New York, 10/14/12
This weekend Derek Jeter broke his left ankle in the 12th inning of the AL championship series opener Saturday night and is out for the rest of the postseason. Just a few innings before, Raul Ibanez hit a two-run homerun that tied the game for the Yankees. Jeter broke his ankle when he tried to go for a grounder hit by Jhonny Peralta's and didn't get up. He was helped up by Joe Girardi and Steve Donahue. They took him off the field, with Jeter not moving his left leg as chants of "Derek Jeter!" rang out.
The Yankees ultimately lost the game against the Tigers, 6-4. This is not a permanent injury but it will take about three months to heal. "Jeter has been a constant in the Yankees' lineup since he was Rookie of the Year in 1996. In fact, the 2000 World Series MVP has played in all 157 of New York's postseason games since then." The Yankees and Tigers will play game 3 of the series on Tuesday night. The tigers lead the series 2-0 so far.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/10/14/yankees-shortstop-derek-jeter-helped-off-field-after-injuring-left-leg-in-12th/#ixzz29PLX95M3
Monday, October 15, 2012
Rapist Seeking Visitation of Toddler
Massachusetts
A Massachusetts man is seeking visitation rights of his biological child that he fathered after raping a 14 year old girl. At the time, this family friend was twenty. This happened three years ago and the girl says she still suffers from anxiety and depression. The family says that the only reason he wants to see the child is that the child support payments are due.
The man, who the victim knew from church and who was the boyfriend of her friend’s older sister, pleaded guilty to statutory rape in Norfolk Superior Court last year. They wanted a 3 to 5 year sentence but instead, got a 16 year probation. The family attorney "has filed a motion with the court, asking the judge to amend the sentencing and order the man to pay restitution instead of child support. This would force him to support the child but not give him visitation and other parental rights." "All this family wants is to cut the cord. Get the rapist out of their lives. And if the judge wants to help them financially that's great. But let's call it restitution, not child support," Murphy told MyFoxBoston.com. "What kind of legal system commands a toddler into a relationship with the man who raped her mother?"
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/25/rapist-wants-visitiation-with-child-borne-by-teen-victim/?intcmp=obnetwork#ixzz29PHmsbvh
A Massachusetts man is seeking visitation rights of his biological child that he fathered after raping a 14 year old girl. At the time, this family friend was twenty. This happened three years ago and the girl says she still suffers from anxiety and depression. The family says that the only reason he wants to see the child is that the child support payments are due.
The man, who the victim knew from church and who was the boyfriend of her friend’s older sister, pleaded guilty to statutory rape in Norfolk Superior Court last year. They wanted a 3 to 5 year sentence but instead, got a 16 year probation. The family attorney "has filed a motion with the court, asking the judge to amend the sentencing and order the man to pay restitution instead of child support. This would force him to support the child but not give him visitation and other parental rights." "All this family wants is to cut the cord. Get the rapist out of their lives. And if the judge wants to help them financially that's great. But let's call it restitution, not child support," Murphy told MyFoxBoston.com. "What kind of legal system commands a toddler into a relationship with the man who raped her mother?"
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/25/rapist-wants-visitiation-with-child-borne-by-teen-victim/?intcmp=obnetwork#ixzz29PHmsbvh
Teen Named Homecoming Queen
Bethesda, Md
Sixteen year-old Alexis Hanford was on vacation this summer in California. She was jumping into a lake and she cut her leg on a tree. Doctors were able to take out the wood and splinters and stitched her leg up. A few days later her leg started swelling and bruising and eventually burst. She went through a total of seventeen surgeries to remove dead tissue. "The infection was successfully eradicated, but Alexis – a former soccer player – must still use a wheelchair while she learns to walk again and will always have to use a small brace." Now, despite the fact that just a few short months ago she had a deadly, flesh eating bacteria, she was named her school's homecoming queen
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/10/15/teen-who-battled-flesh-eating-bacteria-crowned-homecoming-princess/?test=latestnews#ixzz29PBRzVEH
Sixteen year-old Alexis Hanford was on vacation this summer in California. She was jumping into a lake and she cut her leg on a tree. Doctors were able to take out the wood and splinters and stitched her leg up. A few days later her leg started swelling and bruising and eventually burst. She went through a total of seventeen surgeries to remove dead tissue. "The infection was successfully eradicated, but Alexis – a former soccer player – must still use a wheelchair while she learns to walk again and will always have to use a small brace." Now, despite the fact that just a few short months ago she had a deadly, flesh eating bacteria, she was named her school's homecoming queen
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/10/15/teen-who-battled-flesh-eating-bacteria-crowned-homecoming-princess/?test=latestnews#ixzz29PBRzVEH
Florida to Measure Students by Race
Florida, 10/15/12
According to a Fox News article, Florida put a new policy in place that will set student goals in math and reading by their race. According to the article, "By 2018, Florida’s Department of Education wants 90 percent of its Asian students to be reading at or above grade level, compared to 88 percent of white students, 81 percent of Hispanic pupils and 74 percent of African-American children. In math, state educational officials want that figure to be 92 percent for Asian students, or 18 percent higher than that of African-American students and 11 percent higher than their American Indian counterparts."
This policy was approved in October but Florida Department of Education officials were unavailable for comment today. This policy is absolutely awful. Obviously everyone wants kids to raise their grades in math and reading but separating them by race is not the way to do it. This probably makes the African American kids feel bad about themselves because they are automatically expected to be able to de less than all of the other kids. The department of education in Florida could have made this system a lot better if they rephrased it and didn't come out and give the percentages the way they did.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/15/florida-ill-advised-plan-to-measure-students-by-race-riles-education-experts/#ixzz29P7KfMM3
According to a Fox News article, Florida put a new policy in place that will set student goals in math and reading by their race. According to the article, "By 2018, Florida’s Department of Education wants 90 percent of its Asian students to be reading at or above grade level, compared to 88 percent of white students, 81 percent of Hispanic pupils and 74 percent of African-American children. In math, state educational officials want that figure to be 92 percent for Asian students, or 18 percent higher than that of African-American students and 11 percent higher than their American Indian counterparts."
This policy was approved in October but Florida Department of Education officials were unavailable for comment today. This policy is absolutely awful. Obviously everyone wants kids to raise their grades in math and reading but separating them by race is not the way to do it. This probably makes the African American kids feel bad about themselves because they are automatically expected to be able to de less than all of the other kids. The department of education in Florida could have made this system a lot better if they rephrased it and didn't come out and give the percentages the way they did.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/15/florida-ill-advised-plan-to-measure-students-by-race-riles-education-experts/#ixzz29P7KfMM3
The Story of Amanda Todd
10/15/12
Fifteen year old Amanda Todd is the most recent teen suicide to hit breaking news. Now, a video has been found that she apparently left, as almost a suicide note. In the video, she holds up a series of cards that have her message written in marker. Also, her face is blurred out and she does not speak.
Fifteen year old Amanda Todd is the most recent teen suicide to hit breaking news. Now, a video has been found that she apparently left, as almost a suicide note. In the video, she holds up a series of cards that have her message written in marker. Also, her face is blurred out and she does not speak.
Some of the cards said, "In 7th grade I would go with friends on webcam." The next few cards reveal that the teen began to get attention on the Internet from people that she did not know. People who told her she was beautiful, stunning, perfect. "They wanted me to flash. So I did one year later," the cards said. The teen then got a message on Facebook from a stranger who said she needed to show more of herself or he would publish the topless pictures he had taken of her.
"He knew my address, school, relatives, friends, family, names ..."
Then, she was diagnosed with anxiety and fell into a depression. Her next card read, "I then got really sick anxiety major depression and panic disorder. I then moved and got into alcohol and drugs." She was constantly teased for the pictures that the man put on the internet and she started cutting. She even moved to another school and was still teased. All of these things eventually led to her suicide.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/12/world/americas/canada-teen-bullying/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/12/world/americas/canada-teen-bullying/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Monday, October 8, 2012
TV Anchor Insulted for Weight
Jennifer Livingston is a news anchor in La Crosse, Wisconsin who received a nasty e-mail from a viewer. In the e-mail, he wrote, "I was surprised indeed to witness that your physical condition hasn’t improved for many years," wrote the viewer, who said Livingston was not a "suitable example" for young girls. "I leave you this note hoping that you’ll reconsider your responsibility as a local public personality to present and promote a healthy lifestyle."
Jennifer responded to him by admitting that she is overweight but that doesn't matter because she is more than just a number on a scale. She says, "But to the person who wrote me that letter, do you think I don’t know that? That your cruel words are pointing out something that I don’t see? You don't know me... " She really wanted to bring attention to the fact that this man was a bully and he is the problem in society. She says that it is because of people like him that children are getting bullied. "If you are at home and you are talking about the fat newslady, guess what?" she said. "Your children are probably going to go to school and call someone fat."
This video is really inspiring because Jennifer faces her bullies head on and encourages children who are bullied to not let themselves be defined by what others say. In a way, I am almost glad that she got this hateful e-mail because she got the chance to speak out to those who might have needed encouragement to keep going in life.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/jennifer-livingston-anchor-obesity-letter_n_1932869.html
Jennifer responded to him by admitting that she is overweight but that doesn't matter because she is more than just a number on a scale. She says, "But to the person who wrote me that letter, do you think I don’t know that? That your cruel words are pointing out something that I don’t see? You don't know me... " She really wanted to bring attention to the fact that this man was a bully and he is the problem in society. She says that it is because of people like him that children are getting bullied. "If you are at home and you are talking about the fat newslady, guess what?" she said. "Your children are probably going to go to school and call someone fat."
This video is really inspiring because Jennifer faces her bullies head on and encourages children who are bullied to not let themselves be defined by what others say. In a way, I am almost glad that she got this hateful e-mail because she got the chance to speak out to those who might have needed encouragement to keep going in life.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/jennifer-livingston-anchor-obesity-letter_n_1932869.html
Nobel Prize Awarded
October 8, 2012
Today, two scientists, John Gurdon (79) and Shinya Yamanaka (50) from Britain and Japan were awarded a Nobel Prize. It is for "the discovery that adult cells can be transformed back into embryo-like stem cells that may one day regrow tissue in damaged brains, hearts or other organs." Gurdon began work on this matter 50 years ago at the age of 29 and just continued to work on it for all of these years.
This is a big deal because all of the body's cells start as stem cells. With this new research, they hope that they can be used to replace damaged tissue from spinal cord injuries and even Parkinson's disease. Gurdon also says, "We would like to be able to find a way of obtaining spare heart or brain cells from skin or blood cells. The important point is that the replacement cells need to be from the same individual, to avoid problems of rejection and hence of the need for immunosuppression."
http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/08/14293193-nobel-prize-awarded-for-stem-cell-breakthroughs?lite
Today, two scientists, John Gurdon (79) and Shinya Yamanaka (50) from Britain and Japan were awarded a Nobel Prize. It is for "the discovery that adult cells can be transformed back into embryo-like stem cells that may one day regrow tissue in damaged brains, hearts or other organs." Gurdon began work on this matter 50 years ago at the age of 29 and just continued to work on it for all of these years.
This is a big deal because all of the body's cells start as stem cells. With this new research, they hope that they can be used to replace damaged tissue from spinal cord injuries and even Parkinson's disease. Gurdon also says, "We would like to be able to find a way of obtaining spare heart or brain cells from skin or blood cells. The important point is that the replacement cells need to be from the same individual, to avoid problems of rejection and hence of the need for immunosuppression."
http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/08/14293193-nobel-prize-awarded-for-stem-cell-breakthroughs?lite
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