A BABY KILLED BECAUSE SHE IS A GIRL

For about a week, she tried hard to hold on and fight hard. But allegedly brutalised by her father for being born a girl, she stood little chance. 
Baby Neha Afreen died after a cardiac arrest in a government hospital in Bangalore on Wednesday morning. 
The three-month-old baby was admitted to the Vani Vilas Hospital on Thursday night, April 5, with a severe head injury, dislocated neck and bite and burn marks on her body. 
Her father Umar Farooq, a car painter, is accused of inflicting the injuries on her because he wanted a male child. 
Though Afreen had showed signs of recovery on Tuesday, her condition deteriorated by evening because of repeated convulsions. 


'She was in semi-comatose state since Tuesday evening. We had put her on life support system. Unfortunately, she could not make it,' said Dr Some Gowda, medical superintendent of the hospital. 
The hospital authorities were awaiting a team of doctors from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences for assistance because the baby had suffered internal head injuries
But Afreen could no longer fight. She had hurried respiration of 30-40 per minute against the normal 20-25 and also pathycardia, or increased heart rate. 
She breathed her last at 11.10 am shortly after a cardiac arrest. 
The baby's mother, 19-year-old Reshma Banu, was inconsolable when the doctors broke the news to her. Afreen was her only child and she had been in a state of shock since Thursday. 
Reshma claims that her 37-year-old drunkard husband used to beat her up since Afreen was born. 
Last Thursday, he came home drunk in the evening and abused her again for giving birth to a girl. 
When Reshma went off to sleep, Farooq is accused of stuffing clothes into Afreen's mouth to muffle her cries and hitting her with a blunt object. 
Reshma, who woke up in the middle of the night, saw the baby suffering convulsions. 
She informed her husband, who appeared uninterested. When the baby vomited blood, Farooq fled. 
With the help of her neighbours, Reshma hospitalised Afreen. It's alleged Farooq had assaulted the child twice in the past but Reshma did not complain because she wanted to save the marriage. 
Once, he had bitten the baby. On another occasion, Reshma found cigarette burn marks on her forehead and back. 
Reshma was initially afraid of approaching the police. The hospital authorities informed the Child Welfare Committee, which prevailed upon her to lodge a complaint against her husband. 
Farooq, who went absconding after the alleged assault of his own daughter, was arrested on Sunday and is now in judicial custody till April 21. He will now face murder charges.

RIVER OVER A RIVER---NOW THIS IS SOMETHING!!

IF YOU ARE NOT A PHYSICS PERSON,
READ THE LAST PARAGRAPH AND LEARN A FACT OF PHYSICS.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A RIVER OVER A RIVER? AMAZING.....

 EVEN AFTER YOU SEE IT, IT IS STILL HARD TO BELIEVE!
WATER BRIDGE IN GERMANY. WHAT A FEAT!
SIX YEARS, 500 MILLION EUROS, 918 METERS LONG. . .
NOW THIS IS ENGINEERING!

THIS IS A CHANNEL-BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER ELBE
AND JOINS THE FORMER EAST AND WEST GERMANY,
AS PART OF THE UNIFICATION PROJECT.
IT IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MAGDEBURG, NEAR BERLIN.
THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON THE DAY OF INAUGURATION . . .

TO THOSE WHO APPRECIATE ENGINEERING PROJECTS,
HERE'S A PUZZLE FOR YOUR ARMCHAIR ENGINEERS
. . . AND PHYSICISTS.

QUESTION:

DID THAT BRIDGE HAVE TO BE DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND
THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT OF SHIP AND BARGE TRAFFIC,
OR JUST THE WEIGHT OF THE WATER?

ANSWER:

IT ONLY NEEDS TO BE DESIGNED TO
WITHSTAND THE WEIGHT OF THE WATER!

WHY?
A SHIP ALWAYS DISPLACES AN AMOUNT
OF WATER THAT WEIGHS THE SAME AS THE SHIP,
REGARDLESS OF HOW HEAVILY A SHIP MAY BE LOADED.
 
MORE . . . . .
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2011
THE INCREDIBLE MAGDEBURG WATER BRIDGE IN GERMANY
THE MAGDEBURG WATER BRIDGE IS A NAVIGABLE AQUEDUCT IN GERMANY
THAT CONNECTS THE ELBE-HAVEL CANAL TO THE MITTELLAND CANAL,
AND ALLOWS SHIPS TO CROSS OVER THE ELBE RIVER.
AT 918 METERS, IT IS THE LONGEST NAVIGABLE AQUEDUCT IN THE WORLD.
THE ELBE-HAVEL AND MITTELLAND CANALS HAD PREVIOUSLY
MET NEAR MAGDEBURG BUT ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ELBE.
SHIPS MOVING BETWEEN THE TWO HAD TO MAKE A 12-KILOMETER DETOUR,
DESCENDING FROM THE MITTELLAND CANAL
THROUGH THE ROTHENSEE BOAT LIFT INTO THE ELBE,
THEN SAILING DOWNSTREAM ON THE RIVER,
BEFORE ENTERING THE ELBE-HAVEL CANAL THROUGH NIEGRIPP LOCK.
LOW WATER LEVELS IN THE ELBE OFTEN PREVENTED
FULLY LADEN CANAL BARGES FROM MAKING THIS CROSSING,
REQUIRING TIME-CONSUMING OFF-LOADING OF CARGO.

 CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER LINK WAS STARTED AS EARLY
AS IN THE 1930S BUT DUE TO THE WORLD WAR 2 AND SUBSEQUENT
DIVISION OF GERMANY THE WORK REMAINED SUSPENDED TILL 1997.
THE AQUEDUCT WAS FINALLY COMPLETED AND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 2003.

UBALOZI WA RWANDA NCHINI KUADHIMISHA KUMBUKUMBU YA MIAKA 18 YA MAUAJI YA KIMBARI TAREHE 7 APRILI.

Balozi mdogo wa Rwanda nchini Tanzania Mh. Sano Lambert (katikati) akizungumza wakati wa maadhimisho ya miaka 18 ya mauaji ya Kimbari yaliyotokea nchini Rwanda mwaka 1994. Katika Ujumbe wake ameitaka Jamii ya Wanarwanda na Dunia kwa ujumla kuchukulia tukio hilo kama changamoto ya kudumisha amani na upendo duniani na kutaka Mataifa duniani kote kuishi bila itikadi za Kikabila. Kulia ni Afisa Habari wa Kitengo cha Habari cha Umoja wa Mataifa Bi. Stella Vuzo na kushoto ni First Secretary wa Ubalozi wa Rwanda nchini Tanzania  Bw. Ernest Bugingo. 

Pia ametumia fursa hiyo kuialika jamii nzima ya Watanzania na wageni waliopo hapa nchini kuhudhuria mkusanyiko utakaofanyika katika Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam tarehe 7 mwezi huu wenye lengo la kuzungumzia sababu zilizopelekea kutokea mauaji hayo ya Kimbari, madhara yake, na nini kifanyike ili kuhakikisha matukio kama hayo yahatokei tena si tu Rwanda bali katika Mataifa yote Afrika na Duniani kwa Ujumla. Katika siku hiyo kutakuwa na mashairi, ngonjera, filamu fupi na ushuhuda kutoka kwa watu mbalimbali wakiwemo wahanga na walioshuhudia mauaji hayo.

Kauli mbiu ya maadhimisho hayo kwa mwaka huu ni "Let’s learn from our history to shape a bright future".

Afisa Habari wa Kitengo cha Habari cha Umoja wa Mataifa Bi. Stella Vuzo akizungumzia maadhimisho hayo yatakayofanyika tarehe 7 mwezi huu ambapo amesema vyombo vya habari ni sekta muhimu ambayo inapaswa kuhudhuria pamoja na jamii nzima kutazama filamu fupi ya dakika 7 inayoonyesha kilichotokea wakati wa mauaji ya kimbari. Kulia ni Afisa kutoka Kitengo cha Habari cha Umoja wa Mataifa (UNIC) Usia Nkhoma Ledama na Kushoto ni Balozi Mdogo wa Rwanda, Mh. Sano Lambert.

Amesema katika maadhimisho hayo watakuwepo viongozi wakaoiwakilisha Serikali ya Rwanda na pia kuhudhuriwa na Msemaji wa Mahakama ya Kimataifa ya Mauaji ya Kimbaria ya Rwanda Profesa Chriss Maina ambapo pamoja na mambo mengine pia atazungumzia maendeleo ya Mahakama hiyo ya Kimataifa ya ICTR.