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Hundreds donate toys for boy to leave on graves

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‘Unsure’ of reaction His father Damian said was concerned they would not have Christmas gifts, and collected some of his own toys to leave at the graves. “The first year we weren’t sure how people would react,” Mr Osborne-Williams said. “But someone shared it on Facebook and it took off. There were thousands of comments, it was really touching. [Owen] is happy he makes people smile.” As time has gone on, people have begun donating teddies for Owen to distribute, which has allowed him to leave gifts on more graves.…

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Victorian England’s anti-vaccination movement

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Image copyright Global Freedom Movement Image caption One anti-vax website cites “The City of Leicester: Sanitation Trumps Vaccination” as one of its “5 Historical Vaccine Scandals” The story starts in 1798 with Gloucestershire doctor Edward Jenner successfully testing the country-lore that a dose of relatively mild cowpox infection gave protection from smallpox. Within five years, Jenner’s discovery was being used across Europe and a decade later it had gone global. But opposition was swift and savage. Why? Image caption There were many and varied ways to die in London in…

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‘The Mandalorian’ ups the ante in its penultimate episode

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episode 7. for last weeks recap. Baby YodaThe MandalorianThe Mandalorianrecanonized Force abilityStar WarsAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Star WarsThat potential information, however, is just one part of The Reckoning, s best episode to dateand one, under the direction of Deborah Chow (), that one that features reunions and heightened stakes before leaving us with a hell of a cliffhanger that makes us wonder what the hell is going to happen to Baby Yoda. Lucasfilm Ltd. simplicityThe MandalorianThat job comes courtesy of Greef Carga, who proposes that he and Mando team up to get…

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Miami Heats Chris Silva breaks down after seeing mom for first time in years

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Chris Silva, of the Miami Heat, received a heartwarming surprise by the NBA for the holidays this year. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) In the seven years since, he had only seen his parents and siblings once, when he returned to the African country for two weeks to renew his visa as a sophomore at the University of South Carolina. ALEX TREBEK APPEARS AT NBA GAME AMID STAGE 4 PANCREATIC CANCER BATTLE The Heat, the NBA and NBA Africa teamed up this holiday season to surprise Silva, flying in his mother,…

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From renewables to Netflix: the 15 super-trends that defined the 2010s

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It was the decade of austerity, fracking, populism and internet lies. But not everything about the 2010s was terrible The plastics backlash Garbage, including plastic waste, is seen at the beach in Costa del Este, Panama City. Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images It was once the height of metropolitan chic: the dash into Starbucks for a skinny decaf caramel latte en route for work, the takeaway cup a mark of upward mobility. Those were the days of Sex and the City, when the culture of doing everything on the…

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Uh Oh! Jessica Biel ‘Hasn’t Fully Forgiven’ Justin Timberlake Over Hand-Holding Controversy… – Perez Hilton

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It sure sounds like Justin Timberlake is still in the doghouse… and he may According to a source who spoke about the matter with Us Weekly on Thursday night, the Man of the Woods performer isn’t going to be let off the hook so easy with this one! The insider dished (below): “Justin and Jessica are focused on mending any issues in their relationship right now, but Jessica is still in a place where she’s very hurt and upset with Justin. She hasn’t fully forgiven him and isn’t letting him off easy.” Nor…

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US base near North Korea border had ‘error’ emergency siren, sparking fears of attack

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A military spokesperson said the emergency siren was a “human error” at Camp Casey, the military base located just south of the Demilitarized Zone about 40 miles north Seoul, South Korea.  (Getty) “When the operator realized that he pushed the wrong button, they notified all the units on Camp Casey that it was a false alarm,” Lt. Col. Martyn Crighton, 2nd Infantry Division spokesman, said Friday, according to Stars and Stripes, adding that it did not interfere with any operations. US SENT 4 SPY PLANES TO KOREAN PENINSULA AFTER KIM’S…

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Domestic violence risk ‘higher in rural areas’

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“In Northern Ireland within our rural communities very often we have patriarchal notions of society with regard to who would own the local shop, who would be the GP, who would be the head of the police. “All of those kinds of services would still be very male-led. “It’s very difficult if women want to disclose, but feel they won’t be believed. There is a huge amount of shame and guilt. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption‘Shame and guilt’ of rural domestic violence Ms McMullan said political…

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