I decided to write about the cover story today because 1. it had a cute baby and 2. it seemed interesting.
Efforts Meant to Help Workers Squeeze South Africa's Poorest By Celia Dugger
This article focuses on Emily Mbongwa,52, a former factory worker in Newcastle who lost her job because the factory was shut down due to violations. Mbongwa, like many South African women relied on her low paying job at a factory to help feed her family and pay for her small home. The factory was shut down because it didn't meet the new requirments and paid its worker less tan minimum wage. However, the people this "improvement" was supposed to make is now hurting them. Even though the pay was horrible, just $36 a week, for Nokuthula Masango, 25, is was just enough to get her and her jobless extended family by. South Africa's unemployed rate has been an increasing problem for over a decade. The rise in crime, social unrest, and economic downturn can all be attributed to this issue.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
New York Times Blog: September 23, 2010
New Treatments Are Challenging Mammogram's Need, Study Says
I chose to write about this article in this particular times because everyone chose to ride about the story with the mounted policemen running away from black smoke.
The article about new treatments concerning breast health says that mammograms are decreasingly useful in dealing with the cancer death rate. Research has shown that increased awareness and new treatments are having a much more positive effect on womens health. New treatments with hormonal therapy have replaced the necessity of mammography.Decades ago when mammograms were relatively new, they reduced the breast cancer death rate by a substantial 15%-25%. Now research has shown that mammography and treatment has decreased that number by 10%.. however, researchers believe that mammograms do as little as 0%-2% of that work. Researchers and studies have been done on an undisclosed amount of women for 8.9 years. A study of Norwegian women with breast cancer found that regular mammogram screening probably reduces the breast cancer death rate slightly, but also has significant costs. Dr. Gilbert Welch of Dartmouth estimated 2% but he said, "whatever the effect of mammograms is, all the signals here is that it is much smaller than we believed."
I chose to write about this article in this particular times because everyone chose to ride about the story with the mounted policemen running away from black smoke.
The article about new treatments concerning breast health says that mammograms are decreasingly useful in dealing with the cancer death rate. Research has shown that increased awareness and new treatments are having a much more positive effect on womens health. New treatments with hormonal therapy have replaced the necessity of mammography.Decades ago when mammograms were relatively new, they reduced the breast cancer death rate by a substantial 15%-25%. Now research has shown that mammography and treatment has decreased that number by 10%.. however, researchers believe that mammograms do as little as 0%-2% of that work. Researchers and studies have been done on an undisclosed amount of women for 8.9 years. A study of Norwegian women with breast cancer found that regular mammogram screening probably reduces the breast cancer death rate slightly, but also has significant costs. Dr. Gilbert Welch of Dartmouth estimated 2% but he said, "whatever the effect of mammograms is, all the signals here is that it is much smaller than we believed."
Monday, October 4, 2010
Local Teen Helps Save a Life
Local resident and police captain Janet Paradiso join forces to save an elderly man’s life.
This morning James Laboke, 17, a local resident, spotted a stopped car on the train tracks. Laboke, an Afghan Refugee wakes up at 5 a.m. to walk four miles to the Eezy Breezy Restaurant on East Grand Street, where he was hired as a waiter eight months ago.
Laboke spotted Francois Truffant’s 1987 pink Cadillac Seville stopped on the railroad tracks about ten minutes before the 5:55 a.m. train to Boston passed through Old Orchard. Laboke approached the running car to see Truffant, 80, slumped over and unconscious at the wheel.
After pounding on the car’s window and realizing the doors were locked Laboke had to think quickly. Laboke, who doesn’t have a cell phone, ran approximately 100 yards to the police station on Pier Street. Laboke later said, “I never thought about it. I just knew I couldn’t let that man get crushed by a train.”
Police Captain, Janet Paradiso responded to the call about a mile away from the tracks. She arrived at the scene at 6:05 a.m. just as the train’s warning whistles became audible. With the Amtrak train approaching at 40 miles per hour, Paradiso took action ramming her cruiser into the back of Truffant’s Seville to push it out of danger. Paradiso commented, “I knew there was no time. I had to do something.”
Approximately 30 seconds later the train sped through the crossing. Brian Paul, Chief of Police at Old Orchard beach said, “it was that close.”
Truffant, a diabetic, was said to have gone into insulin shock at the time he reached the railroad crossing. Listed in stable condition at Southern Maine Medical Center he said he did not remember anything of the incident.
Old Orchard Beach, a tourist community on the Southern Maine seacoast attracts tourists with its long beach and wooden pier. Truffant is a tourist from Quebec City and has been coming to Old Orchard Beach since he was a child.
Charles Champaigne, owner of the Eezy Breezy Restaurant didn’t think anything out of the ordinary when Laboke arrived to work on time this morning. Later, when a reporter called asking about the incident Champaigne learned of Laboke’s heroic deeds. Champaigne said, “It doesn’t surprise me at all. That young man is one of my most responsible employees. He’s just a great kid.”
This morning James Laboke, 17, a local resident, spotted a stopped car on the train tracks. Laboke, an Afghan Refugee wakes up at 5 a.m. to walk four miles to the Eezy Breezy Restaurant on East Grand Street, where he was hired as a waiter eight months ago.
Laboke spotted Francois Truffant’s 1987 pink Cadillac Seville stopped on the railroad tracks about ten minutes before the 5:55 a.m. train to Boston passed through Old Orchard. Laboke approached the running car to see Truffant, 80, slumped over and unconscious at the wheel.
After pounding on the car’s window and realizing the doors were locked Laboke had to think quickly. Laboke, who doesn’t have a cell phone, ran approximately 100 yards to the police station on Pier Street. Laboke later said, “I never thought about it. I just knew I couldn’t let that man get crushed by a train.”
Police Captain, Janet Paradiso responded to the call about a mile away from the tracks. She arrived at the scene at 6:05 a.m. just as the train’s warning whistles became audible. With the Amtrak train approaching at 40 miles per hour, Paradiso took action ramming her cruiser into the back of Truffant’s Seville to push it out of danger. Paradiso commented, “I knew there was no time. I had to do something.”
Approximately 30 seconds later the train sped through the crossing. Brian Paul, Chief of Police at Old Orchard beach said, “it was that close.”
Truffant, a diabetic, was said to have gone into insulin shock at the time he reached the railroad crossing. Listed in stable condition at Southern Maine Medical Center he said he did not remember anything of the incident.
Old Orchard Beach, a tourist community on the Southern Maine seacoast attracts tourists with its long beach and wooden pier. Truffant is a tourist from Quebec City and has been coming to Old Orchard Beach since he was a child.
Charles Champaigne, owner of the Eezy Breezy Restaurant didn’t think anything out of the ordinary when Laboke arrived to work on time this morning. Later, when a reporter called asking about the incident Champaigne learned of Laboke’s heroic deeds. Champaigne said, “It doesn’t surprise me at all. That young man is one of my most responsible employees. He’s just a great kid.”
Saturday, October 2, 2010
New York Times Blog: September 22, 2010
U.N. Chief Set to Announce Sharp Rise in Aid for Health of Women and Children" by Neil MacFARQUHAR attracted me because of the picture that went along with it. The picture showed four women all with the same expression on their face laying down next to each other with these little babies strapped to their chest. After Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced his plans to increase aid and improve the health of women in children independent specialists were still iffy on whether or not it is a scam. This effort, originally from 2000 is particularly lagging in the area of mother/child death rate during childbirth. Now this new aid is supposed to be directed right at this area to improve it. Since this development, infant mortality rate has dropped from 12 million in 1990 to 8.1 million, maternal mortality has since dropped from 500,000 to 350,000. U.N. officials hoped that the bulk of this plans efforts and money would go to the poorest 49 countries but alone those countries would need about $88 billion to meet the goals.
New York Times Blog: September 16, 2010
The article, "Mayor's Next Targets for a Smoking Ban: Parks and Beaches" by, Anemona Hartocollis interested me because of the amount of people who smoke on campus. I remember when I started here as a freshman I was astounded at the amount of young people who continue to smoke with the knowledge of its long-term affects and illnesses. UNH has a rule that smokers aren't allowed to smoke within 20 feet of a building but not only is 20 feet not far enough... no one even listens to that rule. From this article I learned that New York City Mayor Bloomberg has already put a ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants and bars but also plans to ban it in areas like parks, beaches, and pedestrian malls. Last year this ban was brought to the Mayor's attention but he didn't approve it right away. After mny months of research done on second hand smoking these new laws are set to be effective as of Thursday, Sept. 16. This new law covers 1,700 parks, playgrounds and recreational facilities along with 14 miles of city beaches, boardwalks, public marinas and pedestrian malls. Bloomberg ruled in favor of this law after learning that someone not smoking but sitting within three feet of a smoker even in open air received the same second-hand effects as someone in the same situation indoors would. Bloomberg commented, "When New Yorkers and visitors go to parks and beaches for fresh air, there will actually be fresh air for them to breathe." There are still things to be worked out but officials are estimating around a $50 fine for offenders.
New York Times Blog: September 15, 2010
In the "Tally of Hungry Has Fallen, But Stays High" By Neil MacFARQUHAR caught my attention. The article talked about how for the first time in 15 years the number of undernourished people in the world has decreased. Even though this number has decreased, it is still much higher due to the 2008 food crisis. The number of hungry people has decreased from 1.02 billion to 925 million since 2009. These changes can be attributed to the recent income growth and food price drop in the Asia Pacific region. Although this is progress, it is still no reason to celebrate. The very first goal of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization was to cut the amount of hungry people on 1990 in half is now impossible according to Jacques Diouf, the director general.
New York Times Blog: September 9, 2010
Alright so it's taken me awhile to get these blurbs about the paper out of my head and onto the internet. Better late than never... cheesy, but true!I'm going to have to jog your memory on what happened on September 9th since it was 3 weeks ago. This Times had Afghan police officers breaking their fast in Kandahar City while a U.S. soldier kept watch. The article, "Nato Forces Push in Kandahar, To Mixed Result" by, Ron Nordland. The article mentions how the white surrender flags of the Taliban are no longer seen throughout the city, they have been replaced by the Afghanistan flag. Although the Taliban may have been pushed further underground, they are still not relenting. Gen. David A Petraus, the NATO commander said, "In some areas the Taliban momentum has reversed, but there's clearly a lot more work to be done." The Talibans terror campaign is still in full force.
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