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Twitter user Penelope Trunk who Tweeted her miscarriage sparks media storm
A Twitter user whose message telling the world that she was having a miscarriage during a board meeting has provoked a media storm.
Penelope Trunk, who describes herself as an author, blogger and entrepreneur, wrote: “I’m in a board meeting. Having a miscarriage. Thank goodness, because there’s a f——up 3-week hoop-jump to have an abortion in Wisconsin.”
Within a few hours, via the 20,000 followers of her Twitter account, the news made it on to CNN, The New York Times, ABC news and even Oprah. Read full story here.
Mother pleads for child to be allowed to die
A mother whose nine-year-old son has survived on a ventilator for all but the first three weeks of his life has called for him to be allowed to die.
William Townsend is completely paralysed and deaf, has only partial sight, cannot breathe or swallow unaided, and cannot recognise his own family.
He is kept alive by a portable ventilator and round-the-clock residential care that costs the NHS more than £500,000 a year. Full story here.
A handy resource on the events surrounding China’s invasion of Tibet
Since the time of Kang Hsi, every Chinese schoolboy has been taught to look on Tibet as a province of China … Nehru is reported as saying that no one questioned the legality of the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950 … The Chinese are already, with the coming of spring, pouring in fresh troops from east and north and restricting movements in areas under their control … The widespread demonstrations against Chinese rule began peacefully, but evidently are not so now … Interesting Reading. Click here.
Michelle Obama’s Secrets to Finding a Great Guy
When it comes to landing a top-notch guy – say, the future president of the United States – Michelle Obama is one of the few women out there with experience. And she’s letting other women in on the secret.
“Cute’s good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it’s, ‘Who are you as a person?’ ” Obama, 45, says in the December issue of Glamour, out Nov. 10. “Don’t look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul. When you’re dating a man, you should always feel good. … You shouldn’t be in a relationship with somebody who doesn’t make you completely happy and make you feel whole.”
Also important, according to the pop-culture-loving First Lady, who’s been married to President Barack Obama since 1992: Getting your priorities straight.
“I have always tried to put my kids first, and then put myself a really close second, as opposed to fifth or seventh,” she says. “One thing that I’ve learned from male role models is that they don’t hesitate to invest in themselves.”
Chinese police rescue 2,000 kidnapped children
More than 2,000 Chinese children have been rescued by police in a six-month campaign against human trafficking.
The police have found 2,008 children, some just a few months old, who were kidnapped by human traffickers since the campaign was launched in April. Hundreds of arrests have also been made and 42 suspects were detained last week for allegedly selling 52 children in the north of China.
Thousands of children go missing each year in China. Male children are more highly-prized, thanks in part to the one-child policy, and there is a thriving market in young boys, who can sell for as much as 40,000 yuan (£3,600). Read more here.
Man tries to smuggle 14 pythons into Norway by taping them to his body
A man taped 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos to his body in an attempt to smuggle the reptiles into Norway. The 22-year-old Norwegian was stopped in a routine check by Kristiansand customs after arriving on a ferry from Denmark. After finding a tarantula in the man’s bag, customs officials decided to give him a full body search that revealed 14 stockings – one for each snake – taped around his torso. Read full story here.
Saudi journalist sentenced to 60 lashes
A Saudi court has sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes for her work on a controversial Arabic-language TV show that aired an episode in which a man bragged about his sex life.
The court in Jeddah also imposed a two-year travel ban on Rosanna Al-Yami, according to a Saudi Information Ministry official, who could not be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media. The ban prevents her from travelling outside Saudi Arabia.
This official identified Al-Yami as a fixer, who helps journalists obtain stories, and a coordinator for Lebanese Broadcasting Corp., the network that aired “A Thick Red Line,” a popular show on social taboos.
On one episode, a Saudi man, Mazen Abdul Jawad, bragged about sex and got into trouble with Saudi authorities for his boasts. Abdul Jawad was put on trial and sentenced to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes. Read more here.
Pope’s Offer Raises Idea of Marriage for Catholic Priests
In making it easier for traditionalist Anglicans to become Catholic, Pope Benedict XVI once again revealed the character of his papacy: to reach out to the most fervent of like-minded believers, even if they are not Catholic. Yet some observers wonder whether his move could paradoxically liberalize the church — or at least wedge it open — on a crucial issue: celibacy.
In a momentous move, the Vatican has said it would help Anglicans uncomfortable with female priests and openly gay bishops join a new Anglican rite within the Catholic Church.
The invitation also extends to married Anglican clergy. And so some have begun to wonder, even if the 82-year-old Benedict himself would never allow it, would more people in the Roman Catholic Church begin to entertain the possibility of married Catholic priests? Read more here.
In accident, PF scam probe takes another hit
The death of Ashutosh Asthana, a key accused in the Ghaziabad Provident Fund scam, in an accident comes as yet another blow in a case that has been crawling since it first broke nearly two years ago.
The trial in the case is yet to begin, or the chargesheet filed. Till September 9, the CBI had filed four status reports, and claimed to have concluded the preliminary investigation. Attorney General G E Vahanvati had told the apex court on the last date of hearing that the agency was awaiting the report of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory that is examining 21,000 documents and 6,000 specimen signatures.
It was Asthana who spilled the beans in the Rs 7-crore scam in the Ghaziabad district courts, allegedly involving 34 judges, including a sitting Supreme Court judge and 11 others from the Allahabad and Uttarakhand high courts. He was the only person who recorded his statement before a magistrate and detailed the manner in which the money was siphoned off. He also named the judicial officers he delivered expensive gifts to. Read full story here.
Leech convicts Australian robber
Australian Police in Tasmania have used a blood sample from a leech to identify a criminal, in what is believed to be a world forensic first.
Eight years ago, a group of thieves robbed a 71-year-old woman in her home.
The leech sucked blood from one of the assailants, Peter Alec Cannon, and was later picked up at the crime scene by the police.
The DNA was stored on a database. When Cannon was charged on a drug offense last year, the sample matched up. Read more here.
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Tip No. 1: Parents must set an example before their children by reading themselves. Read more here.
TOP 10 BIGGEST BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS
1.No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level.
This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.
2.Overeating
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.
3.Smoking
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.
4.High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.
5.Air Pollution
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body.
Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.
6.Sleep Deprivation
Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.
7.Head covered while sleeping
Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.
8.Working your brain during illness
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.
9.Lacking in stimulating thoughts
Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.
10.Talking Rarely
Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.
Mothers-in-law campaign for protection
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In a campaign against “abuse of laws favouring daughters-in-law”, about 50 mothers-in-law have launched a group to stay united and fight for their rights. ”There are a number of laws to protect daughters-in-law in India, but there is none to protect us,” said Neena Dhulia, coordinator of the newly-launched All India Mother-in-Law Protection Forum. The group has been formed in Bangalore. “Our primary aim is to raise awareness in society about the state of mothers-in-law,” she said.
Dhulia regretted that Indian films and soap operas too portrayed mothers-in-law mostly as vamps. “The stereotyping of mothers-in-law as evil and blood thirsty by media and popular culture. This violates the civil liberties and the constitutional provisions of right to liberty and right to life,” the group said in its launch statement.
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I am a cricketer, not a terrorist: Parvez Rasool
When Jammu & Kashmir batsman Parvez Rasool walked up to the middle at the fall of the second wicket in their C.K. Nayudu U-22 tie against Karnataka, the youngster was visibly overwhelmed by a sea of emotions. Surely, cricket alone wasn’t on his mind. As he went on to admit later, “I had to prove that I am a cricketer and not a terrorist which I had to show with my bat.”
- Parvez Rasool
The budding batsman from J&K was in the news for all the wrong reasons on a fateful Saturday mid-Oct. after he was detained by Karnataka police for several hours after his kit bag allegedly showed traces of explosives. The incident received nationwide attention even as a Champions League match scheduled at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium got delayed by a couple of hours due to security reasons.
Even before he could recover from the shock, Rasool had on hand another crucial job – to hold his team together in a tough contest at the very same venue, the M Chinnaswamy stadium, where the drama had panned out last week.
“I could hardly sleep on the first night after the incident. I couldn’t believe something like this had happened in my life. I had even thought of quitting the game. But once I started knocking the balls in the nets, I felt better and I decided to play this game,” explained Rasool. Read more here.
MUZAFFARPUR’S SHIVI SUDARSHAN BAGS INDIA NEWS BROADCASTER AWARD
My Friend Shivi Sudarshan has made everyone including ‘News 24’ proud. He’s been adjudged the best News Videographer of the Year 2009 at the India News Broadcaster Awards Night. Nerves ran high as the nominees for the best News Videographer of the Year were announced at New Delhi’s Intercontinental Hotel amidst young and seasoned professionals from the journalistic fraternity. And finally, the videographers who captured the devastating Bihar floods of August 2008 for News 24- Shivi Sudarshan, Rishi Nath and Shailesh kumar were announced winners.
Shivi Sudarshan
The trio travelled traverse terrains to capture the agonizing tragedy of the victims of the flood. Simultaneously, in keeping with the mission of the channel to bring relief to the victims, they distributed food, water and clothes to the devastated people. They waded through neck deep waters, tiptoeing many a times to keep their heads above drowning waters. But they stood firm enough to hold their cameras and seize the disaster for the rest of the countrymen to witness. The pictures they shot of the devastating deluge impacted News 24’s audience deeply. Relief poured into News 24’s head office at Noida, Uttar Pradesh, all of which were transported to the victims subsequently. At the risk of their well- being and health, the trio worked to tell a story. An effort that has been lauded and appreciated at the glittering event of India News Broadcaster Awards over the weekend.
“I’d like to thank News 24, Managing Editor Ajit Anjum and all my colleagues who supported me to do such a challenging job. I have no words to express my feelings. Thanks to all,” Shivi told Greater Voice.
Anjum said: “We are all proud of the feat of our videographers. It was a tough moment for all of us as an entire team was stationed at the flood stricken area for a month. We provided relief and aid to the victims and the entire experience stands as an unforgettable time in our careers and lives. We hope to continue to provide our viewers authentic news that matters like we have in the past.”
Hailing from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, Shivi lives in Delhi and works for News 24. He’s earlier worked for Sahara Samay and ETv among others. He can be reached on 09873022407.
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Top 10 British Crime Films
Ever since the 1940s, British film studios have been consistently making great crime and gangster films with a singular style and feel to them. Whether it’s the black comedies of the 1950s, the realistic, hard-boiled thrillers of the 1970s, or the flashy, fast-paced work of recent directors like Guy Ritchie, the ten of the best British crime movies that have been released over the years are posted below in the response section.
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