Animal abusers to be registered like sex offenders

Animal abuse should not be taken lightly. Like domestic abuse and other crimes there needs to be consequences for theses awful actions. Starting back in 2016 there are now 11 states with animal abuse registry bills trying to get passed by their legislators. These states include Tennessee, New York and some counties in Chicago and Tampa, Florida. Not only will this help keep animals safe but the list "could also be a way to raise red flags about people who may commit other violent crimes ranging from domestic violence to mass shootings." Both Columbine shooters and Nikolas Cruz from the Parkland shooting all had a history of animal abuse before they moved on to larger targets. Hopefully this becomes a nation wide law so we can prevent future incidents.
http://fox59.com/2018/02/27/indiana-considers-bill-that-would-require-animal-abusers-to-register-like-sex-offenders/

Photographer Features the Faces of Wakhan

Recently, a BBC Persian photographer named Ershad Honaryar traveled to Wakhan "in the far east of Afghanistan," which is considered to be "one of the most remote places on earth." Honaryar traveled for five days on foot to reach this isolated place, and when he got there, he embarked on a unique and thought provoking journey. Honaryar had set out to photograph peoples' faces and tell their story. The article includes thirteen photos, all of which are captioned with information on the people in the photos, as well as some details that help contextualize their lives in Wakhan.

The image above is of a cattle herder in the Pamir mountains.

 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42720155

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Reuters Photograper Explores French Famer's Interesting Way of Life

Recently, Reuters photographer Stephane Mahe travled to "Riec-sur-Belon, a corner of southern Brittany on Frances west coast" to explore the interesting lifestyle of Jean-Bernard Huon, a farmer who has rejected modern advancements in farming.

Huon uses no machines or specially made pesticides, and instead labors on his farm by hand. Milking cows, making butter and cider, grinding flour, and feeding the livestock are all manual chores completed by Huon and his wife.

Huon remains isolated from modern society, "and has no TV, internet, running hot water or a car." Huon only uses two tractors to help pull heavy hay as he now has trouble doing this in his old age.

http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-43113400
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Exploring Louisiana

Jennifer Moses, a New York Times journalist, recently took a trip to Plaquemines Parish, a "plain old sloshed" city that is southeast of New Orleans. In many ways, Plaquemines Parish is similar to other "rural Louisiana parishes: dotted with churches, convenience stores, trailer homes surrounded by tender green fields," and other wonders. Moses describes the beautiful nature experience one gets from visiting, as well as the informative historical landmarks located in Plaquemines Parish. But not everything is perfect in Plaquemines Parish, as it is currently under threat from the possibly of flooding waters around it. In fact, according to Moses, Plaquemines Paris is six feet under sea level, compared to New Orleans, which is only two feet below sea level. Despite this, the area remains a beautiful and interesting landscape that can be enjoyed by all.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/travel/mississippi-river-southern-louisiana-.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftravel&action=click&contentCollection=travel&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=7&pgtype=sectionfront

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NY Times Journalist Spends 36 Hours in Bangkok

Recently, New York Times journalist Seth Sherwood traveled to Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, to experience its many wonders. Sherwood is just one of "more than 20 million [foreigners that] descend on the temples and temptations of Thailand's capital every year." Sherwood's first stop was to the Museum Siam, a tech-filled gallery informing visitors about Thai history. During his evening in Bangkok, Sherwood ate at a restaurant called Gaa, a lesser-known restaurant that serves "innovative food" and plays various kinds of music for the guests' delight. Gaa is right across the street from Gaggan, a more famous Asian restaurant that Sherwood disregards as over-hyped in favor or Gaa.

Sherwood later went on to continue exploring Bangkok's food, gardens, hotels, and other city attractions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/travel/36-hours-what-to-do-in-bangkok.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftravel&action=click&contentCollection=travel&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=sectionfront

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Another Future Internet Option?

    Both The Washington Post and The Verge, as well as numerous other sources, recently reported on the planned launch of 2 test rockets by SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace corporation. SpaceX plans to launch a network of around 12,000 satellites with the intention to deliver satellite internet around the globe. The reason is obvious as stated in the Washington Post article “More than half of the world’s population still doesn’t have an Internet connection, according to a 2017 United Nations report. Of those people, about six in 10 live in the Asia-Pacific region, while two in 10 live in Africa.” The corporation expects to begin launching the actual satellites to be used in the network next year.

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https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/15/17016208/spacex-falcon-9-launch-starlink-microsat-2a-2b-paz-watch-live

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/02/16/spacex-wants-to-beam-internet-down-to-earth-heres-how-itll-start/?utm_term=.0856cdff1a04

Flamethrowers For Everyone

    According to The Guardian, Elon Musk has managed to sell off all 20,000 flamethrowers that he recently started selling from his company “The Boring Company”. The flamethrowers were sold for 500 dollars apiece and “all flamethrowers will ship with a complimentary Boring fire extinguisher” as tweeted by Elon Musk. Not everyone was as big a fan of this as myself, Democrat Miguel Santiago saying “if this is real, I’m outraged and you should be too. If this is a joke, then it’s a terribly insensitive one given that we’re coming off of the worst wildfire season in history. Either way: NOT FUNNY. NOT GONNA HAPPEN.” Interestingly enough Flamethrowers are legal in California so long as the flames are under 10 feet and the owner is over 18. Though if the flames are over 10 feet the device requires a permit.

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/01/elon-musk-sells-out-boring-company-flamethrowers-fire

https://mashable.com/2018/02/01/flamethrowers-are-legal/#NUsd9CZWr8qV

Out of Pocket Expenses

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-trump.html

    The New York Times article details an update to the alleged situation surrounding Donald Trump, his lawyer, Micheal D. Cohen and Stephanie Clifford. Micheal D. Cohen came out stating that he once payed Stephanie Clifford (aka “Stormy Daniels”) 130,000 dollars out of his own pocket, despite Donald Trump claiming that no affair occurred. Cohen went on to say to the New York Times “The payment to Ms. Clifford was lawful, and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone.” This was his response to a complaint made to the F.E.C. that alleges Cohen was reimbursed by the Trump Campaign, or that this expenditure was somehow otherwise financially connected to the Trump Campaign.

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Out of Water, but Not out of Hope

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/02/14/water-crisis-cape-town-day-zero-june/337844002/

    USA Today’s coverage of the ongoing crisis in Cape Town focuses on getting first hand accounts of people having to learn to deal with the extreme water shortage. Residents like Dawood detail how they are learning to deal with the lack of water in their daily lives. “If we need an extra shower, we use a facecloth, If our hair is dirty, we use dry shampoo — it works quite well.”. Other residents contemplate dealing with the situation differently, such as Westley Byrne who told USA Today “he considered leaving Cape Town for a bit", but as of yet has remained. As of this article “Day Zero” was pushed back to June 4th, giving some residents hope, but without an influx of water the situation is not likely to improve.

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Tariffs and Trade Today

https://japantoday.com/category/features/executive-impact/JFE-eyes-Y650-bil-domestic-steel-upgrade-warns-on-U.S.-trade-policy

    This article from Japan Today, written by Yuka Obayashi and Ritsuko Shimizu shows the Japanese Steel Industries’ second largest producer’s thoughts on the near future. The company has plans to spend 6 billion dollars in the next 3 years, and according to the article CEO Eiji Hayashida told Reuters “we may even increase the spending." Hayashida also stated JFE’s possible plans regarding expansion in China and his own worries over recent plans made by President Trump regarding new tariffs. "If the U.S. takes action (to curb imports), it may trigger retaliation by other countries. What is most troublesome is to see the world heading to protectionism." Hayashida is not the only one concerned with a potential shift in how the U.S. conducts trade. Ana Swanson of the New York Times discussed the potential implications of tariff changes in a recent article, expressing some concern about the risks involved for the U.S. economy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/us/politics/trump-trade-tax-tariffs.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FJapan

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             The Black Panther

                In the article “A Black Panther May Not Be What You Think”, by  Liz Langley.

            In this article, she is talking about the amazing animal the “black  

panther” It  “live in Asia and Africa, and jaguars, inhabitants of South America” she also talked about their colors and how they look different than what everyone sees it from far. "When their coat catches the sunlight in a certain way, you can see their spots very distinctly; at a bit of a distance, or if there is not direct sunlight on them, they look just like a solid black animal," reading this article will make everyone look differently at the “Black Panther” [World 110, 1 image, 1 link, 2 quotes].link

The Animals in the Winter

In the article “How Color-Changing Animals Are Rebelling Against Climate Change”, by Liz Langley.  This article talks about how animals change their color bias on the environment they are living. That’s when Liz motion it, comparing animals to human, she said” Even some animals have two coats: one for summer to match the bare ground and a winter white to match the snow” some of the reasons to this happening is that so the animals could hide from their prey.Also “But the study found some possible refuges for these creatures: Geographic regions that are home to color-changing species with both winter color types (picture a forest full of snowshoe hares, some brown, some white).” [  world 114, 1 image, 1 link, 2 quotes].link

Murdering journalist

 

In the article “Murdered at the museum” by Libby Brooks. Richard Wild who was shot in Iraq. It is very sad for a person to get shot without doing anything bad. This young journalist was just doing his job outside of the museum in Baghdad, Iraq, he was shot and died right way.” Wild was shot dead outside Baghdad's natural history museum on Saturday morning, as he stood on a traffic island trying to hire a taxi.” This is not something worried or sad over there in Iraq because many other journalists have died there. He is the 17th journalist to be killed in Iraq since the conflict began, and the first to die since US forces entered the capital in April, sparking a growing wave of guerrilla resistance. [ world 138, 1 image, 1 link, 2 quotes].link

Innocent lives

In the Article “These are the victims of the Florida school shooting” by Eric Levenson and Joe Sterling. This article was about 17 innocent lives was talking about a shooter. It was very hard hearing about this and scary. The family of the victims are very sad and still not believing that it had happened. “They were among the 17 people killed by a gunman Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.” In this article, it is showing how every own was gathering about what happened. A mother was saying about her daughter “"I knew at that point she was gone. I felt it in my heart”.[ world 122, 1 image, 1 link, 2 quotes]link

Muslim women and May’s

In the Article “Macy's decision to sell hijabs sparks debate among Muslim women.”  Katy Scott, present the launching of the new hijabs line in Macy’s “ the Verona Collection was founded by fashion photographer Lisa Vogl, after she converted to Islam in 2011, and struggled to find modest, fashionable clothing “, most of the hijab woman likes to shop from Macy’s since their cloth are mostly covered cloths. I think women will show even more now since Macy’s will open like especially for them. “Macy's decision to stock Vogl's line came after US retailer Nike released a "Pro Hijab" for Muslim athletes, and fashion brand American Eagle's limited-edition denim hijab, which sold out” [124 worlds, 1 image, 1 link, 2 quotes]link

Processed Foods and Cancer

As chronic diseases, such as obesity and cancer, are becoming more widespread, many research

institutions and universities are taking the initiative to identify some of the underlying causes for

these conditions. Al Jazeera’s reporter, Neave Barker, presents the findings of a study done in

France, which concludes that there is a link between the consumption of highly processed foods

and the increased risk of developing cancer. According to Barker’s report, “ultra-processed foods

contain artificial ingredients” which have proved to be harmful to human health, on both a short

term and long- term basis. Researchers hope that the study will serve as a wake-up call for people 

worldwide to minimize their consumption of processed foods, develop good eating habits, and

ultimately achieve healthy lifestyles. [124 words, 1 quote, 1 image, 1 link]

      http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/study-finds-link-processed-food-cancer-
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Color Change vs Climate Change

National Geographic’s, Liz Langley, recently reported about color changing animals and how they

are rebelling against climate change. To understand this article, it’s important to know that many

animals have the ability to change their color according to the climate of the environment they’re

in. Langley takes this into consideration, and discusses how animals that are made for a certain

type of climate are failing to adapt to these changes, “making them more vulnerable”. In addition,

Langley also mentions the solution which has been proposed by researchers. This solution

includes “fostering large population sizes and natural connectivity across these landscapes.” [101

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https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/animals-climate-change-winter-evolution/