http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_women KABUL – A new Afghan law makes it legal for men to rape their wives, human rights groups and some Afghan lawmakers said Thursday, accusing President Hamid Karzai of signing the legislation to bolster his re-election prospects. Critics worry the legislation undermines hard-won rights for women enacted after the fall of the Taliban‘s strict Islamist regime. The law — which some lawmakers say was never debated in parliament —...
My youngest son was diagnosed with Autism in 2004, and again in Fall of 2008. In between those diagnoses, he was considered developmentally delayed or “on the spectrum.” In short, my son is autistic, he is on the autism spectrum in a little place they like to call Asperger’s. At least, that’s what its being called this year. What this means, in real life, is that my son is a little strange. Aside from gross and fine motor skills being delayed (but getting better all the time,...
1. Crunching ice after eating soup really hurts. 2. I am not happy unless I have 3558 plates spinning in the air. 3. I really like Kelly Clarkson, but I really don’t like her songs. Maybe its just the radio releases I can’t stand, after they get stuck in my head for days. 4. Somedays, being a mom is amazing, especially when they finally start to “get” your sense of humor. 5. My technicolor suitcase is missing, yet I’m not bothered by its absence. 6. Joan of Arc was the...
Not the movie, but wouldn’t that be nice? I have 9 weeks in which to write an essay of at least 40 pages that will enable me to gain a year’s worth of credits, potentially, leaving me with one semester to fulfill credits in natural science and literature. In other words, I have to finish this semester, turn in the essay by June and complete one more semester to graduate by December, 2009. GRADUATE!! What I do after that happens is completely up in the air, but, by damn, I’m going...
