Foreign couples turn to India for surrogate mothers

This article was so interesting to me because people are combining their husbands sperm with the egg of Indian woman who will have the baby, instead of staying in the US and have a baby from someone that you know. The biggest reason that they are going the India to have a baby is the price is so much cheaper than US. In India it is 25000 dollars and in US it is about 75000 dollars. However, It still seems strange to me because you are going to have a baby who looks Indian.

Smoking Kills

Smoking Kills

The reason that the photo looked interesting to me is that the lady’s skeleton is in jail. My first question is: What are the reasons for smoking? I think being stressed, being alone, and having nothing to strive for makes people sad and being sad makes people more likely to smoke. People who are in jail are dealing with all these things at the same time which means cigarettes are the best thing for them. So, why do we allow people to have cigarettes while they are in jail? Obviously we are letting them kill themselves slowly: which looks to me like “we can not kill you because of your crime,so kill yourself.” Isn't that supposed to be against the law?

In the background, we can see that the person in prison was counting the days until she got out of jail. However, she never knew that she was counting the days until she died instead of counting the days until she got out of jail. Smoking is that deadly.

The Nazar Boncugu (Evil Eye)

The Nazar Boncugu (Evil Eye)

Visual images can have a cultural impact on shaping meaning. For Example, The Nazar boncugu (Evil Eye) is symbol of good luck; however in some countries it does not mean anything.

The Evil eye is the symbol used in Turkey to mean good luck. It protects you from bad things. Turkish people use a Nazar Boncuk to protect themselves, their loved ones and their belongings. In Turkey the Evil eye can be seen everywhere, houses, cars, buildings, especially when they are newly built or bought. For example at your house you should hang it at the entrance so whoever comes in they can see it first and feel protected. If you want to be protected then wear a Nazar Boncuk. Small ones can be pinned on your clothes, or your bag. You can find bracelets, earrings or necklaces of nazar boncuk. If one day, any reason the boncuk breaks, that means it has filled its duty of protecting the owner. This could be a problem, so the new one has to be bought right away. Belief in the evil eye is very old and it is a part of many nations.

The Story Behind the Nazar Boncugu (Evil Eye)

The stories about how the evil eye started is in the eastern part of Turkey, a woman gives birth to a beautiful and healthy baby girl. All her friends and neighbors come to see the baby. They shower the baby with compliments. They say especially how healthy and beautiful the baby is. After getting so much attention, weeks later the baby is found dead in her crib. Nobody could explain the reason behind the death of the baby. So, it is attributed to Nazar. That is why you will always see a small blue eye fixed to the new baby's clothes.