Justice.

On September 30, 2010 an American couple left their Texas home and decided to go for a short trip to the Falcon lake. From across the lake is the country Mexico. The American couple went on about their trip around the lake and decided to cross the border on their private vehicle to see the historical churches. Just past the border while they were entering Mexico three boats pulled over and were filled with armed man. They began firing and the husband was shot down from his jet ski. The wife tried to return and rescue her husband but the boats pulled over again and started firing. These boats chased her passed the American border. Her husband's body hasn't been found yet. HOWEVER, his severed head was delivered in a suitcase last week.

AND THEN...anonymous source explains that it was because the watercraft were usually a sign of surveillance and that the Los Zetas thought that they were spies. Los Zetas is a group funded by Mexican army special force to fight the illegal drug trade.

Okay...now...
I just think this is a horrible incident...Taking a trip on a lake and got shot down by officers?! And this anonymous source says that the unauthorized attack was done by the senior officers of Los Zetas and this anonymous source also said that they got rid of the body so no evidence could be put to blame on the Los Zetas.
HOW UNFAIR IS THAT....even if its not the los zetas...why did they cut off his head. And if it is the Los zetas than its even more unacceptable. Them being the special force to limit the illegal drug trade and then shooting down innocent civilians. How UNFAIR?!

Honor Killing?!

The practice of honor killing is when a female member disobeys or shames the family and either gets strangled or stoned to death. This practice is common amongst the Islamic faith. The most recent honor killing happened last week. A women was strangled and cremated by her mother and father. Their reason for this honor killing is because their daughter has disobeyed her parent's wishes and married the man they did not approve of. The parents were late arrested by the police.

I don't know if it hits you as hard as it hit me that parents would kill there child for this kind of matter. She married the guy already and they must be in love so why couldn't her parents just let them be happy?!. I mean even if you don't agree and decides to cut off all connections with them its fine too...but killing?! isn't it a little bit too extreme. However, this kind of practice is quite common....which hits me even harder because that means these people actually believes that killing in honor is okay. Killing is not okay!! It's totally against human rights. PLus this girls is 22 she knows what she wants and she can decide for herself now. I'm very upset about this news...

I know the faith itself is about peace and tolerance at its basis but honor killing is simply not acceptable. Sure its not a rule or saying in the Qur'an but it's quite common amongst the Islamic faith....You can say nothing is wrong with this religion cause its not directly related but....i don't know ....what do you think?

Citation: http://sify.com/news/rajasthan-woman-strangled-in-suspected-honour-killing-news-national-kkmsOhdidca.html

Papabubble. Written especially for Mr. Smith's Kids.

Papabubble, a store that started in Barcelona. This shop has now gone world wide; Places include Barcelona, New York City, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Taipei ...etc. Papabubble is famous for there creation in merging handmade candy with artistic design. There seasonal collection of candies differ for countries to countries and also personalize orders, however they offer the original selection all year round. Some original flavors in include banana, straberry, kiwi, grape, apple...etc. As for seasonal candies Papabubble would make little candies for Chinese New Years with Chinese letters printed on it or Valentines day candy with hearts printed in them. Papabubble makes little tiny candies thats the size of a eraser on the end of a pencil which is totally suitable for little kids and they also make huge lollipops that would take years to finish. There are other forms of the candy that are made but as far as I am concerned only certain forms of it are sold in Taipei. You may try ordering it online on the website but I would assume that it'll take some time to be sent over. In addition to the delicious treat there is also the bodacious wrapping. There are cute little jars or fancy little zip lock bags. When entering the shop, if you're lucky you may witness the making of the candies. Unfortunately I was unable to find the instructions on how they make the candy. However, I found some pictures of the candies in making.






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My Sources:
http://foodarty.com/papabubble-hard-candy-made-by-hand-made-with-love/2
http://papabubble.com/
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2008/10/papabubble/
http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2007/10/cult_candy_shop_papabubble_int.html