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Sunday, January 31, 2016
Weekly News Post for Sunday January 31st
Here is your post for the week. Make sure to keep up to date with your assignments over the break!!! Enjoy the rest of the vacation :)
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BBC News Turkey says Russia violated its airspace near Syria border 31 January 2016
Tensions between the countries increases since Turkey shot down a Russian jet. Turkey again did several warnings in English and Russian but the Russian jet ignored the warning. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: “Russia would have to face consequences if it keeps up such violations”. Russia tries to provoke Turkey by violating Turkey’s airspace. Russia also ban on the import of Turkish foods, the sale of charter holidays for Russians to Turkey and most construction projects with Turkish firms. These sanctions will coast to Turkish economy at least 10 billion dollars. Both of the countries need each other. If Russia continues to provoke Turkey, they will face with sanctions too.
BBC News Youngest conjoined twins separated at Swiss Hospital in Bern 31 January 2016
When I first read this news, I couldn’t believe how the conjoined twins were born two month before and just %1 chance to survive after the operation.
Doctors say that, the eight-day-old twins are the youngest babies that are successfully parted. Doctors had planned to separate them several months later, but they had a life-threatening harm. Despite the operation had mentioned that it carried %1 chance the babies to survive. The hospital said the twins were "extensively conjoined on the liver, but had all vital organs".
Doctors were forced to operate for five hours to separate the twins on 10th of December. However, they achieved a ‘first’; ‘such small twins had never been successfully separated before.’
BBC News John Terry: Chelsea defender to leave Stamford Bridge 31 January 2016
Chelsea's legend player John Terry is not being offered a new contract and will leave the club at the end of the season.
John Terry had joined Chelsea when he was 14, now he is 35. He has been in the club for 21 years, and had a lot of memories with the club.
Terry clarified that he would like to stay in the club until he retires, but the club is moving in a different direction. He also added that he will be playing in another country for sure.
Most people think that he'll join his mate Frank Lampard's recent team New York City. There is no doubt that all football fans, including Liverpool's, Manchester United's, Arsenal's, Madrid's, won't be happy to see the legend leaving the club.
CNN News Hand-crafted luxury and $100K price tags: This is haute couture 07.02.2016
Hi there folks! Of course there are many important thing going on around the world right now, like North Korea's rocket launch, Taiwan's earthquake, America's presidential race... But I want to focus on more of the good things.
HAUTE COUTURE
Oh how much I love couture! Haute couture week is one of the most important events on the fashion calendar. "Fashion houses like Chanel and Christian Dior, as well as newer, lesser-known brands such as Bouchra Jarrar and Elie Saab, present painstakingly elaborate and extremely expensive designs behind closed doors to a hand-picked audience of editors, buyers and private clients."
In the fashion community, haute couture represents the highest quality money can buy.
Haute coutures itself is a legally protected term that can only be used by brands approved by the French Ministry of industry. Hate couture, meaning high sewing are custom made garments, created entirely by hand and by the most talented artisans and craftsman, representing best quality of fashion that money can buy.
Most people will never buy or wear couture, nor will they ever attend a fashion show, even some do not know what does couture mean. So why is this important?As Harper's Bazaar editor-in-chief Justine Picardie makes the case for why couture matters during the article I want to share my thoughts about why couture is this important.
I personally love couture and a huge fan of couture pieces. They are the most beautiful, hand crafted individual clothes and trust me couture is booming right now. Big brands like Valentino or Zuhair Murad are doubling their couture studios because people can not get enough of them. Everyone wants something special, something of their own and this is what couture is selling. Couture is the way of selling a dream and even though people can not afford it, they want to buy a piece of this dream.
BBC News Did Hillary Lie About Her Iraq War Vote? February 7th, 2016 / 11.59 PM
The Democratic primary race is heating up in the days before the key New Hampshire primary. On Wednesday, Secretary Hillary Clinton was challenged about her vote in support of the Iraq war when she was a senator. She also said “You know, I did make a mistake, and I admitted that I made a mistake.” Everybody can make a mistake, even if you are a senator. But in my opinion, governments are always up to no good. There are lots of tricks and games between them and it might be tactical. Who knows, actually we shouldn’t accuse somebody wrongly.
BBC News The Lost Giant Taht Prowled the Australian Wilderness. February 8th,2016/20.33 Australia's wildlife is unique. The vast majority of the animals that live there are not found anywhere else – and things were no different 1 million years ago during the Pleistocene: the age of the super-sized mammal.Before humanity Earth's undisputed superpowered giant animals were everywhere from the mammoths of Siberia to the ground sloths of South America.One of that giant animals are Diprotodons they weighing two tonnes, the Diprotodon comfortably holds the title of largest marsupial ever. In size and appearance it looked superficially like a modern rhinoceros, but the Diprotodon seems to have had a social lifestyle more like that of an elephant, another mammal with which it shares anatomical similarities.These monster marsupials were not the only giants. Their numbers were swelled by 5m-long lizards, half-tonne birds and giant, dinosaur-like tortoises. The result was a truly nightmarish biological assemblage.I love giant animals especially Meiolania:It is a huge turtle that can reach 2,5m long Like Megalania and other pumped-up reptiles from Pleistocene (including the 9m-long Bluff Downs Giant Python), Meiolania platyceps was certainly big enough to hold its own in the company of Australia's giant marsupials.I can't put a photo here but I would love to show you or you can write to google,pictures,Meiolania!
BBC News: Indian Leopard injures six in Bangalore school
A recent wildlife census estimated that India has a leopard population of between 12,000 and 14,000. Leopards are known as ferocious animals, have been known stray in populated areas, and they can dismantle everything; humans, other animals in wild life etc. So,’ a male leopard which entered a school in the Indian city of Bangalore injured six people trying to capture it.’ A school in India damaged by a leopard because of he lost his temper. The leopard was strolling around in the school on Sunday. Afterwards, he started to attack a man near the pool abruptly. A scientist and a forest employee were among who were mauled by the leopard. Later on, local police started firing to capture the animal. The captured animal has been moved to a national park and the six injured people, including a cameraperson of a TV channel, have been treated for minor injuries.
CNN News The hijab-wearing Barbie who's become an Instagram star 08.02.16
Nigerian medical student Haneefe Adam created Hijarbie in order to have alternative role models for young girls. After getting his inspiration from the official account of barbie, Adam decides to dress her barbies in colourful headscarves and and robe-like dresses. It became an instant hit on Instagram, garnering thousands of followers. Adam said: "The way Barbie dresses is very skimpy and different and there's nothing wrong with it. I just wanted to give another option for Muslim girls like me."
Despite the account's popularity, Adam says she has received some negative comments from people who think that Muslim women who wear the veil are "oppressed," a misconception she wants to fix.
BBC News Turkey bombing: Kurdish TAK group says it attacked Ankara 19 February 2016
There was an attack in Ankara, a bombing as usual. There have been so many attacks in the past year. Apparently, the last attack was because of a Kurdish group. I’m glad that we know the source. But there are so many dangers to our country. Is even going out of the house safe? No. People always go to crowded places. I do as well. But I’m always scared that there will be an attack. I just want to be safe in my own country.
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BBC News
Turkey says Russia violated its airspace near Syria border
31 January 2016
Tensions between the countries increases since Turkey shot down a Russian jet. Turkey again did several warnings in English and Russian but the Russian jet ignored the warning. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: “Russia would have to face consequences if it keeps up such violations”. Russia tries to provoke Turkey by violating Turkey’s airspace. Russia also ban on the import of Turkish foods, the sale of charter holidays for Russians to Turkey and most construction projects with Turkish firms. These sanctions will coast to Turkish economy at least 10 billion dollars. Both of the countries need each other. If Russia continues to provoke Turkey, they will face with sanctions too.
BBC News
Youngest conjoined twins separated at Swiss Hospital in Bern
31 January 2016
When I first read this news, I couldn’t believe how the conjoined twins were born two month before and just %1 chance to survive after the operation.
Doctors say that, the eight-day-old twins are the youngest babies that are successfully parted. Doctors had planned to separate them several months later, but they had a life-threatening harm. Despite the operation had mentioned that it carried %1 chance the babies to survive. The hospital said the twins were "extensively conjoined on the liver, but had all vital organs".
Doctors were forced to operate for five hours to separate the twins on 10th of December. However, they achieved a ‘first’; ‘such small twins had never been successfully separated before.’
BBC News
John Terry: Chelsea defender to leave Stamford Bridge
31 January 2016
Chelsea's legend player John Terry is not being offered a new contract and will leave the club at the end of the season.
John Terry had joined Chelsea when he was 14, now he is 35. He has been in the club for 21 years, and had a lot of memories with the club.
Terry clarified that he would like to stay in the club until he retires, but the club is moving in a different direction. He also added that he will be playing in another country for sure.
Most people think that he'll join his mate Frank Lampard's recent team New York City.
There is no doubt that all football fans, including Liverpool's, Manchester United's, Arsenal's, Madrid's, won't be happy to see the legend leaving the club.
CNN News
Hand-crafted luxury and $100K price tags: This is haute couture
07.02.2016
Hi there folks!
Of course there are many important thing going on around the world right now, like North Korea's rocket launch, Taiwan's earthquake, America's presidential race... But I want to focus on more of the good things.
HAUTE COUTURE
Oh how much I love couture! Haute couture week is one of the most important events on the fashion calendar.
"Fashion houses like Chanel and Christian Dior, as well as newer, lesser-known brands such as Bouchra Jarrar and Elie Saab, present painstakingly elaborate and extremely expensive designs behind closed doors to a hand-picked audience of editors, buyers and private clients."
In the fashion community, haute couture represents the highest quality money can buy.
Haute coutures itself is a legally protected term that can only be used by brands approved by the French Ministry of industry. Hate couture, meaning high sewing are custom made garments, created entirely by hand and by the most talented artisans and craftsman, representing best quality of fashion that money can buy.
Most people will never buy or wear couture, nor will they ever attend a fashion show, even some do not know what does couture mean. So why is this important?As Harper's Bazaar editor-in-chief Justine Picardie makes the case for why couture matters during the article I want to share my thoughts about why couture is this important.
I personally love couture and a huge fan of couture pieces. They are the most beautiful, hand crafted individual clothes and trust me couture is booming right now. Big brands like Valentino or Zuhair Murad are doubling their couture studios because people can not get enough of them. Everyone wants something special, something of their own and this is what couture is selling. Couture is the way of selling a dream and even though people can not afford it, they want to buy a piece of this dream.
BBC News
Did Hillary Lie About Her Iraq War Vote?
February 7th, 2016 / 11.59 PM
The Democratic primary race is heating up in the days before the key New Hampshire primary. On Wednesday, Secretary Hillary Clinton was challenged about her vote in support of the Iraq war when she was a senator. She also said “You know, I did make a mistake, and I admitted that I made a mistake.”
Everybody can make a mistake, even if you are a senator. But in my opinion, governments are always up to no good. There are lots of tricks and games between them and it might be tactical. Who knows, actually we shouldn’t accuse somebody wrongly.
BBC News
The Lost Giant Taht Prowled the Australian Wilderness.
February 8th,2016/20.33
Australia's wildlife is unique. The vast majority of the animals that live there are not found anywhere else – and things were no different 1 million years ago during the Pleistocene: the age of the super-sized mammal.Before humanity Earth's undisputed superpowered giant animals were everywhere from the mammoths of Siberia to the ground sloths of South America.One of that giant animals are Diprotodons they weighing two tonnes, the Diprotodon comfortably holds the title of largest marsupial ever. In size and appearance it looked superficially like a modern rhinoceros, but the Diprotodon seems to have had a social lifestyle more like that of an elephant, another mammal with which it shares anatomical similarities.These monster marsupials were not the only giants. Their numbers were swelled by 5m-long lizards, half-tonne birds and giant, dinosaur-like tortoises. The result was a truly nightmarish biological assemblage.I love giant animals especially Meiolania:It is a huge turtle that can reach 2,5m long
Like Megalania and other pumped-up reptiles from Pleistocene (including the 9m-long Bluff Downs Giant Python), Meiolania platyceps was certainly big enough to hold its own in the company of Australia's giant marsupials.I can't put a photo here but I would love to show you or you can write to google,pictures,Meiolania!
08.02.2016
BBC News: Indian Leopard injures six in Bangalore school
A recent wildlife census estimated that India has a leopard population of between 12,000 and 14,000. Leopards are known as ferocious animals, have been known stray in populated areas, and they can dismantle everything; humans, other animals in wild life etc. So,’ a male leopard which entered a school in the Indian city of Bangalore injured six people trying to capture it.’ A school in India damaged by a leopard because of he lost his temper. The leopard was strolling around in the school on Sunday. Afterwards, he started to attack a man near the pool abruptly. A scientist and a forest employee were among who were mauled by the leopard. Later on, local police started firing to capture the animal. The captured animal has been moved to a national park and the six injured people, including a cameraperson of a TV channel, have been treated for minor injuries.
CNN News
The hijab-wearing Barbie who's become an Instagram star
08.02.16
Nigerian medical student Haneefe Adam created Hijarbie in order to have alternative role models for young girls. After getting his inspiration from the official account of barbie, Adam decides to dress her barbies in colourful headscarves and and robe-like dresses. It became an instant hit on Instagram, garnering thousands of followers. Adam said: "The way Barbie dresses is very skimpy and different and there's nothing wrong with it. I just wanted to give another option for Muslim girls like me."
Despite the account's popularity, Adam says she has received some negative comments from people who think that Muslim women who wear the veil are "oppressed," a misconception she wants to fix.
BBC News
Turkey bombing: Kurdish TAK group says it attacked Ankara
19 February 2016
There was an attack in Ankara, a bombing as usual. There have been so many attacks in the past year. Apparently, the last attack was because of a Kurdish group. I’m glad that we know the source. But there are so many dangers to our country. Is even going out of the house safe? No. People always go to crowded places. I do as well. But I’m always scared that there will be an attack. I just want to be safe in my own country.
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