in the past and that a part of that incident was possecion of a handgun which lead to his deportation (to Mexico). According to the article her and husband asked for their case to be reevaluated in hoping that her husband would be given a second chance but their request got denied and her husband got deported. After the incident the woman started performing a solo show in Mexico and the U.S. to reveal her moving story with the purpose of making people react and feel what she feels going through this difficult time. Her moving story is representative of many other stories of families and wives that are victims of a broken immigration system. She seeks for people to feel uncomfortable when hearing her story and to become sympathetic to it. The article mentions how all her efforts to open people's eyes by sharing her story have been backed up by organizations such as "the AHRC, APEX Austin and the Advocates for Human Rights" and she will continue sharing her story and moving people's hearts.
The one point that got my attention from this article is the fact that she and her husband now live in Mexico as if al had been just a nightmare but that their experience made a difference in the way they lived their lives now. I thought it was particularly interesting the point she makes that even though her husband had broken the law for whatever reason,as many people that fall within that category of criminals, was not given a second chance and were in many ways obligated to leave everything that they had known. She as an American citizen was not longer proud of being an American and in her own words disapointed in her owns country's system and policies. To be able to live with the person she loved she had to give a lot of her rights up by just having to move to a different country, she was not going to be able to enjoy or exercise her own rights as a citizen.
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=28&a=424310
Report on Women's Human Rights Violations Shows Systematic Attack on Women Under Honduran Coup
Jarrod Rudd
November 6, 2009
4:17 pm
Representatives from Honduran women’s organizations presented many violations of women’s human rights by the de facto regime led by Roberto Micheletti before the Inter-American Human Rights commission on November 2. They claim the coup regime and its security forces raped, beat, murdered, and harassed the women of Honduras is the resistance movement. This is an ongoing crisis that continues to claim victims and women are particularly at risk. Honduras women have been the backbone of the resistance movement against the coup from its very beginning and because of that they have suffered tremendously. Honduras has a strong and organized feminist movement that came together by the integration of hundreds of independent women, in a coalition to resistance following the coups formation. They think the only was women’s rights can be restored to Honduras is if they return to a constitutional government.
All I can say to this is….really. I don’t see how or why people would purposely do this to women o their own country. I think no matter how hard people try, others will still disrespect other people and cause things like this to continue to happen. I’m glad that at least the women are coming together and fighting this and not just standing back watching it happen. This shows some progress is being made. I just hope it’s enough to wake up other places to show them that there situations are still going on and the abuse of women needs to be stopped.
http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_57416.shtml
November 6, 2009
4:17 pm
Representatives from Honduran women’s organizations presented many violations of women’s human rights by the de facto regime led by Roberto Micheletti before the Inter-American Human Rights commission on November 2. They claim the coup regime and its security forces raped, beat, murdered, and harassed the women of Honduras is the resistance movement. This is an ongoing crisis that continues to claim victims and women are particularly at risk. Honduras women have been the backbone of the resistance movement against the coup from its very beginning and because of that they have suffered tremendously. Honduras has a strong and organized feminist movement that came together by the integration of hundreds of independent women, in a coalition to resistance following the coups formation. They think the only was women’s rights can be restored to Honduras is if they return to a constitutional government.
All I can say to this is….really. I don’t see how or why people would purposely do this to women o their own country. I think no matter how hard people try, others will still disrespect other people and cause things like this to continue to happen. I’m glad that at least the women are coming together and fighting this and not just standing back watching it happen. This shows some progress is being made. I just hope it’s enough to wake up other places to show them that there situations are still going on and the abuse of women needs to be stopped.
http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_57416.shtml
Human Rights official: Sexual harassment at colleges is underreported
Nicholas Neighbors
November 6, 2009
4:00pm
Claps, director of the Illinois Department of Human Rights is enforcing a new law requiring all colleges to inform students of their rights to seek help from the state if they suffer sexual harassment at school. Claps said there's a serious problem with under-reporting harassment in colleges and in a 2006 survey by the American Association of University Women, he said two thirds of college students reported experiencing sexual harassment at some point in their college career. But it isn't just a gender issue, men and women equally experienced harassment. Gays and lesbians were frequent targets as well. The Department of Human rights has received only seven charged filed for such behavior on college campuses. A new law requires that colleges inform all students of their right not only to mediation through the University offices, but through the Department of Human rights. Next year, the law will apply to K-12 schools as well.
Seeing harassment against people on a college campus is troubling because I am a student. Since i have been in college, I cannot say that I have had any form of sexual harassment but in high school I was often bullied by my peers, especially those who were football jocks or didn't like me. I'm glad that there are more and more people looking out for this type of thing in school and even at younger ages. Protecting children at a younger age is important.
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/992349.html
November 6, 2009
4:00pm
Claps, director of the Illinois Department of Human Rights is enforcing a new law requiring all colleges to inform students of their rights to seek help from the state if they suffer sexual harassment at school. Claps said there's a serious problem with under-reporting harassment in colleges and in a 2006 survey by the American Association of University Women, he said two thirds of college students reported experiencing sexual harassment at some point in their college career. But it isn't just a gender issue, men and women equally experienced harassment. Gays and lesbians were frequent targets as well. The Department of Human rights has received only seven charged filed for such behavior on college campuses. A new law requires that colleges inform all students of their right not only to mediation through the University offices, but through the Department of Human rights. Next year, the law will apply to K-12 schools as well.
Seeing harassment against people on a college campus is troubling because I am a student. Since i have been in college, I cannot say that I have had any form of sexual harassment but in high school I was often bullied by my peers, especially those who were football jocks or didn't like me. I'm glad that there are more and more people looking out for this type of thing in school and even at younger ages. Protecting children at a younger age is important.
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/992349.html
Violence Against Women in the Middle East
Leah Forchheimer
10-6-09
3:49
This article describes different types of violence against women. The article states “Violence against women is the most common but least punished crime in the world.” The quote clearly states how harmful violence against women is, but no one is getting blamed for it. Women are still being threatened today because the threat against the man, who is committing on going violence against a woman, is little to none. Many women are exposed to sexual violence, but never report the acts done to them. Violence often occurs with in a family, and the violence is kept as a family secret. The statistics show that sixty seven per cent of women have been punished in front of their family and eighty seven per cent of those cases include beating their wives. Also, six per cent of these men forbid their wives to visit other family members or friends. International Women’s Day is coming up and these people are hoping to bring these statistics down. The first International Women’s Day was held on March 8th 1975 and is still being celebrated to this day.
I feel that there should be more of a penalty when it comes to violence against women. When men abuse women there should be harsher penalties against them, or they will continue to hurt women. International Women’s Day is very important when it comes to raising awareness across the world. Violence against women is not just in the Middle East, but also in the communities around us. Many women do not report the violence that is going on in their house hold because they feel as though they are going to be abused even more.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art27334.asp
Vietnam sees the funny side of sex
Tamika Reynolds
November 6, 2009
3:38pm
According to the BBC article, Vietnam has been using jokes to talk about sex. The younger people and adults never felt comfortable talking about sex. A woman admits has a mother she would write it in a letter and give it to her child that talked about sex to her child. Vietnam is becoming more developed and more open than its previous standing. Vietnam is a conservative society. Now that it has a more open society the sexual behaviors of the society is changing. More and more young girls are having unmarried sex or sex before the age of consent. This is leading to an increase in HIV cases and more girls having abortion. So to help alleviate this problem the government has decided to start doing sex education in school. Surprisingly enough they are receiving positive feedback on this suggestion. The only people opposed are those who still uphold the traditional values. However experts believe that this sexual education would be most beneficial because there are a lot of gender stereotypes and they hope that by educating young people than both partners can have a healthy and satisfying relationship.
I totally agree with this article. I think that the change in sexual behavior is due to globalization and merging traditions and values. In America, many people still have these gender unequal ideals. So I think this is a good thing to have education in schools because possible over time these views will change as new generations take over. I think it was really funny reading one part of the article that said men believe it’s okay and normal for a man to have partners before marriage but will not marry a woman who has lost her virginity to sex. Ridiculous! First of all how else are you going lose your virginity? Secondly, when men having premarital sex and then leave that woman to marry a virgin, what are the women who have had sex with this men going to do? This leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I hope sexual education will change the hearts of these men or at least better educate these women to protect themselves from future predators.
link here
November 6, 2009
3:38pm
According to the BBC article, Vietnam has been using jokes to talk about sex. The younger people and adults never felt comfortable talking about sex. A woman admits has a mother she would write it in a letter and give it to her child that talked about sex to her child. Vietnam is becoming more developed and more open than its previous standing. Vietnam is a conservative society. Now that it has a more open society the sexual behaviors of the society is changing. More and more young girls are having unmarried sex or sex before the age of consent. This is leading to an increase in HIV cases and more girls having abortion. So to help alleviate this problem the government has decided to start doing sex education in school. Surprisingly enough they are receiving positive feedback on this suggestion. The only people opposed are those who still uphold the traditional values. However experts believe that this sexual education would be most beneficial because there are a lot of gender stereotypes and they hope that by educating young people than both partners can have a healthy and satisfying relationship.
I totally agree with this article. I think that the change in sexual behavior is due to globalization and merging traditions and values. In America, many people still have these gender unequal ideals. So I think this is a good thing to have education in schools because possible over time these views will change as new generations take over. I think it was really funny reading one part of the article that said men believe it’s okay and normal for a man to have partners before marriage but will not marry a woman who has lost her virginity to sex. Ridiculous! First of all how else are you going lose your virginity? Secondly, when men having premarital sex and then leave that woman to marry a virgin, what are the women who have had sex with this men going to do? This leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I hope sexual education will change the hearts of these men or at least better educate these women to protect themselves from future predators.
link here
crime in europe
daniel wallace
3:30
nov.5
Their method was simple but ingenious. On some of London's most high-class streets, gangs of Albanian criminals dispatched foot soldiers to saw the heads off of parking meters.
But instead of smashing the meters and taking the money, the thieves took the lock and made a skeleton key that could open hundreds more parking meters in the surrounding area.
Once a key was made, the foot soldiers raided the other meters in the dead of night and gutted them, always leaving several coins inside to avoid arousing suspicion. These heists were so well executed that no one is really sure how many years they had been going on. The crime ring was only discovered after London's police were called to a gunfight over territory between rival gangs last year. According to press reports, one man involved in the fight was jailed for life
Such has been the development of crime in Europe. Not only is it getting smarter and more organized, it is increasingly being carried out across borders. Travel is increasingly easier between European Union countries, particularly after 10 Eastern European states joined the EU in May 2004.
3:30
nov.5
Their method was simple but ingenious. On some of London's most high-class streets, gangs of Albanian criminals dispatched foot soldiers to saw the heads off of parking meters.
But instead of smashing the meters and taking the money, the thieves took the lock and made a skeleton key that could open hundreds more parking meters in the surrounding area.
Once a key was made, the foot soldiers raided the other meters in the dead of night and gutted them, always leaving several coins inside to avoid arousing suspicion. These heists were so well executed that no one is really sure how many years they had been going on. The crime ring was only discovered after London's police were called to a gunfight over territory between rival gangs last year. According to press reports, one man involved in the fight was jailed for life
Such has been the development of crime in Europe. Not only is it getting smarter and more organized, it is increasingly being carried out across borders. Travel is increasingly easier between European Union countries, particularly after 10 Eastern European states joined the EU in May 2004.
Four sentenced to hang for killing albino in Tanzania
On Friday, in northern Tanzania, four people were sentenced to death for the murder of an albino man. The man was believed to be targeted for his body parts; which were believed to have special powers. The four were sentenced to death by hanging for removing the body parts of the 50 year old man. Over the past two years there have been seven people sentenced to death for the killings of over 50 Tanzanian albinos, including children. Body parts of albinos are believed to bring wealth and good luck. The murders take out organs and chop off limbs and then sell them to the witch doctors. In east Africa the killings have gone up to 200,000 albinos.
It is interesting to see how one country, such as the US, views someone that is albino to be weird/different; but in other countries such as Tanzania they view them as being magical and rare. It is extremely disturbing though to hear about people tearing off limbs that are believed to have special powers; absolutely disgusting. If there is already 200,000 albinos dead because of this there should obviously be some sort of defense against the situation. There should be more protection.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/06/tanzania.albino.convictions/index.html
It is interesting to see how one country, such as the US, views someone that is albino to be weird/different; but in other countries such as Tanzania they view them as being magical and rare. It is extremely disturbing though to hear about people tearing off limbs that are believed to have special powers; absolutely disgusting. If there is already 200,000 albinos dead because of this there should obviously be some sort of defense against the situation. There should be more protection.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/06/tanzania.albino.convictions/index.html
Kenya's street teens struggle to survive
Alesia mason
Kenya's street teens struggle to survive
This story was about a young street teen in Nairobi, Africa named Joan. She had a job but was thrown out after the owner abused her and got her pregnant. She told of a life of desperation because she had to beg to eat and had to make the difficult choice to send her son back to live with her family who doesn’t know about her living on the streets. Before she was interviewed, she had been almost raped by someone who lived on the streets. “We form close knit families because the world doesn’t like us.” She said. The small family unit helped her get to the hospital and get treatment. Although she won’t beg, she sells a highly addictive glue to younger street kids.
I feel kind of bad for her because this life isn’t one that anyone would choose. But the sad fact is that it happens every day in America as well as around the world. I don’t like that she sells drugs to younger kids but I understand that she has to do something to make sure her baby survives. It’s a sad situation because you know that you want to help but at the same time you really can’t. This is a common world occurrence for many women because everyday some woman is being raped or almost raped simply because she is forced to live on the streets because of unforeseen circumstances. I really think we need to work on helping women out because until we do, nothing will be okay and more rapes will occur and so will the increase in disease rates.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/06/kenya.street.survivors/index.html
Kenya's street teens struggle to survive
This story was about a young street teen in Nairobi, Africa named Joan. She had a job but was thrown out after the owner abused her and got her pregnant. She told of a life of desperation because she had to beg to eat and had to make the difficult choice to send her son back to live with her family who doesn’t know about her living on the streets. Before she was interviewed, she had been almost raped by someone who lived on the streets. “We form close knit families because the world doesn’t like us.” She said. The small family unit helped her get to the hospital and get treatment. Although she won’t beg, she sells a highly addictive glue to younger street kids.
I feel kind of bad for her because this life isn’t one that anyone would choose. But the sad fact is that it happens every day in America as well as around the world. I don’t like that she sells drugs to younger kids but I understand that she has to do something to make sure her baby survives. It’s a sad situation because you know that you want to help but at the same time you really can’t. This is a common world occurrence for many women because everyday some woman is being raped or almost raped simply because she is forced to live on the streets because of unforeseen circumstances. I really think we need to work on helping women out because until we do, nothing will be okay and more rapes will occur and so will the increase in disease rates.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/06/kenya.street.survivors/index.html
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