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Sunday, February 14, 2016
Valentine's Day Media Response - Sunday February 14
Post you Sunday news response by midnight, February 14. Have fun and challenge yourself by looking at a different source than usual. See you soon and happy Valentine's Day!!!
"Horses are able to read human facial expressions, researchers say"
People understood that horses are able tu understand human's facial expressions at the end of a research. It is interesting but they know the difference of angry human facial expressions and happy human facial expressions. They also react to it accordingly. If they see someone who is angry they react negatively too, their heart beating speed gets faster. So we should know that they can understand our emotions and act accordingly. I used to ride horses for years and I even didn't know that.
“Exiled Syrian artist Tammam Azzam paints haunting images of his destroyed homeland”
Artist Tammam Azzam is looking at destruction. After he completed “Storeys” which is a painting project based on photographs from Syria he used buildings gutted by bombs, empty streets and sense of stillness in his works.He couldn’t look away the images from Syria and he began to paint. His paintings are arresting visual chronicle of what remains. He include Douma in his paintings which is a important point of protest against the government. He wanted to take his challenge to create destruction. He did so.He packed with details from the images he studied before.The paintings are empty of people or any sign of life. The process was a physical and emotional struggle for him. Each painting took two months and six to ten hours a day. The paintings are now on display Dubai’s Ayyam Gallery in a exhibition which has the name “ The Road”.
BBC News Viola Beach killed in car crash in Sweden The four members of British indie band Viola Beach and their manager have died in a car crash in Sweden.Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin and manager Craig Tarry were killed when their car plunged more than 25m (82ft) from a highway bridge into a canal.
As we know from the news, there is a war going on in the Syria. And many people tried to escape, tried to run away from the war. The solution was getting to the nearest countries border and get away as possible as you can from the war. And the nearest border was Turkey so only way to go there is by boats, crafts… But when they were going to Turkey, some boats sank through the sea.
February 8, 2016. When turkish coast guards doing their daily search, they found a man holding on to a bow of a sunken ship. He was a 20 year old Syrian guy who was trying to reach Lesvos, Greece, from Turkey. His boat had 40 people in it before leaving their country. And it sank in the middle of the sea because of bad weather and to much weight. Only 4 people survived including this man.
CNN News 14th February 2016 Deadly I-78 pileup: Dozens of vehicles collide on Pennsylvania highway
Lots of vehicles collided on Pennsylvania higway. The incident occurred on Saturday and at least 50 vehicles slammed into each other. The weather was bad. I mean it was foggy and snowy . Also it wasn't good for driving. By the way a guy who had the accident told that he couldn't see any further than probably two city blocks and a vehicle hit him while he was parked in the shoulder. Luckily just 3 people died and unfortunately there were more than 70 people were injured. I hope the number of casualties won't increase.
BBC News France's foreign ministry has urged Turkey to end its assault on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. In a statement (in French) it said it was "worried about the continued worsening of the situation". On Saturday, Turkey began shelling the militia, which it says is linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The fighters - the YPG militia based in Syria - have rejected Turkey's demand to leave areas it has seized, saying Islamists would return if it left. Turkey's assault is a new thread in an already-complex conflict that has drawn in competing regional powers. A statement on Syria's state news agency also condemned Turkey's intervention, calling it "outrageous violation of international law". France also called on the regime and its allies to stop their bombardments "across the whole of the country".
BBC News Hull FC player Jamie Shaul misses birth of son to play
Hull FC full back Jamie Shaul missed the birth of his first child as he helped secure a victory for the club while playing in France.The Super League side tweeted: "Special mention to @jamieshaul and partner, Chloe, who have had their first child tonight! Daddy missed the birth to play! #congratulations".Shaul, 23, said it had been a "special moment" to come home to his son Teddy.Hull chartered their own plane to Perpignan and arrived back at Leeds/Bradford Airport just before midnight on Saturday.
BBC News 14 February 2016 "Pakistan president condemns St Valentine's Day"
President Mamnoon Hussain told students that it was a Western tradition and conflicted with Muslim culture.Valentine's Day is popular in many cities in Pakistan, but religious groups have denounced it as decadent.Earlier this week, the local government in Kohat, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, told police officers to stop shops from selling Valentine's Day cards and items.Kohat district administrator Maulana Niaz Muhammad told the BBC Urdu: "Valentine's Day has no legal grounds, and secondly it is against our religion, therefore it was banned."
CNN News Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet, defying religion and culture for love The journalists assume that Zakia and Ali's love is like the famous Romeo and Juliet story by Shakespeare. They didn't go to school and they have 2 years between them . Ali wrote poetrys and love stories for Zakia. She was Sunni and ethnically Tajk and he was Shiite and ethnically Hazara. They think that their love is absolutely a forbidden love but they love eachother very much so it doesn't matter for them. When Ali proposed to marry with her, Zakia was first concerned about it because it was a such danger for her also. She said that "One hundred percent they would kill me." Now, they are still struggling with their marrige but their in love with eacother and it makes them fell so happy.
BBC News Civilian death and injuries 'reach record high'
The number of people killed and wounded in conflict in Afghanistan rose in 2015 to the highest level yet recorded, the UN mission in the country says. There were a lot of maybe thousand of gun attacks a lot of terrorist killed millions of people.There were 11,002 casualties in total, with a 37% increase in women affected and 14% for children.The UN's human rights chief said such "brutal and unprincipled attacks" were forbidden under international law. We hope that these percenteges will decrease in 2016
The 'Untouchable' who cycled from India to Sweden ... for love 11 February 2016 Thursday CNN News
They met in Delhi, late 1975 when she asked him to paint her portrait. He cycled from India to Sweden. He past eight countries and it took his 4 months to finish his journey to his lover for marrying. In these times Charlotte was a traveler and PK Mahanandia was art student who is in Dalit caste as untouchable. It means he can not marry with her. Before he travelled and she returned to Sweden they spent a glourous month in India. And after thet they communicate with letters. Where did CNN News knew all of this? The couple shared their fascinating story on Facebook. Then as you may imagine it shared thousands of time. After four decades of marrige their story aroused the interest of film makers.
BBC News Syria conflict: France urges end to Turkish assault on Kurds On Saturday, Turkey began shelling the militia, which it says is linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The fighters - the YPG militia based in Syria - have rejected Turkey's demand to leave areas it has seized, saying Islamists would return if it left. Turkey's assault is a new thread in an already-complex conflict that has drawn in competing regional powers. A statement on Syria's state news agency also condemned Turkey's intervention, calling it "outrageous violation of international law".
BBC News 14 February 2016 The Nazis' Futuristic 'Flying In December, US aircraft maker Northrop Grumman announced that a revolutionary design for a future fighter aircraft to fly over the war zones of the coming century. Their concept looks more like a flying saucer than a fighter plane, but it is what experts call a ‘flying wing’,. A design which includes the traditional tail fin at the back. This design helps reduce the aircraft’s size, and creates a smoother shape,back radar signals being sent out to detect it. It looks about as futuristic as fighter aircraft can get, but it's genesis goes far further back than you think. A truly groundbreaking jet fighter design built and flown in Nazi Germany in the dying days of World War Two. This aircraft will help to fly over the warzones during air support.
BBC News The Indian capital Delhi is on the brink of a severe water crisis after a key supply was cut during protests over jobs in a neighbouring state. Demonstrators from the Jat community damaged equipment in the Munak canal, a major source of water to Delhi. The city has introduced strict water rationing. Some areas could run dry on Sunday, officials warned, and schools will not open on Monday. Protesters want guaranteed jobs under India's caste quota system.
BBC News
ReplyDelete14 February 2016
"Horses are able to read human facial expressions, researchers say"
People understood that horses are able tu understand human's facial expressions at the end of a research. It is interesting but they know the difference of angry human facial expressions and happy human facial expressions. They also react to it accordingly. If they see someone who is angry they react negatively too, their heart beating speed gets faster. So we should know that they can understand our emotions and act accordingly. I used to ride horses for years and I even didn't know that.
ReplyDelete14 February 2016
PBS News
“Exiled Syrian artist Tammam Azzam paints haunting images of his destroyed homeland”
Artist Tammam Azzam is looking at destruction. After he completed “Storeys” which is a painting project based on photographs from Syria he used buildings gutted by bombs, empty streets and sense of stillness in his works.He couldn’t look away the images from Syria and he began to paint. His paintings are arresting visual chronicle of what remains. He include Douma in his paintings which is a important point of protest against the government. He wanted to take his challenge to create destruction. He did so.He packed with details from the images he studied before.The paintings are empty of people or any sign of life. The process was a physical and emotional struggle for him. Each painting took two months and six to ten hours a day. The paintings are now on display Dubai’s Ayyam Gallery in a exhibition which has the name “ The Road”.
BBC News
ReplyDeleteViola Beach killed in car crash in Sweden
The four members of British indie band Viola Beach and their manager have died in a car crash in Sweden.Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin and manager Craig Tarry were killed when their car plunged more than 25m (82ft) from a highway bridge into a canal.
14.02.2016
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Dramatic helicopter rescue at sea
As we know from the news, there is a war going on in the Syria. And many people tried to escape, tried to run away from the war. The solution was getting to the nearest countries border and get away as possible as you can from the war. And the nearest border was Turkey so only way to go there is by boats, crafts… But when they were going to Turkey, some boats sank through the sea.
February 8, 2016. When turkish coast guards doing their daily search, they found a man holding on to a bow of a sunken ship. He was a 20 year old Syrian guy who was trying to reach Lesvos, Greece, from Turkey. His boat had 40 people in it before leaving their country. And it sank in the middle of the sea because of bad weather and to much weight. Only 4 people survived including this man.
CNN News
ReplyDelete14th February 2016
Deadly I-78 pileup: Dozens of vehicles collide on Pennsylvania highway
Lots of vehicles collided on Pennsylvania higway. The incident occurred on Saturday and at least 50 vehicles slammed into each other. The weather was bad. I mean it was foggy and snowy . Also it wasn't good for driving. By the way a guy who had the accident told that he couldn't see any further than probably two city blocks and a vehicle hit him while he was parked in the shoulder. Luckily just 3 people died and unfortunately there were more than 70 people were injured. I hope the number of casualties won't increase.
BBC News
ReplyDeleteFrance's foreign ministry has urged Turkey to end its assault on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.
In a statement (in French) it said it was "worried about the continued worsening of the situation".
On Saturday, Turkey began shelling the militia, which it says is linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
The fighters - the YPG militia based in Syria - have rejected Turkey's demand to leave areas it has seized, saying Islamists would return if it left.
Turkey's assault is a new thread in an already-complex conflict that has drawn in competing regional powers.
A statement on Syria's state news agency also condemned Turkey's intervention, calling it "outrageous violation of international law".
France also called on the regime and its allies to stop their bombardments "across the whole of the country".
BBC News
ReplyDeleteHull FC player Jamie Shaul misses birth of son to play
Hull FC full back Jamie Shaul missed the birth of his first child as he helped secure a victory for the club while playing in France.The Super League side tweeted: "Special mention to @jamieshaul and partner, Chloe, who have had their first child tonight! Daddy missed the birth to play! #congratulations".Shaul, 23, said it had been a "special moment" to come home to his son Teddy.Hull chartered their own plane to Perpignan and arrived back at Leeds/Bradford Airport just before midnight on Saturday.
BBC News
ReplyDelete14 February 2016
"Pakistan president condemns St Valentine's Day"
President Mamnoon Hussain told students that it was a Western tradition and conflicted with Muslim culture.Valentine's Day is popular in many cities in Pakistan, but religious groups have denounced it as decadent.Earlier this week, the local government in Kohat, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, told police officers to stop shops from selling Valentine's Day cards and items.Kohat district administrator Maulana Niaz Muhammad told the BBC Urdu: "Valentine's Day has no legal grounds, and secondly it is against our religion, therefore it was banned."
CNN News
ReplyDeleteAfghanistan's Romeo and Juliet, defying religion and culture for love
The journalists assume that Zakia and Ali's love is like the famous Romeo and Juliet story by Shakespeare. They didn't go to school and they have 2 years between them . Ali wrote poetrys and love stories for Zakia. She was Sunni and ethnically Tajk and he was Shiite and ethnically Hazara. They think that their love is absolutely a forbidden love but they love eachother very much so it doesn't matter for them. When Ali proposed to marry with her, Zakia was first concerned about it because it was a such danger for her also. She said that "One hundred percent they would kill me." Now, they are still struggling with their marrige but their in love with eacother and it makes them fell so happy.
BBC News
ReplyDeleteCivilian death and injuries 'reach record high'
The number of people killed and wounded in conflict in Afghanistan rose in 2015 to the highest level yet recorded, the UN mission in the country says. There were a lot of maybe thousand of gun attacks a lot of terrorist killed millions of people.There were 11,002 casualties in total, with a 37% increase in women affected and 14% for children.The UN's human rights chief said such "brutal and unprincipled attacks" were forbidden under international law. We hope that these percenteges will decrease in 2016
The 'Untouchable' who cycled from India to Sweden ... for love
ReplyDelete11 February 2016 Thursday
CNN News
They met in Delhi, late 1975 when she asked him to paint her portrait. He cycled from India to Sweden. He past eight countries and it took his 4 months to finish his journey to his lover for marrying. In these times Charlotte was a traveler and PK Mahanandia was art student who is in Dalit caste as untouchable. It means he can not marry with her.
Before he travelled and she returned to Sweden they spent a glourous month in India. And after thet they communicate with letters.
Where did CNN News knew all of this? The couple shared their fascinating story on Facebook. Then as you may imagine it shared thousands of time. After four decades of marrige their story aroused the interest of film makers.
BBC News
ReplyDeleteSyria conflict: France urges end to Turkish assault on Kurds
On Saturday, Turkey began shelling the militia, which it says is linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
The fighters - the YPG militia based in Syria - have rejected Turkey's demand to leave areas it has seized, saying Islamists would return if it left.
Turkey's assault is a new thread in an already-complex conflict that has drawn in competing regional powers.
A statement on Syria's state news agency also condemned Turkey's intervention, calling it "outrageous violation of international law".
BBC News
ReplyDelete14 February 2016
The Nazis' Futuristic 'Flying
In December, US aircraft maker Northrop Grumman announced that a revolutionary design for a future fighter aircraft to fly over the war zones of the coming century.
Their concept looks more like a flying saucer than a fighter plane, but it is what experts call a ‘flying wing’,. A design which includes the traditional tail fin at the back. This design helps reduce the aircraft’s size, and creates a smoother shape,back radar signals being sent out to detect it. It looks about as futuristic as fighter aircraft can get, but it's genesis goes far further back than you think. A truly groundbreaking jet fighter design built and flown in Nazi Germany in the dying days of World War Two. This aircraft will help to fly over the warzones during air support.
BBC News
ReplyDeleteThe Indian capital Delhi is on the brink of a severe water crisis after a key supply was cut during protests over jobs in a neighbouring state.
Demonstrators from the Jat community damaged equipment in the Munak canal, a major source of water to Delhi.
The city has introduced strict water rationing. Some areas could run dry on Sunday, officials warned, and schools will not open on Monday.
Protesters want guaranteed jobs under India's caste quota system.