'Ag Gag' Bill Takes Effect In Idaho; Bans Undercover Filming At Farms : The. Hide captionDairy cows feed through a fence at an Idaho farm, in this 2009 file photo.
Idaho's Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter enacted a bill Friday that criminalizes the act of secretly filming animal abuse at farms. Charlie Litchfield/AP Dairy cows feed through a fence at an Idaho farm, in this 2009 file photo. Idaho's Gov. "Otter, a rancher, said the measure promoted by the dairy industry 'is about agriculture producers being secure in their property and their livelihood,'" according to the AP. Under the law signed today, anyone caught making secret video recordings of agricultural operations could face a year in jail and a $5,000 fine. Idaho is one of at least 10 states that have taken up so-called "ag gag" legislation after "videos revealing apparent cruel treatment of farm animals went viral" in recent years, as Kathleen Masterson reported for NPR in 2012. What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria. Guy Brings His White Girl To Barbershop In Harlem And This Is What Happened.
What Would You Do – featured “Rachel,” an actress playing a hairstylist at Harlem barbershop Denny Moe’s who is flirting with a Black male patron.
When his White girlfriend walks in, she immediately begins loudly criticizing him and making snide comments about her. Hidden cameras capture the reactions—ranging from those who ignored “Rachel’s” shenanigans to those who called her out for being “ignorant” and “racist.” The video has gone viral and sparked interesting social media conversations about race relations and the controversial claim of “reverse racism. American Military News. The Secrets to a Stress-Free Commute. Moreover Technologies. The girl whose rape changed a country - CNN.com. Desaiganj, India (CNN) -- She was 14, maybe 16, when they raped her.
It was 1972, and I was 9. The India of her youth was the India of mine -- except she lived in utter poverty. She was an orphaned adivasi, a tribal girl, and she performed the most menial of jobs to put bread in her belly. She collected cow dung with her bare hands, shaped it into patties, slapped them on walls to dry and then sold them as fuel. It's a sight and smell familiar to me. Women march in New Delhi in 1980 to demand that the Indian Supreme Court reconsider the case of Mathura, who accused two policemen of raping her when she was a teenager. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images/File But rape knows no boundaries of class or culture.
After it happened, she might as well have worn a scarlet letter on her chest. But the highest court of the land did not believe she was telling the truth. Her case was monumental, both from a social and legal perspective. A Little Girl and Her Cat Sing the Perfect Duet in Britain's Latest Adorabl. The Perfect Reply A Girl Can Give To The Question 'What's Your Favorite Pos.
Children’s Television Survival Guide: Word Girl. It’s time once again for another installment in our Children’s Television Survival Guide!
I feel like I need to back up a bit before I start talking about our show for this post and talk for a minute about why I write this series. It’s because there is so, so, sooooooo much crap in the world of children’s television. I mean, a LOT of crap. So, I am focusing on shows that parents can find some way to enjoy, even if it’s just appreciating them on an ironic level. That’s why I haven’t talked about Dora or Caillou. OK, onto our Survival Guide! Word Girl is a child super hero who fights battles against villains such as a bratty rich kid whose parents have spoiled her, and Lady Redundant Woman. The slightly-above-the-heads-of-kids jokes in this show are FANTASTIC. Tobey: Oh, you think you’re so smart, don’t you, WordGirl? Nate Silver and the Rise of the Free Agent Journalist. Statistics wizard Nate Silver, a keynote speaker at HubSpot’s INBOUND conference in August in Boston, made news over the weekend by deciding to move his FiveThirtyEight blog from The New York Times to ESPN and ABC News.
Losing Silver will be a blow to the reputation of the Times as well as to its bottom line, as Silver’s popular blog has at times contributed 20% of total traffic to the Times website. Silver’s three-year contract with the Times expires next month, in August, but media companies have been wooing him since last year, as Politico reported in a fascinating story about the behind-the-scenes wrangling that took place. What’s more amazing is that six years ago, Silver was an anonymous blogger posting predictions on Daily Kos. His growth into a media powerhouse shows how radically the media business has been transformed by the internet, in two main ways: The rise of the “free agent” journalist.The power of inbound marketing.
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