Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
BBC News
Guatemala tightens adoption rules
Guatemala's Congress has passed a new bill that it hopes will tighten adoption rules in the country.
The new law will eliminate mediators, create a federal adoption agency and prohibit birth parents from receiving financial compensation. The government has been under pressure to curb a controversial trade where intermediaries are paid up to $40,000 (£19,600) to arrange an adoption. Almost 5,000 Guatemalan babies were adopted by foreigners in 2006. The UN says most of the children went to the United States, making Guatemala the second largest source of children adopted in the US, after China. President Oscar Berger is expected to sign the bill into law. Ethical worries "We hope to bring an end to these criminal mafias of lawyers and illegal foster homes that have run adoptions in the country," Congresswoman Nineth Montenegro told reporters after the vote. Currently, Guatemalan adoptions are handled by notaries who work with birth mothers, determine if babies are surrendered willingly, hire foster mothers and handle the paperwork.
Critics have claimed that the system allows birth mothers to sell their babies for profit, and some adoptive parents worry that their babies might have come to them through unethical means. In March, the US state department warned American citizens to avoid Guatemalan adoptions entirely until the process was better regulated. The reforms come as Guatemala, like the US, moves toward a 2008 deadline for complying with an international adoption treaty, the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. There had been fears in the US that the changes would leave in limbo about 3,700 children already matched with prospective parents. However, the new law should allow all adoptions already in process to go through under the current rules. The US state department had urged Guatemala to make an exception for pending cases.
I think that this is a bad move because little kids who are up for adoption will have to wait longer for a family and the parents might not adopt because it takes too long to. They might lose interest and blow it off because for the reasons that it will take longer. But this is also good because some sexual predators or a criminal wont get it any better just worse and that shows that there protecting them.
Guatemala's Congress has passed a new bill that it hopes will tighten adoption rules in the country.
The new law will eliminate mediators, create a federal adoption agency and prohibit birth parents from receiving financial compensation. The government has been under pressure to curb a controversial trade where intermediaries are paid up to $40,000 (£19,600) to arrange an adoption. Almost 5,000 Guatemalan babies were adopted by foreigners in 2006. The UN says most of the children went to the United States, making Guatemala the second largest source of children adopted in the US, after China. President Oscar Berger is expected to sign the bill into law. Ethical worries "We hope to bring an end to these criminal mafias of lawyers and illegal foster homes that have run adoptions in the country," Congresswoman Nineth Montenegro told reporters after the vote. Currently, Guatemalan adoptions are handled by notaries who work with birth mothers, determine if babies are surrendered willingly, hire foster mothers and handle the paperwork.
Critics have claimed that the system allows birth mothers to sell their babies for profit, and some adoptive parents worry that their babies might have come to them through unethical means. In March, the US state department warned American citizens to avoid Guatemalan adoptions entirely until the process was better regulated. The reforms come as Guatemala, like the US, moves toward a 2008 deadline for complying with an international adoption treaty, the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. There had been fears in the US that the changes would leave in limbo about 3,700 children already matched with prospective parents. However, the new law should allow all adoptions already in process to go through under the current rules. The US state department had urged Guatemala to make an exception for pending cases.
I think that this is a bad move because little kids who are up for adoption will have to wait longer for a family and the parents might not adopt because it takes too long to. They might lose interest and blow it off because for the reasons that it will take longer. But this is also good because some sexual predators or a criminal wont get it any better just worse and that shows that there protecting them.
HP Advanced Teachers
HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative
The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed to support innovative and effective uses of technology in the classroom setting. In 2008, HP will grant awards to K–12 public schools that are using a collaborative, team-based approach to implementing technology integration projects. The activities of the project must be focused on using technology to teach, rather than on teaching students to use technology.
I think that this is good because if more big companies get in to education than we can get more and better supplies in the technology area. Also if some teachers get more technological and advanced that could maybe help us maby in online predators problem
The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed to support innovative and effective uses of technology in the classroom setting. In 2008, HP will grant awards to K–12 public schools that are using a collaborative, team-based approach to implementing technology integration projects. The activities of the project must be focused on using technology to teach, rather than on teaching students to use technology.
I think that this is good because if more big companies get in to education than we can get more and better supplies in the technology area. Also if some teachers get more technological and advanced that could maybe help us maby in online predators problem
Monday, December 3, 2007
'Extraordinary memory' of chimps
By Helen Briggs Science reporter, BBC News
Counting test
Number memory test
Chimpanzees have an extraordinary photographic memory that is far superior to ours, research suggests.
Young chimps outperformed university students in memory tests devised by Japanese scientists.
The research, published in Current Biology, suggests we may have under-estimated the intelligence of our closest living relatives.
Until now, it had always been assumed that chimps could not match humans in memory and other mental skills.
I think that this is cool because now we can learn that if chimps have this amount of memory. Then they can do certain jobs and we can grow on this and technology will grow for animals in some way. And I like monkeys and chimp because there that cool.
By Helen Briggs Science reporter, BBC News
Counting test
Number memory test
Chimpanzees have an extraordinary photographic memory that is far superior to ours, research suggests.
Young chimps outperformed university students in memory tests devised by Japanese scientists.
The research, published in Current Biology, suggests we may have under-estimated the intelligence of our closest living relatives.
Until now, it had always been assumed that chimps could not match humans in memory and other mental skills.
I think that this is cool because now we can learn that if chimps have this amount of memory. Then they can do certain jobs and we can grow on this and technology will grow for animals in some way. And I like monkeys and chimp because there that cool.
Friday, November 16, 2007
BBC News
"Second body found at search house Officers from two police forces have been searching the house Police searching a house in Kent where the remains of Vicky Hamilton, 15, were found have discovered a second body".
this was found in the BBC news from Scottland where a girl went missing in 1991 and they found her body in a guys home and the are convicting him on murdder she was estimated to be about 18 years old.
Then the found one of here family memeberes dead in the home he was 15.
Why would some one do this to someone lettalone 2 people I dont get it he was just about my age. he had his whole life ahead of him I hope this guy gets the death penilty I know its harsh but he devres it.
I think that people shood be appoled at this and take action about what he did and other people like this.
this was found in the BBC news from Scottland where a girl went missing in 1991 and they found her body in a guys home and the are convicting him on murdder she was estimated to be about 18 years old.
Then the found one of here family memeberes dead in the home he was 15.
Why would some one do this to someone lettalone 2 people I dont get it he was just about my age. he had his whole life ahead of him I hope this guy gets the death penilty I know its harsh but he devres it.
I think that people shood be appoled at this and take action about what he did and other people like this.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
