My Current Readings #15

People.com is all over Natasha Richardson's devastating accident. "Coroner: Natasha Richardson Died from Blunt Impact to Head, written by Nicole Weisenseee Egan and Kathy Ehrich Dowd. This outstanding actress was in Quebec and decided to take a private ski lesson. She was at the beginner hill at Mont Tremblant on Monday afternoon. Her instructor was well educated and did not fail, or intentionally let Richardson fail while learning how to ski. Natasha's accident included her falling and tumbling from the middle of the ski run. Instructor Catherine Lacasse and other witnesses sad she didn't appear to heat anything, only the ground and the snow. After her fall she appeared to be fine, her words making sense and even cracking some jokes here and there! Natasha felt fine so she didn't accept any suggestions of going to the hospital, just going back to her hotel room to rest. Soon enough did the horrid headaches start kicking in, and she went to the hospital. It is so that the accident caused internal brain bleeding, which is how she died. Her friends, family, and all those whom she had an affect on are now suffering. They are all in need of overcoming this denying accident their inspiration, or loved one went through. 

My Current Readings #14

An amazing article reported by James Schugel, titled "Sending Message of Love With Handmade Teddy Bears." This is actually a project called The Mother Bear Project, it started about five years ago when Amy Berman decided to start making bears for children in need. Her ideas flourished and she was making bears of all sorts of bright and different colors and was shipping them all to kids that were very poor, especially places in Africa. Berman herself took a trip to Zambia to deliver the bears she is so kindly making. She got to see the look on the children's faces when they received these bears, its something for them to call their own, and to have to hold. I think this is an outstanding idea and the twin cities and people and places all over are donating to this project and millions of billions of bears are being sent out to warm poor children's hearts. This entire article is completely about love, this woman had an idea to put a smile on a child's face with something hand made with love. There is no stronger way to show love than this, putting so much time into these bears, it is most definitely worth while. Actually my sister and I got the chance at my church to contribute to this heart warming project, we both bought a bear and wrote our names on it for the name-tag and had it ready to be sent to a child who really needed it. They have cards explaining this project and so we gave them to our aunts as a gift, showing that we made a child's day somewhere in the world. If interested-PLEASE follow up on this. 

Mother Bear Project 

P.O. Box 62188

Minneapolis, MN 55426

My Current Readings #13

Is war something worth doing? Will one get out of a war what they had wished to going into it? Well explained in an article in NYtimes.com titled "How a 'Good War' in Afghanistan Went Bad," written by David Rohde and David E. Sanger. After the Taliban fell to an American led coalition, groups of NATO ambassadors went to Kabul, Afghanistan and surveyed a 'triumph' - "a fresh start for a country ripped apart by years of war wit the Soviets and brutal repression by religious extremists," quoted from Correction Appended. It is now said that the Taliban were so decimated that they didn't even pose a threat anymore. This war seems to be involved with improvements of health care, education, economy, and the quality of life in the cities. Sometimes wars are started only to help those of another country or nation, while one warring place may thing they are doing good for the other they may just be adding more disruption to their home land. This is a perfect example of "How a 'good war' went bad." 

My Current Readings #12

An article from NYtimes.com titled "Venezuela Wants Trade Group to Embrace Anti-Imperialism" written by Larry Rohter. There was a large meeting on Thursday with South Americans contemplating whether the Mercosur trade group should proceed in their emphasis of economic integration, or not. The other side of it is that Brazil and Argentina would rather have an alliance made with an "anti-imperialist." A reason things are being decided between and discussed so thoroughly is because there has been major outbursts of gang violence. Also, some are saying that it was quite the mistake to ever allow Chavez into Mercosur, mainly because 1. he really wants to control it and 2. he is Lula's biggest rival. Lula was Brazil's foreign minister previously, also very opposite of Chavez. These kinds of issues that are being so wildly thought out are involved with Imperialism because it is all these other foreign places that are being brought in with South America and people are not sure if that is right. 

My Current Readings #11

A world wide and global issue involving recycling. An article found on http://www.kare11.com/news/earthkare_article.aspx?storyid=538716&catid=309) titled U of M Raises a Stink Over Lack of Recycling. One regular old day on the campus of University of Minnesota College, the normal little bundle of trash thats left to lie on the sidewalk had quintupled. Not only was there a little pile of trash as there usually is, but there was a sidewalk full of trash. It is said that a garbage truck dumped a full load of trash onto the campus's sidewalk to "teach them a lesson." The garbage trucks point was to show that there was this much garbage normally with kids not being respectful and recycling as they should be. Volunteers from the school went through the entire pile of garbage and picked out every individual thing that 'could've' been recycled. What nobody seems to understand in this world is that the landfills in this world that we are constantly and repeatedly filling with garbage, are becoming over loaded and we are running out of places to put our garbage. Recycling is the only thing known to us as of now that will lessen the ridiculous amounts of garbage us humans are accumulating. RECYCLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Current Readings #10

Martin Luther King Jr., still recognized and remembered today. Found on Kare11.com an article titled "MLK, Jr. Preached Non-Violence in Minnesota: a Special Remembrance." A National Holiday- world wide. MLK Jr is remembered on a special day for not only the speech he made, "I Have a Dream," but also for him as a young man, boycotting and holding protests for african americans. This day should never be lived down. If it wasn't for MLK Jr. our world would still be segregated and unequal in every way. This is a national holiday because it has affected every single human being in this world. It has stood up for those who were being wronged, and has told off those who were wronging. MLK Jr.'s speech consisted of a specific part that i will not forget, "That my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream, today!" That quote not only says that he is standing up for african americans because they are being treated unfairly, but it also says that he cares about his family and wants every individual to be recognized for the person that lies within them. Do not ever forget this day MLK Jr. has made for us. (http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=492371)

My Current Readings #9

Bollywood is something sure to get the attention of many. Found on people.com, an article titled "Norah Jones Movie Hits a Sour Note," written by Stephen M. Silverman. (http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,626856,oo.html) Norah Jones and her "long estranged father" are reunited after a successful grammys year. The two want to make a bollywood film about their family. They are finding that the other people within their family are most definitely not too fond of this "brilliant idea." The mother of Norah, Sue Jones is quoted saying "Nobody knows the inside story about our family except for us, really, It's nobody's business and intrudes on our privacy." Bollywood films are supposed to be fun and along the lines of another movie, what is the problem in that? Well obviously the proud but thoughtful mother of Ms. Norah Jones found the problem within this decision between her daughter and husband. Personally speaking, i'd have to pronounce that the best bollywood film ever made is Bride and Prejudice. It was focused significantly on an Indian culture, which i found so interesting and it really did have big parts from the original, Pride and Prejudice movie.